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New Britain herald., 1929-05-01
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On The Weather

Washington, May Forecast for
Southern New England: Rain to-
might and Thursday: colder Thurs
day. Fresh south and southwest
shifting to north winds.
Forecast for Eastern New York:
Occasional rains tonight and Thurs
day; colder Thursday and in west
and north portions tonight: fresh
south. shifting to northwest winds.
Conditions: Showers have oc-
Cured over a large area of the
southern states, the middle Atlantic
coast districts and westward from
the Appalachian highlands into the
northern Plains states and northern
Rocky Mountains. Two centers ap-
pear to have extended low pressure
through this morning, one over Lake
Huron, Detroit 29.4s inches and the
other over central Texas.
The rainy area has reached the
coast from the Carolinas northward
to Atlantic City and temperatures
are generally higher east of the Mis-
sissippi valley. The western plains
states and Rocky mountain regions
are overspread by an area of high
pressure, 1884 inches at Sheridan.
Conditions favor for this vicinity
showers this afternoon. tonight and
Thursday followed by clearing and
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

made to take its place. At ita
dedication thousands Of victims
were sacrificed. Cortex ordered II
buried and the stone was lost" from
1860 to 1890. when 1t was uncovered
and placed In the wall OF the cathe-
dral where 1t remained until 1850.
At the center Of the stone IL shown
the Sun God with Z mask. Around
this are the 20 day sigma the 30
called Zodiac. At the bottom are
open serpent jaws with human
heads in each. The entire SYM
bolism represents in general the
myths of creation and the destruc-
ton Of the earth.
Q. Who owns the Leviathan?s
A. The United States Lines Inc.
Is Broadway. New York City, N. Y.
Q. What does "Ecce Homo"
mean?
A. 1t is Latin and means BE-
hold the man."
Q. Who was "Kish" In the BIZ
BILE?
A. The father of Saul and the
first King of Israel.
@. When were English sparrows
first introduced into the United
States?
A. In the fall of 1850 when Mich
olas Pike brought Is birds to Brook
lyn, New York.
Q. What is the record for girls
basket ball and baseball throw?
A. In basket ball it lis - feet 2
inches and in baseball. 252 feet I
inches
@. Who was Bjornstjerne Bjorn-
son?
A. A leading Norwegian poet
who died in 1910.
@. Who is the eldest living child
Of King George v of England?
A. The Prince of Wales
Q. What is the leading industry
of the world?
A. Agriculture.
Q. When was President Mckin-
ley assassinated
A. September. 1901.
Q. What Is the average speed of
a freight train?
4. 1913 miles per hour
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

smaller places. and Tax Commission
er Blodgett, as he makes his rounds.
is left with the task OF making
Recommendations.
Senator O'Connor may be at
least partly right in attributing a
political motive to the Waterbury
ripper legislation; but he should
take heart. 1t isn't likely that these
tactics will make a Republican city
out Of Waterbury. Not a. long as
Mayor Guilfoile keeps running.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01
REMOVING DE GROOT

When William A. DeGroot. fed
eral district attorney for the east
ern district of New York brooklyn.
etc) was being investigated during
the regime of Attorney General ear-
gent. one John B. Reynolds OF
Minnesota was appointed to be the
Investigator. In the course Of the in.
vestigation. it was said. Mr..
DeGroot's safe was rifled and his
private and personal files inspected.
Mr.. DeGroot stood for this but when
Reynolds began interrogatint he Of
flee help and inducing one Member
of the staff to talk about the other
he mildly objected, and Reynolds
was assigned elsewhere. Attorney
General Sargent later reported 10th
ing could be found against De,iroot
and he was retained as a federal
district attorney.
Now. under Attorney General
Mitchell. a formal investigation by
subordinate. and the rifling of safes
and the inspection of private papers
is not even necessary. Not even q
hearing is necessary. DeGroot is
booted out because the so-called en-
forcement arm of the government is
being frightened.
If the Hoover administration
doesn't like DeGroot, out he goes. 1t
doesn't need 10 give an explanation.
But Mr.. DeGroot's spirited demands
for hearing, and the wide publicity.
has created much sympathy for the
attorney.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01
POWER AND NEWSPAPERS

