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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27
QU|MbY BECOMES
AN EAGLE SCOUT
Presented With Badge at Court
Of Honor Session

Scoutnaster Robert S. Quimhy of
Troop u, leader of the troop which
won the Boy Scout court of honr
contest that was concluded last night
was awarded his eagle scout badge at
the meeting Of the court held last
evening in the vestry Of the First
Congregational church. Scoutm4ster
'auimhy, an instructor at the Nathan
Hale junior high school. assumed
the leadership of Troop II when
that organization was formed under
the sponsorship of the school. some
what over a year ago. He has de-
voted much time to his troop. which
is the largest in the city in point of
numbers. and has set an example in
toys to storm the 1925 courts Of
honor and win merit badges whole
sale fashion and win the council
cup.
Eleven second class badges were
awarded TO the following scouts: W.
Esmail. w. Cormier, y. Holmes. II.
johnson. Il. Scranton, A. kozakie-
wicz. l.. Michaels, J. Cavel. II.
Brown, V. Moorad. and X. Mac
Namara.
Eighteen first class badges were
awarded to the following scouts: O.
Moberg. NJ. kaminski. W. Pierce, B.
Burrel! W. kieiko, W. Sparkfair. j
Spring. T. Sobiecki, r. Schweieer. b.
Huck. r. W. Walsh. e. Himberg. A.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27

closer scrutiny of persons and con
Germs to whom permits for denatnr-
cd alcohol were given, lie also dc
clared that prohibition enforcement
should be taken out of politics Ma
jor Mills said that lie left the pO-
hibition service because of politics.
Commissioner Doran denied this.
The writer of the plan" Doran
said, bases his entire structure on Il
premise which is not only a minor
enforcement problem at present but
is rapidly becoming of even less i'm
he knew them in New York city
alone, about two years ago, and has
evidently not kept up with the
changed condition.
Smuggling Named
The prohibition commissioner said
that the principal source Of illicit
liquor now was smuggling and Illicit
distilling from grain and corn sugar.
He declared that diversion had al
most been eliminated. and main
tanned that the operation of the civil
service law would do away with most
of what Mills termed political inter
ference
Mr.. McGovern said that apparent
~ Mills had not even road existing
regulations and said il the prize
award committee had analyzed Com
missioner Doran's latest annual re-
port they would have discarded the
Mills plan as being out OF date.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27
WIRELESS GREETING
TO FRANK FRITS0N
Mother Sends Message to Son
Near South Pole

Christmas greetings to Frank
Fritson, Commander Richard Byrd
and other members of the Antarctic,
expedition. were despatched by
members of Prisons family in this
city Christmas eve. The expedition
has reached the southern ice barrier
where winter quarters will be st
mp. I'rjtson is a member of tn,
crew of the ship that will operate
lotWeen the base of supplies and
the s. S. City Of New York which
will be the base ship for the COM
mander in his exploration flights
across the great unknown ice
wastes.
The message was sent Fritson and
wished him. his commander and al,
the members of the expedition hap
rinoss and success. The local PEG
pie wrote the greeting and mailed
tito George A. Wendt at the West
lnghouse Co, at Montreal. Canada.
At about . O'Clock in the morning.
the air WAS cleared and members
of the Fritson family remained up
to hear the message sent south
from station kDkA. East Pitts
bnrsh.
Mrs. Fritson. mother Of the local
member OF the expedition, has re-
coiyed three radiogran1s from her
son since he started his lengthy trip
one was sent from the Panama
Canal. another from he equator
and the third from Dunedin which
will be the winter quarters for the
base ships in the Antarctic regions
The message stated that all was
We'll.
These messages are received hy
the New York Times and then mail
I'd to relatives. A constant means
Of communication therefore is e.
tahlished between the folks al home
and those thousands of miles awa..
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27
CRANK INVENTOR
SOLVES PROBLEM
Franklin D. Roosevelt Tells
Story to New York Paper

