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New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
Through fife Static

A very good night. Thank you, and We wish you the same. Come over and see us some time. Well, to sum up conditions, there was static in large gobs, not to say quantities. but the funny thing about it was that this static was not of the variety, and We might say type, that bothers or interferes in the least. It had It's fun and didn't trouble anyone. Vol ume was tremendously heavy and we found the greatest difficulty com ing from interstation interference, that old bugaboo
 Vincent Perry, Cleveland's s ace or ganist, offered program of the more solemn type of music at 7:45 o'clock. He played Lead Kindly Light and Abide With Me-" to say nothing of several others before we arrived. We like to hear that fellow at the console.
 Martin Shank at WICK, Detroit, sang Danny Deever' and in spite of the fact that We know the num- Der backwards, we enjoyed the shivers winch it's rendition caused to chase up and down our vertebrae. Ferra, yerra crispy.
 
 Over XIV, Chicago. which came through louder than we had heard it previously, We heard part of the WIZ chain program. Albert Spauld- ing, violinist, played "On Wings of
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
N. ]. MAYOR FACES
 TERM IN ATLANTA
WiSsel of EdgeWater and Three
 Cops Held in Rum Case

New York, Feb. Rl-The mayor of New Jersey town, his chief of police and two of the towns detec- tiyes today face possible penitentiary sentences for their part in the s2,- 000,000 rum-running conspiracy of the steamship Eker,
 Fourteen persons, including Mayor Henry Wissel, of Edgewater. last night were found guilty by federal court jury of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law.
 Wissel, his police chief and detec tives who were charged with ac- cepting S43, ,000 in bribes to insure landing of the liquor in Edgewater, will be sentenced Wednesday. The maximum penalty is two years in the Atlanta penitentiary and S1O,o00 fine. Their fellow conspirators were sentenced last night, the heaviest punishment doled to any one being a year and a day at Atlanta
 Four others, who had pleaded guilty, likewise face maximum pen alties of two years and S1,000 fines.
 Edgewater is a small New Jersey town lying across the Hudson from upper Manhattan. Last April the steamship Eker was seized in the Hudson off Ionters, ; nd a mencr- andum book said to contain th- names of Edgewater officials was found on board. Investigation re- vealed that S4S,000 in bribes had been paid for the privilege of land- ing liquor in an Edgewater boat re- pair yard.
 Alexander F. F'lannery and .ld ward Pickering. two Edgewater de- tectives, were charged with having guarded this unloading of the Eker at Edgewater.
 The captain Of the vessel, besides being charged with liquor smuggling conspiracy, was said to have 'Shanghaied' a Negro constable from the Bahamas. For this he has -ince been sentenced to IS months i'm prisonment here.
 On December A thirty-three per sons, including Wissel and his police officers, were indicted. Many of these have not been caught to be brought to trial.
 When the triad began Feb. three of the alleged conspirators, Cecil Kinder and De Witt Turner of Chi eago, and Maurice Borden, f Providence, F. l.. pleaded guilty. A fourth, Clifford Kinder, walked into the federal building the second day of the trial, gave himself up and pleaded guilty. All testified for the government.
 Turner said he had paid Mayor Wissel S22,500 and given him zoo cases of whiskey and 5 cases of all cohol. Incidentally he revealed that Cecil Kinder had told him tank cars like those of the Standard Oil Company had been built to take liquor to Chicago.
 Cecil Kinder swore he had paid James A. Dinan, the Edgewater O. lice chief, SS.500. Clifford Kinder contemptuously referred to Mayor Wissel as not having the Courage of his corruption" and went on to
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
City Advertisement

