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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-28

PALExIST--Come and have your fortune told from your hand. Work, business. marriage and the future foretold. 302 Front Street.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS

LATEST Columbia Viva Tonal Phonographs-"like life itself' Records. arriving weekly. Special orders given prompt attention. Radio Electric Co.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-28

MASQUERADE suits for rent and made to order. Mrs. B. Swarz- enberg. Phone 312 Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-28

We make mems suits for s55 F WOLLAND. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-28

United States Land Office for the Juneau Land District at Am chorage, Alaska.
 In the Matter of the Application of the HOONAH PACKING COMPANY. corporation, for a Soldiers Addltional Homestead. Snrinl Nn QhoQE
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Eugene Permanent Waves, s15. American Beauty Parlor. --adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-28
NOTICE

If your furniture needs re- pairing call Phone 137. Henry Gorham. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-28
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Fresh ranch chick
 ems. Phone Mrs. Parker, 1902.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-28
FOR RENT

FOR RENT - Furnished steam heated room. Apply Sorby Apts. Apt. 4.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29
Lady Macleay Plays
 Tennis World Over

London, April 29.-Lady Evelyn Macleay, wife of Sir Ronald Macleay who is leaving shortly for Prague 10 become British minister to CZecho- Slovakia, is an enthusiastic tennis player and has maintained her in terest in the game at the various posts in all parts of the world, 10 which she has accompanied her husband.
 For many years she lived, in China where her husband was first counsellor of legation and later minister. Lady Macleay has rare collection of Chinese and oriental treasures which she will take with her to beautify the old Bohemian palace which serves Great Britain as q legation building in Prague. Sir Ronald has also served his gov ernment at Washington, Copen- hagen, Brussels, Madrid, Constan- tinople, Mexico City. Buenos Aires and Picking.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29
OPERA SINGERS
 CAUTIOUS EATERS
Are Very Fastidi0us in What
 They Order

Atlanta. April 29 Pt-Opera stars says one who feeds them, are the most fastidious eaters fin the world.
 The authority is Guido Negri. who kitchen of the fashionable hotel where the singers Of the Metropoli- ton Opera company reside when in Atlanta,
 Not only are the star fastidious but they have strange appetitcs." NeCri says they want certain dishes fixed in different ways. If the chef errs-tcmperamental outbursts. If the taste is pleased - smiles and compliments.
 And because opera stars are this way Ncgri declares they are the most delightful people to scrve."
 He serves Giovanni Martineili one Of the 30 different kinds of spaghetti. He prepares chicken soup with rice and spinach for Rosa Ponselle and then heaps up a mass of spinach boiled in oil. to complete the stars meal. He knows exactly how long to boil the eggs for Antonio Scotti.
 His veal outlets cause Beniamino Gigli to drop by Atlanta whenever in the south. Only recently Negri met Gigl on a train, rushed him 10 the hotel, where the two had a feast and got him back in time to continue his journey.
 Guido likes to do things like this. He believes Americans are making hash of their lives. because they are putting too little art into the prepar- alton of foods and too little thought into their habits of living In fact, he combines food with philosophy. because he is a keen student and can reel off quotations from Noltaire. Kant NietZsChe and others. Guido served King Albert Of Bel gium, on board "The America" and was in personal charge of Woodrow | Wilson's needs when the wartime president made the memorable voy- age to the Paris peace conference. "President Wilson was not fas- 1 tidious eater, but he appreciated ar tistic foods" the maitre d'hotcl says. "The former German Kaiser ate plain food attractively prepared. The king Of SaXony and Baron Won Tirpitz also had a weakness for ar tistic things on the table"
 To sum up. Ncgri says, all the great men he has served liked ara tistic food because 1t contributes to ! thought and inspiration.
 "Who was ever inspired 10 paint great picture, design q great build
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29
Route No. 112

