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New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
FORD AND PROSPERITY

Henry Ford knows prosperity
when he sees it. He is especially con-
cerned over automobile prosperity.
In fact, he is an authority on it.
Anything that threatens to interfere
with the consumption of flvvers he
opposes.
It happens that he now is inclined
TO be q Republican. He has been
rather Independent in his politics,
and the Democrats once thought he
was one of Jefferson's faith. just as
they once thought Hoover was one
of the party.
Ford, although favoring Hoover,
does not happen to be aligned with
the old style Republicanism which
saw nothing but national disaster it
the Democrats happened to win.
Perhaps this inks the grand old
party moguls occasionally. but that
isn't worrying the motor king. He
continues to speak his mind, even in
a campaign year.
His declaration that prosperity is
certain to continue no matter who is
elected president does not please
station COP, which has been broad
casting just the contrary. We are in
clned to think Ford is right.
But when the motor magnate goes
SO far as to say that if the dry law
is changed he'd have to shut up his
plants he evidently is talking without
due preliminary thought. Ford hap
pens to have plants in Canada. and
no one has yet heard OF their being
closed up after the dry law was
ditched in that country
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
observations
On The Kdther


Washington, Aug. co.-Forecast
for Southern New England: Fair
tonight, slightly warmer in western
MASSACHUSETTS,. Tuesday partly
! cloudy; gentle variable winds.
Forecast for Eastern New York:
Fair in south; showers in north.
portion late tonight or Tuesday:
warmer in central portion tonight:
gentle variable winds.
Conditions: Pressure il hiRh
over the north Atlantic states and
southwestward to the Gulf region.
1t is low in long trough from the
northern Mississippi valley south-
westward to New Mexico with prin.
clpal center of minimum pressure
over Nebraska. =
Showers have occurred in the
southern states and over portions OF
the upper Mississippi and Missouri
valleys. Temperatures are not
severe in any district, cool nights
and pleasant, sunny days prevail
east of the upper lake region and
central Mississippi river districts
and west OF the plain states Con-
dltions favor for this vicinity fair
weather followed by increasing
cloudiness and not much change in
temperature.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
SMALL TOWN MAIL

Towns in Connecticut are close to-
gether, but that does not mean mail
between them travels along the most
direct route. Ask anyone in Plain
vile, for instance, about the speed of
the mail to New Britain and he will
iabber about it as long as you care
to listen. Yet the two towns are less
than ten minutes apart on the rail-
road which carries the mail. The rea-
son why mail between the two cities
takes longer than ten minutes to
cover the distance is because it
usually first travels to Hartford,
where New Britain mail from many
surrounding towns accumulates and
is dispatched here quickly enough to
insure an overnight service. The
reason for this-at least, one of the
reasons--is that there is not enough
mail from the small towns to justify
separate pouch for every other
nearby city and town.
Or take the mail from New Britain
to Pennington. How simple that
looks: the two towns are so close
together that once they were one.
But the letter to Pennington goes
first to New Haven, and then travels
up on the branch railroad line run
ming through Pennington. AS there
is quite u terrible railroad service
on this branch line the mails like
wise suffer. But the post Office
manages to deliver mail between the
two towns within "a hours, and
that's perhaps going some under the
circumstances.
Then one can, if one wishes. con-
slder the system OF transporting
mail between New Britain and Ken
sington. The Kensington post office
is within a stones throw of New
Britain Junction in Berlin, where
much mail to and from New Britain
gets on the rails. One would think
that mail truck, while taking mail
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
rs Years Ago Today

