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New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
CONNECTICUT TAX
 ON AUTOS MOUNTS
Average Owner Pays SS5.27 in
 1928 Including Gas Levy
pv GEORGE T MANNING

hl-t- Il M A2-s-Nt- t-NtT fuashinston Correspondent. N E Eera!Si
 Washington. n, c. April -- The average owner Of 3 Connecrlcur mo TOT vehicle pad S25.97 n Veh1c4s taxes during 1928 and the state eel lecred s1o.S4 S425+n from owners ot 7ba 3o7.444 vehicles registered n the state ln 1923
 These are the tgures mada puhiiC today bv the natlona3 dquarter~ o+ the American Automobile assocl- s-ion. agreeing 70 some extent with those also published this week hN the department ot aEr1Cu}rure, when collects the information rom state agencies.
 According to the department Of azrlculture. there wer= 504,7a2 mo tor vehicles registered ln CoNnectl- cut ln 1923. and the roral reslstra- +1on fees amounted 10 S7.$73.5S9
 The chief yarianon between these figures is caused hv the inclusion III the A 4 A. totals CT gasoline taxes and all special taxes on vehicles Th@ depa rtn1ent's total IS for reslstraf1on fees only. but the totals for reglStra- tlon also differ somewhat
 That Connect2cut, ln common with the other 1 states and the District of Columbla IS gradually increasing the taxation imposed UpOn owners or these vehicles ls the contention ot Thomas P. Henry, president of the sssoclatlon.
 Figures cited by the association for 1928 show that the average per vehicle tax levy for the entire coun- try was s25 4 ln 1928, IS compared vlth soS78 in 1927. SIX per cent increase. h 1919. says the assocla- ton. the average vas SS55. State motor vehicle taxes increased twice as fast as registration, according to these figures.
 The A. 4 4 sets the reglstra ton increase for the country at 6.9 per cent and the tax increase at IS per cent, while the departments figures give a 5q gain in registration and 8 ' per cent gain in registration lees alone.
 According 10 the department, there were 244q3,1o+ registered mo- tor vehicles in the country, and the total registration fees collected were s3so,6S0.0o5. According to the A, A. A., the vehicles registered number ed o4-31,609 and the taxes, includ- ing gasoline taxes as well as fees, amounted to s623.325,6 The aV- craze tax per vehicle was thus, ac- cording to the association, s25.24 for the country.
 Comparison of the registration to- tai, says the department, with the estimated 1928 population Of the United States shows that there ls now one motor vehicle for every five five persons in the United Sales, ol one to each family.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
Deaf Hear Again
 Through New Aid
Earpiece No Bigger Than Dime Wins Enthusiastic Following
 1eu-DaN Tree Trial offer

After twenty-five years devoted exclusively to The manufacture ot scientific hearing ads. the Distograra Products Co, Inc. Dept. 4sSM, 220 West 42nd Street, New York. \. Y. has just perfected new model Acnusticou that represents the greatest advance yet made in the re- creation of hearing for the deaf This latest Acousricou is featured by q tiny earpere no bigger than dime Through tl5s deri.e sounds are clearly and dis tIrrtly ttansmitted 10 subnormal ears with wonderful benent 10 hearing and iealth alike. The makers offer an also lutely free trial for 1G days ro any per son who may be interested and lertei WiI bring one of these remarkable aids tn your home for thorough ana ron . rIngiug test Send them your name and address today! Adyt
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

curves connecting the lntersectlne routes. Tn the Hidened pavement design, two additional traffic lanes are added for 900 feet on each side of the intersection. and the curves are about 30-foot radius.
 The rotary and paved intersections are favored ny some highway en- sineers, who claim they eliminate the possibilities for accident.
 Ten years ago, only three states had speed limits Of 35 10 45 miles an hour Today, 36 states fall into class with three others scrapqing all speed laws.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
Woman Acquitted in
 Twilight Sleep Case

