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New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

X. D., when ''V' was limited to rep resenting the consonant sound. The form "" is still used for "U" by artists because it is easier to carve or model.
 c. When was lead used in the composition of one cent pieces?
 A. It never was used. Pennies were once made of SS per cent cop per and 12 per cent nickel. a com- position so light in color that the pieces were popularly called white cents"
 o. Has the Pomeranian, or Spitz dog always been bred solely for a pet?
 A. In it's native heath on the shores of the Baltic, they are sheep dogs. They have a foxlike face and very long hair. ranging in color over a wide scale, but black and white predominate. Their average is about s pounds.
 Q. Do federal prohibition laws apply to all the states or only to those that ratified the prohibition amendment?
 A. They apply to all the states.
 Q. On what date did Ash We'd nesday fall in 1895?
 A. February o7.
 c. When did Larry Semon dieo
 A. October 8, 1928.
 Q. What cities. beside Atlanta, have been the capital of Georgia?
 A. Augusta was the capital for time during and after the Revolu- tion. and the Constitution of the nlted States was ratified there in 11SS. Other capitals have been Savannah in 17!7, Louisville in 1795 and Milledgeville in 1897. Atlanta is the present capital
 c. Does the American Constitu- ton put any religious republication upon the office of president of the United States
 A. No, nor for any other public office.
 c. How long do white rats liveo
 A. If well cared for they may live from three to five years.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
Observations On He Weather

Washington April 3.-Forecast for Southern New England: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; slight ly warmer except on the couth coast: gentle variable winds, becoming southwest and increasing.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday: slowly rising temperature; increasing southwest winds becoming fresh.
 Conditions: Pressure is high this morning over the eastern half of the country from the Maritime provinces southwestward to the Gulf districts with centers of 3O52 inches at Charlotte and Wilmington. The western half Of the country is covered by a widespread depression central over the far Canadian North west. Southerly winds west of the Appalachian districts are causing a marked rise in temperatures from the Rocky Mountain districts east ward to the Atlantic coast. Light thunder showers were reported from portions of Missouri.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with slowly rising tenn perature.
 TcmpcraturcS vest erdav.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
Questions dndA1lswot's Ro,aW aWdehtAqo1l

| You can get an answer to any 1 question Of fact or information by
 writing to the Question Editor. New 1 Britain Herald. Washington Bureau
 1922 New York avenue. Washington
 D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal ard marital advice 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
 confidential.-E Editor. Q. When it is three o'clock p. m, in New York City what time is it in
 Budapest Hungary?
 A. 9:3o D. m.
 Q. What docs acrodynamics
 mean?
 4. It is the branch Of pncu- matics that treats of the laws of motion of gases. especially atmos- phcrc. under the influence of gravity and other mechanical forces, and o1 the mechanical effects produced by such motion. 1t includes all forces
 applied by or through the air, the forces of currents. and conversely the thrust of propellers. and the sus- tainng power of surfaces in motion. Q. What is the 'chord" of an airplane wing
 A. l lis the distance, measured in d straight line, from the entering
 edge to the trailing edge, c. Who is the United States minister to Canada? In what posi- ton did he serve previous to his
 present appointment?
 A. William Phillips is the United
 States minister to Canada. He was appointed by President Coolidge in February 1927 and at the time of his appointment he was American ambassador to Belgium. { c. Is James Townsend Trow- 1 bridge, the author. still living? A. He died in 1916. 1 Q. What is the meaning of sine
 dic?"
 | 4. II means without day" For instance: when convention is ad- i journed sine die' it means that it is adjourned without fixing any time for another session. @ Is Washington's birthday
 celebrated as holiday throughout the United States
 A. IL is universally celebrated as a holiday throughout the United
 States
 c. Of what crime was Mrs. Flor
 cncc Knapp, former Secretary Of State of New York, convicted? A. She was convicted of larceny in the first degree. for padding pay
 rolls of the 1925 census, and was sentenced to thirty days in jail. She served her term and was released. Q. How wide is the Mississippi
 river at Nicksburg, Miss. ! A. 45o0 feet, e. Why is the letter Y used SC
 often on monuments in place Of tho ! letter "U"?
 A. Originally "N" represented the
 same sound. "C' was xthe uncia and cursive form and ~" the capi.
 tai form. The two were differen-
 tiatcd about the fifteenth ccntur.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
Thompson Again Wins
 In Chicago Election

