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New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
Consolidation To Make British Grocery Trust

Plans are under way for the for nation of 8 great British grocery trust through the consolidation of six firms which have chain grocery stores throughout the British Isles. This consolidation is looked upon as the beginning of price war be. tween the tlust stores and co-opera- tive societies. It is intimated that the proposed trust will effect such a reduction of overhead charges that the stores of this organization will be able to reduce prices below those of cooperative societies, even after allowance has been made for the cooperative dividend to pur- chaserS.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11

Two Human Projectiles Are Injured After Being Fired
 From Cannons in Circuses.

London, Feb. II. R1-Two sensa' tional acts-the firing of person from a great cannon-in rival Lon don circuses have ended in injury to the two human projectiles.
 The stunt. which has been widely head-lined in circus publicity, Is exc cuted by the discharge Of a tremend- ous cannon as big as a siege gun which roars nightly as the per former is hurled from it's mouth and across the arena into a net a range" of about 80 feet.
 The man-buliet at the Olympia circus, after many successful per- formances, landed in the net with cry of anguish. A bone in one leg IaS broken.
 A few days later. the girl in | similar act at the Crystal Palace ended her high flight with an awk- ward landing and strained leg ligament. Substitutes were placed for both injured performers.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11

ed by Col. Leland L. Duncan. Q. Does jade have mora than enc color?
 A. There are two kinds. jadeite and nephrite. Varieties of jadeite are white. pale green. apple green and emerald green. Nephrite is, dark CT pale green sometimes approach ing white. .''
 Q. What was the career of John Shugrue. the lightweight boxer?
 A. He was born Sept. Il, 1Ss4 at Jersey City. N. J.. and began hia' career as a fighter in 1910 being forced to retire in 1915 when he was stricken practically blind by an ac- cident in the ring. During the six years he fought about 90 battles, meeting all the best fighters in his class.
 c. What are the nicknames for the following cities: Savannah. Ga: New Haven. Conn; Birmingham. Ala; Dayton. Ohio: Salt Lake City. Utah and Hartford. Conn.,?
 A. Savannah-"Forest city of the south"; New Haven-"City of Elms": Birmingham-"Cit Beauti- ful"; Dayton-"The Gem City,; Salt Lake City-"City of the Saints"; Hartford-"Charter Oak City"
 O. What is the difference be- tween a republic and limited mon- archy?
 A. The fundamental difference is that in a limited monarchy the duly constituted head of the State is King or Queen whose office and title pass to his or her heirs at de- mise and is principally determined hy right of blood: while in a repub- lie the sovereign or head of the State is generally a President elect ed by the people, either directly or through their duly constituted repre- sentatives.
 Q. What kind of treatment is physiotherapy?
 A. The treatment of disease by physical means as opposed to dr. gs.
 0 Why does smoke settle on the ground?
 A. Because 1t is composed of carbon and other substances heavier than air.
 Q. What is the Jewish population of New York City?
 A. It is estimated at 1,643,012.
 Q. Who is the author of the novel Wild Geese?
 A. Martha Ostenso.
 Q. What is meant by "Davy Jones Locker?
 A. Davy Jones according to Sailors lore is their friend who pre- sides over the evil spirits of the deep. Davy Jones' locker f., the name given to the bed of the ocean as the last resting place of persons drowned at sea.
 0. How many Germans did Ser geant York kill and how many ma chine guns did he put out of com- mission?
 A. He Is officially credited with having killed 25 Germans and the capture of 13o, including a major and lieutenants; he put S5 ma chine guns out of commission.
 Q. What is the address of ile American Society for the Control of Cancer?
 A. 25 West 43d street, New York city.
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New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
Paris Fashion HOusl, To Have Berlin Branch