= The electric power industry
seems intent upon making itself as
unpopular a. possible. Nothing tends
to unpopulartty and suspicion more
effectually than, the revelations be-
fore the Federal Trade Commission
that the International Paper and
Power Co. has interested itself in IL
newspapers. Not to control them
Oh no! But just to be interested in
markets for newsprint.
!. Here's how the electric power trust
does things II 1t IL given a chance:
AT the hearing before the commits
sion Robert Lincoln O'Brien was on
the stand. He was questioned by
Robert E. Healy. chief commission
counsel, In connection with editorials
which appeared in the Boston Her.
aid during 1922 and 1923 written by
r. G. r. Gordon, specially employed
for the purpose. The editorials were
q series damning municipal owner
ship. Editor O'Brien testified that he
employed Gordon, who had been
investigating the municipal owner
ship situation" because Gordon's
Views conceded with his own. What
Editor O'Brien did not know was
+. that Gordon at that time was re.
ceiving a salary from the National
Electric Light Association. Gordon
thus really pocketed two saiaries
from the Boston Herald and from
the electric trust. -
Still, the power trust is only inter-
ested in the 10 newspapers because
Of altruistic motives. If it was 30 in.
terested in putting an anti-munici-
pal ownership writer into the Bos-
ton paper before it was sold In part
to the power company. what would
be its interest after the event?
The International Paper and Pow
er Co. Is more of power concern
than u paper manufacturer. II has
9z92,000.00O in power development
compared with $19S,0o0. 600 in paper
and pulp resources. In addition to
the company seems to wish itself to
be regarded as newspaper
philanthropist.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01
Questions
d1ldA1lswus's
foyfWdstt1gton

You can get an answer to any
question of fact or Information by
writing to the Question Editor. New
Britain Herald. Washington Bureau.
ll322 New York avenue. Washington.
D. C.. enclosing two cents in stainpa
for reply. Medical. legal ard marital
advice cannot be given. nor can sx-
tended rssea rch b. undertaken. AL
other questions will receive . par
sonal reply. Unsigned requests sa"'
not be answered. All letters are
con fidsntiai.-Edttor.
O. How many kinds of flying birds
and animals are there in the world
A. There are more than 100000
species of flying insects. more than
20, 900 flying birds, about 100 kinds
of flying reptiles and about 500 n.y.
ing mammals, the latter with few
exceptions being varieties of bats.
@. How many ships of all kinds
are there in the coast guard service
of the United states?
A. At the close OF the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1928, there were IN
commission in the coast guard, II
cutters and launches. 25 destroyers,
o36 patrol boats and 95 picket boats.
@. What does the word Hague
mean?
A. 1t means "Haw," Garden"
Enclosure" The Hague was ori-
ginally a garden of the Count of
the Netherlands.
@. How many pounds arc in a
kilo?
A. A kilo Is equivalent to 20
pounds.
@. Are automobiles allowed in
Bermuda?
A. Automobiles have never been
allowed on the Bermuda Islands.
Recently efforts have been made to
permit them on the islands.
@. Can a landslide be caused by
loud shout?
A. The United States Bureau Of
Standards says that shouting In a
mountainous country will not cause
landslide.
@. Was Illinois ever a slave
state?
A.. No.
@. Surfing what years was
Charles w. Eliot the president Of
Harvard?
A. From 1859 to 1909.
@. What is the origin of the
word Mausoleum?
A. A Mausoleum is tomb of
unusual size and pretentions to
grandeur. The name in derived
from the tomb of Mausolus, King Of
Caria, erected by his wife Artemisa.
@. Did the Jews and the Romans
at the time of Christ use sundials?
A. They were in common use at
that time.
Q. What is the Mexican calendar
stone?
A. The original Mexican calender
stone was made from a slab of basa-
tic porphyry, IL feet in diameter and
weighing eleven tons. 1t was made
in 1879 by order of ar Aztec king.
Asayacatl. to fulfill a vow. When
being moved to Mexico City. a task
requiring the efforts of $4,000 men.
it broke through a bridge and fell
into . lake. The present one was
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01
TEXTILE INQUIRY

