New Britain herald., 1928-06-22
FLASHES OF LIFE: JAPANESE TOWN FORBIDS SALE OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

By the Asscc,sted Press
 London-Would Rudysrd kipling accept $1.25 a word? T never write to order" he replied, The incident was revealed by Gilbert Frankau at the annual luncheon of the kipling society.
 New York-1n the Harvard library at Cambridge. Mass. are ss books taken recently on train from New York by two armed men. The books formed the last great collection of Shakespeare in private hands and were given to the university by heirs of William A. White. '63. The value is S4o0,oo0.
 Tokyo-ssle of alcoholic hever- ages is forbidden in the town of Takatmura. population 1.S0o. The town council SO voted. The pur- pose was to have an orderly cele- bratlon of the emperor's coronation. Also the towns sentiment is against liquor.
 New --Hollyv ood hound with Mary, Doug Fairbanks thinks he is getting fat. He's put on about five pounds, but friends say it is becom- ing.
 udapest-Would Count Stephen Bethlen. prime minister of Hungary, fight a duel? He accused opposi- ton deputies of regrettng they got no graft. Two of them sent seconds to him. He apologized. New York-David Belasco believes actors are made. not born. There fore he is confident Jack Dempsey will be a big success. having mental fitness and reasonable Adaptability for a fight role.
 Paris-Now come air brakes for airplanes. Louis Brequet. airplane designer. thinks machine that would normally roll 375 yards after landing can be stopped in 50 if a reverse propeller and little wings create air resistance. New York-1n the opinion or State Supreme Court Justice Tierney many theatrical people live in a false paradise of their own construc- | tion, are entirely insensible to what goes on about them and regard themselves as superior beings. He made the remarks in deferring till fall the alimony suit of Pauline Bush Dwan against Allan DWan, movie director.
 Erie. Pa.-Johnny Raid, and his 1 beagle, Jiggs, have had thrilling rides. Jiggs disappeared in tun- mel under the city that drains a creek. Johnny went hunting and flood waters carried him three miles beneath the ground into Lake Erie. Jiggs was found later swimming in the tunnel, which is IS feet in di- ameter.
 1 DdNIld AAihS A'iiS'aNi i' NS lose three little American playmates. They are the children of Ambassa- dor Culherton. who has been trans ferred to Chile.
 New York-F'lorence Goodman Isaacs, 2o. wishes the courts to an- null her three marriages, They all | III -1 ( an elopement Her parents insisted on a religious ceremony. Then al her husbands demand that the thing be done right ceremony No. 3 was performed by the mayor of Bergen. N. J. Now. she ayers. she has learn ed her husband was divorced and forbidden to remarry
 New Haven-After 3c years of service. Professor Benjamin w. Bacon of the Yale divinity school faculty. is 10 resign July 1.
 rlborough-Harry Quisley of North Allentown, Pa. is instantly killed when two trucks crash, pin ming him underneath.
 Eastford-Four gypsles rob Leo Crepau. so, of ssn on state highway. escap ping in automobile. bearing Cali fornia markers.
 While being brought tc the Cheshire reformatory, Francis Cosgrove. 17. a prisoner, escaped from a Hartford policeman.
 Hartford--A charter is granted b, state Bank Commissioner Shippee tc the Sons of Italy Industrial bank oi New Haven.
 New Haven-Amos B Moore ol Madisonville. Ky. is sent to Jail fol 90 days on charges of flashing two boys he hired for not selling enough magazine subscriptions.
 Hartford-The 18th annual con vention of the New England state
 association combined with the Con necticut State Association Of power
 engineers opens at the Foot Guart
 hall.