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New Britain herald., 1926-09-01
IT. BETTIS, NOTED
 AVIATOR, IS DEAD
Winner Of Pulitzer Trophy Last
 Year Meningitis Victim
RESULT OF RECENT FALL
Was Flying to Sclfridgc Field, Mich igan, From Philadelphia When Plane Crashed Last Week - Served in World War.

Washington. Sept. 1. R}-Lieuten- ant Cyrus K. Bettis, army flier. in- jured in crash in Pennsylvania last week, died today at Walter Reed hospital.
 Death resulted from spinal men, ingitis which developed after the injured flier was believed to be on his way to recovery. He was brought to Walter Reed hospital several days ago in an ambulance airplane from Bellcfonte, Penna, near which place his injury oc- cured.
 Won Pulitzer Prize
 Lieut. Bettis gained outstanding prominence as flier by winning the Pulitzer air races in 1925 at which time he set a record of 24S,99 miles an hour. In capturing the trophy for the army that year he defeated Lieutenant Al Williams, Navy flier, for a long time holder of the air speed record.
 Entering the army during the war Bettis served with the American air corps in France and since it's close participated in a number of prom inent army air maneuvers.
 Selected for Exhibitions
 His work in the Pulitzer races, coupled with his record in war and pcacetime flying in the army, result ed in his selection as a member of the corps of fliors detailed for eX- hihition work at the sesqui-centen- nial exposition in Philadelphia. This was his last assignment.
 Leaving Philadelphia August 23, in company with two other planes for Selfridge field, Mlch., he was lost in fog and crashed into SeV- on Sister mountain. He was uncon- scious for an hour and a half after the crash.
 Unable Ii summon assistance or to attract the attention of planes sent to look for him. Bettis with one leg broken and both jaws fractured. Eopped and crawled several miles through the mountainous country to a road near Bellefonte, Pennsylvan- ia, where he was found and taken to q hospital in that city.
 Suffered for 43 Hours
 He was missing for more than 45 hours. during which time he was without food and had only the rain water that he caught in his hands.
 The parents of Lieut.. Bettis, who were notified yesterday of his crl- tical condition are expected to ar rive here today from Port Huron, MiLh.. pending their decision no funeral arrangements will be made.
 Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 1 P}-Lieut. Cyrus Bettis was widely known 10 officers and flyers at both McCooh land Wilbur Wright fields here.
 It was during the international air races at Wright Field in October 1924, that he won the John r. Mitchell trophy race for pursuit rlanes, which qualiflde him as an entrant in the Pulitzer high speed trophy race in the following year.
 With the deah of Bettis, the army and navy has each lost one of it's leading Tycrs within week time, Commander John Rodgers Of tbe navy, who made the Hawaiian .ottempt, died from injuries received in q crash at Philadelphia last week and his burial at Arlington National cemetery yesterday came at a time when Bcttis' condition was taking the turn which brought death thls morning.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-01
MRS. STEVENS WANTS
 SOLUTION OF MURDER
Even Willing Husband Should Be , Jailed if
 Necessary, She Says

Lavelette, N. Jo Sept. 1 Pl-Mrs Mary Stevens is willing 10 see her husband go to jail, if his arrest will help solve the four-year Hall-Mills mystery. What we want is a solu- ton, and if it will help any to put MT. Stevens in prison, let them do it," she declared.
 Mrs. Stevens said her husband re- peate1 his story of having been with fishing party on the night of the murder and of going to his home nearby for a scales to weigh a fish caught by one Of the party.
 That little fish has been caught often enough to feed the entire city of New York;" she aVowed with a smile. Commenting on reports that her husbands car had been driven enough miles on the night of the murder to have covered the 50 miles or more between New Brunswick, the scene of the murder and this town, Mrs. Stevens said:
 My husband still has no speed ometer on his car, he still has no pistol in his possession and fortu- nately all who corroborated his story four years ago are still alive.
 Henry Stevens is an expert shot and at one time was champion trap shooter of New Jersey. Senator Simpson, special prosecutor, is not ncglecting a single detail, it would appear, and is examining carefully the minutest thread in the case. We are glad of it and hope he succeeds in shifting it to the bottom.
 We have not engaged counsel, and do not intend to unless it be- comes absolutely necessary"
 This stand, Mrs. Stevens said, had the approval Of Captain Walsh, one of the detectives who questioned her husband. and whom she quoted as saying: If you feel you are honest and have nothing to conceal, keep away from lawyers"
 Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 1 R)- Clothing worn by Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills when they were slain near New Brunswick Sept. fl, 1922, to- day was examined for possible fin gerprint evidence by Joseph A. Eau rot New York, and Frederick Drewen, Jersey City, police experts.
 Faurot and Drewen hoped to dis cover fingerprints revealing who handled the bodies found side by side beneath a crabapple tree on the abandoned Phillips farm. That the bodies were carefully arranged after the killings has been a contention of the Investigators.
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Oneco, Conn, Sept. 1 CP-With a drop in the temperature from GO to 32 during last night frosts which
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Woonsocket. RI, Sept. P}-The outbreak by strikers and sympathiz- CTS in Manville last night in con- nection with the walkout of workers of the Manvile-Jenckes company there, apparently had little effect on the strike situation here. The Social mill employees of Woonsocket went out las' Saturday in sympathy wit. the Manville operatives.
 Today there were no strikers or
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13

