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Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17
The Prize Winners

The winners Of special and first prizes are as follows. Mrs. Grant of Hopedale. Mass. Billy Robillard, Dan ielson; Miss Ethel Birch, Danielson David Sherry Thompson; Edward K Belck. North Windham. Louis Kay Cravstone. K. l. Mrs. Leonard Swain Pomfret: Percy Charlesworth. Pas coag. k. l.: John Sidebottom. Ashton R. l.: Joseph Bertrand. Pascoag Mrs. II. Hartman. Ghepachet, K. |. Geraldine Covell. Putnam, Frani Herrick, West Thompson; Mrs. Hattie Miller. Putnam, Mrs. $. Nikolof, Put nam Silas Nj. Wheeleek. Jr.. Putnam Mrs. Frank Ledger, Putnam; Mrs John K. Smith, Windsor; A. G. Pelan Graniteville. K. l.; Mrs. Annie Peehie Dayville; Eugene Perreault Putnam 'F F. Creighton. Quinebaug; Josepi Birch. Danielson; Mrs. Sarah k. Allen East Providence; F.. W. Calder. Prov idence: J. J. CaHty, Quinebaug; J Brisbois. Webster; Mrs. William j Jarvis Putnam Alfred Proulx, Paw tueket; K. Dennegan. Pawtucket Mrs. F. WhettinEslow, Providence Mrs. F.. L. Kelley. Putnam; Rudolph
 Johnson. Thompson, James Maitland Thompson: Mrs. Donovan, Putnam Melvina Narcotic. North GrosYenor dale; Oscar Peterson. Pomfret; Jamc Baker. Putnam; Mrs. A. Vonsiatsky Thompson; Andre Roosevelt, Thomp son: Frank Gumpstone, Waterford ". T. Jones. Putnam; Mrs. Peter Bar rett. Webster: Mrs Mabel r. klausen Eastford: Miss Brown. Wiiiimantle A. l.. Murray East Providence Mrs U Shipp. Providence, Mrs. Waltei Bromley. Danielson; Clifford Whit ney. Thompson.
 Children's Glass
 The winners of the children's clas, were as follows: Girls, lst, Pinkl' Baker. Cairn terrier, s2,50 in gold 2nd. Bettie Maitland, wirehair fox ter rier. leash; 3rd Marion Herrick. police shepherd. dog snap. Boys, lst, Mark Coleman. Schwanzer, s2.50 in gold 2nd. Albert Robillard. Pekingese, dog lead; 3rd. Bernard Sherry, Dalmation Vermifuge.
 The ribbons were given by the club but the special prizes were given by incal rnarchants
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17
ATTAWAUGAN FOUR
 IN ROLLING AUTO
Car Flows Through Field, Turns End Over End.-None
 Hurt
Driver Taken To Police Barracks
 Under Arrest

With Joseph Glennard at the wheel, according to officers admittedly under the influence of liquor. and his broth CT Frank. John Blaid and fourth man, name unknown, In a ear with him a large seven passenger aut0mo- bile plowed through a field in Perry vile. after leaving the highway, and turned end over end coming to q stop resting upon it's four wheels, and none of the occupants injured.
 The four young men were from At tawaugan. They left home Friday evening to attend a dance in North Grosvenordale. The dance not giving them the desired thrill, they decided to go to Webster. N
 Questioned by the Webster police after the accident, GIennard admitted having drinks of moonshine before he left home, at North Grosvenordale, and more in Webster.
 Leaving Webster for the return trip the large car had just crossed the state line into Connecticut when Glen nard lost control The speeding car nosed down an embankment. turned end over end, and travelled for dis tancf of fifty feet before t came to a stop right side up.
 Although over the state line, Web ster officers were notified and after making an investigation took Glennard to the Webster police station where. the officers say. he admitted that he lost control of the machine because he had been drinking The state police of the Danielson barracks were noti- fled and Glennard was brought back to Connecticut to face criminal charges.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17
Many Breeds