Notice is hereby given that hear ing will be held before the Board of
 Public Works, City of New Britain,
 Room 307, City Hall, at 7:30 p. m.,
 Tuesday. February s. 1927, relative
 to renumbering of the following accordance with resolution of the Common Council, Items 45 and 46, Minutes of December 18th, 1926, and effective April 1st, 1927.
 1. High Street Extension (Moffitt Street.. 2. Norton Road. (East fork of Slater Roadl.
 3. Francis Street, including DOT tion of Lake Boulevard. 4. Portion of Lake Boulevard to
 be part of Sc!ton Drive. 5. Stratford Road including Euclid Avenue. $. RoSbury Road, including Chester Place. 7. Short Street, including portion of West Street. , &. Peck Street formerly portion of West Street. 9. Park Boulevard. to be part of
 Eddy Glover Boulevard. All persons interested are request ed to be present at said hearing, if
 they see cause. and be heard in rela ton to the above BOARD OF DI7RJJC Nr0PISc G. H. Johnson.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05

ity and will sing-or talk-'I'm the Guy" and we'll gamble you'll agree he is 'the guy' at the conclusion of his offering. Jim IS a fellow who could always provoke a laugh in ones saddest moment. and he'll prove that he hasn't lost any of his old-time ability as he warbles through Nobody" his choice bit in days of yore.
 A full attendance at rehearsal Thursday night gave critics present opportunity to express fair opinion as to how the show is coming off, and if their compliments count for aught. the performance is going over the top with bang. We ad- wise you to keep one of these two dates open if you are in the market for blues chasing entertainment.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05

tell of paying $3,000, of 75 cents 8 case, to Eustace R. Smith. part own- CT of the Edgewater repair yard.
 Max D. Steuer, chief defense counsel, rested the case yesterday after calling a number of character witnesses for Mayor Wissel. Both defense and government counsel. Assistant U. S. Attorney Herman T. Stichman, waived summations of their cases.
 The iury's verdict was returned after three ballots.
 There were three counts in the in- dictment against the conspirators. They were found not guilty on the first two. The count on which they were convicted charged conspiracy to facilitated the concealment an transportation of liquor.
 Those sentenced last night by Judge Isaac c. Meekins. of Elill- beth City, N. C.. the trial judge, are Edward R. Ritz, a custom inspector, of Union City, N, J.. Paul Demon treaux. James Baldwin and Eustace R. Smith, owners of the Edgewater Boat Repair yard where liquor was landed from the Eker; and six mem- hers of the Eker's crew. John Campbell, Henry Ennis. Archibald Mcdonald, John Shevlin, James Smith and James Thompson.
 Demontreaux and Baldwin receiv- ed suspended sentences of year and day at Atlanta and were paroled for two years. Eustace R.. Smith was fined s1.000. The crew members were each given the year and a day sentence, provided they are in this country on June 1. They testified they are not American citizens.
 Two of the alleged conspirators were acquitted. They are John J.. Lowery, Ne V York police sergeant of the marine division, and Henry Gertheur. Evidence against them was deemed inconclUsive.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05

Rouget is q wealthy bachelor and l'now in his dotage, and has come un- der the domineering influence of Flora Brazier, whom he took from the streets in her babyhood and who now has designs on his fortune. All is going smoothly for Mme. Flora, when Philippe Brideau arrives on the scene. He sets himself to over throw the plots of Flora and to pre- serve the honor of the family, and incidentally to keep the fortune in such shape that his immediate branch of the family will profit by it.
 The leading lady is Jesse Royce Landis.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
Otis Skinner Coming to Parsons

Otis Skinner comes to Parsons theater for three nights and a Satur- day matinee, beginning Thursday, February 10, in "The Honor of the Family" a play in four acts, after Balzac's romance "Menage de Gar con-" adapted for it's present use by Paul NJ. Potter. It was done in French by Emile Fabre. under the title of La Robouilleuse," Mr. Skin ner, in the role of Colonel Philippe Brideau. is represented as the hero of countless fights, and the wearer of a medal for bravery received from Napoleon. The colonel is a strong, dominant personality who carries out to successful execution, at every cost, whatever he plans to do. This is the story: Jean-Jacques Rouget, an el- derly Frenchman, is living in a small town not far from Paris, in 1924.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05