Pleasanvle has great opportunity before it. 1raf-
c congestion today has tendency to decentraze trading
.enters Shoppers and do their buying away
from the districts where there traffic congestion There
is movement the part of merchants in large cities to
,bain sites in residential sections for the location OF
branch stores These stores differ from the downtown dis
rict of the large cities only the size and number of
establishments. Peasantville has these stores.
Provide parking space and the people who have cars
will prefer to do their shopping here free from neon
yenience and anxiety to say nothing of the saving OF time
Shoppers will from Atlantic City and other congesteo
traffic centerS.
Many the ways and resoted to by merchants
in congesed cities to solve the trading problem Some
merchants provide parking space for their customers
either in some vacant lot or IN their own garages U
stores buses to points outside the congesed districts
where the customer parks his car beng transported PACK
and forth the store One shop provides chauffeur
who will find parking space for customers ana II neces-
sary repark the from time to time. All the large
stores endeavor to keep space in front OF Their main en-
frances for customers whose cars are not seltdrVe
What has ben done in the last three in building
new stores and banking houses the Main street. Pleas
antvie is only an example of what may be done Main
street already the most important shopping center
wide of the country 1t is improving daily IN tne
attractiveness Of its stores and in the complete assert
The building up of Main st. is the building up OF a
greater city Traffic diversion through Absecon
Franklin boulevard New road and Pleasantvlle boulevard
will relieve the shopping center OF much through travel
and permit shoppers to obtain what they desire without
hardship 1t. ::
Guiding the Chamber of Commerce and the Kwanis club
well afford to their best efforts to protect Nam
street against congestion of traffic Traffic should not be
permitted to interfere with the people who must be served
with merchandise and food supplies The city
ton can join with civic organizations to provide parking
places lots and keep the Main street open while
travel to and from Atlantic City may be routed by traf
fc officers through other thoroughfares The issue IS
fairly defined . .
Will traffic jams be permitted to decentralize divert
and check the building up of Main street?
Or will we continue to build up Main street by regu,
lng traffic and providing parking facilities for shoppers
An opportunity which might otherwise be lost may De
saved by little study honest effort, and minimum
Of cost
Every day of procrastnaton makes it 50 much harder
and increases the costs that much.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13
Galloway Township.

Geo. Crosby ct Tx to Mainland
Realty Co.; $1,000 ETC.; stamps
$3.50; premises described in deed
from Ellison Bowen to John H.
Peterson on N. w. side Of New
Yokr rd., June 10, 1884.
Albert C. Stephany ct al, execu-
tors, to Austin J. BoZarth, 81 etc. !;
part of farm lots 267 and $50, lots
ITO, 1870, AT, 500, one-half of lots
522 and 665; part of lot 679, one
half flot 500; part of lots 1928,
1888, 9O5, 922, 278, 346, 178, 40, 102,
106; part of lots 266, $50, 903, GA,
lots 518, 537 678, 682, and 745.
Henry Schmidt ct ux to Ger.
trude Peoples; 81 ETC.; stamps
$3.50; villa lot 1876, tract 8, map
of Gilbert e O'Callaghan, Abse-
con Highlands.
Clara L. Strickland, widow, tc
Starry P. Johnson; 81 etc.;
acres beg. in e. line of road from
Smithville to Tanners Brook, adj
joining Leeds 100 acres.
Louis Mackler ct ux to Mackle1
& Mackler; 81 etc.; stamps 81;
beg. in N. E line of Crestview
av., 276.14 it. W. of Elm av.; N
E. 500 it. by S. E. 1885 #.
Clara e. Detweiler, Phila., tC
Gilbert e OCallaghan; 81 etc.;
stamps soc; villa lot 1880; tract 9
map of Gilbert e O'Callaghan.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13
THE WEEK IN EPlGRAM

