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New Britain herald., 1928-04-30
IRORABACK CHAIRMAN
 OF STATES DELEGATES
Representatives to Repub- lican Convention Organ.
 ize in Hartford Meeting

Hartford, April 30 JP)-Con- necticut's delegates to the republican national convention at Kansas City organized here today. J. Henry Roraback of Hartford, chairman of the republican state central committee, was elected chair man of the delegation. Other off cers chosen were:
 Secretary. Colonel Charles H. Al len, Rockville.
 Treasurer, Edward N. Allen, Hart. ford.
 Committee on permanent organi- zation, Governor John H. Trumbull Committee on rules, Mrs. Julia NJ Emory, Stamford. Committee on credentials, Jame: F. Walsh, Greenwich. Committee on arrangements, Sanlr uel R. Spencer, Sheffield: Mrs. Her. mon M. Hubbard. Lyme; Arthur Connor. Bridgeport. Sergeant -at-arms. Clarence Will lard of New Haven. Roraback was returned as na. , tional committeeman and Rather inc Byrne of Putnam was elected to succeed Helen Russ of Shelton as national comuitteewoman. The delegation will leave Hart. ford Saturday. May g. 1t was an. nounced after the meeting.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-30

likelihood of interference from com munsts. their traditional enemies. The socialists allegc that as result Of the shooting of 9l workmen dur ing the communist disorders in Vienna on July 15 1927, for which the socialists disclaim any responsi- blity. there has been stampede of party.
 They are. therefore. determined to celebrate their growth in power by a suitable display tomorrow. with parades and special entertainments. Alcohol will not be served all day by request of the socialist party it. self. Non-socialists, as groups, plan to avoid the streets.
 Mussolini has turned thumbs down on the observance of May Day even as a holiday, having suffered it in 1923 and replaced it with the annual celebration of the founda- tion of Rome on April 21.
 May Day celebrations in Germany have been singularly free from riot ing and the police expect little trouble. Tomorrow's big event in Berlin will be gigantic out-of- doors mass meeting on the Trep- tower Wiesc, a huge picnic ground in the southeastern outskirts of the city. Only Saxony and the free states of Hamburg and Bremen, where socialist governments are, or were in power, have designated May l 1 as a legal holiday. but through out Germany the wheels of indus try will stop just the same. Univer- sal disarmament, international rec ognition of the Washington eight l hour-day convention and more pro- tective legislation for head and hand workers, are German labor's slogans for tomorrow.
 Hyde Park. noted safety valve Of the British Empire. will be thrown
 wide open tomorrow to any British CT who thinks he has grievance to
 share with the world. All he needs
 is a soap box. Anything short of
 bodily assault will be tolerated by
 the smiling London hobbies. To-
 morrow will not be ~eneral holi-
 day in England and will be observed by only a small minority of the la
 boring class and a few radicals.
 Demonstrations by workers organ Continued on Page l2)
New Britain herald., 1928-04-30
CITY WILL PROVIDE WORK FOR J0BLESS James Cochrane Expected to
 Take Post of Director BUREAU OPENS THIS WEEK Public Works Department Officials Have Conference With Mayor Pa oncssa Who Urges Providing of Work for Unemployed.
BUREAU OPENS THIS WEEK

A municipal employment bureau similar to the agency in existence during the slack period of 1920, will be established this week at city hall, and it Is probable that James Coch- rane, a member of the town clerks staff, will be in charge.
 Mir. Cochrane was director of the bureau in 1920. The system installed by him at that time will probably again be used. Under this plan all are classified according to the needs of each case. the applicants physi- cal ability to do manual labor and the condition of his city tax account.
 Because of the large number of truckmen who are seeking work, a similar system will be inaugurated with reference to trucks and all will be given some work, if it is possible to do so.
 Mayor Paonessa called City En- gineer Philip A. Merriam Street Su- perintendent Eugene Faselle and Chairman George R. Dobson of the board of public works to confer ence this afternoon at city hall and urged immediate action for the re- lief of the unemployed. Chairman Dobson suggested that the bureau be established and Engineer Merian recommended that the services of Mr. Cochrane be secured, if possible MT. Cochrane was called to the may or's office later and he discussed the (Continued on Page 13.)
New Britain herald., 1928-04-30
UNACCEP1ED STREETS ARE TO BE REPAIRED
Mayor and City Engineer Also Plan Repairs at
 Railroad Cr0ssOyers

