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New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
WOMEN IN GEORGIA
 INSIST ON WELLS
Soviet Mct Against Them llts
 Ladies Of Caucasus

Washington. D. C., May 1o.-A white veil attached to 2 black vel vet band adorned with two artificial curls is causing trouble in Georgia. This article Of apparel is not worn as much as formerly. in that part of the Transcaucasian Federation Of Soviet Republics. but recent news dispatches tell of q miniature revolt there resulting from . Soviet edict banning the wearing Of veils by Georgian women.
 Georgia is famed for its beauti- full women and picturesque men," says a bulletin from Washington, D. c. headquarters of the National Geographic society. The Georgian warrior is tall. bold figure in his tightly belted. full-skirted coat. his poniard and a row of cartridge cases across his chest. The farmers in their huge sleeveless coats of lambs wool. high astrakhan caps and bushy boards look like big bears. In the cities many of the Georgian women have adopted western dress. How ever, silk stockings are not yet achieved, because even that luxury is beyond the Georgian family's in- come.
 TiGis Min2les East and West
 1.-The ancient capital of Georgia was Mtskhet-try and pronounce it! The present capital of Georgia and the entire Transcaucasian Republic is Tifiis. Eastern and western ar chitecture and customs vie here. Beside an electric street car line one may see befezzed Mohamme- dan from the mountains liesurely riding along on tired looking horse with two long wicker baskets of produce slung from either side of his saddle. There are automobiles but they have not shpplanted the droshkies, the oid-fashtoned horse cabs whose sole concession to mod ernity is the adoption of pneumatic rubber tires. Occasionally the two- bumped Asiatic camels are seen on the streets.
 buildings Of stone and concrete and a modern hotel. It also has old houses of baked mud with wavy roofs of red tiles. Efficient sales methods prevail in the large, up-to- date shops but the spirit i of the Orient permeates the bazars of the native quarters where Georgians Armenians. kirghiz and Persians in tall felt turbans, make their pur-
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
,hases with traditional eastern

chases with traditional eastern leisureliness.
 "A Tihis ice cream parlor may have for its patrons Mongol wom- an with bound feet. wide blouse ard trouser4 or . light haired. blue eyed Circassian girl in middy blouse and plaid skirt.
 Bagpipes in Georgia
 ''Tiflis and Batum, the latter an important commercial port on the Black Sea coast. have accepted western innovations more readily than the rest of Georgia. Out in the less settled districts, the fapnlers and shepherds have not changed their mode of living in thousand years. A Scotchman travelling along a Georgian highway might think his mind was playing tricks on him up- on hearing the first notes of Geor- gian orchestra. The Georgians have baspipes which they play with q Scotch martial swing but their music has an unfamiliar oriental strain. Mandolins and drums com plete the list of instruments in a
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
ltaly's Wine Production Grows
 With Expanding Population

lions of bottles are exported from the port of Marsala every year. Pal ermo. in Sicily, claims for itself q rival wine in the Zucco. brilliantly tinted in ruby.
 Sardinia sends to the mainland Of Italy and to France and Spain. 2 great bulk of Vernaccia. a delicate uhite wine which is quite deceiving. It appears quite pleasant and harm less, but has a hidden kick.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10

Rome. Italy, May 10 R-With phenomenal increase of nearly 30 per cent in one year. Italy is going strong in producing the sparkling wines which have made ~her sunny shores famous. Government figures show that 2s,966.t64 barrels of wine were produced in this Apennine peninsula last year while the pro- duction for the previous year was 3:.S16.000 barrels.
 Part of the increase is accounted for by growing consumption at home on the part of this country's rapidly expanding population. and part by augmented export. some of which, it b said. went to America.
 Wine is still the staple drink of Italy. despite the example of Amer ican tourists who demand water with their meals The first question tho waiter asks . cust omer in a res taurant is not what food he, will have. but what brand of wine he wishes.
 It is in the central part and the south of Italy where vineyards cov- CT the rolling hills and the lower slopes of the Apennine mountains, and also in Sicily. that the famous wines of the Roman land pour from the press.
 Caprt's Famous Product
 The beautiful island of Capri. ''The Pearl of the Bay of Naples" offers tho famous topaz-colored wine named after the island. With del- icate perfume and piquant dry flavor. the wine is considered an ad- mirable accompaniment for fish course. The provinces of Abruzzi and Molise claim to produce tho best table wines-white for the fish course. red for the meat and the Malvasia and Aleatico Di Bari for desert. Capri also produces the ruby red Capri. which takes on taWny hue with age, this tint being the ear- mark of the best red table wines.
 Vesuvius, which is better known to America for producing lava, like wise produces two camous wines known as the Lacrima Christi Bi- anco and the Lacrima Christi Rocco. The noted Chianti is made in seN- eral provinces from Florence on the south.
 Among the Phegraean hills in the ancient days Of Rome's imperial greatness. the old Romans pressed out the Falefnum, their famous wine. After score of centuries this wine is still offered under the name of Palermo and the hills people viz orously assert that it is exactly the same as that which Caesar drank.
 Probably the most famous wine ef Sicily is the Marsala. a dessert wine de luxe of deep amber color. Mill
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10