The entries including nearly every breed If dog, closed before six o'= clock Saturday evening and t was not long after this hour when the judges began their responsible task of pas sing on the merits of the varied list Of entries. The judges were Mrs. Fan nie D. Leahy, New London, Frank NJ. Foster. Waterford; Sterrill NJ. Chase, Norwich; James E. Corkey, New Lon don; Charles c. Pierce. Norwich; and Eugene ]. Leahy. New London, all members of the New London Kennel Club. Many towns and cities m Con necticut. Rhode Island and Massaehu- setts were represented in the entry list and in the audience brought to pether by the interest the first show in Putnam created.
 The entries all came under the fol- lowing elassiiieations. Sporting dogs, Bassct hounds, Beagle hounds, Fox hounds. Pointers. English settlers, leish setters. Gordon setters, Gochef spaniels; working dogs, Collles, San avdes. Shepherd dogs. Police dogs, non sporting dogs. Boston terriers Bull terriers. French bulls. chow ohows. Ordinations. Poodles, Schip- uerkes. Eskimos. Black and tans; ter riprs. Sealyhams; toy dugs, Peklng terriers. Bull terriers Scottish ter riers sealyhams: tuv dogs Pecking= esr. Fomoranians, Yorkshire terriers, Toy spameis. Toy poedies The judges were all from the New London Ken nel club
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17
The Revolution

the common.s The latter convention was about sixty years later.
 The Revolution
 The last paper was prepared by Mrs. Elizabeth Flynn Bingham of Springfield. Mass. whose home. Cen. tary old Cottage Is in Woodstock. As Mrs. Bingham was unable te be present. Mrs. Child read her paper, which was most interesting and show ed great deal of study. It took up the Revolutionary War period, refer ring to the muster-roll of the men of Woodstock. their training field, now the common. and the patriotism and sacrifices of the men. Not only did she respond with many men to the call for liberty and freedom from oppres- sion. but she furnished ammunition,
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17
VAUDEVILLE THANKSGIVING
 AT BRADLEY THEATRE

On Thursday, November 24 Thanksgiving Day, three complete shows will be offered at the Bradley Theatre-at 2:30, 6;00 and s 200. A special bill of vaudeville is booked and good picture, Reginald Denny in Past and Furious will be the screen attraction. All seats for the second evening show will be reserved and will go on sale at the box office Monday, November 2i.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17
THE PUTNAM DOG SHOW
 PLEASES ITS PATRONS
First Annual Event Attracts Many Entries and Large
 Attendance
Windham County Kennel Club We'll
 Supported

The first annual dog show under the auspices of the Windham County Ken nel Club. held in Hammond Hall. this city. last Saturday night. drew togeth- er large list of entries and a large gathering of dog fanciers as well as 500 people who came e at tend the first show of it's kind ever attempted in Putnam. From every angle the venture was success. and this notwithstanding that there were contemporary amusements In the city the same evening
 There were i5o dogs entered in the show None brought for entry had 10 be turned away Those who have seen the large shows in prou Ienee and Boston state that the Putnam show loses nothing by comparison. The guests were emphatic Iu .heir praise af the affair and the way il was managed. The promoters were pleas pd with the entries and gratified al the patronage. They are also grate- ful to the merchants whose gene rosity made so many special prizes possible The success of the venture establishes the dog show as m an nual affair. Alexander Maitland was chairman of the committee in charge.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17

The worlds largest one-piece table is thought to be that used for commit nity dinners at Glen Grayland, Wash ington. Having been made from section of spruce log which hoated into the harbor. this table has diam. eter of more than eleven feet and will easily seat thirty-fye persons.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17

In the zoOlogical gardens of Leip- zig is a crane with an artificial leg made of aluminium which it uses With perfect ease.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17

| Five former presidents of the Unit
 ed States were living in 1861, the
 largest number in the history of the icountry.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17

