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New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Lewis Stone Granted
 Divorce for Cruelty

los Angeles, Oct. 16 Rl-Lewis s. Stone, screen star. has been granted divorce from Florence Oakley, actress, on the ground of cruelty.
 Stone, who entered the suit un- der the name Of Shepard Stone, his legal name, testified his wife had a fine appreciation of the dramatic. but carried 1t 10 excess in their home life.
 Her appreciation Of the artistic and dramatic was supreme" Stone said Whenever we had guests she was very sweet. q most charming lady, and then the moment we were left alone sh" began to abuse me"
 In answer 10 q question by the court. Stone said: She would pat Iii" on the head with one hand. telling me what fine fellow I was, and slap my face with the other. If you cali that affection, she was atfoctionat".'
 They were married in September, 1920, and separated June 21, 1928. Miss Oakley did not appear in court.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
WILL TRY ID MAKE
 FREE FALL MARK
Bill Kenyon to Quit Plane While
 High in Air

The worlds record in a free fall" which now stands at 1900 feet. may be broken here in the next few days if the attempted jump of Bill Ken yon, pilot with the Red Wing Flying Service, is successful. The free fall" in the vernacular of the flying men, means nothing more than jumping from speeding plane with parachute strapped to ones back, the parachute remaining closed as long as advisable.
 Kenyon. who is member Of the squadron opening in New Britain Thursday afternoon after q barn storming trip covering all parts of the country, is the youngest para chute jumper in the country and has made many almost successful at tempts to shatter the present record in the free fall He is to jump Sat urday or Sunday afternoon from an airplane, which will take off from Edmond's field shortly before 2 o'clock
 The Red Wing Flying service, of which Kenyon has been member for some time, Is composed of six pilots and several planes. one of them being four passcngered, Wright Whirlwind motored ma chine. During the four days that the ! squadron will be here their ace pilot. Roy Ahearn. former air mail pilot. movie performer and one of the few pilots in the country with over 5000 flying hours 10 his credit will perform over the city in stunt flying and exhibition, Of dead stick landing. This last feat, though not unusual will include a loop the looI with the motor dead.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
WILKINS READY
 FOR NEW EFFORT
Reaches Uruguay En Route to , Antarctic Circle

Montevideo, Uruguay. Oct 1G (CP)-Prepared to overcome obsta- cles which hampered his Antarctic exploration last year, Capt. Sir Hu- bert Wilkins arrived yesterday on the steamship Northern Prince, en route to his base at the bottom Of the world, Deception Island.
 Wilkins, accompanied by Orville Porter, engineer, and Parker Cram CT and Al Checsman, airplane pi- lots, will leave here on the steam ship Merville at the end of this month.
 The noted Australian explorer said he was taking along boats equipped with motors, to overcome one of the great obstacles he en- ,countered last year when his air plane exploration resulted in the discovery Of channels separating Graham Land from the Antarctic continent. At that time the great flocks of sea birds which frequent the Antarctic waters flew around his airplanes so thickly that they en- danger the aviators.
 Wilkins said he plans to visit Commander Richard Byrd in the Antarctic, but it will be a purely courtesy visit. He will return 10 Eu- rope later to join the proposed North Pole dirigible expedition and 10 complete plans for a trip 10 the north pole by submarine later.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Girl Scout News

At the monthly meeting of the Leaders Association l4 leaders were present The association will meet as q troop and divide into patrols and do its work as q model troop.
 Miss Elizabeth Fox was elected lieutenant 10 assist the captain, Miss Irene Haigs the local director Miss Minna Richter, captain of troop ,. was elected 10 act as scribe and Mrs. Fred J, Phillips as treasurer.
 Scout games that coul1 be uscl in the troops were played,
 Misses Richter, Holmgrcn and Samcs, will assist at the Girl Scout booth at the Home Progress Expo sition.
 Plans were made by the leaders to have play day Tor all scouts in the city in May
 The officers 6f Troop 1 Of Berlin are as follows; Mrs. $. Chase Coalc. captain; Grace Venlres, president: kathlonc Baratturo secretary and Merriam Skinner, treasurer.
 Mrs Willis Savage, chairman Of Troop 4's committee, has invited the troop 10 hold meeting on Monday October 2I, at her home. She will furnish a picnic lunch. There will be camp fire stories and a general good time.
 Tine organization Of the scouts is as follows, Patrol !, Squirrels, Az n"s Lazicki, patrol leader: Patrol Z, Cubs, Gertrude stone. patrol leader; Patrol 8, Elks, Helen Gustafson. pa trol leaders, Patrol 4, Eagles. Isabel Law, patrol leader. Miss Bessie Will Hams is the newly elected lieutenant.
 Troop 1G Of the Stanley Memorial troop IS working out q point sy's1 em for intor-patrol competition
 Troop ,, Camp school Mrs. Mary Kindred, a member Of the faculty at the Northcnd school, spoke 10 the
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
NARCOTIC FARMS
 WILL BE BUILT
Treasury Receiving Bids for
 Sites at Present

