New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-25

| curious. Hearing OF reports IN the
United States that he was dying. he
remarked: Il wonder who Is after a,
my scalp. Who wants to kill me off .
so SOON" He was strolling along
the boulevards at the time.
| London - Friends Of the Earl Of r
Oxford and Asquith are raising a :
| fund to present him 100000 and an =
| annuity of $4,000. AS a former ,
cabinet member. he is entitled to a ,
| pension of $4,000 on condition that !,
he sign a declaration that he Is i'm
pecunious.
Washington The Smithsonian a
institution has sent motor truck ,
expedition to the Rockies for data Il
with which to complete the unfinish- n
ed work of the late DR.. Charles d.
Walcott on geology. He was secre-
tary of the institution. s
Jericho, N. John ]. Hicks OBJ I
served his $50 birthday by blowing t
up a field from which hay had been c
gathered. He is a descendant OF the
original Hicks for whom the Long
Island town of Hicksville was g.
named. For so years he has operat- VI
ed a cider mill. -
Hollywood Cal. - Constance Tai
madge is on the way to Europe for
good time" IF l find time o
enough" she remarked, II may get II
divorce too"
Moscow Films made in Russia
are to be shown in the United States.
the official SOVIET newspaper Is in 8
formed. Il
Garden City, N. Y. Lieutenant Ct
Afford Williams, L. S. N. commutes
to Washington by plane Daily he
flies for his duties in the bureau of a.
naval aeronautics, then hops back O
to look over a new speedster sea- 81
plane being built for him and to re- d
join his family. NJ
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Old Orchard Me. - Indy can q,
do wonders with plane, but a GER
tain automobile is something else
again. 1t had been going all right r.
till he hoped into the front seat for l.,
a trip to Portland. and then 1t just =,
would not start. He had to shift to q,
another. n
New York Cost OF living In
Germany is now IS per cent greater NJ
than at the beginning of the war, in -,
France 400 per cent greater, the ma =.
tional industrial conference board ~ y,
finds. -,
Washington Cost Of living in U. li'
S. A. has been decreasing since 1920, "'
the department OF labor notes.
Composite cost of some essentia. =
commodities was one per cent less in -. ~
June than in December. The de- u
partment of agriculture finds that 81
the average net income Of l3,475 ~
farmers last year was sl,133 COM M
pared with 1927 for 1880 farm Je
ers making returns in 1925. The Ju
figure failed to advance for the first
time since 1922.
Bombay new beam wireless al
operating to England is so fast that az
at its opening Lord Irwin. the vice. wv
roy, sent a message to King George
and received reply in SS seconds.
New Haven-Leroy G. Phelps who N
filmed Dempsey Sharkey fight in ki
slow motion pictures says position OF
fighters in relation to camera when
disputed punch was struck makes it di
hard to determine whether blow err
was foul. ar
In
New Haven-After an all day city Of
court hearing, the four men arrested to
in connection with the shooting of
Chic" Brown. former boxer. are
bound over to the superior court. in
G;
New Haven-Yale university deans an
leave Tad Jones 120 men to pick his m
football team from. Only nine can ar
didates fell by the wayside in their W.
studies. en-
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Southbury - Stanley SHUTTER of
Dover, N j., is fatally injured when
his car overturns on Southbury- sn
Woodbury. road. in
Waterbury - Dartmouth college
will get an all round athlete this va
fall In the person Of Edmund SUIT ca
ton. He is three-letter man Of In
Crosby high and plays football,
baseball and tennis as well as be-
ing swimmer. pole vaulter and DIR
track star. be
AppEeTe E0II0W to to,