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New Britain herald., 1923-11-13
EDUCATION WEEK
 IN THE SCHOOLS
Programs to Be Carried Out From
 Nov. IS to A

] The week of November 1 s has been officially set aside as American Edu- cation Week by proclamation of
 President Coolidge.
 The activities of the week aim to establish, and to keep ever present in the understanding of the nations citi- zenship the need and value of a broao system of education.
 Over all the country there will be a certain unity Of observance. The program as suggested by the Amer ican Legion. The National Education Association and the United States Bu- rcau of Education follows:
 Sunday, Nov. Is: For God and Country--l. education in the home; .. education in the school; 3. educa- ton in the church: slogan-A Cody nation cannot fail.
 Monday. Nov. l9. American Consti- tntion--1. life, liberty and justice; ?, how the Constitution guarantees these: ,, revolutionists and radicals a menace 10 these guarantees; i. secu~ rity and opportunity; Ballots not bullets: Visit the schools today
 Tuesday, Nov. 29. Patriotism Day 1. the ffag-the emblem of the nation; ,, help the immigrants and aliens to become Americans; 8, take an active interest in government affairs; 4. music influence upon q nation; slo- gans-Nisit the schools today: Amer lea first.
 Wednesday, Nov. 2l. School and Teacher Day-1. the necessity of schools: ?, the teacher as a nation builder. 8. the school influence on the coming generation; 1, school needs in the community; !. the school as a productive institution; slogans-Nisit the schools today; Better trained and better paid teachers. more adequate buildings,
 Thursday, Nov. 22. fIiteracy Day l, illiteracy-a menace to our nation. 9, an American duty toward the un- educated; 3, let every citizen teach one illiterate; 1. no immigration until illiteracy among native and foreign 1 born Is removed; slogans--No Hitter acy by ia27---it can be done; Visit the schools today.
 Friday. Nov. 2S. Community Day 1. equality of opportunity in educa- ton for every American boy and girl; ?. rural sehoois-eity sehools---col- l leges. {. a public library for every | 1, children today--eiti- | zens tomorrow; slogans-yisit the ]
New Britain herald., 1923-11-13
REDUCE WHEAT ACREAGE.
Committee Thinks This is solution to
 Production Problem.

Chicago. Nov. l3.-Gradual reduc- ton in the wheat acreage of the United States from 62,0n0,oo0 at present to 50.000,000 should be brought about as a major step in the solution of the whea: production problem, the production committee of the wheat council of the United States has decided.
 The lower acreage is sufficient to meet domestic requirements, and should be brought about as soon as alternative crops can be introduced, the announcement said. At the same time the production committee de- ctded that steps should be taken to establish permanently hroadened domestic market for wheat, which it holds is an essential part of the plan for sta bilizati ton of the business of wheat growing.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-13

schools today: An equal chance for all children; A square deal for the country boy and girl.
 Saturday, Nov. 24. Physical Educa- ton Day--1, playgrounds; 2 physical education and hygiene; 3, the great out-of- doors; f. the country's need in conservation and development of for ests, soil, roads and other resources: slogans-A sick body makes q sick mind; Fairgrounds in every commit nifty; Athletes all.
 In New Britain there will be pro grams in some one of the schools each night.
 Everyone is urged to give at least a little of his time in getting into touch with the schools. and helping to bring them into closer working re- lations with the community.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-13
OPTIMISM IS KEYNOTE

St. Louis, Nov. 13.-Optimism is the keynote at every session of the convention of the national organiza- ton of Blind Veterans of the World War. Discussions today centered about various vacations to which the group are adapting themselves Methods of increasing the numbers of the organization also were discussed. While there are now about 100 mem bers, it was pointed out that there were an estimated 375 American sol diers rendered totally blind in the war.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-13
HIRES MAGNUs' VIEWS.
ls Against Redurtion of E.ArF>s Profit,
 Tax For Business.