. Washington, Oct 1G UP)-Work preliminary to selection of sites for two modern s5,0O0,O0O narcotic farms is being pushed by the treas ury department to relieve prison congestion 1t was learned today.
 One farm is to be located in the southeast and one in the southwest More than 100 bids have been re- .ceived by the treasury and are now being classified prior to inspection :by treasury, justice and war de- partment experts.
 . The two institutions are intended 10 care for all federal narcotic pris- oners now housed in penitentiaries Voluntary patients and those from state jails will also be admitted on application. Public health service narcotic experts estimated there are about 150,000 narcotic addicts In this country eligible for entry.
 Congress is to approve an appro- . priation In excess Of $10,O00,000 for purchase of sites and construction Of two institutions. The special narcotic board has already received $16, 900 to finance work incidental to selection of the sites.
 Secretary Mellon has been ad- .Nisci in a confidential report from the public health service that more than 80 per cent Of all narcotic ad diets are situated in the area east of Colorado.
 Four Of every five narcotic ad- diets are men, the report said and most of them. about 70 per cent are denizens Of the underworld in large eastern cities.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Burning Auto Causes
 Widespread Excitement

While hundreds of children chccr- ed hustling fircmcn and roaring fire trucks, William Kclly's auto burned in a driveway at S9 Oak street at 7:16 last night.
 The fire was slight but three trucks from number :, number I, and number ? fire houses, answering Box 4l4, made the run. The dam age to the car was slight.
 More excitement was furnished when Chief William J. Noble re- placed the glass in the fire alarm box at the corner of Oak and West streets. Nccks crancd. Dogs fought until a woman, armed with the in cVitable broom, separated them. Then everyone went home.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16

Cincinnati, Oct. 16 LP-The com pletion of an inland waterway sys- tenn, a development 10 which he is heartily committed, calls President Hoover to his first journey beyond the Atlantic seaboard since his in auguration.
 Here, October %. he will dedicate a marble shaft commcmorating the completion of the Ohio river oanali- zation. The canal system, nearly 1000 miles long, extends from Pitts burgh to Cairo, H.
 It cost 5,0OO,00o, and fig in tended to restore the river to it's pioneer importance in transporta- ton. The United States army en- ginecrng corps built 49 locks and dams in the river.
 The president will speak here from halIowed ground, tortured by the conquering feet Of three na- tions. None but the Indians knew it before Sieur de La Sale discov- cred the Ohio in 1870 and claimed the territory for Louis XIV of France.
 Great Britain seized the territory during the French and Indian wars of 17T5 to 17G2. American colonists pushing westward challenged the British, and the treaty Of Paris after the revolution gave the land to the United States.
 Mir. Hoover might recall that the first president, George Washington, descended the Ohio in ITO; that in the fruitful days before the civil war the old river tcemed with com merce; that the bugles of war in 'Gl marked it as the line between north and south, The canalization monument stands in Eden park.
 Originally the dedication ccrc- mony was planned for October 15 but the president requested the date be set al October 22 10 permit him to rcCeiy" and entertain Ramsay Macdonald. prime minister Of Great Britain. Mr. Macdonald also, was invited but declined because his stay had been scheduled.
 From Cincinnati 10 Louisville, where he will speak, the president will travel by steamer, the central figure in a river pageant. From the Kentucky city he will return by rail to Washington, but James W. Good, secretary Of war, Water F. Brown, postmaster general, and other off Cials will go with the flotilla to Cairo, arriving there October 25, The river pageant starts from Pitts burgh on October 19.
 Before arriving here, Mr. Hoover will participate in the dedication of the Edison laboratory at the Ford Motor company in Detroit. He will go there direct from Washington.
 During his trip down the river, President Hoovcr's boat, probably the government steamer Mississippi, will tie up over night along the h. diana shore
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
TERRORIST TELLS
 OF GROUPS PLANS
Man on Trial in Italy Admits
 MuSSOlini Threat

