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New Britain herald., 1926-05-20
WORKER ARRESTED
 AFTER HOT BATTLE
Employe of Local Brickyard Will
 Be in Court Tonight
D. A. R. ANNUAL MEETING
Officers of Baseball Club To Be Elected-Daughters of American Revolution To Hold Annual Meet ing-Young People In Court.

AS a result of q particularly fierce battle at the Stiles & Reynolds brick yard last night, two workmen at that plant, Peter Broncho and Axel Dren- zke, will be in the Berlin town court this evening at 7:30 to explain the action. BrOncho was arrested by Constables Frank Brown and George Kanupka and will be charged with breach of the peace.
 The officers were called 10 the brick yard last evening at about 9 o'clock, as they were attending a session of the Berlin court. Upon arrival at the plant, they found the two men in savage encounter. It was with difficulty that the officers scpa- that Drenzke Was suffering from several cuts about the face, while Broncho's fists were badly swollen from the force of his blows,
 The two men got into an argument after one of them is alleged to have called the other series of insulting names.
 OnlccrS 10 lSe Elected
 The Y. A. B. society baseball team will meet tomorrow evening at ' o'clock at the Percival avenue field and all members are requested to be present, A captain and a manager will be elected and plans will be formulated for the active season that is expected.
 Members of the squad will be measured for uniforms and short workout will be held before the meeting adjourns. The team is ex- pecting a successful year and Ken sington fans, ever interested in sports, are lending their whole hearted support to this group.
 D. A. K, Annual Meeting
 The annual meeting of Emma Hart Willard chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will be held tomorrow afternoon at the home of Miss Caroline Bauer, Kens- ington. All members are urged to be present, since officers for the coming year will be elected and the yearly reports will be read. This meeting will close the season of 1925-1926.
 Minstrel Rehearsal.
 Ameeting of the St. Pauls T. A. B. minstrel troupe will be held this evening at s o'clock at the hall in Kensington. A rehearsal will be held and it is expected that all members will be present.
 Parade To Field.
 Headed by the T. A, F. drum corps and followed by fans in auto mobiles the All Kensington and the Simsbury baseball teams will parade from T. A. B. hall to the Percival aveiue field on Saturday afternoon as part of the ceremonies incident to the opening of the baseball sea- son in this town. The parade will get under way at 2;30 o'clock and will form at T. A. B. hall at Up- sons Corner.
 Arriving at the field, short eXer- cises will be held, including a flag raising. First Selectman George E. Carter will probably pitch the first ball over the plate, after which the teams will knuckle down to the business at hand. Present indications are that there will be hot battle.
 Asked what the groups would do upon arrival at the field, Manager
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20
NEW NURSES HOME
Anonymous Gift Assures Structure
 For the Stamford Hospital


 Stamford, May 20 OP -- Anony- mously, so far as public notice is given, money has been given to build a new nurses home at the Stamford hospital The board of directors made the announcement, and the amount will be between S15O,000 and $200,000.
 Three years ago there was a cam paign to raise $70O,o00 for hospital additions but only half a million was secured which was used to build the hospital and private rooms, a pavilion and ward wing.
 There was not enough for a nurses home. This is now assured by the gift,
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20

