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New Britain herald., 1927-07-02

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@. What Is the rule for reducing
Fahrenheit temperature to the Gems
tigrade scale?
A. One Fahrenheit degree il
equal to five-ninths OF 4 centigrade
degree, and on centigrade degree is
equal to nine-fifths Of a Fahrenhet
degree. Hence to reduce from the
Fahrenheit to the centigrade scale,
first find out how many Fahrenheit
degrees the given temperature ID
above Or below the freezing tempe
allure and then multiply BY five
ninthA
Q. What 10 the immigration quo.
t. from Scotland?
A. 1t is included in the general
quota for Great Britain and North.
ern ireland. which is sa,007. It ia
not definitely ascertAined how many
should be admitted from Scotland.
q. On what railroad Is the Moi.
tat Tunnel!
A. The Moffat Tunnel Is on the
Denver and Salt Lake Railroad. At
8 p. m. on Friday. February is, 1927,
President Coolidge pressed a key in
the White House to explode a charge
that removed the last barrier be.
tween the east and west headings Of
he bore.
Q. Who designed the insignia of
he United States Engineers!
A. Lewis du Portal. a French
nan who was first Chief of the
United States Engineer Corps. He
modelled it from the French insis-
liza.
Q. How many stenographers and
ypists are there in the United
States?
A. According to the last Census
here were 615,154.
Q. What are the physical re.
lutrements for enlistment in the
J. 8. Marines?
A. An applicant must not be less
han five feet four inches, nor moro
han six feet two inches in height:
Weigh not less than 1913 pounds nor
more than $40 pounds and be not
ess than IS nor more than 10 years
Il age to enlist as a private. II I'M
Ter II years OF age he must have
he consent of his parents.
9. What is the meaning and
English form Of the Greek name
iieronymus?
A. 1t is from two Greek words
meaning sacred name" The Eng
ish form OF the name is Jerome.
Q. What was the total number
Il fights won by John L. Sullivan?
A. His record shows that he won
total OF 50 fights. Starting In Sep
ember 1888. Sullivan made a tour
4 the United States, lasting nine
Months, during which he offered
New Britain herald., 1927-07-02
HONESTY AT NORTHWESTERN

Evanston, Ill.-The campus hon
esty reporter" on Northwestern Uni
versity's student publication has
found that from 20 to 50 towels are
"swiped" daily or slowed away in
lockers at PAtten gymnasium. They
represent q loss OF SIS to $3.50
daily.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-02
rigid DISCIPLINE
IN RADIO STUDIO
Stall and Entertainers Have No
Time Tor PlayfQln6s

Many New Britain people A.,
familiar with the routine at broad
casting stations. but the great ma
Jortty, while In tsuoh with rAdt,
nightly through their receiving sets
have no idea OF how programs u,
presented Or how the artist fssls OF
first appearance before the micro
phone.
There 10 . SlAmor which surround
radio station, similar to that which
surrounds the unknown land beh,nt
the footiishts. For some tina,
slamor never abateA while others
when they At last have 4 chance tt
push aside the curtain which sop.
asates the life OF the stass Or the
broAdcasttng station from the ever,
day routine Of things. IND there l,
no glamor-merely business and
hard work.
The imaginative person can weave
romance about the voices and music
coming out Of the night from sta
tionB perhaps Thousands Of miles
away. People from another sphere.
they believe. But they arr not. They
are people who have their days
work to DO. Just ~ has the person
in the moro ordinary walks Of life.
BroAdcastins' 10 their business and
they regard It ~ such.
Come behind tho scenes while q
program IL being presented. 1t
might be well to select New Brit
ain organization and watch 1t a. 1t
performs before the microphone.
The Trinity BaechanAlian dance Or
chestra, an organization which
works weekly At VITO, Hartford, is
d New Britain group. 70 Wen watch
them as they work.
The WTIC studios are located on
the sixth floor OF the Grove street
building and. while visitors are well
come during the day, it Is we'll nigh
impossible to get past the door
keeper without . pass during broad
casting hours. 80, Of course. the
have passes The 10
musicians IN the organization arrive
at the studio at o'clock for their
regular TUESDAY evening broedcast
ana a. they enter the reception room
they are welcomed, perhaps BY
Hanford Billings. the studio man
ager, or by Walter johnson, the an
nouncer VINO handles that orcnes-
tfa.s programs over the ar
Inc nano goes lh1p one OF tne
Two STUDIOS AT he statlon ana pro-
ceeds to set up" tho instruments.
The set up" before the microphone
10 highly important some instru-
ments reproduce well, while others.
especially tho wind instruments do
not take so well over the air. As q
result, tho latter get tAe preference
in front of the mike.
The three saxophones are placed
near the micrsphone. The piano is
also prominently positioned, The
bass viol player stands close, too.
The violin. of necessity Is at the
front OF the microphone. The banjo
/. n,aced mute a distance ia the rear.
aay ten Or twelve feet and the trum-
net uet. met a. fsr av.v .. n can
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sary a far large number of cruisers
than are needed by the United States.
With regard to submarines, the
British at the Washington arms con.
ference proposed that the undersea
craft be done away with entirely.
This was not long after Britain's ax.
perience with the submarine campafsn
against her commerce and her navy
by the Germans. France would agree
to no such proposal, nor at that time
would the United States or Japan.
Now the British would limit the num-
Der and size OF submarines strictly
and have the submarines cruising
radius SO curtailed as to be merely a
defensive weapon.
IT such a program of naval limita-
ton. were undertaken, where would
the United States find itself? The
United States at the last naval con-
ference abandoned g. building pro.
gram that would have made the
American Navy the greatest the world
had ever seen. 1t behooves this Gov.
eminent to see that the naval power
Of the United States does not sink
below that Of the other great mari
time nations.
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The Naval Conference.