Chicago. April 3 P-The forces Of Mayor Big Bill' Thompson won nine out Of the eleven aldcrmani. positions decided by voters yesterds y and thereby retained firm grip on the city council for the next two years.
 The victory in the February 2G election, coupled with that of yes- terday, gives the mayor and sup porters on his America First" plat form 36 out of the 50 votes in the city council. two more than are re- quired to pass appropriation ordi- nances.
 The vote was light and the elec- ton was one of the most mild man. nered in years. The only violence reported to police was the siugging of Policeman William Hanke, inves- tigator for the states attorney. Of fee. who tried to dispersc . crowi of loiterers near a polling place.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
THE RIGHT TO LAUGH

ed from the land. The skeptics and iconoclasts who have been exclaim- ing, There ain't no justice" are wrong. To find justice one must go to Chicago-of all places. In that city of horrors, gangs and a corpu- lent mayor who doesn't know when he's licked-in that amazing con- glomeration of evil and good. we repeat, justice has found its way
 We refer. of course and obviously, to the decision ot judge there
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
GOLFERS FAREWELL!

By Lucius Pfeiffer The doctor tells me my winds a trifle cratic:
 That I'd feel better if golf and were to part. Something 1 need, he says, a little more static. Well. here l am. , Say, what did you bid. a heart? Never again to hear the click of the mashle
 Lifting the ball with just the right torch of spin, Never again 70 send it away for a flash.
 Drive and following iron dead to the pin. Never again the good old Saturday fol rsom,
 Billings and King and Andrews ana me e--ail dubs Kidding each other. But - well, i; never grew borcsomc. And we enjoyed it. Excuse me. Lcsee. Two clubs, Mostly we topped and sliced and hooked and foozlcd. Seldom We did the dogleg in less than ten. Wranglcd and Cussed-but we had a pretty d1rngooZlcd Good time. And we weren't so rotten. Cor fat old men. oh, well. that's that. I never thought golf d hard game. But the doctors afraid l might drop dead on the links . ,. Darn it. I'd rather than yawn through q lousy card game. Gimmie my clubs. WHO cares what the doctor thinks?
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
WANT TO BE SICK! Cries Arnold kuscrr

want to be sick..,,'
 want to lie in bed and be fused over and petted and nursed. So far in my life l have had but one dis case-health. It sticks out all over me It runs swiftly through me. Ii yanks me Up in the morning. IL tucks me up in bed at night and shoves mo off into uncXcited sleep. not even a dream. II stands by my chair at meals and gives me an ap- petite for just the right food in just the right quantities.
 My head never aches. never feel chilly. I'm never too warm. ] haven't any bad habits.
 So, day after day, year after year, lead life empty Of nurses and doctors and coddling. Others love 1 their symptoms, talk about them and are listened to. They achieve i the nobility which comes from suf- i fering. Theirs are lives of variety Each night they can ask, What new symptoms have had today ? ! How much nearer am l 10 calling q doctor. a nice wise doctor who will talk about me and let me talk aboU' myself?'
 Lucky people with ailments. With one-tenth of their bodies lying abed sick, the well -tenths in the same bed is fused over and petted and nursed. storing up energy and power and new life for the future l have none of this relaxation. Mint is the dreary. changeless humdrun of perfect health.
 l I want symptoms. I want to be put in bed and petted. I want te come back to convalescence witt
 brews and potiona and soft. cool fin
 gers and dark rooms and sweet
 flowers to beguile me.
 l want to be sick..!!!
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
THE BOND ISSUE IN MAINE,

