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New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
Blinded by Heavy Rain,
 Drives Into Parked Car

Blinded by the heavy rain as he was driving south on Elm street about 10:S0 last night. John r. Casey of 1oS Ashley street, Hart ford, was unable to avoid colli- sion between his car and one owned by Patrick Salata of 42 Conncrton street, which was parked on the right side of the street, facing south, near Seymour street.
 The police were notified and Sergeant Michael J. Flynn, who in- vcstisated, reported no cause for an arrest. He found that the left rear fender on Salata's car was bent. and the left front tire was ripped off Casey's car. One leaf in the front spring on Casey's car was broken.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
Go Far Into Atlantic.

Washington, May II P-The search for the Nungesser-Coli air plane will be carried into mid-At- lantic waters by the coast guard, and seaplanes from the Boston sta ton. will base themselves upon the Mojave and join in the task.
 Coast guard reports today show cd that three aircraft from the Gloucester station were on duty with more than 20 patrol boats combing the waters within 100 miles of the rocky New England coast.
 Eight destroyers had been taken from other duty and were devoting their energy to securing the seas for the missing fliers. These were the Davis, Jewett, Porter. Shaw, McDougall, Amman, Patterson and Ericsson.
 The cutter Tampa, of the ice pa trol which had been standing watch for bergs off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, has been relieved and will look for the fliers in an area 1900 miles northeast of Boston.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
RIVER STRAINING' AT
 LEvEES IN LOUISIANA
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commerce. was in Baton Rouge for conference on relief measures with former Governor John M Parker. flood dictator, after which he will go to Vicksburg. Miss, to confer with l.. O. Crosby, flood dic- tator of Mississippi and the financial committee in that state on rehabili- tation.
 A s1,ooo.o6o fnanee corporation for rehabilitation of farmers in the flooded delta of Mississippi was formed at Jackson. Miss. yesterday and began functioning today. More than sS50,000 in stock of the cor poration was subscribed yesterday and the remainder was expected to be subscried in few days.
 Similar corporations are 10 be formed in Arkansas and Louisiana.
 Thousands At Work
 Heroes, unhonored and unsung. 12,000 laborers, their names written only on time books, turned today into the final stretch of long bat tie with the Mississippi river.
 Far up the stream the fight has waxed and waned, some groups vic- torious in their fight, others defeat- ed as the river pushed through the levees, but on the lower reaches the crisis is approaching,
 Vast Sums Spent
 In the fourth Mississippi river dis trict, the cost has been approxim- atcly s1,70O,O00, and it must con- tinue at least two more weeks.
 More than half a million cubic yards of dirt have been moved by laborers in this district. 199,5O0 yards being used to top 75 miles of low dykes not yet raised to stand ard grade: 75,oO0 yards have been loaded on barges and then thrown on the outside of weak spots and where seepage was heavy to blank et'' the levees, and S1e,o0o cubic yards have been sacked for revet- ment work where wave wash has cut into the dykes. Practically all of this dirt has been handled by hand shovels being used to unload bargcs, and load wheel barrows.
 A fleet consisting of nine tugs, ten steamboats, 27 quarter boats. 120 barges, four floating levee building machines that scoop up five cubic yards of dirt at time; six floating derricks and two floating locomotive cranes in addition to 25 automobiles and 250 trucks have been employed in the work.
 The cost of the labor to date has been $150,000.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
RECALLS s HOURS
 DRIFT IN OCEAN
Lieut.. Commander Lavender
 Tells of NC-S Trip