Pola. Italy, Oct 1G UP)-Facing q possible death penalty if convicted of q charge of "actioh purporting 10 bring slaughter against citizens of the kingdOm,' Nladin Gortan, allcg. ed terrorist, admitted before the spe- Cial military tribunal here that he had told q companion that it would be necessary to kill Premier Bcnito Mussolini before they achieved their aims.
 With Gortan on trial on the same charges are Dussan Ladavaz. Vital" Gortan Nittorio Bachiaz and Luigi ladavaz, The d"fcndcnts residents of the lStra Peninsula, which was annexed to Italy after the World War are charged with being agents of q Jugoslavian nationalist organ | lzation and attempting 10 tcrrorIzc ! inhabitants Of the border districts. Fladin Gortan confessed to his trs-
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
SEPARATIONS

The strong, tough flores of Port DrfOrd Cedar used as SCparatOT~ in Trojan, are wear resisting and through q special rcsawcd process each and every pore of the wood is opened making it the strongest, most porous separator obtainabIc. This add cd pOroeity of scparatorS creates higher internal resistance result ing in greater concentration Of DOwcr-mOrc snap.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Neurologist Explodes Santa Claus Tale as Dangerous Mental Hazard;
 Suggests Telling Kids Exact Truth

some magic. But the world is not that way.
 Some Of us grow up still clinging 10 our belief in magic. We become dreamcrs, driftcrs, loafers, some- times criminals. Therefore. the soon CT we learn to face reality, the bet ter for us.
 My own son never believed in Santa Claus. When he was at the Santa Claus age, I bought him a little red suit and had him come right in and help me trim the Christmas tree. He was Santa Claus, Jr.
 And we had a whale Of a good time at if, too."
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Girl Hurt in Collision
 At Broad and Booth Sts,

Miss Helen Stachura, 20, 6G Park street was placed under the care off Dr. R. r. Benoit suffering from shock and possibly more serious in juries when the cars operated by Walter Galonski, G4 Grove street, and Thomas Stachura, 6G Park street crashed at the corner of Broad and Booth streets at l1:l5 last night.
 Galonski was travcling west on Broad street and Stachura was go- ing north on Booth street when Ga lonski's car skidded into Stachuras s machine, doing damage to both autos. Officer Keough, inycstigat- ing. could find no cause for police action.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Deaf Hear Again
 Through New Aid
Earpiece No Bigger Than Dime Wins Enthusiastic EoIOwing-Ten-D Day
 Free Trial Oncr

After twenty-five years devoted cxclu- sively to the manufacture of scientific hearing aids. the DiotOgraph Products Co.,, Inc. Dept. 25S M., 220 West 42nd Street, New York, N. Y, has just per fected new model Acousticon that rep resents the greatest advance yet made in the recreation Of hearing for the deaf. This latest Acousticon is featured by n tiny carpiece no bigger than q dime Through this &,yice. sounds are clearly and distinctly transmitted to Bubnormal with wonderful benefit 10 hearing and health alike. The makers offer an absolutely free trial for 10 days to any person who may be Interested and Il letter will bring one of these remarkable aids to your home for thorough and convincing test. Send them syour name and address today! Adyt.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
LEXINGTON LODGE NOTES

The first degree will be conferred on a class of candidates at the regu- lar weekly meeting of Lexington lodge Thursday evening. The degree will be put on In full dramatic form accompanied by the Lexington or chestra.
 At the next meeting the second degree will be conferred on these same candidates and on HalloWe' 'en night the third degree will be ex- emplificd. After the regular business session Halloween night an enter tainment will be provided and re- treatments served. All Odd Fellows will be welcome.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
MADAME CURIE m
 BE DINNER GUEST
DiSCOVerer Of Radium Will Dedi-
 cate College Hall

