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New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
FIRE DEPARTMENT INTEREST LACKING Few Attend Public Hearing Had
 by Legion Post 70 CALL TOWN MEETING
Juvenile Minstrels Well Receved at Second Presentation Last Jvening League Whist Attracts Large Gathering-Other Items.

Bolton -Kasica post of tie Ameri- can Legion opened the dcsrs of the town hall last evening a o'clock and awaited the attenda1ce of local residents in order that members of the local post might expain the pro- posed new fire protection situation to Berlinites in prepaation of the calling of a special toyn meeting to place the question bef,re the voters.
 Berlinites were slov in coming and when Comman6r Harold D. Ventres called for rder the audi torium held a relatiely small group of residents who cred to hear the merits of the propced local depart ment.
 Commander venres introduced r. A. Murray. an authority on fire pro- lection in the stae. who outlined q plan for volunteer department. Mir. Murray stat:d that 75 per cent Of school childrn's lives which are lost in fires are n towns of less than 2,5O0 population. He urged accept ance of the Lgion's plans and sup ported the wrk done by the com mittee from he post in preparing q definite fire protection program.
 Adolph W Schultz. chairman of the Legion committee which has had charge of the work of prepar- ing the program. took the platform
 lor e1f h1.n nS cost of purchase and maintenance of a local department. He estimate ed the cost of the service at s1o,- 900. figuing on the purchase and equipment of a department with two paid drirers on duty 24 hours and ,he reminder of the force made up C volunteers.
 Both of the speakers received a ba. ragt of questions from the audi ence but succeeded in answering them satisfactorily. As the meeting was an informal affair. no definite action followed the explanation and cross-auestioning but it is the inten- ton of the committee to call spe- cial town meeting in the near flu lure where the Berlin vote will de- eide the adsisa bility of having a de- partment.
 Party for Ninstrcls
 Rastus and Sambo and the "Mis- tuh Interocutuh" with the rest Of .he troupe of the St. Paul Tabs min ,trels will meet at the Tabs hall this evening at : o'clock dressed in their est to to the home of Mrs. Hem Hookef of Kensington who will ct as hostess to the minstrcls at a arty givn in recognition of the re- guit berefit performance for the town nuring committee.
 Dancing and buffet dinner will |, included. Members of the troupe i'll give musical and instrumental lectiors.
 Wrist and Bridge Party
 4 lare number of local residents tended the whist and bridge party cid lat evening at the home Of Irs. Charles IT. Erickson of Ken ,,ugtor for the benefit of the Ken ingto, League of Women Voters.
 Sey.ral prizes were awarded in ,ridg, and whist and luncheon was ,erva. A large sum was realized hy tie Kensington political assocf- atiol 1t is reported.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
BRIEF BULLETINS
 ON THE AVIATOR
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out for the Lindbergh plane.
 The greatest interest has been aroused over the flight throughout Germany From an early hour this morning the Associated Press offices were besieged with telephone inauir- les from persons anxious for news as to Lindbergh's whereabouts.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

For Sale-Bedroom set, including bed. bureau and three chairs; also bookcase. all mahogany finish; ladies' mahogany writing desk and round mahogany living room table: also 9xl2 rug. Mrs. Edward T. Brastow, s North Washington street. Tel. 88.13.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

home of Mrs. Herbert w. Barnes on Welch street.
 Methodist Church
 Rev. L. Grady Cooper. Ph.D., will preach at the Plainville NJ. F.. church tomorrow morning. Mir. Ball is in i'll health and will be unable to conduct the service himself.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

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NOTICE

NOIiCE
 The Plainville Public Library Committee wish to receive applica- tions for the position of Librarian at the Public Library. Applicants address either Ralph E. Merrill. President or II. A. Castle, secretary.
 The Plainville Public
 Library Committee.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21
Has Only a Compass.