White flowers. experiments indicate, are usually sweetest, while yellow, red blue, violet, green and orange are next in the order named.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17

one.oighth grain of nectar can be obtained by a bee draining sixty diff, ferent flower tubes in single clover blossom.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17

A mushroom twenty inches in diam- eter and weighing more than ten pounds Was found recently in Per Ene England.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17

In a collection of I'll specimens a Cincinnati professor has flutes made of gold, jade, a rams horn, and glass.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17

Because of the demand for their hides few alligators live natural lifetime.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17

There are only six public libraries n British Columbia.
Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17

and quantities Of salt petre for the manufacture of ammunition She sent wool to make garments. and at one time sixty five sheep were taken te Boston in ox carts The gift was ae- knogledged by General Lyun. The famous Mcclellan elms at South Wood stock were planted by Mrs. Mcclellan. who gathered them when very young trees, in her apron. and planted them while her husband was away to war. Among the soldiers and patriots was the grandfather of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Dr. Joshua Holmes. whose grave is in Woodstock Hill cemetery. His son. the Rev. Abiel Holmes, the father of Dr. Oliver Wendell, was born in Woodstock,
Evening star., 1927-09-08
Local Radio Entertainment
Thursday, Sept. 8, 1927

NAA-Washington Navy Yard (43i.6
Meters).
3:45 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
9:oo p.m.-Arlington time signals.
1905 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports
Evening star., 1927-09-08
.TUNNEy-DEMPSEy
RADIO PLANS MADE
Fight Will Be Broadcast
Around the World, Says
Tex Rickard.

Dy tue ASsOCldteu ETebS.
CHICAGO, September S.-Tex Rick.
ard announced today that 'the most
extensive worldwide broadcast ever
attempted" has been arranged for the
Tunney-Dempsey fight here Septem-
ber %.
The National Broadcasting Co. has
been. granted the exclusive right to
broadcast the fight to the outside
world. Rickard said, under the spon-
sorship of the Scripps- Howard news
papers. Contracts were signed some
time ago, the promoter added, but an
nouncement was withheld pending the
working out of details here.
Under the agreement with the Illi-
nois Boxing Commission. by which the
fight was brought to Chicago. permis-
sion to broadcast the event was granted
to some Chicago stations, but the
National BrOadcasting Co. is to control
the chain broadcast.
Interest in the fight is keen in
Europe, Central and South America
and Australia" Rickard said. "The
new short wave system will be used to
send Graham McNamee's ringside
description to foreign countries. OF
course, the great difference in time
will be an important factor, as it will
probably be between 3 and o'clock
in the morning in Europe, and when
we cross the international date line in
the Pacific, McNamee will be talking
into the next day"
Rickard said that NJ. II. Aylesworth
president of the National Broadcast
ing Co., ha dreported the following
stations as having arranged for the
fight, with the list still incomplete:
WEAF and WIZ, New York: WEEP
and WBZ, Boston; WBZA, Springfield,
Mass; VITO. Hartford, Conn; WAR,
Providence, r. L.; WHAM, Rochester,
n. Y: WTAG, Worcester. Mass;
WSCH, Portland, Me-; WIFI, Phila-
delphia; WBAL. Baltimore; WRC,
Washington; WGY, Schenectady, N.
Y; WGR. Buffalo; WTAM, Cleveland;
WJR and WWJ, Detroit; WLW and
WSAI. Cincinnati; WTMJ. Milwau-
kee:; KSD. st. Louis; WCCO, Mime
apolis: voc. Davenport. Iowa; WHO,
Des Moines, Iowa; WOW, Omaha;
WDAF. Kansas City; WFAA, Dallas;
WSM, Nashville; WSB, Atlanta; VINO,
Memphis: WBL, Charlotte, n. c.;
WAX, Jacksonville, Fla; WCAE and
Evening star., 1927-09-08
I STATIONS
OFF OFFICIAL LIST
Owners Fail to Renew L.
censes After Notice From
Commission.

