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New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
PECULIAR WAYS ID
 PAY GOVT. TAXES
Various Peoples Adopt Un-
 usual Methods

Washington D. C., Feb. S.-A delegation from the Virgin Islands recently appeared before Congress sional Committee and appealed for the removal of the export tax on sugar.
 That an ex1ert tax is unconstitu- tional is a matter of common knowl- edge to American news readers, and ] since the Virgin Islands belong to the United States, some may ques- tion why the delegation should peacefully plead for the removal of the levy, when it could be attacked as unconstitutional from the time of it's imposition.
 | But the Constitution does lot say that there shall be no tax on ar ticles exported from the United | States and it's possessions. It de- clares that No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State" And, according to the courts, | State in this case, means a State, not a possession.
 Horseshoes, Nails and Roses While an export tax seems odd | to a citizen of the United States, it i cannot compare with some of the | humorous levies in foreign countries. Since feudal times the Kings of England have received miscellaneous articles as taxes on valuable prop | erty.
 Two knives, six horseshoes, and | siXty-one nails are sent to the King s l court by the City of London each year for the. use of a parcel of land near the famous Strand, while !. school occupying a piece of prop erty near the Tower Bridge, sends bunch of roses. The land is
 worth S1O,O0O but as long as the
 roses are paid the school is per-
 mitted to continue in peaceful pos
 session. Peppercorns (pepper Der
 ries) are paid by the Royal Acada- my for it's London site.
 To hold his land the owner of
 Aylesbury Manor provides three
 geese if the Rink visits Aylesbury
 in the summer, and three live eels ! IL ltt SO-o ili'lC III tilC NliltNl. ilN
 owner is also bound to put. clean
 straw on the Kings bedroom floor
 three times year Of the Sovereign | s\pps there. Straw on the bedroom
 floor was one of the luxuries of | feudal times. 1 Must Hold Kings Head
 The tenant of Copeland Manor is | required to hold the Kings head should he get seaslck while cross
 ing the stormy waters of the Eng 1 fish channel from Dover to Whit ] sand Bay.
 A crossbow is contributed by the
 ancient city of Chichester, while the | lord of Bryandon, Dorset County, is l bound to make a yearly presenta- l tion of a stringless bow and an un- 1 feathered arrow for His Maiesty's
 use should he decide to war with | Wales.
 Instead of paying an assessment ! in money, knights. to whom large ! parcels of. feudal land were granted
 were bound to perform forty days
 service in the Kings military estab- lishment and to equip themselves for duty.
 Property owners in England, q
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
POLL INDICATES
 BILL WILL PASS
Survey Of Senators Shows
 Opinion on Farm Relief

Washington, Feb. s (UP)-A poll of the senate by the United Press to- | day showed the lineup on the Me Nary Haugen farm price stabiliza- ton bill to be: For. A.
 Against, S5. Doubtful, Il. Absent, ,.
 The poll indicated clearly that the bill would pas. if brought to final ballot immediately. There may be some subsequent switches if debate extends several days but the margin manifested in the poll should be sui ficient to insure ultimate passage.
 The lineup follows:
 For CAD - Republicans (26) - Borah, Cameron, Capper, Curtis, Deneen, Ernst. Frazier. Gooding, Harreld, Howell Johnson, Jones, (Washington,) La Toilette, McMas- ter McNary, Means, Norbeck, Norris, Knye, Oddie, Pine, Robinson, Qn- diana), Sackett, Schall, Stewart and Watson.
 Democrats G7)-Ashurst, Brat ton, Caraway, Copeland, Dill, Hefin, kendrick, McKellar, Masfeld. Neely, Overman, Robinson. (Arkansas), Sheppard, Simmons, Steck, Tyson and Wheeler. Farmer-labor GD-Shipstead,
 Against (35-Republicans (2O- Bingham, Dale, Edge, Fess, Gillett, Golf. Gould. Greene, Hale. Reyes.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08

