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New Britain herald., 1927-12-13

[ he air corps have come increasing ly 10 talk to me as one of their | own kind, who knew their language. because l have tried to know and Understand every element of the
 re'v art and science 10 which they
 are deNoting their lives"
 That pilots license, whatever
 Is limitations, Is an important ele-
 ment in any appreciation Of the T ork General Patrick has been do- ing these six years past. The air service Was split wide in fractional strife when he relieved Major Gen eral Charles T. Menoher, wartime commander of the Rainbow Divi- sion, as air chief. Menoher went 10 another work in the army at his own request after violent disa gree ments. only a few of which cropped to the surface. with William Mitch ell, then a brigadi@r general and as- sistant chief in direct charge of flying activities,
 Mitchell. daring SHer of such skill is 10 be a leader in stunt" york of all kinds, had an appeal 70 the adventurous young airmen who flew the army ships. Menoher gave up the struggle, Patrick in herited it, with no certainty as to what the final war department air policy would be. for Menoher's re- quest 10 be relieved had been grant ed and Mitchell remained. repri- manded. but obviously unsilenced in the violence Of his championing of the cause Of aviation develop n1ent at the expense. if need be. Of other clements of national defence.
 So Patrick, at 5S, undertook 10 learn flying. IT was a gesture, but it was q gallant gesture that ig- nored the question of personal risk But if he won friends among the young fliers who were to stand him in good stead later when tn" avia- tiou controversy reached its peak in the court martial and resigna- ton under sentence of Billy" Mitchell and the appointment by President Coolidge of the Morrow to pave the way for the five-year air expansion program. That program now is going into it's second year.
 And I believe that program for the air must be added to again, even before the five years are up General Patrick said. Tt should be done, but not at tho expense of any other essential element Of our na- 'ional defense team.''
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13

JOHN GILBERT AT CAPITOL

Man, Woman and Sin" is the current photoplay at the Capitol and well liked by audiences. John Gill; bert is the star and he is ably as ,isted by Jeanne Eagels, late st:S Of h. stage play Rain who makes her debut in pictures with this pro- luclion.
 It is a romantic drama of news raper life and the action and out floor scenes were all laid against a tack ground at Washington
 Beginning Thursday another ex- c.Nent double feature show will be offered. One attraction will present a gay smart comedy Of glorious youth. High School Hero" with great cast Of youths and with Charles Paddock. the noted sprinter appearing in the play
 The companion feature offers Blanche Sweet and Warner Baxter ill "Singed' a story of fortune and passion in the oil fields Of the west.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13
HEREIN PEACE ENDS
 AS GUNMEN REAPPEAR
Two Shot When Fighting Breaks Our, Again in "the Storm Center of
 southern III. Coal Fields,

Herrin. H.. Dec. 13 LP,-A wear or peace Ill Herrin, one of the storm centers of the southern Illinois coa, helds, was broken here last nigh, when an automobile filled with rur- men left behind two wounded police officers
 Elmer Mccormick. brother of Mayor Marshall Mccormick, was in q critical condition from cunsbot wounds in his neck and breast and John Stamm, day chief of police. was nursing wounds in the shoulder from the rifles Of the gunmen, who drove twice around the city hall, firing a Nolley upon each circuit.
 Last night Mayor Mccormick. his brother, patrolman. and Stamm were standing on the city hall steps when the Eunmen's car approached. A vollcy of shots brought Elmer Me 'ormick down.
 The car circled the square and Stamm. who had taken refuge in an alley between the city hall and the llre station, received a bullet in the shoulder from tho second yollev. ] he car disappeared in the direction Of Carpondale and Murphysboro.
 News of the shooting was quickly broadcast by telephone to surround ing counties and the sheriff of Jack son county called out his deputies to guard the roads out of William son county.
 McCormick was in local hospital today while Stamm. after having ms wounds dressed. went on duty again.
 Only a few miles away at Marion, the county seat. three gangsters of me dlsorganized Birger gang are on rial for their lives. charged with
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13
BOUCHER LEADS SCORERS
New York Ranger Star Continues to Head List of Goal Makers in Ict, Hockey Circuit.