r. J. Blckley today said, There's just one thing l know the All Kens- ingtons are going to do and that is win.' Manager Buckley is placing great faith in his squad this season, and he is arranging games with some of the best amateur delegations ln the state. The All Kensingtons have made an excellent record and, for this reason. fans in this vicinity will follow their activities with in- terest.
 Fines and Sentences,
 John kaminSki of BeckIey, Ernest Bourgeois of East Berlin. and Er- win Smith Of East Berlin were fined $50 and costs and were given sus- pended jail sentences of 80 days my Judge George G. Griswold in the Berlin town court last evening on charges of misconduct They were also placed on probation for six months Two girls arrested with the young men early yesterday morning, Mildred Welk of Rockwell avenue, New Britain, and Madeline Clark of Main street, that city, were senten- ced to the House Of The Good Shep- herd in Hartford.
 Committee Is Appointed
 A committee has been appointed by Berlin Grange for the purpose of making arrangements with Burritt Grange of New Britain for the pre- sentation by that organization dra- matic club, of play in Berlin the first week in June. The play has been successful as given in New Britain and it should prove attrac- tive to Berlin audiences.
 The committee consists of Mrs. George W, Tryon, Joseph L. Wilson, George Holmquist, Miss Phyllis senning and Claude W. Stevens.
 East Berlin Items
 Community hall was filled 10 ca- pacity last evening, the occasion be- ing the first appearance here of Everyman's Bible class orchestra of New Britain. They played several for the opening of the en- tertainment program. following with other selections during the evening. There were several read ingS and a comedy skit on the pro- gram. Dancing was enjoyed at the conclusion. Miss Etta Lawrence was chairman of the committee for the entertainment.
 A rehearsal of the school play was held this afternoon, the entire cast being present.
 Prayer meeting this evening at the Methodist church at 1880 o'clock.
 A whist will be held at Sacred Heart church next Monday evening" It is probable that this will be the last whist of the season, but an- nouncement will be made at the whist as to future plans.
 Announcement will be made | shortly regarding the annual out ng of the Community club, Last | years event was the most successful | 2ver attempted and this years out ng promises to be even better. The | fate has not yet been set, but it is | that it will be during the i month of July.
 Those making the trip to Wes- cyan Saturday for the state meet | will meet at Coles store at 10 l o'clock, D. s. T.. unless otherwise informed. Those who will make up he team are Jack Walsh, Raymond Rich. Charles Cuddihy, Everett Payne and Harold Ramy. Heats in he dashes will commence at noon and all entrants are requested to be 1n the field not later than II o'clock.
 Alterations to Community hall are 'apidly nearing completion. The entire basement is being made over nto a banquet hall. The building s being painted and the interior is being renovated throughout.
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New Britain herald., 1926-05-20

O. Collomb, photographer Of Nice, France, with Pathe Freres Company when the famous motion pictures of the African jungle life were taken, will accompany the Auburn Trans nortation Company tour 10 Niagara Falls on June 7th. Mir. Colomb will take pictures en route, copies Of which will be given the passengers -adVt.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20
MOSLENI FAIL TO ELECT

Cairo, Egypt, May 20 P-The Moslem congress, convokcd here mainly 10 consider the question of the vacant caliphate, ended today without a decision being taken.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20
ACCUSED OF SPEEDING

Motorcycle Policeman William & Smith to be in police court tomor- row morning on the charge of speeding.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20
Totals ...... 39 10 %
;. Manchester

Two base hits Hcppell, Smith. Farr Wright; thrc has hits, MorrelI, Kappell, r. Lupin, Alexander Mai. double play, Smith to Kappen to Huffman: base on balls off Comer- ford ., Alexander 8, Gudailipis 8; struck out by Comeford: Alexander 3, Gudailipis; umpire, Coughlin; time loo.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20

\ surplus of old army cars in Ragdad has almost put the automo- bile dealers of Bagdad out of busi- ness,the people apparently being satisfied with used cars.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20
ROY MISSING FOR TWO DAYS

Mrs. Tomechesl' of 26 Silver street reported to the police today that her son, Matthew, aged 14, has not been home in two days.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20

A woman is credited with having invented q device for automatically turning off the gas when the flame is accidentally blown out
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20

Nine room house on Worthington Ridge. Inquire A. L. Woodruff, town clerk.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20
Ellis Meet In Thomaston

Th0 regularly monthly meeting Of Bristol lodge of Elks will be held this evening in the town hall in Thomaston, following out the GUS tom Of holding one meeting in that town a year. Following the busi- ness session. Judge William J. Ma
 lone will give a talk on his recent trip 10 Labrador. A motion picture
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20
Farewell Party

A party was given at the home Of Mir. and Mrs. Louis W. Higgins of 66 East street last evening in honor of
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20
VUDOR PORCH SHADES