Lenroot, Mclean, Metcolf Moses, Pepper, Phipps, Reed, tPennsyl- vania). Shortridge, Shoot, Wads- worth, Warren, Weller and Willis.
 Democrats G2)-Bayard, Bruce, Edwards, George, Gerry, Glass, Hawes, King. Pittman, Swanson, Walsh, (Massachusetts) Walsh, (Montana))
 Doubtful GD-Republican G)- Couzens. Democrats Q0)-Blease. Broussard, Ferris. Fletcher, Harri- son, Harris. Ransdell, Smith. Stephens and Trammell.
 Absent (5)-Beleved to be against the bill-Dupont, republican and Un- derwood and Reed, (MissourD demo- crats; for the bill, Jones, democrat tNew Mexico) and Stanfield, repub- lican.
 Total s5-(one Illinois seat va cant.
 A vote is expected either late to- day or tomorrow. Opponents of the bill intend to use the Curtis Crisp bill to buffet the McNary bill and will force a vote upon it first as a substitute. Much of the support for the McNary bill would go to the Curtis bill and if all opponents of the McNary bill fell in behind the Curtis bill it could be adopted
 Farm bloc leaders, however. pro- fcSsed to have assurances from many of their opponents that they will vote against both bills and refuse to be parties to any legislative subter- fuge, which might kill all farm re- lief legislation for the session.
 Rep, Dickinson, republican, Iowa, leader of the house farm bloc, an- rounced the McNary- Haugen bill would be considered Wednesday in the house. He predicted passage by a margin of 40 votes, due to the re- cent acquisition Of representatives from tobacco states who consented to vote for the measure if tobacco was included as a basic product un- der the equalization fee plan.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
1mprOyised Flare Saves
 Lives of MarOOned Men

Fort Lauderdale, Fla, Feb. s LP A flare improvised at dusk by pouring gasoline on 6 mango tree, probably saved the lives of Merle L. Fogg, Mills, who were marooned four days on uninhabited Andros Is- land in the British Bahamas when their seaplane stuck in mud.
 The flare attracted sloop, man. ned by five Negro sponge fishermen, who brought food and water. The seaplane was pulled from the mud and carried to Nassau.
 Repairs were obtained there and the men. flew back here late today.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
Birmingham Publisher
 To Be Sued for Libel

Montgomery, Ala, Feb. s LP>--A charge of criminal libel was filed in county court here today against Frederick I, Thompson, Birmingham publisher. by Attorney General Charles c. Mccall in connection with an editorial criticizing him for his conduct of the states suit to lower the price of school books and mentioning him as being identified with the ku kluX Klan.
 A warrant to be served upon MT Thompson was mailed early last night to the sheriff of Jefferson county at Birmingham. The attor- ney general who was inducted into office four weeks ago, announced at the same time that civil action for damages would follow.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
Coolidge's Speech to Be Broadcast February P Over Biggest Hook-Up That Ever Has Been Made for Any Talk.

New York. Feb. 8 R1Through the efforts of thousands of behind the-scenes mechanical workers, paid to keep the air clear" one-sixth of the population of the United States and many thousands in sev- eral foreign countries on February p will be able to hear every word of what the present occupant of the White House has to say of the first president.
 One hundred and thirty years or so since George Washington held his post of honor, Calvin Coolidge will address, though 37 radio sta- tions, more than 20,600,oO0 listen ers-in when he speaks before the joint session of congress at its ob- servance of Washingtons birth 195 years ago. It will be the biggest hook up" 1t is said, that has ever heard a president-or anybody else speak.
 The vivid contrast of the present day with the day when Washing toms sole communication with his people was through few small newspapers of purely local circu- lation and through letters to gov ornors brings to the fore the con- sideration of the many skilled per sons hidden from the radio audience whose duties will be to keep MT. Coolidge's voice moving clearly along the gigantic network of wire and air lanes.
 AS the vast audience settles in it's easy chairs. there will be little to indicate the feverish. activity behind the scenes necessary to begin the broadcasting and transmission and keep it up smoothly for the estimat- ed hour and a half of the program,
 Scarcely more than a hundred men will be engaged in the actual broadcasting over the hook-up but these men must be alert to the slightest fault in the mechanism they are engaged in watching.
 "Stepping Up'' Process
 However the number of telephone company employees who will be oc- cupied in watching the lines for wire trouble, stepping up" the weaken ing current at various points and facilitating transmission will run into the hundreds while an even larger force, divided into road crews" will be sent out at intervals along the line where they can be reached instantly for any repair work found necessary during the course Of the program.
 The presidents voice will be put on the wires in Washington and car ried to New York to the studio of the National Broadeasting company. Here it will be taken off the Wash ington wire. sent through labyrinth , of coils and wires, magnifed, clari- flied and redistributed to stations over the country outside Of New York city.
 At various points along the route reaching south as far as Atlanta and west as far as the Pacific coast.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
MORE THAN 20 MILLION PERSONS
 WILL LISTEN IN ON PRESIDENT