JapanS acceptance and assurance
that Great Britain will send a favor
able reply to President Coolidge's
naval limitation proposal should be
heartening to the administration. The
wet blanket thrown on the proposal by
France and Italy is naturally disap-
pointment. II the United States.
Great Britain and Japan, however,
could arrive at an agreement which
would eliminate the naval building
race which now threatens, the Presi.
dent would not have acted in vain.
Furthermore, there is the chance that
if these three great naval powers are
found acting together at the prepare.
tory arms conference in Geneva, to be
resumed under the auspices of the
League Of Nations in March, France
and Italy may yet be prevailed upon
TO go along. Admittedly, this Is a
hope rather than a forecast, however.
The British admiralty, according to
| reports received here, Is putting for
| ward a suggestion to the British cab
| met, however, which will bear some
scrutiny by the United States before
| it is accepted. 1t is that the battle.
ship shall be eliminated. that cruisers
| shall be limited to 10000 tons, that
| there should be no restriction on
| cruisers OF 5000 tons or less or on
destroyers, and that there should be
| strict limitations on submarines.
| 1t is not unnatural that the British
should put forward suggestions foi
naval limitation that fit in with their
| own problem of national defense. But
| the United States, in reaching any
| agreement for further naval limita
| ton. should also bear in mind it's owr
1 necessities. The United States ant
Great Britain. under the Washington
treaty, are to be equal in capital shir
strength. Now the British are sue
costing that the capital ships BIZ
thrown into the discard. The British
are so far superior to the United
States in cruiser strength today tina,
there Is no comparison. 1t is unlikel,
the British will agree to scrap any o.
their cruisers. Indeed. they maintain
that their far.fung dominions ant
possessions and their need of com
munications at all times make neces
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The Wonders of the Age.

Since man invented wireless there
have been many occasions when life
itself depended upon the proper recep-
ton of the tiny impulses which are
broadcast through the air. Trans
atlantic liners have been wrecked,
Great Lakes boats caught in the ice
and villages in the Far North isolated
bv heavy storms. In each of these
cases the thread which bound the I'M
fortunate humans to civilization was
the wireless. Without it many thou
sands would perish before aid could
reach them,
Now zones the story of a seaman
on freighter in midocean. who.
thanks to the efficiency of the wire
less, was saved from the loss Of sight
OF an eye. The captain of the Ameri-
can Banker received a message on
February IL from the Tomalva asking
advice in the treatment of one of the
crew for an eye injury from piece of
a steel drill. On board the American
Banker was a ships surgeon who had
studied at Johns Hopkins in Balti
more. Instructions for the treatment
were Immediately wirelessed and
realizing the seriousness of the case
tho surgeon also sent minute instruc
lions through the air for the construc
ton of an ro'magnet to be used ir
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The Boulder Dam Filibuster,