Montreal, Que, Dee. 1S Gp.- Frankie Boucher, Of the New York Rangers, continues to lead the goal scorers in the National Hockey lea- que according to figures compiled by President Calder announced today, Including games ol December II, Boucher has tailed eight goals and two assists. Close behind him is Johnny sheppard, wingcr of the De- troit Cougars with six goals and three assists.
 HoWie Morenzi Of the Canadiens is deadlocked with George Hay of the Detroit team with eight points.
 Eddie Shore Of Boston has sup planted Ching Johnson of the Ram gers as the most frequent offender in the league. Shore has spent 4s minutes in the penalty box while Johnson has served 4.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13
"WINE. WOMEN. SONG"

seldom haS such enthusiasm been displayed by q New Britain audience as was apparent at the Strand the ater yesterday with ne initial show ing in this city of ;he notable come dian. Vic Plant and q company in a production called "Wine Women and Song" For comedy, this pre- sentation surpassed anything wit messed locally for some time. Its beautiful scenic investiture. songs, music and dances were such as to deserve enthusiastic comment from those who witnessed the production. Wine. Women and Sons" will be shown again today and Wednesday. It is supplemented by other vaude- vile acts including Lohse and S,er- ling and Jack Ryan. The feature photoplay is Richard Dix in "The Gay Defender
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13
PUR|TANS NOT 50
 PURE AS PICTURED
Dr. Lawrence Exposes Their
 Alleged Fpailties
tSr.clal 10 ,ha Heralll

New London, Dec. 13-Henry w..
 Lawrence. Ph. D., delivering the
 Phi Beta Kappa address al Connec-
 licut college last night. wove into
 lis talk details from his forthcom- ing book. "'rhe Not Quite Puritans," in which he outlines some genial
 follies and peculiar frailities of the revnred New England ancestors.
 Professor Lawrence said:
 New England in the 17th cen 'liry was probably no more whole some than it is in the 20th. Then, as now. {; few great and good men Gnd women tried in vain to sell goiliuess 70 the multitude. but there were fey buyers. although at that time everybody was compelled to attend the sale Judging by the acts of the vast majority rather than by the words of q very small number, thes" early New Englanders were spiritually skin to our present gen. ration. Some few of them were saints few more Were hypo- critics: but most of them were neither. Their amount Of true holi- ness was, per capita. about the same ;ls ours. but i, took q somewhat different form. and they talked bout if more than We do Their normal human cantankerousness vas often so camoutlaged in pious phrases that it was. and still Is. mistaken for godlineSs. Probably they were as bewildered as we are about how life should be lived. Ger tainly they were often discouraged with their efforts to regulate it, and they had many private doubts as 10 whether the method of sitting on inc lid was after all, the best way "a deal with human feelings.
 "The seventeenth century special ! iAed in repression. We of the 2oth 1 have right 10 demand that his , tory tell us the truth about how tho repressionism Of Puritan New Eng 1! land really worked, among the masses Of the people. Ii seems 10 ! have been no more than indiffer- "ntly successful. even in that aga oi lean diversity. X large fraction r' the population submitted to. rather than shared in, that religious nd moral fervor which has made Inc period notorious. They hardly qualified as belonging in the com oany Of the saints. They were the not-quite Puri'ans.'"
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13

known that George was available. if the proper owner were forthcom- ing. And with the necessity of . good deal of strengthening to offset the advantages of the New York Yankees, at least four American League managers were willing to listen to reason.
 Although rumor had il that Ed Barnard was to be the subject of elaborate ceremony on the occasion Of his formal induction into office is successor 10 Byron B. Johnson, the new president of the American League deplored the suggestion to- day, and said that the junior circuit would meet quietly tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13
PAWNEES TO BANQUET

The PaWnee Football team will bring the 1927 season officially to a close with banquet at the Old Colony Inn in Mcridon Saturday night. Members of the football team and of the club together with friends and admirers will be in at tendance. The party will leave New Britain by bus and following the feast. program of speeches and songs will be given.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13
DIES AFTER KNOCKOUT

London, Dec. IS CP)-Tommy Angus, of Scotland, died today from concussion of the brain caused when his head struck the floor when he was knocked down by Jack Mansfield. England, in the second round Of a scheduled six round box ing match.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13
MAY FINE FIGHTERS
(. M. Hall. Member of Detroit Box ing Commission Has Scheme To- Make Battlers Work.

Detroit, Dec 13 Rt-Something novel in the way of providing in ducements for highly paid boxers to put forth their best efforts during bouts here, has been worked out by C. NJ. Hall, a member of the boxing commission.
 The plan consists Of stimulating action by tining the fighters so much per round for each session in which Hall believes they have stall ed and in announcing his levy to the cash customers via the megaphone.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13
BOARD OF MANAGERS.

