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New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
FINANCE IN WATERBURY

Waterbury seems / to be one of those cities where civic financing ts in the mire. Small wonder that when the governor needed finance min- ister he did not go to Waterbury, but came to New Britain instead. According to q detailed story ap- bearing Tn the Waterbury American the excess of city expenditures over appropriations last year amounted to between $300,000 and $400.000, which caused an unexpected" big jump in the city's floating indebted ness. There are $4,00o.o0O in tem- porary loans, and the interest on them has stirred the administration into an attempt at economy.
 The method down in Waterbury is the quintessence of simplicity. AL most every city department spends more money than was appropriated. taxes are not collected very rigor- ously. resulting in large sums of money due the city in taxes but not paid. and then temporary loahs are obtained, to be paid when the back taxes are collected. Two years ago the temporary loans amounted to s2,ooo,0oo; year ago they had jumped to s2,So0,oOo: this year they are $4,ooo,ooo. Before they are allowed to go any higher the city is due to be alarmed and begin cur tailing expenditures: also making an attempt to collect more tax money.
 Of course, an economy program has been mapped out by the finance board. A large number of the street and water department employees will be laid off; the school department $ building program will be suspended: there will be partial suspension of the Shepaug water supply project: a halt will be called on building new fire stations and fire fighting equip ment: and deferred" purchases in all departments until later in the year. By that time it is hoped that some tax money will be collected and the total of temporary loans reduc- ed.
 We would like to see Edward F. Hall go to Waterbury and give the city few lessons in financing. It would be bitter dose, but the medi- cine would have astounding curative properties.
 When civic affairs get so bad that nothing but trouble is ahead the field is set for city manager. Per. haps that is what Waterbury needs
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
BEING FAIR TO SUBURBS

The situation in the northw estern section of the city needs speedy at- tention. Residents are correct ill |. their estimate that if they are to continue paying present taxes they ure entitled to some visible returns for the money. At present they lack adequate police protection and pro- per fire protection; not only are they vn inordinate distance from the . nearest fire houses, but the water pressure is uniformly low. In wet weather the streets are mostly dis . tinguished by mud: i'll cold weather . sby ruts. There being attenuated po- lice protection-if any-in that sec -tion. five fires have occurred recent ly. some of which are ascribed to the operation of one or more fire :: bugs" which if there were sufficient :. .. policemen on hand would have dif- ficulty in plying this nefarious busi- ness.
 The outlying sections of the city are being heard from in increasing measure. and with right. It was only a week or 50 ago that the residents Of Barnsdale had a racket with off, = cials over the lack of sewer facili- : ties, and other advantages that are :. supposed to be coneomitants of ur- = ban Gfe. Like the people in the :: northwestern part of the city. they . are paying their taxes and are justified in expecting some visible :. returns for what they pay.
 The plan of having several taxing < districts has much to commend it. ,- There is no logic in collecting full taxes from a district not receiving full civic services; and no one can claim that either the northwestern StGllO1l UT IodJ dJitSudiS, dS well Hd some other sections. have been re- ceiving the worth Of their money. It is q serious matter to such property owners and their voices can be ex-
 pected to be raised in a loud enough anvil chorus to insure better treat
 ment.
 If Maple Hill and Elm Hill enter
 the city they also will need proper
 city service; and if there is any
 reason at all for their entry into th'
 city it is to obtain such service
 When they look al the northwestern
 section and Barnesdale, and not.
 what these sections do not get, per
 haps Maple Hill and Elm Hill vii
 not be so enthusiastic
 Where the city collects full taxe!
 1t should give full service in return
 This is common sense and common
 honesty.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