City Clerk Thompson has received
a postal card from ID. Mcmillan, who
is abroad. He had a pleasant trip
over.
Rev. NJ. W. Gaudian will take the
children of st. Johns German L1lth-
eran church out to White Oak by a
special car Wednesday afternoon.
The big smokestack at Traut &
Hines WAS successfully raised today.
1t is 125 feet in height and has a
diameter Of ~ feet.
Rev. q. r. Phil and family have
gone to Chicago for their vacation,
The mayor and Building Inspector
/ Turnbull visited Wolcott mountain
| today and inspected the work being
done in the new reservoir. The con-
tractor has commenced the laying of
concrete.
A committee from the Greek
Orthodox Catholic church visited the
building department and water de-
partment today and inquired about
a building permit. The Greeks own
the former John Haffet property on
Beaver street and plan to rae the
| house to the rear, then erect n
church on the front of the lot. It
will accommodate 400 people, and
there are half of this MANY Greeks
in tho city now. The Russian Ortho-
dox Catholic church was built about
a year ago.
a total Of 1924 republicans and
779 democrats have registered to
vote in the party primaries.
/ Two thousand Swedish people at
| tended the open air meeting in
klrkham's grove yesterday They
came from all over the state. Rev,
G. T.. Phil of this city is president
of the conference.
Tennis shoes at 3sc and 4oc a pair
at Gardners sale.
The new city directory will con-
tain IA, 566 names, indicating that
the population of the city is 3G.415.
A trick cyclist advertising Old
Home Week IN Bridgeport caused
quite a sensation here yesterday
riding through the streets and doing
all sorts of stunts before the rush
hour crowds. He was made M as
a farmer.
Rev. Lucian Bojnowski is not act
ing as foreman OF the work Of build
ing the new Polish Catholic church.
Clad in faded pontane and straw
hat, he has been directing the work
men since the contracting firm re-
fused to finish its job. When it is
said in future years that Father
Boinowski built the church, the
statement will be literally true.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
HOT WATER AND SALAD

After luncheon consisting of
one glass of hot water and a small
vegetable salad"
This is our idea of a hot meal.
Perhaps you may think John D..
Rockefeller the elder enjoyed this
munificent meal. In which case you
are wrong.
It was what a famous man ate and
called meal; however, otherwise We
wouldn't mention it at all. The
gentleman who enjoyed this healthy
and easily digested luncheon was
Henry Ford.
And let it be said that Henry's
health, at his age. is very good. 1t is
a. clear as daylight he is not digging
any graves with his teeth.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
CONNECTICUT Tagging
IN SURFACED ROADS

The old saying that 'figgers don't
lie' have a new application in con-
nection with the percentage of Con-
! necticut highways, state and local,
which are improved. If the pay as
you 60 policy We're as perfect as
its proponents assert Connecticut
surely would provide a better per-
centage than 23.S of it's roads sur
faced. But those are the figures, as
the Associated Press reflects from
the official record provided by the
Federal Bureau OF Public Road.
The Nutmeg state, to be sure, is
not as low in the scale as North
Dakota, with only II per cent OF her
roads surfaced; but it certainly Is a
long way from Indiana, which tops
the list with 65.3 per cent.
Connecticut. on the basis Of the
figures, is only an average state in
road improvement, not leader, as
some Of the politicians in Hartford
would have us believe.
To be sure. surfaced roads do not
mean that they are covered with
brick, asphalt or concrete. 1t means
roads that are treated to be smooth,
regardless of the method. In In
diana the majority of surfaced roads
are covered with gravel or crushed
stone, which suits the autoists as be-
ing better than nothing at all. En-
cept for the fancy concrete roads in
Connecticut, most of the unimproved
roads are like they were so years
ago, which means they are carefully
avoided by motorists.
Connecticut has a lower percent
age Of surfaced roads than the fol-
lowing states: California, Florida,
Indiana, Maryland. Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota. New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wash
ington, and Wisconsin. And some of
these are far above Connecticut in
the list.
The evil of not having sufficient
surfaced roads is evident to all.
Traffic centers upon the main high
ways, vastly intensifying congestion.
That is the trouble in Connecticut,
mot the great increase in the mum.
Der of automobiles. The state has
not kept pace with the automobiles. |
The Legislature "authorizes'' new
road improvements every two years, |
but the improvements are not |
forthcoming until there is enough
money on hand for the purpose. This
sounds splendid in theory but is
doubtful in practice. If most of the
other states had such a system the
greater part of the country would |
still be a bog,
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20

to the Berlin railroad station, coule
just as easily drop Oft pouch o.
hensington mail at the post office OF
the latter town; but it doesn't The
kenslngton mail goes right aboard
the train at Berlin-when it doesn't
go to Hartford direct-and then goes
to New Haven. There it is sorted into
kensington pouch and in due time
northbound train brings it back tc
the Berlin railroad station, whence
it ultimately finds its way to the
kensington post office. An overnight
service is guaranteed; indeed, mail
rarely takes longer than "A hours to
get between New Britain and Ken
sington.
All this is according to the best
post office practice. The rates on let
tiers and other postal matter are low,
and there seems to be no disposition
to raise the cost of transportation
and distribution unduly. Things work
out according to preconceived plan
and Well bet it isn't changed often
as the years go by.
The post office is somewhat justi-
ia hi, 20
between nearby towns is not neces-
sary. In these days OF telephones 1t
is comparatively easy to put through
a message between the towns.
But one wonders, all the same,
why the post office depends so much
upon the railroads for the mail
service between the towns, There
are trolleys and buses. yet these do
not seem to be utilized at all unless
there is no rail service. Let there be,
only one train a day on a branch
line and the post Office is content to
utilize 1t for the mail service; where
as nine times out Of ten a bus line
would do better job.
We are not telling the postal boys
how to run the governments bust
ness. however. any more than we
would allow them to tell us how to
run newspaper. A little extra effort
to speed up the mail service between
the towns would be vastly appreciat-
ed by the public at large, however;
but if it cannot be done, We'll have
to forget it.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
AIDING LUNCHEON CLUBS