Albuquerque, N. NJ, April P- Miss Bertha Lips, former head Of New Mexico Girls Welfare home was acquitted by a jury here last night of charges Of mansIaughter which grew out of the death Of HeI- en Hashew. an IS year old inmate Of the home, following m injection Of twilight sleep.'
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

several individual artist-owned com panies into one s60,000,OO0 corpora ton, one-half of which would be owned by Warner Brothers. It was said Chaplin stated he would never sell" a half interest in his company ito Warner Brothers"
 Gloria Swanson. D. W, Griffith,
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

withdraw from United Artists cor poration, in which several motion picture stars have been banded to- gether. and sell his pictures in the open market.
 The paper said Chaplin ah- nounced his decision during g dis cussion of a proposed merger of
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
Charlie Chaplin to
 Sell His Own Films

Los Angeles. April 9 O% - The Examiner said today it had learned from an apparently authoritative source that Charles Chaplin, film comedian and producer. planned to
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

ill with influenza and gastric compli- cations, continued today to improve and hoped to receive King Boris or Bulgaria He had restful night and a good appetite.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

London spent more than s4,so',- 900 on public education last year. .
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

yON HINDENBURG IMPROVES
 Berlin, April 9.-R-President Paul Non Hindenburg. who has been
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

Samuel Goldwyn. Joseph M. Schenck. Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were said to have attended the conference.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
"Wednesday Only! Wash Flannel

A smart light weight flannel, for street, school and sport wear. Lovely shades of rose. blue, maize, tan, orchid, green, red, natural, 36 inches wide, guar anteed tub fast a.
 Reduced for Wednesday only, yd. OI(
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

Wednesday. a close out sale of chlldren's fine quail ty golf socks. In a won derful assortment of pat terms and sizes up to 101a to select from.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
"Wednesday Only! Rayon Satin Slips

A timely sale of beautifully made dress slips, fashioned of fine quality rayon satin in plain hem in good choice of col ors and scalloped bottom in flesh and white only. All sizes t1 1O to choose from ....... D .)I
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

In the popular pointed and square heel styles, of fine quail ty pure silk, irregularities are very slight. In a choice of the new colorings for spring. Pair
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

Soft pure linen toweling ful woven borders. Woven of 3 fine soft Irish flax. will not lint. regular 39c value. Spe- cially priced for Wednesday, yard ...................
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

tuI1tSudy OII1y
 Silk Flat Crepe
 lovely soft pure silk washable crepe for street or afternoon wear. dainty underthings. slips Innings, etc, in a smart range of street and evening shades, including black. white and h navy. At special offer AA ing for Wednesday only, "
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17
Passing of Isolation

TOHN H. CLARK, who resigned
- from the Ohio supreme court to
devote the rest of his life to inter-
national peace. tells the Cleveland
Club that. the people of the United
States ought to establish closer
connection with other countries.
They not only ought to, but they
will. They could not avoid it if
they tried. Isolation has ceased to
be possibility, If not a virtue. The
whole scheme of life is driving us
toward nothing so rapidly or re-
lentlessly as closer contact with the
rest of humanity, whether we will
or no.
The thought that we can avoid
it, or the obligations it implies, by
staying out of the League of Ma
tons, refusing to join the world
court, except with reservations or
explaining that Eve don't really
mann it" when we ratify the KEEL
logg pact, is sheer nonsense.
We became involved in the World
war before any of these institutions
we're established, and we should be
involved in another if it occurred,
even though we refused to join
them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17
Choosing Your Doctor; A Warning

7. A specialist is man who, in
addition to a regular doctors train
ing, has spent several years study
ing one branch of medicine or one
organ of the body. AS a rule it is
best not to go to a specialist until
you have seen a regular doctor for
a general examination. He can tell
whether or not you need a specialist
and advise you as to the pest one to
consult.
Furthermore, the policy holder is
warned to beware of five types of
doctors who are likely to be quacks.
These are:
1. The doctor who advertises his
methods of cures" in newspapers
or gives out handbills.
2. The doctor who posts big adj
vertising signboards outside his
Office.
3. The doctor who claims he can
cure serious disease quickly and
easily.
A. The travelling doctor who
moves from town to town.
5. The doctor or group of doctors
who have discovered some new
cure" that other physicians do not
know about. No great discovery of
science is kept secret. 8
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17