Montreal. Que. Dec. 13 P>-Dave Gill, manager of the Ottawa Sena- tors and Horace Townsend of Pitts burgh have been named to the board Of governors Of the national hockey league. President Frank Calder announced today. Gill suc- ceeds Redmond Quain of Ottawa, re- signed, and Townsend replaces his brother, Ed Townsend.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13
ANNIVERSARY MEETING

Tho lith anniversary Of the Ladies Auxiliary O. the Sons of Union Yet crans will be observed tomorrow evening al o'clock at Junior Mechanics hall. Refreshments will be served and an anniversary pro- gram will be presented,
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13
ELECTED GRID CAPTAIN

Washington, Pa, Dec, 13 Pl- Carl G. Aschman, of Charleroi, Pa, will lead the Washington and Jef- ferson college football team on the gridiron next season. Aschman was unanimously chosen for the captain cy
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13

regard.
 You must not overestimate that" he said, smiling Mine is just a junior pilots rating. It was all I could get or hope to get at my age.
 But I think our young fliers of
New Britain herald., 1927-12-13

THE BRASS RING iSy Buford Armitase and Philip Duuning Staged hy George Abbott
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S417.2f2 Raised for Flood Victims.

NEW YORK, September 8 (R.-
Benefit performances sponsored by
the motion picture industry to aid
Mississippi Valley flood sufferers net
ted $417,212, according to statistics
made public today by Will II. Hays,
president Of the Motion Picture Pro-
ducers and Distributors of America.
Advices today that rains have been
interfering with harvest operations in
all three Canadian prairie provinces
were emphasized by prospects of
further showers and of cooler weather.
1t was indicated that satisfactory
field conditions and absence of frost
are requisite to give late crops in
Canada a chance to ripen. Some
Canadian temperatures of SO were re.
ported today.
Corn derived strength at times today
from bullish reports regarding the
corn crop outlook in Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. Word from a leading ex-
pert said that corn throughout the
central part Of the first two States
named would need four to six weeks
to mature, and that frost before aver
age dates would be very damaging.
According to a leading authority, only
about 40 per cent of the Illinois corn
crop will be damaged.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, September s GP.-United
States Department of Agricultural
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000 head; uneven;
weight averages 220 pounds up, gen.
orally 10 to Is higher; 1870 to 210
pounds, steady to strong; good to
choice light lights and pigs. Is to 35
higher; spots up more; packing sows
mostly 10 to Is higher; top, 11.45 paid
for weight around 225 pounds; 230.
pound averages upward to 11.40; bulk
good to choice, 100 to 200 pounds,
,4Qi 220 to ESQ pounds, 10.90a
sk4.:4H.- ESQ to 3eo pounds, 10.50a11.50;
@8S@Sig weight Butchers. 10.00a10.25;
a paQst packing sows 9.00a9.50; light
tAt& itts upward to 9.75; bulk pigs,
t.00ae.75.
GRt{le-Receipts, II 900 head; grain
seGtsfeers, strong to % higher; grass.
Frs, slow, steady to strong; 1925 paid
tof.f Dakota-fed long yearlings; best
heavies, 1915; bulk-fed steers, 12.50a
l4y50; stockers and feeders steady,
mostly 7.75aS.75; she stock showing
grass, tending lower; bulls steady to
t5 higher; vealers, % higher; largely
q 1890 market.
Sheep-Receipts, $1,000 head; fat
lambs opening slow, about steady;
Early sale of good native lambs, lightly
: torted, 12.25a12.50; natives to city
butchers, 1915; bidding up to 1900
good to choice Westerns; choice offer.
lngs held above 1925; few heavy ma.
tive lambs, HOO; culls around 900;
few $50: good to choice light weight
ewes, 550a6.00; feeding lambs, early
