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Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-10
FRENCH SWIMMER
BREAKS RECORD
in CHANNEL SWIM
Fourth Time Channel
Has Been Crossed This
Year
BY WILLIAM WELLARD
United Press Special CorreSpondent

United Press Special Correspondent
ST. MARGARET : BAY. Eng,
Sept. 1O.-Gcorgcs Michel, 40 year
old French swimmer broke the
world s record for swimming the
English channel early today when
h" completed the crossing in II
hours and minutes.
"Jai Battu l. 'Allcmaad q We
beaten the German were Michel )
first words as he staggered up the
deserted beach. Michel left Cape
Girls Mcl, at 8:32 last night and
spIashcd ashore here at 1888 Il. m.
today. thu, lowering the record Of
y hours. ~ minutes set by Ernest
Nicrkottcr, German swimmer. Au-
gust 80.
It wae Michel 5 eleventh attempt
to swim the channel.
Only few persons were on hand to
gr""t Michel but u crowd anicklv
gathered and checrcd the French
man. Michel strobe Immediately TO
a tavern. drank a double scotch
whiskrY and followed this with a
hearty breakfast.
He was ovcrioycd "for Francc'
he said.
"Mv official time was II hours
and five minutes" Michel said. ~
was i'll twice but the sea was calm
except the last two hours. Cham-
pagnc helped me. I took two
drinks. ! also ate two humps of
sugar soaked in cognac and coffee.
| ate nothing else
Michel is huge and powerful and
is the former French distance cham
pion. He trained with Bill Burgess
before the latter swan the channel
in 1911.
On his record breaking swim to-
day Michel was accompanied BY
five men on = tug.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-10

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Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-10
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Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-10
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New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
STAlLlNGS, PLAYWRIGHT,
 ONCE BEGGED FOR JOB
Was Given Place in Newspaper and Later on Made Success
 as Writer

Indianapolis, May 2t (F-A dis. courased and en1bittered veteran ot the World war a few years ago ap. piled to the anaging editor Of q New York newspaper for job. re. marking that he guessed 1t wouldn't do him any good--nobody wanted a one legged man around"
 The veteran of the American ex- peditiorary Force had been 3 dramatic critic on a. uiddle-1 estern paper before the war.
 Get over on the rim at--a week. vas the surprising and brusque re- ply of the managing editor, The for mer soldier went to work on the papers copy desk and in this way began series Of events that led to the success of Laurence Stallings, playwright
 r. C. Fainton, director of the American Legion news service. was employed on the same paper at the time Stalilngs went 10 work and re- lated the incident Of the veteran z employment
 Staliings soon attracted attention through his frequent contributions 10 9 column of poems and com- mants. He vas assigned to aid the book reviewer. Stallings met Maxwell An" "aTson and they coIlaboratad on What Price Glory" Stallins's novel "Plumes." and the movie, The Rig Parade" arr others Of his rls.
 The Legion regards Stallings' work the truest conception of WAT. Pain ton said.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
STAGE BEHEADINGS
 IN JAP THEATERS
These Add to Spice Of Nippon
 Dramas

Tokyo, May 25 LPA-Prohlem playz Greenwich Village motifs and the inevitable happy ending may tickle the pa)ates Of western theater pa irons but they break no box office records in Japan,
 The Nipponese like their dramas raW-the rawer the better. And a play in which there are not several bebeaamgs Is considered in the Pollyanna class lit only for the i'm mature and the ak-hearted.
 The most popular stage offering in Tokyo is a five-act historical drama, The Death of Prime Minis ter Lii" The Imperial theater, where this pay opened March l, is the largest in the capital and the $. R. O. sign was hung out for weeks after the first night.
 Notwithstanding the numerous de- capitations in the course of this simple litC.e offoring--it runs from 1 to 10 p. m.-the play Is Of par cause it is based on the opening of Japan 10 foreign intercourse through the direct influence of the United States.
 Premier Ii was tha head of. the Tokugawa sho5unato and the practi- cal ruler of Japan. The Tokugawa government ran the country in di- rect opposition to the Imperial Court then seated at Kyoto. While the general sentiment was in favor Of keeping Japan secluded from the rest Of the world-and barring the barbarous foreigner-Li advocated the opon-door policy. 70
 In the face Of imperial household opposition and that of the strong Satsuma and Chose clans the prime minister signed tentative treaties in 1858 which started Japan on the upward climb to q position among he worlds powers For this for sightedness Iii was assassinated and his head added 10 the company of those other prophets who seemed to have Spoken out of their turn"
 The story of Prime Minister IL is faithfully depicted according to hist storians. by the most noted actors and actresses in Tokyi While contrary there are no sobs or tears when Ii meets death.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
AMATEUR MOVIES
 ARE LATEST FAD
Large Number Of Fans Do Own
 Projecting