Immediate repair work on unac- cepted streets is planned by Mayor Paonessa, who today met City En- gineer Philip A. Merriam and discuss-. ed program of activities which will bring relief from conditions fre- quenty complained of. particularly by residents of Governor street and other highways in that locality.
 The mayor is hopeful it will be possible to work out plan whereby factory cinders will be made avail able for temporary road repairs. By rolling cinders and crushed stone in- to the highwayA Paonessa and Mer- i ian believe a great improvement can oe effected. A delegation of women complaining against street condi- fions several months ago suggested that any available materials be roll ed in, even if it be nothing better than the garbage collected through out the city.
 The engineer was also asked to detail men to make repairS at raal-
 way and railroad croasOvers whore
 many holes have been broken at track ddea
New Britain herald., 1928-04-30
CALDWELL, YALE HERO, 1 SPEAKS HERE MAY 8
Former Grid Star to Speak at Lions Club
 Meeting

Bruce Caldwell, former Yale foot ball comet. will address the members of the New Britain Lions club at their luncheon meeting at the Bur ritt hotel on May 8. His subject will be The Value of College Attn letics."
 Caldwell will come 10 New Britain as the guest of Attorney William Curtin. He will arrive early in the morning and, with Attorney Curtin, will play round at the Sequin Golf club course in Maple Hill.
 Bruce Caldwell was easily the outstanding football hero of Yale university last year but he was also the innocent cause of one of the biggest upheavals in college football. He was a triple threat man and was easily an outstanding candidate for selection or the All-America team when he was barred because he had played in a game with the Brown university freshman team on No vember 2, 1928.
 A rule sustained by the Big Three, Harvard, Princeton and Yale. stated that any man playing on an athletic team with one university. could not be eligible to play on any of the three teams upon transfer. While Caldwell was at the height of his football career. a Providence news paper carried the story that he had played on the Brown freshman team against the Dartmouth freshman team in 1923 and the Yale athletic authorities promptly barred him.
 This caused an unprecedented sen sation in college ranks but despite the many objections from powerful friends and alumni. the rule was upheld and Caldwell was barred from the Princeton and Harvard games.
 RllIlOukH It pttdIit iid ti'I4'i!iN known as football player last year Caldwell was always big threat tc all opposition. During the season o' 1926 he was injured early in the years and was kept out Of football almost the entire season. Despite the keen disappointment he suffered when the debacle came Caldwell refused all offers to quit the university and turn professional He aspired to be a member Of the | Yale baseball team and at the pres ent time. he is playing second base on the nine and is one Of the out. standing stars of the collage dia- monds.
 Universally he was chosen las season as member of All-America' {, selections. He was one of the bes broken field runners in college cir ! cles. He was a line p'nnger wifi nlenty of power behind him. H' threw the forward passes for hi team and he was an excentiona
 dro, kicker. His toe brought man,
 noi,ts to Yale which otherw's'
 wight never hove hnen scored. H'
 was also a star at hocter. thorch'
 entering the ranks of famous three IsportA me3.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-30
Chicago Bandits Slay l7 Year Old Girl Usher Who Screams
 as E yes Peer Through Masks
Rob Suburban Theater After Shooting Down Child With Army Automatic - Hold Back 60 People Waiting in Ticket Lne-Walk to Auto and
 Vanish in Darkness.

