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New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
POLITICAL POKER

If ii were d fact that deputy hre chiefs had no special duties to per form they would not need automo- piles furnished by the city. But deputy fire chief is not an individual with q title and nothing else. There are two 0: them and they are sup nosed to make large number Of inspections throughout the city Many of these inspections have as their object the prevention of fires through the scrutiny of premises and an investigation of the condl- tions under which heating. etc, IS accomplished. Manifestly this is lm- nortant work, as important in many respects as inspecting the manner under which buildings are construct ed.
 There is recurrent talk that the city should conduct it's business as efficiently as a private concern. It IS only when one meets with the prac- flee of such ideals that difficulty is likely to be experienced. What prl- yate business firm, for instance. having the need of visiting trade in various parts of the city, neglects to furnish the automobile or the light truck for the purpose? Not any that we know of. When we need plumber he comes in a car and has his tools in the contraption; when we buy an ash can the store in yariably delivers it through the medium of one Of the light delivery trucks that are as common as taxi cabs. And so on.
 The fire board had trouble in get ting the automobiles for the deputy chiefs partly because of political con- SlueTdllOUS. w Nel pOIitiSo al ' "iio" ed to interfere with a self-evident necessity in city government it can not be said that an attempt is being made to operate the city on buS- ness principles. Happily the fire board succeeded in getting the authority to purchase the automo- piles for the deputy chiefs through one of those little occurrences that indicate the Common Council and its politics can be circumvented occa- sionally. The boys voted upon the matter just before being prepared tc go home and there are those who claim half of them did not know by that time what they were voting about.
 IL is regrettable that efficient city boards frequently are forced to play species of political poker with the Common Council.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
QUIET ON MAIN STREET

It vas several years ago that the city traffic department presumed to have great things in store for Main street north of the railroad tracks. Not only was the parking evil 10 be circumycnted, but traffic congestion was to be solved at one fell swoop. The idea vas q grand exhibition of what can happen when set of men go into deep thought and decide to solve q problem through the app!i- cation of definite action.
 It was the merchants, and not the traffic department which mad the final move, however. Things were to be left as they are for the present, but soon there would he an effort made to widen the street py reducing tie width of at least one 0. tha side walks, and the street would be made straight.
 The traffic department, unwilling to do things contrary 10 the wishes of such taxpayers most immediately inyolved-always providing they are not mere motorists--held is great scheme in abeyance II has been quiescent ever since. Neither the traffic department nor the merchants have mentioned the subject since.
 Meanwhile the street has noj been widened. nor has anything else worthy Of note occurred, And meanwhile the traffic situation has not improved and in the estimation of the traffic department is worse and will gro" worse.
 Soon Alderman Nair or some other observing gentleman in City Hall will take note of this policy of inaction and utter 0 few comments about it. The state law having given the city g traffic department more rights to
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
INVESTMENT SECURITY!

By Peter ]. Carroll I'd like to have ticker which would carry Quotations of my love stock every day, For then I'd know just who and when to marry. Dan Cupid's bears and bulls I'd watch at play. If Evelyn Preferred should slump on selling, I'd send around a bunch Of orch. ids quick; If Betty Common spurted. there's no tollir~, l"' buy ring and turn the trick. If dividends were coming via Esther. I'd put myself on record right away. Hut if statement showed a bank rupt Hester I'd sell the poor girl short with. out delay. Ah what a comfort I should find this ticker, To guide me in lifc's stock ex- change of hearts, For with it's help I'd know just how to pick her, And save myself some unpropi- tous starts.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
No, Not One!