How far Franco-German reconcili- ation has advanced since the var may be judged by the fact that the large fashion house, Galleries La- fayette" of Paris, is about to estab- fish a branch in Berlin.
 A Franco-German consortium has been formed, which has purchased the Bellevue Hotel on one of the busiest square of the metropolis. viz, the Potsdamer Platz. The hotel is familiar to Americans as the head quarters of the Interallied Military Mission which came tc Berlin after the signing of the Treaty of Yer sailles and remained until the Dawes Plan was put into effect in 1924.
 "Geleries Lafayette" and their German partners plan 10 tear down the hotel and erect a modern, up-to- date store.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
Vienna Youth Gets Job By RsIio.Tclrgraph Bid

The introduction Of D regular ra- dio-telegraphic photo service be- tween Berlin and Vienna has helped Karl Schummel. clerk in a Vienna dry goods store. 10 secure a much letter position with a similar firm ill Berlin.
 The firm in question advertised the vacancy in a Berlin illustrate ed weekly, the early editions Of which are shipped 10 other cities in time for simultaneous sale with the dis tribution in Berlin.
 Schumm"l read the "ad." decided to apply, but realized that the only way to get his application. which the firm specified must be in hand writing. 10 Berlin ahead Of his com retitors was 10 have lt radio-tele- eraphed. Fe acted accordingly.
 The Berlin firm was so pleased with his Initiative that it awarded him the post.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
sons Follow Lines
 Not Picked For Them

That the sons of German cabinet members do not always approve Of the careers picked out for them hy their ministerial fathers has again been illustrated in the case Of Heini koehler, 23 year old son of the German finance minister
 Like Waldemar Stresemann, son of the foreign minister. young Koch Ter was destined for a legal career. He studied jurisprudence in Frei- burg. Heidelberg, and Berlin Univer- sitiee. But while Stresnmann, Jr. had dreams of becoming q musical com poser. Heini koAhler believed that his talents lay in the direction of stage mana gement. H was able to convince his father of this and switched over to halles- -lettres. spe- cializing in literary and historical studies Of the drama.
 He began his career as theater critic for the "Ba dische Beobachter, daily Of Karlsruhe. Soon he vas appointed regisseur for the civic 'leater and opera at Mayence.
 The young stage manager select
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
Wagncr's Widow Given Plenty Of Champagne

Frau Cosima Wagner. widow of Richard Wagner, who recently cele- hrated her ninetieth birthday. has become the owner of enough cham pagne to last her probably the rest of her life.
 Among the thousa nds who deliver d messages of congratulation on her unusual birthday anniversary there vas also 9 dcputation from her home town of Bayreuth. headed by 1he two hurgomasters and the com mittee of elders of the city council. These not only brought her gor- geous bouquet Of flowers, but also an arrangement of ninety bottles of Clamp9 gne.
 The city fathers had learned from Frau Cosima's physician that sip of champagne daily would be de- slr9hle stimulant
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
>aNophOne Player Falls BcforefNicntaj Suggestion

For interfering with the saxo- phone player through mental sug- gestion. Fraulein Schorman, pro- fessional dancer in Hamburg cabaret was sllmmarily discharged. Her crime had consisted in playing the practical joke on the sober saxo- phonist by catching his eye and then inserting half lemon into her mouth and going through the mo- ton of sucking it.
 The result proved disastrous for the musician who. instinCtive1y imagining the taste of the acid fruit. found himself unable to go on play ing.
 The civil court Of Hamburg. be fore which Fraulein Schorman drought her claim for a months mo- tice or the equivalent in pay, decid- cd in her favor on the ground that the saxophonist alone was to be held responsible for exhibiting so much sensitiveness to external expressions.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
BERLIN
German Woman Has Been Jantress in Same Banking
 House For Fifty-Fve Years.

