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New Britain herald., 1926-01-18
BOY SCOUT REVIEW.

The January board of review of the local Boy Scout council will be held at scout headquarters Wedncs- day evening, with court of honor next Wednesday. Scout Executive W. 0. Cook is planning a court of hon or contest on percentage basis so that troops of every size will have equal chances of winning the com petition. which will be in passing scout tests. At the last meeting of Troop at the Center church, seven scouts were initiated. They were Gordon Ely, Wesley Films, Fred erick Sackett, Dudley Kaharl, Sam uol Ingram, Robert Booth and Cor don Cnkclbach. A new form of in- duction was used and proved suc- ccssfuI.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-18
Morning Collection at
 Church Taken by Thief

Herrin, H., Jan. IS Pl--Thc en- tire morning collection of the First Baptist church, estimated at more than Sfo0, was stolen yesterday The collection sack disappeared g few minutes after Chester Childrcss. church secretary, had laid it down in a room to talk with the minister.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-18
DEATH OF DR, E. ]. DEGNAN
Mcriden Specialist Was Native of Southington Where He Spent His Youth.
Especial to Tho Herald.)

Mcriden, Jan. IS - pr. Edward Joseph Degnan, age 4o years. of 63 Lindsley avenue, died at his home yesterday morning after a long illness. He was one Of the most prominent medical men in Meriden and specialized In diseases of the eyes. ears, nose and throat.
 He was born in Southington and received his elementary education In the public schools there. He graduated from Lewis High school and attended St. Charles college, Ellicott City, Md. later transferring 10 St. Thomas seminary, Hartford. He graduated from Jefferson Medi- cal college in Philadelphia in 1913 and spent a years interneship in Following this. he spent a year al the Undercliffe sanatorium In Meri- den, He practiced his profession in Southington for a few years and then entered the Manhattan Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat college in New York and after graduation set up practice in Meriden.
 He was a member of St. Joseph's church. the Holy Name society Of the church, Isabella council, K. of C., of southington: Meriden lodge of Elks, the Rotary club and the Meriden Medical society.
 He Is survived by his wife. son, James Degnan: his parents. Mr. and Mrs, James II. Degnan 0, Southington, two brothers, Dr. William Degnan and Judge Lam. bert Degnan of Southington. and sister, Misa Leora Degnan, also of Southington. The funeral will be hold at his home Tuesday morning at 9:S0 o'clock and at St. Joseph's church at 10 o'clock. A solemn re- quiem high mass will be celebrated and burial will be in St. Thomas cemetery, Southington.
 Perlip's p1otorcyrIe tories ara bo
New Britain herald., 1926-01-18
TABS" CLASH THURSDAY

New Britain and Wallingford Y. M. T. A. & B. Society card and pool teams will clash next Thursday evening at the downstate borough in the first Of series Of pool and card tournaments among Connecticut Catholic Temperance organizations
New Britain herald., 1926-01-18
PHENIx LODGE INsTALLMENTs

District Deputy Grand Master Au- gust Heisler and suite will install the following officers of Phen!x lodge, l. O. O. r., tomorrow evening. noble grand, Walter ". Homan: vice grand, James F. Cliff: recording secretary. Walter B. Brookman: financial secretary. John B. Ander- son; treasurer. Edward A. Danberg
New Britain herald., 1926-01-18
NAMED BY GOVERNOR

Hartford, Conn., Jan. Is Ri-Cov- ernor Trumbull has appointed Luin B. Switzcr of Fairfield, q state chem ist for a term of two years.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-18
FAMINE CONDITIONS IN
 PROVINCES OF CHINA
However, Situation Is Not Yet So Grave That Outside Help Is Els. sential.

Picking, Jan. IS Pl-Famine con- ditions prevail in many districts of the control provinces, notably Hun an. Hupeh, Honan, Kiangsi and Szechuan. but have not yet reach cd the stage where outside assist ance is considered necessary. This is the substance of reports reaching the international famine relief com mission here.
 The prevailing shortage of food supplies in these regions is attrib- uted to failure of rice crops along the middle Yangtze river. depreda- tions of the military forces and the increased cultivation of the opium poppy.
 An investigator for the famine commission has returned from the
New Britain herald., 1926-01-18

Aspirants for stnto championship violin honors will have to wield their bows nimbly unless they want to give ground to Michael Murphy Of SlS Washington street. MT. Murphy intends 10 enter the race for tho title and is confident that he stands good show 10 win. Mir. Murphy is G9 years old and has been in this city for 67 years, He was formerly in the tea business here,
New Britain herald., 1926-01-18