Seventeen broadcasting stations
were deleted from the official lists by
the Federal Radio Commission today.
following the failure of the owners to
renew their licenses, which expired
August 16. Due warning was issued
each station about two weeks ago
that September 6 would be the last
| day upon which applications for re-
| newals would be received.
Most of the stations are rated at
| 100 watts or less, only one was a
| 500 waiter, WREO, at Lansing, while
three were 250-watt stations; they
were WDBK, Cleveland; WEAl,
Ithaca, n. Y, and WTHO, at Detroit.
The elimination of these trans
mitters leaves total Of 676 active
| broadcast stations under the direc-
tions of the Federal Radio Commits
| sion, 671 of them in the United
States proper, 3 in Alaska and l each
in Porto Rico and Hawaii. This is
fewer stations on the air than there
has been for some months, and tends
to clear up certain channels a little.
The total at one time was 1872. which
maximum it is hoped by many will
| never again be reached.
A few of the station owners ad-
vised the commission that the failure
to return renewal applications was
intentional, thus indicating their de-
sire to drop out of radio broadcast
ing temporarily, at least. Station
WREO was one of these. but the
others were not announced by the
cimmission in it's official statement.
1t is suspected that the failure of
Cornell University to renew it's
license Is due to the fact that those
in charge Of the station are absent
this Summer, and that belated ap-
plication may vet be filed.
1t is feared, however, that public
hearing may be required before this
or any other renewal is authorized.
The disposition of the commission
ers seems to be to reduce the stations
Evening star., 1927-09-08
WMAL-WashingtOn Radio Forum
1923 Metersl.

7;20 to 1880 p.m.-News flashes.
7:30 to 9 p.m.-Concert by the
United States Army Band.
to 10 p.m.-Town Club Hawaiians.
10 p.m.-Latest- news flashes.
Evening star., 1927-09-08

KDKA. Pittsburgh; KYW. Chicago;
KGO and KPO. San Francisco; KFY,
Los Angeles; KGW. Portland; KOA,
Denver; KOMO and KFOA, Seattle;
WHAS, Louisville: KHQ, Spokane
and stations at Indianapolis, Salt Lake
City and Bristow Okla
Evening star., 1927-09-08

on the air to the fewest number pos
sible In public interest, and while they
are loath to cut off any heads, they
are likely to 20 very slow to grant
renewals to those whose permits or
licenses have lapsed.
The deleted stations follow:
KFIQ. Yakima. Wash: KFVN, Fair.
mont, Mimi; KFWH, Eureka, Calf;
KF'XH. Ell Paso. Tex; KGES, Central
Evening star., 1927-09-08

WABR, Toledo, Ohio: wCBH, oxford,
Miss: WCOM, Manchester, N. H.;
WDBK, Cleveland. Ohio; WEAI, Ith-
aca, N. Y: WHBD,. Bellefontaine,
Ohio; WKBM, Newburgh, n. Y;
WKBJ, New Castle, Pa; WTAZ,
Lambertville, N. j.; WREO, Lansing,
Mich, and WTHO, Detroit.
Evening star., 1927-09-08
Quake Rocks Central Japan.

TOXIC. September GA strong
earthquake was felt over a wide area
in Central Japan at 1893 o'clock last
evening. 1t lasted several minutes.
No reports of casualties or damage
have been received
Evening star., 1927-09-08
WRC-Radio Corporation of America
(468,5 Meters).


