New Britain herald., 1926-12-08
FLASHES OF LIFE: UNION PACIFIC
 WENT WHOLE YEAR WITHOUT TRAGEDY

New York-Two monster airplanes intended for regular transatlantic flights are bein5 built in Germany the German railroads information office announces.
 London-Cattle have been made immune from tuberculosis by Swiss biologist. Dr. Henry Spahlinger. The principle Is described In a dispatch 10 the Daily Mail as the same as vaccination against smallpox.
 New York-The Union Pacific, which had no passengers killed last year, has been awarded the F. H. Hartman gold medal for conspicu- ous work in preventing accidents.
 Berne-The Swiss army now has gas masks equipped with reservoirs of oxygen that will last 14 hours.
 New York-NIusc, in the belief of George Eastman. is a potent anti dote for the restlessness Of spirit ern business.
 Rochester. =. Y.-Another organ ization has been named after ani- mals. A lot of white owls. drivep from the Arctic by lack of food, have t, r1aPpa from ocean liners to Washington. and now the International Order of White Owls makes It's bow. It's purpose is to provide sanctuary for them in the straits of Formosa.
 New York-The health of John D. rockefeller who is in his S5th year. ! is so good that he is taking an active | interest in business, from which he retired o5 years ago. He has been | noting fluctuations in the stock mar ket and is credited with giving much | advice about recent financing Of | Standard oil of New Jersey.
 Constantinople-Ne have now | joined the fez az out of style in the l province Of Trebzond. Any woman | who wears one will be arrested. The ! provincial council rules that a veil is unhygienic and deprives a woman of | the right 10 earn a living.
 New York-Quite a lot Of Father Knickerbocker's adopted sons and daughters 10 cant get far from the big town at Christmas are going to telephone their pictures home. to Chicago, San Francisco and other places. The minimum charge is $50. and the company has many orders
 Hartford-Football and organized sports in general give colleges best way of reaching public. Ray Cost ing coach at Trinity. says in radio dialog.
 New Mlford--Flames of sl5,- geese. two barns and contents, sev- oral henneries, two silos and an ice house on farm of T. H. Littlefeld.
 Middletown-Middlesex county su- pcrior court opens with only four cases on docket, smallest number in courts history.
 Brstol-Tall from a ladder last |, Saturday caused death of Gideon ronneau. 49.
 Danbury-John Scully. 55, q hat i ter. commits suicide by cutting throat. sStamford--James Brown. G3, miss , ing since yesterday, is located in Madison
 Waterbury-Mayor r. P. Guilfoile :. denies that Waterbury would intro- duce bill in the legislature to have | uncollected taxes become the debts I of the tax payer to the municipality > rather than to the collector. l Hartford-James NJ. Whittlosey. I state commissioner on domestic anil mals. announces he will ask gover- ( nor to modify restrictions on the Importation of horses. Bridgeport - Twentieth child is born to James Carhone. 50. a bar CT. and wife, Margaret 3S, records dis r close a
 The bears of Yellowstone Nation- r al Park made Tom Mix one of their f pals while hn was filming scenes c for his next picture. Attracted by | the scent Of food, they become daily + visitors, making friends with the company. The late Harry Houdini was the ' man who christenod Joseph Francis \ keaton "Buster," the latter's father says. Joe and Atyra Keaton and Houdini were travelling in a tent show In Kansas when the infant fell down a flight of stairs. What
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