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New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
MACDONALD FILMS SHOWN

London, Dec. Pl-Irime Minis- ter Macdonald, at a private film party today, let his cabinet. Ambas- sador Dawes and 150 friends see himself as America saw him.
 News reel extracts of his tour in the United States and Canada with talking accompaniment. gave the prime minister's colleagues an idea of the warm welcome given him in America. The cabinet members seemed greatly entertained by the way the American movie operat tors told President Hoover and Mr. Mac Donald how to stand. where to even what to say.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
DETROIT KlDNAPER FOUND
 GUILTY BY JURY TODAY
James Fernando to Dc Sentenced Later This Aftcrnoon-Jurors
 Out II Hours.

Detroit, Dec. GP,-Jamcs Fer nando, charged with kidnapine September 30 of Jackie, 5-ycar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry s. Thompson, was convicted early to- day by a recorders court jury. The verdict was returned at 3:3O a. m., slightly less than II hours after the case was given to the jury.
 Judge Charles l.. Bartlett, prosid- ing, deferred passing of sentence until this afternoon.
 The jury was composed of eight men and four women.
 Jackie, who was kidnapcd from m front of his home while playine with brother, was returned 10 his parents the night of October 23 after the payment by his father of ran- som consisting of $170O0 in cash and notes Of $S,000.
 Fernando contcnded at the trial that he had acted 3s Intermediary between Thompson and the iidnap- CTS and that h" had nothing to do with the abduction and holding for ransom Of the boy.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
Whirlwind ,Courtship
 Is Ended by Divorce

Corpus Christi, Tex, Dec tP}- An international romance which be- gan with love at first sight. q whirl- wind conrtahip. and a nasty mar riage was ended today by granting Of a divorce decree 10 Baroness Elizabeth Thysson from former Baron stephen Thysscn, said to DC related to the royal family Of Hol- land.
 Thysscn, passing through Corpus Christi last spring, met and married Miss Elizabethe C!arkson, who was graduated from high school in 1923. l. was not until this fall, while a student at the University of Califor- mia, that the baroness learned her husband was of royal lineage.
 Difficulty encountered in reconcll- ing his family to the marriage Was said 10 have led 10 the divorce.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
'BOSSY' REELECTED
 BY SMALL MARGIN
DoIerS Celebration Until Recount
 Is Held, However

Ne"bury port Mass. Dee. 1 tUPl Mayor "Bossy" Gillis. who once served a jail sentence for punching former Mayor Michael Cashman on the nose, barely nosed out the latter in yesterdays municipal election.
 Complete returns today showed that Newburyport voters had en- dorscd the extra ordinary administra- ton of the fery-tempercd red headed cX-sailor and returned the spectacular young executive 10 offic" by the mcagro margin Of 4G bal lots
 Carrying four out Of six wards. "Bossy." who had confidently pre- dicted his own election, boiled a total of 3,119 votes, compared with S,o73 for his old-time enemy.
 His Honor announced. however that he would not bring out the rcd fire to celebrate until recount had proved beyond all question that he was to continue as mayor for an- other two years.
 The keen interest in the election was reflected in the fact that less than 1000 of the city's 5000 voters remained away from the polls. IL was generally believed that if yester- days election had been held q year ago, Gillis would have gone down to defeat, as his sensational tactics robbed him of some of his populari- ty during the first few months of his administration.
 At the end of his first year, "Bos- sy" buckled down to business and the list of his subsequent accom- plishments apparently convinced NcWburyport citizens that the city $ famous bad boy wasn't so bad after all
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
BRITISH BREWERS
 SPEED BEER SALES
Form Organization to Create
 "Beer-Minded" Nation