Luncheon clubs, smarting under
the criticisms of Sinclair Lewis, H.
l.. Mencken, George Jean Nathan,
and others, are asking constructive
suggestions from these devastating
critics. We doubt whether they will
get any.
1t is all right for Lewis, Mencken
and Nathan to throw bricks; that's
their trade. But to produce few
constructive ideas Is another thing
entirely.
The luncheon clubs won't get them
from this source. These boys are not
built that way. Literary buffoonery
does not depend for success and
lucre upon constructive conceptions.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20

Charles NJ. Hay, candidate for
senator in Missouri. until recently
was a spellbinder for the Anti
Saloon League. He is a Democrat.
He now is supporting Smith. His APP
peal to the voters runs this way: If
Smith looks too wet for you, just re-
member that l am dry enough for
you. And Ii | look too dry, just re-
member that Smith is wet enough
for you, and stick your straight
ticket into the ballot box" Which in
leather medal.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
buttons first used in Europe?

A. Buttons were first employed
In southern Europe in the 18th Of
18th century and the manufacture
OF buttons In England dates only
from the reign of Queen Elizabeth
as trade Of any Importance. Shell
buttons were invented by B. San
ders, a Dane. who in 1907 moved
from Copenhagen to Birmingham
and there began their manufac-
ture. Horn buttons were introduced
about the middle of the 10Th cen
fury by E. Bassot of Paris.
q. What is the home address OF
William Howard Taft?
A. 2215 Wyoming avenue, N. W.
Washington, d. c.
q. What is the Gugeenheim
Foundation for Aeronautics?
A. An organization founded by
Daniel Guegenheim for the purpose
OF fostering the advancement of
aeronautics. The address is SIS
Madison Ave-. New York city, N. Y,
Q. What are the names of the
United States battieships?
A. Arizona. Arkansas, Califor-
mia. Colorado, Florida. Idaho, Mary
land, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mex
lea, New York, Oklahoma, Penn
sylVania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah.
West Virginia. Wyoming.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
COMMUNICATED
4 Visitor Knocks
Is Enr, Knr.6,Li ,,.r UNGr.sIg

Us For Knocking Florida
Editor,
New Britain Herald,
City.
Dear Editor:
In reference to your editorial of
Aug. 18th under the heading 'Flor-
ida. Storms" l do not know in what
class to place you. As one of the
Binder Boys who got hooked, or
! 'One" who has never been to Flor
/ ida.
From your statement Of, Banks
| which Bust" and hurricanes with
! torrentlal rain you seem to think
that the people OF Florida have no
time to think of the coming election,
also you infer that they are most
common, let me set you straight.
Having lived in the North thirty
years and Florida six, / know that
you are decidedly wrong in your de-
auctions.
A few Florida banks failed direct
~ following 1.-THE Boom" no doubt
that as many would have failed here
VI ~ any ot1Iel SGCtlOH u1uef the
same conditions.
Only that the same condition
could never apply to Connecticut as
this worthy state has more kinds OF
weather, than Heinz makes
pickles.
You say Florida does not adyer-
Use these storms, would THE state
say now many sustained injuries
from falling on icy walks, or who
died OF pneumonia if they were look
ing for winter visitors?
Many thousands of people IN
Florida use products made in New
Britain but, think they should boy
colt things made in any city where
editors like you show such prejudice
against Florida
Florida does not pick any particu-
lar state when they publish pictures
OF snow. but you pick Florida and
ride it although Virginia, North and
South Carolina and Georgia receiy-
ed more damage than Florida tn this
last storm.
II you are one OF the Binder
Boys We cannot expect much else
from you, but should you be one
VINO has never been there by all
means take your vacation in Florida
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
LAMBS BEING ETEECED OF
MILLIONS

