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New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
TAAIING WILLOW BROOK

TAMING WILLOW BROOK
 Willow Brook, the sportive stream that sings its way through part of the city. but which sometimes at tacks abuttins property owners as If it had q srudge against the progress of civilzing influences, will be per manently tanned after the city gets through cNpending the neat sum Of s35,000 on the engineering process.
 Although the sum to be devoted to the accomplishment is not an insig- nificant outlay, it is the cheapest method that found it's way to the desk of the city engineer Happily an alternative plan which would have cost around $1Uo,0o0 was shelv- cd as too ambitious or too expensive. It would have broken the heart Of Alderman Johnson. if not the hearts of other economical citizens had it been necessary 10 spend $1O0,0Q0 of good tax money on this brook. The expenditure of $35,o00 is bad enough of a blow.
 It is lucky for property owners near enough to the brook to be affected by it's vagaries that there is no system in this city whereby those Immediately affected by such an i'm provement are afflicted with large share of the cost. In some places and in some states this is the sys- tenn in vogue, on the principle no doubt that those who most imme- diately benefit from an improvement should pay a proportionate share of the cost In such cases the word "proportionate' means aplenty,
 There is the state of Ohio, for in stance, which had plenty Of ex- periencc with ohstrcporous water ways following the so-called Dayton flood of a decade or so ago. The supreme court of the state held that it was right and proper that proper ty owners to the line on each side of the Miami river affected by the flood should bear a proportionate part of the 25,0oo.OOO expense in tanning the river, and that it was just 10 is sue bonds against these property owners along this so-callcd 'con- servancy district"
 The same principle was involved in the argument following the late Mississippi flood. the issue being how much the states along the father of waters should pay and how much the government should pay. Mir. l Coolidge when President was in favor of the states paying a fair share of the cost, vastly to the in | dignation of Louisiana.
 Our Willow Brook is only a small stream, but one with a mean little | disposition when it gets started. The | principle in this city is that the en- tire city is interested in preventing it from doing damage to contiguous property when it goes on one of it's periodical #prces.
 When the city gets through with this pcstifcrous stream old-tlmers may not recognize it; there will be slopinq grassy banks instead of what We have now; there will be new bridges. culverty and what not; and the purfng waters. instead of dash ing oyer rocks and Instructions, will flow along softly. unobtrusiycly, like civilized gentleman going to ae" his sweetheart. The brook is going to he ciiHed and he all dressed up like . a councilman on the way to City . Hall
 Luckily is name will not be changed.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

America therefore is not so much a locality as ii is an ideal. Let us all strive to grasp the true spirit and be Americans"
 Citizens of Italian birth or descent can not go wrong if they hearken to the wise words of Publisher Gaeta as expressed in the foregoing.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

In our more resttul moments we often wonder how important most of the letters flown over the air mail really are. We yawn especially on re- ceiving a piece of propaganda by air mail, done to be conspicuous or at tract attention. And then we feel like growing indignant over the realization that sundry air mail pilots risked ther lives to deliver the propaga nda to our waste basket.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

The hardware trade, so the reports state, will be good this fall, Which IS good news in the hardware capital Building operations throughout the country have decreased the past few months and normally one would expect a slump in hardware re- nuirements to go with it. But such a slump is not considered likely in the near future. There is widespread Justification for optimism.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST!
By Rose Marie Gaines

By Rose Marie Gaines The dragon limbs, the scaly mail, Have shrunk to silkcn caps and hoSen.
 The tongue that apat a fiery hail Is swectly calling me his chosen So fair is he, So spruce and trim. With pcrfumed hair and courtl , phrasinG, No longer need I cover from him shaken with tcrrors blind and crazing
 Serene Content. No cause for dread No keen and exquisite revulsion From yielding to that fearful head The kiss to break the spells com pulsiOn. Only his voice: My sweet adore2 Be happy and forget the Iain.' My Prince, I'm-Wcl}-a littl" bored Couldn't you be Beast again?
 Big Promise. Mae: "I want the sort of husband who'd kiss my tears away" Alan: "Marry me, dear, and you'll never cNen 5ned tcars.'
 George Kaplan
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

Whenever the Common Council meets, as 1t did last night, the i'm pression is prevalent that a good time was had by all. The Council still remains the best show in town and admittance is free. Obviously, it is not like a talking film, but it has it's talkies.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
carl.

Two motion picture exhibitors from Australia landed in Los An gelcs recently and promptly began touring the studies
 At one of them they were turned over 10 producer who asked where the two men came from. From Australia" came the an sWcr.
 "What2" exclaimed the prcdncer, "You'vc been here only two day@ and speak the language already?'
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
OVpr-prcDared.

