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New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
WALL ST. SHOWING RAILROAD AC1I0N
Freight Traffic Report Reflected
 in Dealings
By STANLEY w. pRENCsIL,

By STANLEY w. PRENCSIL,
 Associated Press Financial Editor.
 New York. Sept. :7 R-Ke>ival of activity and strength in the rail road shares. presumably based on the announcement that freight tra1. fife in the week ended Sept. 1o touched a new high level for the year. marked the irregularly high CT price movement ill today's stock market. Violent recessions develop ed in a few specialties. but the egn- eral list pointed upward on buy,re stimulated by further easing in call money rates.
 Call money renewed at 6iz per cent and dropped to around id day. with loans in the 'outside mar ket" reported as low as 5ia per cent. Time money and commercial! paper rates held firm. but larger supply of funds was available. Ru- mors of gold imports from the Ar genuine materiaiized today when it was announced that q shipment ot $l2.50O,000 was being sent to J. P. Morgan & Co. to retire the Argen- tine loan. which expired yesterday and was not renewed because of the high interest rates prevailing here.
 Freight traffic in the week ended Sept. Ia totaled l,l3s.32I cars. an increase of 1O,669 over the corres- bonding week last year. Texas X <l Ia ,li the rail group by quickly climbing 5 liz points. St. Louis Southwestern moved up 1 points. Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific each moved up points and New York Central, Grca, Northern preferred and Rock Island sold or more points higher. X. M. Dyers was one Of the strong features of the industrial list, soar ing more than z points on buying influenced by reports that the com rany had developed d new and cheaper process for the manufacture of wrought iron pipe. Radio and Case Threshing each jumped more than 5 points and Johns Manville. Electric Storage Battery. Electric Auto Lite, Abitibi Power and Curtiss advanced to Si2 points. Railroad equipment shares were in brisk de- mand on expectations of heavily in creased railroad buying. pressed steel car moNng into new hIgh ground. while American Car X Foundry ad- vanced points.
 |. $. Steel changed hands in large volume, touching new high Household products, Coty and Skelly ! oil also sold at the years best prices.
 Motor Products. recent sensa- tional feature, Droke l7'. points: II. kress 5ia and National Tea s
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
AIR RACE IS ON
Curtiss IfclI to Portland, Me-, o0 Nonstop Flight in Test Asiat0es Now Arc Trying.

Curtiss Field, N. Y.. Sept. 27 (UP An air race from CurtiSS Field 10 the new airport at Portland, Me-, s,arteJ here today.
 Harold McMahon. flying . Giant Curtiss Robin monoplane, as the first of the entrants 10 leave. He hoped off at 2:O2 p. m..- carrying d passenger.
 Following McMahon in quick suc- cession We're William Winston. man. ager of the Curtiss flying service, in another kobi. and Stephen Brown in a Traselair plane. Each of these planes also carried passenger.
 The race marks the opening of the field at Portland, which is the first airport i'll new chain estab- lished by the Curtiss flying service. It has runways for taking of in six directions and Is said to be one of the most complete in the country.
 Lieut.. James Doolittle, army pilot, said he would leave for Portland to. morrow in . Curtiss Falcon plane to participate in the ceremonies.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
$. I. SLOCUH DIES AT v
Native N St0ninSt0a Had Becn Liv- ing With uaaShter On Mil Street (Oe Past Two Years.

ing With llaaxhter On Mil Street
 f0e Past Two Years.
 Simeon Thompson Slocum. 77 years old. died at the home of his daughter, Mra Joseph Stack of la4 Mill street last night. He was re- tired farmer and had been making his home with his daughter for the rast two years.
 Born in Stonington. he spent much of his life in that place. He came to this city from Scotland. Conn.,. where he has been living for man. years. Besides Mrs. Stack he leaves another daughter. Mrs. Walter A. Barton of East Hartford: son, Er- nest T. Slocum, of Hartford: and a sister, Mrs. J. H. Holman of Wester- ly. K. l.
 Funeral services will be held Sat- urday afternoon at 2 o'clock at R. C. Porter Sons funeral parlors at l3 Court street. Rev. Orrin E. Tour tellotte, pastor of East Hartford Methodist church, will officiate. Bur ial will be in Old North cemetery. Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
pOLrTICs ON THE AIR