Berlin, Feb. II. R1The record of continuous one place service in Berlin is claimed by a woman. Frau Katherine BeAlau, who has been d janitress In the Deutsche Bank for S5 years. Her husband, a messen- ger in the same bank, died in 1872, since when she has turned up regu- larly at o'clock every morning to wield broom and duster in the gen. rral managers room.
 Frau Behlau is hale and hearty at S5, enjoys an excellent appetite and has only had one days illness in her life. She attributes her good health t0avoiding doctors and auto- robiles, She has had few rides in the office car but complained that the cushions were too soft for her.
 And there is no one in all Der lin who can brew a better cup of coffee than I can," she announced proudly.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
Opera Uses Movies Tor Stage Setting

The movies have gone into grand opera.
 A storm at sea. great waves flashing against a lighthouse, were shown in the latest production of the Opera. "The Tower of Fire,' by Sylvio Lazzari. It was a scene i'm possible to stage adequately so the producers went to Cherbourg and waited for bad weather which came along with such violence they had a hard time taking the picture.
 The screen action comes in the third act and caused a sensation among critics, most of whom agreed it is new adventure in stage craft that twill have ircalculable effect on the theater of the future"
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
l Employment By Prince
 Is Letter Of Credit

lS Iettee OU SfcUDt
 Employment by the Prince of Wales is regarded as an 'open ses- anne" in certain social and financial circleA
 Ralph Thornton, c9. a mechanic, needed little pocket money. He made himself acquainted with a young woman, posing as the chauf- feur of the Prince of Wales. When suggested that the girl marry him. she agreed and lent him couple of pounds as evidence of her good faith. Then together they visited the girls parents and the masquerading suitor borrowed ten pounds from the "old man."
 Thornton next introduced himself to a taxi driver ax the Princes trusted chauffeur and persuaded the man to cash a. check for five pounds.
 He said he was the Princes chauffeur and I thought that was gilt-edged security" said the taxi driver at the trial.
 T suppose you expected to be in- vited to court" replied the judge. before sending Thornton to prison.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11

, rect rays of the sun. In his daily sun bath 1t is necessary for the boy to appear in his birthday clothes The ultra violet rays. his profession al father says. will not penetrate clothing.
 From April until October it is pos- sible to get enough ultra violet rays outdoors, the physician says. One of the best places for this purpose is the scashore, because there the quartz in the sand exerts a chemical influence when combined with the rays of the sun. Only those parts of the body which are exposed without covering can absorb the life-giving rays, however.
 While Dr. Zwick says society Has rot ye: reached the point where he could safely recommend the com plete discarding of clothing, thero is no doubt, he said. that would be the healthiest way for people to live especially in the summer.
 Exposure to these rays, he says, makes the skin harder and tougher and increases the blood circlation to the skin. By means of this added contact of the blood with the skins surface certain immunity develops That immunity is similar to immun- ity towards certain cold germs. This action he says, greatly increases the resisting powers and immunity in hn # n% s~.I
 Cuscful in Hair Culture.
 Asked the result of his experience on the subject of bald heads, after treatment by the ultra violet rays, a matter which has had much scien- tific discussion recently. the physi- clan. whose own head admits of less that its full share of hair, says he has never brought hair to a heao totally bald, but he has started hair growing on partially bald head, and has stopped falling hair on others. He hopes to be able to ex- pertinent upon himself if it can be arranged.
 Continuing his discussion of the action of the ultra violet rays, he says "the white blood cells of the Hood stream are the fighters of dis ease germs. After an exposure to ultra violet 1t has been found that these cells were increased in the blood stream. The red blood cells are found to be increased also, after a certain number of treatments. The treatment raises the quality of the blood in anemia cases.
 An analysis of the ultra violet rays in the mercury yapor lamp contains 52 per cent infra red rays, 20 per cent of light and 2S per cent of ultra violet rays. The infra red ray is a penetrating ray, and burn ing ray. The ultra violet ray cannot be felt. The suns rays contain 80 per cent of mira red rays, 13 pc, cent light and seven per cent ultra violet rays.'
 The ultra violet rays have been found to be the best possible treat ment for children with rickets, ac- cording 10 Dr. Robert Buol. also of this city. who is specializing in this type of work.
 Glass which permits the passage of ultra violet rays is used in tn. windows of one cla ssroom at the open air school and it is said that pupils in the classroom show more physical improvement than pupils in room in which ordinary glass is used.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
ULTRA VIOLET RAY BEING USED HERE
Increases Vitality and Resist.
 anCe to Disease Germs

