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New Britain herald., 1927-07-14
NOW YOU
ASK ONE

Your first five questions today
deal with English literature.
Who was the Bard of Avon?'
What was the pen name OF
Joseph KorzenioWski, who wrote ia
nous sea tales in English?
3-What English author and poet
won fame for his works OF fiction
about India?
4-Who was the author of the
"Waverly Novels"
5-What famous English novelist
wrote newspaper sketches under
the pen name OF Boz"
6-What are cattle rustlers?
What composer wrote the score
for the light opera. Robin Hood ~
S-What character in mythology
had snakes for her hair?
9-What name is given to a shell
ter Tor airplanes and airships@
10-What bird was hung round
the neck OF the Ancient Mariner in
Coleridge's poem by that name?
New Britain herald., 1927-07-14
IRENIEN OUT TWICE

Co. No. of the fire department
was called at 7:14 last evening to
a slight fire in a wooden building
In the rear of so Franklin street,
which is being RACED by the owner,
Morris Shurberg. 1t is believed
spontaneous combustion caused the
blaze. which was in a pile of de-
bris. There was no damage.
At 1921 this morning, the police
department notified the fire depart
ment that flames in an incineratof
IN the rear of 355 Arch street were
leaping high in the air. Co. No. 6
was detailed to the call. The prop
erty is owned by Antonio DiMarco
New Britain herald., 1927-07-14
To STANDARDIzE
BOMBING PLANES
This Is Only Branch Of Air
Service Using Differing Types

Washington. July IA dPeSelection
of a standardized type of bombing
airplane is the next task of the
army in its effort to build up its
flying forces.
The bombers, the "dreadnaughts
of the air." are the last group in the
air corps to receive attention in the
selection of standardized type of
machine, for the pursuit, attack and
observation groups already have
been equipped with planes consid-
cred the best types in their classes
lit the world.
As yet the selection of the bomb
ing machines is in the experimental
stage. a number of planes Of vary
ing types have been ordered by the
army but they will only be used in
rigid and extensive testing both in
flying and in engineering examina-
| ton. The actual corps equipment
which will include the furnishing of
planes to the heavy bombardment
wings of the corps on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts probably will not
be ordered until during the next ifs
cal year.
Several types are under considera-
ton by the army air officers. in
Guiding the giant condor Curtiss BIZ
plane which has been tested at
Mitchell field. a Fokker monoplane
being built by the noted Dutch
aeronautic inventor whose machines
were used by the Germans in the
World war: a heavy mbardment
plane under construction by the
keystone company and another
heavy ship which is being designed
! by the Glenn Martin company. The
ITokker monoplane, which is similar
| in design and construction to the
| Byrd transatlantic plane is described
, by the army officers as light bomb
| ing machine, while the others are
of the heavy BON bardment class. 1t
| is expected ultimately other types
will be added to this group to be
given tests.
| The huge bombing planes are dis
| tinct from the other military flying
machines both in their size and in
their armament The fokl1er mono
plane it is planned will mount two
machine guns and weigh 1900
pounds when loaded, carrying 1000
pounds Of bombs, while the giant
condor carries six machine guns. In
both types the machine guns are
housed in steel-plated turrets not
New Britain herald., 1927-07-14
CONTINUE HEARING
/ ON METAL SHEARS
Lawyers File Briefs on Applica.
So ton to Zone Board

Further continuance in the appli-
cation Of Norris Kotkin for a permit
to install mechanical metal cutting
shears at his property at Willow and
Putnam streets, was voted by the
board of adjustment last night after
briefs had been filed by Attorney Is
rael Nair for the applicant, Attorney
William NJ. Greenstein for the re-
monstrants and Corporation Counsel
John II. kirkham as legal adviser
to the board,
Kotkin has declared he does not
intend to place the shears in build
ing he recently constructed and this
fact may change the legal status of
the application, Judge Bernard F
Gaffney. acting chairman declared
For investigation of this and other
phases of the case. the continuance
wac voted
The application of Tulip street
property owners for change in Zon-
Ing from that of twofamily house
district to one of single family
dwellings, was continued to allow
members to visit tine district. Paul
vasques. who owned land on the
street three years prior to coming
opposed the change, and was rep
resented by Attorney Israel Nair. IT
was charged that no attempt was
made to change the zone until Vas
ques placed building materials on his
land and made ready for erection OF
a two-family house
A petition for coming as industrial
property. the land near the west
boundary of the Stanley Works was
withdrawn by f. T. Larson who had
proposed the change. Mario Cianci
applicant for a special exception
covering apartment houses on Cour'
street, withdrew his application.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-14
HEBREW Univ. IS
BADLY DAMAGED
Is One Of Many Jerusalem Build.
ings Laid Low

