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New Britain herald., 1928-08-10
FRUIT LINER HAS ROMANTIC HISTORY
Once Was in Service in Ameri. can Navy

Tampa. Fla, Aug 10 R,-A sol dier of fortune. once high in the service Of the United States Navy, then . prominent figure in Central American politics. today does duty as . prosaic day laborer.
 Thus runs the romantic history of the steam cruiser Florida. ori- ginaliy the pride of multi-million- aire owner. which each week steams through the Gull of Mexico to Bara- coa, cuIa, and returns to Tampa with A cargo of bananas
 Built in 1891 for J. Pierpont Nor gan, she was christened the Corsair and for nine years was seen among the luxurious yachts around New port.
 When the United States declared war with Spain in 1898. the Corsair WAS purchased by the navy depart ment and renamed the Gloucester, Equipped with . crew of bluejackets and set of rapid fire guns, she had prominent place in the naval his 1 tory of the war, participating val | iantly in several engagements
 Later the ship returned to Gen. tral American waters with the title of AngeNta-"Little Angel" ol Angel Deiiverer of the Oppressed apparently considered more ap. propriate for her next adventure that of carrying guns to Centra American republics. She was seiz ed recently by the Cuban govern ment while lying in the port O Havana with load of rifles unde her matches.
 For some time thereafter sh moved about in the tropics as freight bost About this time I J, Wineman ot Tampa who hal been of the seq Tor two wears. b.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10

iafssAatiea ffeA somewAses ia ths crowd.
 Teid by enc a4mirer that he would carry Syracuse by ten thou. sand" Smith remarked, '6yraeuss always was my lucky town" appar- ently mindful of the fact that he had been nominated for governor there three times.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10
CLOCK GOES ON FOREVER

Oerebro, Sweden, Aug, 10 (UP)- A clock that has run uninterrupted for 12 years and, according to its Swedish maker, will keep on tick ing forever, is at present on exhibi- tion here.
 The unique time piece, which was first set in motion by its inventor, Teodor Dieden, in 1916 is driven ex- clusively by the utilization of at mospheric variations.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10
Personals

!hA N.ssss Mary Elizabeth Wa Hek Of the W. L. Hatch Co.. and Mildred Donahus of the Stanley Works are leaving today to spend tve weeks at Hampton Beech. N. H. NY. aad Mrs. Monroe Froesner of Glsn street and son are waiting in New York city.
 Joseph Hannon of West Main Strest has started on his annual va eaton.
 oSoree |. Naliin of e6 Linden street and Miss Maybells simms Of Remington avenue are spending tho weekend at East LenEmeadow, Mas.
 MissAs Kstherine Howard and Claire walsh will be the weekend euests Of MT. and Mrs. Merritt Tay- for of Short Beach.
 Naas Nsyy Ryan Of Glen street is 0D her annual vocation.
 xy. sn4 Ars. Steven blasek and eAil6rsa Of Hart street are vacation lag a& Iatchneld.
 cbaSiss Ieavttt and family of 3ol Aap1S stSsst are touring an Maine.
 Nv ana Nrs. Fdrar Norton and family of Plainville are spending tAslr vocation in Maine
 walter Yurzeronis of Church strtet hes returned from Atlantic City. New Jersey and New York, whore hs spent his vacation.
 Helen York of church street t p,sndine her vacation in Penn.
 VT. eAl Mry. ?. W. Anderson ea East stSest havs returned from m extAasavs motor trip.
 William Lumpp of Jubilee street has returned home after visiting out of town during his vacation.
 Miss Mildred Tracy of South Main street is spending her vacation q Clinton beach.
 Burton Mccxen Of Glen street | spending his vocation at the White Mountains apd Canada.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10
MANY AIDED

Hartford, Aug. 10 P,-The Six state free employment bureaus se- cured positions for 3,015 during July, the monthly report of the state labor department shows The bureaus received 4,5al applications for employment and 3.257 applica- tions from employers seeking help.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10
New Aspirin
 Lar1tive Checks
 Spring Colds