No, Johnnie, positively you can- not have another single piece of candy. ..No, absolutely not! Now, don't start tuning up to cry, or I'll give you something to cry for..... No. won't give you piece of can- dy, afterward :. Now, dry right up: I said not another piece of candy today, and you've simply got to learn that Mother means what she says....
 Besides, too much candy isn't good for little boys. :. Stop whining now; 1 said no, .. Are you trying to drive your mother distracted? And my poor heads just splitting in two. ... NO! l said. There, don't cry now-I'm sure I'll be a nervous wreck before this days over. l simply cant stand the noise Why don't you go outside and play ? -. OH Please do hush. Will you go out if I do?. Very well, then but only two pieces, mind you -. Thank Heaven; Now l can have q few moments peace. -. That child has just simply got to learn some day that when I say no, I mean It.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
made by another member?

made by another member?
 A. Unless the secretary of the club or organization is acting as chairman of the particular meeting, there is no reason why he should not second a motion.
 c. What color eyes and hair do blondes have?
 A. In the ordinary acceptation of the term, blonde has blue or gray eyes, fair complexion and light hair.
 o. What is sterling silver?
 A. It is 925 parts silver to 75 parts copper-fixed as the standard of British silver coinage.
 Q. In what part of London, Eng. land is 'Limehouse"?
 A. It is an eastern quarter Of London. on the Thames.
 Q. On what streets in Hollywood are the Param ount and Fox Studios located?
 A. The Paramount Studio is To- cated at 5451 Marathon street and the Fox Studio is at 14o1 N. Western avenue.
 Q. Is there any food value in a bottle of pop?
 A. The only food value Is ir the sugar it contains.
 Q. Is June 21 always the longest day of the year?
 A. Usually it is, but the longest day (bY a few SecOndsO may bf June 20, 21 or P, there being a slight variation from year to year.
 Q. How many persons were killed and injured in football during the 1927 and 1928 seasons?
 A. According 10 best available statistics r persons were killed and 100 injured in the 1927 season. and 19 killed and 100 seriously injured in the 1928 season.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
SPIRES AND GARGONLES
For the Duration.

The family had gathered at the front door. The father had a sad but determined look on his face. The mother and the children except. the two months-old baby, were in tears. The father tenderly kissed them one by one. Then he said: I've amply provided for you all during my ab- sense. I've made arrangements with the State University for the chil- dren's higher education, and l hope to be home in time to see the baby take his Masters degree. Good-by, good-by, and God bless you!" and then. with tears streaming down his face he marched away.
 He was going to the public links across the road to play IS holes of golf!
 Sylvia Wolf.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

execute ideas as well as hatch them. there is at least a possibility that some fine day something will hap pen, or be done. or be attempted. Our personal grapevine telegraph system informs us it may come as species of Christmas present.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

C0ntldeNtlal.-E Editor.
 Q. Is poll a noun or q verb?
 A. It is both. AS verb 1t means to enroll for voting or taxa tion or for other purpose. It comes from the noun poll. which 1peans head. In the United States the polling places are called polls. the place where people are registered for voting to go to cast their votes
 Q. Do thunder storms ever occur in California?
 A. They rarely occur there. One authority says they average about three @ year.
 Q. Does it ever get too cold to snow?
 A. No.
 Q. What was the maiden name of the second wife of John Jacob Astor?
 A. Madeline Force.
 Q. When did the flood at Johns- town. Pennsylvania occur?
 A. May 31, 1889. Q. Does sandy soil require more rain to produce crops than other kinds of soil? A. Sandy soil does not retain moisture like loamy soil and there fore requires more rain for growing crops.
 Q. Who is the American Consul at Barbados, British West Indies?
 A. William w. Brunswick.
 Q. What is the present address of Madame Schumann-Heink?
 A. She lives at 500 Orange Ave, Coronado, California. Q. How many motion picture houses are there in the United States? A. Approximately 20,500. Q. What is the capital of Scot land?
 A. Edinburgh.
 e. To whom does the island of Crete belong? How large is it and what is it's population? A. Crete belongs to the Republic of Greece. According to latest available figures it has a population Ol ofo, l 10, dHu IS lob llIIcS lOllS anu from to 35 miles in breadth. It's area, together with that of some small islands. is 3,127 square miles.
 Q. What was the first airplane to cross the Atlantic Ocean?
 A. The United States Navy NC-4. built by the Curtis Airplane com pany in cooperation with Navy officials. The flight was made in 1919. Q. Did the earliest railway trains in the United States run on wooden rails? A. The two earliest recorded rail- ways in the United States were a short tramway on Beacon street in Boston, built in 1907 with wooden rails and tramway, also with wooden rails. built by Thomas Lie per in 1909 in Delaware county, Pennsylvania.
 Q. Can the secretary of the club or organization second a motion
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
Point of Art!

