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the way. All those making the trir were given a boat ride on the Sound The water was rough. witch condi- ton the youngsters particularly en- Joyed. A program of sports was held late in the afternoon. Some of the events were as follows: Boys swimming race, first, Dominic 1 Maule; second, Charles Pratt; mems swimming race: first. ".Bozie" Mar lotti: second, w. H. Payne; young women's swimming race: first. Miss Florence Carns; second. Miss Bea- trice Riegott; boys running broa d jump: first. B. Romegalli; second George Demore. Jr,: young wome en' S l running broad jump: first, Miss Flor ence Carns; second. Miss Gertrude Comfort; young girls running race: first. Gertrude Comfort; second, Barbara Payne. The dinner was served on the spacious veranda in cafeteria style. Punch was servetd throughout the day. In the after noon photogra pher took a picture Of the assemblage. Many enjoyed bathing. The fife and drum corps entertained with several numbers during the afternoon. Before the crowd left for home every one was treated to hot dogs" and ice cream by Mir and Mrs Clark. The return home was made about o'clock.
 Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Stevenson en- tertained relatives from New Haven yesterday.
 The Pythian Sisters will meet this evening at o'clock at Community hall
 Mir. and Mrs. Richard Hubert of Maple Hill were the guests of MT. and Mrs. Theodore Carns yesterday.
 A. A. North and family leave Sat- urday for Raymond. Me. where they will spend their annual summer va cation. They will be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs Charles Pratt of Berlin, The trip will be made by motor.
 Ernest Bourgeois. C. S. N, is en- toying short furlouTh at his home bere.
 Miss Alice McCorkle returned home yesterday from Providence, R. l.. where she has been visiting rela- tives for the past week. She return ed with her brother. Raymond, who motored to Providence.
 Miss Doris Taylor has returned home after visit with relatives in Massachusetts.
 Mrs. R. B. Stevenson and children have left for South Coventry where they will spend the week with rela- tives.
 The regular weekly meeting of the Knights of Pythias will be held to- morrow evening at o'clock at Com munity hall.
 Gaylord Read is spending the week as the guest of his grand mother in West Cromwell.
 The Modern Woodmen will meet this evening at s o'clock at Attn letic hall.
 For sale or rent, 5 room bunga. low. Inquire H. J. Foiren, Clinton,
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here and the other two to Judds garage in New Britain.
 Constable E. w. Furrey was sum- moned after some difficulty in locat- ing a telephone. He notified all three drivers to report in court to- morrow evening.
 Heavy Fines Meted Out
 Sylvester zima and wife of Forestville avenue received heavy fines Saturday morning when found guilty of violation of the liouor laws. The zima house was raided Friday night by quartet of con. stables and about two quarts of al- cohol found. Mrs. Zima admitted getting liquor from a New Britain woman and also pleaded guilty to selling it. Zima has been in court on several previous occa slons for similar offenses. and his wife said she had done the selling since the last conviction.
 Justice l.. S Mills fined Zima s1oo and costs for keeping a place with the reputation of selling and imposed a 3oday Jail sentence. Mrs. Zima was found guilty of selling liquor, fined s1oo and costs, and sentenced 'o so days in iail. Costs in each case amounted to s7S.5o. Because the Zimas have several small children the execution of the jail sentence was suspended Grand Juror Charles r. Conlon prosecuted.
 All-Plain,illcs Win
 The undefeated All-Plainville baseball team kept Its record clean yesterday afternoon and captured it's eighth consecutive victory, but it had to go l4 innings before Johnny Yacobells drove Eddie Goeb home with the winning run and secured a 3-e win over the speedy Lenox A. C. of Wallingford. Dudack and Liedke engaged in great pitching duel, with the former holding just the necessary edge. Dudack famed + batters, while his rival struck out Il.
 &ot t"U TuHS III Ine NTSJ frame on Matteo's double, Elliott's single, four stolen bases. and an error by Miller. In the second the visitors got one back on clean hits. and then in the fifth an error by Yacohellis and single tied the count
 Neither eide threatened again until the 11th. when a hit batsman and d walk gave Plainville a chance, but the next batters could not bring in the needed run. In the 12th the home team got three hits in succession and filled the sacks with none out whereupon Liedke got himself out of the hole by fam ming three men. Dudack saved his game in the 14th by spearinz a line through the box and doubling a man of third. and then Plainville went in and won. Goeb opened with a two-bagser. sataline sac rificed, and Yacobellis famed Then J. Yacobellis bounced a hit to the outfeld and the game was over The box score:
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T.. z. W. V. Meeting

A joint meeting Of C. A. Hadsell Camp. [. S W ". and the Ladies Auxiliary will be held at s o'clock this evening in Arcanum hall Dele gates 10 the national convention. which will be held in Cuba in Oc- toher. will be elected.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-16
LOCAL CONS7AbLES WAR ON AUTO|STS Four Yiolators of Motor Vehicle
 Laws Arrested STATE OFFICER INVOLVED
Home Run By Gripp Brings Win to Kensington Nine - Semi Annual
 Report of Berlin Savings Rank Requiem Mass for Mrs. J. Pagan.