Route No. 1i2 Woods toch- Mass. Line, road is under construction. Open to traffic, very rough.
 Route No. 1ll Bridge over Quinebaug river at Wauregan is under construction. Open to traffic.
 Route No. 15S Ncwtown- Bethel road. Macadam construction completed. Shoulders uncomploted. No detours necessary.
 Route No. 1.8 Westport- Wilton. Wcstport- Will ton road is under construction. No delay to traffic.
 Route No. 323 Waterbury and Cheshire. Water bury Cheshire road is under con- struCtion. No delay 10 traffic.
 No Route Numbers Burlington Station Burlington Center road is under construction. Open for travel. No detours. Bolton, Bolton Center road is un- der construction. Open 10 traffic. Fairfield Old Kings Highway. Road under construction. No delay to traffic.
 Pennington. Scott Swamp road is under construction. Pennington end of the road is closed.
 larWinton-B Burlington road Is un- der construction. No detours.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29
To Outguess Public
 Is This Mans Job

Houston, Texas, April 29 Re-A new profession known as public guesser' has been created here ty Carl B. Frazier, traffic manager of the Houston Electric company.
 Each day Frazier stations men at street corners to check the num- ber of persons who get on and ,off the street cars. He then charts the figures, striking an average on which he attempts to distribute the cars in accordance with traffic den- sity. Sometimes the public out guosses him.
 "My job is like matching coins with the public" he said. T hay" to out-gucss them by having cars where I think the passengers are going to be. l try to figure out when the public will come down town and when it will go home. Sometimes I miss it. and then a lot of people have to wait for cars
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29
Road Conditions
 In Connecticut

Road conditions and detours in the state Of Connecticut made necessary by highway construction and repairs, announced by the state highway department as of April 21, are as follows;-
 Route No. 1 Branford- East Haven road is un- der construction. No delay 10 traffic. East Lyme on the Post Road, bridge near Golden Spur is being constructed. One way traffic on the new bridge.
 Fairfield Mill River bridge is un- der construction. No delay to traf- hc
 New Canaan Poundridge River bridge, work on approach span. No delay 10 traffic.
 Westport- Fairfield, Bulkley bridge is under construction. No delay to traffic.
 Route No. ? Berlin, Bcckley Crossing is under construction. No delay to traffic. Enfield, Enfield street is under construction, but open to traffic,
 Ruotc No. 3 Ridgefield- Main street and Dan bury road. Concrete completed. No dctours necessary.
 Manchester Manchester Hart ford road IS under construction. No delay to traffic.
 Route No. 8 Thomaston, approaches to Rey- holds bridge are under construction.
 Route No. 10 -Haddam road, grad ing is under way. Short one-way traffic.
 Route No. 12 Norwich New London road in towns of Waterford and Montvillc under construction. Through traffic will avoid this work by using the Norwjch-Groton road on the east side of the Thames river.
 Route No. 17 Norfolk Norfolk West Norfolk road is under construction. No de- tours
 Route No. 1Ot In Chaplin the bridge at South Chaplin is being constructed. One way traffic regulated by flagman.
 Route No. 103 In Sterling, bridge is being recon structcd. Open 10 traffic.
 Route No. l0S Somers East Longmeadow road is under construction, but open to traffic.
 Route No. 110 Windsor and Windsor Locks, Hartford Springfield road Is under construction. Through traffic from Hartford to Springfield detour at Windsor going through Poquonock and Suffield.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29
TRY ID SPEED UP
 CONCRETE 'CURING'
Highway Dept. Experimenting With New Road Building Method