Chicago. April 90 R-The staying of women has been added to the blood and terror repertoire of Chi cago gunmen. !,
 They slew 17-year-old Pearl Egg gerson as she covered in the cash ier's cage of the Ritz theater in suburban Berwyn: skew her because she screamed at the sight of eyes that stared through oval masks. and guns that poked at her from outside the glass wall.
 An army automatic roared and the little usher fell. The man with the pistol and his companion with a sawed-off shotgun opened the door to the ticket booth, stepped over the girls body and over that of the cashier. Miss Gertrude Plante. who had tainted. and scooped up &l,500 of the theater's receipts.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-30
y.Fl0J}IHf, -'dsu I ,apt'
,"Red Belt" Promises It Will Stage First Real May Day
 Demonstration Seen Since 1920
Communists Declare It Will Be Real Affair, But Prefect of French Police Assures Public That If There Is Rough Work, It
 Won't Last Long.

Paris, April 30 tRt-The Red Belt" Of Paris promises to be the most lively spot in Europe tomorrow as far as May Day labor demon strations are concerned.
 French communists have declared they will have "a real affair" for the first time since 1920 when a num- Der of persons were killed and many injured in clash between police and radical demonstrators who at tempted to force an entrance into the chamber of deputies. On the other hand M. Chiappe, prefect of police, who. in his short terms of office, has had several con flicts with these clements, has assur- ed the people of Paris that if there is any rough work it will not last long.
 With the possible exceptions of Brussels and Warsaw. the rest oi Europe expects to see the laboring classes enjoy one long holiday pune tuated with parades. brass bands oratory and hot dog" sandwiches In Brussels, the central commit tee of the syndicated workers Of Belgium has issued an appeal te workers to denounce the "capitalis. tic powers. and protest against the high cost of living and the slow rise of wages" Communists have in. dorsed this manifesto of the labor unions and added an invitation o1 their own for the workers to pro. test against Inilitarism by demand ing the immediate reduction of Bel gian military service 10 six months Belgian police will be mobilized tt quell any disturbances tomorrow be fore they have time to get started well.
 The police in Poland are prepared for minor clashes between the SO but expect no serious difficulties 1 The bulk of Polish working people will observe the occasion as a grand holiday.
 Marshal Pilsudski, the Polisl dictator, will not tolerate any riot: as in former years and. indeed. hal already taken the precaution O having a number of notorious trou le-makers arrested.
 The socialists seem to have th' upper hand in Austria. Viennes workmen will demonstrate for worlt peace and disarmament with litt'
New Britain herald., 1928-04-30
Din 90 Deafening That Baron Won HuenefeM Stuff. Cotton in Ears- Light Rain Fails to Dampen Ardor of Throng.
Wives of .Airmen Arrive in Time to See Husbands Feted in Celebration That Rivals Col. Lind bergh's Reception.

New York, April 80 luP)-Tcn years after the end of the Great War between Germany and the al- lies, two former German soldiers and an Irish veteran Of the allied ar forces paraded in peaceful triumph through the streets of New York to- day.
 cheered their passing and millions more listened in on the celebration by radio. Baron Gunther yon Hueno- field, Major James Fitzmaurice and Captain Hermann koehl were car ried along the route where the Eighty-Ninth division and General John J. Pershing were feted when they returned from war.
 Flags Flying
 Flags Of the United States, Ger many and the Irish Free State were unfurled for the three men who were first to complete a westward airplane flight across the North At lantic ocean. feat that won them Ia reception such az New York alone knows how to bestow upon her visit ing heroes.
 Some of the 10000 United States soldiers and sailors who took part in the greeting may have projected their minds back to the days Of 1918, but former animosities were forgotten.
 New York turned out en masse to honor the valiant aviators. Lower Broadway from the Battery to Ninth street was packed with people. Fifth Avenue as far up as Central Park was crowded from curb to building fronts. The program for the Bre- men fliers was even more elaborate than the one arranged for the home coming of Lindbergh last summer. Accompanied by Grover Whalen, chairman of the mayors reception committee, the fliers left the Ritz Carlton hotel at 1o:45 a. m. An escort of motorcycle policemen cut a path for the official car through the dense crowd between the hotel and the North River pier where they boarded the Macon. the city's well coming tug for their trip down the river to the Statue of Liberty. Mob Scenes Enacted The trip across town to the pier | gave the fliers a taste of what was in store for them. Miniature mob scenes were enacted IS spectators fought with each other and with 1 police for points of vantage.
 Torn paper rained down from the Upper stories Of skyscrapers along the way. Cheering followed in the wake of the roaring motorcycles. Pages from Gideon Bibles and tele- phone directories were found among debris that had been thrown down from hotel windows.
 The baron and Captain koehl were dressed in double breasted blue suits and wore military caps which they doffed repeatedly 10 the cheering crowds. Major Fitzmaurice was in the uniform of the Irish Free State flying corps.
 Encounter Trouble
 At the pier the police escort en- countered Its first major difficulty. Between eight and ten thousand per (Continued on Page ID
New Britain herald., 1928-04-30
BESSIE SELLS INTEREST IN IA CHAIN STORES
Deal for Lease of New Britain Unit Not
 Complete

