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New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

John Contaris. one of the owners of the Capitol-Palace theaters. re- turned from the sunny south early this week. He chooses an unfor- tunate time to come back, at- mospherically speaking. Still, John can make the boys envious with his fine coat of Florida sunburn.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

Local talent in a vaudeville skit will be a special added attraction at the Palace theater next Thurs day. Friday and Saturday when The Serenaders will step before the footlights to do their stuaf.
 The Serenaders are the same four young men who made such a hit with the recent Hadassah show at the Lyceum theater. They have appeared at numerous entertain ments and socials during the season and their vaudeville act is regarded as an excellent one.
 The personnel is Bob Loomls. Clem Lewis, Dwight Latham and Walter Carlson. They feature popu- lar ballads, novelty songs and a bit of humorous dialogue.
 This is their first honest -to-good- ness professional appearance.
 Sunday the Palace starts four days showing of Cheap Kisses" As the name implies, 1t is a drama of the jazz mad modern age. Cullen Landis and Lillian Rich are fea- tured.
 Tom Mix in '"The Heart Buster" Is the last half week movie offering at the Palace.
 The Capitol theater has booked number of exceptionally good vaudeville acts for the near future, and starting Monday will be Louis Love and a company of six in a Bohemian gypsy song offering. Mir. Love writes all his own vaudeville sketches and this one is no excep- tion.
 Then on Wednesday one of the new features will be Tracey and Mcbride in a comedy offering. Miss Tracey has starred in Lew Fields productions and also has been with the Zigfeld Follies, while MT. Me Bride starred in "The Echo" and "The Three Twins" He also was formerly with the team of Mcbride and Giavanno. "The Great Santell," " a world famous athlete, also will be on the last half bill. His sketch is in three parts, first. physical demonstration, second, fcats of strength, and lastly, a real comedy treat.
 Charles D. Heating and company in Huckleberry Finn is booked for early showing at the Capitol. MT. Heating features his famous crying scene in this act. He is one of the famous Heating family of stage performers.
 still another big time act coming 10 the Capitol is "The Four Jans- leys." The elder member of this family originated the vaudeville eauilibrists' stunts. Originally there were five of the same family in this act, but two were killed. Recently however, the survivors have added another young man to their act and i .t1t
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31
STAGE AND SCREEN

Local talent in a vaudeville skit will be a special added attraction at the Palace theater next Thurs day, Friday and Saturday when The serenaders will step before the footlights to do their stuff.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

Palace theatcr here about five years ago.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

Conrad Nagle and Blanche Sweet is tho combination featured in the Lyceum movie drama, "ress of the D'Urbervilles" starting Monday. This is story of honor rooted in dishonor and was photographed in the rolling English farm country of stonehenge.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

This original act appeared at the
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

The Serenaders are the same four young men who made such a hit with the recent Hadassah show at the Lyceum theater. They have appeared at numerous entertain ments and socials during the season and their vaudeville act is regarded as an excellent one.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

Tom Mix in "The Heart Buster" Is the last half week movie offering at the Palace.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

Sunday the Palace starts four days showing of Cheap Kisses" As the name implies, 1t is a drama of the jazz mad modern age. Cullen Landis and Lillian Rich are fea- tured.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

Selwyn's production of Dancing Mothers" has just passed it's two hundredth (200th) performance at Maxine Elliotts theater, New York.
 where it has proven one of the most brilliant successes of the cur rent theatrical year. with Mary Young, John Halliday, Henry Stephenson and Dorothy Burgess in the four leading roles. Because it goes to the root of the marital un-
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

The personnel is Bob Loomls. Clem Lewis, Dwight Latham and Walter Carlson. They feature popu- lar ballads, novelty songs and a bit of humorous dialogue.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

This is their first honest-to-good- ness professional appearance.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

The Lyceum has booked for early showing "The Breath of Scandal"
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

Radio has yet played but little in the plot of the movies. but in "The Early Bird" with Johnny Hine, which comes to the Lyceum the last of next week, it has an im- portant part.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

Betty Blythe is featured in the Lyceum picture, 'Recoil," to be shown the last half of next week. The cast includes the so-called "ten most beautiful women of Europe"
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

Charles D. Heating and company in Huckleberry Finn Is booked for early showing at the Capitol. MT. Heating features his famous crying scene in this act. He is one of the famous Heating family of stage performers.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

