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Early Books From Famous Collection Shown Here

prices. The most recent one acquired
in America was bought for Yale Unit
I. versity by a philanthropiSt, who paid
/. Si06. 600 for II,
/ Commensurate with the rise in
value of Gutenberg's work. the prod
ucts OF other early craftsmen have like
wise risen. Thus. Caxton which sold
for $4,000 in 1885 was sold 20 years
later for S42. 800. An incunabulum for
which DR.. Vollbehr paid $3.50 in 1913
sold recently flor 81 900
Among the tonnes WaShingtonianS
may see at the Library of Congress ex-
hibltion are:
/ An illustrated Life of Chris" believed
to have been printed by Zainer in is45
at Ulm. This text IS considered To be
of paramount importance In art. because
! its 100 woodcutS are indicative Of the
progress made in that craft up 10 the
! sixteenth century.
! Breydenbach'S "Pilgrimage TO the
! Holy Land" printed by Reuwteh in lass
at Maing. is said "a have some of the
! best woodcutS 10 be found IN any me-
! dieyal book
| Elm Buch der KunSt." printed hy
/ Baemler III l477 at AugSberg, is Illus
| trated with lo4 beautiful woodcutS and
/ was dedicated to Empress Eleanoya, wife
/ or Emperor FREDERICK III.
! An early edition of Cicero'S 'Offieia ct
! raradoxa," printed by Gutenberg'S pu-
/, pills. FIiSt and Schoeffcr, in l4e6 at
Mainx, This fine yellum edition is one
of the first known printed editions Of
| this classic
A rare first edition Of "Apuleius," of
which but 3Ta copies were printed by
Sweynheym and Pannartx in lA6e at
Rome,
Julius Caesar" the earliest printed
edition Of this work, printed by Earo-
tus IN i417 at Milan.
A we'll preserved edition of Greek
Etymology," printed by VlaStoS in l499
at Venice The type for this volume is
said tn have ben cast by famous
founder In Crete,
| Ptolemys "coSmographia printed by
Helle IN iAss at utm, This Is said 10
he the first book trom the press Of Uim
| and is one OF the finest ineunahula
printed in Germany, Its woodcut maps
are said to be the tlrSt ever published.
"he0dotuS" In latin. printed ny
rannaftz In i47s at Rome, Is bound in
crimson morocco hy Riyiere, the famous
Franeh bookhtnder
An unusual papal dedication eopy Of
"MtASal" printed by TerveSano In lAaa
At Venice, II is the only cory ever print
ed on Vclhlm
Earliest printed edition ol "SiliuS
lsalieuS, published by AaptiSta de Tor
It's III laSS al Venice. This book is
nom the private library of AmerieuS
Vespueei, uncle and tutor 10 George
Antony Vesplteei
The FIRST musical notes printed in
England are IN "palyeranteon," printed
by CaNton's disciple, Wynken de Werde
III iasa at Westminster From the same
press comes q quaint edition ot at
lefome's Lives of the FatherS I"
The rare Book OF Lha Saints pVint.
Ad IN spanish IN iASa al santiago, Ii
the only known specimen az that
printing press,
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my face wasn't exactly serene either
/ l kept the big bus climbing trying to
get the feel of her.
That huge stage coach went roaring
around the field couple of thousand
feet up for while. She Steered all
right-~in the air. The only question
was that of landing. You have got TO
have pretty delicate control of your ma
chine, especially big numbering one,
when you come sliding onto the field.
/ thought about all OF this and then a
few minutes later / thought about it a
thousand times as hard. 1t was not
the plane that was wrong, 1t was the
motor. The engine started to miss and
then stopped. / began to get really
nervous. Sweet to have a dead power
you've had chance just to bow to your