Jerusalem, Palestine. July ~ R)-
Examination of the wreckage Of
government house, badly damaged in
Mondays earthquake, revealed that
stone from partially wrecked
tower hurtled through the roof OF
the chapel destroying picture Of
the former German emperor in
Biblical robes.
One of the most seriously dam
aged buildings in Jerusalem, II not
in the entire Holy Land region at
fected by the quake. is the Hebrew
university. Its library and chemical
laboratory suffered most. The dam
age to the university is estimated at
$4,000. A tentative estimate Of the
losses suffered by public and private
buildings in the earthquake area
has been Set at $1,250,000.
Some narrow escapes from death
when the earth trembled have been
reported. A train on which Colonel
Symes. government secretary. was
travelling. was derailed by the
shock in the Yermuk valley. 1t was
thrown to the left against an en-
bankment: had 1t been thrown to
the right it would have fallen down
300-foot precipice.
A prominent Moslem architect,
after an examination Of the tenn
pie area. placed the total damage
there at less than $1,000.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-14
800 Mi. Trip Completed
By Youths in Old Canoe

Boston. July IA LP-Victor An
derson and Gunnar Ellison. % year
old East Boston youths, who padded
home from Brooklyn, N. Y, in a
leaky canoe purchased for $3.50 were
rested today after ten days exertion
on the high seas..They completed the
300 miles trip from Sheepshead Bay
yesterday in their ~ foot craft. An
derson. a buglar in the national
guard. left at once for Camp Devens,
where he was to have reported for
summer duty last Saturday.
The canoeists reported good
weather throughout the trip.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-14
NORWICH YOUNG MAN Is
VICTIM OF DROWNING
George Clements Loses Life While
in Bathing at Garden
er's Lake.

Norwich, Conn. July IA tP -
George Clements. q. of this city
was drowned last night at o'clock
in Gardeners lake. He with several
other boys and girls were in the
water close to the shore, disport-
ing themselves and at the same
time seeking relief from the OPP
pressive heat when he suddenly
disa ppeared
Thinking that Clements was fool
ing, no attempt was made to inves.
tigate for fully five minutes wher
Raymond Higgins. one of the party
dove to the bottom and found
Clements body.
Two doctors who were at the
lake worked over Clements fol-
more than an hour and although
he had been under water only five
minutes found it impossible to re-
vive him.
It was their opinion that hear,
attack must have contributed to his
death.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-14
GOING TO MILWAUKEE

San Francisco, July IA R -
Lieutenants Lester J. Maitland and
Albert Hegenberger, Honolulu fliers.
yesterday endeavored to make ar
rangements to leave San Francisco
today by train in time to arrive at
Milwaukee. Wis. Monday morning,
attend the public reception there
that day and proceed directly to
WASHINGTON. D. c.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-14
Nouched for by his neighbors

No matter where are-at home neishbong COM
mun1ty-you take chances when the familiar
coored Pan-Am pump Before this pump is placed, ask
mans neghbors about his business have
known him for Only when they speak highly of him
he the PanAm franchise. For our constant aim is
to give motorists dependable supply of better gasoline
oils thousands turning Am-not only because they
appreciate this better because they have found that
PanAm gasoline starts quicker goes farther and pulls stronger
New Britain herald., 1927-07-14

A calf recently born in Scotland
has its heart located in its throat.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
WORLDS GREATEST
COMM UNlCATlON SYSTEM

In fifty years the American
telephone industry has grown
lrom the seemingly wild dream
OF a genius to perhaps the great
est commercial enterprise in the
world. 1t has been developed
out Of nothing by wrestling from
natures boundless stare her hid
den secrets and applying them
to the problems of speech trans
mission. Other secrets will be
released only by continual re
search and experimentation
Through the constant labor of
that farseeing group of scientists
and technicians maintained by
the Bell System department of
development and research, the
the telephone-using public in Am
erica will continueto benefit and
maintain its well established
leadership in the field of commu-
nication and universal use Of the
telephone. The latest evidence
og this is the transatlantic radio
phone service made available to
the whole United States.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
.RUMORS INVOLVING
OTHERS ARE DENIED
Preliminary EXAMINATION ON TREASURY LOOT
ING NEXT WEEK-TREASURER'S OFFICE CLOS
ED TO BE REOPENED MAY 10.
ATTORNEYS HIRED TO ASSIST ATTORNEY GENERAL
IN PROSECUTloN.-coST WILL EXCEED $4,000.