The new freedom for women, which grew out of the conditions surrounding the World war, is the novel theme of "Enticement," a new First National photodrama by the Thomas H. Ince corporation.
New Britain herald., 1925-01-31

In "The Redeeming Sin," a new Vitagraph special, is a remarkably faithful reproduction of the famous Paris sewers, with boats actually coursing through them. The pro- duction company loitered in this passageway for some time one day while certain necessary props were being arranged. Suddenly, J. Stuart Blackton, the producer, was sur prised to find scrawled on one of the walls, a cross word puzzle. The definitions were in French, but, translated, and made to fit English words, they read: First personal pronoun, singular; a five letter word meaning love; an adjective in four letters meaning not that and a noun in seven letters meaning 'ta- bleau.'" "Yes, I did it," the star, Nazimova, admitted, when charged with the art work, "and l mean it." Nazimova, it appears, is a cross word puzzle fan.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29
ASKS FRANCE TO BOND
 CITIZENS TO PAY DEBT
Sclf-Styled Candidate For President Has Scheme On Which He
 Demands Royalty

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. 2o Fl-- David Sherman Beach, president and actuary of the Worlds Liauidating and Refunding company of the world, selfstyled peoples candidate for president in 1928, has sent let ter to Joseph Caillaux, French min ister of finance offering solution for settlement of the French debt to the United States,
 A service charge of one per cent
 on all payments will be charged by Beach if his plan Is adopted
 Mir. Beach is not certain whether France owes the United States ss,' S4o,0oo.o0o or s4,5o0, 100000. If the former figure is correct, he proposes
 to bond s,6So, GOO people of France 1 for S1 ,000 each. Each of the 6,6S0,- coo Is 10 save ten cents per day for 90 years, making a yearly payment
 of s237,140,000 and for 20 years the
 gross total of s4,74c,So0 covering
 the interest and principal If the
 debt is s4,500, 100000. Beach pro
 poses to bond 9,000,0oo people.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29

Lakehurst, N. J., Sept. 20 P~ High lights in the testimony thus far adduced regarding the wrockins of the airsllip Shenandoah are:
 With little or no warning the air ship vas drawn into the vortex Of q storm.
 Caught by an ascending current she was carried up rapidly to an altitude of G065 feet.
 Passing them into a descending current the ship began an abrupt fall at an even more rapiu rate than she had risen.
 After falling 5000 feet she was caught in ar eddy which t"irled let around rapidly before another a@- rendjng current struck her under the bow, breaking her in two.
 Every cffort was made 10 get the ship out of the s'orm without sue Cess,
 All precautions were taken for meeting the emergency, inc'udtnk the remof al of covers from the auto, matic gas valves, valying of gas; the maneuvering controls and the speed ing up of engines.
 An invitation also has been sent to Mrs. Zachery Lantdowne, WiCtW of the Shenandoah's cautaln, 10 ap pear and make a statement if she dosires to do so. Should she accep this invitation she would be the lilst W oman witness to be heard. certain Iv in many voers, by court in oliring into tho loss of navy 'es- gel
 Two of the five engines failed dur ing the battle with the storm, one
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29
HIGH SPOTS THUS FAR IN PROBE
 OF CAUSE OF SHENANDOAH CRASH

from damaged cylinder and one from radiator leakage.
 Differences Of opinion by survjv. ors as to whether the gas cells fail cd with the preponderance of eyid- cnce that they did not
 The new gas valve system--fc"er valves with connecting tubes b2- tween all cells was installed on the advice of junior officers of the ship, with the approval of Commando. Zachary Lanodowne. the captain, and ,he navy department bureau ol aeronautics.
 Ten or twelve trips were made af- ter the new system was installod, some of the voyages In rather rough weather and through squalls. Disappearing origipal plans for the mid western flight in July Com mander Lansdowne recon ed that the voyage be deferred until September becalse of summer tlun- oerstorms.
 When the ship was ordered tn visit state fair on the September rovagc, commander LansdoWne s1r- sested that since all of the fairs could not be visited during the flair week" the start of the flight be post poned to the second week in Septem- her because of the short time for prerarlng to receive the Shenandoah at Scott Field and Detroit
 The navy departn ent overr1Iled this suggestion and ordered the shlr out on September 2.
 Commander Lansdowne ackno"i edged by letter receipt of this orde' and made no protest whatever to the navy department .:Faihst it,
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29
SERVES MUSHROOM
 FIVE FEET THICK
Largest Specimen of puhbaI( Found in U. s. Dinner Feature