London, Dec. (UP) - While the rival forces have been uniting for a mass attack upon the incon- sistencies and irregularities of the liquor traffic, the brewers of Great Britain have been carrying on a campaign 10 make England beer minded"
 With this in mind the brewers recently held q Brewing Exhibition at which all the various brands manufactured here were made available for the "orficial tasters," whose solemn duty it was to tasIc the products and to pass judgment or same. It was not announced iH the official booklet whether the position of taster carried a salary with it.
 Besides beer, great brewing and bottling plants were on exhibition. What astonished many of the visitors was the fact that the largest beer bottling plant at the show came from America a bot tie plant weighing 20 tons, cap- able of cleaning and rofillng 12O pint bottles of beer in one minut2.
 Seven thousand gallons of beer were at the disposal of the tastcrs at the exhibition. One of the eN- perts said the reason for the record entry was the increased popularity y of beer in London and elsewhere in England.
 Beer is returning to popularity drinks beer temperately and with deep appreciation"
 The expert admitted that while the present-day beer lacked the body" of pre-war beer, it was as pure as ever.
 Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, president of the New Health So- ciety, on the other hand, urges that there should be a special beer for motorists, a beer without alcoholic content, in other words near-b beer. The brewers do not agree with Sir Nllildlil, anu IbOihI Nltn UTIuc tO the fact that it is impossible for a person to get even slightly in toxcated on two bottles Of beer.
 Meanwhile there are frequent hearings before the Royal Commis- sion on the liquor traffic, with both the temperance organizations and the liquor manufacturers and dis trlbutors demanding that the cur rent regulations be changed.
 in some parts of London the bars close at 0 ?. m. In other sections they close at 1. The trade, of course, demands that all public houses be permitted to remain open until Il, while the temperance so- rietics ask for the earlier hour. Upon on thing, however, both fac tions are agreed that the present regulations be replaced by a uni form law.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
THREE PLANES SHIPPED

New York, Dac. P-A second shipment of three fighting planes. part of an order of T. placed by the Chinese nationalist government. was on its way to China today. The to- tai order amounts to nearly $1.00J,- U00.
 The planes are Of the type used by the United States marines in Nicaragua and by the navy for use on aircraft carriers and battleships. They carry machine guns and are capable of speed of 150 miles in hour with full military load, includ- ing 800 rounds of bombs
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
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BN ROBERT II. BAKER

Professor of Astronomy, University
 of lllinois)
 Urbana, III. Dec. 1. (P}-The con- stellation Orion appears in the east ern sky ill the evening during De- cember.
 On the first cf the month it has entirely risen above the horizon at s o'clock, and by the end of the month it is in full view as early as 6 o'clock.
 Orion is the brightest Of the con- stellations and the best known, next to the Great Bear. 1t is a quadri- lateral of four bright stars, with three stars in q line near it's center, which form the belt of Orion.
 Three other stars, somewhat fainter and closer together to the right of the belt mark Oriou's sword.
 The middle Of the three stars in the sword is really not d star, as
 
 second glance is enough to convince anyone that it is a little too large and fuzzy to be a star. 1t is the Great Nebula in Orion.
 The Orion nobula is one of the very few ne5lulac which can be seen at all without the telescope, Many nebulae are visible With the telescope; bus photographs with great telescopes and long expo sures, often of many hours dura- tion, are required to show these faint objects at their best.
 Bebulae are really faint-not at all like dim stars whose feeble light is owing to their great dis tances. A ncbula just across the street would be as difficult to see as one far out in space, although of course it would look larger.
 The majority of ncbulao do not shine at all. But we know about them because they obscure what ever is behind them. The great dark rift in the Milky Way, which extends from the Gcgion of the Northern Cross far into the south ern hemisphere. is a notable cx- ample Of such obscuration.
 The dark ucbulac which cause this rift hide from us also the great aggregation of stars, probably 50,- OCo,00o.o00 in all. which are as semblod around the center of our stellar system.
 Nebulae are enormous cosmic clouds They arc far rarcr on the average than our atmosphere. But thlS does not mean that they are entirely gaseous In all probability hebuIae contain solid material m the form Of fine dust and perhaps larger pieces also
 Some astronomers suppose that the nebulae are the sargasso scas or space into which stray material intimately drifts and out of which the stars are formed
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
Chicago's Drug Bill Is
 Million Dollars a Week

NhicagO, Dec. lPj-Chicago's three millions have q million dol lar a week drug bill-pills. pow dcrs, patent medicines and such the association of commerce estimated today
 The association said it costs the citizens $52.oou.OoO a year to keep well or get W,ll it could not say which.
 Some of the money gets back 10 inc customers, tine association pointed out from the $IS.000.000 annual payroll of wholesale drug concerns in tho city.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
Hurley Probable Choice
 For Secretary of War

