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New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
H. 5. NOW HAS ITS
 OWN LABOR BUREAU
Undergraduates Placed in Line for Part or Full Time Work

Tn accordance with its policy of | giving helping hand to the students even after their graduation from the senior high school. the authorities have had in existence for the past fe" years special department which will care for the boys and girls whose future will be with the employed class.
 Students who desire 10 enter upon a working career make application 10 this department. which is in charge Of Vice. principal James C. Moody. and supply it with statistics relative to the type of work they de sire. AS soon as the vice-principal receives call from one of the fac tories asking for a student to do this work. Mir. Moody brings about the contract between yemploye and en- ployer and the student begins his career of practical experience.
 The department has now reached a stage Of efficiency where the de- mand for stenographers. bookkeep CTS, and office clerks is so great that '"PFi! 10 tdhtl care or long before graduation. In other words many Of the commercial students at the school are engaged for work in one or the local factory offices several months before they graduate.
 When the department was organ. izod its principal duties was to take care Of the graduates after they have left school or as they were about 10 leave school. At the pres. 'nt time a person who wishes 10 have household duties performed for saturdays or after school hours often calls upon the high school authorities and boy or girl Is sup piled.
 There are several high school stu dents going to school for half a day and receiving practical experience in factory offices for the rest of the day Only students who have progressed to the point in the senior year where they have enough units to pass in their subjects are allowed to carry on this arrangement, the authorities have ruled.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
Collection of Taxes Proving Difficult

Berlin. April 23--The German n- nance ministry is finding 1t increas- ins'y hard to collect all Of the nu- ,nerous varieties of federal taxes.
 Despite the efforts of 10000 afr!- cials the books show that sl7o.ooo.- odH is owed the government, sum which would pay half the repara- tions bill this year.
 Inheritance taxes, running from 70 to 30 per cent of the value Of an estate, are the most difficult to col lect. the finance ministry reports. while the least trouble is incurred with income taxes from persons who work for a fixed salary or wage. because the tax Is automatic ally deducted from each pay check hy employers. There is admittedly much dishonesty on the part of aose who make out their own in- come tax returns.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
Friday Worst Day For Pedestrians

London, April c3---Friday Is the worst day Of the week for London pedestrians, and Sunday IS the safest.
 The ministry 0. transportation has tahulated street accidents for a seven year period revealing this and also that December is the most dangerous month, while February is the safest. Decembers seven year toll was 5oc fatalities compar- ed with S5a for February. Last year 166 persons were killed in the streets on Fridays. mostly by automobiles. Saturday. with a total 0. l51. was the next most danger ous day. while for Sunday the num- Der was lhi. the least of any day in the week.
 Since 1920 the number 0. persons killed in the streets has increased from f5' In that year to l,1.0, the number Of injured increasing from OPS to 47.2l%. Of the fatally in : jured ss7. or ss.5 per cent. were killed during the day time and S16 at night.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
Carl Schurz Society N'ill Foster AnlIty

Berlin. April 8 - The name of Carl Schurz. friend of Lincoln and secretary of the interior under Hayes. Is 10 serve as tic to bind Germany and America together. ac- corling 10 the plans Of Anton Erke. lan7. chairman Of the democratic rarty of Germany and well known labor leader.
 Erkelanz. who last year made an extensive tour Of the United States, believes that closer personal, cul. 'nral and economic relations should hH :ost"r"d ioetw cen the young Ger man republic and her older sister in tho west, and has founded the Nor'inigung Carl Schurz' for this purpose.
 Al the first meeting In Berlin re- certiy the chief speaker was Prof. Eugan Kuehncmann of Breslau uni- 'orsity. who was the first German sayant 10 occupy the Carl Schurz rrofsssorship at the University of Wisconsin. Many members of the American colony attended.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23

men'. During the hot summer months when most of the people are out Of town and the others insist on asking '1s it hot enough for you?' the automobile salesman con- siders hietng him away 70 desert island with spring 0. buhhline iced tea But on warm spring days and on snappy fall days when the prospects are responsive and tho fountain pens are busy--thats when the automobile ,alesrnan's grin looks like q tooth paste ad.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
"Right and Left In ReiChstaR Confusing