St. Paul. Nov. l9.--"I don't stand for any reduction tn excess profits tax for business or a lowering Of tho high surtaXes for individual incomes" '" Senator-elect Magnus Johnson, far. mer-labor. Minnesota. said in com- menting on the Mellon tax program.
 Many Of tho so-called nuisance taxes ] believe should be reduced, !" Mir. Johnson said, The statcmonts of Mr, Mellon that there would be no tax reductions f soldier bonus was passed seemed 10 be q little bit of politics and was rather suspicious Of them" he said,
New Britain herald., 1923-11-13
Yankee ariilinIrtic

In Sweden the speed limit is g miles an hour in the ciiy and g miles an hour in tho rountry. IT is about the samr over here. only an American adds them togtther.--Am- orican Lumberman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08

The corporation income tax assessed
against Kenosha county for incomes
earned in the year 1928 is more than
three times as great as the income
tax assessed for 1922, this rejecting
the prosperity that the industries OF
Kenosha felt during the year. The
total tax assessed for 1928, to be paid
with the regular taxes in January Of
next year is $737, as compared with
an assessment of $2O4,456 in the pre-
vious year.
The detail of the assessment show
ing the taxes to be paid by the vari-
Gus corporations has not as yet reach
ed the office Of the county clerk but it
is expected to be open to inspection
within the next few days.
The assessment is the second largest
to be made against the corporations in
Kenosha county and it is only slightly
less than the record assessment made
in 1921 This large assessment indi-
Gates that the city will receive a large
amount from corporation income taxes
this year as the city is entitled to
seventy per cent of the amount col
lected. The income tax will be subject
to the offset of the personal property
taxes but it is certain that a sum close
to half a million dollars will be paid
in cash. This will also mean large
aid to the county in the building of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
Winston Churchill May
Succeed A. BOnar Law

London.-Interest in domestic poll
ties is focused on the representation
of the Glasgow central division in the
house of commons for a successor to
the late Andrew Bonar Law, is to be
elected forthwith. A report that Win
ston Spencer Churchill has received an
Invitation from local liberals to be-
come their candidate has caused a
f1utter in official quarters, as the invi-
tation apparently involves an attempt
to reupite the two wings of the party
the Asquithian and the Lloyd Geor-
gian groups. The invitation is said to
have come from the Asquithian side.
Mr. Churchill's candidacy would be
likely to result in the cooperation of
the two liberal wings in his support,
while others say it would stress the
cleavage and would inevitably lead to
the nomination of an Asquithian can
didate to oppose him. He is an adj
herent of the Lloyd George faction.
A third opinion is that Mr.. Churchill
would be unlikely to contest for seat
in the Glasgow central division, where
the liberals made feeble showing in
the last election. Their candidate
polled a vote of 6,518 to the 15,437
ballots received by Mr.. Bonar Law.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
CHEVROLET HAS
TWELVE PLANTS
Floor Space Occupied by II
Plants is Over 100000
Square Feet.
OVER $4,000 EMPLOYEES

During the last year or two the
Chevrolet slogan, "Just Count the
Chevrolets," has been on everyone's
tongue. Everybody, it seems, has been
talking about the remarkable increase
| in the number of Chevrolet cars seer
on city streets and country roads
Stand on any corner for ten minutes
and the number of Chevrolets that
pass is surprising. Notice the cars
parked in any block or in any parking
space, and the proportion of Chevro-
lets to the total is a matter of COM
ment by everyone.
All this is due to the tremendous
! increase in the manufacturing facil-
! tiles of the Chevrolet Motor company
Production Heavily Increased.
In 1921, 77,605 Chevrolet cars anc
trucks were sold in the United States
| in Canada, and for export. In 1922
more than three times this number
were made and sold, or 242,373. In
the calendar year of 1928, nearly two
times the 1922 total will be sold
Production capacity has been in
creased to approximately $500 cars per
cent within the short space of three
years.
During the past three years the
growth of Chevrolet manufacturing
facilities has been nothing short of
phenomenal. Each of the seven older
plants manufacturing or assembling
Chevrolet cars, trucks and parts has
been enlarged and its capacity in
| creased, and five entirely new plants
have been added.
Largest Plant At Flint.
/ The main plant at Flint has been in
creased to a total floor space of 1885,
900 square feet. The st. Louis Assem-
bly, plant totals 1,127,800 square feet
The Oakland assembly plant has been
increased to nearly a half million
square feet, while the Tarrytown as
sembly plant now exceeds this by
90 per cent. A large plant formerly
devoted to other General Motors Cor
poration business at GAINESVILLE, Wis
consin, has been changed into an as
sembly plant for Chevrolet, with floor
space of nearly a half million square
feet. And in addition, new plants have
been erected at Buffalo, N. Y, and
Cincinnati, Ohio, totaling together
over half-million square feet.
Floor Space Over 100000 Square Feet.
Other plants, engaged in the pro-
duction of Chevrolet axles, gears,
forgings, transmissions and small
parts, in Detroit, Toledo and Bay
City bring the grand total of floor
space devoted to the manufacture and
assembly of Chevrolet cars, trucks
and parts up to the tremendous figure
Of 5,427,393 square feet.
And this is not by any manner of
means the end of the growth, as it
has already been found that the prior
additions to the Oakland, California,
assembly plant are inadequate to take
care of the demand, and an addition
of over 100000 square feet is building,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
Unitarians Help
C0-Religionists