New York, May 25 tP-Making amateur movies is another hobby that has caught on with an increas- ing number of fans.
 Hundreds Of persons are shoot ing their own motion pictures, many as a pastime but others for utilitarian reasons. Many society folks have added the newly de- veloped compact movie camera to their travelling equipment. Athletic coaches, physicians, railroad officials and municipal departments are en- ploying them for instruction pur- poses.
 One globe trotter recently made 56,oo0 feet of film of his own travels around the world. Galli-Curci kept complete movie" record of her recent trip to Australia.
 ]. F. Morgan, whose camera shyness has baffled many a news paper camera man, has become an ardent user of the amateur movie machine. Mrs. Harry New, wife of the postmaster general, takes mo- ton pictures of the birds In her ar- boretum near Washington and shows them with an amateur sized projec- tor, before the White House Photo graphers' association. The New York Fire department has an off cial photographer whose duties are to take movies of fires for record purposes.
 Among others who have taken to making their own movies are T.. Ogden Armour, Mrs. W. K. Wander bilt. John T. McCutcheon, George Ade, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Mrs. W. C. Teagle. Miss Helen Prick, King c. Gillette, Kingdom Gould, and scores of others whose names are known in the social world.
 When Commander Mcdonald flew over the great open spaces of the Arctic regions the air records he obtained were made by his home motion picture machine. When AL len Carpe climbed Mt. Logan he made his record with a similar ap- paratus.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
WATERBURY NANIS HELD AS A ROBBER
Stole Three Autos Among Other
 Things, Police Say

Waterbury, Conn. May 25 Ry- Joseph 0. Amico, g, of Tarbelle avenue arrested here early this morning. confessed. according to the police that he had robbed a paint shop, restaurant, q hardware store and q garage recently Considerable loot, including three automobiles, was found al his home.
 Amico was captured Tn the rear of the state paint and paper com pany a 255 South Main street. At the time he was attempting to carry away paints and oils which he said he had taken from the paint shop.
 Questioned by the police he con- fessed that, within the past two or three weeks. he had broken into the Coffee Pot restaurant the store o5 the HotchHss Hardware con- pany and 9 garage.
 At Amico's home the police found coupe, believed to have been stolen in New Haven. + was said to be the property of Leon B, Chipman of il3 East Pearl street New Haven. Two other cars also wers discovered in the mans possession.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
MOROS DEFEATED
Dispatches From Manila Tell of Battle Between Outlaws and Two Hundred Constabulary Troops.

Manila, May 25 LPl-Official ad- vices from Lanao district say that 20n constabulary troops today en- gagged a band of Moro outlaws, de- molishing two folts and killing and wounding a number of Moros. Two constabulary soldiers were killed and eight wounded.
 Colonel Luther II. Stevens, who led the Constabulary, telegraphed that the exact number of Moros killed is uncertain. but private. ad- vices say the number was forty.
 Colonel Stevens says:
 "Datu Gubats Gotta 'fort) was at tackled al daylight and taken with out resistance. the occupants having scaped. Data Gurain's Gotta was taken after severe fighting in which two constabulary soldiers were killed and eight wounded. Impossible to ascertain exact casualtier among NIoros at present. Three Cottas still un8cmolished.
 The constabulary was continuing It's attack on outlaw cottas for the purpose of exterminating the band which has been terrorizing Lanao province for several months. After repeated efforts to induce them to surrender, the constabulary. nnder orders from Governor General Wood started campaign to wipe out the outlaw band.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25

