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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10
MOTHER GIVES CONSENT
TO MARRIAGE OF CHILD
Mrs. Bonk Agrees to Ceremony After
Thinking About 1t For
MO0th

1t took Mrs. Catherine Bonk near
ly month to reconsider her refusal
to allow her minor daughter. Agenia
Catherine Bonk, to marry Domonic
James Lamonte. but today she
called at the office Of the town
clerk and gave her written consent.
Lamonte. 20 years OF age, who
lives at 81 Franklin street, and
Miss Bonk. who is Is and lives 1T ~
Olive street, filed marriage inten-
tons with Town Clerk Alfred l.
Thompson. October Is. Mrs. Bonk
read the announcement in Z news
paper and hurried to the City hall
to make public her protest. She
was informed that the marriage
could not take place unless she gave
her written consent. and she went
away satisfied. Clerk Thompson put
the application one side. however.
and his bunch was a good one he
found when the youthful couple
called today with Mrs. Bonk.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10
AUTHORITIES PROBING
VERMONT POISONING
Uncover Alleged Plot to XIII Family
in West Dummerstom Near
BrattleborO

Brattleboro. Vt. Nov. 10 R,-Au-
thoriues here were investigating an
alleged plot to poison the family Of
Mr.. and Mrs Raithel OF West Dunn
merston. six miles from this city.
Sheriff Frank F. Wellman made
public the fact that his office as
we'll as that Of States Attorney
Rogert A. Bracket had been CO.
operating but had reached no con-
clusion.
Mrs. Raithel complained last sum-
mer when a COW died Of apparent
poisoning and declared that her II
year old daughter had been fired
upon. while an another OF casion she
declared a strange man had been
seen In the underbrush.
Last month. she said. she had
found a bag Of Paris green near the
family we'll. The Raithels moved to
Vermont several years ago from
Adams. Mass. and since purchasing
the farm have been involved in
considerable litigation. Sheriff Well
man said that that angle Of the
case would be Investigated to see II
it offered clue to the recent de-
velopments.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10
Hartford Girl Falls
To Death in n. Y.

New York. Nov. 10 (CP)-The
young woman who fell to her death
yesterday from an office building in
East 44th street was said By polics
today to have been Miss Jean
Marks. formerly Of Hartford and
Boston.
Her purse and gloves were found
on the fire escape Of the building.
In the purse were rent receipts
from the Franklin Square hotel.
Boston. bearing the name Jean
Marks" There also was q letter
signed Mother" and bearing Q
Hartford postmark.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10
RECEIVE DEGREES

Paris, Nov. 70 R-Dr ". s.
Jhayer. OF Johns Hopkins university,
and four other distinguished foreign
ers were invested with the degree of
ceremony at the opening Of the term
of the University Of Paris today. The
others honored were Lord Melchett.
tho former Sir Alfred Mond: Baron
Descamps, president Of the Royal
Academy OF Sciences Of Belgium,
and vice president of the Belgian
senate: Sir Charles Sherrington.
professor at Oxford, and Rafael Al
tamira. professor Of the University
Of Madrid.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10
Yes the Little Folks Come In For Tender Minstrations

be extended throughout the island
and is expected to encourage great
er diversification of agriculture and
industries The new highway will
extend through the central part of
the island from Santiago to San
Juan y Martinez. passing through
Havana and being connected wit h
lateral roads to all important cities
CT the island
Work on the new highway dis
tributed through five OF the six
provinces has been completed on A
total of 1874 kilometers Of the pro-
;ect road, and highway engineers
plan to finish additional stretches
before the first of the year.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10
WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE

Pauline Szyrnaszko was granted a
divorce and the custody Of two mi
nor children. Helen. aged ~. and
Edward. aged Is. in superior court
yesterday by Judge L. P. Waldo
Marvin from Joseph szymasxkc. On
the ground Of intolerable cruelty and
desertion. They were married IN this
city in 1913. Monroe 6. Gordon rep
resented the plaintiff.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10

next Monday, when business and
professional girls of the local asso-
citation will meet at the Y. W. C. A.
at I o'clock in the dining room OF
the association.
Broadening horizons for women
will be the general theme of Mrs
Patty Lee Clark the speaker of the
evening. BY her rare personal
charm. keen wit and clear unSsl
standing, Ms. Clark has already en-
deared herself to many New Britain
girls.
Other features have been planned
in the hope of making this one Of
the most delightful and profitable
events scheduled for this falls pre-
gram.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10
BY DE WITT MACKENZIE

