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New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
LUMINOUS DIAIS

Luminous clock dials have be-
come popular because they can be
seen in a dark room: at least, such
is the supposition, although few peo-
pie stay awake to watch their
luminous clock dials.
To make dials luminous. however.
is dangerous employment. The mix
ture contains radioactive substances,
which are destructive to bodily It's
sues. Three young women died from
the results of such poisoning in a
New Jersey watch and clock plant.
the company making settlement
with relatives; another is suing for
high sum after suffering from
extreme radium or mesothorium ne
cross, the rot;ing away Of a jaw
bone. the loss of all her teeth, and
submitting to 20 operations without
avail; others are also suffering from
the effects of radium poisoning. Ra-
dium poisoning is also said to have
occurred in watch factory In Wa
terbury.
If luminous dials cannot be made
without the use of radioactive sub
stances it might be we'll to discon-
tinue their manufacture The public
got along for years without lum-
nous dials, and their utility at the
present time is negligible. Ask any
owner OF a luminous dial watch or
clock to ascertain how many times
the luminosity is of value.
The danger incident to their
manufacture far outweighs the val
lie of the product.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
WIDE ROADS

A reaction against the tendency
to make roads unnecessarily wide is
said to be noticeable both in this
country and in England. Lord Mon
tagu of Beaulieu, a famed English
authority on highways, has given
warning OF the danger and expense
of constructing roads which are ex-
ceptionally wide. More roads of Or
binary width, even should they be
parallel, is his way TO solve traffic
needs.
The states widest road, the Bos-
ton Post road between New Haven
and Milford, unfortunately bears
out the contention of being unnec-
essarily dangerous because of It's
width. In order to decrease the dan
ger a large additional force Of po-
lice are being used to patrol it. This
adds to the expense of maintenance.
Roads and streets which by their
nature force careful driving are not
out Of date. Most automobile "ac-
cidents" occur along the smooth,
level stretches.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

man, and even when teased until
they bite. they can infict only q
scratch.
@. Who was Edward Teach?
A. He was a Welsh pirate also
known as Thach or Thatch. He was
supposed to have gone out to the
West Indies as a privateer during
the war of the Spanish Secession
and to have turned pirate in 1913
when the privateers refused to
recognize the peace. He established
himself in the Bahamas in 1915 and
for time ruled Nassau until dis
lodged by the English fleet. With
four ships he went to the coast of
Georgia and South Carolina making
captures even at the entrance to
Charleston harbor. The governor of
South Carolina sent two expeditions
against him and two of his ships
were destroyed and the crews exc
cuted. Teach then retired to Pam
lico Sound, where, having resumed
his piracies. the governor OF Vir-
ginia In 171S sent Lieut.. Maynard to
capture him. In the ensuing fight
he was killed, together with most OF
his men.
@. Does an American woman
who married a Russian, January %,
1923. retain her American citizen
ship?
A. Yes.
@. Why do light bodies fall more
slowly than heavy bodies?
A. Ordinary observation teaches
that light bodies like feathers fall
slowly and heavy bodies like stones
fall rapidly and up to Galileo's time
1t was taught in the schools that
bodies fall with "velocities proper
tional to their weight. Not content
with book knowledge. however, Cali
leo tried it himself. In the presence
of the professors and students of
the University of Pisa, $50 feet high
and found that they fell in practic-
ally the same time. He showed that
even very light bodies like paper
fell with velocities which approach
more and more nearly those Of
heavy bodies the more completely
they were wadded together. From
this he deduced that only the re-
sistance Of the air causes some
bodies to fall less rapidly than
others. In vacuum all bodies fall
at the same velocity.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
TRAFFIC OFFICERS

Springfield this week got its first
experience with wave traffic con-
troll" rs they call automatic traffic
lights In that city. The Springfield
Republican remarks that the saving
in traffic officers should be ma
terial That's the main idea-saving
the employment of traffic officers.
But it has been noticed in this
city that when the traffic is more
than normal-as on Saturday nights
the traffic officers have to be on
duty all the same.
Control of traffic at the Center
last Saturday night was perfection.
There were about as many traffic
officers on duty as before the traffic
lights were installed.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Dissertations
On The Weather