Song" Code and static didn't have a chance.
 From WHAS, Louisville, which closing number on the WIZ program of which we heard part from XIV. The selection was by John Charles Thomas, baritone, and he sang Abide With Me-" with organ accompaniment. At the conclusion Of the program WHAS signed off
 WMBF, Miami Beach. was very loud and very muddy. In fact it sounded terrible most of the time. The Fleetwood orchestra played T Can't Get Over Girl Like You Low ing a Boy Like Me-" and we must confess that we have heard 1t played much better. WMBF doesn't seem to have it's old pep, for some reason or other.
 Say, If you want to hear good mu- sic for a change sometime. tune in on WEBH. Chicago, when the h. diana Male quartet is scheduled to make an appearance. Last night this group sounded perfect, aided by ex- cellent transmission and heavy vol ume. This group corresponds to the Colonial Male quartet. popular WT1C
 
 numbers we were privileged to hear. At Dawning," Mary Lou" and ITO Wild Rose"
 WIS, Chicago, came brow-beating it's way in and we got interested in the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet" The program took place in the studio and symphony orches- tra accompanied. The parts were we'll taken and we had no difficulty in understanding what was going on.
 We had nice game of hide and seek as We tried to listen to WMSG, New York, and at the same time fight off WPG. Atlantic City; VILE, Chicago, and kDkA. Pittsburgh. We were successful for a while and we heard a prize fight from Madison Square Garden between two babies glorying in the names of Rosenberg and Graham. We heard that seeking match up to the 11th round, when we lost to KDKA. The station took advantage of our good nature, the big bully. We were mildly interested in the fight and we were anXiously awaiting a whirlwmd finish. There was one.
 We struck woe, Davenport, just as Dr. B. J. Palmer was concluding an interesting talk on Abraham Lin- coin, The station tore the silk cover ing off the outside of the loud speak CT, It was that loud. At the close Of the talk the announcer made several statements as to coming events, fol- lowing which the station signed offtf.
 
 Then, not to be outdone, We went over to WOW, Omaha, which was ever so much louder than WNfC, which has the same waveiength early in the evening. An organ re- cital by Henry Thornton from the Scottish Rites Cathedral came through deep and loud. Are You In Love With Someone Else" was the number we heard.
 WCCO, Minneapolis, offered so- prano soloist, but we didn't wait Tor titles. The station was unusually loud.
 That's all for today, thanks!
 P. F. L.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05

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New Britain herald., 1927-02-05

junction with the ceremonies mark ing the opening of the new club house, one of the best in New Eng
 land, if not the best, and will afford opportunity to the general public to inspect the structure and be pleas antly entertained at the same time Dancing will follow the minstrel show and Lynch's orchestra will fur nish the inspiration.
 We present herewith the likenesses of two old-time mirth- makers, John r. Callahan and James F. Moore, who will cavort before the footlights once more on these evenings. Jack is well known for his histrionic abil-
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05

Arnaut and Brothers; Phoebe White side and Co. and Burt and Lehman.
 The feature attraction for next Thursday with the new vaudeville Johnny Get Your Hair Cut" This will be the first Connecticut showing of Coogans latest picture.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
AUTOMOTIvE
Auto and Truck Agencies

Auto and Truck Agencies 6 BUICK MOTOR CARs-sales and serv- Ice. Capitol Buick Co.,. ls3 Arch St. Phone 26o7.
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New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
TABS oLD-TIME MINISTRIES

Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, February Is and Is. will be gala ones in the history of local min strelsy when the Old Timers, an ag- gregation of entertainers of former years, will strut their stun in the auditorium of the Y. NJ. T. A. & B. society's new s1So,o0o building. The performance will be given in con-
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
STILL ExPLoDEs. MAN kurEn

AAA AoDLoy MAN KILLED
 Natick, Mass. Feb. 5 (UP)-Vito Caruso of Boston died in a hospital here shortly before midnight from burns received when a 5O0-eallon still exploded late Friday in a local lodging house.
 Jasper Rizzo and Joseph Guilardo both of Boston, also were painfully burned. but will recover. The Wilson house, four-story structure on Summer street, was partly wrecked by the blast, which caused $35,000 damage.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
THUNDERSTORM IN VERMONT