WhAa you feel cold creeping on you take Aspe.-LAx! It's wonder for u,oeking the ambition out ot a healthy cold and setting you on your teet sgain. New kind Of aspirin in laxative form Quickly neutralizes and eliminates toxic poisons Harmless. effective. On sale at all druggists with mnney-haek guarantee
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10

Vests, Boomers and Panty Suits these are slight seconds of our dollar quality rayon bought in one lot from our manufacturer. The seams aFe ell Aat locked, the material h unusually fine: the sizes are all full cut: the colors are the popular ones.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10
Special Notice

Bridge, whist and pinnocle given by the Catholic Women's Union of St. Peters church, at the church parlors Monday evening, August 1s -advt.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10

Criss Of 't0ee4 luek. ~" sae s1n to it. Al" followed the presi1oQ1tal nominee as his train pulled ~ Of the Syracuse station eoy tAo VI.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10

People shop from store to store to make sure of the best quality and style and price in the articles they finally choose Firing and time consuming it such shopping is sometimes necessary.
 It significant fact, however that hundreds of pa irons do all their buying at this establishment They know from long experience that all comparing has been done for them by critical buyers and that before any fur coat is offered the public by the Connecticut Furers its sound quality it's correct style its fair price have all been certified.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10

came interested in the ship and in- duced local shipping people to pur- chase her, He is now in charge of her engine room.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10

If man were as strong h eeen-
 parison to his size as . 1oe he could pull | seven ton load ea . vaeon.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-10
HUNT FOR APP

MeAfoFd. Mas, Aug. 10 P,-Po- liceAep were searching here today for William s. App who escaped frem stats prison Monday The search Wee started after . boy had rppeFte4 he had been assaulted by . 1a4 hs identified ss App from Rogues gallery pictures.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-06
COMPULSORY AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE

There has been some talk on the
possibility of making it compulsory
to carry automobile insurance. In the
writer's mind this would not be a
very wise procedure for. in the first
place it would tend to make the motor
lists more careless and in the second
place it would make the rates higher.
In speaking of insurance, We mean
the kind that protects the driver in
collision, liability, etc. Insurance is
a mighty fine thing and we would not
be without it, but there is a certain
class of drivers that cannot get insur-
ance at the present, whereas if it
was compulsory, this class would be
let in on this protection, which would,
in turn, raise the rates. Then these
same drivers would continue their
reckless driving or increase it if pos
sible, thereby causing more loss of
life and hazard to the good drivers
In the second place the rates would
be made higher in order that the in
surance companies might be suf-
ticiently compensated to offset the ad-
ded liabilities they would be forced
to pay and this would again work a
hardship on the good driver.
We believe, in this instance, well
enough should be left alone.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-06
THE TAX PROBLEM

One aspect of the tax problem that
is not generally understood is that
high taxes and civic, county and state
debts are not the result of necessary
expenditures, but come, in most cases,
from political incompetence, improve
ments which communities cannot af-
ford, and governmental ventures out
side its legitimate sphere of activity.
Today towns and states embark on
money spending programs on a scale
unthought-of few years ago. Bond
issues are floated, the citizens ap-
parently not realizing that they must
eventually be paid, and that taxes III
the meantime must go skyward.
Modern business has been outstand-
ing because it has reduced overhead
and cut waste to a minimum while at
the same time rendering greater SER
vice. Governments, like all other
businesses, are no exception to the
rule that unless funds are economi-
cally administered the enterprise will
be a failure. The Western Confec-
toner sums up the whole situation
when it says, eff we are to enjoy real
tax reduction it is not necessary to
cut out progress and needed improve
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-06
ISSUES BEFORE
SHORT SESSION
OF CONGRESS