London. Nov. 10.-This u really
the story Of Barbara Ann. But Far
bara Ann 10 the sweet coming at the
end OF the repast.
The tale begins with my discov-
cry Of the Little Corporal In a Brit
ish war hospital July s. l9ls. IT
was the day after the first Anglo
American attack In history. VIXEN
Yanks and Australians went over
the top together In that glorious
and successful Fourth OF July drive
against the Germans at Hamel.
south OF the somme. The little
Corporal had been badly shot-up.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10
BEATEN, SUES FOR $500

Jacob Elisha. S years OF age. has
brought suit for $4,000 against Tso-
Al Fenkowsky through Attorney A..
=. Aharonian in which he claims
that on October IS while he was
performing labor in connection with
the finishing Of house on Slater
road owned by the defendant. 4 dis
pute arose between the two concern
ing the manner and amount Of work
to be done. In the course Of the
alteration the defendant ASA ulted
the plaintiff. it Is alleged striking
him on the head ana face and
knocking him to the ground.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10
CHAPTER "

1910 Newport avenue, Chicago, ILL.,.
September II. 1928.
Dewitt Mackenzie. Esq.
The Associated Press,
London. England.
Dear Mr.. Mackenzie:
received your letter Of August
>. and words cannot express how
happy we are to hear from you
How fortunate that We are at the
same address!
I received your letter ten years
ago. but did not answer. as I
thought you were too busy to be
bothered with correspondence. 49,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10
Y. W. G. A. NOTES

The nationwide dinner which
was attended by 10000 Y. W. girls
in business and professional occuna :
last fall will be repeated this fall.
New Britain Is being added to the
roster this year and the date set is
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10

Exports Of chemicals and allied
products from Germany to foreign
pecially during the past two years.
until during 1927 they exceeded
S20n 600 OnO
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10
chilean BEAUTY
Leaving Capital


Washington, Nov. 10. N-Diplo-
matte society in Washington soon Il
to lose one OF its most attractive
and charming members. Sonora Aga
clio. wife of the counsellor In the
Chilean legation.
Sonora Agacio has an interesting
home. A beautiful fan Of rose
point lace embroidered In gold.
which belonged to her great grand
bother. a huge round bottle at
least 125 years old which she found
in Maine and has converted into q
lamp. a French trumot or mirror
set In tapestry panels which she
had especially made for her home
these are among the treasures to
be glimpsed In the restful. harmoni-
Gus rooms.
The young sonora, dressed In
modish brown costume, the shades
Of which match her red brown hair,
looks about with regret, for now
she must leave all this. Senior
Agacio having been given the post
Of minister to Central America,
True, the sonora will be going back
to her old home In Costa Rica from
which she and her mother and four
sisters fled. to New York after an
earthquake. But she says she has
learned to love Washington. She
has made many friends here.
A big white cat meets one at the
door Of the stately house. A faint.
pleasing odor Of incense pervadea
the dim. quiet living room. done In
shades OF deep. rich red. The
dainty fan. spread out In fullest
splendor. has its own glass case.
Just the shape Of the fan. in which
It ',as brought all the way from
Chile. The huge bottle lamp with
soft gold shade stands in a corner.
The bottle holds 50 gallons and u
so light that 1t Is kept half-filled
with water to hold 1t steady.
Ask the sonora what her hobby
is and she replies simply: Every
thing beautiful"
White heather and white garde-
Mas were carried by Princess Cam
tacuzene. great-granddaughter Of
President Grant, when she was
married to John Hanbury Williams
Of Windsor. England. The heather
was brought to her from England
by the bridegroom and IL supposed
to bring good luck. But how ma.ly
brides In America can acquire a
piece Of white heather3
Mrs. Charles G. Dawes, wife Of
the vice president. 10 known to her
friends a. quiet, home loving
woman. Discussing his chances
for presidential nomination. Mr..
Dawes once told 4 friend:
why, my wife isn't a bit inter-
ested In having ME made president.
She would lots rather Just sit on
tho back porch with me and shell
peas than she would to have me in
the White House."
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10