1855 Meters).
3 p.m.-Augustine Jacquillard, SO.
prano.
3:15 p.m.-John Mundy, violoncel-
list.
$50 p.m.-John de Bueris, clarinet
list
3;45 p.m.-''Legal Light" by Emily
Marx.
4 p.m.-Happiness Orchestra.
4;S0 p.m.-Ellen Rumsey, mezzo-so-
prano.
4:45 p.rl.-Joel Coffey, pianist.
-Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra.
5:55 p.m.-Base ball scores.
p.m.-"Bill Whipple of Sweet
Meadows"
6:15 p.m.-Kitt hour of music with
Nine. Lolita Cabrera Gainsborg. con-
cert pianist and staff artist Of WIZ.
p.m.-"Yeomen of the Guard" by
the National Light Opera Co.
pm.-Correct time.
p.m.-Clicquot Club Eskimos.
p.m.-"Our Government" by
David Lawrence.
$40 p.m.-Old Bill and His Work.
shop.
$40 p.m.-Hofbrau Orchestra.
10 to IL p.m.-Le Paradis Band.
Evening star., 1927-09-08

Early Program Tomorrow.
6:45 a.m.-ToWer health exercises.
715 a.m.-The Roaring Lyons.
7:30 to 7:45 a.m.-Cheerio.
1855 a a.m.-Arlington time signals.
10 (noon)-Organ recital.
l to 2 p.m.-Mayfiower Orchestra.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25

crease Of 1O.41S over the previous
quarter and the lowest ever re-
corded except for the fourth quarter
of 1917. The latest figure works out
at birth rate of 1917 per 1000 of
population.
Infant mortality during the
quarter was 10 per 1000 registered
births which was per 1000 below
the average Of the ten preceding
fourth quarters. Further analysis of
the statistics during the quarter
show that 1,O44 males were born to
every / 1000 females.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25

courthouse, will be under way in
three months. Mayor Floyd f.
Williams has ordered an architect
to prepare plans.
Clarksburg is all "lit up" The
Milroy Light and Power Company
has installed electric lights there.
More than 1900 new Y. w. C. A
members were obtained in a cam.
paign at Marion.
Several hundred farmers took part
in the Mississinewa Coon chase at
Red Bridge Thursday.
Pythian lodges from New Al
Dany, Evansville and Seymour
have entered drill teams for the
State meeting at French Lick
July 4.
Muncie and Marion newspapers
are sponsoring a motorcycle endur.
ance run to be staged May /.
Gerald Campbell, IS, OF Elwood
broke the speed limits and his collar
bone when bicycle on which he
was riding with John Williams slip
ped and threw him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
WELFARE CONFERENCE
Four Thousand Workers Expected
at Des MOines.
BIZ Unitcd Press

BIZ Unttcd Press
DIES MONIES, Iowa, March Is
More than 1000 welfare workers
from all parts of this country, Can
ada, Mexico and abroad will attend
the fifty-fourth annual national con.
ference of social work here May II
to Is, DIR. John A. Lapp, Chicago,
has announced.
internationally known speakers
will address the 200 meetings SEIZED
uled for discussion of better meth
DDS of welfare work. The list of
speakers includes Jane Adams, Chi.
cago; Royal Meeker, Carlton College,
Minnesota; Howard w. Nudd, New
York; DR.. Samuel T. orion. Iowa
State University: Henry C. wallace.
Des Moines farm editor; Rabbi A. II.
Silver. Cleveland; Edwin J. Cooley,
New York; Riley NJ. Little, Albany,
N. Y; Charles A. Prosser. Mime
apolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
NOTORIOUS JOKER
WHOAGGRAVATED
ENGLAND IS DEAD
Daubing Statue With Rasp-
berry Jam One of Smiths
Deeds.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
LONDON, March 25.-England's
most notorious practical joker" is
dead.
Living the so-called simple life in
small town near here, w. A. H.
Bernhard Smith, was known to some
people merely as a studious scholar
and clever poet, but with others he
achieved notoriety as a joker.
Sometimes his practical jokes
mystified scientists and alarmed the
people of the town where he lived,
even arousing the newspapers at
times to comment on their audacity
and cleverness.
In January, 1928, a statute at the
British Museum was found daubed
with raspberry jam. This remained
a mystery for some weeks until
Smith confessed to the deed.
In May, 1919, a joke was per-
petrated at Ramsgate, when the
window of magistrates house was
smashed by thunderbolt. Bits of
the thunderbolt were picked up and
sent to the best laboratories here
for examination, but the window
smashing thunderbolt remained a
mystery until Smith sent the follow
ing letter to London newspapers:
II bought the meteor for six-pence
and was assured that it was real
thunderbolt. I threw it at the win.
dow and to my amazement the win
dow broke the thunderbolt."
For this joke Smith was fined $40
and $3.50 costs.
During the war Smith dressed in
grotesque costume and lived in
cave on the coast and caused some
alarm among the coast residents who
thought him a German spy. The
authorities put an end to that joke.
Smith kept large circle of Lon
don friends constantly wondering
when one of them would become the
subject of one of his jokes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25

