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New Britain herald., 1926-01-27

Vienna, Jan. c7 P,-The sending of an American station in the inter national radio tests penetrated as far as Vienna this morning, when the superintendent of the Aspern avia- ton weather bureau, in the suburbs of the city, picked up a program on a set especially constructed for the purpose,
New Britain herald., 1926-01-27

Constipation is dangerous for anybody, Nujol is Safe for everybody. It does not affect the stomach and is not absorbed by the body. Medical author lties approve Nujol because it is 50 safe, gentle and natural in its action.
 Nujol makes up for deficiency - temporary or chronic-in the supply of natural lubricant in the intestincS It softens the waste matter and thus permits thorough and regular elimination without overtaxing the intestinal muscles.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-27

the entire staff of his embassy ana Is sending q wreath bearing the in- scriplion "A tribute from William Philips. ambassador from the United States. 10 q noble character and great Belgian who profoundly loved America"
New Britain herald., 1926-01-27
Lowden Warns Against
 Present Farm Systems

New York. Jan. q (P) - The great agricultural system Of the United States is running down al dangerous pace, former Governor
New Britain herald., 1926-01-27
CHAPMAN NS. HERMAN

Boston, Jan. 27 Up'--Rcd Chap man, Chelsea teatherweight, has been matched with labe Herman of California for 1o round bout here February * the Commercial Athletic club announced today.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-27
CHILDREN REPORTED LOST.

Mrs. Peterson, 3O9 Iinwood street, reported to the police last night that her daughter, Grace, aged s, vas lost.
 This morning Stanley Miskausky, 752 Broad street, reported that his eight year old son has not been nome all night.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-27
Co<cRE,,u,>,> WIFE DIES

HaHh4m, Mass. Jan. - 'P ~- Mrs. I.oA. -' Iuc", wifi" Of Con- gi, ..Inan Ilira Of Massachusetts. d:,d suIIonly carly toiay at her Loma here.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-27

The distinction of the oldest bell in Europe is claimed for the largest of the bells in the town steeple of Lauark. England.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-27
Mothers, Do This
 When the Children Cough, Rub Mu.tcrolc on Throuts and Chests

No telling ho1 soon the symptoms may develop into croup, or worse. And then'a when you're glad you have a jar of Muster2le at hand to give prompt relief. 1t does not blister.
 As first aid, MIsTeroie Is excellent. Thousands of mothers know it. You should keep a iar ready for instant use. It is the remedy for adults, too. Re- lieves sore throat, bronchitis, tonsillitis, csoup, s-ilf neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion. pleurisy, rheu- matism, lumbago. pains and aches of back or joints, sprains, sore muscles. chilblains, frosted feet and colds of the chest Gt may prevent pneumonia).
 To Mothers: Musterole is also
 made in milder form for
 babiss and small children.
 Ask for Childrcn's Musterole. {,
 35c and Csc, jars
 [I|!I||ili'i;IllI||zz!] l'|'I j j $ i|l||zlg
 and tubes.
 EsAss,s' '''~xa
 Better than q mustord plaster
New Britain herald., 1926-01-27
'T'N tell you why they wouldn't insure y
Nujol relieves constipation IF Mattress qoay

Nujol can be taken for any length of time with out i'll effects. To insure internal cleanliness, it should be taken regularly in accordance with the directions on each bottle. Unlike laxatives, it does not form habit and can be discontinued at any time.
 Ask your druggist for Nujol today and begin to enjoy the perfect health that is possible only when elimination is normal and regular.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-27

School boys in China have tabooed long garments and long finger nails.
The Washington times., 1926-03-03
EDITOR PRAISE
D n IN