Washington. July 21.-Forecast
for Southern New England: Fair
tonight and Friday: not much
change in temperature; moderate
easterly winds.
Forecast for Eastern New York:
Fair tonight, Friday partly cloudy;
probably local thunder showers in
the afternoon in north and central
portions; not much change in tenn
perature: gentle to moderate south
east and south winds.
Conditions: The high pressure
area of the east centers over the st.
Lawrence valley and northern New
England this morning with a high
pressure crest extending southwest
ward over the states east of the
Mississippi river. A disturbance
centers over Iowa. 1t is producing
showers in the upper lake region
and Minnesota, also in portions of
the central Mississippi valley. Pres
sure continues high in the Canadian
northwest and over northern dis
tricts west of the plains states.
Temperatures remain practically
unchanged.
Conditions favor for this vicinity
fair weather followed by increasing
cloudiness with slightly higher
temperature.
Temperatures yesterday:
High Low
Atlanta ,............. Sc 65
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

ing will no longer be referred to in
vaudeville: Mothers-in-law, Christ
mas cigars, weather jokes, Ford
jokes, automobile petting Jokes of
the walking home" variety; Cool
idge jokes. political jokes. red-hot
mamma jokes, home brew jokes,
golf widow jokes, summer bachelor
jokes; nor Jokes about the back seat
drivers.
Film comedians would be barred
from appearing as Irishmen. Jews.
Englishmen, Frenchmen. Italians;
Swedes, Germans. Russians, Poles,
Czechs, Hungarians, the Dutch, Nor
wegians, Spaniards, Portuguese,
Greeks, Bulgarians, Rumanians,
Austrians, Lithuanians, Danes, Jap
anese, Chinese, Hindoos, or South
Africans-among others. The films
would be limited to strictly moth
ing,
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
rs Years Ago Today

Brickmen in this vicinity are in
| tcrestcd in u renewal of the move
ment tried last fall for the purchase
of the plants in this neighborhood
for the formation of a trust through
out Southern New England and
Long Island. The proposed capital
would be SS,000,000, and the local
yard owners are said to be favor
ably impressed.
Judge and Mrs. ]. E. Cooper are
at Woodmont.
Mr.. and Mrs. George p Hart re-
turned last evening from Cottage
City.
Occasionally fault Is found with
the mail wagon, which is said to be
driven recklessly through the center
TO the station, and last night two
young women We're nearly run over
by the horses at the Baptist church
corner. The mail drivers must catch
the train or be fined and the real
blame should be placed on the sys-
TEN which keeps the mail open until
within ten minutes OF train time.
A big funniest will be held at
Mountain grove in this CITY on
August 10, Among the events in
which the visiting Turner's will COM
pete are the shot put, broad high
Jump, hop, skip and iump. high
Jump, and the "Fenster" or window
jump. This consists of Jumping
through two ropes held several feet
apart, the distance being gradually
! decreased until il becomes very diff
| ficult 10 leap through,
| The storm last night was inst
about the heaviest since the deluge.
/ and in lass than fen minutes sewers
were filled and the cutters were
/ ovcrtlowinc. A Herald reporter was
! called into n Main street store this
morning and shown where fully two
quarts of gravel had been washed
/ back into a sink from a sewer the
/ water also flooding the floor of the
store.
John r. Sloan has been elected
secretary of fine landlords associa-
ton.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
COMMUNIST Held
AS AN AG|7AT0R
Arrested in Geneva for Posting
SaCCo-Y anZetti Papers

Geneva, Switzerland. July Fl P-
Charged with FASTING infammatory
posters on a city wall without legal
authorization, a communist was ar
rested here today as an outgrowth
of sympathetic movement for Nj
cola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
The man was held in Jail pending a
further Investigation.
In the meantime an increasing
number of protests against the exc
cutions is being received by the
American legation at Berne and the
American consulate at Geneva and
other points. The American consul
late has requested protection for
Hugh Gibson. head of the American
delegation to the tripartite naval
conference here. although Mr.. Glib
son has previously declined police
escorts or protection.
A mass meeting in protest against
the proposed execution of the two
men in Massachusetts, will be held
here on July 81. Swiss police say
that they cannot prohibit the meet
ing, but have arranged ample sur
veilance and will arrest any of the
orators who are felt by them going
too far.
The posters which have appeared
in Geneva declare that it is not
clemency for Sacco and Vanzetti
that is wanted, but justice. The
posters say that Vanzetti was con-
demned because of his doctrine: II
want roof for each family. bread
for every mouth and education or
each heart"
The conservative Journal De Cen
eve, which is widely read in Europe,
has printed a leading editorial. de-
claring that everything indicates
that Sacco and Vanzetti were con-
demned, not because they were MUIR
derers but because they were reyo-
lutionists. Alter declaring that the
case gives the impression that the
men We're condemned because they
were Italians, the paper continues:
"Unhappily 1t is too true that in the
United States poor immigrants are
often considered as being human be-
ings in the second category"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