Washington. May II (UP)-Men lost at sea with only a filmsy, help less airplane bulk between them and a watery death think and do strange things, according to Lieut.. Commander Robert A. Lavender. who knows from experience.
 The disappearance of Captains Nungesser and Coli today stirred odd and vivid memories in Laven- der's mind - of 53 hours drifting in a turbulent high sea on the NC-3 plane which in 1919 tried and failed to cross the Atlantic.
 With five aboard, the ship lost bearings, alighted 200 miles from the Azores. was damaged so 1t could not rise. and finally drifted to the very island that was to have been its midway stopping point.
 There was potential tragedy in those 53 hours, mixed with the in- evitable high comedy in recollec- ton.
 We all knew" Lavender said, that chances were very slim we would pull through"
 A much -chewed wad of gum was "chaser" used by Lavender to take away the taste of the radia- tor water they drank - and was planted on bulkhead between times. 4 half cake of chocolate was the last of his rations. over which he deliberated on the second night. and then saved for a possible to- morrow. He found crust of bread. thrown carelessly aside at the flights start, in the greasy bottom Of the ship, dried it out and found it :he best bread he ever ate.
 Words one of the men said would come from his wife's lips if he ever returned were the laconic:
 T told you SOL
 Everybody worked during those trying hours. The plane drifted backward, helplessly. Its body was strained in alighting and continual pumping was necessary to keep out the sea, running 30 feet high. a job on which the crew alternated. The float on one of the wings was put out of commission a few hours later, and for the rest of the time one man stood day and night on the other wing as balance to prevent the ship from turning over.
 At night one man sat on top of the engine keeping a lookout for lights. One man slept at a time.
 "We passed two islands," Laven- der said, but we were afraid to try the plane against the waves in an attempt to make them"
 Lavender explained his radio set, a wind set was useless. It was nec- essary to start the engines to pro- pei it. and after three or four at tempts, they gave up and let the plane drift.
 Finally. they sighted an island toward which they were drifting.
 T could imagine what Christo- pher Columbus felt when from the bottom of the plane where I was working I heard the machinist call out, Land, ho!" Lavender said.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
Camera Club Plans
 Auto Outing Sunday

An auto outing to include points of interest at Pennington, Cnion- vile, Nepaug Reservoir, Cornwall bridge and other places will be taken Sunday morning by the Hard ware City Camera club. Pictures will be taken along the way. The trip will start from Johnson's Photo shop on Arch street. If the weather is stormy the outing will be post poned.
 Motion pictures taken by A. c. Hawker, and stills" by Carl John son and F. L. Engel were shown at the meeting last evening.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Warranty deeds have been filed at the office of the town clerk as follows: William kaplan to Anthony Kopczyk. property on Washington street; Pasquale Bombaci to Paul and Concetta Bombaci, property at 11S Belden street; Stanislaw David czyk to Rozalia Dawidczyk, proper ty on Grove street: George and Mary Ioucis to Joseph Legenza, property on Pennington avenue: John T. Crosby and others to Thomas Crosby. property on Uncas road; Raymond E. Chase to Claus A. Carlson, property on Stewart street.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
LINER WILL SEARCH

Harve. France, May II Rl-The liner France. leaving tonight for New York. has been ordered by the French line to follow the route Captain Nungesser's trans Atlantic plane is supposed to have taken, in the hope of rescuing the aviators,
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
WIFE TIPS OFF POLICE.

Stamford. Conn.,. May Il .(UP)- Following complaint by Mrs. Thomas Glynn. whose husband came home intoxicated. the police raided tho butcher shop of Antonio Cecarlo in Jefferson street and seized fve bot ties of intoxicating liquor. Decarlo is held in bail of $500 charged with violating the liquor law.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
PALESTINE FINANCES

London. May Il R}-The f1nan- cial crisis of Palestine has reached it's peak and is now on the decline, Colonel F. II. kisch chairman of the Palestine Zionist Executive, de- clarod today at the conference Of the world Zionist actions committee.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
BURGLAR ALARM RINGS

The slamming of a cellar window set off the burglar alarm at the Globe Clothing House at Main and West Main streets at 3:25 this morning. Manager Odin was noti- fled by the police and shut off the alarm.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
New Wonderful
 Face Powder

If the face powder you now use does not stay on long enough to suit you--does not keep that ugly shine away indefinitely-does not make your skin colorful like peach-try this new wonderful special French Process Face Powder called MEL LO-GLO. Remember the name MELLO-GLO. There's nothing like 1t.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
MINUTE OF PRAYER

White Plains, N. Y. May II lP- A minute of silent prayer for the safety of Captain Nungesser and Coli was observed at noon today at the weekly luncheon of White Plains Post 1855. American Legion.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
HENRY JUDD GRAY KNOWN
 BY LOCAL BUSINESSMEN
Salesman Convicted of Murder Ere qucntIy Visited Merchants Here
 While on His Trips.

Henry Judd Gray. who with Mrs. Ruth Snyder. Is awaiting sentence to death. is well known among the merchants of New Britain. Gray. a corset salesman. made regular visits to this city calling on de- partment store owners doing busi- ness in the center of the city. and he has frequently been an overnight visitor here.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
saLLIEs, LEAVE WooNsoCKET

Woonsocket, k. l., May II Pe- The Salvation Army unit is to be withdrawn from this city because of lack of financial support. and dis mantling of headquarters is in progress.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
STEAL LUMBER FROM SCHOOL

Sergeant Thomas J. Feeney turned over five boys to Miss Bristoll. wom- an probation officer, for theft of lumber from the Robert J. Vance school. The sergeant recovered the lumber last night.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
SCANT HOPES FOR
 PLIERS REMAIN
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calculated to last them a little over ten days, largely caviar and bana- mas. Having sailed the seas for years before he took to aviation Captain Coli tucked away | fishline and some bait in the corner of the fuselage just before the plane hop ped off,
New Britain herald., 1927-05-11
Brother Still Hopeful.