Chicago. Jan. IS Ry-Fawn Gray, cabaret dancer, admits today she could remember her husband of two months, Theodore MacIarland Of In suit for annul- ment filed in Baltimore sho avcrrcd that she had no recollection of the marriage.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-18
PAWN GRAY, DANCER REGRETS WEDDING
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 night club where Thaw is said 10 hare lavlshod tips on the cabaret stan and flowers on tho women Of the place, Tho cost of his evenings entertainment, which is said to have included a $500 tip to the orchestra. was testimatcd at Sl.5O0,
 A flow days later q New York newspaper said that Miss Gray had received $5,O0O worth of diamond bracelets from Thaw. who was quot cd as saying:
 "I shan't say love hor, but will admit q deep admiration. was struck by her enchanting personali- ty and grace She reminded mo much of the girls when was n young blood I'll bet shell be mar ried 10 some other man within Il year. It's ridiculous to think anyone cares for me"
New Britain herald., 1926-01-18

Berlin's motorcycle taxies are be- coming a success.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28
BLUES TO MEET
JUAREZ THERE
this AFTERNOON

The Douglas Blues will open a
crucial series this afternoon ut 4
o'clock at Dudley field FL Paso,
against the fast travelling Juarez In
dians.
Should the Blues take two games
of the series they will return home
with their prestige enhanced but
should they not fare that well, their
Texas trip which opened against the
Ell Paso Giants with a three game
series last week, will have proved
most disastrous.
The Blues and the Indians will
clash again Saturday afternoon at
the Juarez park and then complete
the series Sunday.
Tom Seaton veteran pitcher of the
Indians and one Of the cleverest
hurlers in the Copper circuit when
he is in good form, viii probably
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28

and sisters. The funeral was held at
Pima Thursday afternoon with rela-
tives and friends from Webb and White
water in attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs Irwin Hawkins and Mrs
Bertha Crawford motored to Bisbee
Wednesday.
Claude Tate and Maxine Lane were
married last week in Bisbee.
Dennis Carrier and Mrs. Effie Steven
son were married in Lordsburg, n. M,
last week. They have gone on a
honeymoon to points in northern Ari-
zona.
Robert McGee, who has been in Cali
'fornia for the past year, has returned
with his son, Robert, to Webb to look
after his place and interests here. Nc
Gee and daughter are remaining in
Phoenix with their son, Archie.
j. NJ Abbott returned last week to
his home, his daughter, Mrs. Fred
Erandt, and her daughter, Winifred, ac-
companying him.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Mortenson We're
business visitors to Douglas Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. irwin Hawkins have
moved back to the Andrew Mortenson
place for the summer.
Saturday visitors to Douglas were Mr.
and Mrs. G. w. Scheerer, j. M. Abbott,
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Hawkins, Mrs. Ber-
tina Crawford, G. w. Kelly and Mrs. r..
L Harris.
Mrs. Helen Williams and daughter
made a business trip to Courtland and
GIeeson on Friday.
Mrs. I4orin Guthrie has moved to tho
P. d. Dilllnan place and will reside near
her mother while Guthrie is working in
the northern part of the state.
Arthur Pointes, formerly of Webb, is
reported very i'll with dropsy.
James Schupbach has movrd his fam
lily into the homestead this week.
Joseph, Elmer and Frank Kerby spent
the Weekend with Mrs. Joe Kerby and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer d. Harris and
son motored from Lowell Sunday to
visit their home ranch and relatives.
Mrs. e. d. Harris, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
lin Harris and Miss Pearl Wacaster of
Light returned with them for a week s
visit in Lowell. They We're accompanied
by Mrs. s. II. Noble.
Smith Nelson, who has been visiting
his brother, Price Nelson, for some
weeks, left Monday morning for his
home in st. George, Utah. His nephew.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28
Pension Expenditures
Of Presbyterian Church
$537,12S During 1925
(By Dispatch A. P. w;re)