cereal changes have come about.
steadily I'll the automobile world.
but this Ii pfobabiy the most
rnon1entosIg on an, II the editorial
opinion SOf the Nashville Tennessean
On the new Hudson. Essex program
of dispIacing 4. D. b. Detroit prices
with "a. y. d. or at your door
quotations. The editorial, entitled
IN. q. b. Detroit, says, III part:
s.Since the invention Of the horse.
less carriage all automobile adver-
Misenents have been identical ins
one respect ali quoted the price Of
the car II O.. b. Detroit.
This practice could be pardOned
In national magazine advertising
where Il Was Impossible to quote q.
delivered price IN different places:
but Il has long been q mystery why
the local advertising OF automobiles
stuck to- the r.. q. 81 formula In.
stead Of letting the prospective pur-
chaser IN on the secret Of the
actual cost.
Now one of the great automobile
manufacturing companies has taken
the nOmentous step that separates
them from this established custom.
with the audacfty and courage OF
the pioneer, It has cast precedent
behind and come boldly out In news.
paper advertising giving the actual
price Of the automobile delivered to
the buyer, without any extra
charges TO be added on. Great
changes have come about steadily
In the automobile world; but this
II probably the most n1omentous
change OF an.
..The old plan Of price quoting
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of being in the car buyers favor.
This Is seriously questioned.
One argument, advanced on this
point concerns the matter OF COM
plant II the car doesn't give an
ticipated results
How can the buyer register an
effective protest, and make a biisi.
ness demand for an adjustment.
II he already has taken away the
dealers profit in the excessive al
lOwance on the old car.
Good business demands clean sale.
Progressive dealers now offer GUS
toners the services of their organ
ization and show rooms for the puI,-
pose OF disposing of old cars.
They charge small commission
to cover only necessary expenses.
This Is good business and motorists
who encourage II invariably benefit.
One Of the newest problems is the
matter Of financing Of time pay.
meTits.
In addition to shopping around
for a, good buy. the notorist now
looks around for what he considers
to be the easiest terms.
a point that may serve to head
him OF Is the statement Of one Of
the leading finance companies that
In none OF the plans worked out
for cutting rates for financing has
the actual cost OF financing been
reduced.
LIN other words, it costs so much
to finance q car for twelve months.
II rates vary, then something has
been done to make the financing
costs seem different.
- n<srs1e IN af0 raQAa far ARaTaTIln.
the charges are reduced through q
subsidy paid to the financing com
pa1iy BY the manufacturer.
In ofhers, the dealers are required
to indorse the buyers notes, there.
BY ASSUMING responsibility Tor any
nou,payments. Other methods pro
vide for cheaper form Of inslir.
af1ce and poorer financing service.
Since II Is the inevitable rule Of
human nature to pass loss or ex.
pense along to the next party In
line, subsidy paid by ulAnufac,
turer, to cover financing costs and
to make the cost TO the automobile
The Washington times., 1926-03-03

Manager WaShiflgkSf 0ids
a16f6E yFofIkS
Actual sales BIZ oldssnpbllss from
January to February IS have
been nearly four times a great -
during tie same period last year.
And on February Is there were
more untitled orders with inlmeii.
ate shipping instructions o. file
it the Olds Motor Works. Lansing.
Mich, than the scheduled prc9uc.
ton Tor the remainder of the
month.
These facts tend to substantiate
the optimistic attitude cf business
experts regarding the 1926 autonlO.
tive industry,
A@year ago conditions we're con-
sidered good by 0ldsnobile officials
But the start of this year lndicates
that all previous records VIII again
be broken by this veteran q tne
automobile business.
An analysis Of retail sales 30 Tar
this year shows strong demand
for the second and third car among
Families. Each individual adult to-
day, according to the survey, i
DESTROYS Of owning his own car
and the only limitations 70 the
number De potential buyers are
financial ability and the number
OF adults III the country
This feature has been most str1l<s
ingly brought out In the analysis
az sales 81. the Deluxe four pas
senger roadster and the fwQspas-
senger coupe two models intro
duced. BY Oldsmobile at the New
York automobile show
The roadster has found ready sale
among two predominattng claseee.
One IS composed Of women who
own d closed car and IN choosing
& second car prefer an open model
built along the graceful and sport
Ing lines Of the roadster The sec
Orld class is the younger set ana
men who use cars IN business
When the new OldsmObtle coupe
was introduced. II was thought
that ii would absorb part Of the
coach sales. But 80 TAR this has
not been the case, the sale Of the
coach and sedan the other two
closed Oldsnfobile types tinulng
without change.
The sales records show that the
coupe found new class Of buyers
for itself.
The large demand for oldnhao-
biles 50 far this year has called
into use the additional room and
equipment. installed at the factory
at Lansing on January
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buyer seem lower, may have to be.
passed along to the automobile
This may take the form Of q
lower commission. How this, in
turn, is passed dong to the car
buyer Is evident upon picturing the
situation when the practice has
forced the dealer out 0f business
and the car has no local representa-
ton or service.
IL dealer IL required to indorse
the car buyers note, he - assuming
liability which should not be part
OF his business,
John Jones may be able to meet
his notes and may be Thoroughly
dependable. but there may be sew.
eral other customers who. are not.
II these irresponsible buyers Tall
ito make good the cars are tepoS-
sessed BY the dealer which may
mean his financial collapse.
IL the cut In financing rates y
effected through q cheaper kind Of
fire and theft insurance or through
p00fer financing service the car
owner cannot benefit II he has D
loss there Is no prompt adjustment.
He even may be delayed in getting
his car when giving his note.
Long ago the Tnotorist discovered
he could not get something for
nothing. He does not try TO buy an
eight-cylinder car for $500.
The new lesson he must learn Is
that he cannot buy convenience in
connection with the financing Of his
car unless he pays for II.
This year. In buying . car, II will
be more important than ever to
give consideration to the insurance
angle. insurance cannot be taken
off the. hands of the car owner
with safety and satisfaction any
more than he can be saEegnarded
The Washington times., 1926-03-03