HUNDERSIORM IN VERMONT Montpelier, Vt.. Feb. 5 R>-Freak weather brought reports from sev- eral persons In this district yester- day Of a thunderstorm. Last night
 the thermometer had fallen to zero but weather fans said they saw lightning early today and heard the
 roll of thunder.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
Japan Makes Movies
 To Attract Tourists

Tokyo, Oct. %. fPl-The Japanese railway department Is constructing a large moving picture studio for making films which it hopes will induce American tourists 10 come 10 Japan. The department has all ready "shot" about 15o reels of scenic pictures which are to be distributed abroad.
 While Japan has as much beau tiful scenery and interesting his torical spots as any other country, the principal tourist handicap is the lack of modern and con- fortahle hotel accomm odations throughout the country There are only two or three really good ho- tels in the Empire and tourists en- counter numerous inconveniences in travelling
 The Japanese Hotel associate however, will attempt in the near future 10 remedy these conditions and moving pictures are to be one of the principal methods in spread ing the good news abroad.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
SIX DAY BIKE RACE
Iron Man" MCNamara and Walker Are Leading Jn Chicago Track Event.

Chicago, Oct. c5 tPt-Recgle Me Namara. the Iron Man" Of the six day bicycle riders, and Cecil Walk or the all-around champion of Am erica, took the lead in the six day race here tonight one lap ahead of the second place team of Otto Petri, Germany. and Norman Hill. Califor- nia. Heading the third division, two laps back of the leaders, were Tony R"ckman and Charley Winter, and Franco Georgetti and Bobby Wal thour Jr. Seventeen laps were gained during the nights jams, May or William Hale Thompson was among those offering $50 for a one mile sprint. and McNamara carried off the mayors prize. The standing Of the teams al lo o'clock last night follows:
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
BOYS TO BE GUESTS
Legion Auxiliary Plans to Entertain Winning Ball Team Tonight in Legion Rooms.

Fifteen members of th" state chant piouship American Legion baseball team will be the guests of tn" auxiliary 10 the E1dy-GIuVer post American Legion, at han- quot which wilt be held iu the L"- zion rooms on Washing'o on street this evening at o'clock.
 The members will be presented with medals by Kenneth Kramer. state commander, and he will give a short talk as will Harry Jackson. national committeeman: JIoWarI Timbrell. team manager, and Law renee Mangan, team coach.
 The boys ar" Captain John Bud ganSki. second base; Anthony Gar TO, catcher; Nathan Iipman. catch cr:Otto Cammetiz, stanley rartyka and Isador" Cohen, pitchers; Frank Xaloski. first base; Walter Sh"ro- Wicz. John Zuzho Liardi, Chotkow- ski, Truman, Gilla, Weston and RuStr"n.
 All uniforms and other equip mant which is now in in" posses sion or th" players is to Inc turn'I in 10 th" mama cement tonight
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
WHY LETTER " IS
 USED FREQUENTLY
Western Stations Likewise Use
 Call K

Washington, Oct. c6 LP> - Origin or the call-letter system for radio has interested many fans. judging rom inquiries received by the de- partment of commerce.
 When radio was In it's infancy the department assigned K" as a call letter for the Pacific coast stations and "W' for the eastern stations. After the opening of the Panama canal this was discontinued, but when broadcasting started the prac- tice was resumed.
 kDkA at Pittsburgh is an eycep- ton, being the first broadcastinr station in the world for entertain- nent. It was allowed 10 retain it's original call for traditional reasons when the department Of commerce started assigning calls.
 K and "W" predomnate as first letters because the United States was assigned these and IN" by the International Bureau Of the Tele- graphic Union at Berne, Switzerland, in accordance with the 1912 agree ment
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
GREAT STONE FACE
 HAS DEFENDERS
New Hampshire Landmark to
 Be in Public Park