BALTIMORE, May 2S.-The pension
expenditures of h Presbyterian
church for 1925 totalled $537,129, an
increase of s21,749 over last year. DR..
Henry B. Master of Philadelphia,
genral secretary of the Presbyterian
Board of Ministerial Relief and Sus-
tentation, who made the report to
the general assembly here, said, how
ever, that this was less han so per
cent of the allotment of the finance
committee of the general council for
this work.
Dr. Master stated that the greatest
difficulty of the work was to eradi
cate from the minds of pensioners
the feeling that this money repre-
sented charitable dole.
) The highest pensions We're paid to
members of the honor roll, 65. or
more years of age, the average an
nuity being $55S The report la
mented that more than a thousand
widows receive an average of only
$239.
The report stated that the Pres
,byterian pension system is the old
est on this continent, having been or
ganized in 1717 with a Fund for
Pious Uses"
Pensions now are handled by the
contributory sustentation fund and
DR.. Master expressed the hope that
the coming year woud see the CO.
operation of at least 1000 churches
n this system.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28

take the mound against the Blues
this afternoon. If he does, and If
he is pitching good ball, the Blues
are sure to have q real battle on
their hands. Gomez will probably
twirl for Douglas and ought to give
the Indians something to think about.
He turned in a good game against
the Giants last week and the de-
feat he suffered then was not due
to his failure to pitch we'll.
Ruiz has joined the Blues in the
Pass city and will likely take 4
crack at the Indians Saturday with
either Murphy or Underwood being
the locals choice for the Sunday as
signment. The Indians who met the
Blues here earlier this season took
two out of three games and are
anxious to repeat that feat at home
this week end.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28
The 20 High BOwIers

Ballentine, 176; Struthers, 172;
johnson, 10. Hart, 169; Pollock, 164;
Mayo, 1874; Seaman, 163; Poe, 1853 !;
Young, 160; March, 16O Hill, 16O;
Hinton, 1856; Barnum, 1856; Weiss, 154; :;
Judd, 1852; Hoyal, Isl; Hansen, 149;
Klingensmith, 148; Cary, 148; N.
Caldwell, 146; H. Caldwell, 146.
The new five-pin tournament is
starting Monday, June Z. The teams
are not signing up as readily as they
should, but before the opening of the
tournament, the Y. NJ. c. A. hopes
to have Is teams entered in snappy
series
Thursday night score:
All Stars: Thrasher, 3O2; Cutler,
100; HickoX, 400; Perrin 391; Magma,
1913. Total: 1858.
American Legion: Weiss, sos; Hin
ton, AS; Hoyal, 1885, Stolaroff, 483;
Pollock, sos Total: 1852.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28
B. &P. W. CLUB
BANQUETS AND
HEARS REPORTS

Mrs. e. wv Brown, state president
Of the business and Professional Wo-
mans club, Mrs Robert j.. Hoyal OF
shts city and Miss Helen Brown, coun~
ty superintendent of schools, gave
official reports of the annual state
convention held recently at Globe, at
the convention banquet of the Doug
las club last evening at the Gadsden
hotel.
The banquet was served at o'clock
with covers laid for Is members ana
guests. Mrs. Hoyal acte as toastmis
tress for the evening and among those
who spoke was Miss Winlfred Paul
newly elected president, who respond.
ed in most gracious manner, pledg-
ing herself to the work of the club,
which aims to become the largest or
ganization in the state.
Miss Paul 'presenteg Miss Marcia
Brown, bride-elect, who was honor
guest at the banquet with set Of
silver teaspoons as a token of ap-
probation from the club members.
Miss Brown viii be married early in
June to Mr. Leo Curtis Brown ,of
Downey, Calf.
Between courses club songs and mus
sic were enjoyed, the singing being
led by Mrs. Nj. j. Anderson. One of
the features of the evening was the
singing of Arizona Land" the stats
song, written by Miss Grace Parsons,
teacher in the Douglas schools, which
was submitted in a competition for
the national song book of the club and
accepted at the recent convention.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28
WEBB
WHITEWATER

Mr.. and Mrs. Eric C. Eastman and
family left overland in their car last
Tuesday for Hollywood, Calf, where
they will visit DIR. and Mrs. Castle and
relatives of both families Lewis Han
son and family will occupy the Eastman
house and car for the place for the
present.
Benjamin Jean, formerly of Webb, was
accidentally killed in the mines in Bis
bee last Tuesday when he was caught
in a cave-in. He leaves his wife. three
children, his mother and five brothers
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28
HELD FOR WIFE MURDER.