against an accident by being sup.
Piled with q book Of safety instruc-
ton.
1t Is all very well to consider in.
surance with the car an effort on
the part OF the manufacturer to
demonstrate the need for indemnity
against financial loss through COM
mon hazards. but Insurance experts
point out that this does not excuse
the car buyer from exercising good
judgment ia the buying of his In.
surance.
Experience dem nstrates that the
kinds OF Insurance.. fire and theft,
now being offered with cars pur-
CHASED on the tirle payment basis
are TIE least important. Public LA
EbiIjty ana property damage policies
ARE not Included because generally
Epfefai mn are 10 high 40 to render
&c Imp ssible to quote attractive
rates.
But car buyers should remember
that without liability and property
damage insurance they are taking.
an IiawarrAlited risk.
III ii car costs %1. 500 the extent De
theft of fire loss cannot exceed this
amount. That niinplffiee the subject
30 far aS the manufactures and
financing company go. But when
II driver MAINS or kills q pedestrian
no one can propheay just what the.
damaRe VIII be.
|, Even the cash buyer nowadays.
must use discretion iii financing his
car. IL ii develops that q manu-
.facturer subsidies finance COM
\ pany to provide cheaper rates for
time buyers It II evident that the
The Washington times., 1926-03-03

It is not merely 3 question OF
choosing the right car for ones pur-
pose That has been simplified Iy
the manufacturers themselves,
majority Of them now ofTer1ng
wide variety OF models and with
only the honest value givers rex
manning IN the field.
The other phases OF buying,
so conveniently.
If the prospective buyer has an
Old car to dispose Of. he must take
that into consideration.
II he Is purchasing his car Tor
cash he must look into the subject
In q way that was not necessary
few years ago. And Il he buys
out of income he win do we'll to
study the situation carefully.
The situation is further cOnpli.
Gated by consideration Of the in
es1rance feature which has Jeen
undergoing a radical change within
the past few months.
The present year looks to many
shrewd motorists like the logical
opportunity to get on q better basis
In car workmanship.
This explains, IN part, the pres
ent interest in applying more study
to car buying
Among the most progressive aIf-
tom0bile buyers. the business Of
trading in the old car Is rapidly
passing. Trades have ruined dealer
organizations. and have been an
noying and costly to car owners.
These points have been emphasized
time and again, but they are just
beginning to make an suppression.
That is because motorists are dis
covering that their more business
like comrades are benefiting by
not asking for trades.
When a notofist gets mp against
q dealer who win not make any
allowance at all On the old car,
ne can be reasonably certain that
the price on the car that dealer
has for sale IL right.
II includes only q reasonable
profit for the dealer.
r dealers has given & inotorist
liberal allowance on an old car,
the transaction hae the appearance
The Washington times., 1926-03-03
NC. U|VVE. Rs|If
70 KEEP CHASE
n InteTnatIonaI New. service

ny MMNEHA1b A4kAAA9A - y y ~ 49,
RALEIGH, N G.. March 3. Id
dressing the board Of trustees nf
the University Of North Carolina
IN special session here yesterday. ex
pressing appreciation FOR their
pledges 81 support and unboundsd
faith IN the future -of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina. Harry
Woodb6rn Chase, president Of the.
institution, gave them his decision
to remain ID that office.
He thus publicly announces his
defamation OF the presidency Of the
University Of Oregon In spite Of an
offer OF increased salary aildA con-
finuea at the helm Of the institu-
tion he has developed from q linn
tied college into weIl-rounded uni
sgeryfky.
The Washington times., 1926-03-03
Time Is Here to Buy
Millions Of Autos
By !. LEO sUGRUE