New York. Dec. - Rl-The New
York Times today quotes Governor
elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as re-
Nealing how crank inventor during
the World War solved the problem of
laying an effective mine barrage
against German submarines.
Mr.. Roosevelt, who was assistant
secretary of the navy during the war,
made his disclosure in an informal
address before the Poughkeepsie. N.
T., post Of the American Legion,
A problem that America and the
allies were vainly seeking to solve,
said Mr.. Roosevelt, was of exploding
mines by electrical contact with a
hostile vessel. The older type of
mines were ineffective. as it was inn
possible to place them close enough
together to present an effective bar
'lr without heavy seas causing them
II knock against each other and cx-
plode.
For a long time" he said, 'tlere
vas lot of investigation to find
some way to connect the mines by
cable, or some other link, and con-
struct the barragc SO that any sub
marine hitting any position of this
barrier would find itself in grief.
Nobody seemed to be able to hit
upon the right thing
One day early in 1918. he said a
man Of the typical 'crank inventor"
type walked into his office with an
invention. Mr.. Roosevelt said he
tried to send him 10 the department
of the navy that had been created
for passing upon 'crank" inventions
but the man insisted Oh showing his
model.
He presented an intricate affair
with a lot of nets. which was but
the same thing many other people
had suggested for putting over the
mouth Of a harbor to c1closc sub
marines. 1t WAS about to east the
whole thing aside when he pointed
to models of mines attached to the
rets. ! asked him what they were
and then he told me he had a prac-
tical plan for exploding the mine by
electric contact if a vessel touched
any part of the entire machinery"
Mr.. Roosevelt said he called in
Admiral Earl who at first was skep-
teal, but later was won over to the
idea. Out OF the inventors plan was
created the "antennae" type of mine
larrage which was laid from Eng
land to Norway and which was ef-
tective in protecting many conveys
CT American troops and sank at least
two submarines.
The inventor. whose name he !
withheld, wanted $40, 100000 for his |
invention. said Mr.. Roosevelt, but he
understood he finally received $780,
900.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27
SEES ROTARY AS
AID TO EXPORTS
Visitor From Mexico City En-
phasiZes Dependability

The principles of a Rotary club
are the ideals Nhich will improve
conditions and incidcntly make for
more substantial business successes
all over the world. according to
Signor 1gnacio llelguera of Mexico
City. who WAS visitor 10 the New
Britain Rotary club today. Sgnor
lelguera, who represents Landers,
frary & Clark in Mexico City, is a
native of South America. He is a
director of the Mexico City Rotary
club and conducts a plumbing estab-
lishment in that city,
He spoke briefly today on the
sixth principal Of Rotary, which is
the promotion of friendly interna-
tional relations. He said the most
essential feature of Rotary is to
make come true the last two letters
in every Spanish letters. g.,
which mean Yours for Dependable
Service"
lie told his hearers that depend
able service means selling proper
HltTCtldlulSe Oh proper standard ana
quality at proper price and under
proper payment terms. He said this
is what Rotary clubs in the United
States and 43 other countries are
promoting and that export business
throughout the world will grow in
proportion as these ideals are
adopted.
when We are able 10 sense for
eien conditions we'll, We will profit
h9st Ivy s'allins n,1cl antiisc which
is satisfactory ON conditions which
are dependable" he said
Lee u. RalSly, representing the Big
L Film EAciapse of New York OK
planned the difference between Vito
phone and movie tone pictures.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27

Holy Spirit" during which he rolled
upon the floor uttering unintellgible
words and singing.
The ceremony will be performed
at Calvary Baptist church, The bride
Will be attended by her sister, Mrs.
Walter !. Palmer of Buffalo, N. r.,
Charles Straton will be best man for
his brother.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27
City Items

Ray Young. manager of the S. S.
kresge store will go to Woonsocket,
tory of the store there. The annua,
inventory here will start tomorrow
under the direction of J. z. Leach of
Fan River Mass. Mrs. Young will
leave tomorrow for visit TO
Brighton. Mass. @
Otto Heinrich is rccuperating
after an operation through which a
portion of one finger was amputated.
Officer John Griffen is off duty on
account of illness.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27
One Alcoholism Death
In City During Year

New Britain has had but one
death from alcoholism this year the
vital statistics compiled at the office
OF the town clerk show. Last year
deaths traced to excessive drinking
numbered three. s;5
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27
= 9 :
Graduate Nurss. Aas
Proved the Value Of
father JOHNS
MEDICINE
FIR .l,pds
ultsls
4 Tissue
Builder

a graduate nurse" says Mrs. Helen
G. Preston of So Melrose Street.
Boston. - recommend Father
Johns Medisine for colds, and body
huilding.45 Mothers to whom ! have
recommended it report that their
rhildren gain weight and are
stronger than ever before, It restor-
ed my son to health when he was
in poor physical condition after war
service"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27
ST. ELMO Lodge
ELECTS OFFICERS
Samuel kilshnit Chosen Chan
celor Commander byK. Of P.