ALAMOGORDO, N NJ, May ~
John Letters, La Luz canyon rancher
who claims to be the son of a wealthy
Pittsburgh, Pa, man, is being held in
Jail here in connection with the death
of his wife, who was formerly matron
of a Los Angeles hospital Mrs Let
ters body was found in her bed ii
their ranch home. Letters claims he
left the house to call doctor and on
his return found that his wife had
shot herself
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28
b AR MAIDS OF
GER M ANY t O
VISIT THE Y. S.
nv Dlspatcn A. p. Wirel

BERLIN May 27.-ADout $50 buxom
Bavarian barmaids, garbed in their
picturesque highland costumes, and
two Bavarian pands accompanied by
yodlers and dancers executing the his
toric "Schuplattler" probably will be
the only evidence at the Philadelphia
World fair in 1927 that Germany is
on the map.
Manufacturers having declined to
send exhibits, the people are cha
grined to learn that barmaids wind
instrument manipuIators and peasant
dancers may be sole representatives of
German l1ultur. 1t is argued that the
antics of the highlanders may give an
erroneous picture of the German
character and certainly provide hot
ammunition for American cartoonists.
The barmaid's friends are asking how
they will be able to put pep into
their work serving only near beer.
The German reichstag now has an
octogenarian member. Wilhelm Book,
socialist recently celebrated his
eightieth birthday in perfect health by
attending the sessions as usual.
Herr Book enjoys the title of al
terpraesident, or president of the.
reichstag by virtue of seniority. He
exercises this function every time a
new parliament is elected. At the
first session he mounts tire speakers
stand, declares that he was born IN
1876 and that unless challenged by
some member older than himself, he
will preside until a permanent speak
er is elected.
| When Herr Book convened the
present session, the communists rails
ed such a cry for amnesty for politi-
! cal prisoners that he clapped on q
silk top hat as the traditional sign
of an adjourned meeting and started
! to leave the platform, A shoemaker
by trade, he admits that he rarely has
occasion to sport a topper His birth
day is the same as that of the young
est deputy, Ernest Lemmer, demo-
crat, % years old.
While Anton Flettner is lecturing in
the United States on his invention OF
the Rotor Ship, the German navy has
Launched the Bararra, the largest rotor
ship ever constructed.
The Barrara is 300 feet long, 43 feet
of 2800 tons. 1t is expected to
| average 10 miles an hour.
A sailing vessel of the same dimen-
sions is. nearing completion so that
| the navy department may be able to
make exact comparisons as to the eff
| ficiency of the two types of wind
propelled ships.
| Musical experiences in the United
! States and in the Near East have con-
! vinced Haig Gudenian, Armenian com
poser now touring Germany, that Kip
! ling was mistaken when he said that
the east and west can never meet.
II have taken our Armenian airs
! into towns and even villages of the
| United States" Gudenian said, and
the people liked and understood them.
| have also taken American folk
songs back to my native Armenia and
played them to all sorts of audiences.
My countrymen showed the same ap-
probation and understanding of
American airs that Americans showed
of Armenian. SO fundamentally we
are quite the same
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28
B O w LIN G

Last night marked the end of the
ten pin bowling tournament at the
Y, with the American legion team
far in the lead with a percentage
of .750, having won 80 points and lost
only 13. The Railroaders won sec
ond place with .7O2, having won
36 IL points and lost Is 12..
Last night, the American legion
won all four points from the All
Stars. The Eleventh Streeters and
the C. & a. each forfeited match.
ru,r, MI c.r, a nrnnrNrct
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28
DELAY RODENT POISONING.

PHOENIX, May 27-Operations in
rodent control work in the southern
part of the state will be practically
abandoned during the summer months,
ID. A. Gilchrist, district leader in con.
troll work for the federal bureau of
biological survey, announced today.
The animals would not eat enough
poison grain at this period cf the
year to warrant it's distribution, he
explained
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28

Leonard Nelson and family will motor
with him to Lees Ferry and visit the
Grand canyon.
Price Nelson, who has been i'll for the
past few days, was able to. return to his
work Tuesday.
William Hudson and family moved to
the Connelli home on the north ana
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28
south highway Tuesday.

south highway Tuesday.
Judge Mrs e. D. Harris, her mother.
Mrs. D. f. Fox, and daughter Sally
Harris, motored to Bisbee and Douglas
on business Tuesday.
The young people of the M. ]. A. will
give a minstrel show on Friday, June A.
at the church of the Latter Day Saints
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-28
TEAM STANDING

| The high average for the week
this time goes to Barnum and Pol
lock, each having an average of 169
| The high score for the week goes to
Hinton who made POS. Ballentine
still holds the high average for the
tournament with 176, while Hart still
/, holds the high score for the tourna-
ment with 236.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
Europe and America Now Accept
Women Officers as Strong Aids
in Crime Prevention.