Known as the Best on the Market The best are the cheapest. Made of the most durable wood slats and seine twine, with wind devices. Each Vudor shade has woven-in ventilator at top, allowing free air circulation. Sized and priced as follows (green and broWn):
New Britain herald., 1926-05-20

A class of 80 boys and girIs will receive their first communion at a high mass at o'clock Sunday morn ing at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. The children in the class will attend confession Saturday aft ernoon.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-31

hospital when the lights go out? Or what happens if some lusty infant just happens to be coming into the world at or about that moment. It must be a terrific time for the doc tor and the nurses.
 For that matter. some up-to-d date individual may be having his ap- pendix removed just at such mo- ment and if the law is anything like 1t ought to be, the electric com pany would be subject to damages for allowing the appendix to "come to light in the darkness"
 High power wires are strung all over this section of the state; we have sub-stations, transformers, coal power plants, hydro-electric plants, and super-power arrange ments generally But what we need is juice that never Hops, regardless of wind. storms, halls, snow or rain.
 Conditions simply will not be per- feet until the company improves the system sufficiently to stop the eternal blinking, winking and slink- ing lights during a storm.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-31
SENATOR CUNMINS' STDnEN ENn

Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, suddenly taken from the scene of human activity, leaves a record Of having been one of the most active western political men. It Is rather a coincidence that he died shortly after having been de- feated for renomination in the re- cent Iowa primary.
 After having been governor of Iowa three times Cummins fathered the Iowa idea" of tariff reform in the interest of western agriculture and after much effort finally reached the national halls of Con- gress. This was at the beginning of the 2oth century; and he has been one of our most prominent men ever since, and has been a particu- larly noteworthy figure in transpor- tation matters.
 With his passing a man Of sterl- ing attainments leaves the stage of human endeavor. He possessed dis tinctive qualities and left his mark upon the nations laws, including the Esch- Cummins railroad act.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-31
MELON CUTTING

sRumors that the General Motors and the U. s. Steel would increase their dividends have been current for months. The time Is soon ripe when confirmation or negation Of the rumors is to be had. Stock trad CTS have anticipated confirmation by inaulging in heavy buying of these stocks, as well as some others.
 Both companies have been play ing safe with their funds; so much has gone for dividends and so much set aside for rainy day. numerous other corporations and individuals operate upon the same plan, if they are wise.
 The stock advance is symptoma- tic of the efforts being made this year to maintain or increase busi- ness confidence. Yet nothing they do in Wall street will have the slightest effect upon the man in the street. He lets stock market booms come and so, paying more atten- ton to the box scores than to the stock quotations.
 This is just as well. The average man cannot afford to take the risks incident to playing the market.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-31
A GOOD RECORD TN NEW BRITAIN

purng q week when all recoras far automobile accidents in the state were broken, New Britain regiserea among the lowest totals of any ci's of size in the state.
 This should be good news to ci'y .tac,aIs who have been giving much ,, their time and thought to eiifh- mating traffic snarls and improving t,s possibility Of traversing the city streets In safety.
 New Britain's accidents for 'ho v.ek were only Is, none fatal.
 Tn Hartford. where they know as r,,,. shout traffic control as in gu,te. Mont. and where even ln' most rudimentary laws are scarce'S .,,orced the total was bS accidents and two Hartford residents were ,,,onx the states five victims dur ing the week.
 I, has been shown time and asa'n that the way to keep sutomooile .oc;dente 10 the minimum is to rsau,ate travelling over city streets to The highest point Of efficiency Hcv Britain is not faultless or per .,ci by any means; but the city has made commendabIe progress.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-31