Boston-To serve thousands of the
Unitarian faith who have been exiled
from Pennsylvania by the Roumanians
and sought refuge in Budapest, a 1922
room apartment building in the Hun
garian capital has been purchased by
the American Unitarian Association
and the British and Foreign Unitar-
ian Association for use as mission
house. Gabriel Cziki, who visited the
Unitarians in America in 1921, has
taken charge of the work.
Some 5000 Unitarian refugees are
occupying camps built for soldiers
during the war in the neighborhood of
the building. Many of these are pro-
fessors and students of the University
in Pennsylvania. Much of the work of
the new mission will be with students,
whom the old First Unitarian Church
of Budapest, organized in 1869, is not
equipped to reach from its location in
distant part of the city. Present
plans of the mission call for the hous-
ing of the students on the top floor
and the use of the street floor for
meetings and other features of Mr..
Cziki's work.
DR.. Kozma, member of the Uni
tartan Church in Budapest, furnished
one-third of the purchase price of the
building from his own purse.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
GERMANY ARMS TO
MEET MONARCHISl
German Republic Takes Steps to Nj,
Threatened Coup of the ,
Monarchists.
BY CARL D. CROAT

United Press staff Correspondent
Berlin German organized h
forces today TO beat a threatened mo
archist putsch.'
President Ebert's proclamation war;
ing ruthless suppression of any risil
and calling for public support was al
swered by socialist leaders who sal
they could furnish several hundre
thousand former soldiers for the de
Tense Of the republic,
Chancellor Stresemann was reporte.
today 80 have been advised that Thurs
day would be the zero day for tn
putsch.
The governments call for support o
the republic awakened realization to
day of the menace from the reaction
airy organizations along the Bavariai
border and elsewhere.
Political parties prepared to issue
call today and tomorrow to all thei,
followers to "be prepared if the gov
eminent calls.
They altered the call to one of pre-
paredness instead of direct call t,
arms because Chancellor Stresemanl
and Minister of Defense Gcssler Up
posed the use of socialist "black, re
and gold hundreds"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
Ranks of London
Hawkers Thinner

London-Street hawkers who reap
their richest harvest when the Ameri-
can tourists descend upon London, will
soon become tradition, and the chill
drens walk of delight" up and down
the Ludgate Hill the week before
Christmas will be path of sad mem
cries.
Unless there is reprieve the city
hawker will become extinct because
since 1911 no fresh licenses have been
issued to hawkers and many of the
hawkers of that date are dead or too
infirm to carry their trade. At death,
hawker's badge is reclaimed by the
police and not reissued to anyone
else.
The reason for the withdrawal of the
badges is stated to be the .dvent of
the wide-beamed motor muses. and
taxicabs which are considered to have
made the hawker's trade danger to
himself and others.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
Little Red School Near
Fond du Lac Empty
for Days.
NOT MARRY YET
Uncle. and Aunt Come Here to
Patch Up Affair of
Maurice Harrison.