Important questions that should re-
ceive immediate action face the short
session of the SEVENTEEN Congress,
beginning December and ending
March 4th. Discussions of farm relief,
Muscle Shoals, Boulder Canyon Dam,
the tariff, and the Merchant Marine
will probably occupy the spotlight
during the session. 1t is generally
believed that the Senate will ratify
the kellogg Peace Treaty to which
sixty nations have announced their
Willingness to adhere, as well as take
some action on the cruiser bill, which
is on the calendar and was debated at
length during the last session. Pub
lie opinion is thought to favor strong
defense forces as a means to preserve
peace The cruisers provided for in
this bill will be much needed adj
ditiOn to our naval forces.
In respect to farm relief, Senator
McNary announced recently that he
has prepared bill, similar to the
McNary-Haugen bill except for the
exclusion of the equalization fee,
which he expects to introduce as
quickly as possible after the assem-
bling of Congress. Representative
Nicholas LongwOrth of Ohio, Speaker
of the House, also expressed the opin-
ion that it will be possible to enact
farm relief legislation during this ses-
sion.
President Coolidge in expressing his
views regarding the disposition of the
Muscle Shoals question was quoted as
not approving the Norris bill. The
delegation calling upon him in this
regard stated, President Coolidge
told us that he did not wish to put
the Government into the retail power
and fertilizer business. He also ex-
planned that he was not in favor OF
building another dam at Muscle
Shoals. He also informed us that GER
tain persons still desire the passage
of the Madden bill, which would be
fairly satisfactory to him (the Presi-
dent) provided it did not require the
construction of another dam"
Senator King of Utah, in recent
ClScuSSlOu Will ICSluSIt NooiioSS oAi
Boulder Dam legislation, stated that
he was opposed to the whole Boulder
Dam scheme" He predicted, how
ever, that legislation in some form
relative to the project would be pass
ed at the coming session of Congress.
He based his opposition on the ground
that in his opinion the pending bill
is unwise and unjust to the upper
States" involved in the proposal, that
it would in a sense give the Federal
Government control of the water with
in the boundaries of the states. The
Senator said further that he did not
believe there would be any DISPOSE
ton in Congress to filibuster against
Boulder Canyon Dam legislation,
although he will have a number OF
amendments to offer when the legis-
lation comes up for consideration in
the Senate.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-06
OUR PRESIDENT

President Calvin Coolidge on De-
cember 4th gave his last address and
message to the Congress in his
traight-from-the-sh character
istic style. He intimated that there
is tranquility and contentment, har-
monious relationship between man
agement and wage earners, freedom
from industrial strife, and the high
est record of years of prosperity.
Whether everyone agrees that these
items, as summed up by the president
are true or not, it is a fact that the
United States is in far better condi-
ton financially and in many other
ways than hundreds of other nations
of the world of today. Whether the
present administration has performed
the great feat of placing us foremost
among the nations is a question that
has many sides and much ground for
argument. 1t may be the sturdy quail
tiles of the people here or it may
be the spirit of cooperation that pre-
walls throughout the land but we will
have to admit that it is truly a
leader among nations in which we
make our home.
When a man is chosen by the popu-
lar vote or by the electorate of the
nation to fill the presidents chair, he
should have and is entitled to the
help and cooperation of every man,
woman and child in the United States.
In tbp mast wa have had lean wears
and we have had prosperous years,
We have had good presidents and we
have had not so good, we have had
Democrats in power and we have had
Republicans in power, but somehow
we have gotten along and have held
our place and have made wonderful
advancement in international affairs.
When a president is elected, he is our
president for one and all.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-06
SOCIALIST MEASURE
Mile Laos Co. Times)

President-elect Herbert Hoover has
startled the country with the con-
structive proposal to prevent unem-
ployment in this country by providing
government reserve fund of several
billions of dollars to be used for car
rying on great public works in the
states and nation whenever the pinch
of unemployment becomes acute. 1t
is the first practical step ever sug-
gested toward doing something to re-
lieve the recurring periods of unem-
ployment, and is pointing toward the
day when our government will try to
have employment provided for every
person who is willing to work.
His proposal is all the more re-
markable, although none the less
desirable, because of his declaration
during the campaign that he was
against putting the government into
business in any manner, as smack
ing of socialism. Such measure is
in itself strongly socialistic in nature,
as it puts the government in the
business of buying surplus of labor
whenever it exists.
And like many such proposals OF
like nature it may not be as easy to
carry out as it looks on the surface.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-06
TAIL LIGHT LAW NEEDED
(FarmingtOn Tribune)