RENO, May IA, 1O27-(Special
Dispatch to the Age).-State Off
cials are kept busy denying wild
rumors that further defalcations
of state funds have been discover
ed and that others have been in
volved or arrested. There Is no
foundation for such stories.
Attorney General Diskin and p.
A. McCarran, attorney for Malley
and Cole, have agreed that the
defendants will not be given a
preliminary examination until next
week.
The state treasurer's off'ca is
now closed and will not be re-
opened until the new state treas
urer is named, May 18.
Under the statutes Malley Is
disqualified from holding the Of
flee because he has not given a
new bond following the Withdraw
al of his old bondsmen.
The state beard of examiners
has agreed upon compensation of
the special attorneys, Norman ].
Berry and Lester d. Summerfield
district attorney of Wash0e
county, who have been retained
to assist the state in the prosecu-
tion of the criminal cases against
Malley and Cole and the civil
suits for the recovery of the
$4,000 treasury deficit.
Each will receive $5,100.0G in
the criminal suits. Zach will re-
ceive $5,000.00 in the civil suit
for the recovery of the money
from the Carson Valley Bank and
from the bondsmen of Malley and
Cole. together with six percent
upon the first thousand recovered,
four percent upon the next four
thousand recovered, and two per-
cent upon all additional money
received for the state; provided
that if the fees in the civil suit
exceed $5,O0O00 the $5.0O0.0O cash
fee in the civil suit shall be de-
Quoted.
Treasurer Malley has made
formal demand upon, the Carson
Valley Bank for payment Of the
held by him. The demand was
refused by the bank.
Malley has demanded that the
strife bring action against the bank
for the recovery Of the money.
Malley did this upon advice of his
attorney to lay the foundation of
his case, which is to the effect
that the shortage was due to the
bank Withholding the money.
The state bank examiner has
/ notified all Nevada banks contain
ing state deposits to refuse pay
ment of same to Malley upon the
ground that Malley, under the
statutes, cannot now exercise the
/ duties Of his office.
Governor Balzar says Malley
will be declared out of office on
May IS, even if he files a new
| bond. The Governor states that
! new bond, if offered, will be re-
! jected and custer proceedings
against Malley started.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
EAGLES ELECT OFFICERS.
INITIATE NEW MEMBERS

At thei Irregular meeting Tues
day evening, Las Vegas Aerie No.
1918, Fraternal Order of Eagles,
elected officers for the coming
year and inflated six new mem
hers.
The officers elect, who will take
office the first Tuesday in june,
are as follows:
J. H. Down, President.
Frank Crookston, Vice President
John Graglia, Secretary.
w. Trelease, Chaplain.
c. f. Bulette. Treasurer
F. A. Stevens, Trustee.
J. Medoff, Inside Guard.
}. PacominT Outside Guard
c. e. Bulette, Aerie Physician.
M. |. Newkirk and Matt Kelly,
delegates to Reno.
The following new members
were initiated:
Henry Hernandez, Richard
Swartz, Dan B. Slade, James Fare,
Cornelius d. Romero, Chas. Ben
uzzi.
Thirty-eight members enjoyed a
light luncheon al RoschPs follow
ing the meetingi,
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
BIRTH OF Is VEGAS
AS SEEN IN 1905
Interesting Reprint of News
About Las Vegas Lot Auc-
ton Sale Twenty-Five
Years Ago.
(From Las Vegas Age,
May 13, 1905)

Monday will be red letter day
in the annals of Las Vegas. A
large number of investors and
home-seekers from Los Angeles,
Salt Lake City and intermediate
points are expected to flock in
from now until the last train be
fore the sale opens. Temporary
buildings will spring up like mush-
rooms as soon as the sale, and
the new site will become the
glorious battlefield of the con
quering army of mechanics which
will wrest it from the desolation
of the desert and secure it to the
uses of civilization.
The founding of new city is
rarely accompanied by so dram
attic a situation as in this Clark
Las Vegas. Usually a settlement
expands gradually into a village
and in years grows into the dig
nifty of matured city-hood. But
with the proposed railroad city in
the heart of beautiful Las Vegas
Valley there is to be no infant
hood. Never can this new city
look back to the period of its
.waddling clothes and teething. A
young man fully developed, clean,
wise, robust and filled with a
vital ambition to advance-this
is the personification of the new
town as it will seem in another
week.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
LEGION WILL INSTALL
FLAGS ON STREETS