New York, 6ept. 27.-{EPJ- Governor Alfred E. Smiths speech at St. Paul tonight will be broadcast over tho red network of the Nation- al Broadcasting company. and six Pacific coast stations-KPO, KEO. KOMO. KGW, KHQ and KFI-mak- ing 26 stations in all.
 The broadcast will begin at 9 p. m. central standard time.
 Two hours earlier the red net work will carry . broadcast by the republican national committee, with Speaker Nicholas Longworth making the principal address.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
Voting Residence Ruled
 As Place of Preference

Hartford, Sept c7 R-under an opinion by Atty. General Benjamin w. filling. voting residence is pri- marily question of intention. A resident of New Preston (Washing- ton) had asked as to his voting rights. a travelling man. being ab- sent from what he considered his home town. almost consta ntly. The attorney general held that as inten- tion was to have New Preston as his home tho elector had the right to decide it al a fact.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
ON ANNlyERSaRy

Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Sandauist of Stanley Court were given a surprise party at their home last evening by 40 of their friends in honor of their 10th wedding anniversary. During the evening Walter R. Folk sang a number of songs and Otto Wunch and J. Chester of Landers Trade shop entertained with comedy acts. Refreshments were served.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
PROPHECY HOLDS
City SascL From Tornado As In.
 dian Predicted

Sioux City. Iowa, Sept. :7 rrp When the recent tornado deva- stated the surrounding country and then broke as it near.d Sioux City. old timers recalled a prophecy made many years ago when Sioux City was but a trading post. An old In- dian said that a tornado never would strike the town on account of the rivers.
 And the prophecy was fulfilled last week.
 Sweeping out of the southwest, after dealing death and destruction the tornado headed for Sioux City. All that was between the town and destruction was the "Old Muddy"
 On 1t came. Suddenly it lifted, aA if blown by a great draft Of air. The lower part Of it broke of and the town was saved.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
NOvECK CASE NOLLED

Attorney Monroe s. Gordon an nounced today that the case of Efram Noveck of Hartford avenue has been nelled in superior court. No week. having taken an appeal from a hne of S100 and costs imposed in local police court on the charge of violating the liquor law.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
COMMUTERS PROTEST

Boston. Sept. 27 R-Sixty- eight commuters on the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad. resi- dents of Kingston. PIympton and Silver Lake, today filed a petition with the state department of public utilities protesting against a curtail. ment of service at the Plympton sta ton. No date has been set for . hearing.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

Marriage license applications have been filed at the office of the town clerk as follows: Arthur E. Good rich of West Cornwall and Antoin- cite Wohinz of 22s Pennington ave.
 nue: Adam Cap of 1ss North street and Eva Piszko of bl Spring street.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
Stanley DOfYCzko

Funeral services for Stanley Bory- c.ko of 1S7 Broad street will be held at the home of MT. and Mrs. Jacob Kosciniak of that address tomorrow morning at s o'clock and at Holy Cross church at S:30 o'clock. Burial will be in Sacred Heart cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
MRS. KEAyENY IMPROVING

Dr. John F. kcaveny has returned from Paterson. N. d. where Mrs. Keaveny underwent an operation for appendicitis last week. Mrs, keaveny Is recovering and will re- turn to her home here shortly.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27

New York, Sept. n N-A severe earthquake. estimated at 1000 miles from New York in an undetermined direction, was recorded on the seis- mograph at Fordham university last evening. The tremors started at s;44 o'clock. reached their maximum at s:62 and continued until 10 ?. m.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
Fun erals
Mrs. Ellen SurkO

Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Surko of 4l4 East street were held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of her sister. Mrs. Gustave krieger of 32 Fairview street and at 3 o'clock at St. Matthew's German Lutheran church. Burial was in Eairview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
PREACHER AT 1s

