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Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
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BEATS PERRYVILLE SUTTON TOO MUCH
Holds Over the Top to One
 Lone Hit and Wins 5 to

Oyer tbe Top Has defeated by ~#t- tla lat Hadaf at North GrH#se- dais by , re In game in which she visitor exceIled H all departments Toe chief factor u the sutton victory Haz the pitching If Steele The hak ers failed te hlt his delivery Lafan- safH tHe only aHe t# touch hIm for safe blow. single ta fight=in frg e.e6a inning Nome of the bakers Hers atle ta zeaeh iirzi uHt3l the xth. ben F. tHIerrl WAS safe oa an era rar through tH. bax Tho question now being s-sed s "H a0 Iz Steeles-' Com ing hnIe gnhl1ri of and going through
 aet HIi play af pitching caused much eammaHt aH the part af shc players and tH sHe B4t thirty hatg- men opposed h.n all IHH- 1He with ieve lf v ag aaf hE tHe zfFiEe#Hu u=.uHs
 For fHr HaEerz CaderEe pitched a nice game. alarHH 4 sHt Hss and h9tf9a a=af tHs= r4a Hef. earned 4u. entH and II EaeeHgIle f,atar I .r 5he field
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
BIC ATHLETIC MEET
Duwcll \. 4 Has Big Labor Day Card
 Al Norwich

Al Athletic Hast winch prHmH=e- to bc thr largest and most elaborate of H. kHd ever staged HH Eastern nuuectItut k helrR planned hF The DuWeH A. i af Norwich aH# Sew London County Agricultural sucIety tu take place af the Norwich kair. I.aGar Day. Sept -th According fu Che proposed plan ef these two or gaHIlatI8ns. il program of beId events closed to industrial organizations, military branches and playground cen ters will play the most important part of the days activities, with open A A J events. boxing and wrestling as added attractions.
 \ set 1f SIX or 'vght contests, to be named Iatef.- will be limited to the workers of the mills. factories and other industries in Eastern Conn. with un equal number of events eios- .ed to the military organizations, namely the Coast Guard. Navy and Marine Corps. and Army and Con necticut State Guardsmep, In the playground division the champion leans af Norwich. New London, Will limantIe. Putnam and other cities who support play centrrs will be invited tu compete for tbe. championship of Eastern Connecticut while the \. \ F. events will bc thrown open to ali registered athletes.
 Eaf each contest tHere=svlll be three individual pri1,s with palnt trophy n .llr IItlejuu- for the team SCOT nE fHl highest number af points
 Eg WriUEuF f5c events in The .l1aze fIaHe.i IzrIIlH ItIs felt lhsti .ina= competition HIli be fsttr tnt everyone. tt talH winch should result Ha t#s Hrle =ruttS #tnmmltfgr t0 Htudia each branch tEiRg hetn ap r0HftI auH invitations 1ra noN be- ue au ta tHe Iudu. tElHI ap military organizations plyrt1uu rcnterS fH the eastern -rctun uf th, state. and tl the athletic otgauiza toHs throughout Connecticut
 The athletic program, W1ll be stage, between the hours 0f 10 and clock and will support addiuuua ftalures which will occupy the re mainder of the day Immediately after the athletic events. there Nll be Che unveiing of monument on the grounds marking the spot wher, the Mohegan and Narragausett In dians fought one of Che hlodiest bat ties of history
 Probably the biggest attraction of th, day activities which will occupy tn, latter part of the afternoon and th, evening will be a monster pageant portrnying the Battle of the Big platn to be produced by the John R Roger Producing Company. with a cast e' over 800 people Throughout th0 day. tribes of Mohegan Indian, wil be located en the grounds engaged HI the carrying out of their annual corr festival
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
SOX TAKE SECOND
 GAME FROM GUARD
NutrneRers Beat Rum Chasers By Narrow MarRin.-Only
 One Error
soeony Plays Return Engagement
 Next Sunday