Berlin. April cS-Whlch Is right and which is left in the Raichstae Visitors to the German parlia- ment have become so confused as to the arrangement 0, seats that it has become necessary to publish q guide for them.
 Everybody knows that the com munists sit on the extreme left. and the fascist on the right, but few wis itors, it seems, know whether this means to the left or right of the gallery or Of the speaker.
 Before the war it was easy 10 tell the difference from the fact that the uproarious sounds emanated from the loft benches only. Since the abolition of the empire yells and whistlng and catcalls are quite as nj t'le order Of the day on the right aa on the left.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
Blue Replaces Black
 For Formal Occasions

London, April 23--I:ven Ise ,u- neral dress suit and dinner jacket are showing effect Of the demand for brighter colors in mems cloth ing.
 From now on navy blue instea d Of solemn black will be the correct color for evening dress. according to a London fashion note.
 The Prince of Wales has given his approval to this color by wear ing dinner suits Of blue. and the fashion Is spreading rapidly.
 The tailor. say a very dark blue material looks better under artif- cial light. than does black. which is apt to take on a dingy hue.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
French Horizon Blue Gives Way To Khaki

Paris. April e3-khaki uniforms. much like the American. will re- place the French horizon blue fin the army.
 A quarter of billion francs has been appropriated for the uniforms and other accessories and during the present year the change prob ably will be completed.
 One promise to the French sol dierstis that the brooches are to he of n more elegant" cut. The French private gets brooches and cloth bands for puttccs.
 The cloth of the blue uniform. SO familiar to doughboys who served in France. didn't stand the weather or the hard usage 1t got during the war.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
COURAGE AN ASSET
 ID AUTO SALESMAN
Stout Hearts, Not Engines or
 Bodies, Sell Cars

Pretty soft for that hird--he
 sells automobiles and makes a weeks salary with enc hours work" How many times that little saying
 is heard ill the course of q day. An automobile salesman is a source of envy to all his friends. He dwolls in luxurious offices and He dresses in the height of fashion and is never unruffled. Once in a. while he unbends sufficiently 10
 work his fountain pen across an | order blank and a. weeks work is done---not.
 A talk with one Of the profession reveals much of the inside story of the work which escapes the casual eye. Automobile selling. like all selling, is no bed of roses. True enough. q sale of q car brings Tn a considerable stipend, but the dissap- pointments. the relentless pursuit of ;.he prospect. the word battles and the final hoar'breaking struggle 10 get the purchasers name on the dotted line are all part of the sale.
 Many Engagements Broken
 Hours are lost by thoughlcss pros- poets who make engagements and break them with ease. To most of the car-buyers. an automobile sales
 man is q person to whom one can make promises and break them with TO thought of a troubled conscience. Engagements with a salesman are things 10 be kept if nothing else comes up: casual acquaintance, a long drawn out conversation. a drop of rain, an en'icing movie and the automobile salesman waits in vain waits with 8 smile on his face and rage in his heart.
 'Oh yes. I did mako an engage ment to meet you at 6 o'clock, didn't l? Well. to tell you the truth. for got all about it--hope it didn't make any difference with you" With guiloless face the prospect dismisses the weary hours oy waiting. the missed dinner. the wasted time in which other prospects could be in- terriewed or recreation enjoyed.
 "Oh no. Mir. Brown. thought you'd forgotten it so ! only waited a little while. And it was on my way to another prospect anyway" Little white lies that prevent my rupture between the salesman and the prospect.
 Many snags are encountered In q days work. Hardest of all is the ob- , StaClc of comparison of the sales : mans product with another firms ! car. No automobile salesman knocks the other chaps car--it is an un- ! written law. occasionally broken , perhaps but not by the most sub stantial dealers.
 What about the Blank car. Is that good car?" the salesman is asked while showing his prospect his own product Here is snag- the salesman must lead his pros- pect's mind away from the other car without directly saying that the Blank car is less value than his own machine. It is done in many ways by admitting that the other car has
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
Cast Iron Tested
 In French Pavement