lively less competent whom he could
trust implicitly as a man of re-
pute.
One Of the greatest life insur-
ance companies Of the country has
recently issued to all of its policy
holders statement under the title,
"Your Friend the Doctor" 1t sug-
gests the following questions to be
considered in the choice of physi-
clan:
/. Is he liked and trusted by the
kind of people whose opinion you
respect?
2. Is he graduate of a rec
ognized medical school that re-
quires at least four years of thor
ough training?
3. Has he had broad practical
experience or training in a first
class hospital, or both?
4. Does he keep in touch with
the most recent scientific discov-
cries?
s. Does he belong to a local
or national association of doctors
of medicine?
6. When in doubt, write to
your city, county or state depart
ment of health, or the secretary
Of your county medical society.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17
NJ. e.
TRACY
VS.:
Isolation Has Ceased to
Be a Possibility, If Not a
Virtue"

CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 1.-THE
oFan-American road convention
in session here indorses trans
continental highway from Canada
to Cape Horn, while the Cleveland
Press announced that a local COM
nlittee, which has been studying the
program for several years, will soon
present a $l40,000,000 plan to build
subways, rearrange street car lines
and improve bus service.
When I WIS in Detroit last week
they were discussing a similar prof.
ect, and just before I left New York
delegation arrived from Moscow
to consult American engineers and
contractors with regard to one for
that city. When I was in Mexico
City two years ago the first thing
I noticed was a flock of yellow cabs.
Science and industry are doing
things to us poor mortals that were
never done before. Whether for
good or i'll, they are making us more
alike. What is most surprising of
all, as We grow more alike, we make
faster progress in devising and
adopting improvements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
TN the United States are forty
L eight states with forty eight diff
ferent laws regulating the practice
of medicine.
At one time there we're more
medical colleges in our country than
in all the other countries combined.
Conditions have improved, so that
today some of our states have laws
which would be protection to the
public against incompetent and ir-
responsible doctors, if the laws were
properly enforced.
Moreover, practically all the low
grade quack medical colleges have
been abolished, and the vast ma~
jority of those turning out doctors
of medicine today graduate a high
class product The period has been
one of evolution
Unquestionably there are men in
practice in many states today whose
grade of competence is not up to
the average.
Competence itself is not, however,
the only criticism, since a patient
might be safer with q doctor rela-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17

ERANK j., LOESCH of Chicago,
IL veteran lawyer of rs years,
could spend the winter bathing in
the Florida surf, playing golf and
watching the dogs race, if he so de-
sired, but, as head of the crime
commission, he stays in Chicago and
fights the horrible alliance between
government and gansters.
n n
A magazine story of the life of
Bryan states that when he entered
politics in Nebraska, he went about
with his pockets full of radishes,
which he ate constantly.
Had he eaten onions instead, he
never would have gone far enough
to have his life written up.
If General Bramwell Booth, head
of the Salvation Army, resigns, his
sister, Evangeline Booth, now at
the head of the American Salvation
Army, should be put at the head of
the entire organization.
She has the fire of a crusader and
the dramatic genius of q Bernhardt.
One of Rembrandt's pictures sold
the other day for 100000.
Rembrandt would have found
such sum convenient when he was
thrown into bankruptcy and his
establishment stripped Of every
thing in it, including the table
cloth.
The United States senate agreed
that the case Of Serator-Elect Ware
of Pennsylvania should not be de-
cided until he had a chance to
appear, and he continues to say he
is not well enough to appear, which
reminds us of the man who made
a will, providing that a son should
receive an annuity so long as he
attended Columbia university, the
result being that the son is now
an old man and is still getting the
annity because he is still going to
Columbia.
This fight between Rockefeller
and Stewart for control of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
attracts no interest whatever, as
it does not promise to reduce the
price of gas.
q =
Senator Jim Reed wanted to
know at whose heart the cannon Of
Bermuda were aimed, the inference
being that they were aimed at us,
but the fact remains that they can't
shoot far enough to hit us.
q s
We have just seen the picture Of
the prize bull of Nebraska and we
wish to say that he is more dis
tinguished looking than any Ameri-
can statesman Of the period.
The Camel Glide,s the latest
dance is said to be very soothing,
but it was exceedingly irritating to
MeSsrs. Smith and Raskob in the
recent campaign.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17
The last two decades