with some million cars for replacement this year. the
matter Of purchasing new already household subject
IN additions arb several million more prospective car
yrhasers for whom Ownership Of automobile IS now
matter of daily consideration $500 81
Experience has that the method OF purchase
pay an important role ii any owners satisfaction with
car And 1926 in particular there are great many new
factors "a he considered IN selecting that method
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marked in such a piquant way.
These might be any ones eyes"
Eyes, but 1t makes a good fea-
ture. Some woman killed Worth
May just as well be her."
Douglas laid the picture down
carelessly. lit a cigarette with.
painstaking slowness. mot much
there. What have they got be-
sides a few heads?"
Newton was charmed to have a
fresh audience. Everyone else in
the office had heard his version
two or three times. He now
shrugged, assumed a noncommit-
tai air.
They've plenty. Remember, be-
fore Monday night no one was in
that office for year. The per-
son whose blood was in that
corner crept to the door. There
are fingerprints along the limo
leum and against the panel as
though that person reached up
two or three times struggling to
turn the knob.
THE fingerprints are extreme
ly slender-those of a woman
with small, delicate hama.
$50 a woman was in. the office
that night and she appears to
have been shot.
1.-The police say she went there
to get Worth. They had a scuffle
over the pistol That's when she
got wounded--perhaps not serious
ly. She came back and got him.
It's a clear case of murder. That
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cape her. So had to come this
way.
"But what is it? Quick
Kathleen hasn't come home.
IT didn't know she went out"
Yes, shortly after you and Kelly
left. She got a phone call and
dressed and went out. About 1880,
it must have been.
"Where?"
81 don't know. But ] woke up
in her bed =, Hazel clasped her
hands. DO you suppose any
things happened to her? It's
nearly 4"
"No, no, of course not" But
even to his own ears his words
didn't sound reassuring/ Why
should she go out like that? What
kept her out until this hour
II tell you what. you go back
to- your room and don't worry
Hazel, and the moment Kathleen
comes IN have her give me a ring.
Since the night operator listens
Just tell her to say, I've finished
the letter, or anything, so I'll
know she's returned. You just
go to sleep i'm the meantime. You
staying awake and imagining all
sorts of things won't bring her
back moment sooner.n
"AIl right" said Hazel docilely,
'tI'll go back" She looked toward
the window opening on the ledge.
You go back that way over
my dead body, young lady. Your
nerves may be strong enough to
stand it. bat mine aren't. 800
"Oh, Il don't want to. 1t was
terrible when saw the city move
and swim beneath me for a mo-
ment.'
DIR. cressy went TO the door
and with the utmost caution
opened 1t a little. The hall was
clear.
"Come-quick, Hazel
She ran over and was just in
the act of going through the door
when, like the inopportune char
acter OF French farce. the old
man of sos swung into their hall
from the cross hall into which
the elevator opened. Hazel started
to jump back, but Dr. Cressy. re-
alizing that they were already
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BIZ EIenOre Meherir1

and unexpectedly upward at the
temples just the eyes
and a portion Of the nose looking
up from an enlarged photograph.
A snapshot Of these eyes had
been found in a tiny gold frame,
locked away in Ramon's desk.
With 1t was a paragraph clipped
from a letter written by a wom-
an. Douglas knew it for Sandy's
writing and cringed see
ing a fellow he despised, picking
up the message and grinning as
he ..T read: how t.,,,.,,+ 49,, 4,o ,o.,,.
ty there might be in life, Ramon,
and how fine and tender great
love like yours can be. You're
given me a thing sweeter and
better than I've ever known. 1
don't regret now and I'm never
going to regret what I've been
to you"
The Mystery woman's eyes and
the Mystery Woman's let t er
The photograph and a
reproduction of the paragraph
were to appear in the morning
paper. Newton had an exclusive
story Of this find. He was
exultant.
where's the rest of her face?"
Douglas now asked staring at the
line of freckles running across
the bridge Of the, nose and lightly
under the eyes for him
a clear Identification. He'd seen
the snapshots taken in the islands
and recognized now these odd
freckles-never saw any other
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Follow the Mystery Of the Blue Scarab
and the Love Affair Of the
Beautiful Heroine