You can get an answer te any question of fact or inforpation by writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau. l32: New York avenue. Washington. D. C.. enclosing two oents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be given. nor can sx- tended research Do undertaken. All other questions will receive . per. sonal rsply. Unsigned requests can. not be answered. All letters ars coz. fidential.-Editor.
 c. Why does the moon always present the same face to the earth
 A. The moon rotates once on its axis in exactly the time it takes to make one revolution around the earth: therefore 1t always presents the sam4 face to the earth.
 0. What Is meant by the four cardinal and four intercardinal points of the compass?
 A. The four cardinal points of the compass are north, east, south and west. The four intercardinal points are northeast, southeast. northwest and southwest.
 Q. What Y. s. Senator introduced a resolution proposing . Constitu- tional Amendment to outlaw war?
 A. Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota.
 0. Was Edgar Guest, the poet, Eorn in this country and what is hts address?
 A. He was born in Birmingham. England. His present address ts 17471 Hamilton Drive. Detroit, Michigan.
 Q. Where is the University of Illinois located?
 A. urhana, Illinois.
 c. Can . postal card with code writing on 1t be sent through the mails?
 A. There is no law prohibiting it when the country is not at war.
 .. What is the muzzle velocity and the range of a .S0-S0 Savage rifle?
 A. Mu1zle velocity. c,o2o feet per second; the accurate range Is from 500 to 700 yards.
 Q. Where was Andrew Carnegie born?
 A. Dunfermlin. Fifeshire, Scot land.
 o. What are Horse lattitudes"?
 A. Bolts of calm in the Atlantic Ocean, 90 named in colonial times when ships carrying carsoes of horses from New England to the West Indies were compelled some times to jettison part of their cargo when bccalmed to conserve the sup ply of fresh water.
 Q. Are girl students accepted for training at aviation schools?
 A. Yes.
 c. Where is the magazine Dog dom" published:
 A. Battle Creek, Michigan.
 Q. What did the Worlds Colum- bian Exposition at Chicago in 1ss3 commemorate? A. The four hundredth anniver- sary of the discovery Of America In 1lS2 by Columbus.
 c. What bccohes of ones lap when he stands up? A. The definition of Hap" in the sense usually used. presupposes . sitting position. The lap is that DOT. ton of the body below the waist which. when one is sitting down, may support the weight of another
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
25 Tears Ago Today
(From Paper of That Date)

Consolidation received g big boom last night in the minds of the close observers of the movement to put the local government upon a bvsi- ness basis. The charter revision committee adopted the fve-ward plan by a unanimous vote.
 The board of subway commits sioners is not pleased at the attitude of indifference adopted by the cleo tric company. which still allows its poles 10 stand in the streets along which the subway passes.
 The conference of iron molders and hardware manufacturers, in which New Britain is particularly interested. has been such that if car ried out 1t will prevent strikes in that particular industry, An in- crease Of wasss will be made for . one-year period.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

capacity of the city was . clear and concise document It brushed aside the previous erroneous figures and shows the city's financial condition in . much better light. We now are not only able to go ahead with con- templated improvements, particular ly the addition to the high school, but need not pinch ourselves while we are about it.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

The last report had 1t there arc a.S horses in the city, or c6 less than unearthed the previous year One wonders if their owners are as particular as those in Meriden, the Iournal of that city saying the ami
 maA now are given their drinks oi water out of individual buckets, in order to avoid disease breeding in the common drinking fountain Most of us are ready to admit we haven't seen q horse drink from g fountain in . long time.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
INDUSTRY IN NEW ENGLAND