The last two decades has brought forth vast amounts
of material about the size temperature. and motions
of the stars-for we longer think of the stars as
fixed.
In the last five years. evidence has been accumu-
lated to show beyond doubt that the distant spiral
nebuIa were other collections of stars like our own
galaxy.
Shapley has done three things First he has
shown that our own collection OF stars galaxy ex-
hibts the rotation and the general structure OF
spiral.
Next he has shown that the distant spiras are
themselves organized into systems or groups which
he calls gaaxieS of galaxies or clouds OF galaxeS
Thirdly, he has shown that there is some evidence
for believing that the galaxes OF galaxes are them
selves organized into super -galaxies of galaxes of
gaaxies
First astronomers dealt with our solar system as
an end in itself. Then they thought OF our sun as
one Of forty billion comprising our galaxy OF stars.
Now they deal with galaxy as Unit in rea-
ton to the other galaZes.
For example Shapey thinks it quite likely that our
own galaxy is part OF galaxy of galaxes which in
eludes the Magelanic clouds, the Andromeda nebula
and the nebuia known as Messier SO.
Further work win probably verify this hypothesis
1t is interesting that Shapley's announcement
should come Just as the California institute of Tech
nology is making plans for telescope twice the size of
the Mt Wilson reflector the worlds largest telescope
at present.
This new telescope should prove powerful instru-
nent In following the line Of research disclosed by
Shapley.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17
/! !!
SEEMS
TOME
BY HAYWOOD
BROUN

a YOUNG reporter for New
4 \ New York morning paper
came back to his boss with story,
but added that ne would like to be
excused from writing it. He adj
mitted that he had obtained the
information by pretending that he
was not a newspaper man and said
that the whole thing seemed to him
an unwarranted prying into the pri-
vate affairs Of an individual.
The city editor met these misgiv-
ings in large way. He lapsed into
eloquence.
MY boy" he said, when you've
been in the newspaper business as
long as I have you will realize that
it's good deal like war. We're on
one side and the public on the other.
News is always guarded. You
must think of yourself as a soldier
and learn to obey orders without
question"
And so the young reporter wrote
the story.
If there is truly a war between
press and public I'm likely to be
shot for sedition, because it seems
to me that a free people must be
more powerful than its newspapers.
The general public has a right to
define terms upon which it will deal
with reporters. There should be ci-
tadels of privacy into which no news
gatherer is allowed to penetrate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17
BENJAMIN Franklin

II can not let this day pass with
i out paying a, word of respect to
Benjamin Franklin. He is, and al
ways has been, one of my heroes-a
man who could change his mind
without seeming tickle and keep
his feet on the ground without
losing his sense of illusionment.
Most of the inventions and dis
coveries which made Benjamin
Franklin famous have become OBJ
solete. His printing press has gone
the way of the OK cart, his stove
has been scrapped, his musical in
struments are forgotten and his kite
experiment has lost its thrill, but
his attitude, his viewpoint, his
method of obtaining and applying
knowledge lives on.
More than any other American,
Benjamin Franklin taught us how
to think, and our real apprecia-
ton of him is shown by the persist
ence with which we initiate his
mental processes.
Benjamin Franklin was not only
responsible for much in our insti-
tutional development, but what is of
vastly greater Importance, for much
that is in our national character.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17


Editor Tifnes--A friend has sent
me copy of the Times of Jan.
4, in which you discuss theme
which once. was a dominant one
before the people, as you say, in
what Is Whisky7"
have read this article with
much interest. 1t carries me back
to the old days when 1 was fight
Ing for purity iii fermented and
distilled beverages. I was interested
in the testimony before the COM
mittee in regard to whisky, which
I gave at that time.
am extremely sorry that very
few people have such q degraded
taste and such a thirst for intoxi-
cants that they have to drink So
called whisky made by bootIeggers,
which may contain violent and
deadly poisOns. am glad your
memory runs back to those days
and with such accuracy as to re-
peat some of the testimony I used
in favor of genuine whisky. brandy
and rum instead of the so-called
rectified article. never could un-
derstand even in those days why
crooked whisky should be called
srectified" whisky.
DIR. HARVEY w. WILEY,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17
Places of the Heart