Concord, Y. H., Oct 25. lPl-A threat of despoilment has brought lovers of nature to the rescue of the Great Stone Face, age-oid sculpture Of nature made famous by Haw- thorne, Lowell and Webster.
 The movement of lumbermen to- ward the wooded slopes Of Fran conia Notch, above which the Old Man Of the Mountain keeps his lone watch from lofty bluff, and the possibility that quarrymen might come to blast granite from the mountain walls near the land mark, have hean checked by steps 10 purchase and set aside for the public 5000 acres of forest land in the Notch surrounding the Great Stone Face.
 In the effort are allied the state of New Hampshire, the Society for Protection of New Hampshlre For ests, the American Nature associa- ton and numerous individuals. The state has appropriated s200,o00 of the s500,00 asked for the land; James J. Sorrow. late Boston banker, left another s100,00o for the fund, and q nation wide cam paign Is in progress to obtain s100,000 from private contributors, each of whom is offered opportu- nifty 10 name 3 forest tree in the region. The other stoO.oN0 would he paid out of revenue on conces- sions.
 Acquisition of the region for preserve will prevent the denud- ing of Its hillsides. and will avert danger of displacement of any part of the profile of the Great Stone Face from the blasts of quarrymen.
 It was in 1895 that workmen building the first rough road through Franconia notch discov- cred the Great Stone Face tower ing 1900 feet above them. Later Hawthorne. in his story ''The Great Stone Face" wrote: Tt seems as if an enormous giant or Titan had sculptured his own like ness on the precipice. Its fast lips, if they could have spoken, would have rolled their thunder ac- cents from one end of the valley to the other"
 Daniel Webster, native Of the vicinity, said: Up in the moun- tains of New Hampshire. God AL mighty has hung out a sign to show that there he makes men"
 Close to the Face are the Plume, great Chasm in the ranite wall of the Notch; the Pool. Echo lake and Profile lake: and, high on Mount Cannon, Lonesome lake.
 In the nationwide appeal for aid in preserving the famous profile, one of the first 70 respond vas
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

Ky the Associated Press
 New Gork-Tony Canzoneri, Brooklyn, defeated Johnny Dundee, 05). Lew Perfetti. New York. out pointed Vic Burrone. New York. tS. Benny Schwartz. Baltimore won from Johnny Erickson. New York, (s. Andy Martin, Boston, de f"ated Henry De Wenker, France, (S).
 Philadelphia - Billy Wallace. Cleveland, defeated Tommy Murphy, Trenton. N. j.. G0). Harry Bit man, Philadelphia, knocked out Al Corbett, Cleveland, CD. Phil Tobias. New York, outpointed Jimmy Flores. Philippines, l6).
 Scranton. Pa.-Johnny Haystack. Finghamton, \. Y,. defeated Tille (kid) Herman, Scranton, GO. North Bergen, N. J.--Rat'ting Levin sky knocked out Ted Jackson, Ohio tNtSlct Nft.
 Buffalo, x. Y.--Freddio Mueller, Buffalo, defeated Jimmy Goodrich. G0).
 Pittsburgh--Phil Goldstein, New York, and Tommy Crowley, Pitts burgh, draw, (S). Young Sailor, Charleroi, Pa, outpointed Teddy Esterbrook, Mics, O.. (D.
 Baltimore--Bobhy Garcia Balti- more. won by q technical knockout from Marty Silvers New York, (S).
 Trenton. x. J.-Pete Ncbo, Semi noIe Indian, defeated Hubert Cillis, Iolgirim. GO). Charlie Desm,l, Bel gium, outpointe1 Carmen Spa gnolia, Italy. (S,
 JaneSvIlle, Wis.--pete ErosS, III, knocked out Jack Heineman, Milwaukee. co. Sammy Paris, Rockford, and Billy Knowles, Chicago. draw, GO.
 Tulsa. Okla.--Sammy Manjell. Rockford, Ill.,, lightweight champion out "Wildcat" Monte, Drum wright, Okla, t3).