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New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
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 Hebron, Hebron -Gilead road ii being oiled from Hebron Center to Old Creamery.
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 New Haven - Townsend avenue, bituminous macadam under con- struction. Short detour posted.
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 Rocky Hill-Elm street, grading under way. Slight delay to traffic.
 Bedding Georgetown road. con. struction work started. No .detours
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 Sterling-Bridxe is under con struction at Sterling Village. De tour posted. Bridge under conetruc' ton at Oneco. Temporary bridge tz use. 1 Wallingford-state street. laying bituminous macadam for ! miles No delay to traffic.
 Woodstock-West road is being oiled for ? miles.
 Wethersfield-Jordan Lane is un. der construction and rather rough closed to through traffic. l Windsor Locks -Suffield, Eas Main street is under construction Traffic may take good road througt Suffield Center. l stratford-The Conn. Co. is put, ting in special work at the cornel of Barnu avenue and North Mair streets. Traffic is being controlled by traffic men.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
NO CHECKS F0R FMu

New Philadelphia. O.. Sept 3l (UP)-Nayor W. F. Hurst will ac- cept no mors cheeks in payment of AneA
 Last March. . Coshoncton aalss- man. who was hned tlS.10 for speeding. gave Mayor Hurst .
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-04-14
Newport News, Va.
Tol,o 10 1000

February 10, 1928.
Mr.. A. W. Holmes, Supreme Master,
210 East Clay Street,
Richmond. Va.
My dear Mr.. Holmes:
Please accept our thanks for the
prompt payment of the death claim of
my husband Mr.. Nicholas Bacon who
was member of Ivy Leaf Lodge, No.
55, of the National Ideal Benefit So
ciety.
May the Order continue to prosper
under your great leadership.
Yours very sincerely,
Pinkie Bacon.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-04-14

Pansy Juvenile, Enonsville, Va,
is the first Juvenile Fold to send in
its contribution to the Welfare De-
partment. The following children
sent 5 cents each: Imogene Morgan
Georgia Morgan, Ethel Jones, Nat
tie Austin Denzel Jones, Benjamin
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man, Mildred Eldridge, Romelus
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Ideals Pay Death claims
South Richmond, Va.

April 8, 1928.
Mr.. A. w. Holmes,
Supreme Master of the National Ideal
Benefit Society.
Dear Sir:
wish to thank you for the prompt
payment of the death claim of my
husband Spencer W. Johnson, ST.,
who was member of Sunshine Lodge,
No. 20 May your Noble Order ever
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His wife,
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-04-14

Friedrich Loose, one Of the Ger
man flyers who set out. on trip
across the Atlantic on their Junkers
airplane, the Bremen. The start Of
the trip was yelled in deep secrecy
since the German government has
frowned on transatlantic flights in
view of the many: fatalities so far.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-21
New York Bank Clearings.

NEW YORK, September 21.-
Today. Year ago.
clearinEs .....s 81, 2s7, 000, 600 1890, oo0, 900
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Nfy . EeFf b,l sss::al k.eec 100000
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-21

ment of SIS $50, 900 in installments over
a period of 10 years.
The purchaser also assumes all pay
ments made and commitments entered
into. totaling about 100000. in con-
nectiUn with extensions now being made
to the Edmonton, Dunvegan d British
Railway.
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Hourly Sales on N. 4. Market.

Hourly Sales on N. \. Market
liam. SSS.50O ~ noon l .636. 500
lpnl. 2.55i0O0 2vm 1899. 100
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able when earned Pasahl' IN cash o.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-21
ALBERTA SELLS ROADS
TO CANADIAN PACIFIC
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
EDMONTON. Alberta, September 81.
The Alberta government announced
yesterday it had completed negotiations
for sale of all its railroads to the
Canadian Pacific subject to ratification
by the Dominion and provincial Legis-
latures and by Canadian Pacific stock
holders.
Transfer of title gives the Canadian
National Railways participation in nall
the obligations and half the benefits
Of the lines Conditions of the sale pro-
vide for payment by the Canadian Pa
ciflc of s25.000.000 through assuming
first mortgage bonds of the Edmonton
Dunvegan e. British Columbia Railway
to the extent of $4,000 and pay
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NEW STEEL TUBE co.