Paris. France. April cs--Cast iron
 is being tried out as paving material at Le Mans. Ten tons of plates are being laid
 on part of n main highway. the Avenue Leon Bollce. named after the automobile designer. and the ex-
 pertinent is being watched by en- gineers. The governments chief of road
 engineers designed paving plate.
 sufficiently rough to prevent horses
 and cattle from slipping, but suit able. above all. for automobile traf-
 Ac
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
No. 13 Railway
 Bertlls Eliminated

London. April c3--There will be no No. B berths on London and
 Northwestern Railway sleeping cars
 hereafter.
 All the rooms bearing that un- lucky number will be IA in the future. Painters are at work do-
 1 ing the numbers over. Passengers did not like No. 13. It was often necessary to ask som g person who was not superstitious to exchange with an unwilling hold CT Of No. IS.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
London Opera Gets Favorable Start

London. April e3-The London i Opera Syndicate announces that it's subscription list for the forthcom- ing season at Covent Garden is more than three times the subscrip-
 ton 70 their first season in 1925. and aver that this is a good evidence that English interest in opera is not | only revived but is growing very
 fast.
 The large orchestra engaged Is
 entirely British. and the chorus . numbering about 60. includes many
 members Of the British National Opera company. Since the begin ming Of March chorus master from Covent Garden has accompan- jed this company on tour in order specially 10 rehearse the various choruses for the forthcoming pro- duc'ion at tho Grand Opera, many
 of which are intricate and unfamil- far.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23

good features and bringing out the salesman's own cars best features.
 By comparing the number of cars seen on the streets with the oppo- nents car-there are many ways.
 No Time for Throat Cutting
 "The worlds too small 10 be cut ''ne each others throats all the time" remarked the informant. Cooperation between automobile sales forces have brought the busi- ness to the position 1t now holds The truth is that every car mus. be worth the amount asked to be on the market today There can be no "gypping' in the automohils game the public Is too well informed on such matters as to stand for it long. The difference in cars Is slight one car has a feature that the other hasn't. One car gives better trade in allowance than the other or one firm may have a more luxurious is entitled to more money. There could be absolutely no advantage in the statement that such and such q car is not worth the money. The ordinary prospect knows better than to believe that a national product could be over-charging exorbitant- ly.
 Seichbor Spot1s Sale
 Y have had many interesting ex- periences." continued the salesman. But I expect that all automobile salesmen have about the same num- Der of curious things happening to us. Once. after had worked on a prospect for several months l ct last had him at the point where he was ready 10 sign the order. His son and his daughter-in-law were all for the car. his wife was fairly cnthused and he was convinced that the car was the machine for him. I had my fountain pen out and was handing it to him when. without knock in walked the prospects, neighhor. Being foreigners, they convorsed togethe1 in their native tongue and l. sitting there with my heart in my throat waiting for tho John Hancock to be placed on the order.
 They talked for quite a while and soon the son.in-law and the daughter joined in. The mother was next and the five Of them chatt"d for about half an hour. Al the end Of that time the two younger poo pie slammed out Of the room, the wife appeared to be on the verge of tears and tho prospect handed back tho fountain pen and refused 70 sign. Just what the conversation was. I never learned. but all my arguments proved unsatisfactory. He acknowledged that the car was good car, that the price was right but he wouldn't buy. I could have murdered the too-friendly ncixhbor in his tracks with q smile that wouldn't come off"
 Wrap That One Up"
 Another time l was in the sales room when a new prospect walked in. He looked over a car. one of he most expensive that We sell and without hardly word Of explana- ion of the features Of the machine, he signed an order. placed a size ,ble deposit on the car and walked 1 put. refusing 10 listen about just l low good his purchase was. think l
 came nearer faintins then than ] | svcr have before or since"
 So it goes. way up and way down, ! During the winter months when the ! rigid weather ousts all ideas Of l ummer touring out Of prospects minds the auto salesman considers ! applying for positions with the snow , quad Of the public works depart
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
Paris. Like Britanny, Has Mass NfarrtaUcs