machine and say "Howdy do!' and
when your ship is more or less of
wild experiment. Down she glided. /
had to jam the controls with all my
strength to keep her nose right Her
tail was dragging in an awful way,
way that promised disaster. I had all
1 could do TO keep her from turning
her tail down and sliding to earth
backward.
Those lads in the cabin. when they
realized that the motor had gone dead.
gave themselves up for lost could
hear them cursing and think some of
them were praying. They had one
overwhelming impulse That was to
get as far away as possible from the
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la books intended to appeal To the gen.
eral reading public. A common prae~
tlce was 10 provide, at the beginning
OF each chapter. a cut giving u pictorial
summary Of its contents.
There IL no record OF what Johann
Gutenberg got for his BIBLES, but 1t vas
probably not very much, for he was
forced into bankruptcy, The book Is tn
valuable today, not only for its rarity,
but tot It's exquisite craftsmanship,
Dr Hartmann Schedel OF Nuremberg
was one of the first to incorporate a
Gutenberg Bible In hts collection as
early aa the fifteenth century. Cardinal
MaKatin and Cardinal Rlohelleu We're
others
Vellum copies of Gutenberg nihles
sold Tor SAun IN i96a IN lai1 tur
sliaa, Ia la7a for SID, 1870, III 1911
Tor 100000, aud III 1895 fer SAGA 600
Most ol the eapies are IN permanent
collections gathered by famous libraries
and probably win never again he put
ON the open market, Even paper Gut
snhefg Bibles are bringing fabulous
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Ing no little popular interest, These
treattRea we're illustrated with draw
ings OF doctors operating on patients,
In addition to anatomical drawings,
Gutenberg began his first book about
l450 and II took him about flve years
Ia complete the printing, By labd
ehurchea along the Rhine acquired II
great novelty the nrst printed Bibles,
The printing Of other books followed
rapidly. and printers managed tn reduce
the publishing time from five To two
years.
By 1870 Germany saw wide dis
tfibution OF printed books and 10
years later printing ceased to be u
novelty and Was commonly practlced
over the whole oi Europe.
Gutenberg himself was stricken With
pnyerty until the ruling archbishop
granted him pension for service 10
The church The frat printer died In
iahH and left a printing press a. a
legacy,
The national traits of Various enun~
tries are best shown BY the illustrations
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The salient interest Of the people
Was centered around religion aud the
ology and this dominant thought was
EXPRESSED In many books The Voll.
behr library of a,000 included 30 dir
ferent Bibles 80 editions nt St Angus
Tine, so of ST. Jerome, 22 Of Savon-
afala'a sermons and similar volumes Of
st, BonaVentufa, Aeneas. tiyivius,
Johannes Nder and others. The Rem
alhsance revived interest In the elassiea
and there are volumes Of Aristotle
Cicero, Pliny, Ovid and Seneca.
Fof readers with more catholic tastes
publishers Issued books ot fiction,
medicine, almanacs, calendars. medir
cal lreatiaes dictionaries, uatr0logy.
palmistry, alchemy, chemistry and
geography,
Some of the deliberately illustrated
texts di the period were medical books,
Artists, bo0kblnders and printers conn
hined 10 make books fine pieces of art,
Undoubtedly, The people we're awaken-
ing To new wonders In medical science.
and the teals VI medicos were eAelt-
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Gives First Impressions of Beginners on Air Flights