An article in the Savings Bank
Journal, penned by Reginald Roome,
president Of the Excelsior Savings
Bank in New York, makes the as
tonishing assertion that an analysis
Of savings bank deposits in New
York city indicates that probably ten
million dollars month is being
withdrawn by depositors who have
decided to take a flier in Wall
street."
1t was ever thus and doubtless
will be until the end of time. The
average man never will learn that
he never gets something for moth
ing, and if he has heard it he prob
ably has forgotten that it takes
money to make money" In other
words, it is well nigh impossible to
get rich in Wall street without one
can deal in vast amounts and has
resorces to tide over depressions.
A campaign of education on the
real basis of sound investing is about
the only solution, and the banks
themselves should take the lead in
this. The average man with few
hundred dollars saved from mouths
and years of honest toll read in the
daily press glowing accounts of the
fortunes made in Wall street. Day
after day he reads of the bull
market and the money being rolled
UP by someone. He thinks, he hest
tates and then he wonders some
more. Finally he makes up his mind
and plunges. In the meanwhile the
bull market has gone merrily on and
by the time Mr.. Average Man has
made his gamble the peak has been
reached. He buys at near top prices,
is ignorant Of the signs, and holds
on. Along come the bears and then
the decline. Mr.. Average Man picks
up the paper, gazes at his favorite
stock whereupon he perchance de-
cides to become a communist or a
bolshevik or an anarchist.
Wall street is no plare for the I'm
initiated Or the man of limited
means. Above all, it is not hing for
the person TO tamper with who has
to be otherwise occupied, for the
successful Spectator makes a bus
mess of it and attends to it as re-
ligiously as any other occupation.
ever keeping the eagle eye on the
board and always watching for
signs"
Savings bank, home town real
estate of proven worth, local in
yestmente in the same classification
may be slower in comparison but
they are safer. There is no fast ey-
press to the land of wealth for the
average man.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
JlST.i HIC TOWN!

According to w. +. Wentw orth
On the lower banks of the Hud
son there is located a small towr
with less than 100000 inhabi-
tants.
It is called by various and sundry
names and is inhabited by various
and sundry peoples. As in all towns
Of its size the people consider
themselves quite urban. The Town
being located convenient to water
transportation, is q trading center
of no mean Importance.
The town has fire department
and also police department. A
free public library is also one of the
conveniences of which the natives
boast. The Takus Kleenan Ice
Cream Emporium is fayorite loaf
ing place for the SWANS of the vii
lage. Another favorite haunt of the
fast set is the Elite Drug Store q
Tonsorial Parlor, which is a very
modern drug store, carrying a COM
plete line of hardware, sporting
goods, building materials, and
branch post office.
A fellow by the name of Smith,
an uncommon name, probably a
foreigner), is one of the towns best
known citizens. Another we'll known
citizen is a fellow by the name of
Walker. l do not know what kind
of a position he holds, but ! under
stand he is on the towns parole.
There are several amusement
places in town, and they say you
can have fine time, especially if
you go over to Coney Island. Ho-
holcn, or Jersey City.
The town also has a few nice
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
lZZI TO LIZZIE TO ,lZZY


BY Maurice Molitor
A boy named IzZy
Fell
For frail named Lizzie.
And he sang a song to
Tell
Her that he longed to
Call her MiZzie Sweet Mizzie.
'Be my Mizzie, Mizzie. Mizzie,
1.emme kizzie Lizzie Mizzie
Mizzie Iowa boy Lizzie bizzie,
SWee-eet lizzie bizzie MiZzie"
But Lizzie was cold to Izzy!
"Izzy! 1zzy. lzzy. My line is bizzy
Bizzy. Bizzy. Bizzy!
You gotta have dough
If you dom wanna nough
Bizzy Lizzie no lizzy Mizzie for
1zzy."
Izzy got djzzie, but he didn't get
Lizzie,
Nizzie Nizzie, Nizzie.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20