Washington, Dee. (P>-Prcsident Hoover is expected 10 name a new secretary of war some time before Christmas and confidence was ex- pressed in official circles today that Acting Secretary Patrick J. Hurley would be advanced to the head Of the department.
 Since the death of Secretary James w. Good many have cx- pressed the hope to Mir. Hoover that Mr. Hurley might assume the post. These expressions have come particularly from the south which had desired representation in the cabinet.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
CITY FAIRGROUNDS
 GAN BE IMPROVED
Commissioner Believes Public
 Facilities Are Not Adequate

Bernard G. IlranoWitZ, a member Of the municipal recreation com mission, speaking at a meeting of the Social Workers club this noon, expressed the opinion that New Britain's facilities for outdoor play are not adequate but that the city has done well with the material and parks available. He said in part.
 AS American communities con- iinue 10 develop and become more thickly populated, the necessity for providing adequate outdoor recroa- tional facilities for children be comes more and more acute. New Britain is no cNception
 Generally speaking. We have not, here in our city. the high type of playSrounds, properly laid out and graded, together with the ac- cessory equipment, that ought 10 be provided for the youngsters. But with the facilities available. it is the conclusion Of the municipal recreation commission. which is in charge Of the public playgrounds. that remarkable record has been established here.
 'Thn city of New Britain main iains for q seasonal period of only eight weeks in the summer months, total of seven playgrounds. These are located at the old Burritt school. Nathan Hale school, Para = disc park. smith school. Vance school, Washington school and | Willow Brook park. In addition. a nursery ground is opened in the summer at the Walnut Hill park where mothers can take their little tots to play in sand boxes, on baby swings and small chutcs, in the shade of tall trees and where there are none of the older boys and girls to interfere with them. Then too, evening playgrOunds are con- ducted at Willow Brook park Paradise park and the Washington school grounds for the benefit o older boys who work during tn, day in factories. or elsewhere, an( who want 10 play bah or otherwise amuse themselves on the play fields.
 Competent directors, to supervise the play and activity on all of tho grounds, are engaged each summer to direct the organized recreation and under this program. New Brit. aims plaNgrOundS have advanced tC the point where attendance records for the season have been shattered
 Last summer, for the eight weeks the .playsrounds were open, the at. tendance at all of them combined
 totallcd 149,000 children. Thest figures arc from daily tabulations made by the playground staff. But >of particular interest, is the attend. ance record in the sectional play. ! grounds. of the city For last sum. mer they were as follows:
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
EUROPE BUILDING
 IN MODERN TREND
Cities Use New Motifs to DiSpeI
 Old U6Iiness

London, Dee, UP)-Europoan architecture is undergoing a re-
 marl,able change. The old world is
 taking on an entirely new dress in
 it's latest buildings. City planning
 and modern types of construction eventually will do away with tht
 sprawling. ugly and disorganiz"d suburbs that were formerly q part of practically every continental city.
 Holland took the lead. in Imupi-
 cipal supervision of architecture and building. Modern Amsterdam is an excellent example. Motoring
 from the center of the city, q visitor passes out of the old core through
 a belt of pre-War uEliness into the
 wide avenues Of modern su6ur1
 The new sections are all laid out according to a city plan that pro- vidcs for gardens, schools, shops, churches, and places of cntcrtain- ment. The residences are free from
 the old conventional enrichment, cncrustation, and ornament The roads are wide and we'll paved
 Germany is now giving more of the time to architecture that was devoted strictly to industry during her remarkable economic recovery. Berlin, Frankfurt, Ham
 burg, Brcslau, Stuttgart, and Co.,
 lognc contain many new and novel designs in building. Some of the shops of Berlin, particularly in the knrturgteMdam of Charlottcnburg, have gone ultra-modcrn. and ther"
 are several restaurants that look
 like ships. The architecture of tn" new Berlin acrodromn harmonizee with th" fine lines Of the airplan"S continually leaving CT arriving 1t the field, A magnificent fact ory at SeinenStadt is typical of the new | German ideas of construction.
 New Ifa Cinema
 The new Ufa Cinema Universum in Berlin offers an entirely ncW suayity of line and ingenuity of effect. Limited to simple surfaces it's external lines are picked out ill electric lights by long mercury vapor tubes. The increased use Of
 this colored night lighting has q gay and stimulating effect upon
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
City Items
Axolrod's drugs, We deliver. call 10