' otay h SohultASos
 New York, May 21 tP-A con- pass is Captain Charles A. Lind bergh's sole guide across the ocean.
 After leaving Newfoundland last night the little steel needle became his guide until he reaches Ireland.
 On his long flight from San Digo to New York. Captain Lindbergh steered through the darkness by the little magnetic needle.
 Aided by strong breeze behind him and driving his plane fast into the face of the sun. Lindbergh was in a position to cut short a six hour night to four hours.
 In the latitude through which he passed darkness does not settle until after 9 o'clock and dawn comes again very early in the morning.
 There are probably not more than six hours of complete darkness in the area at this season, and Lind bergh should be able to cut down the hours difference in sun time as to gain two more hours of daylight. He runs into a short period of dark ness tonight Just before he reaches Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

made mischief. they fostered strikes and they
raised storms and instructions in such scanty
leisure a constant round of witches Sabbaths
allowed. They were drowned, tortured, beaten
and burned alive, and still the kindly righteous
had battling sense of Inadequate retort to all
the bestia cruelty and wickedness charged
against them
AS turns over the record of Mr.. Sum
mers' book it is fairly plain to any not under
any conscientious necessity to believe in witch
craft that all these waves of inquisition and
cruelty were a sort of pooling Of the normal
indignation of mankind against the orgies and
queer and vile acts that Turk at the roots Of
our animal nature and of our fear of the tricks
and malicious resentments of inferior and un-
happy people and direction of this pooled
force Of disapproval and hostility against
heresy sediton and unpopular opinions
generally.
Giles de Rails was an insane murderer,
guilty of almost incredibly bestal cruelties, but
his wickedness was pinned onto heresy and
made an excuse against the gentlest and purest
of unbelievers. Evil men, you said, were
heretics and then, when some one Ventured
to differ from your high orthodoxy, you charged
him promptly with organized association with
filth and every form of evil, If any one ques-
toned your theology. well. manifestly he was
second Giles de Rails Mr.. Summers, for in
stance, has no doubt that great epidemics Of
witchcraft followed doctrinal disputes; that
religious doubt and f1irtatious alliance with
the devil in the sequence Of cause and
effect.
Today there are many signs TINT the Red
has good chance Of playing the part of the
witch Of older times in a world mania
The examination of Sacco and Fanzetti, charged
with ordinary murder and robbery, upon their
political opinions in the Massachusetts courts
quite in the vein of the old witch trials
Tell me what you think" said the prosecu.
ton, land what you did may be judged by
that"
1t is wonderful how WITHDRAWING in
Massachusetts has kept true to it's old traditions
This tendency to associate unpopular opinion
with murderable offenses seems to be in.
creasing both sides of the Atlantic I
am sure 1t needs only very slight press cam.
paign to convince number of people in London
that when MIR. Joynson-Hicks made his pre-
posterous raid the Soviet business head
quarters in search of alleged stolen paper
members of the ARGOS staff escaped on broom
sticks from an upper window with that wonder
full confidential document the police sought and
never found.
When / came back from Russia in 1920 and
wrote that Lenin seemed an intelligent little
man who was rather at loss what to do with
ths1Feat country that had fallen so wonderfully
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
Plans for Educating
Children Discussed

Does little child who spends his
time with a highly educated mother
and who hears the most enlightening
conversation gain thereby in intelli.
gence? The question is answered
more or less negatively as result Of
an investigation with young children
made by DR.. Florence l.. Goodenough
Of the Institute of Child Welfare at
the University Of Minnesota.
Intelligence test ratings of 213 chill
dren between IS months and
41a years were compared with the
educational attachments of their par
ents, DIR. Goodenough shows in re-
port of the investigations to school
and society. Young children whose
parents have gone farther in school
tend to be somewhat brighter men,
tally than children of poorly educated
parents, the figures indicate.
If this were due to environment to
any extent. the children of highly
educated mothers would be brighter
than the children of highly educated
fathers. because the mothers spend
considerably more time with the chill
dren. The figures do not show any
significant differences. however, In
this respect. indicating that heredity
is more responsible for differences i'm =
intelligence between children Of diff.
ferent cultural Levels, s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