Samuel ., kirshnit was elected
chancellor commander of St Elmo
lodge. Knights Of Pythias, at tie
annual meeting last night He SITE
cceds Jack .klasz. whose term In
office has been distinguished by its
progressive spirit and by the CO.
operation Of lodge members. NJ.
klasz was complimentcd by his as
sociates as he stepped from the
highest office in the lodge for the
able manner in which he had served
as chief executive.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27

Funeral services will be held at
the home of his daughter on Belden
street Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Rev. DIR. Abel A. Ahlquist,
pastor of the First Lutheran church,
will otficiate. Burial will be in
FairvieW cemetery.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27

Other officers elected were: vice
chancellor Nathan Sandals; prelate,
Ben Levine; keeper of records and
seals. Harry Withln; master of -en-
chequer. Al 'Sidepoft; master of f.
nance. Joseph ;Gorfain; master OF
arms,~, Joseph Fjngold; inner guard.
Martin Shontz; master of works,
Jack klssz, Board Of governors:
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27
Document on Record
Before It Is Drawn

Searching the land records today,
City ban empioSe found a docu-
ment which, according. to the entry,
WAS filed three days before it was
drawn. Notations appeared showing
June ! and the document filed May
90 of the same year. IT was ex-
planned that the paper came to the
office so marked and the town clerks
staff had no authority to change it.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27

st. Elmo lodge hall. Officers will
be elected. The installation will
take place on the evening of tile
same date with the executive off,
GERS of the grand lodge also in at
tendance.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27

Among the guests was Rev. @. +.
Anderson of Wilmington. Del. father
of Rev. William II. Aldeyson. pastor
Of Trinity Methodist church and
president of the club.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27

It was Won Sybel. German his
torian and statesman of pre- Franco
German war days, who said: HE
who knows the whence will also
know the WHITTIER
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27
CHRISTMAS DANCE ATTY. w. G, A.

A very successful dance was held
at the Y. w. G. A. gym last eve
ming. It was attended by IS boys and
girls.
An orchestra of local boys
furnished The music that set the
fcet dancing. After the dancing an
informal supper was served in the
club room.
dances that the Y. w. e. A. hopes
TO sponsor
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27

Past Chancellor Harry Witkin. Past
Chancellor jack. hIaaz. Trustees,
Robert jerome. I. Weinberg and NJ.
Officers WilE be installed or the
night of Ja,l'laty IS. The ceremony
will be in the form OF a public
meeting to WHICH friends are in
Nitel.
A temple. of Pythian Sisters win
be instituted by grand lodge officer,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-17

crowd four points for all the tough
breaks.
On the breaks in the final quarter
that saw Mandan completely out
play Bob Cortrlght's clever young
stcrs. the loss Of Seitz was glaring-
~ noticeable The trio OF subs that
Leonard McMahan used did not
have the speed to run away FROM
the Forks guards and by the tine
the ball had reached the middle Of
the floor. the red line had formed
and the openings closed.
Captain Gordon Morris and Lloyd
Mcdonald set the Brave band the
best examples yesterday while Du-
Chene, Sccord and Clinton were out
standing for the victors. FitZger-
AIDS five field goals saved the
lanky center from having a mediocre
day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-17
BY WERNER LAUFER

ST. Petersburg, Fla, March IT,
A first-class stock Of machine guns
and hand grcnadcs will be useful
asset to the team that keeps the
champion New York Yankees from
adding another pennant to their
string in 1928.
That is the impression one gains
after watching the advance battalion
of Yank athletes in spring training
and taking in an carful of the talk
handed out by their inspiring leader,
Miller lluggins.
Even the business of throwing cold
water on the Yankee pilots enthus
iasm by bringing up the subject Of
the aged and withcrcd pitching staff
is sidc-steppcd III true real estate
salesman style.
.'What If Urban Shoekcr doesn't
sign, and if years will finally catch
up with Herb Pennock ," asks Hug
gins. Surprising Waite Hoyt does
have a bad year and the veteran
Covclcskc forgcts al about base
ball :? The answer IS our rear rank
pitching staff composed of Pipgias,
Thomas, Moore, johnson and Shea
ley"
The logic is good, you'll agree,
even though the two last named arc
first-ycar men. Both, however, are
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-17
LIGHT OUTPOINTS
VETERAN AL VAN RYAN