AXolrod's drugs, we deliver. call 10 -alVt.
 While Tony Tasu Of 2G5 Lafaye.t te street was shoveling snow on Con- mercial street last evening he left his overcoat on the curbstone and someone stole it, he reported with much excitement 10 the police.
 New classes forming. Enter now. Connecticut Business College e.-advt.
 The Scandinavian W. c. T. U. will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the Swedish Baptist church. Mrs. Mary Wilson of Meriden will be the speaker, The public is invited, r.
 Mrs. Wlfred Hill of Winter street has returned 10 her home after spending a week with her daughter in Brooklyn, N. Y.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
Carmela POnselle Will
 Wed Joseph J. Lyons

New York, Doc. 1 LP(-Miss Nar- mela Ponselle of the Metropolitan Opera Company, q sister of Rosa Ponsellc, operatic star, has announc- ed her engagement to Joseph J. Lyons, a Tammany politician and real estate operator. She said the marriage will not take place for an other year.
 Miss Ponselle was married in 1915 to Dr. Henry Giamarino, New Ha- ven, Conn.,, surgeon. They lived to- sether only six months and were divorced in 1920.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
IaGC Season

'No attendance record was kept at the Walnut Hill playground hut it was calculated at 400 weekly, bring ing the total for the season to ahout l49,o00 children. This marked the greatest number of children ever to have participated in playground events in their history.
 Not alone do the children enjoy the swings, the chutes. the see-saws. merry so-rounds, climbing poles. baseball, volley ball and such games; they also specialize in household arts, dressmaking, raffia, needle work, making of toys and other such articles, and all such work is under the direction of especially selected instructors for this work. Then there were field events on the various playgrounds, the junior achievement work, games, folk danc- ing, paddle tennis swimming at the '. M. (. A. for the boyS.-in fact everything that could be practically carried out on the grounds. that would gain the interest ot the chiI- dren, Wds done.
 Ut is obvious therefore. that with this diversified program Of activity outlined for the children, they were attracted to the playgrounds and tn, regret of the commission is that they cannot be continued all through tn, year.
 "To that end we have attempted to induce the powers that be, of the municipal government that an all Eear-round supervisor, to properly plan and schedule the activity for all seasons. be engaged, but as yet W,
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
COLLEGE CLUB TO SING

Friday. December 13, the Wos- leyan College Glee club of Middle town, will render q musicale at the State Normal school. These singers will appear in place of the Mt Ilolyoke Glee club, composed of col lege girls, scheduled to appear on December 14 but forced to cancel their engagement. The program will start at o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
NEGRO PASTOR DEAD

Bridgeport, Dec. LP, - Rev. Amos Gorham, 52, pastor of Walters Memorial A. NJ. F.. Zion church and formerly well known in Ithaca and Rochester, \. Y, and in Tennessee and North Carolina, where he held charges, died last night in Bridge port hospital
 Rev. Mr. Gorham moved here from Hartford, where he filled the pulpit of the East Pearl street church in August last.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
C. P. o. \. MEETING SUNDAY

The Citizens Property Owners as sociation will hold a meeting Sun jay afternoon at the Falcon hall on Beaver street for the business men as well as members of the associa- tion.
 communications lave been sent 10 many members and a large gath rring is expected.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
VEGETABLE GROWERS MEET

Hartford, bee. 1 CPl-The Con- nccticut Vegetable Growers associa- ton opened a two day annual meet ing here today with state and federal farm authorities as speakers on problems of growing and produc- ton. Officers will be elected tomor- row.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
STILL JUSTICE OF PEACE

Springfield, H., Dec. i tP-Being justice of the peace runs in the family of Miss Hattie Clos, who holds that job in Wayne,
 My father held the job for 30 years before me" she told the H. linois Republican Womens club to-
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
HELD FOR COURT MARTIAL

Bremerton, Wash. Dec. (P)-- Lieutenant Harold w. Northcutt, l.. $. N., located in Vancouver, E. C. severel weeks after his mysterious disappearance from his post at Nor folk, Va, and later arrested in Seat tie, was held for court martial today.
 Orders received yesterday by naval authorities here from Washington did not specify the charges or set Il date for trial.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-04

day. And, too, I believe I can en- performed by a justice of the peace. My father and mother were united that way, and recently they cele- brated their 65th wedding anniver- sary."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-23