front of the Chartres Cathedral when a fellow countrywoman, sight seeing alone, came and stood near them.
 For several moments she was mo- tionless and silent, and one might have thought she was drinking in he cathedrars beauty.
 Suddenly she turned to one of the group. What" she asked with en-
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
The Palliative Kind!

Dudley tdriving the carl: I've run out of gas." Myrtle: Fine. Now you'll keep quiet for a while"
 Edward w. Gaige.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
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Send all communications to Fun Shop Editor rare ot the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwardeJ to New York
\ Guaranteed Remedy,

1f NFTttr tPtfttNN 11R fIrIVt' Keep cough drops handy, if you're wise,
 These nasty days" they advertise. Why not keep fun-drops handy. use Them. Folks. when we're exposed to "blues.'
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

The Herald Is on sale daily Tn New York at Headings Newsstand, @ l.ni's souare; schultz's Newsstands, Entrance Grand Central. 42nd Street.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
Fundamental!

Marshall. "Whv do you call them sugar daddics'?"
 Louise: "Bccause they are 'saps to begin with"
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
Facts and IEanci s
BY ROBERT OTITrFN

True, son but before deciding to get along without an education. as Ford did, make sure you are a Ford.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

College life isn't so romantic now that heroes in their teens cheerful ly break q leg for the dear old tenth grade.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
No OppratOr!

Norris: "Is Doc Walsh a good surgeon?"
 Marvin: He? Say that bird cant even operate a carl"
 Waiter Fresch
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

Perhaps the wicked city" just cems that way bccau e it doesn't sneak out to the barn to fool the ncighbors.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
You Take No Risk

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New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau 1922 New York avenue. Washington D. c, enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advise cannot be given. nor can ex. tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per sonal reply. Unsigned requests can not be answered. All letters are onfidential.- Editor.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

We are a deradent people. but in hotel lobbics of the eating-;obac"o belt you still see a few 300 sptttcrs
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

4 statesman is man to whom q taxpayer doesn't look properly trim med SC long as he has anything left
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
Just Like Finding
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 If your hair is faded, streaked or cr7~- and ifyou ,, ~sH V ", ''A v. want VOLT

want your moneys Worth-don't pay s or more for a fancy name on fancy bottle or for trick treatment.
 For here. at last! is an alna2- ing formula that quickly and safely restores tho hair to it's natutai col oring-And it costs only 75c!
 You can mix it yourself. Just blend Sage Tea and Sulphur in the correct proportions. Better, your druggist has it prepared and ready to use. Ask him for Wycth's Sage tl Sulphur. Pay him TJc!
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

A man of forty isn't too old 10 do good work. Hes just undesirable because his name on door doesn't please him as well as d raise.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

Hts Experience Carruth: What does your girls father do?" Rahn: He is a packer" Carruth: What does he pack % Kahn: An awful punch, for one thing"
 Karl M. Mahn Copyright, 1929, Reproduction
 Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