A short session" without a Senate
hlibuster would be Hamlet" with
Hamlet left out. Just when it ap.
peared that the present session would
pass into history with an unusual rec.
ord OF accomplishment, in comparative
peace. a monkey -wrench was thrown
into the smoothly running machinery.
The Johnson.Swing Boulder Dam bill
caused the trouble.
This measure, which is designed to
| harness the flood waters of the great
| and unruly Colorado River, has VIC
lent opposition in Arizona. Utah and
Colorado. That it would pass if al
| lowed to come to a vote in the Senate
| is the belief of those supporting the
bill. Certainly if the opposition felt
they could defeat the bill, there would
be little excuse for the obstructive tao
tics which forced the Senate to an
all-night session.
Arizona believes that the terms of
the bill are unfair to that State Great
power interests, too, are fighting the
measure. it is declared. For the
Boulder Dam bill provides for the con-
struction by the Government of a
plant that will develop an enormous
hydroelectric plant and provide for it's
distribution through lease.
California, on the other hand, sees
in the measure the Towering of desert
lands and the safety of Imperial Val
ley, which is now constantly menaced
by an overflow of the Colorado. Sena-
tor Hiram Johnson, co-author of the
bill and leader of the fight in the Sen
ate to bring about it's passage, has
declared that unless the bill is put
through, hundreds of lives may be
wiped out in California
The problem of the Colorado River
has been the subject of study for
years. Government engineers and
committees of Congress have made re.
peated reports. Seven States are in
terested in the waters of the river.
Finally an interstate agreement was
entered into. But Arizona was not
satisfied, and still another State has
indicated its unwillingness to abide by
the agreement. The Federal Govern
ment has been called upon to act. in
the Johnson-Swing bill, in order to
bring at last some action.
The filibuster in the Senate empha-
sizes again the impotence of ma
jority during a short session. Only
by a two-thirds vote can cloture be
imposed, as it was on the banking bill
recently. If Senator Johnson and his
group supporting the Boulder Dam
bill can keep 1t constantly before the
Senate until it's opponents. exhausted,
quit the debate and permit a vote, it
may pass. Only by such show of
physical force, however, can the
greatest deliberative body in the
world" at this stage of it's proceedings
be compelled to give majority
its way.
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Restoring a Venerable Church.

The recent observance of Washing
tons birthday calls attention to a
movement now afoot which Is mex
tricSbly bound up with his memory
and which, although originating and
progressing in another city, has tran
scended its bounds to interest many
outsiders, and particularly those who
reside in the Capital City which is his
namesake. This is the campaign to
raise $4,000 for the restoration of the
historic "Old First" PRESBYTERIAN
Church of Alexandria, Va, together
with its burying ground in which
twenty different OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
fraternal. patriotic, Masonic, benev.
olent and racial-are cooperating. A
special committee of the Sons of the
Revolution is working in the District
of Columbia with these Alexandria
bodies.
What remains of the edifce, which
was begun two years. before the sign.
ing of the Declaration of independence
and which was founded by Scottish
Covenanters stands on South Fairfax
street, named in honor of that Lord
Fairfax who was George Washington
friend and benefactor. Even though
Alexandria strongly sympathized with
and as Virginia soil was part of the
South during the troubled time of the
Civil War, the church membership ad-
hered to the Northern Assembly and
eventually, in 1886, expired as an &C.
tive church body. Today. however,
members of this faith residing there
are waging a vigorous campaign both
in northern and southern quarters to
restore the old structure. not alone
because of it's historic interest, but as
a symbol of renewed accord between
North and South.
In this building it was that the AL
exandria Lodge of Masons, over which
the Father of His Country presided as
worshipful master, held its first re-
ligious ceremony, and there Washing
ton, in his official capacity, attended,
on similar occasions in the years fol.
lowing. In this building was held one
of the earliest. if not the earliest, cele-
brations of his birthday. that of Feb.
ruary %, 1900.
In the adjoining graveyard lie fellow
Masons. personal friends and contem-
poraries Of the First President. Their
last resting places are in many cases
sadly neglected. Therein repose the
mortal remains of that DIR. James
Craik who eased the dying hero's last
moments and who later closed the
eyes of his devoted wife. There lie
Col. Dennis Ramsay, his personal
friend; Rev, DIR. James Muir, who Of
ficiated at his funeral; Maj John Car
lyle. Braddock's quartermaster gem
eral.
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King George Tells
Secret of Bouquet