While the children that attend
school at District number two in the
environs of Fond du Lac have been
cutting up all week with no one to
teach them or restrain their antics
at Halloween their "dear teacher" has
been having an adventure of her own
in Kenosha, beginning with the mo-
ment she landed here with Maurice
Harrison of Fond du Lac, continuing
with her detention by the police and
ending only today when she had been
turned over safely to her relatives.
Up until Friday night, Edna Szelin-
ski, the pretty seventeen-year-ol old
school ma'am, took care of the school
as usual. On Friday night the black
board was washed off and the little
room swept and the books put away.
Monday morning When the children
came to school, the door was locked.
Relatives Come Here.
Little did the children suspect that
their young teacher was learning a
lesson herself at the hands of that
past master, Life. On Monday she and
her sweetheart, Maurice Thompson a
Fond du Lac printer were trying to
get married in Waukegan, Ill, after
an all-night and all-day ride in
Thompsons fathers Buick coupe. And
on Tuesday morning the poor little
modest school ma'am was taken into
custody by the police and held for the
arrival of papa and mama.
Maurice Thompson was also in Gust
ody, with the difference that he was
actually locked up in jail. Thompson
had the application for a marriage
license, made out in Waukegan.
Maurice who is % knew that one
can drive car with police permit
tag in lieu of license applied for pla-
card, and perhaps he thought he could
get by with a SIMILAR placard "Mar-
'riage license applied for" while he pi-
loted as man and wife.
Not Married Yet.
Relatives of the young people came
to Kenosha Thursday and discussed
the situation. They said one and all,
"Of course they'll have to get mar
ried!''
The matter was taken up with Judge
Slater and he disagreed. The judge
pointed out with wisdom that mar
riage is an important relationship,
too serious to be entered into in haste,
unless there happened to be other
reasons for doing so. For a young
couple to be frightened or coerced in
to a union, he said, was not the right
thing. He insisted that he would not
take the responsibility as magis-
trate of urging such union.
The upshot was that reconcilia-
tion was effected between the girl
and her relatives and between Maui
rice and hiss They all went back to
the little town near Fond du Lac
where Edna had been teaching school.
1t was agreed that if both still wish
ed to be married when they settled
down among their people and with no
one forcing them into the union, that
wedding bells would ring and both
families would unite to make it a
happy affair.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08

his baggage had been unpacked in his
suite at the Congress Hotel.
While stopping for a few days in
New York on his way to Chicago, Mr..
Polacco met Feodor Chaliapin, and the
basso spoke enthusiastically of the
prospect of opening the Chicago seas
on in Boris" Chaliapin had but re-
Gently returned from abroad for a SER
les of concerts that Immediately pre-
cede his appearance here.
New settings, furnishings and cos
tunes, all of richness of color and
design that is distinctively unusual,
have been fashioned for the presenta-
tion of Boris Bodunoff" The models
from which the settings were painted
and built are by Julian Dove, scenic
artist of the Chicago Civic Opera and
are on display with twenty-six other
models by Mr.. Dove at the Art In
stitute, where they are attracting
thousands of spectators.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
Corporation Tax in County Runs Over Seven
Hundred Thousand Dollar Mark
in Report Today.
SECOND COUNTY in THE STATE
City and County Certain to Receive Large Amounts to
Aid in Cutting Mill Taxes and in Furnishing
Funds to Complete Courthouse.

the courthouse as the county is en-
titled to twenty per cent Of all income
taxes collected. If a half million of
this tax is paid in cash the county
would receive one hundred thousand
dollars and the city three hundred ff-
ly thousand dollars.
Shows KenOsha's Contribution.
The report shows that Kenosha is
making a large contribution to the in
come tax OF the state. and that the
amount to be collected in this country
is second only to the amount collected
in Milwaukee county. The increase in
Kenosha county is greater than the in
crease in any other county in the state.
The income tax assessment from Ra-
cine is shown to be only a little over
one-third of the income tax assessed
against Kenosha county and the as
sessment for Dane county is less than
one-ffth of the Kenosha county as
sessment. AS in other years practical
ly all of the assessment is returned
against incomes earned in Kenosha
only a few corporations in the county
appearing on the tax roll.
totals Tor the State,
Corporation income tax assessments
for 1923 in Wisconsin total $685.
724.57, compared with $3,746, 6O1.59 last
year or an increase of nearly three
million dollars, according to assess
ment returns completed and announced
today by the state tax commission. The
corporation assessments were certified
to county clerks for collection.
In addition to the normal tax, the
commission also announced today the
soldiers educational bonus surtax to
be S786,050.18, and teachers retire
ment surtax as $1,024,518.56.- There is
soldiers bonus tax of $46,267.05, as
sessed on back incomes for 1918 and
that was discovered in the field audit,
making the total corporation income
taxes of all kinds on the current rolls
the sum of 1855, 53066.
Although the corporation income tax
for 1923 is nearly double the 1922 as
sessment, the amount of back taxes is
much smaller, it is pointed out by the
commission. The total tax for this
year is somewhat less than for the war
years, 1917 to 1920, but far in excess
of the taxes of the pre-war period.
Much in Back Taxes.
The total amount of back taxes dis
covered by field audits during the
year, including the additional ten per
cent interest prescribed by the 1928
Legislature, is about 100000, commits
sion officials state. The assessment of
income of individuals and fduciarias
made by local assessors, has not been
completed but reports from these Off
Gals indicate that the assessment will
be somewhat less than in 1922, it is
said.
Corporation income assessments for
the LEADING coun+iaS fo1Io1r.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
Bartlett to Leave
State Bankers Assn
(By United Pressl