bulk, 12.25a13.65; heavies down to
1850.
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Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, September 8 (Spe.
ciaD.-New potatoes, bushel, 1.O0a1.25;
barrel, 1.50a3.25; sweet potatoes, bar.
rel. 1.25a2.5o: yams. barrel. 1,25a2.50;
bushel, s5a90; beans, bushel, 75a1.00;
beets, 2.00a3.00; cabbage, 100. 200a4.0 90;
carrots. 100, 2.00a4.00; celery, crate,
1.75a2.50; corn, dozen, 12a25; cucum.
bers, basket, 75a1.00; eggplants, basket,
35a40; lettuce, crate, 2.50a4.50; lima
beans, basket, 60a75; onions, 100
pounds, 1.50a225; peppers. basket, 25a
80; squash, basket, 35a50; tomatoes,
basket, 20a35; packing stock, bushel. so.
Apples. basket. 1.00a1.50; crabapples,
basket. 50a60; cantaloupes. basket, 25a
so: damsons, bushel. 1.50a1.75: black.
berries, quart, 13a15; huckleberries.
quart, 20a22; plums. basket, 75a90;
peaches. bushel. 1.00a2.Oo; pears,
bushel, 1.25a2.50; melons. each. 1880.
- Hay and Grain Prices.
wheat-No. . red Winter. export,
1.41; No. 3 red Winter, export. 1.3S;
No: red Winter. garlicky. export,
1856; No. 8 red Winter, garlicky, ex-
port, 1888.
Corn--No. 2 yellow, domestic. 1.20.
nominal; cob corn, old, $50 per barrel.
nominal.
Oats-No. Q white, new, So; No. 3
white, new. "a. Old oats selling and
2h bushel over new oats.
Rye-Nearby. 1.05a110.
Hay-Receipts, Sc tons. New hay
ID arriving in only limited quantity
and in somewhat irregular condition.
1t 10, therefore, not being officially
graded and sells strictly on it's merits.
within range Of 1850 and 1850 q ton,
timothy and clover grades.
81! stEsMgN2 ] wbSes: 1o;oosil:oe per
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CURB PRICES YIELD
ON PROF|T-TAK|NC
Utilities Command Most At
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INSULT.
Cient to Offset All of Gains.
BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK. September s.--After
brief period of pronounced strength
the Curb aMrket was called upon today
to absorb heavy selling orders. The Of.
ferings. which were urgent around
midday. represented for the most part
desire to take down profits accu-
mulated on this recent rise and re.
flected no material change in specula.
tive sentiment. The view was ex-
pressed in several quarters. however.
that rgardless of whether or not con-
ditions within the market and in out
side business warranted current prices
the market had gone ahead too fast
and was nearing the danger zone.
Nevertheless offerings were not suf
ficient to offset all the improvement.
Curtiss Aero advanced to a new top
at As. Royal Baking Powder main
tanned most of the IS points rise of
yesterday. Rumors were current that
Postum was seeking to acquire the
company to round out its expansion
program.
AS n group the public utilities com
manded most attention. Philadelphia
Electric was well taken at 81. Rumors
have been current that United Gas
and Improvement was seeking to
acquire control, although nothing off
cial has so far been forthcoming. At
the same time shares of the latter
company worked fractionally higher
Electric Investors and Lehigh Power
featured the lower priced members,
reaching new tops for the year. Buff.
falo. Niagara and Eastern Power was
another to establish a new high.
Celotex held it's place as one of
the active specialties although the
advance was limited. Those who
have been back of the buying were
referring to the issue as a Second
Johns-Manville. Celotex earnings
estimates have been continually re-
vised upward and there appeared to
be concrete basis for the recent
upturn.
General Baking class Az went to
a new top, it's strength being coinci-
dent with high prices for food shares
on the Stock Exchange. Melville
common was another speciality fav-
orite easy to move because of the linn.
tied floating supply.
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MOVE TOWARD MERGER.