st. Paul, March 17.--cP)-Billv
Light, st. Paul welterweight. deci-
slvciy outpointcd Al Van RYAN.
South St. Paul, in 10 vicious rounds
OF battling here last night, news
papermcn decided. Light won all
the way.
Richie Mack, Minneapolis, out
pointed "Spud" Murphy, clever
Moorhead junior lightweight in six
rounds, but his margin of victory
was slight.
wildcat" Eddie Mason, st. Paul
lightweight, shaded Dave Alter,
Sioux Falls, in six rounds.
LIGHT treated Van Ryan to a sur
prise by travelling at top speed
throughout the fight, and dealt the
South st. Paul cowboy savage pun
isilment from the opening gong.
Van Ryan, known as body
puncher, was outrought at his own
game when he came in close and was
shaken to his heels by terrific
right crosses whenever he stayed
away. Several times Light crashed
his right against Van Ryan's Jaw
without return, and then mixed in
q variety Of hooks and uppercuts at
mitigating. He tied up Van Ryans
ripping left until the 10th, when
the latter attempted to stage rail-
ly.
Fell Out of Ring
In the seventh round Van Ryan
fell through the ropes and out of
the ring after Billy had beat him
numerically about the head. He
clambered back in at the count of
six and took nine count on one
knee. He was badly dazed when he
wobbled to his corner, but recovered
quickly.
In the Mack Murphy fight, the
Moorhead battler seemed unable to
solve Mack's deceptive style The
latter fought a running battle, but
whenever he made stand he
crossed up Murphy effectively, and
scored with rights and let's to the
head.
Finding that he was unable to
penetrate Mack's defensive shell in
the first two rounds, Murphy dis
carded his boxing end sought to
make fight of it, but Mack tied
him up and then fought back vi
ciousiy to reestablish his lead.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-17

exception of third base, remains as
last year, with the busting twins,
Ruth and Gehrig, headlining the
Yankee act. Gehrig has already
found his batting eye and while the
BAN is usually slow in getting start
ed, no great fear is felt for the loss
of power from his direction.
The hot corner is holly contested
for by Joe Dugan and Gene Robert
son, former Brown and late Of st.
Paul, with Gene having the rail po-
sition.
Joe's legs seem to have stood all
they are going to stand and Miller
Higgins has always been an adj
mirer of Robertson.
koenig and Lazzeri seem to have
short and second well sewed up, but
much promise is shown by Leo
Durocher, last year with st. Paul. At
first base Lou Gehrig is looking for
ward to good year and wants to
impress the fan flock with his mas
tering Of the fielding tricks Of the
initial sack.
Maybe some enterprising recruit
can worm his way into that outfield
by superhuman stick work in the
early part of the campaign, but it
looks very much like Ruth, Meusel
and Combs when the teams get down
to the serious business Of winning
i flag.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-17

the cream of Class A baseball and,
according to Huggins. are good bets
to work in many Yankee ball games
next summer.
Henry Johnson. Il burly right
handler, won Is and lost 10 for Mil
waukee last season. while AID Shealey
was Il mound mainstay for the st
Pau! club in the same league.
Ifuggins predicts Pipgras will be
a star this year II his pitching in
the late season and world series is
any criterion.
Another wcll-thought- of young
man is Mylcs Thomas, who will be
given the chance to he Il regular
pitcher this season. Huggins says
he has great confidence in the Al
toona boys chances of finally grad
uatng from the role Of relief pitcher.
Thomas has more ability than he
has so far shown in major league
competition and this may be his
year to blossom forth.
OF course Wilcey Moore is cx-
pected to do as much as always. The
raw-boncd Oklahoman is already in
fine shape. From the form shown
by his Younger brother, Nick, who is
up for his first professional tryout,
the name Moore again may play 4
big part in the Yankees annual rush
for the bunting.
The balance Of the lineup, with the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-17
FARGO OUTSTEPS
ROLLA STARS. 32.16