too badly scared to say anything about
1t In advance. 1t is all right II you arc
watching sharply. Otherwise there is
liable to be spill.
know OF case where something
Ike that happened to two experienced
pilots. They were flying along. The
man in front wanted to turn the con-
trolls over to the man behind. He
signified the intention, but the man
behind was absorbed in something eise
and did not understand. The result
was that nobody was flying the ship!
She went into dive. Each thought
the other had thrown her into the ma
neuver. She behaved quite crazy.
Each thought the other was dotnv
stunts. The net result OF it all was a
crash, and both were badly injured.
In other words, life aboard an air.
plane is often complicated Sometime
1t is unpleasantly complicated, some
times amusingly so.
Copyright 1927
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anywhere In sight. The pilot fumbled
with the engine. 1t refused to pick up.
There was nothing to do save abandon
the plane by the parachute route. Both
pilot and passenger were prepared for
Just such an emergency. Each had 8
parachute strapped to his SHOULDERS.
The photographer. before taking off,
had been thoroughly instructed in how
to use the life-saving apparatus-the
jump into space and the pulling OF
the cord that released the great UNI
hrella-like spread Of silk
The plane was gliding down. The
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berg Bible printed on yeIlum, In three
volumes he bought IL for tS0b 600 al
al auction IN 1925 This Ia the highest
price eyer paid for book,
Collecting with Or, VoIibehr is a
hobby first wished on him by doetor'a
prescription. He received nerve shock
Ia train wreck and doctors orders
we're not " 20 bark " The routine ot
business. The patient was already q
man ~ considerable wealth ard re-
tlfement would IN no way Tax his re-
sources But The b0undiess energy of
the msn could not be confined by a
prescription. The d0ctoT suggested
that fle engage Ia stamp collecting. but
Dr. v0iibebr preferred book collecting.
He applied himself 10 his hobby with
oil the attention NJ q professional al
first, 1t wRs his plan 10 collect an
original Or copy ~ every book pub
lished before 1900 AID The list NJ
ineunsbuia compiled by Hain listed
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cussing. One miSadventure that shall
never forget makes me laugh every
/ time I think OF it, l can still see that
/ layout of scared faces. Those boys GER
| tainly were brave, a regular gang OF
/ heroes They nearly died OF courage.
| X X -
I VINCENT BURANELLI. the airplane
designer. built big ship of novel
design 1t had a very wide body that
| was supposed to have the lifting effect
of wing The cabin was as roomy as
a Pullman coach. and the body did
have a lifting effect--as 1 afterward
discovered. The trouble was that
nobody knew how she would behave
when she got into the air, The big
question was whether she would steer
or not. whether that wide spread of
body surface would make her unman-
ageable. Everything was SO doubtful
that We decided to do little ground
experimenting before taking her into
the air. l was to take her out for a
run around the field to see If she would
so on wheels. A bit of taxing and
humping around on the grass would
give me a chance to see how she obeyed
the ruddcr.
A gang got aboard, mechanics and
flying field hangerS-on. They We're OF
the sort that will do anything around
an aerodrome except fly. They wouldn't
have gone up IN Ferris wheel, and as
for this new big question mark. you
couldn't have dragged them near II for
a take-otf. 1t was going to be only a
bit of taXiihg. though. and they all
thought they would like ride. We
ran down the field. and right off the
bat that craft did act funny. That
wing shaped body did have lifting
effect all right. more than anybody
guessed Quite Unexpectedly the craft
hopped of into the air. 1t was so
sudden that / felt something like the
Indian mahout on the elephants back
when the elephant began to fly Don't
think that my nerves weren't a bit
frayed. too. To fly a plane when you
have no idea Of how she will obey the
controls is no fun. l remembered the
long theoretical arguments. with lots
of figures, to show how well she would
balance and steer and how we'll she
wouldn't.
My worries. though. weren't a nickel's
worth beside the emotions of that gang
back in the cabin. l could hear their
howls above the roar OF the motor.
They were telling me that We were off
the ground and flying and that /
shouldn't do that. AS II / had to be
told! 1 couldn't help taking look
back. Too bad an artist wasn't along
10 paint those faces. have seen those
Greek masks representing terror. Well.
the Greeks didn't know the half of it.
1t wasn't doing any good looking over
my passenger list, though. And maybe
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attack them. the observer had to sit
there, use his machine gun when he
could and trust his life to the maneu-
vering of his pilot. Many time he
would feel that the man at the stick
had done the wrong thing, and the
wrong thing was likely to mean a quick
trip in the flaming coffin. Enmities
may grow up between two men thus
placed-and the strongest friendships,
instances of those devoted comrade-
ships so characteristic among flying
men.
This reminds me of a story told by
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TIME famous collection of incuna-
bula or cradle books nov on
display in the Library of Con-
i gress Is part OF a famous pri-
yate library owned by Or. Otto
r. II. Volibehr, retired Berlin business
man who is in Washington for the
exhibition.
Besides the $50 incunabula DR.
VoIlbehr is showing his collection OF
printers marks. dating back to the
earliest years Of the craft. Officlals Of
the Government Printing ONCE are
showing interest in these.
The collectors complete library con-
sists OF about 1000 volumes printed In
the fifteenth century. and IL far toe
valuable 10 cart over oceans and con-
tiDentg
DIR. Voilbehr owns an original Guten-
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along the railroad track A party went
out. They found the other man and
buried him the next day.
4 N illustrative incident occurred on
a western flying field not long ago.
A machine fell in straight nose dive,
In 1t were two Army officers. Observers
on the ground saw them striking at
each other while the plane plunged.
Down they went in their ghastly fall,
clutching. tearing striking. as II some
maniac rage possessed them, The end
Of the unearthly fight came quickly.
The machine struck the ground and
turned into splntered bits Both men
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man out I know of old-time instruc-
tors who take monkey wrenches up with
them. Then If the beginner does any
freezing" he gets, a tap on the head
The brides sing and he thaws out. HIS
clutch on the controls looSens and the
ship assumes rational course once
more
Another interesting trick of flying
pupils is to turn control over TO you
suddenly and without word of warning.
Suppose he is landing the plane. You
are near the ground He becomes
frightened. With a convulsiye impulse
he let's go of the controls. He wants
you to do the landing He is perhaps
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BY BERT ACOSTA.