There was 4 cry, then = sharp
Dr. cressy rattled the hook ana
cried wildly into the phone:
Hello! Hello! Hellol Hello
Only silence answered him.
Hello, operator. OPERATORS
Hello hello hello! For Gods
sake, operator, hello! HEI1LOG
Nothing but silence. He sw0re
roundly. At last, unable to stand
IL, he plunged out, nearly broke
the button ringing for the ele-
vafor, rushed past the night clerk
ut the desk, through the deserted
lobby and around to the telephone
booths where the switchboara
was
There, sure enough. was the
blonde night operator. She had
taken OFF her headpiece ana hung
it n0nchalant1y over one arm,
while she leaned like Juliet over
the railing that il1cl0sed ner
space, and, swinging d rose back
and forth, talked to the assistant
house detective.
DR.. Cressy dove at her Ike =
wild bun:
s.put that on your head he
cried, s.ftTd out the number I
was f1sf connected with. 0n0 Ok
my patients ID dying and + don't
know which II is!ss
The girl, thoroughly frightened.
tried her best to trace the mum
Der. but too much time had
elapsed.
''Tt was q I.aguna call doctor "
~ - -
{ Lagnna district takes In from
-a1nd from Lombard to Post north
and south. =
Dr.. Cressy knew the can had
come from somewhere on Bugh
Street. All this new inf0rmaNion
did was TO limit It to sonewlsAxo
on Bush Street between Laebtin
on the east side and EfIlnor9
on the west side still g 1atrAX
gOOd-sized kayetacIE I'm which 20
pick ont the needle Of an IN
known house.
He went back to HIS room and
dressed, for IN his rush on the
telephone girl he had merely
slipped an overcoat over his
dressing gown. Then he came
back to the lobby VIII Ms nal
ana overcoat All ready, but with
out any place to so. He was
torn ~ the desire to rush out
into the street bIindly, any
where and search, and the DE-
sire to stick close to the hotel
In the hope OF q second message
coming. Should he call in the
police? No. His instinct ana reas
son were both against that.
He paced up and down, down
and up the lobby. enduring tor
ture. The girl he loved WAS
n. some deadly danger ana he
couldn't go to her. A thread
of voice fIuttering in the night!
Any minute might be fraugit
with something fatal for her. The
thought maddened him. The night
/ clerk started to speak to him,
but he snapped him of 30 sharply
that he fell back amazed, for
the house doctor was normally
pleasant and courteous.
no Be Continued Tomorrow
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dropped from the hand Of a dead
man. Once let them get her
and they can put 1t on her cold. :"
Newton pulled slouchy hat
over his bright, snappy eyes. He
was a fellow about 40 with a
rakish young look and the jaunty
air Of a boy. Thought you were
in Los Angeles. Heard you Were
going to winter there"
Unchanged my mind"
Pretty soft, Keith. wish I
had TALENT! I'd like to pick my
own hours and my own geogra-
ply, and my own salary.
''Then you wouldn't be working
on this pip of a yarn"
Say, it is good. isn't it? Best
story in a month of Sundays.
Lots of class to Worth and if the
rest of the girls face matches her
eyes, I'd take a chance at bullet
myself"
Been in Worth's room, Newt?"
"Sure have. Looked like a cy-
clone when we first got there.
Everything flung hither and yon.
He must have been in a regular
Werther dependence.
''Odd he didn't leave any other
letters"
"Oh, he was pretty cagey guy.
Quite a boy with the ladies seeing
he had cottage in Carmel and a
studio here. He seems to have
played the class, so naturally he
wasn't leaving little mementoes
about to get him into pinch.
"At that the police have more
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they had met on the sidewalk II
the broad sunshine. The old gentle
man paused just d moment:
All, the elder sister has been
taken iii tonight and II In the
younger who runs to fetch the
doctor Well, well. the constifu-
tons Of the young ladies Of to-
day are getting weaker and
weaker"
Great Dignity
DIR. Cressy turned hot with
anger. but to say anything would
only make i matter which could
not be logically explained worse.
All he could DO was to escort
Hazel TO her door with dignity.
when they rot there. however.
she couldn't set IN She left the
door locked behind her when she
had climbed out on the ledge
and hadn't the key. She stood
turning the knob futtle1y as Il
she expected the door might be
kind enough to open itself. Dr.
Cressy whispered:
.'I'll have to - back and cliIub
{ in your window. We can't call .
belIboy at this hour.
But help came from p most
unexpected quarter. The old
gentleman. turning before he
reached the end OF the short nail,
had caught Hazel In the act Of
twisting the knob and leaning
against the door. He advanced
upon them:
Allow me 70 assist you.
He whipped sondethingi out Of
his pocket inserted " n the
keyhole, turned ana the 00OE
swung am1ably open.
He. held up q skeleton Key.
Always carry one he 80
planned, ION account Of my mis-
fortune. After fruitless hours Of
wooing sleep would leap ont Of
bed distracted. dash on q dress
ing gown and alipperg and 80 e
walk In hotel Halla, ana Wa
constantly swinging room uOOLs
shut after me and having no
key to open them with. So
provided myself with this IN
valuable little instrument which