Fargo's teamwork carried the
Purple White to clearcut victory
over a group Of stars from Rolla in
the closing fray of the first round
last night. Fargo stepping away to
30 to 16 victory.
Taylor, Curry and LaFrancc, a
trio of boys with speed to burn, con-
tinually harassed the near-goal ter
ritory Of the Gate City quint, by
spectacular dribbles but were so
rushed at the end of the dashes that
the majority Of their shots went
wild or caromed off the edges Of
the blackboard.
After q first minute 2 to 2 tie.
the Kimballmen settled down to q
long bounce pass game that was eff
fective in penetrating the fighting
Rolla boys neighborhood.
Despite the in and out game
played by Fargo, Rolla threatened
only once. In the third quarter,
Taylor broke away on three separ-
ate occasions to pull Rolla within
one point Of Fargo. But few Sec
onds later, one Of the Rolla men
hooked Captain Joe Olson as he went
up in the air under the Rolla net
and Olson's setup was good in addi-
ton to two free chances.
Fargo had no trouble in the final
eight minutes. LaFrance and Curry
going to the bench on four infrac-
tions Of the personal foul rule.
Gregory, Miller and Captain Olson
starred for the winners while Rolla' )
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-17
WlLLISTON DEFEATS
BOWBELLS QUlNT. II TO II

Williston and Bowbells failed to
impress in their debut in the first
encounter Of the first round. Willis
ton won largel. through brilliant IN
dividual effort. Carney, Wcstdal
and Kassis bearing the brunt Of the
II to IL victory that they scored
over Bowbells.
It was Red Carney who opened
the scoring. The stocky youngstcr
tossed two setups in the opening
minutes Of play Hehring saved
the Bowbellitcs from shutout in
the first quarter by sinking 4 gift
shot, the Eillies cdging out 6 to l..
Williston maintained its margin
during the duration of the unintcr-
esting game. Carney continuing to
be the life Of the Willics' play while
Nehring frightened by the work of
Bowbells by a perfect day at the
charity stripe.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-17
F0RX-MANDAN
GAME FEATURE
OF FIRST DAY
Third District Champs Push
Winners to Limit-Loss
of Seitz Felt
FARGO WINS FROM ROLLA
Valley City Easily Defeats
Hettinger-WillistM Beats
BOwbells
FARGO WINS FROM ROLLA
BY ]. G. MacGREGOR

Three quints from the cast coun-
try of North Dakota, and one west
ern representative survived the
first round Of the 14th annual
North Dakota Interscholastic bas-
kctball tournament on the gym OF
the State Training school at Man
dan yesterday.
Four teams lost their chances for
q championship for another year
) and entered the consolation brack-
cts. The consolation games will be
played this afternoon with the semi
final games billed this morning and
the championship and final consola-
ton game scheduled for tonight.
WiIliston, Grand Forks, Valley
City and Fargo advanced to the
scmifinal bracket by victories over
Bowbclls. Mandan, Hettinger and
Rolla.
Tho feature game Of yesterdays
program was that bctwc !. Grand
Forks, present state champions, and
Mandan, third district titleholdcrs.
Grand Forks was pushed to the limit
by the fighting Braves, who were
noticeably weakened by the loss OF
their star forward, Blair S>itz. The
Forkcrs won through superior Of
fensive punch. ,.
Opening the tournament. Willis
ton smashed its way to q IL TO Il
victory over Bowbclls. The game
was listless and only the brilliant
all-around offensive and defensive
efforts of a lad named Carney from
Williston held the spectators atten-
ton.
Grand Forks gallopcd away to an
early lead over Mandan which it was
able to maintain to the end, despite
= last quarter rally Of the Braves
that held the F0rkers scorcless but
fell short Of the victory that tottcrtd
on the rim of the Forks hoop as
Lady Luck frowned upon repeated
setup shots.
Another lack-lustrc contest inaug-
urated the evenings bill. Valley
City and Hettinger dashed aimless-
" to and fro. and HiLiners having
tho better objective eventually Will
ming by q 81 to Ia count.
Fargo and Rolla flashed the
greatest speed Of the days play,
the Rolla boys having the edge on
speed with the Fargoites using their
superior shooting ability to run ont
u So to 16 victory, the highest score
that had been made in the first
round.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-17
VALLEY CITY TAKES
HETTINGER, 81 TO IL

What had been doped to be a
clearcut victory for Valley City
turned out to be q close but disin-
teresting game with Claude Millers'
Little Boy Blues striding away to q
q to Ia win.
Eneberg, tall blonde lad with the
eye of fox, kept the crowd in a
roar Of pleas for victory by sinking
Z poker hand Of field baskets from
the center Of the floor.
The Hi-Liners' weak defense was
penetrated on nearly every tipoff by
the sprinting Hettinger lads, who
lacked the passing accuracy neces-
sary to successfully terminate their
offensive thrusts.
Valley City led throughout, STEM
shoel, Bergerson and Olson sinking
enough baskets to win th. game.
While Eneberg's baskes shooting
wxs spectacular, it was the indomit-
able fight Of famous and Brown,