Writing under the picture of a
COW, This is a horse" does not
make it a horse" = Congressman
Tom Connally of Texas.
We are today the unquestion-
able miracle of the ages so far as
successful government is concern
ex-senator Arthur r. Robinson.
The thing Americans will not
devote to art is time-Emilio de
GogorZa.
Lives OF great men no longer
may remind us that we can make
our own sublime, but they dc
point clearly to the necessity OF
making them interesting-Harry
Salpeter.
Actors themselves are the worst
people in the world to talk about
actors and acting-Sybil Thorn.
dixie.
A knowledge of Latin mars the
use VI ohu tilC Stuuy VI
it dulls children's minds-A. B
See.
What is earnest is not always
true; on the contrary, error is
often more earnest than truth
Disraeli in a posthumously pub
lished letter.
The most critical time of day
for a young man is seven o'clock
in the evening-Walter I. Diack
of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Really the key to the develop
ment of Florida is what Divine
Providence left down there-Sen-
ator William E. Borah.
A cynic is a failure with sense
of humor as concerns everything
but himself-Frank B. Elser.
The endless game in Washing
ton is to tinker. = Congressman
William G.. Lowrey of Mississippi
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13

A forehanded man is one who
has one drawer in his desk that
contains seven dozen boxes of
matches.
1t is so funny to talk of leisure
to man in politics.
When one grows rich, he wants
to hold on to the friends of his
poverty, for he knows they are
real ones.
In some respects a dinner party
is more trying to the hostess than
cleaning house.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13
A Few Collected Remarks

"A rev Collected Remarks
The human knee is a joint, not
an entertainment.-Percy Ham
mond.
A woman simply must be bar
gain-hunter with the amount of
money her husband gives her
Karl Zimmerman.
Just as every cloud has sill
yer lining, l am sure every hair
shirt has a bald spot.-Laurette
Taylor.
Many people treat the marriage
contract as though it were no
more binding than dinner en-
gagement.-Justice Darling.
Until a man is one hundred
years old he ought to take his
birthdays very lightly.-Dr. Will
liam S. WEIGH.
Men are the reason- why so
many women don't get married.
Camelia Gordon.
Every American has a mental
picture of his wife standing be-
hind the door with a rolling pin.
-Blasco Ibanez.
Try praising your wife even if
it does brighten her at first. -
Billy Sunday.
! Men are like hair tonics. There
is such an amazing difference
before and after taking.-Kath-
crime West.
If the Greek and Roman gods
and doddesses were alive today
everyone of them would be in
jail.-William Lyon Phelps.
Prosperity misses some people,
no matter how much there is OF
it.
A boy sees nothing to admire
in shopping; and a cat does so
much of that.
Those who become famous do
not study too long the footprints
of others in the sands of time.
Which is the best law, one that
fills the jails or one that leads
the people to behave SO well that
they don't get inst. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Man ate meat before agricult-
ure and cereals were known.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13
COUNCILME EN-
SOM ERs POINT

COUNCiLMEN
Award Contract for Sidewalks to
Walter Smith & Co.
City Council held short ses
sion Friday evening in the City
Hall. Councilman Monroe was the
only absentee. Chief Of Police
Smiths resignation as police OIL
Ger was read, to take effect April
18th. Bids were received and OPP
ened at 8 o'clock, for work to be
done on concrete sidewalks, curbs
and cutters. After City Engineer
Collision had examined the bids,
the contract was awarded to Wal
ter Smith & Co., of Ocean City.
After some other minor business,
Council adjourned for one month.
Somers Point Anglers Club.
The Somers Point Anglers Club,
an organization of about 80 mem
bers, with a spacious clubhouse
and grounds at Somers Point,
held it's annual banquet and smok'
err at Girard Craftsmen's Club, No
2O27 Chestnut street, Philadel'
phia. There were about 300 mem
bers and guests present, with
William Better presiding. There
was an elaborate menu and the
gathering was enlivened by music
and vaudeville performances.
Mrs. MegronigIe Entertains
Mrs. Daniel Megronigle enter
tanned at bridge the following
Mrs. Mann, Mrs. Hopes, Mrs
Battershell, Miss Miriam Hopes
and Miss Charlotte Megronigle.
Notes and Personals.
The pot-pie supper held by the
Bethany M. P. Church, in the Rob
erts building, was a financial sue
cess, and the ladies deserve grea1
credit for the way they managed
/ the affair.
Mrs. Luella Sooy has been elect
| ed as one of the three delegate!
from New Jersey to represent the
Postmasters League at the nation
al convention, to be held in Sal
Lake City, Utah, September /
and 18, 1926.
Isaiah Stiles, the three-year-olt
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaiah Stiles
of Hickory Point, is recOverin,
from the burns he received on hi
arm, after pulling a kettle of boil
! ing water from the stove.
The Silver Moon Council, d. o
P, will hold shower party at tn
home of one of it's members, Mrs
Robinson, on next Friday evening
The next meeting of the Civil
club will be held at the home o
the president, Mrs. Herman Fin
dress, Thursday.
A delegation from Bethany M
P. Church went to Millville, where
they attended the Missioner!
Convention held in the First M
P. Church. =
The Loyal Order of Moose, al
it's last meeting held in Silver
Moon hall, had their nomination
of officers for the year. Next
Wednesday evening a social and
eats will take place after the
meeting.
William Boehm, who has been
i'll. suffered a relapse, and is now
slowly recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Miner en-
tertained Mrs. Cochran and two
sons, of Philadelphia, for several
days.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13
Eqq Harbor Township.
SOmerS Point News
BY r. VAN SYCKEI