will be cities which will 'tap" the wire, take the voice to the radio stu dio and sent it out over the ether while transmission proceeds unin- terrupted to the next "stop-over." 7" At all cities along the route and at some stations between will be tele- phone company apparatus to magni- fly and renew the vigor of the sound whenever it lags over long circuit.
 As a further insurance for good reception In the studios, monitors, skilled listeners with head sets. will be stationed at hundreds of points. It is their duty to listen for the slightest interruption or interfer- ence and to be able to detect the nature of the trouble by the sound.
 Experts on the Job
 At each of the Stepping up'' sta tions a progress similar to the one taking place in the national broad casting studio will be repeated. That is, the voice will enter the coils where it is renewed with fresh cur rent and hurled on its way to the next station.
 In each of the hook-up radio stu dios another force of experts will be on hand to take the voice off the wire, magnify it for the final time, iron out the kinks and interference and guide it into the microphone ;N1, ( so tAI {o ho aerial and released into the air. Here the monitors not only observe the voice as it comes off the wires but also hear it again as it leaves on It's journey through the air. For this purpose an ordinary crystal set is often used. Faulty mechanism in the broadcasting apparatus is thus detected and at the registration dials that cover the face of the transmit ting board usually discloses what phase of the mechanism is not op- erating at maximum efficiency.
 Control men guarding the dials stand with hands on the controls, ready to vary the frequency accord llS lO tllt ItpOI ol lIlt Hiollllol Ol the registration of the meters.
 With all the preparations made for quick transit of the voice over the wires and the various handling stages, the unseen audience will still receive the presidents voice less than thousandth of a second after his words have left his lips.
 The program begins at 12:S0 D. m.. eastern standard time. London will receive the presidents words over a special short wave transmits sion from stations KDKA at Pitts burgh and WGY at Schenectady.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
Fighting Marine" Is
 Determined to Fight

Honolulu, Feb. P>-A desire to see service in China has led Corpor- al Richard Harrington, U. s. Marine Corps, into difficulties.
 Marine corps authorities received wireless advices today from the naval transport Chaumont. which left San Diego February 3 with a regiment bound for China, that liar rington had been found aboard the vessel, a stowaway and that he would be delivered into their hands for disciplinary action upon arrival of the vessel here.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08

few hundred years ago. also &C., counted for the number of hearths and chimneys in their buildings, for each one of them was levied upon. Windows were also taxed and today one occasionally sees evidence of the evasion of this levy where old win dows have been bricked up.
 Chinese Paid Taxes in Salt
 For centuries, blocks of salt were sent to the rulers of China from the provinces bordering the sea, to pay taxes. Rice and silk vied with salt in importance Today, in some parts of the Republic, rice supplements silver in payment of levies. Iii ancient times some tribes sent elc- plants teeth while the Cantonese, it is related, made payments in crabs, frogs, snakes and crickets.
 Travellers from one city to an- other in China soon became familiar with other ways of raising revenue, than that collected from land own CTS. 1kin or squeeze" stations which might be compared with our nearly obsolete toll gates, are met with at frequent intervals along the highways. Eight of these stations are encountered during the S4-mile trip from Shanghai to Soochow. At each station ones effects are ran sacked, and while every article is rot taxed at each station, before the traveller reaches his destination, at least three levies have been paid on | each article.
 Tlbetan taxes are usually paid in goods. Sheep, wool, meal and native cloth are principally used. In one section of the hilly country, the grass and water the Tibetan cattle consume are taxed, but not the cattle.
 Tax Dodgers Disguise Fish
 In many European countries the ancient intertown tax is still levied. While visiting Giardini, Scily, cor respondent for the society saw many l food dodgers who had returned from a shopping tour at Messina. Some ot
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08

them camouflaged cabbage and dis guised fish to avoid the revenue col lector's attention. Sicilian municipali- ties still jealously guard ths system of taxation which recalls the day when each city was a sovereign state in trade rivalry with its neighbors.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
HIT WITH GOLF BALL
Ambassador Fletcher's Wife Struck
 In the Eve,

Rome, Feb. 8 (UP)-Mrs. Henry P. Fletcher, wife c. the United States ambassador to Italy was painfully in- jured today when of ball hit by right eye after a bad bounce.
 The United Press was informed that the. was no danger of Mrs, Fletcher losing the sight of the eye.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
NEW COLD WAVE