Sunday proved to be a banner day for the local constables who were kept busy directing heavy traffic. Four autoists fell into the tolls and will appear in Berlin town court Tuesday evening. Judge George G. Griswold has returned from a trip to New York state and will preside. Deputy Judge E. w. Mildrum was on the bench during Mr. Griswold' s absence and was forced to dispose of a large number of cases four ses- sessions of court being held in two weeks.
 William Butterfeld of 30 South Grove street. Meriden. was arrested by Constable Frank Brown and charged with evading responsibility. Butterfield was the alleged driver of a car that struck an auto driven by Britain. Sunday. July 8. in Ken- sington. and disappeared following the crash.
 A serious accident occurred early ySDtSAuoy IllOl lllHk HcdI tlle lOA ldI III , on the Berlin turnpike when a car driven by John Mrocztac of 47 Will low street. Meriden. collided head on with car operated by Raymond C. Flanagan. 316 Palm street. New Haven. Both cars were badly dam- aged but the occupants escaped serious injury. Consta ble Frank Brown investigated the accident and placed Mrocztac under arrest for reckless driving.
 Sam Moses of so Concord street. New Britain. was arrested yesterday afternoon by Constable George Kan upka. He was charged with driving a car with defective brakes and without license.
 John Thompson of 1ss Williams avenue. Middletown. was arrested yesterday by Constable Kanupka and charged with evading responsibility Thompson is alleged 10 have been the operator of car that struck an auto owned by John Archilles of kensington near Foresters hall on Thursday. July 5. According to witnesses he refused to show his license and drove away from the scene of the accident.
 A state officer figured in an ac- cident last evening when William Glynn of Sterling street, Hartford. ran into a roadster operated by State Policeman Allan near the Edelson filling station. Officer Allan found no cause for arrest and released Mir. Glynn.
 Semi-Annual Report
 The semi-annual statement of the Berlin Savings bank has been made public by Treasurer Hency C. Dem- ing. The total assets up to July i amounted to s6s33.s7194. a gain of s237.nO0 since January 1. The sur plus stands at s5o0.oO0, gain of s50.000 in the last six months.
 St. PauTs Church Notes
 An anniversary requiem high mass will be celebrated Wednesday morn- ing at s o'clock by Rev. John C. Brennan for Mrs. James Pagan.
 The new organ at the church will remain quiet during the summer months until choir singing is resum-. ed in the fall. Father Brennan re- ports that he is we'll pleased with
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the large attendance to hear the re- cifal on the organ last Wednesday evening
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Totals .4s ? 1ox4l IF 1 Plainville 200 onn oo0 900 0l-s Lenox A. C. o1o o1o 900 GOO 0o-e Two base hits, Matteo. Goeb: stolen bases, Matteo. Elliott. Miller. Liedke. Goeh; sacrifices. Matteo,
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Cabbage. cauliflower celery plants are best this week. Lester. Maple street-advt.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-11-29
BUCU NEWS
Big Dinner Given by Mr..
w. S. Penland