writing to the Question Editor. New
Britain Herald. Washington Bureau
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for reply. Medical. legal and MARTA
advice cannot be given. nor can ex'
tended research be undertaken. Al
other questions will receive a per-
sonal reply. Unsigned requests can.
not be answered. All letters are con.
ntial.-Jsditor.
! @. Has Poland a navy? Are
there any ports of any considerable
| size in Poland?
A. The Republic of Poland
maintains on the Nistula twelve
small gunboats and two sea-going
gunboats. The Free port of the Free
City of Danzig is now Poland's out
let to the sea.
Q. Who played the part of the
Student Prince in the movie of that
name?
A. Ramon Novarro.
". HOW Clu lS HG1l6 IFalIQn
the movie actress? What relation is
she to Gene Stratton Porter, the
novelist? In which of the noyelists
books did she appear in the
movies?
A. Gene stratton is fourteen
years of age and is the grand
daughter Of the late Gene Stratton
Porter, the novelist. Her real name
is Gene Stratton Monroe. She has
appeared in adaptations of Gene
Keeper of the Bees" ''Laddie,' and
'Freckles."
Q. My father and mother We're
Italians but ! was born in this
country. Am / an American citizen?
How can ! establish my citizenship
in order to be able to vote?
A. Having been born in this
country you are an American citi-
zen. To establish this fact you
must produce a copy of your birth
certificate.
Q. How often did Jack Dempsey
light LUIS flfpo.
A. Only once, at New York CITY.
September IA, 1928.
Q. What is the meaning of the
name Leroy?
A. 1t is French and means 'the
king"
q. Were bets on the Tunney-
Heency fight paid on the basis OF
knockout victory for Tunney?
A. According to newspaper &c
counts, Wall street brokers and
other New York betting commits
sioners paid off bets on this basis.
That is, those who bet on Tunncy
to win by a knockout, won their
bets.
q. What is the address of James
E. West, Chief Scout Executive of
the Boy Scouts Of America?
A. No. 2 Park avenue at 3ond
street. New York City,
@. From what is the SAYING
Nothing in his life SO became him
as the leaving of it" takenc
A. From shakespearc's Macbeth,
Act /. Scene 4. line Z.
@. When was the last time the
Olympic games were held in Ath- |
ems. Greece?
A. In 1856 under a special
Olympic dispensation for Greek
games.
.. Is platinum more valuable
han gold?
A. Yes. The latest retail price
quotation on platinum Is SIS per
ounce for refined platinum. The
price of gold is fixed by law at
'20671S3 per ounce.
Q. What islands are included in
Australasia?
A. Australasia is a geographical
erm applied to the greater Aus
ralian region, which includes the
Stands of Australia, Tasmania, New
iuinea, the Bismarck, Solomon and
Sew Hebrides archipelagoes, New
caledonia and New Zealand.
@. When We're shell and horn
buttons first made? When were
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
TORTURED TO DEATH

London, Aug. 90 R-Belief that
Monsignor Froewis, project apostol :
&c OF the Catholic mission at Sin
Yang Chow, in southeast Honan
province, was tortured to death by
brigands is expressed in a dispatch
to the Daily Mail from Hankow,
China Monsignor Froewis, an Aus
TRAN. was captured by the brigands
two weeks ago.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
CURTIS GOOD SPEECH

Senator Curtis of Kansas. in his
speech OF acceptance, made an adj
dress that did not pussyfoot on any
point he discussed. His most i'm
specialized in. were those dealing
with prohibition and farm relief. He
came out flat-footed against repeal
of prohibition, and in the case of
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
According to the political experts.

According to the political experts,
women voters have not yet learned
them, when they vote, vote
straight" We have no doubt, how
ever, that as soon as they find them
selves being looked upon as reliable
game by the party chieftains they
will begin scrambling the political
eggs, just to show the party moguls
that in this, as in all things, they can
do as they please.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20

and you will be 50 comfortable and
like our climate 50 we'll that you win
BUST" or a little wind or rain and
after that you will Boost not Knock
the sister state of Florida.
A VISITOR.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
Selling Himself!

Real Estate Agent: "Will you
marry me?'
The Girl: REALLY, this is very
sudden I'd like to think it over"
Real Estate Agent (absently)
YOU'D better grab me at once.
Several other parties have looked
me over and are crazy to grab me
if you DON'T"
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20

The gentle news having been duly
broken to Senator Curtis that he
was nominated for vice president,
let the artists "retouch" his picture
and register surprise.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20

No, the Rev. Dr. John Roach
Straton Is not running for office. He
10 merely political parson who
loves publicity and knows how to
get it.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20

4 logical contender is one who
can damage an opponent most and
Richard least.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20

Music helps athletes, and what the
Yankees seem to need at present is
the refrain from slipping.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-20
Send all communications to Fun
Shop Editor. care Of the New
britain Herald, and your letter
wiN b forwarded 10 New York.
Well Named, Well Say!

Vacations get their name because
There never is-there never Was
A thing more vacant to be found
Than the pocket-hook OF the
homeWard- bound.