King George, who is not usually as
ISOLATED with sartorial innovation, has
revealed how he keeps his inevitable
button hole in place. When he ar
rived in town from his country palace
at Sandringham. in order to say fare
well to the Duke and Duchess Of York
before their world cruise, he wore a
bunch of violets-most difficult of all
flowers to wear neatly.
1t was the Prince Of Wales who
asked his father how he managed 1t
at a public banquet the Prince had
explained that he was never able to
wear a buttonhole. because it ruined
the Iapels of his tail coats. This was
the advice his father gave him: Never
use pin; 1t disfigures the cloth. Have
q small strip of elastic sewn under.
meath the lapel just below the hole.
The stem of the flower is pushed be-
tween the cloth and the elastic, and
is gripped there. Now the young men
of London wonder which particular
flower the Prince will adopt.
King George favors carnations, gar
denias and rare flower called white
pearl"
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the operation. Several hours later the
Tomalva reported that instructions
had been carried out and the treat
ment was a complete success.
I. Is hard to attain the proper de-
gree OF appreciation for the wonders
of the age. The present generation is
too close to ii all. We pick up the
telephone and talk to friend across
the sea; we can pull out a small
switch on the radio and listen COM
fortab1y in our living room to music
played in Chicago; we casually get
into an airplane which takes us in rec.
ord time To our destination. and
through the cable and radio served
newspapers we are enabled to learn
of happenings in far.off China almost
as soon as they occur. Yet we regard
these things as commonplace. Truly
we lack appreciation for the marveIs
that make our lives more comfortable
and that are agents for the preserva-
ton OF life when we are in distress.
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Condemns Traffic Plan.
Two-Way Passing Cited as Offer.
ing Many Dangers.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
l wish to protest against the pro-
posed two-way passing of autos as
likely to result in a multiplication of
accidents and source of great confu-
sion.
The established custom in all parts
of the country is to pull to the right
on meeting a car or giving room to
an overtaking car. When a horn
sounds, the first instructive action of
a driver is to veer to the right.
If changed, when a horn sounds be.
hind there is no way to determine If
the driver means to pass to right or to
left. Lack of room to pass and re-
sulting confusion would lead to an in
creased number Of accidents. Cases
might occur of cars trying to pass on
both sides at the same time. At pres
emit most streets contain many parked
cars. The next line of traffic to them
is the slow-moving line-busses stop
ping for passengers. loaded trucks,
autos seeking parking places. autos
double-parking to allow passengers to
alight. etc. The fast line of traffic at
present is toward the center of the
street, which seems normal and cor
rect. To shift this and throw a stream
of fast traffic next to the parked cars
and the slow traffic to the middle of
the street would cause endless confu-
sion and danger.
Many accidents now occur from
cars trying to pass on the left as the
driver ahead starts to make a left
turn. There is no arm signal in the
District at present TO distinguish a
left turn from a right turn. To allow
cars to overtake and pass on either
side would increase the accidents due
en- xssrr 1T nv.
left is under way.
Opinion seems to be that most acci
dents result from violations of the
traffic regulations. To give the speed
ster more liberty by two-way passing
would create an appalling and chaotic
traffic situation.
w. II. CRISWELL.
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THIS AND THAT


| cheapness. And cheapness means
stultifying satisfaction with less than
| the best.
| On every hand one is assailed by
| the appeal for the consideration or
books, music, groceries and everything
| else which are not as good as they
| might be, not as good as they ought
| to be. not as good as the makers might
| make them.
A path of least resistance has been
| followed, based on the knowledge that
| large numbers of the populace Will be
| perfectly satisfied, never having
known anything better.
Must those who do know something
| better be satisfied with the result?
They must not,
| Here is where the danger of snob-
berry comes in The love for the bet
| ter and the best, in all walks OF life.
must not be combined with contempt
| for those who know no better, but
simply must be taken by itself and for
| itself. without any reflections upon
| others.
This is a large world. and there
| must be different qualities in all
| things, including men and women. 1t
| is possible to stick strenuously to the
| best without in any way Sneering at
| those who possess what one may prop
| erly call lesser tastes. (Only do not
| let them hear you talk about lesser
| tastes!)
| The mob spirit prevails even when
cultured men get together, to the en-
| tent of combining their conversation to
| trivialities.
| The pressure upon the educated to
| use vulgarisms of speech Is tremen-
dous. 1t is practically impossible not
to fall for them. Yet a real re-
| sistance should be put up, If one
| wants to remain true to ideals.
Ideals seem to be going out of
| fashion. Or Is one just getting old?
| Every generation has to go through
| the same process, feel the fattening
pressure Of vulgarity from all sides,
| see the disappearance of ideals at the
| reckoning of expediency.
| Perhaps the reason so many elderly
| men look sad Is simply because they
have watched the vanishing Of their
| own ideals and most of those Of their
| companions.
The high ideals of youth! How they
| have been sung in song, and told in
story. with the enthusiastic response
of every generation.
The high-minded young man or
educational process, frownS upon the
lack of refinement of the common
herd or crowd" He actually with
stands the battering ram of vulgarity
| much better than he is given credit
for doing.
He grows up, he begins to make
, living. Then he sees with sadness
things he never noticed before. He
sees men complaining of their unhap-
piness, who have unblushingly given
away their dearest ideals, those ideals
which make happiness,
How can one without ideals be
happy? If getting power and place
means giving up the best one knows,
and succumbing to the pressure of the
low, it is a power and place too
dearly won.
Guard well your ideals. if you value
a life free from vulgarity, that dead
ening influence of those who could
not and cannot help themselves.