themselves in the dust. ss
 The news spread throt,gh tic .eh1. creating . deep imprssaea. AMlanul. lah's success was taken as m indt. cation that he would regain thu throne and punish all thdse who had not supported him. 4
 Reports from kandahar and Ka- bull of the defeat of Amir Habnbui, lah's troops at Ghaxni and the estah- fish of Amanuliah's headquarters there for his attack upon Kabul are accepted in some quarters as bearing out the engineers story.
 Amanullah is now said to have gained the sympathy of the Ghiizai tribe. who are Afghanistan's most prosperous traders. They are able to supply the eN-kinG with money. arms and soldiers. Other formerly hostile tribes are also supporting him.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
IMMIGRANTS TRICK
 WINS THRONE BACK
Amanullah'S Fortune Turned ou
 Ability to Open Magic Box

Lahore. Ind, May 10 P-The tide in ex-king Amanullah's for tunes is said to have turned upon a masician's cloak trick"
 An Indian engineer just returned from two years government service in Afghanistan relates that when Amanullah. first arrived in kanda- har in his struggle to regain his throne from Bacaha Bakao, the water boy, now known as Ha abibul- lah Khan, the people were so inimi-
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
Parisians Hide Pianos
 Because of Tax on Them

Paris. May 10 R0City tax coi- lectors wonder what becomes of all the pianos that are purchased here. There are hundreds of stores that sell them, yet the official census Of the music makers has been around 160,0OO for several years, never showing any increase.
 This is %, newspapers say be. cause eight years ago the city put a tax on pianos. It has been even more unpopular than other taxes. and once there was . best selling popular song, Hide Your Piano" that apparently has guided owners.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10

Georgian orchestra.
 ''The grapes of the Caucasus are famous and grape wines are most popular. but koumiss. fermented mares milk. has many devotees
 "An odd sight for visitors is sthe transportation of Georgian wine:c Il is poured into the hide of q buffalo through an opening in one leg, and when this leg is tied up. the wine is ready for transportation. A wagon containing several of these inflated casks looks as though it's proper destination was a butcher shop and not wine merchants store"
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
MISS FLOOD BETROTHED

Mrs. Maria Flood of 1886 Stanley street. announces the engagement of her daughter. Anna Marie, to Ed ward R. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mra. William Taylor of South Manches- ter. Miss Flood Is a graduate of St. Francis hospital training school for nurses in Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10

Most of the meerschaum used for making pipes comes from mines ;n the vicinity of the Black Sea,
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10

Lucy Peebles, fiancce of Jerry Ogden, is linked mysteriously with the murder of Jerry's father. Did she kill him? Read Gold Bullets" the new mystery serial which will start in the Herald on Monday, May 20.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22
Deaths
Mrs. Oscar l.. johnson

Mrs. Oscar l.. Johnson, 6S years
old. died at her home in Bridgeport
Wednesday night. according to word
received by her niece. Mrs. John
Holmberg, wife of Councilman
Holmberg. OF IL Arch street. Mrs.
Johnson was a former resident OF
New Britain.
She was born in Norway, but
lived in Bridgeport most of her life.
For about six years the Johnson
family lived in this city. The City
Baking Co., which was located on
Woodland street. was conducted by
Mr.. Johnson while he lived here.
The family left here shortly be-
fore the world war and went on an
ocean voyage. When they returned
they again made their home in
Bridgeport. She leaves three daugh-
tiers, four grandchildren, two broth
ers and two sisters.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at
the Swedish Baptist church in
Bridgeport. At II o'clock tomorrow
morning a service will be conducted
at tho home after which the re-
mains will be taken to the church
Burial will be in Bridgeport. Mr.
and Mrs. Holmberg will attend the
funeral.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22
Daniel j. Mullin, Sr.