New York, Oct. 16 LP-Madame Marie Curie, co-discoverer of radi- ;um and distinguished scientist, ar rived yesterday on the liner He de France for a second visit to the United States.
 Having visited America in 1921, 'shc came back to attend Henry ;Ford's dinner in Detroit to Thomas A. Edison on October 21 in connec- tlo't with the observance of the fif- .ueth anniversary of the invention :of the lncandescent light, to dedi- cate the Hepburn Hall of Chemistry at St Lawrence University at Can ton, N. r., on October 25, and to be guest of honor at a dinner of the New York committee of the American society for the control of cancer on October 31.
 On October 29 and 30 Madame 'Curie will be the guest of Presi- ;dent and Mrs. Hoover at the White House and while in Washington will receive a fund of s50,0OO raised by her American admirers for the pur-
 
 lshe will donate to the radium insti- ;tute being built at Warsaw. Madame ,Curie was born in Poland. She declined to pose for photo- graphers or to be interviewed when she arrived, although she was re- iceived at the pier by a delegation of eight Polish-American girls in cos tune and another delegation of Po- lish-Americans. She avoided the newspaper interviews and indicated she would have to forego much of the activity which friends had ar ranged for her, because of her health.
 Madame Curie will stop with friends at an apartment hotel in flower Fifth avenue, and later will be the guest of Owen D. Young who is to take her to Canton.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16

The absolute purity of rubber in 1rolah case protects you against premature deterioration uf the battery and parts.
 In composition Ca~"S are large quantities of iron particles which battery acid affects. The action of acid upon these impurities causes the case tO bulge and blister releasing the iron pcrti- ClcS which enter th" plates rendering the battery useless,
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
PLATES

Trojan plates arc three times the thickness of ordinary bat tcry piatcS-hardcr and more porous. They arc thoroughly broken in by cyCling-an cN- ponsiNc pr0ccss-anh battery capacity Is attained and main tained days before release, thus assuring power reserve of 1900 to 5000 ampcrcs although only 200 to 250 ampcrcs are necessary to turn over an engine.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
ASSEMBLY

Outstanding quality and con- Cicntious manufacture is cNi- denCcd throughout every Trojan. IL i< manufactured and built by battery experts under expert supervision. In the most iII- Gnitcsimal part, in every opera tiOn, extreme care and finest quality Is noted. \ battery that has taken front rank through sheer ability and performance cCausr of it's mcritorious formation and assembly.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16

scouts about the Indian dolls she obtained this summer. Miss Helen Bunce, principal of the Camp school, and Dr. Harriet Chalmers, the school physician, were guests of the troop for the evening.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16

timony that he fired from 3mbush on a party of voters en route to polling place. He said he told Wit torio Bacchiaz that they must kill the premier to attain their goal.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-16
Santa Stuff Explained

As 10 the Santa Claus stuff.
 Its in all Of Ills" the doctor said, the desire to get what we want by
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-02-13
MARSHALL MAN
RETURNS TO AFRICA
]. l.. Middleton Returns to Con.
go; 200 Natives Work
For Him

Returning for another term of two
years in the Congo country in Africa,
j. L. Middleton, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. H. Middleton of Marshall, left here
yesterday on the four months jour-
ney required to take him back to the
land of the equator. Mr.. Middleton
has been vacationing at the home of
his parents here for the last few
weeks after five years service in the
Congo, where he is a gold and dia-
mond prospector.
The guest of the Marshall Civic
and Commerce association at its
weekly luncheon on Monday, Mr..
Middleton described for some 60 mem
bers of the organization native Gus
toms in that country and told of some
of his experiences there. He also
showed pictures he had taken in the
Congo, some portraying elephants,
leopards, and other animals he had
shot. Discrediting the general opin-
ion in this country about the danger
from wild beasts and snakes in Afri-
ca, he declared he felt just as safe
there as here after taking few ne
cessary precautions, and he cited one
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-02-13
REDWOOD COUNTY
PIONEER PASSES
Martin Jacobs, Last of Walnut
Groves Civil War Veterans
Dies at His Home

