New Britain herald., 1922-06-10

HIS eApenseh almost ea,VoV uuTinh tns
 past month, mostly by his personal
 efforts to Ind work for those who
 needed 1t and thus relieve the city oi
 that much expense.
 Like an oasis in tho desert of life
 Is the authentic report from local
 factories and business houses that in-
 dustrial conditions here are really and
 truly better Factory heads have
 stated, for publication, that there is
 n most gratifying improvement and
 during the past week or two mer-
 chants too, have noticed change for
 the better
 New Britain factories and New
 Britain merchants went way down
 in the trough of the wave of business
 depression and the fact that they are
 now about to see the light in the
 clearing is a most gratifying thing for all concerned.
 Without prosperous business houses
 the city would he a poor place in which to live and assuredly, without prosperous factories 1t would be an impossible place to live. Thus the
 city, the factories and the business houses are all inter-dependent! If
 one booms the other must perforce boom
 May the wave of prosperity which
 we all hope is steadily climbing up on
 our shores develop into a crest of tidal-wave like proportions-all for a bigger, better New Britain.
 
 Take a glance at the number of new autom obiles seen on the streets, then talk with the salesmen-there's one undeniable proof of returning normalcy.
 The past season has been one of the most disastrous in years for the theatrical profession. A glance through any of the theatrical publi- cations will disclose thousands of &C., tors and actresses out of work and hundreds of theaters closed for lack of patronage.
 Right here in New Britain the past theatrical season has been anything but successful. It would appear to the casual observer that this city is large enough to comfortably support three theaters--yet what has actually taken place. One theater has gone on the rocks and two others while, to date they are still doing business, are reported by the respective manage ments as "just about getting by" This is not peculiar to New Britain however, and conversations with those 'in. the profession show it to be a nation wide situation.
 The average person, who last Sun day viewed the New Britain built airplane flying over the city, did not realize what was passing through the minds of the two aviators directly concerned.
 The plane was in charge of lieutenant in the British Royal Flying Corps, a man who has visited many strange lands in Europe, Asia and Af- rica. He holds a record for long flight, going from London to Cairo without stop, yet his chief ambition was to fly over his home town. Lon don, Paris Rome, Turkey, India, Austria Hungary, Germany. Russia, Egypt, none held for him that same thrill which comes in the feeling that a man can come back and show the home folks he has made good To, some day. fly over the old home town and the home where he spent his boyhood days, was the ambition of Lieutenant Carl Dixon. and last Sun day that ambition was realized. It was an ambition which began when he was barely 10 years of age.
 Twelve years ago the late Charles K. Hamilton had the same ambition and he sacrificed many thousands of dollars to come back to New Britain and fly over the town on Hamilton day. The Observer concludes that there must be something to the lit- tie old town which grips our men who have made good elsewhere.
 That trip last Sunday was a per sonal victory for John R. Thompson, the builder of the plane The vic time of much sarcasm, ridicule and sighting remarks, he worked right along and when the time came form him to go upon trial last Sunday he covered himself with glory and his critics with confusion. He had built a plane which would fly
 The story of this flight may we'll go down into new Britains history of in- dustrial development and personal 
 
 David Mahoney, to whom the off, cials of the Senior High school have seen fit to award the Burns Memorial honor for excellence in sports and studies is deserving of the city's con- gratulations. Of the several athletes who were looked upon as possibilities for this singular reward, Mahoney stood out pre-eminently; on the foot ball gridiron, the basketball court or the cinder track, he proved a living example of that spirit that made Red