Friends who were associated with
him when he was in business and
fellow members of New Brita. u
lodge, B. p. o. E., were among the
large crowd which gathered this
morning to pay their last respects to
Daniel ]. Mullin, Sr., of 70 Prospect
street. whose funeral was held at .
O'Clock at st. Joseph's church.
Rev. John Il. Donohue, pastor,
celebrated Il solemn high mass of
requiem. Rev. John J. keane was
deacon and Rev. Thomas Lawlor of
ST. Mary's church was sub-deacon.
As the remains were being borne
into the. church. Organist Frank
Sullivan played Nearer My God to
Thee" and at the offertory AVE
Maria" was sung by Mrs. Frank
Sullivan. She also sang Take My
Body. Jesus at the conclusion OF
the services and when the remains
were leaving the church the organ
list played Chopin's funeral march.
The pallbearers were Henry Mon
sees, John w. Lockett, Attorney S.
Gerard Casale. William O'NeiI.
James Coleman and James Conley.
all members of the B. P. 0. II.
Father Donohue conducted the
committai services. Burial was in
st. Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22
Presidents Average
81 When Inaugurated

Washington. Feb. % Rl-The
average age Of American presidents
at the time of their Inauguration Is
81 7-S0 years.
Herbert Hoover. taking office at
SIS years of age, almost exactly hits
the average.
Theodore Roosevelt was the
youngest president. having been in
augurated at ~ years of age. Har-
rison. taking office at IS, was the
oldest.
Washington was 81 when he was
inaugurated. SO were jefferson,
Madison and John Quincy Adams.
MIR. Coolidge was 81.
Grant. Polk, Pierce. Garfield.
Cleveland and Roosevelt were tho
American presidents who took Of
flee under the age of so.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22
CRIPPLE RECEIVES
MAIL BY THE TON
Flood Of Gifts 0Verioys Boy With
Brittle Bones

Bellaire, o., Feb. eo-Little Billy
Newhart, has decided that he
wouldn't change places with any lit
tie boy in the world-for all the
fact that his bones are so brittle
that he is all the time Gripping
himself by fracturing them.
The lad, who has had 80 broken
bones in the IL years of his life, and
who has spent eight of his IL years
in bed as result. is feeling fine
today, thank you-and with good
reason.
In the first place, the doctors
have removed the plaster casts that
have encased his legs and left arm
for several weeks, and he is able to
get out of bed again.
And in the second place, Billy
has found he has more friends than
anybody ever dreamed of having
He has received approximately co.
600 letters and post cards since the
day. a fortnight ago. when the
Newspaper Enterprise Association
sent out to its member newspapers
story about his misfortunes.
And Lots OF GiStsl
Twenty thousand letters and post
cards-and that isn't all. Packages
of toys have been flooding his home.
There is a toy auto, a whole set OF
games. a pretty canary In 4 gilt gage
a stack of books-and. last but not
least, fine new radio set, deliv-
cred and installed by the boys bed
by Earl J. He'll. local dealer.
The average daily total of letters
packages and cards is close to 2,00o
The food shows no sign of letting
up. Mail Carrier Lawrence keitz
has been working overtime every
day getting the stuff out to the New
hart home. three miles from town.
Today he took one big bagful OF
letters on his first trip. and then
had to come back for two more
bags of parcels that were too heavy
TO carry the first time. In addition,
70-pound parcel is at the post
office awaiting delivery.
Billy isn't being spoiled at all. He
doesn't feel that the great flood of
mail means that he is TO be pitted:
he simply thinks that it means that
there are a great many kind hearted
people all over the country. l!
makes him happy. but he isn't a bit
proud or affected by it.
A Modest Kid
He's modest. too, and he has a
pretty good sense of proportion. He
doesn't let the newspapermen take
any more photographs of him, for
instance.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22

toward buying a coat. and then
made up his mind that II Il couldn't
have her, no one else could"
His story OF the actual shooting
failed to include mention of shots
fired at Frances. He was asked why
he shot Frances and answered.:
II do not remember shooting
her."
Through last night as he tossed
in pain he turned 10 nurses and, APP
parently believing neither Of his
victims had died, said. II hope they
aren't suffering as l ami a~
Mooney is given only 4 slight
chance to recover. He said he served
in the Royal Irish Fusiliers in the
world war.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22
Funerals
Miss Mary Kulak

Funeral services for Miss Mary
Kulak of 465 North Burrtt street
were held this morning at 7 o'clock
at the home and at 1870 o'clock at
Sacred Heart church. Rev. Lucyan
Bojnowski. Rev. Alexander Kowal-
czyk and Rev. Father Yholeowicz
conducted service at tho home and
celebrated solemn high mass Of
requiem at Sacred Heart church.
The pail bearers were Leo Choi-
lowski. Walter Mierzejwski, William
Siborczyk. Charles Budnick, William
Sotula and August Rosenthal.
The three priests conducted the
committal services. Burial was in
Sacred Heart cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22
EMIL 4. CARLSON DEAD
Landcrs, Frary d Clark Foreman
Had Been Resident Of This
City For 30 Years