The American Legion, which
has in charge the movement to
install flags on the streets OF Las
Vegas, expects to have the doco-
rative plan in effect before Mem
orial Day.
approximately $50 flags will be
Installed on Fremont street be-
rween Main and Fifth. They will
be displayed on staffs set in the
cdrbs so that they may be easily
put out and taken in by the ad-
jacent business houses whenever
occasion demands.
Another plan of the Legion is to
install a so foot flag pole where
the button is located at the inter
section of Fifth and Fremont
streets. At the meeting of the
Legion Monday evening, arrange
ments were made to secure =
suitable pole from Charleston
mountains.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
CLAY COMPANY BUILDS
NARROW-GUAGE ROAC

r. M. Bell, owner of large CLAY
deposits in Ash Meadows, was IN
Tonopah yesterday on his way
south from Reno. He was accom-
panied here by Frank Wittanberg,
Ed Cupit and Dick Richards, who
are home to spend their vacation
from the state university
Mr.. Bell reports that the Death
Valley Clay Company, when is
leasing the Pan-American pop
eity, is building a narrow guaee
railroad from Bradford, on the
T. 4 L to the company's work
:ngs. hrOut 85 men are emn Dyed
az Cld! City at present.-Tono9ah
Tines.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
LEGION FREED FROM
BURDEN OF DEBT
Mortgage Burned with Suit
able Ceremony at Meeting
Monday EVening.-SeVeral
Addresses Made.

The meeting of the American
Legion. at the Club House Monday
evening was one of the most in
teresting and probably the most
notable in its existence.
Commander McFadden opened
the meeting of nearly one hundred
members of the post and several
guests, with the formal ceremony
and the reading of the objects
and ideals of the organization.
After the tranAaction of the ne
cessary business of the meeting,
Commander McFadden reviewed
the financial affairs of the Legion
and announced that the entire in
debtedness which has for more
than six years hung over the club
House, has been paid.
Calling to the front three OF the
oldest members of the post who
have been active in it's affairs
since it's was organized; Leland
Ronnow, Frank DeVinney and DR..
R. F. O'Brien, the Commander
presented them with a document
asking them if that was the or
iginal evidence of Indebtedness.
Being assured that it was,
Senator Key Pittman was called
to the front, lighted the match
and touched the flame to the pa
per. The company stood at atten-
ton as the paper burned and
when the last spark had expired,
burst into prolonged applause.
Several citizens were called up
on for remarks, G. p. Squires
bringing greetings from the Cham
ber of Commerce, c. c. ,@Onnow
from the Rotary Club; and Chas.
Lee Horsey for Kiwanis.
Senator Key Pittman, who was
the especial guest of the evening,
made an eloquent and inspiring
talk which was much appreciated.
In reply to the greetings from
the civic bodies, Commander Nc
Fadden stated that the American
Legion desires to take part in and
assist every movement for the
betterment of our city, state and
nation. He assured the organiza-
tions that his post is ready for
any and every call of duty which
may be made.
Following the meeting a lunch
eoh was served and an hour or
two spent in sociability.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
SHOT IN THE MELEE
WITHOUT BAD RESULT

]. C. Holmes, here four days
from Tijuana, Mex, apparently
imbibed too freely OF strong wat
ers Thursday. At any rate, two
OF the lady residents of block
16, seeing Holmes lying on the
floor of his room, No. of the
Dees apartments, block I6, went
in to aid him, One lady, familiar
ly known as Boots" attempted to
assist Holmes to his bed, remark
ing that he was pretty drunk.
Holmes siezed his gun and slap
ped his angel of mercy with it, in
the action discharging the gun,
according to the more or less dis
connected accounts.
The gun was discharged, acci-
IDENTIFY they say, the bullet pene-
trating the fleshy part of the pos
terior portion of Bernice Clark,
Boots companion, who was
standing near.
Bernice was taken to the Las
Vegas Hospital where her wound
was dressed. Fortunately it prov
ed to be only a flesh wound and
no serious effects are expected.
She also was a new arrival in
town, coming here Thursday even
ing from San Francisco.
District Attorney Harmon decid-
ed that it was unnecessary to en-
ter a complaint. Holmes was
brought before Judge Breeze Fri
day afternoon and plead guilty to
a charge of assault and battery.
He was fined $500 or 100 days in
Jail. The fine was paid by Jas.
Ferguson.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
KIMBALL MADE AGENT
OF PACIFIC MUTUAL