 Cherbourg, France. May II R- Leon Nungesser. brother of the missing transatlantic flier, is con- fident that he will be found.
 My brother Is alive" Leon de- clared as he embarked on the naval dispatch boat Ailette. sent to join the search along the French coast. T have an intuition that his plane fell off Etretat Sunday and that we shal find it floating in the channel"
 The Ailette Is equipped with wireless. and Leon will be kept in- formed of the progress of the other searchers and any news of rescue or disaster. Dispatches yesterday and today in- dicated that the Nungesser plane passed the English channel safely and was last seen over southern Ireland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12
B.E. KE|TH'S AND
PALACE OBSERVE
THE CENTENNIAL
SissIe and Blake Will Top
New Bill at the
Lyric.

AS a elimination of series of
special weeks" B. F. Keith's Thea
tiers throughout the country will
celebrate Centennial week, beginning
March 13, commemorative vaude-
ville's one-hundredth anniversary.
Beginning in the New York Lafay-
cite theater in 1926 with twelve tight
rope walkers, jugglers, and clowns,
vaudeville has grown and advanced
until today it is made up of more
than 1900 artists, playing in 700
theaters to a daily audience of 1000
600 people.
Headlining this special celebration
the Indianapolis Keith's theater is
offering a triple star program made
up of Jack Norworth, Renee Roberts
and Jay Velie. and Ann Suter.
Bill includes:
JACK NORWORTH AND DORO-
THY ADELPHI-Prese Nag
gers" Gus Weinburg, treatise on
modern domesticity, first presented
at one of the Lambs Gombols and
then as part of the Zeigfeld follies.
Following "Naggers" Mr.. Norworth
will sing group of songs.
RENEE ROBERTS AND JAY
VELIE-Will give a series of in
terpretive dances, novel in their
American origin. In the supporting
company are Violet Bache, Loise
Blackbourne, Richard Rodgers and
Lorenz Hart. Miss Roberts con.
ceived the idea of dances with Ameri-
can themes, and has just returned
from the west, where her idea was
first presented.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12

"A troupe Of animals: ponies, dogs,
Bruce, the baboon, and Dynamite,
the unreliable mule.
Sophie Tucker presents her son,
Bert Tucker. in 1.-THE Kitchen Kaba-
ret" with the Three Gamble boys
and Ann and Jean the last of the
week. This act was written espec-
tally for Bert Tucker by Ballard
Macdonald, the author of LeMaire's
Affairs. Mr.. Tucker dances and
sings. The Three Gamble Boys play
saxophones, comets, clarinet, drums
and the banjo. Neil Mack and a
young woman deal with 'Matrimo-
NAL Post Mortems" and discuss what
might have happened II they had not
married. Elsie Williams and COM
pany ask the eternal question "Who
Was to Blame?" Marion Gibney is
character impersonator who dis
guises herself as a housewife and
other persons. Ed and May Ernie
have Three Feet of Comedy"
On the screen are:
@. Nilsson and Einar Hanson the
first half and Jewels of Desire,
with Priscilla Dean and John Bowers
the last half. Pathe News, comedy
and an Aesop Fable are the included
reels.
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discover that the charm OF Jeritza
lies as much in the radiant hap
nness Of her expression as in the
loveliness of her coloring and the
grace of her 1.-the figure.
The secret Of her sunny smile. the
prima donna will tell you. is that
she is doing what she loves to do.
that, her profession is her hobby.
Jeritza isn't singer because it Is
the only thing she can do we'll
and she has no other choice. On
the contrary. ever since the begin.
ming OF her vocal career. she has
been besieged with offers to abandon
opera and go on the Legitimate"
stage.
During her fflrst year at the
Volksoper in Vienna. the director OF
the celebrated Burg Theater came
to her and said; "Give up opera,
come to the Burg Theater. and de-
vote yourself to straight drama. and
within a year I guarantee that you
will be the most celebrated actress
in Europe" Max Reinhardt, the
great regisseur, was another. who
begged herself TO devote her talents
to the speaking theater. And Franz
Lehar. the famous Viennese com.
poser Of light opera. foresaw
brilliant future for her as a singing
comedienne.
But Jeritza declined all tempta.
tions. She persisted with opera
and her reward was swift. Today
she is the leading soprano at the
Metropolitan Opera House. In three
seasons she has filed that unique
place in the public affection which
everyone thought the death OF
Caruso had left permanently vacant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12
SPECIAL EVENTS
DUE AT PALACE