Paris. April 2s-Mass marriages are performed in one part of Paris much as they are at Plougstel- nsoulas. Tn Britanny. where the brides and hridegrooms assemble every January for the mayor to le- ea.;zo their un1pnA
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
Simple Paintings Bring Peak Prices

@/A AuA6 NUA liNSo
 | Paris. April a3-startingly high , prices for the primitive canvases of Henri Rousseau. a painter who couldn't paint" again are amazing the world of modern art These queer splashss ot color. crude in design. devoid of studio technique. revive stories of the fuss made a quarter of century ago over the French customs cmploye. He never had an hours instruction in composition; but 5000 francs was paid recently for picture that many art critics consider nothing more than the odd effort of childish, untrained ability.
 Rousseau painted to amuse him self and his friends. Sometimes he copied figures from catalogues. His human figures are clear cut spots Of color. like paper dolls.
 "The cult for Rousseau" explains one critic, was the sign of a reac- tlon against all the nlannerism. falseness. trickery, and mechanical formulae of a school of painting as empty as 1t was artificial
 Rousseau once said his dead wife sometimes directed his brush-haud and he showed the mysticism of child excited by nightmares.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23

Every Saturday, in a workmen's quarter here. the wedding parties gather for quick, cheap ceremonies. There Is lineup and the principals and their witnesses sign the regis ter as they pass into the big wed ding saloon" of the city hall.
 When all are assembled the may or's assistant reads the legal text required and pronounces the couples welded. Questions and answers are propounded separately 10 each pair but otherwise 1t is like one big wed- ding.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
German Movie Firm Fights Tank Films

Berlin. April 23-The new Ger
 man Movie Syndicate. organized tor the announced purpose Of freeing Germany from the yoke of Holly wood.' is causing much concern to American motion picture interests. 1 Backed by several large banking houses and more than roo movie theater proprietors, the syndicate purposes to produce % super films" this year, starring some Of the most popular screen tavorites in the country.
 Negotiations also are pending Tor an exchange of the best films with French, English and Swedish pro-
 ducers. who have already begun the fight against American domination Of the screen.
 "We are merely rebelling against | agreements" President Schilling ot
 the syndicate said. which force us 10 show many second-rate American films for every good one" The sym dicate is expected to be a blow to the Cniversum Film Company | (tFA), the largest producing dis tributing corporation in Germany,
 backed by Famous Players Metro Goldwyn. which has Just been help ed out of financial difficulties by the noted nationalist publisher, Hugen- berg.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23

where the failure Of harvest has such far-reaching effects, i, may lead 10 something like disaster.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-23

Berlin. April 23-While statesmen Of western Europe are perfecting bonds of peace and taking further steps for the prevention of war. for ists have taken up the peace spirit for the promotion Of the American Say It. with flowers idea.
 Retailers of more than dozen nations have signed an agreement for the sending of flowers by tele- graph from one to another Of sev- eral hundred cities, g. plan which IS conceded would have been unwork. able before the war. The European Florists association has established central offices in Berlin.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-27
Whole Village Of
Chinese Commit
Suicide in River

| Syracuse, ~ T., Juae 27.--t41--
! The story Of how the inhabitants Of
a whole Chinese village committed
suicide By drowning, sooner than face
the antilles of future of
misery, was told here last night by
Secretary Wilbur Of the navy, in a
speech before the New York Chris
tian Endeavor conference.
Pointing out how the spirit Of
human brotherhood had increased in
the western world to the point that
relief of the distressed was regarded
as IN obvious duty, ne added:
~ was told recently Of case
where the inhabitants of village in
China were impoverished by raid
of bandits to such an extent that
they saw no means of maintaining
their food supply. They held con-
sultation as to what should be done
and after due consideration they all
decided to commit suicide which was
done by marching down into the
river and drowning. It did not
occur to them that any one would
come to their aid or be under obliga-
ton to do So
He contrasted with this the i'm
mediate, spontaneous relief offered
publicly in the Mississippi flood and
other American emergencies as show
ing the feeling Of human brother
hood cngendered by christian teach
inp
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-27
HUGE COMET
NEARS EARTH
THIS EVENING
Visible in Northeastern Sky
SUMS Eclipse Wednesday
Net Visible Here