Kokomo, Ind. Sept. 27 (UP)-At the age of 1S. Richard A. Ravens is the regular pastor of the Rich Valley Christian church. The youth. . high school graduate, plans later to study law.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
NEW sl1.OO0 ICE HOt.sr,

Julius Schultz has taken a per. init to build an ice house on Reser- voir road, at | cost of S12.O0o. The building is to be 60x1oO and ?s feet in height. The contract has been let to Adolph Reinae.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
WoN Street Brieh

Activity in copper at higher prices has been the feature in the non-ferrous metal market this week. Lead has continued in good demand at unchanged prices. Tin prices ad- vanced slightly on better demand from speculative sources. Zinc was quiet. but firm for all positions, En- Activity in copper and lead ia in- terpreted as ret,ecting keen demand for fabricated products on the part of consumers.
 August net operating income of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe jumped to S6.54a.677 from $5,01U,- %2S in August. 1927. The total for eight months this year was S25,- 94l.5o3 against t3o.lOS.479 in the same period of 1927.
 Jordan Motor Car Co. had net loss of S41S.S67 for the first half of 1923 against net loss of t25, in the same period of 1927. Net operating income of the first 24 railroads to report August earn ings aggregated S4s,o44.V0o against $44,46S.Ooo for the same number in August last year.
 Surplus of the New York. New Haven X Hartford for 5 months of 1928 after guarantees and preferred divided requirements was $4.559,O5 against s4,l51,S16 year ago. August surplus was sl.S57.735 after charges. against $l.S2s.0U7 in August last yuar.
 The Boston X Albany Railroad has ordered five Of the largest dou- hle-"nd type locomotives ever built in the United States. from America Il Locomotive Co. Each costs $59 900. Total weight Of the engine and ten der is 35e, 900 pounds. American Sumatra Tobacco Co.,
  mon in the year ended July S1 against $4.17 a share the year be- fore. Net income fell to $634,0es from $94O,493.
 Colonial Utilities Corporation. op- erating in New Hampshire, Vermont. Maine and Connecticut. declared an initial dividend of 3i.s. l-2 share on the first preferred stock. or at the rate of $650 annually. It is pay able Oct. 1 to holders of record Sept. o9.
 August net operating income of the Pennsylvania railroad moved up to $i1.52S,a47 from $l0,7s4.lS7 in August. 1927. and for 8 months this year to $7..627.57s from $so.%56. 50a for months of 1a2s.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
DEMOCRATS MEET TONIGHT

Meetings of the democratic town committee and of the smith, 1ebin. son club will be held tonight at the party's headquarters in United building. Final arrangements will be made Cor the rally Saturday night. at which Augustine l.onsrRan, Charles c. Morris, Senator T. Weber Wilson and others are to speqk.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27
QUAKE IN ITALY

FabriAno, Italy. Sept. s7 N-A strong earthquake shock was felt here during . thunder storm at 1:20 o'clock this morning. The shock was prscsded by . strong buzsing sound.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27

TREASURY BALANCE Treasury Balance. $2G3,5... c'S
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27

August net operating income of the Pennsylvania railroad moved up to $i1.52S,a47 from $10.1S4.1S7 in August. 1927. and for months this year to s7..627.57s from $1o.%56. 5oa for s months of 1a2..
New Britain herald., 1928-09-27

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New Britain herald., 1928-09-27

American Sumatra Tobacco Co. earned S3.ol share on the conl- mon in the year ended July 31 against $4.17 share the year be- fore. Net income fell to $634,OoS from $94O,4a3.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-10
SELL 5 NORTH SIDE
HOMES AT $4,000

ing Company. negotiated by Frazee's de-
partment, included the purchase of a
bungalow, 325 Robton street, from Robert
Williams; the sale of a six-room house,
1853 Bellview, to Frank Bridges, and sale
of three other houses.
Frazee also negotiated the sale for Harry
Sielken to Joe Conrad Of seyen-room,
two-story house at 3917 Park avenue.
Several deals we're closed by the firm OF
Goode g. Goode. The company also made
several purchases, among them, a lot in
F. c. fuckers Emerson avenue addition,
six-room cottage, 1913 West Twenty
eighth street, from j. c. and Anna M.
Carr; and a five-room bungalow. 241
Beauty avenue, and a fve-room. semi
modern cottage. 2s17 Baltimore avenue,
from Arthur Gintzler.
Contract was let by the Goode COM
pany for building of a hve-room bungalow
at 5000 North Emerson avenue. new
fve-room bungalow with breakfast nook.
1926 Emerson avenue. was sold to John and
Mamie Gladson for So 500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-10
PATTERNS SPECIALITY
C. & G. Foundry Offers
Rapid Service.