Setting their song, dance and COM
edy offering before a unique back
ground of rhinestones, Calm and
Gale will present their Rhinestone
Revue" at the Palace theater the
first half of next week, as the special
feature of the Vaudeville Centen-
NAL bill.
This flash asst has the assistance
of Jean de Mar, Elinor Faron and
Lillian Fields. all talented in the art
Of terpsichore.
Co-headliners with the vaudeville
is the film 1.-THE Masked Woman"
which stars Anna Q. Nilsson, Einar
Hanson supports her in the story
of how woman risks her reputation
to save man she doesn't love from
suicide.
Bill includes:
STANELLI AND DOUGLAS
Fiddle Fanatics" who show them
selves to be comedians as well/as
musicians. They play the violin and
piano offering Rubenstein' MELODY
in FL and THE Volga Boatman"
among their selections.
SWOR BROTHERS-Minst ia
vorites who return to- the city with
their ever popular bumor. songs and
talk.
GRACE AVER AND BILLY-In
"?" These entertainers will not dis
close the secret of their act until
the first curtain.
HARRISON;S MERRY MAKERS
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SISSLE AND BLAKE
RETURN TO LYRIC

Coming to the Lyric Theater next
week for a special return engage
ment, Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake,
the stars of Shuttle Along" and
other big musical shows, will present
an all new program of their melo-
dious syncopation creations.
Comedians, song writer's and COM
posers, they are the possessors of q
distinctive style of entertaining abil-
ity that has placed them among the
outstanding box office drawing cards
in vaudeville.
Sissle Is the singer of the team,
and Blake wizard at the piano.
The bill will include:
SEMINARY SCANDALS"-A hi
episode in a girls school, featuring
the personable coincidence. Miss
Tommy Allen who is surrounded by
a bevy of attractive and talented
misses.
JEANNE HOUSTON AND COM
PANY-One of Broadway's favorite
dancers, Miss Houston and her as
sistants, present a delectable mix
ture of comedy and terpsichorean
achievements in an act called Dance
Eccentricities.
PERMANE AND SHELLEY
Two quaint vaudevillians in laugh
able surprise oddtiy styled Pulley.
Pulley"
GREENE AND PARKER-Black
face funsters in a merry skit sparkl-
ing with original humor. entitled
"At The Depot"
CAIN SISTERS-Versatil must.
cal maids who are known as Ameri.
cas- best girl xylophonists. Their
numbers are confined wholly to the
popular tunes of the day.
HARRY HOWARD AND CON-
PANY-In "Snow Flakes" a ME.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12

his big successes have been scored
in blood-curdling villain parts like
his Sergeant Lejaune in Beau
Geste," and he has rather special
lied in them.
He has always liked the idea. how
ever, of a fling at comedy, so he de-
clares himself very happy in the
new part.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12

day night. March 1S. at Caleb Mills
Hall.
Louis Graveure. Belgian baritone,
will be the soloist with the teachers
chorus.
Ernest G. Hesser is director of the
chorus.
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He Is Funny

Is Noah Berry die to become a
comedian even as his brother wal
lace is?
This is the question now that
Noah, heretofore generally cast as
the hardest kind Of a scoundrel, is
playing a comedy villain in Eve
ming Clothes" Adolphe Menjou's
next starring vehicle FOR Paramount.
Noah has an off-screen face more
suited to beningn roles than his
brother. it is generally conceded, but
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12

n nee upon a time there was a
Ii princess and she had eyes as
III blue as the sky and hair the
color of gold. 1T was a long while
back that you read about that love-
ly creature in your Grimm and An
derson fairy tales. And since then
you have become distillusioned and
discovered that blue eyes are
generally faded and that golden hair
is due to the peroxide bottle.
But on Sunday afternoon. March
20, at the Murat Theater. under the
direction Of the Ona b. Talbot Fine
arts Enterprises you will see the re-
incarnation Of the fairy princess in
the person Of Maria Jeritza. the
Viennese soprano Of the Metro
politan. who is considered the most
beautiful woman on the operate
stage today. Watch, and you will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12