True to his word before the
election of November 6. Mr.. w.
S. Penland stated in some Of
his political speeches that if the
Republican party was victori-
Gus and Hoover, Curtis, and
Shaffer were elected, he Wonl!
give a public dinner, or let us
call it feast.
Mr.. Penland and his wife do
not do things in halves, but set
a dinner that will be long rem
embered. 49,
On Sunday the 18th. day of
November the countryside en-
joyed this dinner. A table six
ty-two feet long in the yard of
Mr.. Penland's home was liter
ally packed with good things to
eat, decorated with flowers,
pink and red cakes with the
word Hoover" in letters of red
white and blue across the top.
Mr.. Penland done as he said
There was a fat COW and hog
cooked with chickens galore
There was a large crowd in at
tendance. Everybody was wear
ing "the smile that would mo-
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unseen helper. And thought of the
| telephone operators, those gracious
| workers on duty hours after most Of
us consider ourselves entitled to q
well-earned rest; of their un7ailing
tact and politeness.
."And | pondered over the potentiali-
ties of that power given to every
! employe of the company who answers
the telephone-not the gift of song,
perhaps; not the genius Of the orator
or the glory of the singer just the
simple, kindly, heart-warming infu-
ence of the human voice-that organ
| of the soul-that mirror of an inner
character that bridges the gap of I'm
seen miles and sends it's message Of
helpfulness and courteous efficiency to-
unknown listeners-the voice In the
telephone.
Then I glanced at my phone and
the little card hanging on the mouth
piece which says: Be courteous-ftl
Pays. 1t seemed to mean great
deal more to me in that moment of
reflection | wonder if we employees
all give heed to those little sugges-
tions--I wonder II we realize that to.
the fellow at the other end of the
telephone wire we are the American
Railway Express Company? What We
say over the phone in business hours
seldom, If ever, acts for or against US
personally but It means lot to the
company.
"lf We are courteous and pleasant
in our telephone conversations, If our
! voice has smile in it, we mako
friends for the company; otherwise,
enemies. Who wants enemies, any.
way? But Who doesn't want friends?
1t is WITHIN Dur power to make either
ona.~
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dinner was over there were
some fine music by Bone Owens
Edward Tiller and Miss Pearl
Penland, pretty daughter of
the host and hostess,
The fine music, of course, set
everybody to dancing, and a
finer good hearted party of
folks, young and old, could not
be found.
Mr.. Penland had good friends
of the Democrat party that
were heartily welcomed among
his guests, which goes to show
how high he is in the esteem of
his many friends, both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans.
The dance lasted until twelve
o'clock Sunday night. Mr.. Pen
land spoke with regret that the
rainy weather had prevented
many of his friends reaching
his place on account of muddy
roads.
Among the guests present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Davis and
daughter, Edith. Mr.. Davis ID
store manager for the w. M.
Ritter Lumber Company at
Bucu. Mr.. Noah Tiller, Super
intendent of Frying Pan Camp,
Mrs. Fannie E. Wise, of Jewel
Ridge, Mr. Eivens Tiller, Mr..
Tclly Mullins, Mr.. Claude An
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come off,. Mr.. Penland also had
large flag, " Old Glory" or the
stars and stripes hung from the
front porch where he stood and
gave a welcome speech for all
that went straight to the heart
Of all his friends present.
He spoke fervently how he
had labored for the victory
gained on November 9th. and
what a joy it was to entertain
all his friends for a remembran-
e of the victory of the Repub-
licans in gaining the "Old DOM
inion State"
Mr.. Penland was loudly cheer
ed at the slose of his talk.
Mr.. Eivens Tiller, one of
Dickinson County's leading
men made speech in response
A fine speaker at all times, he
surely reached the hearts of
his hearers and was cheered
with "Hoover-Hoover." Mr..
Fletcher Powers, j. P, also
made short talk on his reason
for voting for our Republican
candidate for President. There
were loud cheers for our j. P.
also.
| Everybody was invited to the
table for the feast. 1t was a
gay crowd and everone enjoy
ed the dinner immensely. After
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derson, Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce
Sutherland and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dolphus Kiser and daugh-
ter, Miss Mae, Mr.. Audrey Kis-
err, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fletcher
and children, Mr.. and Mrs
James Tilfer, Mr.. Scott Daty
and wife, Mr.. Morgan Duty, Mr.
and Mrs. Garland Powers, Miss
Marie Ann Fuller, Mr.. and Mrs
Edd Tiller, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Tiller, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Owens, Mr.. William P. Smith
and, wife, Mrs. Tennessee Gil
liam, Mr.. Fletcher Powers,
Misses Winnie, VERNE and Ro
ma Owens, and dozens of Of
hers impossible to mention for
lack of space.
Mr.. and Mrs. Penland will be
loved and remembered for their
hospitality. No one was neglect
ed. Everyone, l feel sure, ex-
tends, with this writer, their
sincere thanks for the pleasure
they gave their many friends.
Mr.. Penland is man who is
an honor to his political party
as we'll as his friends. He has
the courage of the pioneer that
made America the free country
it is today. We need more men
like him to carry the good work
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Commenting on the value of cour-
tesy in business, L. w. Horning, chief
clerk to the superintendent of the
American Railway Express Company
at Indianapolis, writing in the Elk
press Messenger recently, gives few
facts on the subject in an interesting
way.
Yesterday afternoon" he writes,
"a patron telephoned to complain be.
cause one of our agents assessed stor-
age charges against hia express ship
ment.
True, there was no street address
On the shipment; his name was not
in the city directory or the telephone
book. But didn't everybody know that
John Jones was the new president Of
the~-Blank Ice Co! Hadn't our own
hand clerk read in the newspapers
that he had just moved here from
Detroit?
THAT fellow was very discourteous
he refused to reason and | am sorry
to say he hung up the receiver still
mad, after doing everything but give
me 'cussing
"That was near the end Of nerve
racking day-everything it seems,
went wrong yesterday, beginning
early in the morning when | cut my
chin while shaving Before leaving
tho office however I had an in1nnrtaOt
long distance cali to make The time
was short, and the business urgent
had to get that call through quickly
at had been a hard day, too, nC
doubt, for the telephone operator al
the company switchboard, but as !
heard her soft, pleasant voice over
the wire, | was impressed with the
ro"rtcsy and the cheegfulness of this
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-11-29