Hartford April 29.-Announce- mont vas made today by Highway Commissioner John A. Mcdonald that extensive experiments are now being made by the Connecticut highway department with Q view to decreasing the tune necessary for hardening new concrete, which would enable the department to open roads iu the process of re construction to traffic several days sooner than formerly.
 For a number of years. ft has been necessary to cure" new con crete for 70 days before it attained sufficient strength 10 support traf- hc without seriously injuring the road. During this To-day period. it has been necessary to make use ot detoUrs or one way traffic systems, both of which cause great incon- venience and incur considerable eX- pense of maintenance. Last year, the maintenance of dctours cost the highway department S125,00Q.
 The rapid increase in motor traf- lie in Connecticut and the Conse- quently increased inconvenience re- suiting from detours and one way traffic have cause the highway de partmcnt to undertake these eX- pcriments in the more rapid hard cning Of concrete. Through the cX- pertinent the department has dis covered that the addition of a chemical compound to the original concrete mixture will increase the strength sufficiently 10 reduce the curing time from 20 to l4 days, thus enabling a saving of six days in the use Of dctours and the one way system.
 Another experiment which will be conducted by the highway depart ment this summer centcrS about the relative proportions of the essential cement, sand, and crushed stone. Il is believed that by increasing the proportion Of cement in the con- crete mixture, an even further re- duction m the curing period may be attained which will allow new con crete 10 be opened for traffic l. days after it is laid, thus saving eight days in the hardening process and approximately 40 per cent ol the dctour maintenance cost. While the l2-day opening time will not be probable that experimentation witt new concrete formulae will result in a considerable saving of time anG money next year.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29
iAnIIie No. ILL

Hebron, six miles under construction, open 10 traffic, but practically impossible. Meriden- Middletown road. Grad ing is under way. Slight delay 10 traffic. Through traffic should avoid this road as much as possible.
 Route No. 1l2 New Haven-M -Middlctown road is under construction. No delay to traffic.
 Route No. 12I Salisbury, Lakeville Nillerton road is under construction. Road open 10 travel.
 Route No. 122 Bridgeport -NcWtoWn road, steam shovel grading is under way. one way traffic at congcsted places.
 Route No. 12o RoXbury, Depot bridge, work on the new bridge foundation under way. No detours necessary.
 Route No. 126 Norwalk Danbury road. steam shovel grading on new location. Shoulders uncomplctcd. No detours necessary.
 Route No. t33 Hartand, East Hartland Mount ain road is under construction. Present road is open for travel. Worf suspended for the winter.
 Route No. 13i Canaan. south Canaan-Line Rock road is under construction. Road open for travel
 Routc No. 141 Scotland Canterbury road is un- der construction. Open for travel, very rough.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29

Newineton, Ncwington- New Brit ain road is under construction. Road is open to traffic.
 Newington and West Hartford Willard street and Newington road are under construction, but is open to traffic.
 Old Saybrook- Essex cutoff. Road is under constructions: does not in terfere with traffic.
 Plymouth, Bull Head road. Bridges are under construction. Short detours around bridges.
 West Hartford, West Main street is under construction, but is open to traffic.
 West Woodstock South Wood stock road is under construction. open to traffic.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29
Blind Girl Is Doing
 Good Braille Writing

Woodward, Okla, April 29.- Blindness has given a profession to Claudine Johnson of Woodward, who although born without sight, has in her early twentics become & transcriber for the blind. Recently she was accepted as a transcriper for the National Library for the Blind at Washington, D. C.
 Miss Johnson transcribed "Oh. Money. Money" by Eleanor Porter, 70 Pioneer" by Villa Carther, and
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29

now is working on "The Lamplight- err by Maria Cummins. Various civic organizations have financed her work. Her mother reads the books 10 her while she punches out the Braille letters on heavy brown paper.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29

ing. compose great opera or write a great book over dish of hash ?'' he asks.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29

has never known it to fail that when he does that he makes q profit out of the transaction.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-25
STARTS MOTOR TOUR
 TO ENCIRCLE GLOBE
Daughter of Late Hugo Stinnes Leaves Frankfurt on First Leg
 of Long Trip.