ri GORGE PERKINS RAY
III II MOND, tenor, who has been
N making such gigantic strides
as a reciralist during the past and
present seasons, is further advanc-
ing himself through the sphere of
oratorio. 1t is a remarkable achieve
ment for this young artist to have
gained so strong foothold in an
overcrowded field in the short space
Of three years. Each season finds
him in greater demand for concert
work and for oratorio. He has been
called upon for half a dozen stand
ard works, beginning last season with
Elijah" in Cleveland; Creation" in
Plattsburg, n. Y. and Dream Of
Gerontious," at Wooster, Ohio. and
has just been engaged for THE
Crucifixion." in Orange. N. ]. Grace
Episcopal Church,, Good Friday eve
ming, April Is.
Oratorio provides Mr.. Raymond
with channel of musical expression
that comedies we'll with his artistic
nature, sound education and wide
experience.
On March he was soloist with
the Chamlnade Club, Brooklyn, n.
Y. and on March % he will be SOLO
list with the Athenaeum Club in In.
dianapolis. In April he will sing in
Chicago at the biennial celebration
Of the Federation Of Musical Clubs.
A tour of the South is being ar
ranged for October and November,
following his return from Europe.
m HE fifth annual concert under
the auspices of the Fedora
- ton of Indianapolis Public
School Teachers will be given Fri
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12
MILDRED RECEIVES A GIFT

A brace of Sealyham terriers is
the gift of Adolphe Menjou. Para
mount star. to Mildred Davis, now
playing a featured role In TOO Many
Crooks" The acquisition of the two
animals brings Miss Davis quota Of
dogs to thirty.two. Tho Sealyham
family took the first ribbon at the
recent New York dog show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12

Fl WO well known artists will
III be the soloists Sunday night
on the Atwater Kent radio
hour, SIS p. m, Central Standard
time. Nine. Mario Narelle. soprano,
and Allen McQuhae. tenor. Will be
the artists
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SHE SPEAKS NO ENGLISH

Vera Veronina, Paramount's latest
screen importation, speaks Russian
Cher native language), German and
French, but no English.
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MAENNERCHOR TO
PRESENT CONCERT
Continued From Page a

classes of Adolph Schellschmidt.
Elsie Adams, violin, Cosette Hutch
inson. cello, and Arabella Chambers,
piano.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12

LANCE of comedy, singing and dane.
ing.
MANGEAN MOSCOE TROUPE
Demonstrating acrobatic and tum-
bling feats of a spectacular quality.
ON THE SCREEN-An Andy
Gump comedy, CLOSE CALL" Kino-
grams, a Grantland Rice Spotlight,
THE Front Line" and a Newlyweds
comedy, 1.-THE Newlyweds Build"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12
Out of Focus
by Dan Campbell

UHnCd Press starr Correspondents
HOLLYWOOD, March 1.-THE
rise of Ben Lyon is a mystery TO
Hollywood, not for any lack Of his
trionic skin. but rather because he
has failed utterly to distinguish him
self along the customary lines.
A survey Of Ben's motion picture
career reveals that:
He has never fooled the studio
gateman with trick makeups.
He has never received q funny
Japanese fan letter.
lie has never lost his dog or even
owned one.
lie has never received an offer 20
star in pictures made by an unheard.
Of foreign company.
He has never been reported en-
gagged to Patsy Ruth Miller or Clara
Bow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12

Program follows:
kathleen Mavourneen" ...... Crouch
The Low-back Car" .... Old Irish
Believe Ne II All. Those Endearing -,
,,r,, Young CHARMS ...'.... Old irish
r''' = Mr.. Mcouhae.. 'O'l''' %
1.-THE Green Hills of Ireland. Del Rego
Road to Ballyshee" ............. Elliot
.AsiiIsrney ,, irr.i Bale
'Thee Dear Little Shamrock" 80. Cherry
Nine. Narelle.
81 Hear You Calling Me-. 800. Marshall
1.-THE Minstral Boy" ............ Moore
THE Meeting Of the Waters" ..'.. Moore
Irish Names ........... Anonymous
Mr.. McQuhae.
az Saw From the Beach ........, Moore
Lawn s UiH irisd
. Iolleen groom .'''''.' oNN'nIalu
Kitty OF Coieraine ..........''n Lover
"Roseen Dhu' .......:...... Cunning
Nine. Narelle.
Duets
tal loft in the Silly Night" .,.. Moore
ID Loves Young Dream 49,. Moore
Nine. Narelle and Mr.. Mcouhae.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12

1.-THE Mysterious Island" which
bids fair to establish a long-distance
filming record equal to that OF "Ben.
Hur," will resume production again
this summer. in the Bahamas.