NEW YORK. September 81 Up).-A
new corporation. 20 be controlled by
Republic Iron g. steel through own
ership of its entire common stock, has
be organized under laws of Ohio to
acquire the property and assets of Steel
&, Tubes Inc. 1t will distribute TO
the Old Steel G. Tube stockholders a
bic k of Republic Steel stock. $4,000 .00n
debentures and class "A" and B"
stocks of the new company.
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$20,150.20, com :
pared with SIS
495.01 for August,
1927.
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revt nues for the
m on t h amounted
to So 20, 8 20. 40,
against s335,621.28
in the same month
a year ago. OPP
e r a t ng expenses
and taxes required
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Wall Street Briefs

NEW YORK. September 81 LP).-
American Window Glass Co.. Pitts
burgh. has advanced prices 8 to 9 per
cent on all staple lines of window glass.
the third advance in the last five
months.
Tire shipments in July made a new
monthly record amounting to 5.972,237.
an increase of l.444909 over July last
year. the Rubber Association of
America reports.
A higher rate of activity In public
projects brought the total In contem-
plated construction the past week to
$50. 800. 900. based on returns from all
parts of the country, McGraw-Hill Con-
struction Daily reports Apartment
house operations and hotel construction
we're Just as much in evidence as earlier
in the year. slackening In CONNER
cial buildings was noted
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common stockholders of record October
| rights to subscribe at Sill a share
for one share of its new subsidiary.
Gotham Knitbac Machine Corporation.
for each two shares of Gotham Silk Ho-
SierV.
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CAPITAL TRACTION
AUGUST NET OFF
Heavy Trading on Local
Stock Exchange-Young
Talks on Bank Credit.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

According to the monthly report made
to the Public Utilities Commission to-
day the net income for the month of
August of the Capital Traction Co. was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-23
HAVANA WALLS FADE.


HAVANA @.-Turreted strongholds,
rapidly distntegrating, are the only re-
manning evidence Of what were once
Havana'g city walls.
When Havana was under the rule Of
King Phillip II Of Spain, IL was strong
~ fortified by series Of watch towers
connected by thick walls which encicled
the city. Today these walls are no
longer In evidence. Growth Of the city,
compelling the people to 20 beyond the
walls IN quest Of homes, caused the
tearing down Of the thick old bastions
md only the watch towers remain.
The watch towers have become mu-
Geulng and are under the control of the
Cuban department Of public works.
Many Of them. due 70 old age, have been
closed to the public.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-04

later than that time will be dis
qualified None may start earlier
than o'clock in the morning.
No means OF natural locomotion
are barred, the entrants may run,
walk or crawl. Each mans time for
the various jaunts from city to city
will be recorded for the final COM
putation in New York Meals,
medical attention, sleeping accom-
mcdations and all will be free to
runners. All they will have to do
is run.
Preceding and following the mara
thoners will be an automobile caravan
carrying officials, newspaper men,
photographers, doctors and others
Each contestant will be allowed one
suitcase of certain dimensions. Spare
shoes make up most of the extra
equipment and not the least imports
ant individuals OF the encourage are
the official shoe repairers. Some OF
the runners will travel barefoot
through the hot desert country, for
the mountainous districts heavy
leather boots viii be mostly the
style.
A carnival will precede the athletes
to each city where control points
have been established. portable
radio station, mounted on motor
truck, will accompany, broadcasting
accounts OF the race as 1t moves
across the continent. Two doctors,
representing hospital in Philadel-
phia, will cover" the race from a
scientific standpoint. They expect to
assemble valuable data on the re-
action OF the human body to such
a grind. -
Starting tomorrow at about 3 p. M,
the first stop will be at Puente, some
20 miles northeast. From then on.
the daily grind will average around
so miles.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-04

efforts. Second place calls for a
financial remuneration of $4,000,
third best time $1,000 and fourth
$2,500. The next six finishers will
bank $1,000 each.
Contestants write their home ad-
dresses in many parts of the world
The veldt of South Africa has con-
tributed Arthur Newton, of Rhodesia
A year old logger, who smashed the
100 mile running record of England
two months ago. He is regarded as
one of the leading contenders,
Nicholas Quamowahu, full blooded
Hopi Indian and member of a famous
tribe OF runners, journeyed from the
desert country OF Arizona to try his
feet on the endurance trail. Seth
Gonzales, of Denver, is a marthoner
of great experience.
Other Savorites include Willie
HoIehmainen, Lauri Ielto and Gun
mar Nielsen, all Finnish entrants from
New York Kolehmainen is brother
of Hannes Kolehmainen, winner OF
the 1920 Olympic games marathon.
Nelson is cross country champion of
the Finnish-American Athletic club
of New York. Juri Lossman, of
Esthonia, ended second to Hannes in
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-04
VICTOR NELSON
PUTS UP SCORE
OF 262 AT "
Ten Strings in SO Show 200
Or More ChiIders High
Roller, Then Johnson