Walter C. Hoefflin, assistant
manager OF the Pacific Mutual
Life Insurance Company, spent
Wednesday in Las Vegas.
The object of his trip was to
place the Pacific Mutuals South
ern Nevada agency with o. A.
Kimball, 22O Fremont Street.
While here Mr.. Hoefflin ad-
dressed the Kiwanis Club at lunch
con and made a trip to Black
Canyon.
Mr.. Hoefflin's connection with
this Giant of the Pacific" insur-
ance company keeps him more
than busy, but he has promised
Las Vegas an early return visit.
Mr.. Kimball is to be congratulate
ed on securing the agency of this
important company
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
DEMANDS STATE BRING ACTION

Pe-ln Nursery, Stephenyille, Tex.
this past season, largely OF the
following varieties: Burkelt, Hal
bert, Kincaid and Texas Prolific
l have personally examined his
soil, water and studied his wea-
ther conditions and | have utmost
faith in the success OF mis- ven.
ture.
Mr.. r. S. Mcbride of Yuma
Ariz., is syndicatlng 5000 acres IN
the Yuma Valley to sell in planted
pecan orchards to local people.
The Wilson Company Of Los
Angeles is developing 1000 acres
or more at Barstow, Calf. with a
view of selling it OIL in small
acreage.
Mr.. w. j. Dixon of Yuma, Ariz.,
a Mr.. Jones of Casa Grande and
Mr.. A. r. Heineman of Yuma,
Ariz. are each producing pecan
nursery stock in increasing guam
titles for sale. A number OF gen
eral line nurseries are adding
pecan stock to their list.
Wolfe's Pecan Nursery ol
Stephenville, Texas has planted
out 700 pounds of pecan seed on
f. w. Creswell's place at Yuma,
Ariz.
Rip Van Wrinkle at Globe, Ariz.,
together with a great many in
dividuals is planting out quite al
acreage to pecan trees just as
fast as desirable pecan nursery
stock can be had.
NO doubt there will be a great
many failures in planted pecan
orchards in the above section due
to undesirable soil, improper var
ieties and seed stock not adapted
to arid sections. A great many
will be fleeced by Wild promotion
companies whose primary aim is
not 30 develop but to promote the
other fellow.
The pecan growers met al
Yuma, Arizona last February ana
formed themselves into a perman-
ent organization, electing F. w.
Creswell president, and A. r.
Heinemann, secretary, with a full
board of electors.
MIR. A. F. Kinnison, horticul.
turist with the University Of
Arizona at Tucson is taking the
lead in fostering the pecan idea
in Arizona. He is experimenting
with a great many promising var
ieties and endeavoring to gather
other useful information for the
pecan growers of that state.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
A NATION OF
ROAD BUILDERS

Less chan ten years ago it would
have been impossible to figure
on driving an automobile more
than about six or eight months OF
the year in the rural districts of
most of our states. A touring"
car making an extended trip,
would carry ropes, chains and
a shovel to use in cases OF emerg-
Gncy, which were quite frequelt.
Today automobiles may be driv-
sn from coast to coast and north
and south with little inconven-
ience. Another ten years will see
paved roads to every important
point. No nation ever attempted
such a road building program as
we are now carrying out, as an
established feature of state and
national development.
Not only are we building and
hardsurfacing new roads, but are
widening and strengthening thou
sands of miles Of old roads. Our
annual bill for building and main
tanning highways is approximately
one billion dollars. 1t is neces-
sary to keep close watch to see
that this money is properly ex-
pended on scientifically built high
ways and permanent and practical
bridge construction. Thousands
of miles of feeder roads into the
main highways must be improved
with a waterproof wearing sur
face.
The telephone, the automobile,
our good highways and our trans
pOrtatiOn system make possible
instant and continuous communi-
cation and association between all
section of our country.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
NEW FUNERAL HOME
TO OPEN MONDAY

Anna Roberts is opening an
undertaking esta ablishment which
will do business under the name
of the Palm Funeral Home. This
new institution is located at First
and Carson streets in the remod-
eled building of the Cottage Hotel.
There will be a formal opening
Monday afternoon which the pub
lie is cordially invited to attend.
Floral favors will be given to all
guests on that afternoon.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-05-14
DWELLING DESTROYED
BY FIRE TUESDAY

The small dwelling belonging to
]. ]. Cannon. located on the alley
in the rear of the City Blacksmith
Shop, was almost totally destroy
ed by fire Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Moran, occupant of the
house was absnet at the time
and there is no knowledge as to
how the fire originated.
The fire boys responded prompt
ly and had the blaze under con-
troll in a very few minutes, but
not until it had burned out the
interior of the house and destroy
ed all the household furniture of
Mrs. Moran.