At this writing there was no GER
tainty that the Senate would treat
itself and the country to an investi-
CATION of the textile industry, pur-
suant to the resolution Of Senator
Wheeler OF Montana.
1t ia possible that such an investi-
cation will materialize. however. and
that it will include the textile indus
try in New England.
Which will be IAN immediate re-
suit" of the textile troubles in the
South. An affair such as that con-
vulsing at least three states cannot
do otherwise than attract attention
TO the fundamental trouble in the
textile industry; and to be thorough.
of course, the industry throughout
the nation would come under obser-
walton. The textile industry in New
England will be joining that of the
South in not being pleased at the
outlook. Senatorial Investigations
may do little good, but their pub
licity value is undoubted. That u
why they are not popular among the
victims of such investigations.
Three southern senators. Simmons
and Qverman of North Carolina, and
Glass of Virginia, naturally elicit
smiles from all observers. These
southern Democrats have been high
ly elated at the industrial progress
of the South, but when the strikes
developed they were anything but
elated. However. they professed to
be satisfied at an investigation OF
textiles IF it included New Eng
land" They didn't think. of course,
that their colleague. Senator
Wheeler, was only too glad TO in
clude New England, and that Sena-
tor Walsh of Massachusetts also had
no objections; so it happened when
Senator Wheeler included New Eng
land in his resolution the three
southern senators Immediately drop
ped the entire investigation idea like
hot pokers. whining about the fulfill
ty Of such Investigations.
The attitude Of Senator Walsh of
Massachusetts is curious. If he were
actuated by the same motives as his
colleagues in the southern textile
districts he would be opposed to an
investigation. But the Massachusetts
senator. who is abunaantly strong
politically in the Bay State textile
cities. probably realizes he does not
obtain his strength from the manu-.
facturers, who usually vote for the
candidate. The Bay State
senator. therefore, merely intensifies
his strength through his attitude,
The mill workers OF course. favor
an investigation at any time.
The alarm felt by the southerners
indicates. of course, that they realize
the industrial progress of the South
has been constructed upon exploita-
ton OF mountain labor which before
lured to work in the mills did not
realize the real value of money. If
the southern boosters were wise they
would have realized long ago that
such exploitation could not last.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01
POWER IN MASSACHUSETTS

One good thing has evolved from
the interest secured by paper and
power interests in two Boston news
papers. and that has been a quick
inquiry into the power situation In
the Bay state. That monopoly In the
aim seems to be the belief Of the
staid Legislators on Beacon Hill, and
they have been asking enough point
ed questions 10 furnish a barbed
wire fence
Archibald r. Graustein, president
of tho International Paper
and Power Co, and Frank
ID. Comerford, president of
the New England Power Associa-
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

bestowed upon their profession
through presidential attendance:
and the people liked this type Of
democracy.
Nowadays the presidents seem to
prefer their amusement in private:
they keep themselves from public
view. more so. even, than the kings
used to do.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

place during the hearing under way.
but it is generally admitted they said
no more than was necessary. OF
course. both claimed that their in
terests had mo Interior motive" in
becoming interested in various pow
er concerns: not at all. Monopoly
comes natural. and without Interior
motives So long a. the public service
commissions control the rates. what
does it matter who owns the COM
panies. ran their argument. Mean
while it was admitted that a lot OF
money had been paid for the Wor-
cester electric company. and that the
Holyoke municipal plant easily had
tho lowest rates in the state. And 1t
was shown that Worcester, II dis
satisfied with the benefcent owner
ship OF the local company. desired
to buy it. the cost would be several
times what it could legally borrow
to do so.
How far this monopoly in Massa-
chusetts has proceeded is indicated
from the evidence of Mr.. Graustein.
The component parts of the New
England Power Association, he re-
piled to questions, consists of the
following:
The New England Power Com
pany. owner of seven hydroelectric
plants, Connecticut River Company
of New Hampshire. Turner's Falls
Hydro Electric Corporation, Rhode
Island Power Transmission Com
pany. Rhode Island Public Service
Company. These We're all wholesale
companies.
The retail companies are: Nara
gansett Electric Company, Lawrence
Gas and Electric Company. Lowell
Electric Light Company. Quincy
Electric Light Company. Webster e.
southbridge Electric Company, the
Seekonk Electric Company, Grafton
County IN. HI Electric Company
the Fall Mountain IN. H.) Electric
Company. the United Electric Rail-
way Of Rhode Island and in addition
to these. the Worcester Electric
Light Company and the Fall River
Electric Light Company.
The high price paid for the Wor-
cester company. it was declared,
was due TO the effort to prevent COM
petitors from buying it. But who
ultimately pays for the high price, if
not the public, through the charges
allowed for rates by the public regu-
latory bodies based on the invest.
ment? The power companies are
terrific struggle to propa-
gandize the theory that rates should
be based upon reproduction cost"
instead OF the original cost OF build
ing the properties. plus the cost of
additions, etc. In other words, upon
the inflated costs paid for such pro-
perties, as in the case of Worcester.
Only a decision by the Supreme
Court Is necessary to clinch the
theory into one of practical eco
Being aroused, We trust the solons
in Massachusetts join in putting the
state power trust in its place. That
IL more than is done in some ethar
states.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

