New Britain herald., 1928-01-17
FLASHES OF LIFE: ARMY RECRUITING ssa-
 BUREAU HAS PERFECT MAN SERGEANT

New York-The army recruiting
 bureau has q perfect man-Sergeant
 Herbert F. smith, age 27, weight
 13S, height feet 6. He passed an
 examination covering moral. mental
 and physical attachments with a
 mark of 100 per cent. The perfect
 man has been a husband a few
 months. He married a childhood
 sweetheart and Mrs. smith is boss. |"
 He does not drink. He smokes a
 pipe. His home is in Newark. Chicago-Even if a fiancee agrees
 never to demand alimony the man
 must pay just the same. Such pre-
 nuptial agreement is against public
 policy, Judge Joseph Sabath holds
 The ruling was in the case of Mrs.
 Alice F.. Gottwald, who is suing her husband.
 New York-The first test of an ideal husband is whether he is q good provider, as seven Long Island girls view the matter. The Rev.
 James l.. Walker of Astoria, Presbyterian. obtained their views. Boston-1t is leap year. Miss Ger trude k. Novak, beautician, went to City Hall and filed notice of her in- tention to marry Dr. Robert l.. Dia-
 mond. Several hours later the doc- tor informed the officials that Miss Noyak had acted without authoriza- ton. Miss Novak explained that she
 was tired of waiting.
 New York-Claire Gilbert, who
 says she was once a show girl, is ;f poker player. In her latest game she lost $o,Soo. Having three aces.
 she bet $500 before the draw and was raised $2,30O, which she saw
 She failed to improve. Her opponent showed a straight. Then she had Sid-
 hey smith and Joseph Cohen arrest ed. They were convicted of larceny when she demonstrated she could read the cards by means of a f1eur
 de lys design on the back. Prague--CoupIe of students at the military aviation school at Prostejov are playing hockey in plane. They tied up sentinel at the hangar and vanished in the sky.
 Paris--Cecilc Sorel. who has won fame and fortune as the star of the Comedie Francaise theater, is to get her real joy out of life in acting as she pleases in her own theater be- fore d hand picked audience. Ma dame La COmtesse de Segur, as she
 is in private life, will stage plays theatar on her estate in the south of France, near Toulon.
 New Iork-This is the sixteenth
 birthday of a fragment of the heart
 Of d chicken which theoretically is immortal. Kept in so cultures at the Rockefeller institute, it lives and grows. It could double it's size in 4S hours, but it is pruned occasion ally by Dr. Alexis Carrel and associ- ates for study with the hope that it /, will lead to great discoveries for use i in the world of medicine.
 l New York-'rhe Bell system Is
 working on plans for the equipment of airpiancs with telephones when
 required. A substantial amount is to be devoted to research along this l line to promote safety in aviation. 1 Dnblin-'rhe thing about Ireland that has most impressed Mrs. Fred
 crick A. Sterling. wife Of the Ameri-
 can minister, is longevity. Ohituar- ies in newspapers give her the idea
 that the popular age for dying is 90 years or more.
 New Nork-Desiring to realize a lifelong ambition to see the Atlantic ocean, Governor Bulow Of South Da- liota was taken to Concy Island by
 James W. Gerard. There Mas a
 thick fog. "I didn't see the ocean at all." explained the governor. All l saw was water. There was plenty of it.
 Hartford Sudden call 10 arms shows nearly perfect response when 43d division Of National Guard re-
 ports 90 per cent of officers and S6 per cent Of enlisted men as active
 ly mobiIiZed for Rhode Island,
 Maine, Vermont and Connecticut. l Danbury - Charles Spencer and
 Joseph ferriola, youths. drowned
 when they smash through thin ice
 here. Third boy barely escapes with
 life.
 Storrs --- Smallpox epidemic In Middle.oWn causes postponement of Connecticut Aggios- Wesleyan bas-
 kctball match.
 Hartford Missing Miss Frances
 St. John Smith, smith college girl
 said to have been seen al Sunday
 church service here and later seen at drug store, where she stopped for purchase.
 | Putnam - Parents claim body of
 their daughter. Mrs. Marine Keith ! Pierce, who was drowned in auto
 mobiic which went into river at
 North Grosvcrnordale. Machine was
 owned and driven by late Jerome
 sheldon of WatcrtoNn. Mass. M..l Nl.M lNSIlra