The Sfk s6t were victorious u- the strong Coast Guard tea# for fhc er0ud time thIs Fearz As iu the first game af Neg London t#e silkies won by one point mu gin Though euthit the Putnam f@m was wIde awake and t59k adVaaiafe of the breaks af the game
 The rum eHaser had 'Ho big in- nings. namely the tHIrd and the ninth h the thIrH Lasa..ee weaken ed allowing the opPaHeHt i* hit af8 five runs tHtfFeF pitched tHe #ntHs buf going a eHI8 a hea al# had tfaH= hle In finding tae pi4fe- H. walk ed the first tF8 men. tHeH tha nez# two Hft safely and tWe runs came Herosz the plate
 Chapman and Mesa starred H-H the bat, getting dxe hits between them Chapman accounted for four Of their ruHs by driving out snRle double. and triple Niduer pitched T good game. allowing only sis hits and striking out sesen.
 The SHE Sox played fine defcn- sive game. making only oHe error Rose Tatr7 played hs usual peefacu- lar game in leff field In the ninth with tWo men 8n bases. JatEo ran iH behind shuristop to make shoestrinz catch of Milasek's line drive. enls for the thrd inning Lavallee pitched "A good game. allowing just one hit after that inning.
 The score
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
Pomfret Town Team Plays Fine Game In Hard-Fought
 Contest.

With g large following af raHfars aH thr .danua hoping that their faEar= ices would come through. FerrFfI.Ie A C coud nat deliver the punch in It. game e4fH Pamfrt at FamfFet l8-t Sunday ff va Hell l-Hiaf-d caHfe t samffet having the lone end ef tHe 4 ta core.
 F,rrsuile broke tHe iee IH tbc fhtr8 hs getting man around but PGmffrt Immediately fled tha score. Perry vile added one H the 6fgh and PHm- f-tt taak the lead by twice cIrelue tha bases While Pamfret held Per rF#IIie sc9FsIcss for tne rest of the game the town team made one more -#H H the eighth I'm herrzEfile .rarer c4fH ba8s howed the follow ing iahalurIaus
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
AMATEURS AND G'pALE
 PLAY OFF TIE SATURDAY

The third game that the Putnam Amateurs lost thls season was te the North GrosVtuordale team The score was Co B. The Putnam team mere chan eycntd things up Wlth their up-river rivals last Saturday on The High School grounds beating them by a score of e tu Q. making the total to x "a the two games, fl you want to figure it that way Ar arrangements have been made to nave the two evenly matched teams play the lie off Those who saw the two clubs strengthened for the occasion, play last Saturdays game feel that the best outfit won
 The game between the same teams on the High School grounds next Saturday afternoon at two o'clock ~ill douhtless draw hig crowd Co see the tie played of
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
CHILLED POSTAGE STAMPS
perishable Merchandise Also Kept
 Cool m Florida

H|lrd paetaee stamps eatr S, Petersburg tongues surrr se Wheu the tamf- Were licked before bcinu tHNeeI to letters ami postcards kaI Si. Petersburg $ stamps are now serV- ed right nu uf the cold storage. with each bit of paper and mucilage ftru- ing small frigid zone in the tropic warmth
 Work has been completed on a cold storage room in the new parcel post station, which Is an adjunct Co the city's famous outdoor post-office. This room. l3 by feet. is being refrige- rated with trigidaire equipment At iiirt tests of the equipment. tempera- turv in the room went down Co % degrees above zero, but will be main taincd steadily between 36 and q de- grees. making one of the coolest spots in Florida
 The room IS also being used for the storage of parcel post packages which contain perishablcs. including fruit vegetables and other foodstuiFs These refrigeration facilities will be of special value in the winter months. when thousands of parcel post pack ages containing Florida fruits are mailed at the St Petersburg post office Co northern addresses.
 The stamps are being kept in the room Co prevent the mucilage from becoming hot and sticky l. is ex- plained that the stamps can be kept in this cold storage room without dan ger of becoming moist. because of the dry cold provided by the electric refrigeration
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
TOWN VOTES TO ALLOW
 SUNDAY r. Nj BASEBALL

A a special town meeting held tn Thompson. August l | was voted se allow professional baseball after the hour of two o'clock Sunday after moons. in accordance with the statutes
 It was also voted Co accept the proposal of the state to build a trunk line highway from point near the Church crossing to the monument then continuing Co an Interpreting road Co Quinehaug, the town to take over the trunk line from che easterly side of the French river to the menu- ment
 The town appropriated Sc ,0o0 for replacing boilers and adding 60 the heating efficiency at the rourtellotte Memorial high school
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