PLANE stood out there on the
4 field. and nobody was around,
N / looked for awhile at that
wide-winged old bus. 1t was a
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cussing. One misadventure that shall
never forget makes me laugh every
time think OF it, l can still see that
layout of scared faces Those boys GER
tainly were brave. a regular gang OF
heroes. They nearly died OF courage.
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Art in the Capitol.
BY DAN II. MARTIN.

~ o you know that some Of the
/ most wonderful paintings In
- the world are in the Capitol?
The average American, who
New Britain herald., 1928-09-28
BOOKSTORE ROBBERY REPORTED AT H. s.
Thief Climbs Over Door Grill and Gets $40
 Loot

Authorities of the Senior High school are conducting quiet inves- tigation today to determine the per sons guilty of entering the schools bookstore and stealing between $40 and $50 in cash Wednesday night between the closing of school that day and the openirg yesterday morning.
 According to Principal Louis P. Slade the money is usually placed in the school safe but on this occa- sion the person in charge neglected to follow this custom and on the one occasion when the money was left in the bookstore the theft oc- cured.
 A more accurate system Of ac- countants in the schools bookstore was one of the matters advocated in a movement to place hi.-- school finance directly in charge of the school board. This matter came up about a year ago and Supt. Holmes also shared the opinion that thou sands of dollars is being handled un- systematically in the bookstore.
 Principal Slade has not called upon the police for assistance in his investigation. The student body has not been told of the theft and several members of the faculty are not aware that thieves found their way into the school at night.
 As far as could be aScertained the thief slipped through an open ing in the grill over the bookstore door,
New Britain herald., 1928-09-28
SOCIETY BOO7LEGGER GIVEN ;2o,0o0 FINE
Phila. Judge Also Send, Him to Atlanta for Year
 and Three Months

Philadelphia. Sept. 2s.-tR-Joel D. Kerper. so-called ''society boot- legger," was today sentenced to one year and three months in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta and fined $20,0oo by Judge William H. Kirk patrick in the United States district court.
 kerper pleaded guilty on the sec ond day of his trial last Tuesday to 29 counts of illegal possession and transportation of liquor and main- taining a nuisance at his store which was raided by federal prohibition agents on July 30.
 John Brill. an employe. who changed his plea at the same time with Kerper. was sentenced last Tuesday to 60 days in the Mercer county jail at Trenton, N. J.
 Brill began his sentence at once. Kerper was released in $10,000 until today.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-28
YALE FRESHMAN DIES
 IN FALL FROM WINDOW
Youth, When Half Asleep, Plunges to Death Through
 Mistaken Door

New Haven, Sept. 2S R>-Edward Lee Randolph. Yale freshman, hardly familiar with his dormitory room in Haughton Hall on Berkeley Oval campus, walked out of win- dow early this morning and was mortally hurt.
 Death came just after his admis- home was in Pleasantville, N. Y., and brother, Robert, is c junior in Sheffield Scientific school.
 There was no witness to Ram dolph's fall. Apparently. he had been awakened by the striking of an alarm clock at $, and had jumped out of bed and gone into the entry and turned to the one hand instead of turning to the other to a lava tory and stepped out of the entry window. He was found at 6:10 and was taken to the hospital. After death it was found that his skull had been broken.
 Randolph's slippers were beside his bed and the clothes were tossed over indicative of hastily leaving the bed confirming the impression of the class officers and classmates that he was not fully awake when he rushed to the entry door. Randolph had come out for freshman football practice.
 Randolph. it was learned. had agreed with his roommate, John C. Madden. of Cleveland, O., to arise this morning at o'clock and go out and look for job. After getting up at the striking of the alarm clock. he was to reset it to go of at for his roommate.
 Madden said that it was proba ble that Randolph had risen and sleep lily had opened the window instead of the lavatory door and had fallen to his death. Madden was not aware of the accident until officials had knocked at his door to inform him of Randolph's death. He said he awoke shortly after the alarm went of at and saw that Randolph had left and he went to sleep again.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-28
TRUMBULL URGES AID
 FOR THE RED GROSS
Makes Public an Appeal Endorsed by President
 Coolidge