Buffalo. Sept. 29 tP) ~- Walter Hayes young society man invited a party of friends to royal feast last night. The chief dish was 8 mush- room of the pufflalI variety, weigh ling ol pounds and measuring tive feet one inch through the thickest part.
 If vas picked near Mir. Hayes summer home at Pleasant Beach on ,the north shore, about Is miles from Buffalo
 Mir. Hayes believes the puffhall vas the largest ever found in these parts, He points to description in the Standard dictionary which says that the giant puffhsll has heeu known to attain diameter of five feet The one plucked by Mir Hayes heats this by an inch. The dictionary also adds: "Tt I, "dihle when young" Mir, Hayes prize wss young. Tn fact, he be.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29
implicated in any of the other hold IDS, which the gang recently arrest

uP0' ST7E ed confessed to, the police do not know but are Investigating. Basso Is supposed to be a member of the same gang as John Abbott, Maurice Questncl, George Cottone, Vito Arni- to and Anthony Siminella, all Bridgeport youths, now under bonds of $2,5oo, bound over to the Decem- Der term of superior court.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29
.CNI|RCA SCHOOLS
 MAKING HEADWAY
Encouraging Reports Made al
 Board Of Directors Meeting

Harry II. Howard trust officer of he New Britain Trust Co, and member Of the Trinity Methodist church, was elected treasurer of the United Week Day Church schools Rf g. meeting of the board of directors last night at the South Congrega- tional church,
 The three supervisors 0f the schools. Miss Cora B. Graulich. Fred eric l.. Fav and Warron NJ. Elodgett, made encoura ging reports of the be ginning sessions held last week. There was 3 great increase in the number of children attending over the expected enrolment: 5S4 pupils of the elementary public school grades attended the four Cooperat ing churches on Wednesday, and 216 junior high school pupils attended on Thursday This makes a toa en- rOllmtnt ot 750 in the schools. Most of the children walk to the center, l but those coming from the Stanley, Lincoln and Washington street schools will he transported by trol- ley. In order to relieve congestion at the Stanley Memorial church, th" sixth grade children from the East street and Smith schools will be transported by either special bus or taxi. The equipment of the four churches has been put in first class condition to give the children re- ugious education which compares falorahly with the standards in pub 1 hr school education.
 Mr.. Fay in his report made sr"- cial point Of the nigh quality of teachers secured. He returned from Hartford yesterday, where he inter viewed and signed up five young women of the Hartford School Of 1 Pedagogy to come to New Britain on Wednesday and Thursday after moons to teach. These, added to the present local staff of teachers, give an excellent teaching corps.
 The Hartford teachers who will he here tomorrow are Misses Helen Hale and Helen Borden and Mr." Schedd Two others will come Thurs day.
 The contract for the transporting of sixth grade pupils from the E4s' and Smith street schools to the Firs' Congre sationsl church, instead oi the stanley Memorial has been glv"l to the Auburn Transportation Co, oi which Arthur Hale is proprie'or This will put all sixth grade pupils 1T one school.
 The work in the seventh an eighth grades has been correlated with the work of the Sunday schools so that in some eases the same teachers has the children on Thurs day and on Sunday and in all case the children who belong to Sunda' 1 school classes meet on Thursday b7 Sunday school classes.
 The material studied Is the sam' on Thursday and Sunday so the et feet of tho week day education in th' 'nitcd Week Day church schools | tn give the teachers twice as mucl time as formerly 10 teach religion and morality 10 the children Of Ne'
 Britain.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29
NOTORIOUS LITER
 IS SHOT ID DEATH
Fred Brown, Western Bad Man,
 Killed by Prison Guard