then it is evident that few of US do like the teachers, who as a rule continue their studies to the end. Facts and Eanci2s
 BY ROBERT CULLEN
 True. son but before deciding to get along without an education. as Ford did, make sure you are Ford.
 Perhaps the wicked city" just cems that way bccau e it doesn't sneak out to the barn to fool the ncighbOrS.
 We are a deradent people. but in hotel lobbics of the eating -;0bacr0 belt you still see few 300 s2tttcrs
 College life isn't so romantic now that heroes in their teens cheerful ly break lcs for the dear old tenth grade.
 A statesman is man to whom q taxpayer doesn't look properly trim med So long as he has anything left
 A man of forty isn't too old 10 do good work, Hes just undesirable because his name on door doesn't please him as well as d raise.
 If society can afford 10 operate on a convict 10 save him for the electric chair. why cant il spend little money to save him from be ing a criminal?
 The Japanese have no swear words. Thus We know they never get out of q bath tub to hear an apologetic voice say: Wrong num- ber"
 Americanism: Not caring a whoop how the big fellows get theirs, just so you get yours.
 The sport-page idea has provoi successful, Why not wreck, scan dal, catastrophe and murder pages to save the readers time or enable him to dodge?
 A lovely world. but there are some disagreeable smells and the kind of people who say: "A wreck that tune of night-they must have been drunk"
 Crime in Chicago spends 30 mil lion a year for protection. The fig ures for tariff lobbyists at Washing ton are not available.
 If the child has a coat of choco- late ice cream on it's countenance. and the mother seems undismayed, it is the sixth.
 If the coffee is bum, and Friend Wife is unCommonly fat. ana crime is triumphant, you have the first of the winter series of colds.
 Still, Washington and Lincoln were big fellows and might have won fame in football if given a chance.
 At last there is hope for the pedestrian. Cheap cars are so fast the costly ones must quit Competi- tion and decide that speed is vul- gar.
 Correct this sentence: He spent s400 making whoopee with friends one night" said the gossip, but he never brags about it."
 Copyright 1929 Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

If society can afford 10 operate on a convict 10 save him for the electric chair, why can't il spend little money to save him from be ing a criminal?
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
Ills EXnerienCe

thusasm, do you suppose that church weighs?"
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

The Japanese have no swear words. Thus We know they never get out of q bath tub to hear an apologetic voice say: Wrong num- ber."
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

Crime in Chicago spends 30 mil lion a year for protection. The fig ures for tariff lobbyists at Washing ton are not available.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

If the child has a coat of choco- late ice cream on it's countenance. and the mother seems undismayed it is the sixth.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

Americanism: Not caring a whoop how the big fellows get theirs, just so you get yours.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

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New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

A lovely world, but there are some disagreeabIe smells and the kind of people who say: "A wreck that tune of night-they must have been drunk"
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

The sport-page idea has provoi successful. Why not wreck, scan dal, catastrophe and murder pages to save the readers time or enable him to dodge?
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

If the coffee is bum, and Friend Wife is uncommonly fat, ana crime is triumphant, you have the first of the winter series of colds.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

Correct this sentence: He spent s4o0 making whoopee with friends one night" said the gossip, but ha never brags about it."
 Copyright 1929 Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

At last there is hope for the pedestrian. Cheap cars are so fast the costly ones must quit competi- tion and decide that speed is vul, gar.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

Still, Washington and Lincoln were big fellows and might have won fame in football if given a chance.
The Washington times., 1929-12-24
FARRELL SEE 6
STEEL RISE

NEW YORK, Dec. GA sub
stantial improvement In the opera
tionS OF the steel industry after
the turn Of the year was fore.
cast today by James A. Farrell,
president of the United States
Steel Corporation.
He pointed out that there has
been no initiation In prices, in
ventories, nor in capacity.
Consequently, he said that
there Is no apparent reason why
$50 should not be good average
year with stable prices and stable
wages. He added:
ssIn heavier products, such
as railway materials, structural
steel for building, bridges and
ships, there Is 3 large demand
even at this season Of the year,
with prospects Of . capacity In
the near future.
The release Of public and
private work and new COnstruc-
tiOn for utilities in various lines
viii soon be felt, aside from
which steel for general purposes
win supplement the heavier
line tOnnages referred 70 above"
The Washington times., 1929-12-24
MERGER RAILS
DOOMED BY
RUMQRS