clipping. several cigar coupons, one
or two snapshots, half dozen the
ateT ticket stubs, q lottery ticket.
some assorted business cards. stock
market literature. blank check.
an !. o. u, postcard. and at least
three unpaid bills. when he Is vain
ly trying to produce his drivers H.
cense?
A Dumb Prof!
Jeanne SO: "Howja like the His
tory Prof."
Grace 81: Say. he's bum. He
can't remember nothing"
Jeanne '32: "Whaddee do?"
Grace 81: Called me Dumb
Dora and my names not Dora. it's
Grace"
Allan Thell
Copyright. 1929, Reproduction
Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

Some scientists study the sun.
others study atoms. The more Sc
date among US study human nature
and are prepared to report it hasn't
changed much since Babylon fell or
the Pharaohs built their fancy
graves.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

II hope mott" said the officer.
but surely an old man like you 10
not afraid to die?"
Its not that exactly" said the
passenger. but We see l just pur-
chased \ plot O. ground in ma local
cemetery an 1t seems to me AS If It
were going to be terrible waste o.
siller!"
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

That the baseball season Is on in
earnest IL indicated by the complaint
by managers that it is impossible to
win many games without enough
good pitcherA They find this out
every year.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

We have no suggestions to make
about the projected marriage of
Colonel Lindbergh. except to say that
there isn't much class to a honey
moon by airplane.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

*
Thomas Edison is seeking a boy
capable of taking his place. Those
not ambitious to become presi-
dent of the United States will please
take notice.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

FILTERS FROM NOME RESUME
Edmonton. Alberta. May R -
Parker Cramer and w, s. Gamble.
Nome to New York hiers. plan 10
resume their eastward journey to-
day. They arrived here last night
from Prince George
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01
A WASTE O. SILLER!

A heavy gale wind was blowing
and the steamer was laboring -
making very heavy weather of it, ~
the sailors would say. After one par
tjcularly tremendous sea had washed
the deck from stem to stern Scot
fish passenger went up to one Of tlao
officers and asked If he really
thought the boat was going to sink.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

THE HERO'S HELPMEET
(Thc future Mrs. Charles Lindbergh
gives directions to her little family
on an evening OF the year 1S4S).
BY Dudley Frobel
"Oh, dear me! There's the six
o'clock whistle and your father will
be home from the factory in exactly
ten minutes! He's never late-he
always lands on schedule time.
Now. children. get busy! Perk up!
DO your best! Remember. we never
want Papa TO feel that his Public
loves him more than his Private.
Here. Lone Eaglet, get your mo-
torcycle and 60 meet him SO as to
keep the admiring neighbors at
bay! No! Nonstop cannot go with
you; he has to meet your father At
the front gate and present him with
the key to the house.
Nonstop, take that chewing gum
out of your mouth and get out the
silver tray ready for your key. and
don't forget TO make a bow and say,
Welcome to Our Home Louisiana,
have you your basket of flowers
ready to strew on the walk?
And you. Goodwill. hurry on
upstairs and start the tickertape
shower from the front window. And
Ambassador. get on the dinner gong
and the door-bell while ] start The
Star-Spangled Banner on the VIC
trola.
Little Periscope. you get the
kitty and the dog ready for their
bullfight. and Baby. you can do your
bit. too-put this nice little flag In
your hand and wave it nice at
Daddy.-Now. everybody all set?-
And just to make things CON-
plete, I'll break through your ranks
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

When insufficient food is sup
piled. gold fish in a pond devour one
another. Apparently man didn't In
vent the stock exchange idea.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

Correct this sentence: My" said
the tourist in the hick-town railway
station; "how sanitary it looks"
Copyright. 1929. Publishers
Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

Town planning in Plainville, re-
xardless of results, won't change the
name of the town into Planville.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01
Query!