Among the most nomadie people of the world are the Bakhtiyari tribes of Persia. where the main and about the only source of income is heriing Nature doesn't allow the Bakhtiyari Co settle permanently; Co escape with ering heat and then Co avoid the cold they are constantly journevinr from the Persian Gulf lowlands Co the plateau highlands and back again Their neighhors count them among the worst of the plaudering hordes of the world
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

With the largest world teiessoRss., ls. on Nil. Wilson. California, man I. ls1 !, trillions of miles into space. s- able Co see stars separated 4te..i ir by the distance light could !tA.s' .-s 72.000 years. on the bas.s ii;; sso s10 year light travels 5s0e.9uV WI .s miles. He sees that the aus. st the Milky Way consists of H.lil9i..- i.i.rst, suns. each with its family of p'A' rotating around it.
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

Tn the French Algerian court of Sultan Barmous. Mohammedan tradi- tions are carefully preserved. Like some Oriental despot of old, the Sul- tan has his dinner served in solitary state under q great mango tree. while the court musicians. whose duty it is e entertain him, play with backs turned, since no one must see him eat.
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

The coolest fabrics are those which allow the most rapid passage of the air and perspiration vapor through them. In tests conducted by the United States Bureau of Standards, a sample ef cloth IS clamped on the end of cylinder. into which air is pumped < gas meter measures the quantity of air escaping through the fabric in a certain length of time.
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

The Christ of the Andes" is a bronze statue standing on a l2,000- foot elevation above the sea 1t is east from the cannon of Argentine and Chile and the inscription on the monument reads. Sooner Aall these mountains erumble into dust than the people of Argentine and Chile break the peace which they have sworn at the feet of Christ the Re deemer.
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

A Terrapin with II. F. c. 1s73' carved on the shell was found on a farm near Salem. Virginia II. F. Caldwell of Roanoke says he remem- bers carving his initials on the back of fuli-growu terrapin m April. INzs
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
New London

Three base hits Chapman. Two base hts Chapman. Meska. Milasek. Belknap. Struck out by Widner l. on balls uf Nidner 2. of eaf= frey 2 Time lhrs 3a mn. U m- pires Iebeau and Lewis.
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
GOODYEAR LOSES GAME
 TO DUDLEY ATHLETICS

Never having tookn Goodyear lost its game to Dudley in Webster last Suudav by score of f3 to E. Is hits for the Dudley hatsmen to bv Goadvear in the answer A feature of tb, game came in the seventh iu- ning when two Dudley players stole
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

4 retired railroad locomotive. with 4ss wheels removed. heats a Norwich. connecticut, passenger station. It performs efficiently. supplying heat to the train shed. station and cars n The yard as required
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

Platinum employed by je~e.s. s. for about thirty years oniy' t so popular in this country .h-. -s was found necessary 70 impoFt ., a.s,r than StA.000.0Ou worth last --, The most surprising thing a1S-s this metal is its weight \ par g platinum four inches wide one'-Is.. inch thick and a foot long ss:se sse 30 pounds and is worth about s'" GOO
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
OIER uLET0P

IHH"Ha#F HIi1 BtadaH. afmHl Ma te Sacrifice hts 0iNei AueaH and Fl. Gadorre Struck out. he Steele n. hE CaderHa E UmHirez. eharran and gf8pelI Time of game. T Hr. it WH Attendance. ZOO
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
pERRNIEE [

IWI 1I-0 T7T7- AE-@0H- IuEaN Stolen hasez. C tanfy C. Maher. Nelson. Sacrifice htz Haaieg k1- ztak. G tmy Bruaeii Double piaSs bp F. esutF uaz-iHHed Struck out, bv RHeEm#Ff h. ts HethefmaH 9 Imp.re SaT8zeu. Attendance. 50u THe sf ##e 1Hr la minutes
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

he attraction au the North Gro Nenordale grounds next Sunday WIil hr hupper Rrus Mfg. of RiverdaIt against "0>er tbe Top" Game vH start at p. m. daylight saving tune
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