Hartford, Sept. 2S R-Goy. John Il. Trumbull today made public an open letter to the people of Connec- ticut, outlining the needs of the Red Cross as a result of the hurricane disaster and urging prompt response to that need by the people of this state. His letter says: ."Hartford, September 2S, 1928. The American National Red Cross, with the ap- proval of President Coolidge, ex-of- flcio president has issued an appeal to the American people to contribute for the relief of the hurricane suf- ferers in Porto Rico, the Virgin Is- lands and Florida.
 Through the press dispatches we hurricane that has left in its wake destruction and death. Much work must be done in order that the thousands of people may be fed, clothed and sheltered. Those who have been injured and those who may become the victims of conta gious diseases must be ministered to by Red Cross surgeons and nurses.
 Hospital facilities. supplies and medicines must be provided for. earnestly urge all of the people of Connecticut to once more manifest their great spirit of generosity by contributing to the Red Cross. have every confidence that Connecti- cut will more than subscribe its quota.
 Signed, John H. Trumbull.
 '(rOyernor"
New Britain herald., 1928-09-28
AUTO HITS BRISTOL BOY,
 BREAKS SKULL AND LEG
Robert Bradley In Critical Condl- ton After Being Run OveF-
 William Zimmerman Driver

Bristol. Sept 2S-Rober. Bradley. five year old .on of MT. and Mrs. Arthur G. Bradley of 371 King road East Bristol, was seriously injured at noon today when he was struck near his home by an automobile operated by William Zimmerman of 241 King Road. He was taken to the hospital in the automobile of Edgar M. Beal of Scotts Swamp who was passing.
 The boys father. and Zimmerman accompanied the boy to the hospital where an examination by Dr. M. A. Gore showed the youngster to be suffering from a fractured skull and a broken leg and numerous cuts and decorations Internal hemorrhagea were rapidly sapping the boys strength and very little hope wax held out for his recovery. Robert would have celebrated his fifth birthday tomorrow.
 According to Zimmerman, the boy ran in front of the car. first going to Ammerman's left and then turn ing back to the right. Although every effort was made to stop the automobile, the wheels Lad passed over the boy before the machine was brought to a standstill. the driver said.
 Sergeant Henry Jeglinski was de- tailed by Captain Thomas F. Guckin to investigate the accident. After questioning Zimmerman he instruct ed him to appear tomorrow morn- ing before the prosecuting attorney.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-28
Sen. Norris Again Backs Up Smith in
 Farm Relief Stand

Washington. Sept. 28 R0Gov- ernor Smiths views on farm re- lief, as given last night at St. Paul. Minnesota, were endorsed again today by Senator Norris of Nebraska.
 q don't see how any man who backs up the McNary-Haugen bill can find fault with Governor Smith," he said.
 Norris said the principle be- hind the equalization fee ma chinery was that the cost of sell ing surplus at loss lon the oth- CT, side of the tariff wall" should be assessed against the crop benefited.
 That principle was endorsed emphatically by Smith. both at Omaha and St. Paul." he con- tinued. "and he has promised to call 2 commission to consider better machinery for operating the principle. I say God bless him and make him 70 ahead with his commission, if it can improve the machinery. If any man can improve the machinery of the McNary-Haugen bill, l take off my hat to him. I assume that the equalization fee will be accepted if nothing better can be found."
New Britain herald., 1928-09-28
AUTO RACER LOSES HIS
 LICENSE IN THIS STATE
J. P. NeH Who Drove at Racing Speed From New York to B0s-
 ton Notified Of Action

Stamford. Sept. 2s R--Jerome P. Neff, of Shore Acres. Mamaroneck. N. Y., who recently drove his auto- mobile from New York to Boston in what was claimed to have been a race against an express train over the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. today lost his right to operate a car in Connecti- cut.
 Neff had been notiJed to appear for hearing here on the question of suspension of his license to oper- ate under 8 reciprocal agreement dealing with auto law violations with the Massachusetts motor vehicle de- partment. He did not appear and Deputy Commissioner Howard R. Baldwin suspended his license, talk ing away the right to operate car The evidence before the commis- sioner was that which had come to him from Massachusetts as in ab- sence of knowledge of the alleged race there was no complaining wit ress in the state.
 It was set forth that Mir and Mrs. Neff were in the car which beat out the express train. It was claimed that the car made an average speed from New Haven to Providence of 79 miles an hour and it's maximum was S3.
 The commissioner had informa- tion that Neff lost his license also in Rhode Island and New York.
 At today's hearing evidence was offered as to Neff's record as an operator and it was shown that on May zS, 1927 he was arrested for alleged reckless driving and forfeit ed . bond of $25. His license was suspended June 14, 1927 and restor- ed eleven days after. Mrs. Neff'. license has been suspended because she was with her husband on the speed run.