He hailed from Chicago. and his
name was Edward Reich. He said
he was 20. but to me he was just a
klus-eyed. fair haired school kid
with 4 particularly winning smile
At first he looked q bit askance at
| me from his cot, because as a war
correspondent / was wearing the
uniform Of = British officer but
when told him that !. too. was an
American impulsively he threw ne
arm about my shoulders AMI said:
"Oh. I'm glad Of that. I'm glad
you're Yankee too
He was lonely and homesick nd
hurt. And he was among strangers,
far from his own people. He want
ed comfort from somebody who
came from home.
We chatted about the great fight,
and his eyes glowed as he de-
scribed the bravery Of the men he
had been given to lead into action.
MY men fought WE'LL" he said
proudly.
And this hlue-eyed innocent him.
self had killed two OF the enemy
single handed when they attacked
him together after he was wound
ed.
As talked with him. however, !
could see he had something besides
war on his mind. Finally he paused
and seemed to be bordering
II wonder" he said. after a lit,
III my little girl back In Chicago is
all right" ,.-.s ...e.-.
So we fell to speaking Of the girl
he had left behind him. and when ]
departed he asked diffidently IL !
would mind writing to her to say
that he was "all right"
You see." he apologized anxious
ly, Il can't write myself just now"
never saw the Little Corporal
again, but l wrote to his girl. And
the unfolding Of the story perhaps
may best be told in the correspond
cnce.
CHAPTER II
War Correspondents Headquarters
CP (b) G. H. O.. B, E. F.. France.
July, 1913.
Miss Annette Iwick.
1910 Newport avenue,
Chicago. ILL.,. U. S. A.
Dear Miss 1wick:
A very good friend Of yours, Cor
poral Edward w. Reich. has en-
trusted me with a little message to
deliver to you from him.
Long before this letter arrives in
Chicago you will have heard OF the
fine part Corporal Reich played in
the American attack
against the Germans south of the
Somme July I and Of how he was
wounded in the leg. ! saw him in
a British hospital the day after the
battle, and he asked me to write
and tell you that he was "all right.
1t is a pleasure to do this. especial
ly as l can report that he was very
cheerful and seemed to be doing
famously.
am sure you must be very proud
Of your friend. He Is the type Of
American we are all proud to know.
Yours sincerely,
DE WITT MACKENZIE.
War Correspondent
The Associated Press.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-10
CHAPTER III
Iondon,August 9, 1928

CHAPl FIX III
London.August 2, 1928.
Miss Annette Iwick.
1910 Newport avenue,
Chicago. ILL.,. u. S. A.
Dear Miss Iwick:
Ten years ago wrote you a let
ter. a copy Of which is attached. ]
received no answer. and often !
have speculated on whether my
communication reached you. I
should not be at all surprised to
learn that it did not. since the war
time censorship was very severe.
Many times since those days I
have wondered what happened to
the Little Corporal and his sweet
heart. have spent hours guessing
about It, but always ! come back to
the same things: - they were mar
ried and lived happily ever after
Won't you please write and tell me
about Annette and her soldier boy !?
must send this letter to the
same address I used a decade ago.
since ] have no other. Someway I
feel that shall get an answer this
time. and thank you In advance
for 1t.
Yours sincerely.
n ~
Evening star., 1928-12-07

hours a week. Eveready. hour, Gen.
eral Motors Family Party and Golfers
hour are classified as presentations.
Programs of popular music, neither
jazz nor classical, but of general appeaI.
usually take up about 13 hours a week.
Two or three hours a week is devoted
to public service broadcaSts, though
such events as national conventions.
presidential addresses and radio cover
age of big news events will raise the
average in the course of a year.
Radio dramas have an average total
of two hours a week.
The remaining hours are taken up in
programs that cannot be included in a
general classification, such as broad
casts OF sports events. brief inspirational
addresses. news bulletins and the pres
entation by radio of national celebrities.
Evening star., 1928-12-07