THAFE recently been reading the history of
witchcraft and demonology by Mr.. Mon
tague Summers and various utterances
upon the Soviet government of Russia by
supporters Of the present enlightened govern
ment of the British Empire, and l find Serious
confusion in my mind between the two. Mr..
Summers is believer in witchcraft, and he
hates witches as soundly and sincerely as the
British country families hate the Reds" and
he believes as freely and ferccly about the
detested breed. Here is a passage and l will
leave the reader to guess whether it is from
the pages of Mr.. Summers. or the columns of
a conservative newspaper the eve of
general election:
The witch or the Red las the case may bel
is IAN evil liver; social pest and parasite: the
devotee of a loathly and obscene creed an adept
at poisoning. black mail and all creeping crimes;
a member of a powerful secret organization
nmcal to church and state; a blasphemer in
word and deed; swaying the villagers by terror
and superstition; charlatan and a quack
sometimes'-here l my authority and
the censorship is really Imperative minister
OF vice and inconcevable corruption; batten-
ing upon the filth and foulest passions of the
age"
The doubts the simple honest reader of the
British Conservative press will feel-Whether
this is the more accurate description Of Mother
Shipton, GILES de Rails, any Knight Templar,
Lenin-will do much TO carry out the inter
esting views Of that great historical writer,
Mrs. Nesta Webster, that modern Communism
is the lineal descendant of the black traditions
Of medieval sorcery, Manichean heresies. Free
masonry and the Witch of EndOr. Be that
1t may. modern Communism is certainly heir
now to the estate of fear and terror which
descends to us from the past.
Perhaps mankind has q standing need for
somebody TO tar feather and burn Perhaps if
there was no devil would have to invent
one. In a more perfect world may have
TO draw lots to find who shall be the witch
the Red" or the hereto the niger. in order
that one may suffer for the people. Mr..
Summers book makes interesting, agreeable
reading OF the sort that enhances its excitement
here and there by coy resort to transparent
Latin, and 1t shows popes and prelates and
puritans, kings and judges, all manner of
respectable people, succumbing to exactly the
same sort OF emotional disturbance that now
makes membership of the Communist party so
dangerous, exciting and attractive 10 the light
minded young of Western Europe and America.
Nothing too dreadful for belief about
witches and warlocks and, alas, for the feeble.
ness of the human ina gination. Most things.
it IL felt. were not nearly dreadful enough. They
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
BY I'll. g.. WELLS

into his hands l pleased nobody. The Com.
munsts and Left Labor people wanted extrava-
CANT praise and a glorihcation of a state OF
affairs that seemed to ME to be a frightful
middle, and the antiBoishevik witch hunters
wanted yarns about orgies in the Kremlin-
Nine. Lenin dressed up in the Russian crown
jewels, drinking champagne out of cups of gold
in the worst possible TASTE and aristocratc
babies being tortured and murdered after dinner
just for fun and deviltry by commssars. They
wanted to excite themselves about Moscow just
as the medieval witch hunters excited them
selves with wild ina ginations about the witches
Sabbaths.
Failing hot stuff" of that sort the anti
Boshevks were convinced I was in the pay
of Moscow. They wanted their Bosheviks not
small and bothered. but horrible They wanted
me to make their blood run cold. They wanted
to work themselves up into frenzy OF indigna-
tion,. terror and violence.
And they wanted to do so because as ]
say, there to be in the dark tortuous
and dangerous heart of man real craving for
vehement selfrighteous persecution and en-
thusiastic and irrational punishment. l know
I have felt it in me. If | have never killed
and massacred in the waking day have known
all these bright reliefs and excitements in my
dreams. And in reveries.
To any one who can think about bolshevism
and retain normal temperature the facts are
as plain daylight. Russia has BEEN is and
must remain for some time to come largely
barbaric country. Large areas of Russia are
still backward England in Tudor
times, and few Of it's towns have social life
much in advance OF early nineteenth century
conditions in Great Britain. 1t was in the
days OF the Car and it is today a backward
land of hardships and intense disconlforts. a
land of rough methods. frequent crimes and
much sporadic cruelty.
X \
Until 10 years ago it was ruled clunsily and
dangerously by stupid, disorderly and tyran.
nous MISREPRESENTATION and hostile to
education-which collapsed through sheer
inherent rottenness under the stresses Of the
great war. The resources of Russia were SO
wasted and its army so ruthlessy handled in
that war to wreck the whole social system.
These Bolsheviks are in possession Of the
wreck. They are in possession because they
the only people with sufficient faith. dsc
pline and determination to hold together In the
general chaos. But they neither gods nor
devils. They are limited, conceited and as
liable to witch panics and suspicion mania
the most enlightened citizens OF Middlesex
Massachusetts,. Their 'reprsais'' for the ARGOS
raid and for the vhdous recent murders of
CONTINUED "a Eighteenth PageJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
BY MASON VI. PATRICK.