A shock suffered by Emil A.
Carlson, 81 years old. of 363 Main
street. Tuesday morning. was the
principal factor which caused his
death at his home this morning. He
had been suffering from high blood
pressure and had been under medi-
cM care for some time.
Mr.. Carlson was a native of Swed-
en-. Upon emigrating to this coun-
try he settled in Manchester. He
lived there only six months and then
came to New Britain 80 years ago.
He had been living here since that
time.
For II years he was employed by
Landers. Frary e. Clark and for the
past five years was foreman of the
cutlery department.
Fraternally he was associated with
Andree lodge, I. o. o. f.; Scandal
lodge. s. B. f.; Tegner lodge, o. Of
v. and Landers Mutual Aid associa.
ii n.
Surviving him arc his wife; a son
Ernest Carlson. both of this city
and a brother and sister in Sweden
Funeral arrangements. In charge
of Erickson & Carlson Co., under.
takers, are incomplete.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22
AMERICAN CUSTOMS
Proving POPULAR
Foreign Nations Are Adopting
Fashions Of This Country

Washington, d. c. Feb. "a
''Travel where you will you can't es-
cape American customs and FASH
IONS" says bulletin from the
Washington. d. c.. headquarters Of
the National Geographic society.
Tokyo munches aAsu keiki
(American hot griddle cakes with
syrup
Berlin hocks to its first elaborate
soda fountain for nut sundaes served
by snappy soda 'ierkers.'
Moscow crowds around the first
red gasoline filling station put up In
Arbat square.
The "Movies'' and Plumbing
american movies automobiles,
dental schools, typewriters, phono-
graphs and even its prize fights lead
in spreading American fashions and
customs throughout the world.
Movies persuade Javanese and
Brazilians alike that life without
sanitary plumbing is unthinkable.
American automobiles have spread
the gospel Of mass production and
countries to change from left-of-
way to 'right-of-way' driving. The
excellence. of the dental schools in
the United States attracts students
from all over the world who return
to their people as ambassadors of the
fine old American custom of brush
Ing teeth.
Orientals Learning S-NOtc Scale
"Typewriters have pioneered the
way for whole battalion of office
equipment devices which have con-
verted many peoples to doing bust
ness according to American methods.
The photograph has made jazz a
world folk song and is returning the
oriental ear to the occidental S-note
scale. while the millions won by
Dempsey and Tunney prompt young
men. white, yellow. brown, black Or
red, with two good fists, to try them
out and, incidentally equip them
selves with the necessary gym
shoes and boxing gloves from the
AS long as the United States re-
land of champions.
manned a raw products source, SELL
ing only cotton. corn, wheat, copper
and oil, the world went it's own way.
That way was TO follow
French fashions In women's
clothes jewelry and perfume,
practice trade by English
methods and to look to Germany for
science and music. But American
invention and mass production have
turned the United States into a
manufacturing and distributing ma
ton. Exports OF the United States
last year passed the $4,000 mark.
Kerosene Oil a Luxury In China
Strange things happen when
American products penetrate foreign
countries. One of our important
exports Is Kerosene oil, much Of
which goes to the Orient. Kerosene
lamps. disappearing in America, are
the height of luxury in China, where
they replace smoky. ineffective
vegetable oil lamps. The early-to-
bed and earIy-to-rise Chinese now
stay up at night working by Cali
fornia kerosene oil on Chinese rugs
for American floors.
kerosene commonly sells abroad
I'm hve-gallon cans that have become
the universal bucket from Kamchat-
ka to Dalar. Water from the wells
OF Beershcba, where Abraham and
Sarah drank. quenches the thirst Of
dacnrt frovc1ora nf todoy hut poU
the water is drawn up in American
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22

are scattered from coast to coast
Mr. Hoover's parents died when
he was a little boy. The family cir
Gle of near relatives now consists Of
his two sons, Herbert Clark Hoov.
er, jr., who is married and lives in
Boston; Allan. a student at Leland
Stanford university; Theodore, q
brother. who is instructor at Leland
Stanford; a sister, Mrs. May Hoover
Leavitt. Los Angeles: Mrs. Matte
Pemberton. an aunt. and Davis
Hoover, an uncle. Of LIE Grand,
Iowa; George Hoover, a cousin. 81
Washington, D. C.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22
SLAYER OF GIRL TWINS
TELLS OF JEALOUS LOVE
Jersey Railroad Policeman Says He
Remembers shooting Only
One of Sisters.