Why is II 4 man can find an in
surance receipt. a money order
blank. lodge membership card. q
fishing permit. book of postage
stamps. a rain check, a newspaper
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

6cnd ail cosnnsuatcatt0as 70 Fun
ElsOp Elitos, carr al the New
isritain Herald. and your eettes
will b. 4OrworJed to New voek.

One May Solve the Problem!
In these airplane weddings were
reading about
There's this to be thought or OF
course,
The real danger comes in the first
falling out.
Which may help to lessen divorce!
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

hlelnllldH, helleTllldnAs NiouO oae
Klar
Converters of Cotton Fabrics are.
He Is more useful who converts
Cotton than cannibals into shirts.
The Perfect State
Rifkin, Klein and Rappaport
Manufacture Clothes for Sport.
Happier man there can be none
Then he who finds in work his fun.
Notturilo
Iento con duolo)
Night and the price of underwear
are falling.
Birds and the city marshals men
are calling.
Skies and the cheeks Of creditors
are paling.
Daylight and KATE and Rosenstein
are failing.
Critical Note
There is, in all great art, simplicity:
A scorn of frills or arabesquerie:
An elemental force and strength.
unspent
On empty phrase and wordy orna-
ment.
1t is that thing found in Gergorian
chants,
The Doric column and
!. sinslerg
PANTS
The Meat!
Irwin: How did the track ath-
lctic contest come out?"
Frank: "The butchers boy won
the meet"
Leslie Laros
From Our Own Infantry Drill
Regulations!
Most of the family were at the
window waiting to see the procession
pass.
Suddenly mother asked my Oldest
sister. where's JOAN"
upstairs" was the reply, "waiv-
ing Nancy's hair"
why" asked my little brother,
cant we afford any flags?"
Gertrude Hillard
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

Presidents message. In brief: sic
EN-"
Never so to extremes. How much
more successful lawn grass would be
if it would get SO high and stop.
| Shoot if you must this old grey
head. if you happen to miss the
rum runners" she said.
1.-The South has changed" Yes. in
deed. You see a lot of Republicans
in the shade now.
Maybe a farm-relief measure will
work half of the time. That's as
much as the farmers do.
It's easy to tell prosperous
home. 1t contains more junk to be
busted.
Future historians, digging up our
civilization will need no further evil
Ience when they find hotel names
woven in the towels.
If evolution really works. won't
man look odd with his ears turned
the other way to hear from the back
seat?
you can always tell q mans
wife," says a magazine humoris'.
You Gun. perhaps; but he can't
not and get away with 1t.
Middle-age 's that indefinite peri
cd when another ache doesn't indi-
cate anything except middle-age.
Your troubles are trivial. Think
of Mussolini, knowing he must die
some day and leave the world flat
| on its back.
When they speak of Germany
ability to pay" they refer to the OBJ
legation left after she has exhausted
her ability to dodge.
You needn't ask cops opinion Of
capitalism. Just observe the cars he
gives right-of-way.
| Some family trees are enriched by
a budding genius and some by graft
| ing.
Mr.. Hoover has been associated
! with much relief work. but other
sufferers didn't shudder in anticipa-
| ton.
The country isn't going 10 the
dogs. But the wanton destruction of
wild Towering shrubs indicates that
the dogs are going to the country.
When insufficient food is sup
piled. gold fish in a pond devour one
another. Apparently man didn't In
vent the stock exchange idea.
Correct this sentence: My" said
the tourist in the hick-town railway
!
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

Query: How fast can Mexican
general "flee," anyway?
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

This Is the day when communists
in Berlin are expected to make fools
OF themselves.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

The country isn't going 10 the
dogs. But the wanton destruction of
wild Towering shrubs indicates that
the dogs are going to the country.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01
Original Ahbier!

Ralph: What are Aesop's Ia
Eles?"
Muriel: Il suppose they're the
stories that Aesop told his wife when
he came home Iate,'
&C. II. Bremen
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

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New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

Editors not being allowed to join
In making mistakes, the spelling
coAtest II bound to be an immense
success.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

Shoot if you must this old grey
head. If you happen to miss the
rum runners" she said.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-01
Facts undFancies

Presidents message, In brief: sic
EN-"