one reason, if not the chief req son, why the pay-as-yougo policy was ever possible Of achievement ill Connecticut is that the state is con- paratively small and the density Of population considerable. l. has been possible 10 pay for improved high ways out Of motor vehicle receipts or appropriations because the mileage has been small per aplta. It has not been due to the remark able efficiency of state politics, state politicians or pseud statesmen. They merely have taken advantage of a natural condition with which to manufacture political slogan.
 Maine, the largest Of New Eng land states, also would like to adopt such a system. but it's large terri tory does not allow it. If good roads in Maine were to be obtainable only through pay-as-you-go policy 1t would not get many in this genera ton. Hence Maine relies on federal aid-which is unctiously denounc- cd at times in Connecticut-and is not averse to issuing bonds to get it's allotment of improved highways.
 The proposed bond issue Of s2O.- o0o, 900 at present before the Maine Legislature is a case in point This is twice the total of bond issue that was regarded several years ago as necessary in Connecticut to bring the states read system up-to- date. And If the Legislature Of
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

Colonel Lindbergh has another ad- vantage over the ordinary lover, He doesn't need to advise his sweet heart in advance when he intends 10 make a call. All sue needs to do IS read the newspapers.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

The item Of ncNs from thus city which officials of the Ntw Haven railroad read with more than pass ing interest was that having 10 do with the merger Of TWO motor truck concerns yielding working equip mcnt ot 130 trueks. Railroad inter views on the subject are simply Hn- printable,
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
Duke of Gloucester
 Makes Stop in Egypt

Cairo. Egypt. April LP-The duke of Gloucester, third son of
 King George of England. arrived here today on his way 10 Japan He
 was given an official reception on behalf of King Fuad al his arrival
 and then taken by automobile to the palace to visit the king personally. After lunch at the residency the duke arranged for a polo gamo at the Gcvira Sporting club. The party
 will reioin the liner Morea at Suel this afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

Sufficient opitaph for hc-man: He never signed a petition,
 You have reached middlc-age f you wonder what you ate ycsterda" tc make you toel so rotten today.
 The ego has developed very little l. he cant find anything to be proud Of except his bridge work.
 All is relative, and almost anybody Can be a leading citizen if hell find the right neighborhood.
 IL has become a city if its inhabi- tants no longer expect the school teachers 10 be good examples.
 Alas. When opportunity knocks, 1t usually is just an opportunity to bay a set Of books or a new can opener
 A scientist who mixed a fool a fIapper. a coupe and a quart
  wouldn't cali the result an accident
 One advantags in living in an or dinary state is that you don't get mad when somebody criticiscs the climate.
 Seasoning q rookie: Keeping him in the bushes until the regular third baseman develops another at tack Of rheumatism.
 Amcricanism; A free" man chained to a 2rindstono to make more money to support more off Ccrs to provide more chains.
 F'lattery is praise in excess of that you feel entitled to-it that is possible.
 The great mans wife worships him because the world docs and yet wonders at times what it's all about
 A hlck town is place uhera there's nothing interesting to watch except a UidoHer. NlNCs are popular who think it is q violation Of law not to answer the telephone quickly. oEannel swimmers who grease themselves suggest way 10 enjoy 1 the first picnic despite chggers.
 The strategy Of Mexican rebels is now cleav. They are trying to get 1 into corner where they can feel desperate.
 Planes take their daily toll - Of | people who might have tried q : railway crossing at the wrong tim. 1 or searched for gas leak with a ] lighted match. 1 It's easy 10 distinguish between q l highWayman and an officer. Jus. step on the gas. If he shoots VOL, he's an officer. i Correct this sentence. Now that m rich and famous" said he. "J never regret having married a wo man as common as I used to be-"
 Copyright. 1929, Publishers SyDd icafe
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

zen. "Shc's easily kleptomaniac c. Why. I'm worth a million if I'm worth cent.'
 But imagine his chagrin upon dis. covering later that his wife had not been arrested at all: that the man was from the income tax depart. ment and his story a ruse!
 As of 1923!
 Customer: I'd like two seats fo, the show tonight"
 Ticket Seller: Sorry. but we cant give them to you"
 Customer: Why not? You aren't sold out?'
 Ticket Seller: "No. but this show is so risque that we cannot admit any grown-ups unless they are ac- companied by their children."
 Mrs Henry T. Roche Copyright, 1929. Reproduction
 Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

presents the greatest comedy suc- cess in years. David Harum." The play that won't wear out. Delightful characters by Q superb cast.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
TRAINED IN BOSTON REMAINS \ TRADEMARK