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-20
SEEK APPEAL IN
M|NEOLA TRIAL
Prison Likely for Nine
Furriers Saturday

Attorneys for the nine members of
the Joint Board Furriers' Union,
whose sentences of from two and a
half to five years were confirmed
several days ago by the Appellate
Division, announced yesterday that
they had succeeded in obtaining a
stay of sentence until tomorrow af-
ternoon when they will again appear
before the court to appeal the case
to a higher court.
Stay Till Saturday.
The prisoners were to have sur
rendered themselves to the authori-
ties yesterday to begin immediate
service of the long prison terms. The
stay allows them their liberty till
Saturday, unless their attorneys plea
for a certificate of reasonable doubt
is successful in obtaining permission
to appeal the case. Under those cir
umstances it is believed that they
will be allowed their freedom till
the appeal is heard. Before the ar
guments are completed Saturday,
however, it is almost a certainty that
the nine workers will be compelled to
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-20
HILLMAN BETRAYS
.l0-H0UR DEMAND
Fail to Even Ask for It
in Chicago Part

CHICAGO April 1o-After sew
eral weeks of continuous negotiations
with the employers in Chicago mems
clothing market for a new agree
ment, Sydney Hillman, and the other
self styled most able negotiators,"
in control of the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers of America, have finally
succeeded in signing an agreement in
which the 40-hour week demand of
the workers is completely forgotten.
From the reports printed in the
mems clothing trade papers, and
from the statements made with the
utmost frankness by those well in
formed of the daily progress of the
negotiations, such as employers rep
resentatives, it is learned that the
officialdom of the Amalgamated did
not even waste much energy in press
ing the demand for the 40-hour week.
Will Claim Victory.
The Amalgamated leadership will
now come to its membership and de-
clare that real victory has been
won, because they have compelled
the employers to increase by 11-2
per cent the amount they will here
after contribute to the "unemploy-
ment insurance fund.-" thus totaling
three per cent. This by no means,
reduces the IL per cent Of wages
heretofore paid weekly by each work
er. The workers will continue to pay
to what they brand as the fake in
surance scheme of the Analgamated
So powerful is the sentiment
among the workers for struggle to
obtain the 40-hour week, and so
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-20
DRIVE FOR WORKERS CENTER GAINING HEADWAl
2 Concerts fO1,
Miners Relief
Tomorrow Eve

The Ukrainian Committee for
Miners Relief will hold a concert at
the Manhattan Lyceum, Sc E. 4th
St., tomorrow night, at which the
Miners Troupe from Illinois will per-
form, and other interesting concert
numbers will be presented. On the
same night the Yiddish play, "The
Village Youth" will be presented at
the Ukrainian Theatre, 9th Street,
between Second and Third Avenues,
by the Dorohicher Dramatic Troupe,
for the benefit of the striking miners.
Tickets for both the concert and
play may be bought at the entrances
of the two halls.
In statement issued last night,
Fannie Rudd, Secretary of the Penn
sylvania-Ohio Miners Relief Commit
tee, of 799 Broadway, urged all
progressive workers to support the
various minors relief affairs being run
by organizations to help the striking
Pennsylvania, Ohio, illinois and un-
organized miners in their struggle for
q living wage.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-20
BONITA DEFENSE
TO EXTEND FIGHT
Defense Committee Will
Carry on Fight

WILKES-BARRE, April 19.-De-
nunciation of the sentence of Sam
Bonita, young mine leader of Pittston
to IL years hard labor was issued to-
day by the Bonita -Moleski-Mendola
Defense Committee, in a statement
calling upon the forces of labor to
rally to the move to free Bonita as
well as his two fellow workers.
Mass meetings of protests in vari-
GUS sections of the mine districts are
planned. The first of these under the
direction of the National Bonita Mole
ski-Mendola Defense Committee is
called for Sunday, April '29 at Old
Forge, Columbia Hall, 2:30 p. m.
Among the speakers will be Stanley
Dziengielewsk, secretary of the COM
mittee, Charles Licata, recording
secretary of local 1908 and George
Papcun, secretary of the Tri-District
Save-the-Uni Committee.
"On the eve of the day that Sam
Bonita's lawyers came before Judge
MCLEAN, to file motions for a new
trial for the mine leader of Pittston,
the Wilkes-Barre News appeared on
the streets with headlines across the
entire page. of the paper saying in
huge black type: Eleven Jurors
Wanted Sam Bonita Acquitted.
Eleven of the jury believed firmly
in the story of self-defense as told by
Bonita from the witness stand. They
believed that Frank Agati, personal
bodyguard of Cappelini, wealthy mine
contractor and union organizer, was
armed, that he attacked Bonita, and
fired the mysterious sixth shot. Eleven
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