P. L. Gerety. of Derby. secretary of the New England council in Con- necticut. is entitled to thanks for his abounding effort to uphold the morale in New England. At . time when many thoughtless persons are of the opinion that New England has been woefully slipping indus. trially, the Derby man took occasion to produce . few facts and figures for the edification of an audience in Naugatuck, and he easily converted them to apostles of optimism.
 The drain of industry to the south was sanalyzed by Gerety and result ed in an observation that sounds logical. The south, which heretofore has lacked the laws surrounding in- dustry in New England. Is beginning to take stock of its needs and gradu- ally is adopting laws after the New England model. Industries which have gone to the south in order, at least partly 50. to avoid the strictures placed upon industry in an older in- dustfialized society, will in due time find themselves surrounded by simi- lar conditions: for where industry develops in any extensive form laws regulating it are bound to follow.
 ]. In spite of the loss of some indus- tries to the south. the steady ad- vance of New England has been astounding. Not in the textile indus try, of course; but there are other important industries. Gerety cited figures showing that this develop | ment has continued in amazing fashion even since 1922. during q time when it was thought the exodus to the south was at its height.
 At the present time 80 per cent of the the rolled brass and copper is turned out in the New England states: 75 per cent Of all textile ma chinery and parts, 50 that even if 1 textile plants are lost, the machinery installed in the new plants else ! where usually is manufactured in
 New England. It is probable that i New England has gained more from the manufacture of machinery used ! 10 equip new plants in the south { than it has lost directly through the |! change Of location in ite industry.
 Of woolan and worsted goods. 65
 per cent are still made in New Eng | land. Other New England figures in-
 clude these: That it makes % per
 cent Of all bronz and brass products:
 46 per cent of all hardware; 45 per
 cent of all firearms; so per cent of all smmunition: ss per cent of all
 silverware: 70 per cent Of all ! lewelry; % per cent of all cotton
 manufactures: 75 per cent Of all
 clocks. 25 per cent of all paper
 products: 2c per cent of all cutlery;
 70 per cent of all boots and ehoei
 other than rubber. and 5s per cen
 Of all rubber boots and shoes
 The annual revenue from New England plants fe more than three
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

InSstksFn 1leIN5 s9aass ana t6a a01si 1iaItssippt valley region. Tee:e hDHs been light snows ansl raiss ln postteassDe ths Rocky meu3tAirs aad Rpeidc states aud light snowa i. the upper Michigan peninsula. rem peeature6 gre much lower oveE the intDfior Canadian districts north Of the lake fagion.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity partly cloudy weather and not much chsu0e h temperature.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
Her Failing!

Her Failing!
 Olsen: 50 your wife is Ill from eating Paris Green? How did the accident happel?"
 Murray: Tt wasn't an accident. She never could resist anything with the word Paris on it."
 Il. B. seybold
 A western poultry farm advertises that it raises contented chickens.
 By process of evolution. those chickens will probably soon grow up without wishbones! NEVER PICK WILD FLOWERS" As Revealed By TclcgFasns (Juliana Ciausen. Telegraph Operator) Robert l. Simmons Guaranty Trust Company Saf Lake City Utah Am sending you my smartest en- ployee stop Please give him a job Leonard Wolfs Leonard Wolfe Abstract Mortgage Company Chicago III What is wrong with him R L Simmons Robert L Simmons Guaranty Trust Company Salt Lake City Utah Only trouble with him Is betting stop See if you can break hum Leonard Wolfe ! Leonard Wolfe
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
THE FINANCE REPORT

Fine feeling. isn't it. 10 find you can borrow 31,3o3.aSea3 when you had thought you could borrow only $35o,00o Of course. you may not really be able to borrow either sum, but the city will take your place
 1hs report Of Curtis L. Sheldon.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
A COUNTRY EPISODE!

NoA ~ kv1 A>A ACCA4As
 In d little red frame house lived Eben Murrell and his wife Martha. in blissful happiness. Nausht had ever come between them. But one evening, just after dinner. Eben put on his coat. adjusted his tie, grabbed his hat and ear-muffs, and dravled: I'm a-goin' out for anuther gal-"
 Martha had hardly heard the words when she brought her apron to her eyes and wept profusely.
 "Boo-hoo!" she blubbered. "fr nigh on 20 years I slaved fir ye as only good woman can. ! mended your socks. I patched VT undfes, an now, in my old age when l need ye most, ye hev the boldness to tell me ye are a'soin' out fir anuther gal. Boo- -hoo."
 But, my dear" meekiy replied F.ben. "Ye didn't let me finish. wuz a-goin' tew say that I'm a-goia' out fir anuther gallon O cider" "Oh" sniffled Martha.
 -F. P. Pitzer
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

4 recent article was entitled The lost art of walking" We don't agree with the claim that walking is lost art. Every day in New Britain citizens can be seen diligently using the sidewalks, thus saving trolley fares-or hoping to be picked up by friendly autoists.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
Observations On He Weaher