than 100 official delegates are ez- pected.
 This is the first time that the Iconference has taken place in Japan" said Baron Shigenobu Hira- .yama, president of the Japan Red Cross society. We plan 10 hold the ,5oth anniversary celebration of the Japan Red Cross society at the same time"
 Red Cross societies invited in- clude those in the Philippines, Aus tralia, China, French Indo- China, India, Dutch East Indies, New Zea- land and Siam.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
At Hour Library

The National Geographic MaEa- zine for May contains as a special supplement a reproduction in color of Sir John F. Millais' painting "Boyhood of Sir Walter Raleigh" There are. also IS natural color photographs by Charles Martin and Jacob Gayer grouped under the gen. eral heading, Exploring the Atlan- tic Seaboard With a Color Camera" The travel articles, all illustrated. are "Motor-coaching Through North Carolina" by Melville Chatter; The Ashley River and Its Gardens" by E. T. H. Shaffer, and London From a Bus Top" by Herbert Corey.
 Keith Preston of Chicago, who conducts a newspaper column in prose and verse concerning books and things, is the author of a neat couplet about Clara E. LauEhlin, writer of travel books, whose titles begin with the words 50 You're Going To-" followed by the name of the country or city of which she is writing, Mir. Preston says:
 Let highbrows talk in learned tones
 of this terrestrial map;
 Our Clara sees the cock-eyed world
 and tells it to chap.
 Miss Laughlin'B latest book is 50 You're Going To England! and If I were going with you these are the things I'd invite you to do." This and her earlier books about Italy and Paris are now In circulation at the library and are proving to be very popular.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
To Celebrate 50th Jap
 Red Cross Day in Nov.

Tokyo, May 25 Pl-The second Oriental Red Cross conference will be held here beginning November l. and ending November 23. More
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
TIRE MAGNIFICENT IDLER, by

TIRE MAGNIFICENT IDLER. by
 Cameron Rogers.
 Meet "The Magnificent Idler." an lndolent, amiable fellow with flow Ing beard, who loved Manhattan's $ streets and ferries and in his day wrote book of poems called Leaves Of Grass" Mr. Roger has given us another life of Whitman, a vigorous, homespun life, in the main told with directness and simplicity of which Walt himself would have proved.-Literary Review.
 9c-W591r
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
AN AMERICAN AMONG I'll
 RIFFI, by Vincent Sheean,


 MT. Sheean entered the Riff in January 1925, at its eastern edge on the border of French Morocco and Algeria, crossing from end to end Ithe narrow strip of territory in which the world famous Abd-el- krim had been holding out for nearly five years against the Span Iiards. He was one of the few for Ieigners to interview bd-el-Krim and his brother. It was his good fortune 10 meet the famous bandit Raisuli soon after his capture by Abd-el-krim's forces. Tn the course .of his trip Mir. Sheean met many in- teresting types and had a number .of diverting personal adventures which evidently have lost nothing in telling.-Books. 964-Sh5
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
MAN AND WEATHER. by Alex
 Aar. Me die

der McAdie.
 This booklet is one of several vol umes in which the Director of Blue Hill Observatory has from time to time rounded up small collections of his magazine articles and ad- dresses on meteorological topics. It's six chapters are but loosely tied to-
 gether. The first recounts a number
 of instances in which weather has played a prominent role in warfare The second deals with weather fore
 casting and the practical uses made
 of meteorological records. It IS
 enlivened with anecdotes drawn
 from the authors experience as
 weather bureau forecaster for the
 Pacific coast region, and illustrates the multifariously public services rendered by Uncle Sans weather
 men-from saving the orange crop to providing adequate ventilation for incubator babies, and from fur nishing a pair of impatient lovers with a climatic argument in behalr of hasty wedding to settling a wide range Of questions in the law courts.-Saturday Review. 551,5-M11
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
GROWING UP WITH A CITY. by