Concident with the announcement al Springfield, Mass, that Lyman w. Besse, principal stockholder of the Besse System clothing stores, has disposed of his interests in 14 stores. it was stated today at the office of Schulte-United. Inc. in New York that negotiations for the acquisition of the New Britain Besse store have not been complet- ed. Schulte-United, Inc, is expect ed to take over the Besse system store this spring. It is said that the lease has been drawn but not signed.
 Mir. Besse steps out of the man. agement of 14 stores but will con- tinued to be identified with 10 oth. CTS in the chain. In the case of the 14. the managers of the stores have increased their interests and have incorporated as separate units al- though the buying and dealings with the public will be directed from Springfield.
 The following stores have been in- corporated: System Company of Hol- yoke, North Adams. Lynn. Brockton, Fall River. Pittsheld. New Haven, Meriden. Manchester. N. H., Nashua, N. H.. Portland. Me-. and Norwalk. Two stores have been incorporated under slightly different names, the Foster System company of Bridge port and the Dorr System company of Bangor, Me.
 For some time I have cesired to reduce my responsibilities in connec- tion with the busness." said MT. Besse. T have been in busness for more than 50 years and wish to de- vote some of my time to interests outside the clothing business. A short time ago decided to dispose of several stores. Offers were made to me for the system complete. but they were rejected. as l did not con. sider them fair to the managers some of whom have been with me for many years. Further I did mol care to sell the name of Besse a, any price. I determined upon let. ting various managers have their re- spective stores as far as was con. sistent. The remainder will be op' erated by the Besse system as be- fore"
New Britain herald., 1928-04-30
Religion Today Facing Crisis;
 Losing Devotion of Men, Says
 Rabbi Addressing Bible Class

that so little progress has been made in repairing the breaches and in mending the rifts between religion and life.
 "Science is time and again either directly or by implication presented as the great enemy of mankind and more especially of religion. Much too often does one hear religious leaders contend that science has usurped the place of religion in the minds of men and women. and there fore we ought to have less of science. Now I am not a scientist nor even of the 'motly mob accompanying them and crying hosanas before them. Nor does the scientist look to or need my protection. Religion is my sphere. and as religious leader I feel deeply the need of a more adequate analysis of the situa- tion. For if it is clear that men are eliminating religion from their lives it is yet more surely evident-look everywhere about you - that man cannot get along without religion.
 "The history of religion points to the fact that it is a mistake to as- sume that man hit upon the idea of a God through disinterested reflec- ton on the beauty and order of the world about him. Rodin's Thinker pondering over the mysteries of the universe is myth. The first think CT was no low-browed savage just emerged from the wilds. but a much civilized and highly sophisticated dweller of some ancient city. The kind of God Or Gods that man orig inally believed in required no fur rowing of the brow or painful think ing to be discovered.
 "On the contrary. primitive reli- zion is product of mans mental laziness. Being too lazy to seek really to understand tn econnection between the various elements in na- ture and the part they play in mak- ing life possible and supplying his needs he jumped to the conclusion that every object has a spirit Of its own which was just as subject to whims as he. It is because of this that the savage man gradually evolv- ed the elaborate systems of cere- monials and offerings, of prayers end dances by which he believed he could wheedle or cajole if not force these spirits to give him rain, cause the sun to shine, the animals to multiply and the earth to yield its vegetation. Religion was thus the
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New Britain herald., 1928-04-30
Race Finding an Answer to Its Quest for Life in Quarters Other Than Church or Synagogue.
Organized religion is today facing