Frankfurt, Germany, May 25 R Seated at the steering gear of her specially built Adler automobile. Fraulein Clairenore Stinnes. daugh- ter of the late Hugo Shines. indus trial magnate. entered upon mo- tor trip today which will carry her around the world.
 Her present objective is Constan- tinople by way Of the Balkans whence her itinerary will take her into Persia, Russia. Mongolia, and China. She will embark from Jap an for South America, expecting to reach the United States In May next year. She will return to Germany by way of Spain and France. The caravan comprises two cars, with q chauffeur and camera man. Her favorite setter is with the party.
 Fraulein Shines held the fore most place among German women autom obile drivers in 1926. Her most notable feat being the win ming of the South German reliabil- ity tour of 500 miles. When asked recently If she did not fear the dan gers which might beset her in some of the wild regions, she answered: Not the slightest. I shall be ab- sorbed in all the new things I en- counter. and I won't have time to think about possible troubles"
New Britain herald., 1927-05-25
Memorial day.
 East Berlin Items

Despite the stormy weather last evening Athletic hall was packed to the doors when the pupils of the Hubbard school staged their annual extravaganza. Tho costumes were most colorful, all of the colors of 1 the aurora being represented. The drill work was excellent, not a hitch rlarring even the most complicated :, numbers. The program was as fol- lows: Songs. primary boys; march with doll drill and songs. primary girls; violin solo, Robert Seigrist: Chinese drill and songs. grades 3 and 4: drumming number. Lester Rich: drill and song, "High Cost of Living" grades s and 6; plano solo. Frank Kramer. Jr.: The Browning of Columbia" grades 2 and 8. The Chinese number was presented in costume even to the queue and chop sticks. The solo numbers of Frank Kramer and Robert seigrist received great applause. Lester Rich. the juvenile drummer. per- formed in his usual clever style. The chorus and ensemble singing was particularly good. Dancing fol- lowed the play.
 Clifton Benson. the young son of Mir. and Mrs. Oscar Benson. is much I improved from the scarlet fever with which he has been confined to his home for the past several weeks. Tonight is the opening night of the Pythian fair at Community hall. The rainy weather will not halt the program which will go on as sched- uled. There will be a play staged by the Middletown Pythians for the opening number of the program. Dancing will be enjoyed each eyen- ing of the fair.
 Prayer meeting will be held this evening in the Methodist church at 7:3o o'clock.
 The library room will be open Fri- day afternoon and evening for the exchange of books.
 Thursday evening, June 2. being the last meeting of the season for the Parents-Teachers' association. the ldTBesI dlleHudlCe IS lcqueseeu' X good program. one of the best in years. is being arranged.
 The sum of $l5O has been turned over to the New Britain chapter of- the Red Cross by the Community group for the Mississippi flood suf- ferers. More will be forwarded later.
 Mrs. E. G. Hazelwood of West Cromwell visited relatives here yes- terday,
New Britain herald., 1927-05-25
SUMNER SCHEDULE
 FOR WAR VESSELS
Heavy Ships Going Back to
 Pacific Coast

Newport, R. l.. May 25 LF-The summer schedule of the United States fleet has been received here from the navy department and will be in operation when the great as sembly of war vessels gathered here for the war games last week moves out to Narragansett Bay Saturday.
 The heavy ships of the line in the battleship fleet will go south through the Panama Canal proceeding to their home ports on the Pacific. The scouting fleet has been divided and part will go to Hampton Roads. Va. other vessels will head for Annapolis and third group will return in a short time to Newport for the sum- mer.
 The battleship division Of the scouting fleet. with the exception of the Oklahoma and Nevada, has been assigned to the midshipmen cruise and will base at Narragansett Bay from May 31 until June e7 when they leave for their Fourth of July assignments, returning later to the bay. The light cruiser division of the scouting fleet will follow the same schedule as the battle fleet.
 The destroyer squadrons are as- signed to naval reserve cruises and overhaul periods during the sum- mer. They will base in Narragan- sett Bay until September when they sail south for the winter. The air craft squadrons will divide their time between Annapolis. Hampton Roads and Narragansett Bay.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-25
WILL MADE IN 1884 IS
 NOW BEING CONTESTED
Fairfield Church Society Takes Re- course to Law to Settle
 Legal Tanglc.