|,
 Louise de Rover Bowen.
 Louise de Rover Bowen has never
 had the time or the inclination to
 be bored by & residence in Chicago dating from before the Civil war. She used to play with Tad Lincoln when ths president and his family
 visited the pre-loop district. After a whtrl in society, and marriage,
 Mrs. Bowen began a career of gen. eral usefulness which has lasted for nity years and has included signal service to Hull House, the United Charities, the Juvenile Protective as- .Sociation, the Woman's City club, hospitals, the suffrage movement and many other organizations work ing for good government. She describes 1t all with a very grace full modesty and much humor.- Books. e2-B66s.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
NEW BOOKS

| PEARY, the man who refused to
 fail, by Fitzhugh Green.
 Commander Green, himself an Arctic explorer, has given us the story of a man who. baffled time after time during tRenty-three years of polar work, refused 10 give up Ithe fight, and at last, at the age of f1fty-tUo. attained the coveted goal. The book is not mere narrative of ecents, but a fine analysis Of Peary's character as well; his Strategic cunning" which, together with his strength of purpose carried him through; the mask he wore, which failed to win him popular favor; his blunt manner on the lecture plat form. The author quotes the explor- CT as saying; T shall not be satis- fed until my name Is known from one end of the world to the other" Literary Review. 92-P31 SWEET PEAS: their history, deyel-
 opment and culture, by Charles
 ". J. Unwin.
 Is there an American gardener who has not tried his hand with sweet peas? And is there one who has not failed in an arid season? All, successful and unsuccessful alike, will do well to read the book Of an English authority. Ho gives the history Of this dainty flower; be classifies; he tells how to raise new varieties and 10 win ribbons; 10 cir cumvent diseases and insect enemies he even predicts the future of this flower he loves. Literary Review.
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New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
MELODIES AND MEMORIES, by Nellia Melba


 Madame Melba's story of her triumphal career begins with the discovery Of her voice while she was still the unknown daughter of a Scotch farmer in Australia, A mea- ger sum was provided for lessons, first in London which proved inhos- pitable, then in Paris where Madame Marchesi received her as pupil with joy, From the night of her first appearance in Brussels, Mad anne Melba's voice was hailed with acclaim. Throughout her story there are interesting recollectious Of the celebrities who became the divas friends.-Book Review Digest.
 92-M43m.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25

And the plain man will assuredly find Mir. Toye ineligible, interest ing, worthwhile. To be sure, the .author knows none too much about music in America-few Englishmer do. And In the third paragraph Of the chapter entitled Musical Ma tionalism," he settles the age-old question of European races with q neatness and dispatch that simply make the plain man stare and gasp. Yet in spite of an occasional lapse Mir. Toye has written racy. enter tainins, informative book.-Books.
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New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
THE GANG AGE, by Paul Hanly

HE GANG AGE, by Paul Hanly
 Furfey.
 Most of us know what to expect of a small boy but few of us know why he behaves just as he does ana what to do to help him when his nubbly growth gets him into trouble. Mothers of boy will enjoy reading this book. They will rejoice to dis cover that theirs is not the worst In the world and that his queer do- ings and annoying exhibitions Of saYa gery have meaning and a req son that call for uderstanding and forgiveness and patience. Teachers will like the book because 1t tells its story briefly and pointedly The suggestions are specific and the an- alysis of the situation clear and con- vincing. 136.7-F97,
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
AMERICAN SHRINES ON ENG
 JISH SOIL. by l, r. Muirbead.