ITO be sure, these fortresses ought
4 to be few in number. I am
aware that grating politicians and
dishonest business men have often
availed themselves of a righteous
air and a clustering, That's none
Of your business" to shut off wholly
legitimate interrogations. I am
thinking of things more properly
personal. To be specific I have in
mind right now the case of Babe
Ruth. When first tackled by re-
porters Ruth gave out the follow
ing statement:
II have not lived with my wife
for three years. In that period I
have only seen her q few times. /
have done everything to comply
with her wishes. Her death is
great shock to me- That is all I
wish to say"
If Ruth wrote that himself, I'M
aided, he is a person of great natur-
al tact and no little skill in self
expression. 1t seems to me not only
dignified, but complete. The papers
should be satisfied with that and
respect the wish of the ball player.
But they haven't been.
Granted that the public would be
interested in such information
still don't see by what right any
reporter presses a demand that
Ruth tell ALL
When any person of prominence
gets married the papers should
pourlee upon the happening and
give it full display. Nothing of rec.
ord can fairly be denied to the press.
But mans intentions are private
property. If the mere will to marry,
divorce or end 1t all constitutes
news where shall the wood pulp be
found upon which to print all these
fantasies?
IT newspapers insist upon send
ing out young men and ordering
each one to follow his nose down
every rat hole, some noses are going
to be nipped. Sooner or later the
public must fight a Verdun battle
for it's right of privacy and make
good the slogan "They shall not
pass"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17
Importance of Thrift

TT is quite appropriate that Thrift
week should be built around
Franklir's birthday. He is the man
who gave the word its modern
meaning. who visualized thrift as
something more than penny pinch
ing.
Though preaching that "a penny
saved is a penny earned" Frank
lin earned more than he ever saved.
He was not only tireless worker,
but a daring promoter. If he were
alive today he would be going in
for aviation or radio.
1t was his nature to forsake beat
en- paths and pioneer, to have faith
In human ingenuity. to believe in
novelties. to get as far away as he
could from the stereotyped way OF
doing things. But, and in this lay
his genius. he never allowed such a
bent TO carry him away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17
TinkIe of the Phone

TINE fact that no citizen possesses
l. private life, to speak of, can
not be blamed wholly upon the
newspapers. Any home ceases to be
a castle few minutes after the tel
ephone is installed.
If some unweIcome person knocks
at your door it is possible to make
faces through the window and re-
fuse him entrance. But there is an
imperative quality in the ring Of the
telephone bell.
Sooner or later science will proyie
some system of signals by which the
householder. upon hearing the shrill
buzz, may look up and notice that
this is accompanied by the flashing
Of a red light. According to the
code this will indicate that a pest is
on the other end of the line and the
ring can be disregarded.
Without some such indication it
is practically impossible not to
answer. Out of the little black disc
almost anything may come. 1t may
be an inheritance, catastrophe or
a still small voice saying, Cant We
be friends AGAIN."
Of course, it is much more likely
to be somebody braying, you've
never heard of me, but my name is
Legion-Sam Legion and Bill Hig-
gins told me to give you a ring the
first time / was in New York. You
know Bill Good old Bill. The salt
of the earth, as we say in Chicago.
I thought you might like to hear
that his wifes got influenza
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-17
Postpone the Cruiser Program

The cruiser bill should not pess at this time. Just
major issue is involved That is the established
American policy of naval limitation through equality
with Great Britain. The time may come when that
can be achieved only by threats. But that time is
not yet.
Most OF the talk on both sides confuses the issue
It is impossible for to accept the pacifist argu
ment that the kellogg treaty outlaws larger navy.
war is not made impossible by the treaty. much less