Washington. Jan. .S.-Generally fair and somewhat colder tonight. Tuesday increasing cloudiness. Fresh westerly winds diminishing and becoming variable.
 Conditions: Areas of low pres- sure prevail over the St. Lawrence valley and the central Rocky noun tain districts. Pressure ts high over most of the country east Of the Mississippi river and also over the
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
CONHSE3;G':nCUr HS!!3; ;; < CONNECTICUT CHAMBER or COMMERCE

Silverwsre in Connecticut.
 ranking the states in slvermhmS and during 1925 produced one-eshth of the product The largest silver manufacturing plant in the world is located s Merden
 This industry United States had output during 1925 valued at amounted to $A2s3 which led had product valued at $o24 6s7. second and New Jersey third.
 Connecticut has not kept with the country as whole in the increased Of products this 1sll 1926 the value for all states increased SAC corresponding Connecticut ?ss Connecticut which valued l7 United total During 1928 eight Connec in industry turned goods valued 334:l lSe of the total for the United States Two years the value of Connectcuts product million combined had increased than t5,ooo.coo
 About 500 in this industry in Connecticut totaing 3s292sl.
 Tomosrow-Counecticut In Minor
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

A study of patriotic tourists doubt less leads Europe to think Americas national air is hot.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
{ HAIL. HAIL.

Haley (recently arrived from Denmark): Where did you say you came from 2"
 Benson: "Tne State of California. :" Haley: And where do you hail from?"
 Cluett: Chicago" Haley: And what States that in?"
 Cluett: Awful"
 Louise Elliott Dugan
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

\ Hartford newspaper asks what is an average man? Which reminds Of the Irish speaker who said that out of 20 men one will not find one average.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

Stevenson said jokes add to matri- monial felicity. Not tnat one about Obaying.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

Flying still has its hazards, and those prophets credited with saying the next war would be in the air have meant with the air.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
N& x>&E%A

Man may not be superior. but he wouldn't marry something the cat dragged in-not just in order to es- cape being an old bachelor.
 Wet Baltimore claims to have fewer drunks than dry towns. But Baltimore has its own unique defini- ton of drunk.
 Anyway. America is the only great nation that uses all its diplomatic skill to keep itself from getting mad at a small neighbor.
 Reaction of ancient Huns ghost on visiting the earth after two thousand years: "So this is civilization" The two great parties are much alike. except that republicans ire auently agree with one another. Correct this sentence: "Im as careful of the furniture in a hote room,' said he. ''as l am at home.' Copyright 1928 Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

We Mustn't Let the Sun Get AAeaA
 0f Us! The sun stays up longer with each added day
 Of this ieap year of ours that goes leaping away. And that means that fun should stay up longer, Folks, So on with the mirth and the cheer and the jokes!
 Lots Of Them! Mrs. Patterson Con Sunday morn- ing): "Oh. George, l can't find the baby anywhere!" Patterson: Did you look under the Sunday papers,"
 OZONE!
 By F. E. Reilley Riddle Malone was girl of mine, She vas & tall colleen, AS tall as 3 silver poplar tree With the airs of jeweled queen. Riddle Moran was medium -sized, And she was my darling, too, A handsome girl with a merry eye And a heart that was fond and true. Biddie O'Neil was a bit of a girl, A rogue. if a rogue there has been. With a lit of the eye and . trick of the tongue That went to the hearts of the I loved 'em all three and couldn't decide
 Which I should take for my wife: Should I live with a tall-should live with a short Or a medium-sized all of my life? The worry of this made me weak in my knees,
 It was making my reason unstiddy So to settle the matter in business like way.
 I went to the highest Riddle!
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

Dr Andre Tours. Frenchman. has discovered a means of making the human body transparent. so that all the organs will be seen working ss in a mirror.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

The new Ford has some flivver characteristics. but 1t can back without an attack of asthma.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

oil quiets troubled waters. and seemsAo have Q similar effect on a troubled conscience.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

Soft drinks have their little faults, but they don't encourage some stranger to tell you how his wife mistreats him.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

Description of identical remarks
 made by the kid at the age of two
 years. twelve years and IS years: Cute; fresh; rotten.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