Milwaukee, Wis. - George D. Bart
lett, Milwaukee, known throughout the
state for his work with the Wisconsin
Bankers association for the past fiji
teen years, has resigned as secretary
of that organization to take over an
other position, it was made known to-
day. 80
Bartlett in long distance telephone
message declared the change is merely
a business proposition and that his
resignation would take effect about De-
cember /, or perhaps later.
E. A. Reddeman, president of the
Wisconsin Bankers association, de-
clared no action has been taken on
Bartlett's resignation and would not
be taken until the next meeting of the
executive committee which will be held
Friday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
PERCY COFFIN
WAS in KENOSHA
Man Sought as Witness in
Chicago Graft Probe
at Elks' Club.
STOPS FIVE MINUTES

Percy B. Coffin, former head of the
Illinois State Tax Commission and
sought by process servers in order to
secure his appearance before grand
iurv in Chicago investigating alleged
graft in a former city administration
there, was in Kenosha on Wednesday
night and Thursday but if any effort
was made to serve him with subpoenas
it is not known to Kenosha city Off
Gals.
Coffin has been missing from Chi
cago for some time but on Wednesday
evening he made his appearance rath-
er mysteriously at the Elks' club in
Kenosha and talked with Attorney Pat
rick H, O'Donnell. On Thursday af-
ternoon Attorney O'Donnell told Judge
Caverly, in charge of the investigation
in Chicago, that Coffin would surrender
himself to the process servers on Sat-
urday morning and go before the grand
Jury. 1t is believed that Coffin has
found a safe haven against, the pro-
cess servers in Kenosha. He is not a
thought that he is stopping at some
private house here awaiting the OPP
perfume time for him to go to Chicago.
1t was said that Mrs. Coffin was i'll in
Milwaukee but there was some reason
to believe that she might be with her
husband in Kenosha.
Patrick H. O'Donnell, who is one of
the attorneys for Coffin, was in Keno
sha on Wednesday night to make an
address in place of Clarence barrow.
He was waiting at the Elks' club when
man wrapped up in a big overcoat
came into the club.
Hello, Coffin" one of the Kenosha
men in the O'Donnell party said as the
man came into the door. He was a
man who had served in the military
with Coffin in Chicago some years ago.
Coffin evidently did not hear or did
not want to hear for he hurried right
along over to O'Donnell and they en-
gagged in earnest conversation. A purr-
Ing taxicab waited outside while Coffin
conferred with O'Donnell
Later on ne left the club and got
into the automobile. He said he was
going to the station. The taxicab driv-
err did not care to say anything about
where he took him or how literally he
was paid.
Received $65,OOO Fees. Claim.
Coffin was first sought for question
ing by the grand jury concerning the
$4,000 a year salary credited to him
on the books of paving concern
which had monopoly on city paving.
Although listed as a state official, a
search tended to indicate that his APP
pointment as tax commissioner was for
payroll purposes only. He disappear
ed and no one in the state administra-
ton, knew officially what had become
of him.
The search became more spirited
when Ernest H. Lyons, real estate ex-
pert, told the graft grand jury that he
mad paid SG5,0OO of his fees to Mr..
Coffin, then member Of the Thomp-
son casks0t