Orange, N. j., Feb. % (UP) -
Peter Mooney. railroad police SER
geant who yesterday shot and killed
Margaret and Frances Bowes, 20
year old twins. and then wounded
himself with a pistol shot above the
heart. told police today story OF
Jealous and unroquited love for
Margaret.
He said Margaret refused to mar
ry him and that a rival entered into
their lives.
"a short time ago." he said,
Margaret brought young man to
her home after attending a dance
in East Orange. This young man
stayed at the house Ill that night.
A few nights later he came to the
house to remain there. This made
me terribly. jealous" Mooney said
that he had given Miss Bowes $40
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22

oil cans. Arab villages in North
Africa have folded up their tents
and have built. by skillful use Of
hattened kerosene containers. tim
can towns and at night the tin
houses are lighted with tin-can LAM
terms fashioned by native craftsmen.
Carriers Worn As Ornaments
Sometimes other peoples have
not brought<their customs abreast
of their American purchases.
Brightly-nicke(ed slot machines.
cash registers and automatic scales
are said to decorate the grand stair
case of the prime minister's palace
in Nepal. A traveller to Borneo re-
ports finding local potentate In an
electrically lighted and refrigerated
palace that housed a fleet of ex-
pensive automobiles which the ma
tive ruler could only, drive to and
fro on a mile and . half of special
ly constructed road. Natives In
parts of Africa use running pants for
shirts. thrustins their arms through
the pants legs. while in China gar
tiers are sometimes worn for 0rna-
mental rather than useful purposes
IAN American manufacturer was
mystitied at large orders from 2
South American country for pearl
buttons sewed on squares of red
flannel until the department OF
commerce found out for him that
the native Indian women did not use
the buttons but sewed the entire
SQUARES on their dresses. Yet they
were more logical than the prosper
Gus Chinese merchant who installed
four pianos in the four corners OF
his 'parlor' although neither he nor
any member of his family could
play q note.
"What the world wants. is q
regular department of commerce
publication and brief scanning Of
its items reveals the many thor
ouehly American desires the world
has acquired; Java wants slot ma
chimes. carriers and flashlights;
Costa Rica, automobile hearses; In
dia. outboard motors. smoke-writlne
apparatus for airplanes, sanitary
plumbing fixtures ana silk hosiery;
Manchuria, monographs and rec
ords: Malaga (going q step farther)
desires automatic photograph rec
ord changers and radio sets: Czecho-
Slovakia, paper matches. jazz Or
chestral accessories and bathroom
fixtures; Austria, breakfast foods;
British Guiana. rebuilt typewriters;
England, grapefruit (Which the Eng
fish are just beginning to demanf,;
Mexico. bathing suits; China. adver-
Using and display equipment, metal
store furniture and metal window
frames; and Denmark, overalls and
vanity cases"
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22
Montreal Man Killed
On WAY to Wedding

Poushkeepsie, N. =. Feb. % W.
Miss May Sherman of Montreal who
was severely injured in an automo-
bile accident here yesterday. was
reported by hospital physicians to-
day TO be greatly improved and
probably on the road to recovery.
Miss Sherman was motoring with
her fiance, Paul Segal. also of Mon
treal, to NewiYork, where they were
10 have been married. And in yes
terday's binding snow storm the car
jumped a ditch and crashed into q
tree, causing Segars death.
May Segal. IA, sister of Paul, was
reported to be recovering rapidly
from the injuries which she received.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22
Count Cseconics, Rich
Hungarian. IL Dead

Budapest. Hungary. Feb. % ~
The former Empress Zita and her
son, Archduke Otto. pretender to the
hungarian throne, lost one Of their
best friends today by the death Of
Count Cseconics. With Counts Ar
ponH and Andrassy. he led the
movement for restoration Of the
Hapsburgs to the vacant throne. He
was one Of the wealthiest men h,
Hungary, president Of the Hungar-
ian Red Cross and a member Of the
house of lords.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-22
Mexican Government
Goes on Cash Basis

Mexico City. Feb. % tT - The
Mexican government has gone on a
cash basis.
The secretary of the treasury has
announced that hereafter all pur-
chases by the government will be
paid for az received.
Also. an announcement said.
liquidation of the old debt is pro-
c1eding rapidly. and the internal
debt of &4.5Oo,000 is to be placed
Immediately. creditors to be given
cash in ten instailments or govern
ment certificates for the entire
amount.