If sou have q cold this cold w eather may cure 1t.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

It was white mule that caused those marines to desert and follow Sandino-but not the one he rides.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

The main issues in the next cleo ton will be those not in the plat forms.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

Tho Herald is on sale daily in New York at Hotalings Newsstand. Times sauara; schsitx's Newsstands. Entrance Grand Central. t.pd Street.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

quarters of . billion dollars-and the south will have to go some to equal 1t.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

.- There Is no imperialism in Nicara- 2ua-just matter Of taking tAe
 sand out of Sandino.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
M..Ae. A.,ln Funean se Cleculatios

AaaAes Asdit B1Feau ef Circulation The A- B. c. is national organization which furnishes uewpapers and adret- t4ssss with a strictly honest analyss oi circulation. Our circulation stst!sttcs are hased upon this audit. This insures pro- teetion against fraud in newspaper d.s- ,ribution figures to both national and local advertisers
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

Americanism: Taking your oath to tell the truth: feeling abused be- cause the lawyer persists in prying the truth out of you.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
Facts andFancies
BY ROBERT CULLEN

There really isn't such a thing as a political bug; unless it's the legendary straddle bug.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

The ouly prsAtsbls advertising medium ta the City. Crculstion beoks and press reon slvays open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
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Ns1hes st ths Assoeiate1 Press The Aaeociated frs0 ts exclusively en. titlsd to the uss for republication of all asws credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local psWo published therein.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
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New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

There wasn't any reason for wo- men to straddle in the old days. They had side-saddles and they didn't care about politics.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

Copyright 1928 Publishers syndicat
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
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New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

Note to hunters: It's bad sports manship to shoot birds on the ground. but it keeps your shots in the feet of your friends instead of higher up. -.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

It's a good thing there are two sides to every question. Otherwise the Literary Digest would starve to death.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

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Evening star., 1928-10-17
central Undecided to Lne-ups for Opening High School Tilt

Of Saturdays Eastern schedule Is intraX
sectional. The Army-Harvard game aA
the Harvard Stadium is the headliner;
but it has strong supporting cast.
Army Is Favored.
Although there are indications that
Harvard has a stronger team this year
than 1t has boasted in some time. there
are few souls hardy enough to believe
that Army's great array can be stopped
just at present. Yale may be able to
turn the trick a week from Saturday.
some observers are convinced, but they
feel that eagle and Co. are sure
shots" at the Harvard Stadium. But
other experts ask pertinently whether
anything is sure in foot ball.
Yale will be at full strength for the
Brown game and should win. Tus5
McLaughry apparently has not yet sue
ceeded in matching his great Brown
squad of 1926.
Columbia will take optimism with
it to Hanover, where Dartmouth. a
foot ball giant, is to be encountered.
Crowley's team has not yet revealed
its full power. but there are compara-
lively few who believe that the Lions
are capable of taking Jess Hawley'S
men into camp.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
offers three great games, Penn Stats
meeting Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
Washington and jefferson engaging
Carnegie Tech at Pittsburgh, while
Bucknell, conqueror Of Penn State.
tackles Lafayette.
Pittsburgh, New York University.
Princeton and Georgetown are to be
pitted against some more of this So
called minor opposition.
Evening star., 1928-10-17
A. A. CROWDS SLUMP
DESPITE A HOT RACE

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO october 17.--Despite the
hectic American Association pennant
race in which five teams remained in
the thick of the fight until the closing
weeks of the campaign. the number of
fans passing through the turnstiles was
10000 less than in 1927. The official
figures for the 1923 season show an at
tendance of 1,547 ,009 as compared with
l,683,963 last year.
The decrease in attendance, however,
was not due to any lack of interest
during July. August and September, ac-
cording to President Thomas J. Hickey.
"The closing three months we're the
best in the history of the league said
Mr.. Hickey. THE decrease was due to
extremely bad weather that cut into
the early season attendance"
Although falling $4,000 short of last
years record gate. Milwaukee for the
third successive year led the league in
attendance with 315,000. The second
place Minneapolis Millers ran second.
while the champion. indianapolis,
ranked near the bottom of the league.