Aaron Lewis was a recent WISH
tor of Miss Emma Sooy, of Allan
tic City.
Warren Fulton, the genial tick
ct agent, has returned to his work
at the sub-station, after being alb
sent several weeks on account of
the death of his father.
The Baptist chapel held special
services on Sunday evening and
the building was crowded to the
doors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner, of Launch
Haven, are receiving congratula-
lions on the birth of a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Albright,
George Albright and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hammer, all of Philadelphia, Mo-
tored to the Point and spent Eas-
| ter with Mrs. Madeline Spitz.
| Charles Kenneth Roberts has
returned home from Lansdale, Pa.
w uSl Z HC hdo OCCh "
his property.
Mrs. M. Walters, who has been
! spending the winter in Washing
ton, D. c., has opened her SUNNI
er home on George st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward j. Moran
I spent the week end at their bun
galow on Bay ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Jeffers
and Miss Marie Collins, of Phila-
delphia, motored here in their new
Essex and visited friends. They
were entertained over Easter by
Mrs. Daniel Megronigle. of Shore
Road.
The Rev. C. E. Jacques was the
guest of Mrs. Anna Macdonald
over the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Spamer,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wolfe of Phila-
delphia motored and spent Tues
| day with Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Lemmle.
Mark Mapes spent the Easter
holidays with his parents here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Megronig-
lie entertained over Easter the fol-
lowing guests: Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Burrows, Miss Dorothy Burr
ows, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Boyd,
Paul Halsey, Mrs. Florence Tay-
lor and son, Malcolm, who is a
student at Phillips Academy, at
Andover. Mass. The guests were
all from Philadelphia.
Mrs. Celia Champion has re-
covered and is about again after
an illness of several weeks dur
alton.
Frank Stewart has opened a
store in the Matthias building
where he will repair watches.
John McKenna and Mrs. Louise
McKenna visited Mrs. Sallie Glenn
ents.
William Shamrock is building a
bungalow on New York avenue,
above Shore road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Steven
son entertained Mrs. J. B. Woe
fendale, of Cleveland, Ohio, for
several days.
B. Frank Sharp, Sr., of Phila-
delphia, has returned home, after
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. B. Frank
Sharp, of Launch Haven.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert MCGOWAN,
of Pittsburgh, Pa, spent several
days at their cottage here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Beckley
are now occupying the bungalow
Of Samuel Martin, of Scullville.
Harold Megronigle motored to
Philadelphia over the weekend.
Samuel Martin and family have
moved to the Point from Scull-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13

Marriage is thing not of eter-
nifty but of today, unless day by
day it is renewed-Mary Pickford.
Grousing is comparable to the
habit of chewing gum: 1t exer-
cises the same muscles, has just
about the same drain on the intel
lect, and affords certain amount
of comfort-Ambassador Alanson
B. Houghton.
We are destined to manure the
the earth so that better and fairer
forms Of life may quicken it-An-
atole France in his posthumous
papers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13
TO TAKE AN INVENTORY IN
FLORIDA.