FORT WORTH, Sept. 23.-tP1-In
response to requests from business
houses at points on the Dallas-El
Paso passenger line of the Southern
Air Transport System. the post
office department has granted the
airline permission to carry via air
express bundles Of stamped but un-
cancelled air mail for mailing at the
postoffice at Meachum Field. Fort
Worth, Voctor +. Grima. general
traffic manager. announced.
BY this means. MI. Grima ex-
planned. users Of the service viii be
able to save - hours in sending a
letter from any point along the line
to middle west or eastern points.
Going out Of any Of these points
west Of Fort Worth or the Dallas
ri Paso line bv train. the mail has
20 take the morning air mail shin
north If 1t Is going 10 most any point
in the middle west. north or east.
But If 1t goes into Fort Worth on
the Southern Air TRANSPORT plane It
crr take the niGht plane out.
Firms using this service can Dre-
Dar= their mail for mailing. putting
on the REQUIRED stamps and then
bundle 1t all tcrether and ship II
together as one bundle by air ex-
rreSs. with instructions on the out
eide of the nacKa0e to mail the let
ters ct the Fort Worth airport" Mr..
Grima said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-23

The Rivcli theater audience last
night gave u~proarious evidence OF
their approval of the rec YER
sion of the Mapes-C ollier racing
hit. The HOttentot."
"A more ludicrous figure than Ed
ward Everett Horton ns q. Jay Har-
rington. the lovelcrn t~enderfo0t.
who has been edged into the IA
O o. Betty Fairfax of old Virginia
by false tales told by a match
maker tof real folks. not OF racersl
Co the effect that ne A. an expert
enced hurseman. cannot be mag
Ined.
Patsy Ruth Miller Is charming a.
the enthusiastic horse fancier who
believes 8. Jay TO be a real hero
OF the turf.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-23

CHICAGO-Weakened BY a Turk
ish bath. Walter ". Marsden drop
ped dead as he was drying himself.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-23

WESLACO. Texa Sc. Z. 23.-One
OF the greatest congregations ever
gathered In a religious service I'm
the history OF this county heard
Evangelist Howard .. Williams de-
liver hts sermon ON The First
Christmas Tree i'm the bic taber-
nacle here Sunday night. the seat
ing capacity Of the building being
overtaxed. with hundreds Of people
standing on the sides and In the
rear OF the builc lg.
The service ushered In the second
week or the four weeks campaign
inaugurated rnder the auspices nf
five denominations. Increasingly
large crowds both at the night SER
vices and in the daily prayer SER
vices for men and women have Teen
observed.
Homer wv. Grimes. song leader,
and gifted pianist. nightly con-
tributes special musical selections,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-23

success. ~Burlesque," under the title
The Dance OF Life" The numbers
are sung by Nancy Carroll, Hal
Sicily. Dorothy Revier, May Boley
and many other popular actors
who make UP the cast OF this all
talking melodrama OF ~backstage life
which Is now showing nc the Ar
cadia theater In H~arlingen.
The numbers include King of
J~ezzmania," True Blue Lou"
"Cuddlesome Baby" "Flippity
Fcp." Ladies Of the Dance" and
--rh+i@~+ nre+adnr.~ Richard
Whiting. Leo Robin and Sam Co.'S
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-23

while the large choir thrills thn
monster congregations with chorus
numbers. The nightly scenes nt
tine tabernacle are thrilling ana
people ere coming many miles to
attend the great meeting. which
many believe win be the greatest in
the last ten ears 10 he held In Che
Valley.
Williams and Grimes are visiting
Point Isabel 0n "a fishing trip Mon
day. that being rest day With the
party, with no services OF any kind
scheduled. On Tuesday activities
win be resumed. with Mrs. Williams.
wife 0f tine evangelist. Am charge nf
work for smaller children anr thn
women she will address the Young
women OF the high school Wednes-
day morning. MI. Grimes mas upe-
cial programs arranged for@ fha
young people.
Wednesday night win ~ News
paper mems night. with newspaper
men of the Valley special guests nf
the edit0r-cvanEelist.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-23

ARCADIA, HARLINGEN
Six original and tunefuI musical
numbers were written for Para
mounts perturbation or the stage