Putnam patriot., 1928-04-19

reasonable privacy IN fishing as sig
nifcant Mr.. Coolidge was not en-
tirely enthusiastic about Swampscott
because il lacked the seclasiou he
wants. For the same reason he won't
60 70 New London, Conn, this sum
mer.
Slogan Winner
The Connecticut prize-winner in
contest conducted By the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association
10 find slogan for the use Of wood
lis w. Stewart Gocher, Fairfield,
whose slogan Every Age is the
Wood Age" has made him 500 rich
er today.
Prize money amounting to $3.50
was distributed as result Of the con-
test in which more than 400. 900 slo-
pans were submitted II Is estimated
that az least two million people took
an interest IN the slogan-for-Wood
contest
After Breakfast Speech
i While en- route home from Chicago
where they bad participated in the In
ter-schoiastle Basket bail Tournament
members Of the championship basket
ball team Of Connecticut from Rris-
tol High School, stopped over IN
Washington long enough to break
+ fast Senator Hiram Bingham and Re-
preventative T.. Hart Fem and to
/ visit in che Capital City for a day.
The two Connecticut Congressman
and the members Of the Bristol p~rty
had breakfast In the Pennsylvania
Hotel and following the breakfast
Senator Bingham and Mr.. Fem adj
dressed brief talks to the team.
Following the breakfast, the Sena-
tor laughingly remarked that never
before had he been called upon for
an fter-breakfast speech.
War Debt Of 1912
The objections Of Senator Smoot Of
Utah to the consideration of the Bing |
ham bili that would provide for the
payment of S559, 373.40 by the feder- |
al government 10 the state Of Con- |
necticut as settlement In full Of /
claims having their inception in the /
War of 1872 have now been with |
drawn, and Senator Bingham be- |
lieves that the bill will soon be be- /
fore the Senate 20 be acted upon.
The bill was originally introduced /
into the Senate by Senator Bingham /
and was reported favorably by the I
committee on claimsI but Senator /
Smooth objected to the consideration /
Of the bill when II was brought up /
for consideration some few days ago. I
Since that time Senator Bingham has +
conferred with the Senator from /
Utah and has persuaded him that his /
objections are not justified.
G.1Wfwt. Gps4at Han s,.4sg tsftF A,-avtst,
his objections and Senator Bingham /
hopes to have the measure considered /
soon. Representative Merritt has in /
House Of Representatives which Is |
now being considered by the House
committee on claims.
Connecticut Airports
Connecticut offers to aviators sew |
en- ports of haven where they may
land, find repair facilities, refuel and
fly on, according TO the aeronautics /
branch Of the commerce department |
Ten more airports are proposed in
the state.
Massachusetts offers more Ravens
to American hirdmen than any other
state In New England OF the forty |
nine airports in the New England /
states Massachusetts, has nineteen, /
Vermont ten. Maine five, New Hamp- /
shire four, and Rhode Island four /
More airports, il is understood. are 4
proposed in those states, ten in Com I
necticut. five in Vermont, four IN 4
Maine, fourteen in Massachusetts, /
three Is Rhode Island and three in
New Hampshire, making thirty /
.t4lsff.u.I atpunrta npnnoaaH for NatV \
England.
The fields already established in
Connecticut and recognized by the |
commerce department are given here 1
with their classification: Bethany, in |
termediate; Danbury, municipal;
Hartford, Brainard Field, municipal
New London, auxiliary, New Milford,
auxiliary; Mantle, auxiliary; and
Wallingford, municipal.
More airports in the state are pro-
posed for Bridgeport. Greenwich.
Meriden, New Haven, New London,
Norwalk, Norwich, South Norwalk, /
Stamford, Stanford.
Senator Tilson 81
Wishes Of 'all the good things that |
can come TO good man were eX-
tended 10 Representative John q. |
Tilson on the floor Of the House by |
Minority Leader FINS J. Garrett of
Tennessee on the occasion of the floor /
leaders sixty-second birthday.
81 take advantage OF this ocea-
sion." the minority leader said. ito /
express on behalf Of his colleagues
congratulations 10 the majority lead !
er. the gentleman from Connecticut, /
upon this anniversary Of his birth /
and TO wish him many happy returns
and all Of the good things that can
come TO a good man..
Receives Former Teacher
Fifty-three years ago when George
2. Mclean attended Hartford High
School. he studied under the tutelage
Of r. r. Childs, then a young profes-
sor of the school. AT that time,
perhaps. Mclean possessed nothing TO
him from the crowd but
good nature and ambitions. Recently, /
however, Senator Mclean. now one
OF the most respected members Of
the Senate chamber, had the pleasure |
Of receiving in his Office on Capitol
Hill a visit from his old instructor, Il