When the state legislature meets
again the question should be taken up
to decide whether a buggy or wagon
driving along the highway should
have on tail light or a reflector of
some kind to warn approaching autos
of danger ahead. There was a law
to the effect that wagons and buggies
should carry a tail light, but for some
reason this law was repealed. 1t is
true that it is a nuisance for farmer
to be forced to hang out a lantern
every time he goes onto the highway
at night, for the reason that often
times the lantern is needed in other
places at the same time, and many
times the farmer forgets to hang out
the lantern. Why wouldn't it be a
good plan to make it compulsory to
have a reflector of some kind on the
rear end of the horse-drawn vehicles,
a reflector that iceuld be purchased,
at a cheap price and attached perma-
nently onto the wagon?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-06
A BULWARK AGAINST HARD
TIMES
Duluth Herald)

The state governors, who have been
meeting in New Orleans, have rule,
it seems. against adopting resolu-
tions-not bad rule either, because
most of the time the resolution-pass-
ers seem to think they have taken
care of everything when they say
AYE"
So they didn't adopt resolution
offered by Governor Brewster of Maine
to indorse Herbert Hoover'S plan to
have three billion dollars worth of
public and semi-public work ready to
be taken up when slack times with
unemployment threaten the nation.
But they did give the plan their
moral support, and their Endorsement
as individuals. And that ought to
make it unanimous.
For nothing could be more intelli-
gent than this plan. 1t will work
good in two ways.
First, it will take up the labor
slack when industrial activity sub
sides, and thus it will tide over what
without such a plan would be per-
iOd of hard times. Indeed, the cOur-
age given by the very fact that that
remedy is ready to be used may make
it's use unnecessary.
Second, by postponing public works
that can be postponed, it will relieve
the industrial labor market of the
competition of public employment in
busy times.
Public work can be done more
cheaply when there is labor slack,
not because they will be done for
lower wages but because workers in
danger of unemployment will do more
and better work.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-06
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
EDITORIAL FROM OTHER NEWSPAPERS WHICH MAY
CONFORM WITH THE OPINIONS
AMERICANA

There would be lot of questions to be
settled and great deal would de-
pend on how honestly and efficiently
the plan is conducted.
For instance, how would this pub
lie work be conducted? Would it be
let to private contractors who would
make profits out of the plan of using
the taxpayers money in this manner?
And how would the scale of wages
of the workers be determined? Would
they be left to the tender mercies Of
the contractors who would want to
pay low enough scale to insure their
own profits, or would the government
do a little 'price-fixing" in wages?
Or would the government embark in
the business itself, in competition
with private contractors, and operate
it as inefficiently as they are said
to have operated other enterprises,
for instance the railroads during the
war? To do so would be directly op-
posite to the president-elect's empha-
tic statements of his policies during
the campaign.
And then on the other hand how
would the people who must be taxed
to raise this huge fund for the bene-
fit of the laborers feel about it?
Wouldn't they be liable to consider it
class legislation with a vengeance to
tax them for the purpose of benefit
ing some other class? "
And if the government can raises
huge sums to buy surplus labor, why
shouldn't it also raise huge sums to
buy surplus crops, the product Of
labor, and thus help the farmers?
Is there any particular difference
between buying the surplus of the
farmers labor and buying the sur
plus of the laborer?
These are a few of the questions
that will arise if Mr.. Hoover's pro-
position is taken seriously by con-
gresS. However it is certainly in
teresting to have a president giving
his direct thought and attention to the
problems of the working people Of
the country, something that has never
actually happened in the history Of
the nation before.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-06
The WHITE PLAGUE