'@lNIl ECllJt bS J. I -'l lll lltttfl.
 For the American pilgrim in Eng land Mir. Muirhead has prepared this book about English places and per- sons intimately connected with American history as well ss some distinguished Americans who have made links with England. Success sive chapters take up famous am bassadors sent by the United States to the Court of St. James; Ameri- can memorials in Westminster Ab- bey and elsewhere; places associated with the Pilgrims before they came to America; the ancestral homes Of Washington and Franklin; Strat- ford-on-Ayon and its American wis itors; IIaUthorne's lodgings in Liver pool: American students at Cam bridge and Oxford; and some shrines of the great War.-Book Review D. gest. 914.2-M891
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
EDUCATION IN SOVIET RUSSIA,

by Scott Nearing.
 Needing data on Soviet education and finding that there was practi- calNy no literature on the subject in French. German or English, Pro- lessor Nearing went to Russia to learn about it for himself and spent two months visiting Soviet schools from kindergartens to universities, attending class sessions and talking with teachers and students He be-
 lieves that the work in education now going on in the Soviet Union is important 10 the rest of the world because it is almost all experimental an adaptation of the existing edu- cational system 10 the needs of an entirely new type of society. The conditions and equipment are of the poorest, Professor Nearing believes that the experimental work being done in Russian schools will be fruitful source of educational knowl- edge and progress. He gives pen pictures of the work he observed. Book Review Digest. 370-N27r DEVON, by V. c. Clinton Baddeley.
 "Come to Devon." is inc call of this jolly book, which pictures and describes this rolling country in Merry England, 914.@3-C61
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
JEFFERSON & HAMILTON:

struggle for democracy, by
 Claude G. Bowers.
 Mir Bowers report Of what went on in the United States in the ten years 1790-1S0O puts him in the front rank of archivistj journalist historians. One cannot praise him too highly for his success in doing just what he set out to do. His book Is well organized, strong. in teresting and as accurate as any piece of journalism could and should be.-Saturday Review. 97@.4-Bot
New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
THE WELL-TEMPERED MUS

CLAN. hF Francis Toys.
 The Plain Man" we learn. "is some one who is definitely interest ed in the arts. but too busy 10 give them more than his leisure time. !"
Seward daily gateway., 1926-03-26
JUDGE E. E. RTTCHIE DEFENDS OWN
 NOMINATION BEFORE THE SENATE
 JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE PROBE
Declares Doctor Clarence True Wilson To Be Retailer of Falsehoods- O'Connor Called True
 Liar In House Wednesday
Judge Ritche Attributes His Trouble To Bosheyk Ee ment-Says Prohibition Condition At Anchorage
 Are Not So Very Good At Present

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 26. (AP).-Judge Elmer E. Rtce of the Third Division of Alaska before the Sen ate Judiciary subcommittee invited Doctor Clarence True Wilson, whom Congressman John J. O'Conner of New York in the House Wednesday, called ar to change his middle name, and declared Wilson to be retailer of false hoods.
 Ritche, in defending his own renomnation as judge declared the administration of justice effective in Alaska Committeeman questioned the Judge closely concerning his conviction at Salt Lake City on criminal libel charge Rtche said he fined S100 and declared he paid it. He stated the good citizens of Salt
 Lake City agreed with him in that the verdict rendered had been miscarriage of justice He denied he wrote circulated the letter with which the charge based and described his newspaper work in Seattle at the tme
 In answering questions of means by Senator Overman, Rtche said he appointed Frank Foster temporarily District Attorney of the Third Divson because Foster the best available despite the incident in hotel at Valdez, where the headquarters of the court
 Rtche attributed his trouble to the Bolshevik ele- ment, and declared the best element supported him. He stated Mrs Della Chase not the clerk of his court and denied she elected from hotel with Foster R chic explained that somebody gave Foster bottle of cock tails and that Foster gave Mrs Chase few drinks She devotee of craps and after in the evening" of the most reputable citizens of Valdez invited Foster to her room to get what remained in the bottle of liquor They had few drinks then The occupant in adOin ing complained and deputy marshal came and call ed Mrs Chase to the door of her Ritchie denied Mrs Chase dsrobed and filed affidavit by the ho telkeeper denying she ejected
 Rtche said prohibition conditions not very good at Anchorage, but,that the city was drying up. ...
 He admitted freely that conditions in the Bristol Bay district bad and that they always will be as long the big canneres allow the rfraf of the Pacific Coast to enter their employ without any examination into their habits and condition. -..- -"...~ ~..