Rapid pattern service is given
manufacturers by the c. and G.
Foundry and Pattern Works, manu-
facturers of wood and metal pat
terms, brass, bronze, aluminium, light
and heavy gray iron castings.
The pattern shop is equipped to
the last word in modern machinery
and methods and makes a practice
Of making castings and patterns
the day they are ordered.
The company was organized in
1918 as a pattern works exclusively,
and entered the brass and alum
mum business in 1920 and iron
foundry work in 1926
Production work on both large
and mall castings is featured. The
plant is equipped with molding ma
chimes of every description and has
two large electric travelling cranes
Of five and ten-ton capacity. The
company recently purchased the
two and one-half-acre site owned
by the Enterprise Iron Foundry.
Charles j. Gisler is president and
general manager Of the company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-10
HARE COMP ANY
BREAKS RECORD
FOR CHEVROLET
City Concern Is Largest
Agency Doing Business
in This Zone.

Hare Chevrolet Company, Inc,
$50 East Washington street, holds
the distinction of being the largest
Chevrolet sales agency in this
zone, including Indiana and parts
of Illinois and Ohio.
The company was started June
IS, 1927, taking over business of
the Stone Chevrolet company,
which had beeen in existence five
years.
One Of the first steps of the new
company was to construct the pres
ent modern building, with a floor
space of more than $4,000 square
feet.
Breaks Sales Records
Ever since the start, the COM
pany has been making and break
ing sales records from month to
month. Total sales for the first
year were 3,179 new and used cars.
The agency has an exceedingly
modern service department, which
services on an average seventy five
cars daily. All machinery and tool
equipment is of the newest and
latest design, giving customers
prompt and efficient service.
Seventy-five persons are en-
ployed by the company, with an
annual pay roll of $15O,0OO.
Trophies Are Won
Several handsome trophies have
been awarded the company for
sales records, the most recent, a
handsome silver loving cup, being
received Friday in recognition of
the achievement of one of its
statesmen, Emil Voelker, setting an
individual retail sales record.
Frank Hare, formerly of Mobiles
vile, where he was in the automo-
bile business fifteen years, is presi-
dent of the company, and Harry
Hirschman, we'll known in Indian
apolis automobile circles for fifteen
years, is vice-president.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-10
FIRM SPECIALIZES IN
PLATING FOR AUTOS
Process Keeps Metal Parts From
Being furnished.

The Adams Plating Company, 1873
West Tenth street, makes a spe-
cialty of chrome plating, being one
of the few chrome plating plants
in the state.
This type of plating is gaining
in demand daily, because 1t insures
rust-prof, non-tarnishing finish
which retains its original luster.
Until recently chrome plating was
confined mostly to automobile parts,
but its field has been broadened to
include practically everything in the
nickelplate field. The Adams COM
pany has a 1,000-ampere generator
and a 300-gallon tank, insuring
satisfactory finish on all work.
At present the company is forced
to operate both day and night shifts
on chrome plating, as we'll as nickel
and copper plating. and copper oxi-
dizing. A large part Of its work
is for the Stutz Motor Car Com
pany. 1t has chrome plated num-
Der Of Stutz chassis, in prepara-
ton for automobile shows this win
ter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-10
SPECIALIZE AS
FURNISHERS FOR
MODERN OFFICE
City Firm Renders Custom
Service to Progressive
Businesses.