Pratt: "Walton goes motoring prepared for an emergency" Jones: "Does he always carry T spare tirc?" Pratt No, he carries a spare car.'
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

The Herald is on sale daily in Ne" York at Hotaling's Newsstand, - 1'.'lo souare: schultzs Newsstands' Entrance Grand Central, 42nd Street
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

Modern conveniences are good in some ways, but there were more happy marriages when there were fewer deliCatesScns.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
ALI QUIET OK THE SHANNON


 The Irish Free State figures little in the headlines nowadays. That is because there is nothing left in Ire land 10 get excited about All it is doing is to progress, and that very swiftly,
 Civil war is no longer in style; even the tendency to disagree vio- lcnty about political questions has departed. The river Shannon has been harncssed. Industry is entering a new era. The people, homeruling themselves. are making a most sats- factory record.
 What can be more significant than the fact that most of the Irish pri- sons are being closed down? Time vas when they were filled to over flowing, and somebody once wrote pocm-Which was promptly set 10 music-With a line in it, "They lock- cd the pride of Erin's Isle in the dark Kilmainham jdil' And who has not heard enough of Damrosch's spirited setting of Danny Deevcr, the unfortunate who was hanged in the morning mists?
 In Cork there is, or was. St Marys female prison. Many an Irish colleen, or fIappcr, had an unhappy time within it's gloomy walls. The food vas none too good and the discipline fierce, In the>e more pleasing times. however, there are no longer prisoners fer its storicd walls, so the pile Of stone has been turn el into | radio station.
 some time ago the famous KiI- kenny prison also was closed for i lack of customers. This expansive port for wicked men once was as badly in need Of better housing fa- cilities as an American prison. Now it is closed down for lack of trade. The government cannot afford to keep it staffed when there is mo- body bad enough to put into it. All Irishmcn nowadays are good Irish men. The swords have been turned into plowshares and the military barracks into dwelling,
 The state radio system is the gaincr for the plan is to turn the | Ililmainham prison into another broadcasting plant. This saves money to the Free State, which is in tent upon furnishing educationa radio for every Irish family anG finds the jail and prison buildings handy for the purpose, In the rooms where prson officials once walked armed and in daily dread Of an up. rising among the incarcerated, the stately tread and dulcet voices O 'announccrs will hold sway.
 ! Occasionally they will refer to th' fact that Ireland is now a GooC country in more ways than jus several.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
Facts ond Fdncies
By Robert Ou,ilCn

Tn some ways the world gets worse. but as the years pass you hear fewer people reciting "Gunga Din."
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
POLO STAR DIES
Thomas Ie Boutil!cr Topples From Pony During Scrub Match at McadOWbGoOk Club.

Westerly, l.. l., Sept, 9 OP)- Thomas le Routllier. I'd. veteran polo player. big-game hunter and former national pistol champion, died with his boots on.
 He tOppled from his pony as he was returning to position after a goal near the end of the first chuk- kor in a "scrub" polo match at the McadoWbrooll club yesterday, A few minutes later he was pronounced dead, d victim of heart disease. He was 50 years old.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

If you long to benefit the masses, invent hot dog shaped like a cracker.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

step toward me I'd scream" Helen: And did you?' Madge: NO. I knew he'd have to take two steps,"
 -CorneIja Stevens Copyright, 1929, &eqroduction
 Forbidden.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

The lives of some great men oft remind us the hard part of success is to keep sober after you get famouS enough 10 let an undorstudy do your work,
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
D z5? Gc7lzz5T! z (hQ6 MAXsDN TlXHALL JUDExL
Send all communications to Fun Shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald. and your letter will be forwarded to New York.

Now's the Time to Get 'Em. Do your shopping early, give useful
 gifts this year Like comfortables of humor, and
 blankets of good cheer, Nothing's quite so welcome with
 the chilly days at hand, And dent forget The Fun Shop can
 supply cm on demand!
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

fair and continued cool.
 Forest Fire Warning Low humidity and brisk winds make the atmospheric conditions dangerous for forest fires, TnmneraturoS NeStcrdaN:
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

Don't listen to the man who ad- popular the dandelion is.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP

Joe Gaeta, publisher Of the Resi- dent, the local Italian weekly, de serves to he coueratuIated upon his department each week in tho Eng liSh language. In the issue Of inc Resident at hand the department is headed. "What is this America ?' and in clear language speaks of the carly history of this land. and in oluaos a strong plea to his readers to learn the principles of American government What could represent q more ilralistIc conception of Amerjcanism. for instance, than the following closing paragraphs from this issue of the Resident:
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

And if you think you need more exercise, that's probably q sign you need more rest.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
Took More Than One!