avs w
You can get an answ r to any
question of fact or information BY
! writing to the Question Editor
New Britain Herald. Warrington
Bureau. 1922 New York avenue
Washington, D. c., enclosing two
cents in stamps for reply. Medical.
legal and marital advice cannot be
given, nor can extended research
be undertaken. All other questions
will receive personal reply. Tn
signed requests cannot be answ cred.
All letters are conf1dential.-Editor.
@. When does the blue crab
reach maturity and what are their
habits?
A. Blue crabs reach maturity in
from twelve to fourteen months and
live three or four years. These
crabs can divest themselves Of clafs
or other appendices in order to
escape enemies. and they have the
power of regenerating new ones.
Q. Does France pay a pension to
mothers Of small children? Is
there any such pension in Australia?
A. In Australia every child born
entities the mother. regardless OF
wealth or station, to a sum from
public funds, toward the cost of the
child's birth. The government Of
France gives to every mother who
nurses her own child monthly
pension during the first year of the
child's life.
Q. What proportion of students
in American colleges are partially
or wholly self-supporting?
A Total of s25,500,00o was
earned last year by students of 40S
colleges and universities in the
United States. OF the entire en-
rollment in these institutions, 80
per cent We're partially or wholly
self supporting, according to a
recent study by the L. S. Bureau of
Education to determine the extent
of self-help in higher institutions Of
learning. A third of the students
in mems colleges and a sixth of the
students in women's colleges are
earning at least part of their ex-
penes.
Q. What is the total value OF the
foreign trade of the United States?
A. Including exports and imports
1t was S9,239, 100000 in 1926.
@. What two countries constitute
the best market for American mo-
ton pictures?
A. Great Britain and Australia.
@. For whom does the Silvertown
Cord orchestra broadcast and who
is the Silver Masked tenor?
A. The orchestra is sponsored by
b. +. Goodrich Company of Akron,
Ohio. The identity of the Silver
Masked tenor has remained a secret
since his first appearance over ten
years ago.
@. What are the principal Ian
guage of Austria and Hungary ana
Czechoslovakia?
A. German is the language of
Austria and Hungarian is spoken in
Hungary. In Czechoslovakia, which
formerly was a part Of the Austro-
Hungarian Empire. the language is
Bohemian.
@. What Is the present value of
the Finnish mark?
A. IS cents.
@. Is there summer training
school for the navy similar to the
Citizens Military Training schools in
the army?
A. No.
@. Is the bite of the black snake
harmful?
A. Black snakes are harmless to
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

The other day the police depart
ment, in crusading against speed
artists. reckless drivers and defec-
tive-brake drivers, got the unstintcd
support of the city court. Now the
building department gets similar UNI
stinted support from the same
source. Here and there, however,
there still is an appeal" depending
upon how much money the confess
tant has to spend in having around.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Windsor to Windsor
Flight Contemplated

Detroit, July = tAp-phil Wood,
brother of Gar Wood, famous speed
boat pilot, has ordered Stimson
monoplane from The Stimson Air
craft corporation here with which
he viii attempt a nonstop flight
from Windsor, Ont, to London, Eng
land. The proposed fight is being
backed by Edmund T. Odette, NJ. p,
from East Essen, ont, and Windsor
business man.
Wood Yesterday said he plans a
Windsor to Windsor flight, landing
as near as possible to the royal
residence, Windsor Castle, thus
breaking the long distance record
for a single hop. He will be accom-
panied by c, A. Schiller, of the
Canadian government aerial patrol.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Aviation has repeatedly shown 1t:

Aviation has repeatedly shown its
usefulness in spraying large areas
Of farmlands which were threatened
with pests. If aviation can stem the
tide OF devastation in Colorado,
where crickets are devouring every
thing that grows in two counties, it
will be a magnificent victory for
be done will bear watching. The
government will need to act quickly
il the !egions of crickets are to be
destroyed, instead Of the crops.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