Bridgeport Conn.,. May 26.-fR- The first Ecclesiastical society of Fairfield and Rev. John H. Grant. pastor Of the First Church of Christ Of Fairfield today filed an action in the superior court in which 1t is sought to break the wills of Roger M. Sherman, state judge of the su- preme court of Connecticut and his wife. Elizabeth.
 When Judge sherman died on De- ccmber 30. 1S44 following the death of his wife on August 3, 1S44, it was found that the couple had left wills whereby the society, which was founded in 1G39 was granted forever a tract of land located on what is now Center street. The tract and the homestead upon it were. according to the wills. to be left for the benefit of ministers Of the church. At that time Fairfield was q farming community and it was understood that the ministers would use the land for agricultural purposes.
 Now with the growth of Bridge port and the passing of Fairfield as a farming center, the taxes upon the land have increased so that to pay them has become burden upon the society. Rev. Mir. Grant is now using the homestead as parson- age. The present tax upon the pro perty is far in excess of the income to the society for this purpose and has become liability rather than an asset.
 The petitioners in the court ac- tion want permission to sell the land, now valued at $25.000. the money to be invested for the bene- fit of the ministers. It is thought that by this action the wishes of the Sherman couple will be upheld.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-25

contest. The contest is now in its 2sth week and the local mans birds are fairly we'll toward the top.
 Concert By Male Chorus
 A public concert will be given at the Methodist church this evening by the Swedish Bethany church male chorus of New Britain. The chorus will be assisted by reader and a girls sextet and will be under the direction of Raymond C. Helsing, organist and choirmaster.
 Public Dance
 A public dance will be held in Legion hall at o'clock tomorro" night after the meeting of the Com panions of Forestry. This is the first affair of the sort sponsored by the new organization. and . large at tendance is hoped for.
 Notes
 There will be fathers and mothers luncheon" at 12:S0 o'clock tomorrow noon in the Congrega- tional church parish house.
 The Hartford Praying band will meet at 7:l5 o'clock this evening at the home of Herbert H. Salmon on Hughes street.
 Rain forced the postponement of tho Temco-Peck spring-Casting game in the Dusty baseball league last night. The Businessmen and Standard Steel are scheduled to play tomorrow evening.
 At the meeting of the Merry Makers held last evening at the home of Miss Minnie DiYenzo on Whiting street, Mrs. Hazel Cassidy of Pierce street was elected secre- tary to succeed Mrs. Josephine Pcstillo Berardy. resigned.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-25

simon OuC1s DltS
 Simon Youcis, 62. years old, of Whites crossing died late last night at his home. He was born in Po- land and was a resident of this country for the past seven years.
 Surviving him are his wife. Mrs. Arszula Youcis and a son, George Youcis of this town. He was mem Der of the parish of Our Lady of Mercy church. Funeral arrange ments in charge of Stanley Boraw- ski, New Britain undertaken, are in- complete.
 Prior-Richardson
 Mir. and Mrs. Willard Pryor of 59 West Main street announce the engagement of their son, Donald Frank Pryor. to Floella Grace Rich ardson. They will be married in June.
 Carpenter Defends Pigeons
 W. II. Carpenter. local flower grower, has come to the aid of the pigeons. who have been the source of complaint from gardeners of late. MT. Carpenter states that doves do no damage in gardens and that he has watched them very closely and finds them a great benefit; they eliminate cut worms and bugs. He says that he encourages them to come into his garden and puts out feed for them every morning. Re- garding the pulling up of peas and plants, he considers this impossible for the birds. saying. No dove has had a green plant or leaf in his beak since Noah let the one out of the ark and 1t came back with the olive branch"
 Treiber's Hens Gain
 The pen of white rocks entered by c. A. Treiber of Unionville av- enue in the Storrs egg laying contest made an excellent record last week laying 5s eggs and tying for fourth place for the week in the entire
New Britain herald., 1927-05-25
UAfPIRE SUSPENDED.

Manchester. N. H.. May 25 P- Joe McTague. New England league umpire. has been indefinitely sus- pended by President Claude B. Da- vidson for failure to carry out his assignment here yesterday afternoon. He was also fined $50. Chuck Solo, dare, another umpire. will be out of the game . few days because of ill., ness.