: NEW YORK, September 8 P).-
Directors Of Universal Pictures Cor
poration have voted to acquire from
Carl Laemmle and others a substan.
tial majority Of the common stock and
all Of the management stock of Uni.
.versal Chain Theaters Corporation
tnd to enter into an agreement where.
by the picture organization will guar.
gantee for two years from August Is
dividends on the first preferred stock
Of the theaters concern. This is de-
scribed as the first step toward even.
tual consolidation Of the two corpora.
TONS
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Commodity News

NEW YORK, September Special.
AOffering is expected in the near flu.
ture Of $30,000.000 Of Cities Service
Power q Light Co. The bonds will
be under a refunding mortgage and
bear q per cent coupon.
In a supplemental application to the
Interstate Commerce Commission the
Great Northern Railway asks permits
sion TO sell $20,O00.O00 general mort
gage 4ia per cent bonds. The road
proposes to sell the bonds at the best
nrices obtaina BILE, but at not less than
be- per cent Of par.
It was announced today that an =
nue of 100000 Saxon State Mortage
knstitution collateral sinking fund 8
sser cent guaranteed gold bonds ma.
curing September is. 1871. .onsred 'at
s, had all been sold. - :,
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Wholesale Markets

Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables, compiled by the, Market
News Service Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics, says:
Apples-Supplies moderate; demand
fair. market slightly weaker; bushel
baskets Virginia and Delaware
Grimes. U. s. No. /, pa inches up.
2.00a2.15; Maryland. Delaware and
Virginia. various varieties, wide range
quality and condition, 1.O0a1.50.
Cabbage-Supplies light; demand
light, market dull; New York, so.
pound sacks round type, mostly 100
Cantaioupes--Supplies moderate:
demand slow, market dull; New Mexi.
co. jumbo fats 12s. pink meats, S5a
LOO; jumbo flats 9s. IS and So. pink
meats. mostly around rs: Maryland.
standards 36s and ASS and jumbo 36s
and 45s. pink meats, mostly around
1.5O; jumbo fats 9s and 12s. pink
| meats, .65a.S5; standard flats 12s and
15s, pink meats, .50a. so; Colorado.
standards 36s and ASS, salmon tints.
1.75a2.00; standard flats 12s and 15s.
salmon tints, .75a.S5. Honeydews, sup
plies moderate; demand good, market
steady; standard crates 6s, 2.25a2. so:
jumbo crates and standard crates IS,
IS and .12s. 2.75a3.OO.
Lettuce Market Weak.
Peas-Supplies light: demand light
market dull; Colorado, 45-pound crates
few best, 400; fair to ordinary quality
and condition, 8.OOa3.5O.
Lettuce-Supplies liberal; demand
81 w, market weak; Colorado, crates,
Iceberg type, As dozen, best mostly
$50; few higher; Colorado and Cali.
fornia, crates, Iceberg type, As dozen,
| fair quality and condition, 3.00 or.
binary to poor quality and condition,
| 50a1.5O: New York. 2-dozen crates, Big
Boston type. mostly rs.
Onions-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market slightly weaker on
Yellows; market steady on Whites;
| New York, Indiana and Ohio, 100.
pound sacks. Fellows, U. S. No. /,
1.90a2.25; few higher, fair quality, 100
a2.00: New York and Ohio, 100-pound,
sacks. Whites, u. 8. No. l, 2.75a3.00.
Peaches-Supplies heavy; demand
slow, market dull; bushels, Virginia,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Elber-
tas. large size, 2.00a2.25; mostly around
200; fair quality and condition. some
ripe. 1.50a1.75; small to medium size,
1.25a1.75; New Jersey Bellies. medium
to large size. 1.50a1.75: few. 200.
Pears-Supplies light; demand good.
market steady; California. boxes.
Bartletts. No. 1. Green. 3.25a3.5O; ripes
and turning, 2.50a2.75; few, 800.
Potatoes-Supplies moderate; de-.
mand good. market steady; New Jer.
sey, 150-pound sacks cobblers, ". s.
No. l, S.25a3.50, mostly 3.35a3.50;
East Shore Maryland and Virginia,
cloth-top stave barrel. cobblers, U. S.
No. l, 3.75a4.00, mostly 1855.
Sweet potatoes Slow.
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DIVIDEND IS VOTED.

BALTIMORE, September (Spe.
ciaD.-Directors of the Merchants &
Miners Transportation Co. have de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend
of 62i2 cents share. payable Sep
TENDER 80, to stockholders of record
September Is. Although no state
ment of earnings was issued by the
company for the six-month and eight.
month periods, it is learned that the
dividend for the entire year was
practically earned in the first half OF
the year after allowing for depreci.
alton and taxes
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NEW YORK, September CP.-
Orders for bridge steel made up the
bulk of structural steel transactions
the last week. amounting to 80 5000
tons, against $4,000 the week before
American Bridge Co, subsidiary of
United States Steel, took nearly l3 900
tons, including 5000 tons for q bridge
across the Mississippi near st. Louis,
inquiries are small, about II 900 tons.
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NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK, September 8 R.-
Rye easy; No. western. 1.093s fob
New York, and 1075s elf export. Bar
ley easy; mailing, 90 elf New York.
Lard easy; middlewest, 1340a1350.
Wheat futures opened steady: domes-
tic December, lao bid. Other articles
unchanged.
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WHEAT SCORES GAIN
AFTER EARLY DROP
Reports of Stormy Weather in
Some Parts of Canada Rally
Prices From Opening Lows.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. September S.--Reports
Of stormy weather in parts of Canada
rallied the wheat market today from
an early decline. Speculative offerings
were light and houses with foragn
connections We're buyers. Opening un-
changed to tac lower, wheat soon
scored an all-around advance. Corn
and oats developed strength also. corn
starting unchanged to sc off and sub
sequently showing q decided general
nntnrn Provisions were ca sier
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DIVIDEND OMITTED.

NEW YORK, September R.-
Pennick & Ford omitted the quarterly
dividend Of 25 cents share on the
common stock. The regular quarterly
OF ~ per cent on the preferred was
declared.
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PRICES ON PARIS BOURSE.

PARIS. September CP.-Prices
were steady on the Bourse today.
Three per cent rentes, 81 francs, 60
centimes; exchange on London, 1874
francs, confines; five per cent loan,
IS francs, so centimes. The dollar
was quoted at % francs, 81 centimes.