The Democrats in the South are
said to be turning their backs upon
politics. Small wonder. There's Sen
ator Helm for one thing. and the
grand old party isn't giving many
southern political plums to the
Democrats. Not even the flood vic
tins are aided.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
How Mrs. Brown Told 1t

"My husband told me the funniest
Joke today. Ha, ha. I have to laugh
every time I think of it. A young
man was very busy digging a well
when his sweetheart came upon the
scene. He asked her to marry him,
and she told him-let's see--what
did she tell him? Anyway he threw
himself into 1.-THE well, mean.
Ha, hal"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

let the headline writers make use
of it, and the result will be per-
fectly good Word-"not yet in the
dictionary'-withi approximately a
weeks time.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

The word legs" applied to the
neither appurtenances Of the female
Of the species, nowadays finds its
unabashed way into the large type
Of the head.lr es. How the world has
changed. In the good old days every
woman merely had limbs" as If
she were tree. If anything. We
have become more specific in what
we mean.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
How Mrs. Graham Told It

Mrs. Browne told me a very hui
merous story a while ago. / simply
must tell it to you, Mrs. Murray. 1t
seems that there We're two Irishmen
-and-I can't seem to remember It.
WeH.-Oh, that reminds me. 1t was
wanted to collect accident insurance
and one of them said to the other:
I'll dig a we'll, bedad, and We can
throw yourself into it ! laughed
until I thought I'd pass out, when
she told me that one,"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Once more guest" in an auto
mobile has brought suit when the
host" got into wreck and harm
OF various sorts was done. When a
man nowadays takes friend out
riding he wants to he sure he has
the kind Of friend who will put up
with anything.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Headline startled us by saving
Coolidge gave a Tip" to a reporter
Frenzied reading, however, disclosed
that the reporter was not mistaken
for a waiter or a Pullman porter
Giving reporter a tip for news
story Is easy, always appreciated
and it is surprising that It isn't done
more often.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
"AVIGATOR"

"Avigal orr looks like pretty
good word TO apply to the navigator
Of an airplane. The airplane avi-
gators want it used instead of the
word "navigators." That should be
easy. Let the Associated Press carry
1t few times In Its dispatches, and
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Indy in Hartford in the after
noon and the dedication of the war
memorial In New Britain in the
evening. That was pretty good rec
ord for one day and just before we
have sufficient time to recover along
comes a prizefight tonight.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
THE BLUsHJNG BRIDE

THE BLUSHJNG BRIDE
BY Benn r. Blackburne
The bridegroom chose for his best
His old companion. Dick,
The ushers were John, Harold, Bill,
Fred, Ernie. Joe. and Chick.
The bride had gone a while with
John,
She'd been engaged to Joe,
And Harold taught her how to swim
And Ernie how to row.
And Bill had tutored her In golf
And Fred, in days gone by,
Had danced with her and walked
with her
And kissed her on the sly.
A statisticlan couldn't count
The dates she had with Chick,
And for three years, and maybe
more,
She lived next door to Dick.
The blushing bride looked out on
them,
The lads with whom she mushed,
And thought about her single days
No wonder that she blushed!!
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Answer This One!

THE trouble with men," said the
arch Mrs. Gaige, 'is that they don't
make their clothes harmonic with
their features. Men should try to
match their hair. a. women do. A
brown-haired man should wear
brown. a black-haired man should
wear black. and so on"
Yes" interrupted Mrs. Wagstaff,
but supposing . mans bald
headed?"
Percy L. Lewis.
copyright, 1927, Reproduction
Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Msmbsr Audit Bureau OF Circulation
rhs 4 3. c. II . national cation
which furnishes newspapers and adver-
ttssrs with . strictly honest analysis OF
circulation. Our circulation statistics are
based upon this audit This 'nsures pro-
FACTION against fraud In newspaper dis
,rtbution ngures to both national ano
local advertisers
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Bigger Game!