Victor Nelson, a member of the
G and A. Acid plant bowling team
proved his right to wear his first
name. last night when he smashed
all previous records. on the Y. M,
O. al bowling alleys. He slammed
the pins for a total Of 262, that
heing seven more than the record
made by w. w. Hill last week,
His record total was made on a
showing of nine strikes and two
spares. The score was made in
an elimination contest to shake
down the team to the five high
score men of the team and with
his last nights record, Nelson looks
like a sure winser in the big
five
In the eliminations for Che slte
bowling match Childers took first place
with d total of 1889 for the ten games
Johnson second, and Nelson third Six
men took part in the fray, with two
remaining to roll off their elimination
at q later date. Hart and StrutherS
could not take part last night because
of Illness.
a number of 200 games we're rolled
Nelson taking the seasons high mark
with 262, and johnson rolling 233
Totals follow: Childers, 202, 225, ITO
leo. I7S, 1872, 178, lS9, 172, 222; total
1899. johnson, 145, l58, l68, 200, l76
201, 200, 1856, 1872, 28S; total, 1926. Mel
son. 14S. 10, 148, I64, 262, 174. i'l2, 16l
leo. 200; total. ITO. Rallentine. ITO
l60. 1888. l89, 1873, 1863, 176, 176, las, 156i
total, 1720. Negri, 159, 1T, 189, 223
le0, 1859, l22, 1873, 159, 140; total, 1851
Hill. 1874, 1863, 1876, 143, 145, 1873, 168
1870, 1853, 156; total, 1926.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-04
TranscontinentQl Foot Race is Longest

1920 and expects to lead the Finn
this time.
Heel and toe artists will match
their walking ability with the runners
and two of these are listed among
the outstanding contestants. Guisto
Umek, OF Trieste, Italy,. holds many
walking titles in his country. Phillip
Granville, Hamilton, Ontario, is the
walking champion Of Canada. He
is a Jamaica Indian, powerful OF
body and long on endurance.
Youth will vie with age in the
"bEnion derby" The oldest seeker
of glory is Charles Hart, boasting 50
years Of vigor and former holder of
the LOG mile record Of England. He
comes from Shirley, Southampton,
and has as a running mate Peter
Gavuzzi, also Of English birth and
from the same town. Sixteen year
old Ted Josephs, negro youth of Los
Angeles, is the baby of the contest.
In training, he has reeled off Is mile
stretches in three and one half hours
and finished fresh.
The entry list is as odd as the
personnel of a circus side show A
EARNED man will start along side
49 year old veteran Of the Alaska
gold rushes, whose feet were frozen
while mushing through the SHOWS of
the north. A prize fighter and a
wrestler have put aside their pro-
fessions temporarily to try their luck
with their pedal extremities. Several
of the entrants are swimmers of some
prominence. Caucasian, Oriental and
Ethiopian will be pitted against each
other in the race for riches.
Some OF the contestants have been
in training for six months for the
affair. William S. Busch, of Boston.
decided to participate as far back as
last October. To see if he could
stand the grind he came out to the
coast and ran back to Boston in
SO days. Harold L. Johnson, of De-
troit, walked from his home city to
Los Angeles to sign up. Two weeks
ago one of the entrants asked per-
mission to run home over the week.
end to visit his family. 1t developed
he lived SO miles down the valley.
Rules of the race are simple, with
runners required to reach night con-
troll stations in designated cities not
later than midnight. Any arriving
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-04
COAST TO COAST
MARATHON RACE
GETS OFF TODAY

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March CR)
AS strange legion OF humans as
ever gathered here for any purpose
marked time today for the start to-
morrow of the international trans
continental marathon-longest foot
race Of modern times, which will have
its ending in New York city some
two months hence.
Exactly 276 athletes, conditioned
through months of running, walking
and mountain climbing. were ready
for the starting gun that will send
them off from Ascot park here on
a 5000 odd mile jaunt for fame and
fortune The finish will be in the
New York polo grounds and the
winner will claim $4,000 Tor his