Major General a {. Chef Army Air Corps
THAT aircraft will play a most
important part in any war OF
the future is universally &C
L cepted. While endeavoring to
avoid giving too much weight
TO the long flights which have recent
~ been made, those across the At
13ntic and those between our western
coast and the Hawaiian Islands, it is
certainly evident that our own posi-
ton is now less isolated than it has
ever been before and that the oceans
which lave our borders are no longer
the barrier to attack which they were
once considered. They can be covered
by airplanes and although one has not
yet been built which could carry a
destructive load of bombs from foreign
shores to this country, drop this load
and then return, there is every prob
ability that such aircraft will be in
existence before many years.
The next question which arises is
how we should endeavor to safeguard
ourselves against an air attack, and
at once it becomes evident that when
man devises a better weapon or a bet
Ter method of fighting he holds his
opponent helpless until he too arms
himself or teaches himself alike. This
holds true through all the history of
all the wars in which man has been
engaged. Correctly read, it means
that there is no adequate defense
against an air attack except an air
force Of your own.
Anti-Aircraft Guns.
We hear much of so-called anti.air-
craft firing from weapons on the
ground directed against attacking air.
planes. This fire will do some dam
age just as the arrows launched by
archers occasionally found vulnerable
joints in the armor of the mail-clad
knight and will to some extent dis
turb the air mans aim. but 1 am
firmly of the opinion that it cannot
provide an impenetrable defense. nor
can it completely Illustrate the efforts
of an enemy to deliver an air attacl.
nor prevent the air man from carry
ing out his mission.
No one wants another war Sol
diers who best know wars horrors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
STRONGER AIR DEFENSES
ARE URGED BY PATRICK
Chief of Army Air Corps Calls Attention
TO Lack of Adequate Protection
Against Airplane Bombers.

I want it least of all and yet no man
can say that the world has reached a
| point where wars are impossible. II,
| then. we should against our will be
| involved in another war, we must
| have an adequate air force properly
! equipped and properly trained. II
must be developed with faster, more
powerful, more reliable machines.
/ The Army now uses six types OF
airplanes. First. the training plane,
! one of simple construction. rugged.
strong enough. upon which young
| men are taught the rudiments Of fly
| ing. The observation plane normally
| carries two men, one the pilot, the
other the observer. The bombing
| plane is capable of carrying its crew
! of four or five men and projectilcS,
! charged with high explosives, up TO
! about 1000 pounds in weight. The at
! tack plane, armed with machine guns
and small bombs, is intended for us2
| against troops on the. ground either
| in line of battle or on the march.
The so.called pursuit planes are really
the air fighters whose prime mission
| is to sweep from the air all enemy
| aircraft.
Last are the cargo planes, which,
as their name indicates, are used to
carry men or military material such
as ammunition, spare parts for planes.
ratiOns and the like.
improvements Sought.
IT is improbable that there will b.
any very radical changes in these
types. Constant efforts are, however,
being made to improve them by in
creasing their speed, their weight-car-
ryine ability and TO make them safer.
Already the pursuit plane travelling
at the rate of 200 miles an hour is in
sight, the observation plane making
$50 miles an hour will soon be built
the bonbers will be given speed
about equal or only little less than
that of the observation planes. while
the attack planes likewise will be
faster.
Our air force must be ready the mo-
ment war comes, for an air attack can
be delivered quickly and time would
not serve after a declaration of war
to bring into being a suitable force
Of airplanes manned by the proper
number of well trained men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
Other Countries Plan Highways.