Politeness prevents the mayor from inviting some of the callers to step aside and show a little regard for the rights of others; and besides it would be poor politics to do so. However, it will not be surprising if some day some occupant of the mahogany fitted office flies off the handle and heaves one of the whin- CTS for the well-known touchdown!
 Admitted the Broad street would be better highway if paved. that the Glen street dump does give forth smells that approach the noxious, that John Jones would not have purchased his property if he knew he couldn't put in a gasoline sta- tion, that more policemen in the north, or the south, or the east, or the west, would give better protec- tion-admit all these things and thousand more-but why go into the long, needless. useless, tiresome and boring details which very often in stead of producing results have the opposite effect?
 One of the most needed rules for the conduct of city hall is a rigidly enforced gag-rule that would shut off the flow of conversation loosed by these pests. However, such situation borders too closely on the Utopian ever to be realized. Per haps reports of increasing sales of the various books of etiquette hold forth some promise of relief.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-31

o'Grady, director of traffic in that city. has been watching the psycho- logical effect of such large foot prints painted at an important in- tersection and has ordered them to be painted at other spots.
 "These footprints" he is quoted as saying. stamp upon the minds of motorists that the zone belongs to the pedestrian. There is a psy- chological effect in the footprints and motorists hesitate to cross the path when the signal lights are against them. White lines do not have such an effect"
 Other cities may well investigate the potency Of this new Detroit psy- chological sign painting on the public highway. Signs on the h'-- way that really stop motorists whe. e my aA expsNsi e stop are needed wth nigh everywhere.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-31
NOT A SUMMER RESORT
 TRAGEDY
By Henry $. Kempf

By Henry S. Kempf
 The sea rolled high.
 He had gone down for the first time.
 What pity.
 His wife stood but ten feet from him. She could not prevent his go- ing down.
 Her eyes were riveted on the spot where he went down.
 He came up again.
 Hope arose in her breast. Perhaps 8 chance to save him would still show itself.
 Suddenly he went down again, THE SECOND TIME.
 Her heart was aching.
 She was becoming hysterical. He was her only support. A loving husband! A kind father! or of a progressive and profitable business, YET. q.
 He was just going down for the THIRD time. when his wife wildly screamed:
 Walt Burnside. ef you go down that cellar again for another drink, I'll take an axe an smash every bot tie you've got down there."
 The sea rolled high.
 But of course that had nothing to about 200 miles from it!
New Britain herald., 1926-07-31
"BY THE ETERNAL, TT MIST STOP"

Some such exclamation is apro- pos regarding the continuous blocking of traffic on the various railroad and street crossings in New Britain. The last ruction rec orded was when A automobiles in | hurry were stalled at the ap- breaches to the Elm street crossing during the noon hour while New Haven railroad freight train jaunt- iIy switched it's numbering weight over the tracks.
 The same holds true of several other important downtown cross ings. Railroad switching and cross ings do not mix.
 Yet what is to be done about it? There are rules and regulations .nourh, in all conscience, but the point Is they don't keep the cross ings clear.
 The question naturally arises who owns the streets at the inter- section of the railroad tracks, the citv or the railroad? Clearly, the railroad owns its tracks passing over city streets. while the clty own. the street highway.
 Rv what right, then, has the railroad to unreasonably block the city highways?
 When a freight train blocks a ,y.ossinp unnecessarily it is flouting The citys rights. It is really 'res- passing on city property.
 All of which Is recognized and generally admitted by all sides bu' freight trains are long and cumber- some and when switching is to be done somebody will suffer. Just a' nre,ent 1t is the autoists. mostly al the noon hour, who gnash tneir teeth.
 Such a crossing as that at Elm street. should never have been per mitted to develop. Now that we kaye got 1t. what are we going to do with it?
 It would not take the most won derful engineer in the world to think up a way to eliminate the surface crossing with a bridge or an underground cuTert' But tha' would cost money, to the city as well as the railroad.
 But such bridges or culverts haFe ,een constructed before today, ana possibly one can be cons'ruc'e' !" New Britain.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-31
THE NEW CONSOLIDATION

If the New York Central succeeds in obtaining complete control of the Michigan Central and the Big Four not to mention the other minor lines it is after, it will become the largest system in the country.
 For all practical purposes the Michigan Central and the Big Four already are part of the New York Central; but techniealities are tech nicalities, and in reality they are not.
 One wonders why such a consoi- idation was not brought about years ago, at the time the New York Central acquired control of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, its present main stem to Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-31
25 Yeors Ago Today