Students at Cornell university. who are learning that exposure to the ultra violet rays as obtained by means of mercury vapor lamp will cure or prevent the common cold, are making no new discovery. ac- cording to Dr. Frank Zwick of this city.
 Dr. Zwick, who Is a former chair man of the board of health and was chairman of the committee which founded the dental clinic. was inter- viewed in connection with an Asso- ciated Press dispatch from Ithaca, N. Y., which stated that 25 freshmen in Cornell had increased their i'm munity to common colds at least 50 per cent by the ultra violet ray treatment, which is concentrated sunlight.
 The experiments at Cornell were started a year and a half ago by pr. George M. Maughan and Dr. D. F. Smiley to test the theory that since people suffer from colds in winter more than they do in sum- mer, sunlight must have something to do with 1t. The old fashioned idea of colds being due to the weather is being discarded by physicians Of modern days.
 Dr. Zwick has been giving the same treatments in New Britain for more than year and reports that people who have submitted to ex- posture to these rays agree that their resistance is raised to the point where they are practically immune to colds.
 Ultra violet rays are but concen- trated sunshine and should not be confused with the so-called violet rays, which are of no benefit" Dr. Zwick says. In cooperation with John Reeves and William Abbe, Dr. Zwick has conducted an experiment on a farm near Portland, where a number of chickens have been raised in a coop having window covering of a material which permits the ultra violet rays of the sun to pene- trate. something common glass does not do.
 The smallest chicken in the group weights nine pounds which. accord ing to a statement made to a news paperman by MT. Reeves. are the healthiest chickens he ever saw. Significant in the experiment Was the fact that it was noticed the chickens always grouped themselves nearer the windows covered with the quartz cloth than they did the win dows covered with glass While the suns heat will pass through glass. ultra violet rays will not penetrate
 Physicians Child Treated.
 Among the persons who have benefited is the physicians two year old daughter. who took the treat ment when eight months old, while her baby brother, a year younger is being given the treatment by his mother by being exposed to the di-
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau 1922 New York avenue. Washington D. C.. enclosing two cents in stampi for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be given. nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- sonai reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are con- fdential.-Editor.
 o. How wide is the Amazon river?
 A. Between one and two miles where it enters Brazil. gradually in- creasing to width of 50 miles at it's main mouth. and where it en- ters the sea the distance across, from headland to headland is fully 15O miles.
 Q. At what temperature does al- cohol freeze?
 A. 15O degrees below zero Fah- renheit.
 Q. Who played the part of Prince Seti in the motion picture Moon of Israel"?
 A. Adelqui Miller.
 Q. What is the address of Mrs. Wallace Reid?
 A, 9O4 Guaranty Building, Holly wood, Calif.
 Q. Does Cuba belong to the Unit ed States?
 A. Cuba Is an independent re- public but a protectorate of the U. $. Its sovereignty is limited by the Platt Amendment to its constitution which was imposed as a condition precedent to granting independence to the Cuhans. By this amendment. Cuba recognizes the right of the United States to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence to supervise foreign loans and es- tablish a naval base and coaling sta- ton in the Island.
 Q. Where was the motion pie- ture Stark Love" filmed?
 A. In the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina
 Q. Is Mary J. Holmes, author of English Orphans" still living?
 A. She died in 1907.
 Q. Does pound of coal weigh more than a pound of gold?
 A. Coal is weighed by avoirdu- rois weight and gold by troy weight. A avoirdupois pound con- tains 1000 grains and the troy pound 5,760. grains.
 Q. How old is Rin-tin-tin the dog movie star and who owns him
 A. He is 10 years old and is own
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
Printing Presses Busy Where Dunlop Worked