On the west coast of South America
considerable progress is being made.
In Chile, the minister of public
works has proposed a plan Of build
ing 800 miles Of highways, to cost
Approximately $24 900, 600. and last
year a loan Of nearly $2S, 900 900 was
made. part Of the money Of which is
to be used for road construction pur-
poses. 4 contract recently was let
for construction Of 3 highway from
| Valparaiso to Casablanca, which will
he one Of the best motor routes in the
country.
Bolivia and Paraguay, the two
countries of South America which
have no seaCOast, are making strenu-
| Gus efforts 10 establish a system of
| good highways and to inaugurate mo
tor-bus services. Bolivia recently has
| undertaken the Improvement of roads
| in various sections OF the country, as
/ well as the construction of several
modern motor roads which will link
! up with those already open to traffic,
/ while Paraguay is purchasing road
! building machinery and improving
! those roads already established. This
! country lately established several bus
! lines, and the outlook is for further
| expansion Of this form of communi-
cation. Ecuador also has purchased
| road building machinery, and is work
! ing on the Improvement of various of
its main highways
The most ambitious highway pro
| gram being undertaken by any state
! on the western coast Of South Amer
/ lea is that of Peru, where 900 miles
| Of roads now are under construction
! or planned. The national system Of
| highways already includes $3.50 miles
of road, which are open all year. ex-
ccpt during the rainy season. Most
Of these roads. however, are OF dirt
construction, due TO a shortage of
funds The government plans to i'm
prove them gradually so that everfu-
| ally the country will have one Of The
Continued on Eighteenth Page.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

Significantly enough, too. IN most
instances Japan and the United States
have worked together. The old order,
under which the United States and
Britain were frequently led TO seek to
restrain Japanese Imperialism di-
rected against China, has been re-
placed by a. new order. in which Amer.
lean and japanese efforts are COM
bined TO restrain Britain. On the
whole. the community OF conception
and action of American and japanese
policy in China deserves an emphasis
it has not yet had in the world.
At the same time it would be idle
to conceal the fact that the Japanese
view with no little resignation the
manifest decline of British influence
in China and in Asia generally. Some
of the informed of my Japanese
friends discuss quite frankly the
process by which. 20 their mind.
Britain is being pushed out of Asia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
SOUTH AMERICA NOW BUILDING
A SYSTEM OF GOOD HIGHWAYS
Construction Work and Appropriations for New
Roads Show Increased Interest in Trans.
portaton Problems.

Argentina also Is making rapid ad.
vances in road construction programs.
the greatest appropriation for this
work in the history of the country
having been voted for 1927. The ap-
preparation amounts to approximately
! $500 900. This is more than double
| the amount allotted for road purposes
| in 1925, when S4,100.000 was voted. In
| 1925 almost S6.500,000 was voted.
! This country established an office
| for highways in April. 1926, which is
| headed by the director general of
roads and bridges. A system of roads
| radiating from Buenos Aires, the cap
| ital, to outlying cities is to be built.
| In addition, a large amount of money
| has been divided among the provinces
| to carry various Of their own projects
| toward completion.
| Uruguay. the country lying to the
north of the Rio de la Plata between
| Brazil and Argentina, also has swung
| into line, and as evidence of its inter
/ est held its first national road con
gress in October last year. This con.
! gress recommended the creation Of a
! highway commission, as well AS the
establishment of a permanent road
! fund which would be supplied by gen
eral taxes, by an increase Of taxes on
ioiiu meal IOdNI improvements, dE wen
| as by direct and indirect tolls.
This country al present is building
. a concrete highway from Montevideo.
ita capital, to Colonia, Immediately
across the river from Buenos Aires
This road will cut the travel time be
/ tween the two capitals more than
half. IT is to cost $6 900 900, and will
be some $50 miles in length. Another
project which is nearing completion
is the Southern Boulevard in Monte
video a concrete driveway, which will
cost 5000 900.
Taken all in all. the best national
| highway system Of any South Amer
can country is considered to be that
of Venezuela. This country began the
/ development Of a national system of
highways more than Is years ago,
doing most Of its construction with
| gravel and earth. These roads are
passable most of the year and are
| we'll maintained.
Two new roads are being con
| structed under government supervi-
| sion at present. One is a concrete
! highway from Caracas TO La Guaira,
and the other will run from Puerto
| Cabello to Valencia. Both are to
| be f1rst-class motor roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
BY FRANK III. SIMONDs.

w YHILE the press of the world
has continued to discuss
NV with undated energy the
consequences and the re-
nIl,iii4ios fn,. +hn foilttrn