Chicago, Feb. 9 LP-Springlike temperatures in the middle west will fall before a new cold wave tonight and tomorrow, the weather bureau predicted.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12

Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Brooks enter
tanned at a bridge and luncheon or
Sunday afternoon at their home
Frankford Court and Boulevard
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Abrams, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ
Berry, Mr.. and Mrs John l.. Jack
son, DIR. J. Jordon Berry, Miss O.
d. Lazaar, Mr.. NJ. Alien, Miss S.
Alien. Miss Phyllis Brooks, William
Brooks and Mr.. and Mrs. George s.
Brooks.
Miss Marjorie Crist is spending
the Easter holidays at her home on
Florence avenue.
Miss Guen Edwards, OF Florence
avenue, entertained at a card par
ty at her home. Among those pres
ent were Irene Cochran. Mary
Raith, Adele spry. Marjorie Elk
holm, Marjorie Crist, Dorothy
Sasse, Anna Lawler, Pegeen Craw-
ford. Helen Dwyer, Gladys Walker,
Rose Camel. Dot Roe, Helen Bar
nett, Myrtle Day, Nell Sachse and
Miss Guen Edwards.
Miss Dorothy Lange, OF Florence
avenue, entertained at a tea on
Saturday afternoon. Among those
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Francis
burke, Of 1904 Bay Drive. are re
ceiving congratulations on the birth
Of son. Thomas Francis Burke,
Jr., VINO was born on April sth.
Mrs. Burke was Miss Florence A.
Dcnaghen. formerly Of Philadelphia
Mrs. A. J. COME, Of Toulon ave
nue., entertained on Monday even
ing at dinner party at her home.
Among those present we're Nj and
Mrs. Victor Maene, Mr.. Edward
REM and Mr.. and Mrs. walter Gate.
Mrs. Elizabeth Chase has return
ed to her home on Florence ave-
nue.. after spending three weeks
with her daughter, Mrs. Russell
Denny, in Margate.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12
New Motor Laws
Make For Safety
Commissioner Dill Calls At
tention to Important
Changes Made
ALL MUST BE OBSERVED

Automobiles were advised today
By State Motor Vehicle Commits
sioner Dill Of number OF changes
made by the Legislature in the
State motor vehicle act. all Of
which. he cautioned, must be strict
" observed.
One Of the changes provides that
cars entering upon main thor.
oughfare from side street must
come TO a full stop before swing
ing into the new stream OF traffic
A main thoroughlare is defined IN
the act as any State highway
route, any road, street or turnpike
upon which a trolley or bus line
operates, or any other avenue Of
travel so designated b. ordinance"
Another provision of the same
amendment requires the driver
when following trolley car to keep
at least 10 feet behind and to turn
from the tracks when the car stops.
AS heretofore, no vehicle was al
lowed to pass a standing trolley
when clearance was less than eight
feet.
Two other acts prohibit a driver
leaving his car in lieu Of bail when
arrested for violation of the law.
Experience has shown" said Com
missioner Dill, that in cases where
motor vehicles have been left as
security almost invariably the de-
PENDANTS did not really own the We
hicles, and claims were made show
ing the finance companies were the
real owners. Consequently the de-
PENDANTS escape any penalty, and
the State gains nothing by the
transaction
The list OF new legislation is CON
Guided BY a pair Of measures to
provide for the filing OF insurance
policies by taxicab and "U-driye"
companies with the municipal
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12

Williams, of Cordova avenue, spent
the week end in Philadelphia.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12
Relief for Rathers.

There is general satisfaction all
along the coast over the signing of
legislative resolution requesting
the members of Congress from New
Jersey to work for the passage of
bill that will prohibit New York
from dumping its garbage in the
ocean. Each summer the bathers
are annoyed by this garbage wash
ing up on the beaches.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12

He who laughs last is usually the
dumbest.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12

present were Miss Heed, Of West
Chester, Pa; Miss Bateman, of At
lantic City; Miss Harriet Rhiners,
OF Camden; Miss Marie Costing, of
Cape May. and Misses Alice and
Dorothy Lange.
Mrs. Charles f. Fell, OF Genoa
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12
First Mackerel
Catch Reported
Season to Open Week Earlier
This Year, Old Captains
Declare