The Oser the Top baseball team 5n iasiae t@a # the last three game Hlayed hae =l8mned in their batting Hhe tHa dvfeats Ware due mostly to weak hitting as only six hits were made u fhe tWo games lost. and this was coupled by luase fielding
 The following are the individual bat LLu.- a.-L.---- | -.n- ---r.1 L. LhL- LaL.-
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

Sunday Island. in the Pacific. is said Co De the tallest mountain in the world. as it rises ? .000 feet out of five miles of water this makes its height nearly 3O.000 feet.
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

Meissen. Germany the town where Dresden china is made, will be one thousand wears old in May. 1929 X feature of the festivities will be a chime of bells of porcelain Co be made and hung in local tower The largest bell wifi be three feet high
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

Because of the great number of lahofers who have left the farms of France farmers are installing mo dern agricultural machines as labor savers.
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

F.ye million dollars day is ex- nted hy the women of the United 'a'e p The effort to keep themselves
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12
WANTS BASEBALL GAMES

The following communication was received by the sports editor of The Patriot.
 south Windham. Conn, Aug ?, 1927.
 Dear Sir-The South Nlndham Cubs would like to arrange games with the SIX Sox or Lahelle Pets, or any othr fast teams For games call 478-8 or write to Tom Formey. Box 37. South Windham, Conn. Open dates are August 2l and 2s and September II. ls. p.
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

Derived of eggs, setting hen near Cedar Rapids chased a crow from her nest and took possession.
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

In India Tickets are more prevalent among high-casto Hindu children who are kept indoors than among low caste children who play in the sun.
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

Because of the unusual cold sum mer. the Wurmest temperature so far being S5 degrees below zero, the natives of northern Siberia. thinking the gods are angry. have sacrificed scores of precious rein- deer
Putnam patriot., 1927-08-12

The trunk of | single walnut tree six feet iu diameter grown in ken lucky. recently sold for S625.
Evening star., 1927-04-17

the other great collections in Wash
ington, and those in other American
libraries of which, in our Union Cata-
log and otherwise, we are accumulat-
ing the record. And there are the
specialists and the numerous experts
in the scientific bureaus of the Gov
ernment-generous of their knowledge
or counsel to those who know how to
ask for it; and others at large who
might respond to an inquiry from a
Government establishment, though in
different to one from mere indi-
vidual.
"All these sources-material and
men-should be drawn upon. Only a
specialist in the subject matter can
draw upon them unGerstandingly. A
group of such men-interpreters-
acting in liaison between such sources
of information and the public-that is
the idea, and the ideal.
THE Government stipend doesn't
assure them. 1t isn't niggardly, but it
is limited by the standards set for the
Government service generally. It pro-
vides, as is the duty of the Govern
ment, for the needs of ordinary ad-
miniStration-just as the appropria-
tions provide for the acquisition of the
ordinary material but just as the lat
ter can't extend to the acquisition of
the ''rarties" of great distinction. so
the provision for service can't extend
to this superservice.
Not Government Relief.
I'm no case was the gift a subsidy
to the Government as such. nor to re-
lieve it of its proper obligations. These
it is meetjng-liberally the plant
itself, which represents an expendi-
ture Of nearly $9,000,000 in collections
representing a present value as much
mOre-(even if an actual governmental
expenditure of less than three million
Evening star., 1927-04-17
SEVEN DIE IN FLOOD AS RISING
WATERS BREAK NEW LEVEES