ington himself was berated as a
traitor, a thief and a tyrant, and
threatened with impeachment. On the
occasion of one of his birthdays Con-
gress refused to pay its usual caii
just to insult him, and when he quit
the presidency, vigorous minority
declared that the country was well rid
Of him-among the minority being a
congressman from Virginia and a
young man named Andrew Jackson.
TRIED AND REBUKED.
Three years ago Lieutenant Van
Wrinkle was tried for characterization.
She was found not guilty but rebuked
for lack Of the proper conception Of
discipline. She promptly went to III.
Supreme Court, which a year later
ordered the offensive rebuke struck
out Of the record.
The opportunities for women to
help the state by police work are IN
Vulnerable and must be increasingly
widened. At present they are more or
less confined to the supervision of
the activities and resorts Of children
and young women. They patrol parks,
and tenements, observe motion pic
ture houses, dance halls, picnic
grounds, beaches and other places
where the young find temptation coin
Gliding with encouragement.
In some places they have no power
Of arrest and must notify a policeman
to interfere; in others they have full
authority and dramatic experiences
result.
The policcwoman's knowledge of
the world is narrowing, heart-break-
ing one for she sees so much that po-
lite people do their utmost to con-
ceal, and with the same false effort
at morality and the same pernicious
effect that inspired the older ideals of
sanitation-pile up the filth and hide
it; get rid Of it By pretending to
ignore It!
In the good old days people carried
pomanders, perfume bottles and salts
to drown the stencil they encountered
everywhere. They drowned their own
rancid aroma with scents, and when
the plaques came, built bonfires to
keep them off.
Nowadays we believe in bathing our
bodies first and exposing them TO the
sunlight; next in providing baths and
sunlight for other people; next in
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
WRITTEN BY EXPERT.

All this information and much
more l have stolen from an important
book recently included in the infinite
ly valuable publications of the Bureau
of Social Hygiene. 1t is written by a
staff member, Chloe OwinGs, NJ. \.
Miss Owings is a woman of extra
ordinary equipment. She graduated
from Knox College, made special stu
dies in two other colleges. She spent
four years in charity work, served in
France during the war with the mill
tary hospitals, then studied at the
Sorbonne in Paris, receiving a doc
tors degree in letters and the Prix
earlier for a thesis. She returned to
America in 1928 and has been active
in the study and organization of po-
lice problems.
Before a heart and brain of such
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04

There's only one person in the world
who can injure your honor. A faith
less wife can't injure it. A pbilander-
ing husband can't injure it. You,
yourself, are the only one who can in.
jure II.
Every time you permit yourself to
do q cruel, eowardly, stupid, selfish
thing, you injure that honor Of yours.
But the cruel, cowardIy, stupid and
selfish things which other people do
have no effect whatever upon your
honor. They may inconvenience you
and tax you heavily in grief, time and
money, but they can't injure your
honor. You alone can smirch or scar
your honor
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04

bathing our streets and houses and
letting the sun purify the rubbish.
Crime loves the dark and flourishes
there on ignorance and neglect. Let
the daylight into the skulls of the
criminals and the moralists and next
into the dark corners, the novels and
the slums.
While the ideal of all police work
is the prevention of crime and delin.
quency rather than their punishment,
the Importance of policewomen can be
seen from their instructions in Bos-
ton. Among their duties there is this:
IF they observe young girl conduct
ing herself in public for the second
time in such way as to indicate
lack of decency or possibility of
Ignorance on the girls part of the con-
sequences of her actions, to quietly
warn her. II the same girl is OBJ
served for the third time to be thus
conducting herself, the woman officer
is to accompany her to her home and
to report the facts to the girls par.
ents. In all possible instances friend.
ly supervisory contact is maintained
with the girl and her family"
AN OFFICERS DUTIES.
In Lieutenant Van Wrinkles depart
ment the subjects are listed as fol-
lows:
"Q) Truant children in the moving
picture houses and elsewhere. (2)
Children parked. in moving picture
houses by their mothers who then
seek their personal pleasures or shop
unencumbercd. (3) Degenerate men
and Objectionable women who fire.
quent motion pictures. (4) objec-
tionable details in films. (5) Private
and public motor vehicle drivers who
lure young girls astray, serve as pro-
curers and consort with prostitutes.
t6) Unlighted canoes and other small
craft on the Potomac. Camps along
the Potomac conducted by objections
able persons who harbor young girls.
ca Unlicensed dance halls conducted
as schools where young girls without
means of support are employed as
teachers through whom decent young
boys are seduced. (S) Washers.
Surely these are fields where evil
should be attacked and where every
victory has an incalculable influence
for good forever. She who saves
woman saves a potential city.
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