large portion of South America, he
states, and unquestionably will mean q
steadily increasing demand for Ameri-
can manufactured receivers and speak
erS for these countries
Commissioner Lafount Joins with his
colleague, o. H. Caldwell in condemn
ing the use of antiquated receivers by
people who are fastidious about their
reception, but kick about poor condi-
tions.
The stations and the commission can
engineer the ether so that good, clear
signals will pervade every home, they
hold. but If poor receiver is used good
radio cannot be produced
There are about 12,000,O0O receiving
sets in operation, of which 100000 are
considered modern and the remaining
100000 crystal sets or other obsolete
types. The reallocation, he says, with
out doubt has benefited the owners of
| good receiving sets, but to those less
fortunate who are still using insensitive
or out-of-date equipment the ALLEGATION
will bring perhaps only a substitute for
their favorite station.
Only a very few thousands" of the
100000 set owners have adversely
criticized the ALLEGATION, either to the
commission or to the broadcasting sta
tons, he says. In so far as inVestiga-
tions have been made of such COM
plaints, ''over 80 per cent of the trouble
| so far was traceable to the receiving
set"
Commissioner Caldwell also deplored
| the use of old receiving sets. He
thought that people should be able to
enjoy the radio of 1928 when they had
chance. With the poorer sets they
were still getting the radio of 1924 and
1925.
(Copyright 1923. by Consolidated pressN
Evening star., 1928-12-07

any having electrical leakage between
the elements.
range for amplification constant, plate
resistance or mutual conductance.
T. Good tubes.
The machine has an electrical control
board, with meters, connected by a
cable to the mechanical apparatus
which cuts the tubes into the test cir
cults. Attached to the mechanical ap-
paratus is an ejecting device and NOV
ing belts which carry the defects" and
good tubes away.
Automatically Handled.
Tubes are automatically placed in
sockets equally spaced around rotat-
ing disc having contact rings and
brushes. AS the disc turns, each tube
is successfully connected into special
circuits for testing. Arrangement of
the contacts is such that the test cir
cults are first connected, allowing me-
terS and relays to come to fixed posi-
ton before an ejector circuit is in posi-
ton to function.
The ejecting mechanism consists of
solenoids located opposite the three
NltutCS GISO WIllCII OC1cCblHG buDeS are
sorted. The tube is elected when the
solenoid pushes a plunger that forces
it out of the socket. The good tubes
must clear the three defect positions
before they are pushed out by cam.
The first circuit elects tubes with
broken f1lamentS or short circuits. The
second removes gassy and low-emiSsion
tubes. The third shoves out the tubes
with incorrect operating characteristics
Each circuit has control relays which
are essentially meters. Instead of point
ers, the meters have arms which make
contact between an upper and lower
range and are adjustable to suit any
condition.
Signal lights indicate the operation
of the various circuits All circuits are
designed so that a failure in the test
apparatus throws all tubes out at one
defect position, eliminating the possibi1-
ity of defective tube reaching the
packers.
Evening star., 1928-12-07
MACHINE REPLACES
25 TO 50 TESTERS
Device Removes Error of
Human Element in Radio
Tube Making.
BY the Associated Press.


BLOOMFIELD, N. j.. December T.
So accurate that it seldom fails, yet so
fast that it takes the place of from
Is to 80 girls, machine is testing
5000 radio tubes an hour in factory
which turns out nearly million tubes
a month.
The machine removes the chances
of error by the human element that
enter into one of the important opera
tions in tube manufacture-the final
test.
The former method was to have a
girl, handling 200 tubes an hour test
each one on set equipped with me-
ters, as many as Is test sets being re-
quired to keep certain type of tube
moving out on production schedule.
The attention necessary to keep the
test sets operating alike was consid-
cradle.
Develop Machine.
To overcome the defects of hand
testing, engineers of the Westinghouse
Lamp Co. developed a machine which
picks up the tubes from a carrier belt,
automatically performs each electrical
test and then sorts them by these
claSSiflcations
L. Broken filaments and all types of
short circuits.
2. Classy and low emission tubes and
Evening star., 1928-12-07
BR0ADCASTERS TRY
TO FAVOR ALL FANS
Analysis of Time on Air
Shows Effort to Diversity
Programs.