Martin Jacobs, one of the pioneers
of Redwood county and the last of
the Civil War Veterans of Walnut
Grove, passed away at his home in
Walnut Grove last Thursday, Febru-
airy 7th, after an illness of several
months. Funeral services were held
in Walnut Grove Monday, February
18th at the Trinity Lutheran church
with Reverend Gorig officiating. The
Alfred Nelson Post of The American
Legion had charge of the services.
Martin Jacobs was born in Chris
tiania, Norway, on June 4th, 1S43.
He came to America with his parents
when a child and lived with them in
Wisconsin for twenty-five years. In
1876, Mr.. Jacobs went to Albert Lea,
Minnesota, a year later he came to
Redwood county, where he home
steaded 160 acres in North Hero
township, living in dugout at first,
but later building substantial farm
buildings. He broke his land with
oxen and made many improvements,
carrying on general farming and
stockraising.
In April, 1861, Mr.. Jacobs enlisted
in the Third Wisconsin Infantry and
was assigned to the Army of the
Potomac, remaining with this branch
for two and one-half years. At diff
ferent times he served under Gen.
erals Mcclellan, Burnside, Hooker and
Meade. Some of the principal bat
ties in which he fought are Bolivar
Heights, Winchester, Cedar Mountain
Bull Run, Antietam and Gettysburg.
He was wounded in one of the battles
and was transferred to the Western
Army and served under General Sher-
man, taking part in the famous march
to the Sea. Mr.. Jacobs was mustered
out of service in July, 1865.
Mr.. Jacobs was united in marriage
to Belle Halverson on November Is,
1871. To this union four children
We're born, two daughters whom are
living.
Those surviving the deceased man
are his wife and two daughters, Mrs.
Emma Addison of Walnut Grove and
Mrs. Alma Belts of Chokio, MINI,
There are ten grandchildren and two
great grandchildren and one sister
who is also surviving.
After Mr.. Jacobs sold his farm in
1911, and moved to Walnut Grove
he was always active in the communi-
ty affairs of the village. He was al
ways cheerful and ready to lend as
sistance to any good cause. His pass
ing cuts deeply into the ranks of the
few remaining pioneers of this Sec
tion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-02-13

CLUB HOLDS MEET
Better Flower and Garden Club
Held Regular Monthly
Meeting Friday

Lynn Sheldon, delivered the prin-
cipal address at the meeting of the
Redwood Falls Better Flower and
Garden Club, which was held at the
Court House last Friday night. A
program arranged by Mrs. j. P. Phil
brick, was presented in connection
with the meeting.
Using as her subject, "The Home
land" Miss Helen Smith, winner in
the dramatic contest of the Redwood
Falls schools, gave reading. Miss
Mildred Stewig, who was awarded
first in the humorous contest gave
the reading, "Jeff's Conversion"
Mr.. Sheldon talked on trees, en-
phazing that a definite plan should be
used in tree planting. Mr.. Sheldon
also talked on Home Gardens and
expressed his wish that the boys and
girls of the country would take up
the work of planting gardens, as well
as those in the city, in connection with
the Flower and Garden Club work.
Mr.. Sheldon also gave an interesting
talk on the weed problem.
The next meeting of the club will
be held on Friday, March 9Th, in the
Commissioners room of the Court
House.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-02-13
Bitter Fights in the
Minnesota LegisLa ture

indulge too freely in sweeping, gen.
eral statements. On that account, he
is sometimes worsted by Willis l.
Norton, leader of the house conser-
vatives, chairman of the rules COM
mittee, and the state administration s
chief spokesman in the legislature.
A unique figure is this man Norton,
of whom you have heard so much in
recent years and of whom you will
hear and read still more, l dare say.
He is slender, almost girlish looking
fellow. You wouldn't take him for a
fighter, "boss," "czar," or "Mus-
solini," if you saw him. He glides
noiselessly along the capitol corri-
dors, nor does he make any noise in
the house chamber unless something
comes up in which he is deeply con-
cerned, or unless he is attacked by
some daring radical. Then up he gets,
gentle and very deliberate to begin
with, but after the blood has warmed
up the brain cells, he lifts up his
clarion voice and sends keen shafts
of biting sarcasm into the body of
his opponent. This is his sixteenth
year in the house and he has develop
ed into an exceedingly able debater,
quick to take advantage of weak
ness in his opponents arguments,
quick to point out inconsistencies,
forceful in denunciation and about as
logical as the next man.
Of course, he knew that Stockwell's
resolution concerned him deeply and
he Immediately accepted the chal-
lenge. Moving that the resolution be
rejected, he blandly described it either
as "joke" or gesture" and want
ed to know why Stockwell had waited
till IL days after the state had hired
the relatives of representatives. To
discharge them now, he held, would
be breach of faith. Then he took a
shot at Stockwell's anti-war stand ten
years ago and suggested that his con-
cern for the ex-servicemen wasn't ex-
actly genuine. In that connection he
lauded the ex-servicemen and said
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