Lassiter estimated that 5000 persons
are homeless in that area.
The flood situation assumed increas-
ing proportions as two more areas ap-
pealed to the American Red Cross for
aid.
A telegram from Memphis, Tenn,
Red Cross chapter to National head.
quarters of the Red Cross last night
said that relief was needed for hun
dreds of refugees who were pouring
into Memphis. The chapter was i'm
mediately authorized by National head
quarters to extend whatever aid was
needed
5000 MarOoned by Flood.
Lewis Fitzpatrick, who has charge
of Red Cross relief work for flood
sufferers at Hickman, Ky, and neigh
boring points reported that 5000 per
sons are marooned on the Missouri
side of the river opposite Hickman as
a result of the break at that point.
The Red Cross was mastering all
available boats to go to their aid.
Calls for additional tents continue to
pour into Red Cross headquarters and
branch offices last night as the num-
ber of homeless steadily mounted.
With the cooperation of the United
States Army they were being rushed
to the refugee centers as rapidly as
possible.
Evening star., 1927-04-17
LOADING TRANSPORT
FOR PACIFIC VOYAGE
President Grant Scheduled for
Philippines, but Marines Ex-
pect Change of Orders.
az the Assoclated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, April 16.-With
the arrival today OF the Dollar Steam
ship Co. liner President Grant, munich
pal pier No. l again took on a war
like appearance.
Within few minutes after the
liner had been made fast TO the dock
large forces Of men were engaged in
the task Of loading supplies and ammu-
milton on the ship for the Sd Regi-
ment Of the United States Marines, the
third eXpeditionary force to sail from
here in the past few weeks
IL the loading of the President
Grant, which has been converted into
a temporary transport, proceeds with
the speed expected, Col Henry C.
Davis announced that the 500 off,
GERS and men Of the regiment will
leave the Marine Corps base here to.
morrow afternoon and go aboard the
ship
Although it has been announced
that the Sd Regiment is to proceed
TO the Philippine Islands. officers be-
lieve that these orders will be changed
and that the regiment will go to
China.
Evening star., 1927-04-17

Continued from First Page)
with such Vigor that the Chinese
fusilade ceased in short order.
The Woodcock used her three and
four inch guns and drove the Can
tonese out of their trenches.
With no new developments, so far
as is known, between the Cantonese
and Northern forces, the campaign
headed by Gen. Chang Kai-Shek, the
Cantonese generalissimo, to oust the
Communists from the Kuomintang, or
Cantonese political organization, was
in progress today.
Communist Labor Raided.
Armed with machine guns and sup
ported by armored cars, White Mod
erate) members of the Kuomintang
have carried out raids against Com
munist labor unions in Canton, in
which, according to official advices,
hundreds Of Chinese Communists
were arrested and about 100 reds
were killed or wounded. This was
described as the biggest house clean
ing" of radicals since the Cantonese
revolution was started. Exceptional
precautions have been taken by the
authorities in Canton to insure the
foreign quarter against disorders.
: Gen. Pal TsungChi, Cantonese com.
mander of the Eastern area, in a
formal statement to the press, de.
clared today that the Extremists at
Hankow must yield, or the Moderates
would launch a heavy drive to force
them out. This question, he said
emphatically, must be decided before
continuing the military advance
northWard.
Bandits Seize American Woman.
Gen. Pal explained that when the
Kuomintang admitted the Commu.
nists into it's ranks it had no idea
that they would seek domination OF
the party. Such domination having
been obtained by the Communists il
now was threatening the existence of
the revolutionary movement, and
would have to be suppressed in order
to assure the success of DIR. Sun Vat.
Sens original revolutionary move
ment.
An American woman, Miss Mary I
Craig Of Philadelphia, attached to
the China Island mission at Anshunfu,
is in the hands of Chinese bandits.
She was captured near Yunnanfu,
while on her way to Shanghai, and no
word has come from her
A wireless dispatch from Wuhu says
that Cantonese troops arriving there
have occupied the American hospital
and other foreign property, despite
protests.
Evening star., 1927-04-17
ROCKSPRINGS STORM
LOSS $1,218,5OO
Citizens Carried Not a Dollar of
Tornado Insurance-0nly $780,
900 on Public Buildings.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROCKSPRINGS, Tex, April 16.--
Property damage resulting from the
tornado that devastated Rocksprings
last Tuesday night was estimated to-
day at S1,218,5 500.
The figure was announced after a
survey by business men and city Of
ficials, assisted by representatives of
the American Red Cross.
Not a dollar of tornado insura nee
was carried by citizens of the town
On public buildings, which sustained
damage of $146,000, there was $2O, 900
insurance.
John Mckinney, 5S, one of the in
iured at San Antonio, died today,
bringing the death toll up to 40.
Contributions for relief were trick
ling in slowly today. The Red Cross
has announced that the town will be
hehabilitated until every citizen Is
again self f-supporting. A drive for
100000 is now in progress and Red
Cross workers are making a careful
survey to determine the economic
condition of every survivor.