When an amendment to the Massachusetts book law Was under consideration at hearing under the dome of the General Assembly in Boston recently only three opponents 10 the amendment were at the gathering. The proposal was 10 amend the present law so that books barred from sale would be con- sidercd inimical to the public welfare considered as t whole, not merely by considering isolated passages or sentences. One Of the objects Of the amendment was to make 1t legally allowable to sell Shakespeare, tho Bible. and other acknowledged classics.
 But when the senate of the Cen yral Court voted on the amendment it was defeated by vote of l5 to 1&. Which means the present law, hich has been the laughing stock of enlightened civilization, will con- tinue on the books.
 Triumphant in this refusal to permit reason 10 take the place of blind purity in literature was the Watch and Ward Society Of Boston. This institution admits 1t is divinelN commissioned to guard over the morals Of the people. Its snoopcrs look into every book offered for sale in Boston. and if they find a | reference in any of them which it deems obnoxious 10 its well-trained nose for obscene words, sentences, or paragraphs, ii al once makes it's decision known and officials at once dance 10 it's piping. Of late years there has been amazing operation among suudry officials Of Boston, who themselves have turned into literary ccnsors. Even the police, who admit they know nothing about literature. have been known 10 de- eide what their betters should be allow cd 10 read.
 Of course. tine law IS q joko; any ! law that fundamentally partakcs of sumptuary legislation becomes a ehastly Joke in the eyes of intelligent citizens. who immediately take pains to beat it' through divers means. The law is so foolish that il is en- forced now here in Massachusetts except in Boston. where the Watch and Ward Society cXerts power that il lacks in the lesser portions of the commonwealth. The main sui lerers are the Boston book dealers. who must keep themselves informed of list of approximately 4o banned books. most of them the best sellers on the list of current liter ary attractions.
 That the law doesn't work IS cVI- dent from the well-knoWn fact that it IS easy to procure any banned Look. The Boston public can obtain these volumes by taking q subway Square. simply by riding to Cam bridge. And f that IS too mucl cd The book trade of Boston 1T large measure has gone 10 Cam bridge An | if that is too mucl trouble, the books can be purchased Jy mail, for Uncle Sam is not al foolish as 10 bar them through the mails.
 One legislator has said that the present law has been on the statut, books for 4U years and is goot enough to remain. If the learned legislator wants to amuse himself h. can go back even further and fine about 100 laws on the statute book! which not only provide good read ing in this enlightened age, but vii prove conclusively that long lift does not necessarily improve law.
 THE RIGHT TO LAUGH
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
n.,nb-, Aud;t ISuySau ol Circulation

rhs A B. c. is 6 national otganza tiui which furnishes newspapefs and a"Nei rsers with 6 strictly honest anaiSsls oi circulation. Out circulation statistics afe based upon this audit This insutes pIo tsctlon against fraud in ne~spapet d's- trihutlon fSures to both hauonal hha local advert sere
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
Modern Te8ti

Hanley: Just what do they mean by a civilized nation?" Briggs: "One that has more spceders than readers!"
 Beatrice Huttig
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

Tho only profitable advertising ned|uih in tho Clty Circulation books and p'ess room siways open to adsert!sera
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

Benzene and bcnzine are two totally different substances. To add to confusion. benzene was originally called benzine and is now often call ed benzol.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
Rue:

The man came nearer and whis- pered.
 Your wife" he said "has just been arrested for shoplifting."
 Outrageous" exclaimed the citi-
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

Tn, Refad fe on sele daily tn New Iork at Hotalings Newsstand. Ilmet squafe: Schuitz- Newsstands, Entrance Grand Central. 4eno Street
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
I''iIlis:

Iinis: Parker; IS that play you were Horkng on finished" ?" Hewitt: Tt is Parker: Has it been produced yet ?" Hewitt: Yes. That's what finish. ed it."
 -Cornclina Loring A man remembers the woman h' said things to. 4 woman remembers the things
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
Mrmtrr ot the Associated i'reAs

Tn. Associated presr Is exclusively sn tttled to tho use foI re- pubiiCeli iUp Q. ali news credited to II or not oiherw'se rredted n thit paper ana e0so 'o'S ,ew, published therein.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES

Issusd Daily Sunday Excepted, At Herald Bids. s1 Church Street
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

Entered .. the Post once .; New h.i4Aih
 as Sscond Class Mail Mstter.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
Tine I.iuuiI Kind:

Haney: What's the idea Of stumbling along as if you can hard ly see. Why don't you get some glasses
 Goodwin: That's the trouble. I've had too many.'
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
WAIVERS ON ICTZKC

Atlanta, Ga. April 3 (P - Jack Hendricks, manager Of the Cincin- nati Reds, has asked waivers on Third Baseban Walter Lutzke who was drafted from tho Newark club Of the International league. I.utzke will return there, it was said. If waivers are obtained from all other clubs.
 FOR BEST RESULTS
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

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New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

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Our Definition, What's Yours? ?
Y. gentleman is he" we'll say.

"A gentleman is he, we'll say. Who could, If he were asked to
 play. Perform upon a saxophone. And yet can let the thing alone.'
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03


 IIayay a more alcu the . Waslu Bureau of cfnc is in fol of to new directed: ~ -> ]
 Washington D
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New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

Correct this sentence. Now that m rich and famous" said he, "J never regret having married wo man as common as I used to be-" Copyright. 1929, Publishers
 Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

It's easy 10 distinguish between q high"ayman and an officer. Just step on the gas. If he shoots vol, he's an officer.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03
Facts undFancies

Sufficient opitaph for q hc-man: He never signed petition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
100 FRANCS PAID
FOR DEATH TIPS
Those Feeling Suicide Urge
May Collect Sum From
Paris Undertaken.

PARIS, November 81 (N.AN.A).-
Money comes and goes in many strange
ways here. Par example, although the
cost of living remains high you may
now make a paying proposition OF
dying.
Feeling an unwonted pain or a de-
spairing urge toward suicide, you no
longer, like Annie Laurie, lay you doom
and dee, but, emulating the hero of
"the Arcadians," you stimulate the ego
with Cheer up, you1l soon be dead"
and proceed to collect hundred francs
to do the cheering up with.
For such is the commission the un-
dertakerS will give you for information
of your anticipated death. Beware
however, of telling your friend about
your pain or despairing urge. He may
forestall you in the sale of your sad
tidings!
Money comes and goes, we said. It
may 60 for a dinner you have never
eaten II you are not careful. You are
perhaps asked you to cine, you &C
cepted the invitation, and then at
the last moment you fail to turn up
Well, according to a recent legal ruling,
you may then be ordered to pay your
host, If he cares to prosecute, for the
dinner he had provided!
Nothing ADDS more ZeSt to life In the
treasury of a French city than a new
idea for filling the municipal Golfers.
In the little provincial town of Cahors
a citizen may make his name immor-
tai through having a street named after
him by contributing a mere 10000
francs.
Somewhat along these lines the town
council of st. JuSte-Pres- Brioude has
decreed that councillors arriving more
than half an hour late at the Marie
or failing to stand all together shall be
fined francs. They are suggesting the
application of this principle in Paris,
increasing the fine to 90 francs an Of
Tense, as the councillors here are more
highly paid. It has been estimated that
the city's budget would be enriched
about hundred thousand francs a
year in this way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
WOMAN QUESTIONED
IN HUSBANDS DEATH
Wife Closes Door on Suicides Body
'andsconfinues Living in
House.
House.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST JOSEPH, Mich. November Ill
Mrs. Edna Kohlbeck. 80 years old, was
held in Berrien County jail as a
material witness yesterday while county
authorities Investigated the circum-
stances surrounding the fatal shooting
Of her husband, Frank M, Kohlbeck,
So years old, at his farm home near
Three Oaks some time early this month.