Merger rails" frequent comets
Of the stock market have cropped
out again, it was learned yester-
day from authoritative sources.
With the recent issuance Of
the railroad consolidation report
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, which would merge all
railroads in the United States un-
der the minimum number Of
systems, rumors Of great earn
ings and higher dividends were
current throughout the financial
district Of Washington.
Although the plan for consoI-
dation is still in its infancy, and
most Of the roads affected still
undecided about their part Of the
m after, these rumors have
reached heights never before
seen in speculative and invest
ment circles. A certain amount
Of credence is given these reports.
but the majority Of buyers are
still undecided as to their &C.
tivity.
Financial experts point out
that the general public will not
buy stocks in these rails at this
time but are waiting for their
merger with the larger systems
A period Of "watchful waiting
has set In pending completion
Of consolidation plans.
Rail experts declare that the
plan, as proposed, viii, take a
number Of years for completion,
due to the number of companies
which will want to institute
changes In the reported plans.
This fact has been realized by
the public, financial experts be.
Iieve and it is their CONNECTION
that the market. in merger
rails" as the railroads to bene
fit from the consolidation are
called, win not be active until
near the time for completion Of
the system merger plan.
The Washington times., 1929-12-24
S | 100000
DROP MADE
IN FUNDS

The Federal Reserve Boards
condition statement Of weekly re-
port member banks In leading
cities on December 18, issued yes
terday, shows increases for the
week Of $11, ,000,0 900 in loans and
investments and $86. .O00, 900 In net
demand deposits and 926, ,OOO, 900
in borrowings from Federal Re
serve banks.
Loans on securities increased
$78, 900, 900 at all reporting banks,
$34, ,0OO, 900 In the San Francisco
district, $4,000, 900 in the New
York district, $4,000, 900 in the
Dallas district, 100000 in the
Atlanta district and $4,000, 600 In
the Kansas City district, and de-
creased $T,00O.000 in the Boston
district.
"AlI other" loans declined $685.
900, 900 at all reporting banks
$48, ,OOO, 900 In the New York dis
trict, $16,O0O,0OO In the Chicago
district, $11, ZOO, 900 In the Boston
district, 100000 each in the
Philadelphia and San Francisco
districts and $1,000, 900 in the At
lanta district.
Holdings of q. s. Government
securities increased $4,000. 900 in
the San Francisco district, $4,000
900 each in the New York and
Chicago districts and $24 ,0O0, 900
at all reporting banks.
Holdings Of other securities In
creased $4,000, 900 at all report
ing banks and $55, ,000, 900 in the
New York district, and declined
| $22, ,000, 900 in the Boston district
and $4,000. 900 in the San Fran
cisco district.
The principal changes In bor-
rowings from Federal Reserve
banks for the week comprise an
increase of $23, ,000,O 90 at the Fed
eral Reserve Bank Of New York
and decreases Of $4,000, 900 at
Kansas City. $4,000. 900 at San
Francisco, 100000 each at Chi
cago and Dallas, and $4,000, 900
at Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1929-12-24
R AL | LOADINGS
AGAIN OFF
By Universal Service

4
Loadingg Of revenue freight for
the week ended on December
l4 totaIed 923.240 cars, the
American Railway Association an
1iounced yesterday.
This was 1885 cars below the
preceding week this year, 40, ,428
under the corresponding week in
] 1923, but an increase Of b4, 400
cars above 1927.
Miscellaneous freight loading
totaled 3l9.721 cars, 2T,273 cars
below the same week last year
but 2O,745 cars above 1927.
Loading of merchandise less
than carload lot freight amounted
To 245, ,O02 cars; coal, 212,732 cars:
forest products, 52,3T6 cars; ore,
1888 cars: coke, 1864 cars;
grain and grain products, 43,969
cars: live stock, 28.908 cars.
All districts, except the Poca-
I1ontas, reported reductions In the
total loading Of all commodities
compared with the same week in
1928. but all districts reported
increases compared with the
same week in 1927 except the
Northwestern, which showed a
small decrease.