tlce has been situNE I4|
turtles several instruwtIEtN
used in the old days were
one of the most strikinK
"caja dc Pandora, which q
a wooden bed, placed az
above the ground and vi
wooden sides. studded WITT
Around this bed four lanterns
on long posts threw light
sufferings of the man Or
questioned in that position
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
TORTURE BED FOUND
Relic OF Inquisition Studded
With Nails.

BU United Press
MADRID, MARCH 25.-Relics of
the inquisition are still encountered
in Spain.
During the restoration of the pal
ace called the "Audiencia" in the
Granada. where the tribunal of jus
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
FEWER, BETTER BABIES
English Statistics Show Infants are
Healthier.

BIZ United Press
LONDON, March 25. - Fewer
babies are being born in England
according to the latest statistical
returns, but those that are born
are healthier.
Birth statistics for the last quarter
of 1862 show that 164,4S9 children
were born during the quarter. de-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
HOOsieY
Briefs

The man who robbed the blind
man of his pennies has rival. a
thief stole the wheel chair of T. M.
Strickland, Hammond, paralytic.
1.-THE glory of Jim Watson is that
there is only one of him." Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise, of New York, de-
clared in a speech at North Man
chester.
Earl Rudy, Burlington high school
boy, has been awarded silver medal
for his work in the county five-acre
corn club.
Oscar Helwig of BOrcher, near
Seymour, knows what it is to be
a Robinson CrusOe. He was ma
roOned two days OH an island by
high water.
Identification of Gary's front yard,
the name given to Broadway, by con-
Struction of new city hall and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25

An inmate Of an Iowa prison was
SO satisfied with his surroundings
that he refused to leave when his
term was out, and had to be elected
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25

Umbrellas now are being made
with life-sized parrots heads or large
colored fruits as handles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-31
One Killed
in Wreck
Two Others May Be Dead-25
or More Injured - Snow.
storm Believed Cause

Chicago. Dec. '&-R-one per-
SON and possibly t72 other were
killed and 25 or more 4, I'D today
when the Hummer" crack passen-
ger train Of the Chicago and Alton
railroad, proceeding cautiously
through binding snowstorm,
crashed into the rear of mail train
from st. Louis standing in the rail-
road yard here.
Firemen and railroad employees
worked for hours after the wreck
with acetylene torches in the snow
and cold to reach an 18.year-old
girl imprisoned in a Pullman COM
partment, who, despite the fact that
both legs were crushed, courageous
~ directed the rescue efforts of the
rcscuers, convcrsing with them con-
stantly.
The girl, Miss Sara Spreckell, Of
Tulsa, Okla, is not expected to live.
From the same compartment she
was in the rescuers lifted the body
of q woman who has not been iden-
titled. While the firemcn searched
this car for other victims, acetylene
torches were being used on second
car reported to contain the bodies
of two persons, both believed to be
dead.
The engine Of the Hummer, rum
ming more than an hour late,
smashed through the rear of the
standing St. Louis train, telescoping
two sleepers. It was in these two
cars that most of the injured or
dead were found. A third train
featured in the wreck although it
was not in the collision.