Under the auspices of the Flori
da State Chamber of Commerce
there will be held FLORIDA
Takes-Inventory. Congress. The
Chamber of Commerce has com
mendable purpose in view. 1t ex
plains that because Florida has
operated on such a stupendous
scale. there is considerable mis-
apprehension both at home and
abroad concerning not only what
has actually happened. but as to
the significance of those happen
ings." Hence the wisdom of paus
ing and taking time to find out
where the State lis at" Floridi
ans realize that much work must
be done before the new Florida is
fairly on an enduring basis.
1t is added that "as far as Flo
rida is concerned the gold rush is
over and placer mining is at an
end. The future lies with the
workers, the builders and the in
vestors." That being the case,
the State Chamber would begin
it's inventory with census OF the
real friends of the State, the de-
velopers as distinct from the gam
blers. Then comes list Of some of
the things that it would be well
to know about the outlook for the
future. What is Florida's situa-
ton financially? How much has
actually been invested in building
operations during the past three
years? What are the building
prospects for 1926? What are
Floridas present transportation
needs? Her industrial possibili-
ties? What is the best method of
locating the right sort of people
on the right sort of farms? In
what manner can Florida best en-
phasize the fact that the future
lies in the hands of the honest in
weston and worker and not in the
hands of the speculative plunger?
If Florida's Chamber of Com
merce finds the correct answers
it will be doing a service not only
for those. who have invested in
Florida, but also all who have
invested in other rapid develop
ments, even here in South Jersey.
The findings will be a guide of
valuable information.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13
PIeasantVilIe.

Thomas Walls ct ux, Philadel-
phia, to Joseph F. Fitzpatrick;
part of lots 81, 80, SO, "a, block l,
sec. D, Blenheim, 25 TT. by 106.19
it.; irreg.
Eugene Weinberg ct ux to
Luigi Gargiulo; 800 ETC., stamps
SO; beg. in N. E. line of Pleasant
av. and S. line of Samuel Greg
sons lot; S. E. so #. by N. e.
$50 TT.
Raymond P. Thompson ct ux
and Samuel Lippincott, to Rosie
Smith; 500 ETC.; stamps 81; beg.
in S. E. line of Taubel av., ITO TT.
N. E. of Observation-Disclosures
City turnpike; N. E 26.9 it. by S.
E. 1929 #.
Rudolph w. Thompson ct ux to
Bertha M. Kershaw; $500; beg. in
S. e. corner of Belmont av., 100
TT. N w of Adams av., S. e. go TT.
by N. E. 80 it.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13
Absecon.

Absecon Boulevard corp. to
Jas. J. Cassidy; $1,000 ETC.;
stamps $175; beg. in E. line of
New Jersey av, 449.12 it. S. E. Of
18th; 60.48 it. N. E. of dividing
line between lands of Thos. and
Joab Chamberlain; N. E. 310.O4 It..
by S. E. 1859 #; irreg. (2)
bounded by middle line of Church
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13
Mainland Real Estate Transfers

ST.; old dividing line between
lands of Frederick Chamberlain
and Hesediah Sampson, middle
line of old Doughty Mill I'd, and
dividing line between Thos. and
Joab Chamberlain; (3) beg. S.5
it. N. E. of Church ST., $50 #. S.
E. of 18th St., N w. SO #. by N.
w. $50 it,; (4) beg. in N. E. line
of New Jersey av., 1882 #. S..
E. of 18th ST.; s. E. TSP #. by N.
E. 1901 it.
Somers Point.
Mary e. Fox, Phila., to Eva
Thornton; 5000; lots 81, 872, 873,
S74, S75, S76 and one-half lot $40,
sec. Is, on the Anna A. Hamed
plan, at Ocean Heights.
Alex Morrison ct ux to Harry
Heron, Inc; $3.50; beg. in N. e.
line of Johnson ST., $50 #. N. w.
OF Main ST.; N. w. As #. by N. E.
145 it.
Harry Heron Inc. to Thomas
H. Edwards ct uX; $500; prop
erty same as above.
Egg Harbor Township.
William L. Anderson ct ux to
Morton M. Stone; 81 etc.; stamps
$3.50; lots "a, 26, blk. 16, West
Atlantic City.
Mary Smith, Phila., to Town.
send Sites; 800 ETC.; 244 acres
known as Pork Island.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-13
SUN BEAMS.

How does Europe develop so
many good male singers? She
has so few bath tubs.
When you read that the market
is recovering" that means recov-
ering from the fatigue of shear
ing.
Still, think how much more
hooch would cost if they made it
of spuds, as the Russians do.
If King George wishes to see
real class, he should also observe
the American typist.
Hate may be an immediate
cause of war, but it is distrust
that makes war inevitable.
Man has the better mind. He
is dissatisfied with what he is,
while woman desires to be like
him.
If the oldest inhabitant is the
only survivor of his time, he has
a clear field for his "Reminiscences.
If you can't be patient with peo-
pie. the next best thing is to av-
old them.
When one waits ten minutes
for a street car, he says it's half
an hour.--St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.