Eight thousand four hundred and
ten men, women and children.
This might represent the population
of one of Minnesota's cities-but it
does not 1t represents the victims
of tuberculosis in'the state in the past
five years.
There is nothing new about tubercu-
losis except its victims. Year after
year, quietly, insidiOusly, it eXacts
new tribute in human lives. desolated
homes, and frustrated dreams and
ambitions.
And who are its victims? More
than one-fifth of the S,410 people who
died in Minnesota in the past five
years from this disease, were be-
tween the ages of fifteen to twenty
four. To strike at the youth of the
country at this age period when par
ents should begin to realize on the
investment of rearing and educating
its young men and women means a
tremendous loss to home and state.
1t is to the girls and young women
that tuberculosis is the greatest men
ages of fifteen to nineteen years, more
than twice as many girls died in the
five-year period as boys. While in the
twenty to twenty-four year period ap-
proximately 80 per cent more deaths
occurred among women than men.
tuberculosis deaths in general have
been cut almost in half in Minnesota
in the twenty years the Christmas
Seals have been at work. But as long
as the disease continues to strike at
our young manhood and womanhood
with such dire results. the tubercu-
losis fight is far from finished.
Christmas Seals, now on sale, fur
nish the ammunition to carry on this
work. The greatest hope lies in pre-
vention through education, and this is
the work of the penny stamp.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-06
A LITTLE TALK ON THRIFT
(By S. w. Straus)

Several years ago the executive
heads of large business organization
believing they were doing their en-
ployees a favor, made an arbitrary
arrangement by which a certain per-
centage of each persons salary was
to be withheld for savings purposes.
Although the plan was originated
with the best of motives, it proved
unsuccessful. The apparent paternal-
istic attitude was resented by the rank
and file of the organization. Later,
the plan was discarded and volun-
tary arrangement was substituted.
Each person on the payroll of the con-
Germ was then permitted to order a
certain percentage Of his salary with
held. These savings were administer
ed by the company's officials and
the plan developed into "a great sue
cess.
Almost without exception, compul-
sorry thrift plans have failed. Even
i'm school savings bank work, loud
protests frequently are provoked when
efforts are made to COMPEL the
children to deposit certain fixed
amounts.
The practices of thrift include a
considerable amount of discipline and
sacrifice. Most of us are willing to
undergo these seventies when self
imposed but we rebel when efforts
are made by others to compel us to
submit to them.
These are timely suggestions be-
cause around the end of the year
much thought is given to the devel-
opment of thrift societies and organ
lied savings work. 1t should be borne
in mind that all such activities will
succeed best when conducted along
purely inspirational lines.
Great happiness is possible in the
practices of thrift. But it is lost
when our thrift habits do not spring
from our own personal impulses and
aspirations.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-06
CAUTION IN WINTER
DRIVING is URGED
Planning Long Trips, Ad-
vice to Motorists.

In times of peace prepare for war.
In fair weather prepare for storms.
The advice is especially applicable
to those planning long motor trips this
time of the year, says State High
way bulletin. Fall weather and road
conditions have been unusually ia
vorable for touring, but the bulletin
urges all long distance drivers to be
ready for the changes in weather
which may come very suddenly in the
winter months in Minnesota.
The department is better prepared
than in any former year to open the
roads quickly after a storm. While
most of the maintenance men work
on a part time basis in winter, there
are $500 men subject to call when
needed to clear the roads of snow.
The department has total of $50
speed plows, Is rotaries, and about 20
tractor plows. The truck and tractor
plows are well distributed among the
section men for quick work after
storm, and the rotaries are placed
where they may be sent to any part of
the district to cut deep drifts which
the other plows cannot open. The
snow fence totals 3,04S,0O0 feet, 20
per cent more than last year.
Nevertheless, the department warns
that highways cannot always be kept
open during snow storm, or opened
Immediately after a storm. Usually
it is futile to do any blowing during
the storm, as this leaves ridges which
catch more snow and make more
work for the snow fighters. 1t also
wears out men and equipment. By
waiting until the storm abates, men
and machines are fresh and ready for
the big job of opening the highways.
Persons planning long trips, even
though the sky is clear and the ground
bare, are urged to carry chains,
shovel, and other equipment which
may be needed in case of a heavy
snow. They are also advised to have
their machines in condition for sudden
drops in temperature. Carrying extra
clothing for emergency use is also adj
viSed.
The bulletin also advises against
night driving when there is heavy snow
or any sign of a storm approaching. If
car should be stuck in a snow bank,
it is usually much more difficult to
find aid or shelter at night than in
the day time.
The department will do everything
possible to keep traffic moving and
open roads as quickly as possible
when snow comes, but Commissioner
C. NJ Babcock emphasizes that he
cannot promise to keep all the roads