Rev. L. S. Johnson will speak at the meeting Of the First church Christian Endeavor society Sunday evening.
 Harmless as water. sparkling as wine, delicious, refreshing, temper ance-diyine. Williams root beer. --advt.
 Carl J. Youngblood and Harry Taylor of kensington will leave Monday for points up the Hudson river
 Mrs. George Eger of Chestnut street has returned from a visit to Milford.
 Ripper Morgan and Harry Gra- ham received the prizes ia the anna teur theatrical contest at Compounce last night. These are decided by the amount of applause given each con- tcstant.
 Charles Dickinson and others sleeping near Main street have been annoyed lately by the noise of the heavy water cups dangling against the iron sides of the drinking foun- tain pipes at all hours of the night To offset this Mir. Dickinson hired a carpenter and had a wooden box built over the pipe. Now he sleeps in peace.
 The jubilee in the Catholic church will end on August 25. To do the jubilee in New Britain, Catholics are obliged 10 make one visit a day 10 each of the four churches-St. Mary's St. Peters, St. Joseph's and the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Orange street. Several hundred have already done this for 15 days. and it is believed that near ly all the able-bodied Catholics will have done this before the time ex- pires. The last jubilee was 25 years ago. and the only Catholic church here was the old one of St. Mary's on Myrtle street.
 The almost deserted condition of Main street evenings testiiies to the popularity Of open air theatricals here A few years ago this was not even thought Of. but now the cars to White Oak are crowded and the at tendance there some nights is as high as 1900,
New Britain herald., 1926-07-31
HAVE 4 HEARTi


 By Arthur l.. Maslen I wish the hardware merchants Would mind their own affairs. One sent my wife some letters About his kitchen wares. And to each woman buyer Some recipes he gave. Wife tried 'em all! I'm lucky That I'm not in my grave! You should have seen me eating And what amounts l slowed; It made my wife so happy Her features fairly glowed. But soon, from so much eating Of buildings, pies, and kraut, I had such indigestion I thought I would pass out! Attorneys tell me frankly That for my aches and pains I cannot sue this merchant Nor garnishee his gains. So hear my prayer, oh merchants! Ye have a heart, I wist; When sending out your letters, Keep MY wife off your list!
New Britain herald., 1926-07-31
POTENCY OF SIGNS

New Britain is not the only clIy where the potency of hand-painted siors an tba street beds is proving X staunch deterrent to autoists who bv nature may be inclined to pass beyond cross-oyer when the ubiauitous stop and go' signal IS against them.
 But in Detroit the authorities have gone a step further and have painted giant footprints" on the os ement at such spots where prd4s,rians are expected to be pro terted whiIe crossing a street. From the columns ot the Detroit News 1t is learnss that Thomas J.
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New Britain herald., 1926-07-31
COMMERCIAL ACCORD
IN EUROPE

For more than year sundry French and German steel magnatcs have been negotiating. During thai time the steel magnates of Belgium and Luxemburg joined. Those in England held aloof.
 The Englishmen, in fact, donf like the idea. seeing the prospect of increased competition.
 Now word comes from Paris that the deal has been completed. It will be combination based upon the potentialities of Lorraine iron and Ruhr coal.
 Now parleys are under way to include the iron and steel makers of Poland. Czechoslovakia and Austria in the trust. They have no reason to remain out Of it, as the possibilities for profit are consider able.
 For instance. prices will be fixed in pounds sterling; a case ot here's what it costs, take it or leave it."
 Prosperity is in sight. Nothing helps prosperity like price fixing The domestic and foreign markets will be divided; each group will get it's quota; everybody will be happy
 There was some such arrange ment between French and German steel makers before the war, but the French had the short end ot the deal. at that time not possess ing Isrraine, where the iron ore comes from. Now France has a fine chance to figure as an iron and steel nroducer. in spite of having to rely upon the German Ruhr Tor coKe and coal.
 The time will come when the British will feel like sharing in the good thing. The continental steel trust intends 10 jack up prices Ill the home market and dump us surplus in tho foreign market II ,--,a,,1 dneen't join
 By this time next year you VIII read that England has joined the trust.