The people who listen to radio pro-
grams have complaints to make from
time to time. The persons who don't
like classical music complain that
there's too much "high-brow" music
on the air. The ones that don't like
jazz request less syncopation. Others
complain because there are too many
educational talks, and still others want
more broadcastS- OF an instructive or
informative nature.
An analysis of one week Of pro-
grams broadcast from one Of the
radio stations operated by the National
Broadcasting Co. reveals that the radio
program builders are considering all
listeners and are attempting to give
every listener share OF the time on
the air
The average time on the air for this
one radio station is 100 hours week.
Some days the station is on longer
than IA hours a day and other days
the transmitter is in action for less
than IA hours, but the average remains
about the same the year around.
IL Hours Classical Music.
Of this 100 hours, approximately IT
hours a week is devoted to classical and
Semi-classical music. Ten hours Of
the II may be taken up by or
cheStras, ensembles and other instru-
mental groups and hours may go to
vocaliStS with a classical repertoire.
The remaining hours usually is de-
voted TO opera.
Jazz enthusiasts receive IA per cent
of the broadcast time. Programs of
dance music varying from IS minutes
to an hour take up IA hours of the
100 available.
The program makers devote 9 hours
of the week to health broadcasts. Some
of these broadcaSts are In the form
of radio Setting-up exercises. while
others are talks on health by acknowl-
edged authorities.
Talks of interest to women-houSe-
keeping cooking clothes and personal
appearance are among the subjects
taken up-average about seven and a
half hours week. Educational talks
of interest to the adult members of the
average family-and in this group every
subject under the sun is eventually dis
cuSSed-occupy about eight and half
hours of the week.
Programs for Children.
There's something for youngsters on
the air every day and this takes up
three hours and a half each week.
Religion and religious broadcasts are
on the air every day-use eight and a
half hours Of the available time.
Radio presentations-and in 'preSen-
tationS" one may find humor, drama.
classical music and popular vocal and
instrumental selections-take up II
Evening star., 1928-12-07
ANTICIPATES BOOM
IN RADIO BUSINESS
Commissioner Lafount Is
Enthusiastic Over New
ALLEGATION.

A boom in the sale of radio receiving
sets is anticipated by Radio Commits
sioner Harold A. Lafount as the direct
result of the reallocation.
Predicting that sales will increase by
the hundreds of thousands" the fifth
zone commissioner declares that when
the new set-up finally shakes down to
good working order reception condj-
tions will be so vastly improved that
listeners will not be satisfied to use OBJ
solete equipment. He outlines this in
letter to all radio manufacturers.
The operation of high-powered sta
tions on cleared channels likewise is
seen as a stimulus to sales in neighbor-
ing countries. American programs.
free from interference and with s,1f-
ficient power to be picked up, will be
available in Canada, Mexico, Cuba and
Evening star., 1928-12-07
Mexican Telephones
Idle As Subscribers
Protest Scent Toll
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LAREDO, Tex. December t.
Three hundred telephones in
Nuevo Laredo, across the Rio
Grande from here. were idle
Wednesday night, receivers dang
ling from hooks. as the result Of a
fight begun by subscribers of the
Mexican city against the new
scent toll charge instituted by
the Southwestern Bell Telephone
Co.
Citizens of Laredo and Nuevo
Laredo have sent a protest to
officials in Mexico City against
the rule requiring an evtra nickel
TO converse across the Rio
Grande.
Nuevo Laredo subscribers band
ed together when the order was
put in effect and lifted their re-
ceivers from the hooks, blocking
service. They have refused to
hang up"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-21
To Pet Or Not To Pet, Aye, That
Is The Problem That Thrills

Rosie O'Crady Says pet" But
Mother" Like Puck, Says Don't
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-21

be better name, from the things we
see nowadays. How any decent girl
can paw her boy friend is a marvel
to me.
She may be giving way to an in
stinct, but here's her self-respect?
Young people are really conserva-
tive in their hearts. They like to
trail with the crowd. It has been
s2id that petting is requisite to pop
ularity. This is most decidedly not
sc. The girls that men pet are not
always the girls that men marry.
have heard men say, in describing
certain type of girl, "Oh, she's just
girl that anybody can pet"
Such girl discourages the atten-
ton of men, rather than encouraging
them. Men are vain. In love they are
all inherent violators of the Sherman
law They are total monopoliSts. When
it comes to petting, they want to feel
that this one privilege belongs to them
alone. And when petting becomes gen.
eral it ceases to become a privilege
1t is then habit, and, in my opinion,
a deucedly bad habit.
No man wants second hand"
sweetheart. Few men want second
hand" wife. He shops for his briae
as he shops for things in a store He's
particular. He doesn't want an article
that is soiled, that others have hand
led He wants one that is fresh and
clean.
There is no excuse for petting, It
is immoral and positively unessential
to human conduct. 1t always leads
to regret and sorrow in the end Think
it over and be honest with yourselves,
both young men and girls. We certain
ly can do without it. Petting is not
essential.
OPHELIA.