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 29 P)-Wlth the killing late yesterday or Fred Brown, life termer at the state pcnitentiary finis was written on a career of crime which probably had 1 few parallels in the country
 Brown was shot down by 8 guard during an attempted prison break He and Roy Smith, another prisoner were fired on as they were starting to set off several charges of nitro glycerine Clarence F, Morse, mall clerk at the prison, also was kllled during the fusilade of shots and smith Is in the prison hospital, his chance for recovery being slight.
 Browns unlawful operations be- ~an early in life, At the age of is he was convicted and sentenced to an indetetrminate term in the state penitentiarv for the murder or an elderly couple in Dundy county ] He was pardoned after serving seven years. .
 Going to Iowa, Brown embarked on g, series of crimes ranging from 1 burglary to automobile theft and he was in and out of the state prison there for 8 number of years,
 Tn 1920 he went to Omaha, was arrested and pleaded guilty to grand larceny. Sentenced 10 ten years In the Nebraska state prison on this charge, fate interyened again and he was paroled.
 Kidnapped Two Women
 Probably the most sensational chapter in the mans career of crime was enacted at Omaha, in May. 1929 when, after enticing two young women into an automobile he drove them to his hut on the outskirts of the city and kept them chained for two days. On the second day they attracted the at- tontion of a man working in an ad- iacent field. He started toward the cabin, but was intercepted by Brown who forced him into the hut where he also was chained. After telling the man he was going 10 dig his grave, Brown departed and during his absence the man managed tC free himself and notified officers.
 Ill the meantime Brown had fled
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29
MAN DEAD IN CAR
 MONEY IS MISSING
Police in Three Counties Search
 for Solution of Mystery

Binghampton. N. Y Sept 2s PN--- Investigators of three counties today sought to solve the burning to death last Friday of man at first be- lieved to have been Fred G, Beale. local insurance man, in an automo- bile accident near Hancock and the discovery yesterday of footed grave in the vicinity.
 Police yesterday stopped the fn- neral services over the body, charred beyond recognition, and withheld identity of the corpse which had been dsinterred and removed from the little cemetery near the scene of the accident.
 Suspicion was aroused after the open grave was found by Delaware county officials. Other unexplained circumstances led to an investigation in which Broom, Delaware and Wayne county, Penn, officials join ed.
 Last Friday the insurance agent wired his wife that he would return late last night but he failed to reach home, The next day his car. wreck l ed and burned, was found on a little lfrequented road near Hancock with | the body in it. On a tree hung coat, identified later as Beale's. A sum of money, said by business as- sociates to approximate $@.0Q0 was missing as were rings, watch and l jewelry. A Delaware county coroner who Is reported not to be physi- clan, rendered verdict of accident al death. Later examination dis closed that the body might be that of a man who had been dead several weeks.
 Business friends. however. inter
 vened with information of the amount of money Beale had with him and then came discovery of the open grave.
 Easing their identification on 8 lknotted bone in the elbow where Beale when a boy sustained q frac-
 ture. the insurance mans father and
 brother, according to Mrs. Beale, are
 certain that the body Is that of their relative. Experts, who examined the body, declared positive Identification impossible. pointing out that the fire
 reduced the bones 10 ashes that
 crumbled when touched and burned
 the legs away to the knees. It fs impossible they said, to estimate ac-
 curately the height of the man.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29
Alabama Leads U. $.
 In Auto Increase

Washington. Sept. ca P1-Motor vehicles registered in the United states for the first half of 1925 to- taled 17.116.T0a an increase of 1S.9 per cent over inc same period last year. The figures, made public by the bureau of public roads. showed that Alabama led in the registration gain with 5S.s per cent. The total rc gistration represented t5,51e,647 passenger rars. o.1t4,75n trucks. and sc.St2 taxis. Gasoline taxes collect cd by the various states during the
 first half of 1905 the bureau report d totaled $6N.1oS,724 of which S53, slS.24n vas applicable 10 road work. These taxes are imposed by all but four states. Illinois. Massachusetts New York and New Jersey,
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29

lieves 1t came into being In a day or two. When it was picked the outer skin was 2 pure white, with only an occasional break in It's satiny finish.
 The puffbsll does not puff when 1t is young. II is only after the spores develop inside the skin and the white flesh almost entirely disap- pears that the fungi performs In the way that gives it it's name. An old puffbaU, thus changed from edible meat into q mere shell will giv" forth 8 cloud of dust when tho skin is broken suddenly.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29
Arrest Sixth Member
 Of Suspected Robbers

Bridgeport, Sept. 20 P-Tn con nection with the hodup of the Log Cabin Inn. on August 29 for which several suspected of responsibility of the crime have already been ar rested and bound over to superior court, Rocco Basso. 20, of 552 liar ral avenue. was arrested last night near his home by the Bridgeport police and is held here on a techni- cal charge of breach of the peace for investigation under bonds of s. 800. Whether or not the youth Is
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29
Makes You More Beautiful