Strabane. Ireland, R-In a shop in Main Street in this Tyrone Coun- ty town the printing presses still chatter where Captain John Dunlop, printer of the American Declaration of Independence, learned his trade. The printing firm in 17G0 was known as John Gray. Printer. It is now known as E. R. Gray and Sons, but 1t is still at the same old loca- tion. Dunlop was born in Meeting house Street here.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
PARIS
French People Resent Books Which They Say Sander
 Women of the Nation

1 lcng-windcd and usually in legal phraseology with references to laws ard decrees which to be looked up to make the text intelliglble. A summary in plain language Is now required by the president be- fore he will sign anything. This short digest made by each ministry in red ink. It gives the president in a minute knowledge of the subject and greatly shortens the time the chief executive has to spend with his fountain pen.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
Connecticut. Men Are
 I' Elected at HaryaFd

Cambridge, Mas, Feb. II (UP) -Three Connecticut men were among those nominated yesterday for election to the Harvard board of overseers and directors of the Harvard Alumni association.
 Nathaniel Horton Batchelder of Windsor. Conn, and John Ander-
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
French Find U. $. A. Queer And Wicked

Returning travellers who come back here and write books and plays about the United States are giving America a fantastic reputa- ton. They describe it land of boot leggers, hen-pecked husbands. wildly modern women who have queer standards of morals and danger GUS place for flirtations.
 Cocktail" the dramatic reaction of Alfred Savoir to the country where he went recently to gather in some Hollywood dollars, has inter changeable husbands and wives. lots of hard liquor and infidelity.
 If at the movies your knee touches that of the lady next door, you get five years penal servitude," :" says Luc Curtain in "The Fortieth Story"
 Accompany young girl" ex- claims Terri Pisani, in Love in America" tell her she is pretty and you risk a breach of promise suit that will cost you sl0,0Oo."
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11

ed Heinrich von Kleist's drama, "kaetchen von Heilbronn," for his first larger effort to prove his met tie. Critics generally took favorable classic.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11

Tho famous Grand Canal q China is the earliest and lenseat canal in the world. It was built about SAs B. C. and is about lee aaiIeG leog.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
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 CONNECTICUT CHAMBER or COMMERCE
Tobacco Is Important Crop.
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 Tho ra;snp f tobacco in her oldest and os mnoran especially in the Connec t river yaley The tobacco plantations are etween Mddletown Massachusetts state lne some tobacco grown sheltered owands along the farmhSton of its fine quality most Con- neccut grown tobacco wrappers and bnders Connecticut averaged 1S40 pounds to the acre. more with the exception Of Lou ana pound of tobacco grown In any state-37 estimated yield per acre for the and the average price per 1885 cents.
 Connecticut yielded 2ssooo pounds which brought from pound. During 1921 3oo0 acres produced The largest yield in 1919 when S0oOO acres produced pounds During 1sss 1o4. produced pounds During 1sss 4s7 pounds 
 year there 1s4 cigar factories in Connect which produced smoking tobacco and snuh where cigars first made in this country plays small part in their manufacture During 1s25 this state 67sS6 smoking tobacco produced.
 Internal collected tobacco amounted to 3237s for Connecticut a year
 Monday-Ruttoas; Felt Goods; Screw Machine Poducts
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
French President CutS Down His Work

President Gaston Doumergue has won his strike for less work. One Of hN daily jobs is to sign two or three hundred documents, ofter
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11

ssn swsstser of TAe0psoavtlle. Conn.,. wera nominated for tho board of ovsrssers. and Everett J. Lake of Wsst Hartford. Conn.. for the board Of direetorA
New Britain herald., 1928-02-11
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New Britain herald., 1928-02-11

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New Britain herald., 1928-02-11

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