New Britain herald., 1926-04-29
FLASHES OF LIFE: PARALYZED. BUT
 WRITES OPERA BY DICTATJON

by tho Associated Press,
 London - Pale gray is the latest
 style for housess That's the tone of
 the residence of those happy young
 parents, the Duke and Duchess of
 York. Other houses in Mayfair have
 followed suit.
 New York Unable to move 1 her from her couch for two years
 because Of paralysis, Miss Janet B.
 Williams, singing teacher, has pro-
 duced an operetta, She dictated the
 notes and she is to hear the first performance over the radio. berln-German industrial manu-
 facturers are being urged to adopt
 American methods, One such ad- | Vocate. Carl Von Siemens, has told |
 industrialists that 1t takes Ger.
 many a year to do with piece Of 1
 pig iron what Henry Ford does in
 q week.
 Newark, x. J. -- Informed he had fifteen minutes to live because Of crushed legs, Leroy Cullen, singing brakeman, once a choir boy held hands with his sisters and sang "Mother Machree"-his mothers favorite, which he had not rendered since her death three years ago. The end came as he waa completing the song.
 New York Betty Pierce, star of White Cargo" is now on q honeymoon with Benjamin r. Der lin Of Chicago. They were married at Greenwich. Conn, by justice of the peace.
 Rome - A couple of galleys once used by a Roman emperor and lying for centuries in 300 feet of water in a lake at the bottom or an extinct volcano are to be dug by Mussolini's orders to deco rate Rome. He is not going to use, them, but will have de luxe air plane.
 Maiden, Mass. --- The engage ment of their son has reunited Mir. ana Mrs. Frederic R. Perry, di- vorced eleven years ago. They have been remarricd by the same clergy man who is to offiCiate at their , sons 8 wedding. Mir Perry is a gen. eral passenger agent in New York.
 New York William C. Red field, Wilson's secretary of com. merce, and family have curtailed , 'heir patronage of the spoken f lrama considerably because of evil plays, He notes that the pub. ic is turning 10 the movies anG "a udeville.
 Cambridge. Mass. A beoucst Q Harvard for the education of iuper-normal and good normal 'ouns men in order that humanity nay benefit has been reduced so5.. poo. Charles Bigelow Of Newton. wealthy wooden manufacturer, left he university the residue Of his state for such purposes. A contest " q brother and nephew has 'ten settled by payment of si?.50o ach.
 San Antonio, Texas Decreeins he rooster to be a costly nuisance II the summer, the agricultural committee of the San Antonio 'hamber of Commerce has called III the southwest farmers to slay "ooo of the daylight hcralders lay l. The rooster ridding cam 'algn IS sponsored by the United t2tes department of agriculture to acourag" production of infertjle ggs. which are said to keep better T warm weather than fertile eggs, Chicago -~ Obtaining scarci, arrant and leading policemen, Mrs. onry Endl@r directed raid on her 1sband's hootlegger. A l6-gallon ill was seized and the owner and nr husband were arrested. She i'd she decided her husband was mixing too much and followed him
 the bootlegSer's home.
 New York Mrs. 0. II. r. Bel Q ont, is much amused over Bishop aNnins and his attitude toward \ vorced people, especially because c has been asked to be godmother \ r her great grandson, whom thc A of Canterbury will hap- \