New York, June 2T.--{T)-Rcturn
of the Pons-W inncckc comet and a
total eclinse Of the sun--both occur
ring within 4S hours-wil provide
viewers Of the heavens with an un-
usual treat this week. The eclipse,
however. will not be visible in this
country.
After six year cruise through the
heavens, the Pons-W innccke comet
will return to its nearest point to
the earth tonight, while on Wednes-
day in northern Europe and Asia.
the moon will blot out the rays Of
the sun.
A patch Of light TRAVELLING 100000
miles a day in path 100000 miles
from the earth. is all that will be
seen of the comet. 1t will appear in
the. northeastern sky.
Distinctive without tail. Pons-
Winnecke will approach the earth
neaser than any other comet since
ITO, when Lexells comet was only
100000 miles away.
Discovered By Pons
Tonight's celestial visitor is named
after the French astronomer. Pons,
who. discovered it in 1919, and the
German professor, Winnecke, who re-
discovered it in 1858 and determine
its. schedule.
Scientific expeditions have been
sent to Norway and Sweden with
elaborate apparatus to photograph
the gradual blotting out of the sun
and to record, with spectographs, the
flash spectrum seen for a few sec
onds Immediately before and after
totality
The eclipse begins at sunrise We'd
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-27
Slayer May Hang
From GallOWs Set
Up in Court Room

Cleveland, Ohio, June 27.--t NEA
If it Is any consolation to Il man
who must be executed to hang in a
scene Of gorgeous and Opulent splen,
dor, with rich rugs beneath his feet
priceless paintings all about him, and
the gallows which takes his life sus-
pended from a carved and frescoed
ceiling which meant the life work of
Il great architect. Ernest Frederick
NAV have that consolation.
Ernest Frederick. az, of Warren,
Ohio. j. on trial here in federal dis
trict court for the murder of Walter
Holcomb Of Warren.
Frederick shot Holcomb to death
on March | in the postoffice of
Warren. He shot at him with two
guns and emptied both chambers in
To Holcomb's body
Insanity Plea
The defense Is pleading insanity
and the unwrittcn law. Frederick
committed the crime immediately
after release from a mental sani-
tarium. He claims that upon his re-
turn his wife confessed that Hol-
comb had been her lover.
But if Frederick is found guilty Of
murder. and if the letter of an old
musty federal law is obeyed, he will
swing in the luxurious room where
he hears his sentence
For an old law of federal court
says that if a man commits murder
of Il federal employee on federal
property he must be hung by the
United States marshal in the same
place where he is sentenced, within
not more than 10 PAGES from the
bench Of the judge who sentences
him.
Law Never Repealed
The law has never been repealed
for it has rarely, if ever. been, used
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-27

The Frederick case in itself is the
first murder case ever heard in the
Cleveland district court, and records
disclose no federal murder cases Of
federal employees on federal property
throughout the country within the
last century.
Federal officials are inclined to
doubt that even il Frederick is found
guilty. his body will sway meath the
rich chandelier which suspcnds from
the gilded ceiling OF the beautiful
federal court room.
But the law says he must, any
how
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-27

ncsday, southwest Of the British
Isles, and successfully sweeps over
Wales, England. Norway, LapIand.
Finland, Nova Zembia, Siberia and
the Alcutian Islands. A partial
eclipse will be visible all over
Europe as far south as northern
Africa and as far north as Alaska.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-27
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-27
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