Apriy this new wonderful harm loss cream before retiring; rub il in thoroughly and leave 1t on o'er night. Notice how white and clear your complexion becomes. Nourish- es puriiies; imperfections fade away Your complexion will look like rhilds-soft, smooth and beautiful GAt var of Mello glo Beauty Cream today.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29

in his captive's automobile which had been parked near the field. Then followed sensational man hunts.
 The fugitive fled from town to town. He was finally apprehended near Medicine Bow. Wyo., after a gun fight with sheriff's posse, In which he was seriously injured, Several days later he was sentenced to life for Kidnapping.
 Brown was scarcely five feet tall and weighed less than 12O. pounds.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-29

During the daytime the city of London proper has q population of 4s6,715, of which number but 1S,- roa remain at night.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-29
BOWDOINHAM

The funeral services of Robert
Brown, who died Sunday were held at
his sons home in Brunswick Wednes-
day. The body was brought here and
the Masons off1ciated at the grave.
Robert. Brown was a native Of this
town, living in East Bowdoinham un-
til q few years. ago when his family
moved to Brunswick to make their
home with their son, DR.. Wilbur
Brown. Mr.. Brown has been in i'll
health for some time. but the end
came suddenly. He was a member Of
the Methodist church and for many
vived by his wife, Elizabeth Brown. a
ter, Delphina Brown, all Of Bruns-
wick, a sister, America Purington, and
brother, DR.. Charles Brown.
Mrs. Carrie Merrill and two chill
dren, Frances and James, who have
been passing their vacation at Belfast,
were staying at their home here last
week.
Mrs. Hutton and three children Of
Buffalo. n. Y, are visiting atN~the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Douglass.
George Weeks and David Graves
have each bought a new Chevrolet
auto.
Mrs Lizzie Sparks was visiting
relatives in town the last Of the week.
Fred Bicknell, a former barber of
this town, was calling on friends the
first Of the week.
Ben Higgins, a former resident Of
the town, called on Bert Adams and
other friends in town Wednesday.
Mrs. George Cutler was a Portland
visitor last Wednesday.
Mrs Robert Hughley and two chill
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-29
KENTS HILL

An entertainment was given in
Kicker hall Wednesday afternoon by
the young folks for the benefit of the
Sunday school. Evelyn Fenlason was
in charge of the entertainment. The
program was as follows: Reading,
Eugene Mahoney; piano duet, Thelma
Gibbs and Evelyn Fenlason: reading,
Marian Gordon; reading, Ralph Hight;
trio dance, Edythe and Lillian Brown,
Evelyn Fenlason; reading, Robert
Hight; vocal duet, Lillian and Edithe
Brown; reading. Annette Mahoney;
reading, Barbara Watkins; dialogue.
Lillian Brown. Beatrice McElman;
reading, Evelyn Fenlason: speciality.
Edythe and Lillian Brown. Evelyn
Fenlason; reading. Paul Wiley; read
ing. Glencora Dow; reading, Lillian
Brown; piano solo, Eleanor Peacock;
readiag. Prescott Watkins: charades,
Richard McElman; reading. Thelma
Gibbs; song Lillian and Edythe
Brown, Beatrice McElman; closing
speech, John Wills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prescott of Manches-
ter. N. H.. are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. T. w. Watkins.
Charlotte Lane has gone to Kenne-
bunk to work for the remainder Of the
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milan ]. Smith and
children of Berlin, n. H., are guests
of Mrs. Smiths mother, Mrs. Fremont
Russell. Other guests at Sampson
farm are Mrs. Russells sister, MrA
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-29
NATIONAL HOME

Officer of the day Capt. William +
Wade.
James w. Morrill, has returned
from a short leave passed with Mrs
Morrill, at Manchester.
James w. Britten Of Freeport, late
Co. K, 3rd Mass. Inf, has been ad-
mitted to the Home.
John ]. Powers, late 4oth Co. U. s.
Coast Art. Corps. has been granted
a discharge and left for New York
City.
The returns from furloughs Tues
day were Daniel Cronin from Provi-
dence and Henry Ramme from Lew
iston.
Mrs. Alice Ross and Herbert Bar
ton of Lynn are the guests of Mrs.
C. A. Sturdy on. the Hallowell road.
The baseball game for next Sun
day will be with Wilton. This team
played here last year and defeated
Togus 81.
Lieut.. William Tiffany Camp No.
4, U. S. w. w., will hold a special
meeting at P. M. Wednesday and
a full attendance is requested. The
semi-annual countersfgn will be
communicated to the members at
this meeting.