One mcdium-sized mackeral isn't
much as an opener for the 1927
mackerel fishing season, but the
Hope Leslie" in command OF
Captain Paul Soda, of Gloucester
fishing fleet, was hailed this week
as the first boat in, with indicat-
ions of an early spring catch.
Thirty of the Gloucester and
Boston vessels are now in Cape
May Harbor waiting for favorable
weather, having returned to port
last night and today after having
left two days ago. expecting to re-
main at sea for at least a week
until the mackerel shoals were
located. The veteran captains say
that the season will open at
least week earlier this year than
it did last The first catch brought
into Cape May Harbor last year
was on April Il, when the Orion
brought 400 barrels into port.
The Clarence Schellenger and
Company and the Cape May Fish
cries Company have thousands OF
barrels piled five and six deep on
the wharyes ready for the arrival
Of the boats with the real catches.
Refrigerator cars are lined up on
the siding of the Reading Railroad
ready to receive the ice-packed
fish for the metropolitan markets.
Almost hourly additional vessels
arrive to add their masts to the
small forest of spars already tied
up in the harbor, and it is expect
ed $50 will be in port by tomorrow
night.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12
BUILDING MORE HOMES IN WEST ATLANTIC CITY

avenue, is entertaining Robert,
Joseph and Thomas Phetison, Of
Maiver Pa, for several weeks.
Miss Myrtle Day, of Genoa ave-
nue., has been Ill with the grip for
several days.
Miss Marjorie North and Miss
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12
SECOND sEcTION)
baseball game, 1920.

DdSeDdll SdlnS, %o''
The stars for the West Atlantic
City team were Green, Smith, and
Dooney, Green getting a home run,
and Smith and Dooney three base
hits. The starts for the losers were
Crawford and Kinsly, each getting
three base hits.
When West Atlantic City went
to bat in the ninth inning the team
was trailing by two runs, but
scored five markers to win the
game.
The score by innings:
W. A C. So o 8 4 0 0 3 5--21
KISBY IS 0 2 3 0 1--20
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12
Personal
| Notes
WEST ATLANTIC CITY NEWS


10 Tom Fog be
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12
WEST ATLANTIC CITY
WINS BALL GAME

The West Atlantic City Juniors
defeated the Kisley's Giants in a
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-12

The duty of a rich Socialist is
to make moro Socialists, not to
make Il fool of himself by adding
one more to the poverty lists.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1927-03-31
DOAN'S PILLS s5s
Sfimuianf Ruretic to the Kidneys
Foster Miiburn Co.. Mfg. Chem, Buffalo N. v.

cess. I am yours truly, Rowen;
Malster.
Following is the interesting edi.
torial referred to, and which we are
| glad to publish:
To-day, March /. 1927. fs the
Goth anniversary of Nebraska's ad-
mission to the sisterhood of states.
Born in the throes of the slavery
struggle, a fruit of the Kansas-Ne
braska bill, and carved from the
very heart of that vast region once
known as the Great American
Desert, Nebraska today marches in
the vanguard of American common
wealths- On March /, 1867, pur-
suant to a proclamation issued by
Andrew Johnson, president of the
United States, Nebraska was admit
ted to the sisterhood of states.
David Butler, first governor elected
by the people, took up the admins
trati'on of his office. A glorious
career was then started. Sixty
years ago desert, today Nebraska
is the third largest wheat-producing
state. the third largest corn pro-
ducer, the largest alfalfa producer.
the third largest beet sugar pro-
ducer. Nebraska produces more
oeef, pork and mutton per capita
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1927-03-31

than any other state. Its per capita
production of farm wealth is the
largest among the states; its per
capita from wealth is treble the per
capita wealth of the nation as a
whole. Sixty years ago few un-
pretentious school houses in the
towns and few sod school houses
In the country marked Nebraska's =
educational facilities. Today, with
one of the largest state universities
IN the nation, dozen or more de-
nominational colleges, four state
normal schools and magnificent
school buildings in every town and
city, with splendid consolidated
schools in the rural communities.
Nebraska has the lowest percentage
OF flliteracy among the states. with
one exception, and the difference be-
tween the two is infinitesnial. Ne
Draska is one of the states without
dollar of bonded state indebted
ness. During the past decade it is
the only state in the union wherein
not dollar has been lost to de-
positor in state bank. Three
score years is less than nothing in
time. To Nebraska it means so
years of endeavor to realize the
destiny OF state that is both great