Organized religion is today facing . crisis. according to Rabbi Gershon Hadas of the Congregation Brethren Sons of Israel in an address to Everyman's Bible Class yesterday. "Both the church and the synagogue are losing that devotion of the masses of men which these institu- tions have always enjoyed" he de- clared. Discussing the subject at length, Rabbi Hadas said:
 Mans supreme quest on earth Is for life, the avoidance of pain and the acquisition of happiness Let there be discovered any new meth cd or manner for the nearer realiza- tion of this hope and we are im- mediately ready to seize upon it. It is because religion in the past aid- ed mankind in soothing its sorrows and in adding to its joys that which was unquestio: ably religious. Amid the hardships and rigors of life re- Iigion entered and saved the situa- tion for mankind. Religion in brief offered salvation.
 There can be no serious doubt in the minds of intelligent observers that organized religion is today fac inK . crisis. Despite statistics and the multitudinous activities of thou sands of church workers both the church and the synagogue are losing that devotion of the masses of men which these institutions have al- ways enjoyed. Man is today finding an answer to his quest for life in quarters other than the church or the synagogue. He has discovered newer and better methods for the attainment of that which he calls life. And that salvation which the church has been offering mankind for almost two thousand years 50 very generally goes abegging today. This situation would perhaps offer no special problem to the world at large except for the very obvious fact that never before have we been SO much in need of religion. never before have we stood In 50 great . need of salvation"
 "It is useless to argue or preach against the class materialism. the scepticisIn and cynicism and bore dom that has taken hold of our time and generation. We have lost the exercising evil in that fashion. Rather should we seek to discover the causes that have led to these anti-religious attitudes. to diagnose the nialady of which We are suffer ing and then to seek the remedy. Il is because religions have very large ly mistaken the apparent for the true causes of our moral maladjustmsnt
New Britain herald., 1928-04-30
10000 POLICE CLEAR
 PATH FOR AVLA7ORS
II Ambulances Stationed on Line of Pliers
 Triumphant March

New York. April 30 UP) - Ten thousand police reported for duty to- Jay to protect and facilitate move ment of the crowds which turned out to see the German Irish fliers
 A mobile unit of 1,500 officers was stationed at City hall Hark where the big civic reception to the fliers was held. The crush at the park was tremendous
 Stores on Park Row and Broad way. several hundred feet from the platform in front of city hall, center of all welcoming activities. took extra precautions against the unpre- oedented crush. boarding their win- dows and even constructing wooden lanes in front of them. Officials of the Interborough and i B. M. T. subways, the police and health departments cooperated to make the celebration safe for spec 1ators
 Half of the policemen were used twice and three times. Mobile units. l, ,50o strong, picked from detach- i ments on duty south of 23rd street, were picked up as the f1iers' parade passed, and sent in special subway trains further along the line. The Interborough and B. NJ. T. | operated on rush-h hour basis be- ! fore, during and after the parade. 1 Special trains were concentrated l at uptown terminals to carry detach- ments of troops to Brooklyn and the i battery.
 The entire problem of transport 1 became one Of complex organization requiring as much planning aa though the movement was an actual i military one.
 Eleven ambulances were stationed along the line of march, with doctors and nurses in attendance. A motor i cycle escort was ready to fight way through the crowd to permit the am. balances to pass if necessary.
 A troop of 96 mounted police wa. chosen to act as honor guard fo, ! tne Bremen's crew. Thirteen mount. | ed police were selected 10 ride 1T advance of the parade. with 26 as { rear guard.