Madge: He wanted to kiss me, but 1 told him if he took only one
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY

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New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

"What has been the prime mover in all Of thls development? cor the United StatcsJ. Brain. The result of education through our system of public schools. Amcrica's place in tn"
 world today therefore ia duo to the
 development Of rducat.on, law and
 industry ,nd our greatest desire is
 10 aid those who come to our shores
 from other lands, 10 acquire an "Gu-
 cation through our public schools no matter whether they arc children
 or adults, so that they may fully grasp the great underlying principles Of American citizenship which are IIducation Law and Order and h. dustry. Learn our language. learn the principles Of American government. become an active part Of the greatest experiment in living known in the history of the world; in fine become Americans i'll spirit and in fact.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
NNSlA-plCN,

Teacher: "A clean tooth never decays Can anyone give me an other maxim about Cleanliness?"
 Pupil: "Yassum; A clean kid ney- CT has any fun.'
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

popular the dandelion is.
 And if you think you need more exercise, that's probably a sign you need more rest.
 A flying field is a small open space surrounded by wires to trap planes.
 You can tell the man who is keen lv interested in good government. He longs at times for authority to hang stubborn fools.
 And yet, man can be decent and attend o his own business for 40 years and neither shoot anybody nor get shot.
 Amcricarism; Building up foreign trade by selling shoe making ma chimes; wondering why the foreigner has quit buying shoes.
 Why is it so hard 10 get a jury and so easy to get spectators at the trial? Well, a juror must seem to be little above the moron level.
 All the Jews and Arabs in Pales- tine desire is protection while insult ing and bullying the other fellow.
 Environment makes success, The orchid is weed in Mexico, and the New York milljonaire's hot-house passion flower is pest in the south.
 Another way 10 discover W'PpA
 Another way to test your vOcahu- lary is to discover what the dealer got fer the car you traded in.
 Honesty is the best policy, Only an honest man can hold a 800 job pro- tectins some rich crooks property.
 Endowing charity Gin per pctuity" means you haven't much sense of humor. Similar things were done by rich guys ill old Rome.
 A policeman is an underpaid scr want who is yellow if he doesn't act heroic and fool if he gets shot.
 Poiso is the quality that keeps you from howling diamally while trotting behind the wife with q lead of pack ages.
 Correct this sentence: T know it's midnight" said the middle-agcd husband at the bridge party, but let's not go home yet"
 Copyright 1929, Publishers Syndicate.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

A flying field is a small open space surrounded by wires to trap planes.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

Amoricanism: Building up foreign trade by selling shoe-making ma chimes; wondering why the foreigner has quit buying shoes.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

You can tell the man who is keen ly interested in good government. He longs at times for authority to hang stubborn fools
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

And yet, a man can be decent and attend 10 his own business for 40 years and neither shoot anybody nor got shot.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

Why is it so hard 10 get a jury and so easy to get spectators at the trjal' Well, a juror must seem to be q little above the moron level.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

Entered at the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

Copyright 1929, Publishers
 Syndicate.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

All the Jews and Arabs in Pales- tine desire is protection while insult ing and bullying the other fellow.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
Movie Saga!

-Leonard E'isCh.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-19
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

Correct this sentence: "T know it's midnight said the middle-agcd husband at the bridge party, but let's not go home yet"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-18
(Red Aid Press Service,

WARSAW, by MaiD On the
28th Of February the proceedings
were timed to begin in the appeal of
the members of the West White
Russian workers and peasants
Hromada who were sentenced to ter
rible terms of hard labour in Wilma
last year. The chief accused are the
ex-deputies Tarashkievitch, Voloshin,
Miotla and Rak- Michailovski. The
81 accused were sentenced to total
of 200 years hard labour.
The process against the Hromada
was one of the measures of Pilsudski
to make the Hinterland secure in
case Of war with the Soviet Union.
The idea being that if the workers
and peasants in West White Russia
were robbed of their class-organ.
ization and it sleaders, they would
be unable to offer any resistance
to the war plans of Pilsudski against
the Soviet Union for which West
White Russia would form the jump
ing off base. West White-Russia
and the Western Ukraine are being
turned into military encampments
for the war against the Soviet
Union and under such circumstances
it is perfectly clear that Pilsudski
needs above all peace in these dis
tricts, even if it is only the peace
of the graveyard.
.o;;lsudski knows that he cannot
corrupt the workers and the poor
peasants and for them and their
leaders therefore he has only the
moose, but he hopes to corrupt the
White Russian bourgeoisie and ur-
ban Electromagnetic and number
of guarded concessions have been
made recently with this end in view.
The prosecutions of the toilars are
increasing. The prisons are full
with political prisoners and armed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-18
Fight PWsudski Terror
Sentence IN Hy0upadQ Case