If the business man of today ex-
poets to keep step with modern
prosperity, he must learn he cannot
do it with out-of-date office equip
ment, according to c. s. Ober, Bust
ness Furniture Company president.
The Business Furniture Company,
located at 112 East Maryland street,
specializes in solving problems of
business men wishing to modernize
their office equipment to meet in
dividual needs.
On tn ecompany'S display floors
are to be found types of equipment
to serve every business need. The
company relieves the owner of his
obsolete equipment as part payment
on new. Two recent contracts we're
for arranging complete office equip
ment for the Union Title Company
and the General outdoor Adver-
Using Company. An educational
service is maintained on indexing,
free of charge.
Tit company is composed entirely
of local men with years of ex-
perience in many different lines of
business. Other officers include A.
G. Ober, vice president, and M l..
Ober, secretary.
The company was orgaized more
than seven years ago by the present
proprietors, Thomas Adams, Robert
j. Adams and Edwin G.. Adams
The plant was removed in 1924 from
its original location at 523ia West
Michigan street. Albert Kriese is
production manager.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-10
ERECT CITY BATHHoUSE
Weeks Building Permits Total
S343, 800.

Building permits for construction
Of S343,900 worth of new homes
and business structures were is
sued this week, according to the
report of the Indianapolis Real Es-
tate Board.
Permits for twenty-six residences,
total cost S113,900, were taken out.
The city began construction of a
100000 bath house at Ellenberger
park. A permit was taken out for
the erection of the new Wheeler
City Mission, 245 North Delaware
street 1t will cost SIS 900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-10
TALKS IN SLEEP, BUT
NO DIVORCE FOR MATE
Grounds insufficient, Judge Rules
on Husbands Plea.

BIZ United Press
UNIONTOWN, Pa, Nov. 9.-Judge
]. S. Morrow of the Fayette county
court, has held that what woman
says in her sleep is not sufficient
grounds for her husband to seek a
divorce.
Judge Morrows decision, in which
he cited several supreme court rul-
ings. was in the case of Herman
Zimmerman of Indian Head, Pa,
who sought a divorce from Coda
Zimmerman, 10, whom he charged
talked of "Alf" in her sleep. she
talked of "Alf" in her sleep. Size
Zimmerman testified.
Zimmerman claimed that his wife
in talking of "Alf" in her sleep
meant Alfred Gallagher, whom he
accused of writing love letters to
Mrs. Zimmerman.
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-02-15

extent interested in any native. For the same reason, interested in other races.
 We wish 1t understood that we are not fighting tre battles of natives Indians such. Rather we are Hs2ssngS the cause of the just who suffer from IN 1UsTICn
 As@to unsigned letters, We detest them.
 We glad to withhold the names of our cores pONdents upon request. That is one thing. But the person who writes letter then courage to sign 1t, lies to himself.
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-02-15
SUTHERLANDS MEMORANDA FOR SEN WILLIS
 RE PROPOSED BILL


 An Act to authorize the payment of amounts ap- proDsiated by the Legislature Territory of Al aska additional duties imposed upon Territorial Officers.
 Be 1t resolved by the Senate and House of Repro ssntatives of the United Congress assembled:
 That neither Section 1855 of the Revised Statutes (US.C 1646. par. 1457) any act of Congress Shan be construed prevent payments for clerk hire O0ce and other expenses executive offices oI the Territory of Alaska including additional compensa tion. not to exceed $2OOO per annum, Secretary of the Territory under appropriations heretofore or hereafter made by the Legislature of Alaska tor said purposes" |"
 The Act of Congress which this proposed measure would repeal in it's application to Alaska reads lows:
 Revised Statutes, Section 1855.
 No law of any territorial legislature shall made by which the Governor Secretary tOey, members officers of any Territorial Legsa. turs are paid compensation other than that proyd- ed by laws of the United States"
 This proposed would not only repeal the above quoted section of the ap- pncaton to Alaska, also repeal portion of Section Il Organic the Territory whi h reads follows:
 No person holding a commission appointment under the United States shall be a the Lc- gislature shall hold any office government of said Territory"
 Ike purpose and effect of this bill be to fy and repeal certain statutes for the enacted by Congress during period ty years. The first Congressional suppress the activities of Federal officers in the Territories
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-02-15

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