Bigger Game!
Thelma: Ends stockings are as
sheer as spider webs, aren't they?"
Lorna: Yes. but she's trying to
catch something else besides flies"
Mrs. II. T. Goldsmith
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

The safe and sane way for a
newly married couple to obtain
canned fruit is for wiley to do the
canning. Then it's homemade and
tastes better.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

It appears that any husband can
prevent his wife from travelling
alone to Cuba by refusing to sign
a permit. But that won't keep some
OF them at home more frequently.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

The man who spanked his wife
because she bobbed her hair must
have thought such treatment would
make 1t grow again. But it's no use
to spank over tresses that are gone.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

The gasoline executive who has
had charge OF prices in Connecticut
doubtless has done such a splendid
lob for the oil industry that he is
entitled to prom
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

All, we'll; present indications are
there will be plenty of shipyard
Jobs the next time.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
IT TAKES A WOMAN TO TELL
A JOKE
(Chronicled by Maxine Toch)
How Mr., Browne Told It

Heard q good one at the club
today dear. A young chap was talk
ing TO his girl about his job. He
said he always threw himself into
whatever work he undertook, and
the girl said: "Why don't you dig
a well?"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
A La Node

Teacher: who can tell me where
st. Louis is?"
Tommy baseball fan): They're
playing in New York."
Edward Mcdonald
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
And How Mrs. Murray Told 1t

Mrs. Graham told one that was
simply killing. Oh, I don't know
whether ] can tell it or not-and
keep a straight face. Oh, ha, ha.
Well. anyway, let me see-well.
oh, I remember the point now.
Pat says to Bike: How dear to my
heart are the scenes of my child
hood? And Mike replied: That old
oaken bucket, that iron-bound buck
ct, that moss covered bucket that
hung in the we'll Ha! Hal"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Vanity is universal. and doubtless
many old trout brags of the presi-
Dental worm that got away.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
THE FIRST READER
For Modern Children
edited by Marshall Fleming)

What is this?
My, oh my, kids. It's panty.
Gosh, isn't it pretty? Yes, indeed
And it cost beaucoup jack, too
The flapner has Just purchased it.
Certainly she will wear it. What's
that? You think it's a shame that
such a lovely garment is doomed
never to be seen?
Don't kid yourselves. darlings;
don't be dumb! .....
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

What the girls are asking:
wonder who the lucky one Will be
10 land Lindy?'
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Apparently there is enough wheat
this year to make S32 new wheat
millionaires who wouldn't know
wheat from oats.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

There are two kinds of annuity:
One you buy from a trust company
and one a doctor has from some
rich patients nerves"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
TELEPHONE CALLS
Business Once go. S2b
Editorial RoomA 49,. SIS

The only profitable advertising medium
IN the City Circulation books and preAa
room alvays open to advertiserA
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Fable: She talked for an hour and
didn't begin a sentence with the
words, you know"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

The Herald 10 on sale daily in Ne'
York at Hotaling's Newsstand, T1mes
SQUARE; schultz's Newssands. Entrance
Grand Central. And Street
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Member of tho Associated Press
The Associated Press ,s exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication OF
ali news credited to II or not otherwise
credited IN this paper and also local
news published therein.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

1t takes from IS to $50 days for
salmon eggs to hatch, the time de-
pending upon the temperature Of
the water in which they are de-
posted.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Gasoline is rot the only thing SELL
ing at high prices; but the price Oh
gas somehow is more conspicuous.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

A resort Is a place where you 90
to worry about whether you fasten-
ed all the windows at home.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Correct this sentence: He's twice
as old as his wife" said the gossip,
But he isn't jealous when she's out
with young people"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Nothing hurts the vanity SO cruel
ly as acting the clown to be a good
fellow and having people look dis
gusted.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Many Of the worlds greatest men
were left-handed even before base
ball was invented.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

A fortune awaits some American
genius who will find way to COM
bine aspirin and chewing gum.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

At any rate a 1924 car seems to
have a respectable and Complacent
air of being paid for.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Amer,cansm: Spending 81 years
hopefully reseeding bare spots on
the lawn
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
FactsondFancies
BY ROBERT OUIILEN

A mosquito itsn't like the neigh
singing that you suffer-
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Nsw Britain Herald
uRALD PuBLlsHINo COMPANY

Issued Daily tounday Excspted)
~ Herald Bldg. 81 Church Street
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

There's one consolation about be-
ing poor. You can get bald with
out spending SS25.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

The meanest thing about a hot
day Is the necessity of licking the
fellow who asks if it's hot enough
for you.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21

Entered at the Post once At New Brit
ain - Second Class Mail Natter.