force is being continually used to
crush strikes, ETC., workers having
been shot down in Kossov, Land
vorov, Lemberg and in other places.
The upper classes are falling away
and the national-revolutionary move
ment in West White Russia and in
the Western Ukraine is taking on
a purely class character. 1t must
be feared that the Warsaw court
will confirm the brutal sentences
passed upon the leaders of the toll
ing peasants and the workers. How
ever, the workers of the world must
protest Immediately and demand the
freedom of these class-fighters from
the Polish prisons.
MOSCOW, (By Mail) The Com
mittee for the Defense of the Hrom-
ada in Minsk has issued an appeal
to the workers and intellectuals Of
the Soviet Union and of the whole
world calling upon them to protest
against the suppression of the
Hromada and the burying alive of
it, leaders. The appeal bears the
signatures of II prominent leaders,
scientists, authors and others in the
Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-18

each year from one-half the acre
age, while the other half lies fall
low. This is the largest wheat
growing unit in the world. It's
president, Thomas D. Campbell,
states that modern farming is 80
per cent engineering and 10 per cent
agricultural" His corporation has
made large profits and paid divi-
dends on stock equal to good" in
dustrial investments,
Another large corporation, the
Armenia and Sharon Land Co., owns
$500 acres of land near Fargo,
North Dakota. A village, built,
owned and operated by the COM
pany, is directly under the super
vision of the corporation manager.
The land is divided into IS tenant
holdings. A tenant farmer, working
or this company's land "can direct
his work independently, but must
adhere to the specifications laid
down. The contract specifies what
crops are to be planted and provides
Tor certain rotation of crops"
Tenants of Corporations
"Thcre are likewise certain spe-
cial obligations, which include haul
ing and spreading at the landlords
direction all manure made on the
farm, hauling all threshed grain to
the elevators and keeping the farm
property and adjacent roadways
free of weeds" This tenant farm
ing system has been profitable to
the corporation managers. Money
returns have averaged over 10 per
cent a year on the original invest
ment.
But "the position of the laborer
in corporation farming is a debat-
able question" comments the New
York Trust Co. Farming corpora
lions are trying to speed up the
workers. exactly as industrial cor
porations have done, by "competi-
ton and by offering incentives of
bonuses and promotion" The sea-
sonal character of farming usually
means the employment of migratory
workers and their families for short
periods during the year. The work
ers must then move on to try and
find other work elsewhere.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-18
CONCENTRATING,
ON the GARMENT
SECTIONS FIRST
Organizational Sta ge
Leading to Strike

An organization drive to mobilize
the cafeteria woi keli for united
struggle to abolish the 12-hour day
an dthe intolerable exploitation of
these workers, was launched today
by the Hotel, Restauri mt and Cafe
terra Workers Branch of the Anal
ganlated Food Workers,
The drive will being with a con-
centration of all energies on the or
ganization of cafeteria workers in
the garment section, between 9th
and seth Sts., and 9Th and 9th AYES.
In this section the cafeterias are
patronizsd largely by needle trades
workers.
In a short a period as possible the
union intends to transform the or
gani=ation drive from the agita-
tional stage of the campaign to one
of action-the calling of strikes. In
s.arting the unionization campaign
in the garment center the restau-
rant workers organization deliber-
ately chose this district because of
the assistance which the needle
workers are expected to render in
tie drive, Official pledges of aid
were made not only by the leaders
Of the left wing eedle Trade Work
ers' Industrial nuion but by the
membership of that union as we'll.
At huge membership meeting held
last week, Michael Obermeier, speak
ing for the cafeteria union, was told
to depend on the moral and material
aid to be given by the needle work
ers.
Michael Obermeier, organizer for
the Cafeteria Workers Branch of
the Union, described conditions pre-
vailing as follows: "0f all unor
ganized workers, who are always
ruthlessly exploited, few work
harder for longer hours, and for as
low wages, under such miserable
conditions as the cafeteria workers.
The rule is the 12-hour day. These
few who work less than so hours
per week are considerer fortunate
exceptions.
But do not imagine that these
w.kers are 'rewarde' by high
wages for their slavery. The bus
boys for instance recciv2 from $40
to SIG per week. The countermen
average about S25 to $50. The
dishwashers get 312 to SIC. The
cooks, who are skilled workers, are
paid. only S25 to Sc. Women and
Negroes are Disseminated aaginzt,
often doing the hardest, dirtiest
work for the lowest pay.
"Unsanitary conditions prevail to
a scandlous extent. For this reason
every worker has rot only class
interest in this fight, but a personal
ore as we'll"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-18

cess of the program of the National
Miners Uni n would f22ome one of
the greatest epics in the history of
the American labor movement" Fer
dinand says.
Another miner prophesies "real
aggressive fight, under the leader
ship of the National Miners Union"
Every ounce Of energy, every
single resource of the Workers In
ternational Relief is being now
pressed into service, Express your
solidarity with the struggling min
ers!" the article concludes. The
writer further urges workers every
where to rush your contributions to
the Workers international Relief,
Room GOA, l Union So, New York
City.