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New Britain herald., 1929-08-10

Arthur Court, the Indianapolis janitor who held the lucky St ticket on Trigo winner of the British derby and therefore collected SS4.OOO from a Canadian veterans lottery, is shown here with his new home. Above are Courts children and the family's new car. at the right is the dwelling house. on their farm and below is the barn thereon, decorated in honor of Trigo.
 Indianapolis, Aug 9-Thousands of persons have dreamed what they would do if they suddenly became rich, but it remained for Arthur Court to put his ideas into practice.
 Until a few weeks ago, Court toil- ed before the open door of a furnace in an apartI ient house, wiped the sweat from an aching brow and lcnged for the time when he would have enough money 10 go fishin'."
 In a ramshaCkle house, Courts wife "skimmped" and saved in an effort to make his meager wages stretch into food and clothes for their eight children.
 Then the Goddess of Chance smil- ed. and Arthur Court suddenly found himself a rich man. He won SS4, 900 on a s1 ticket in a Canadian vet eran's lottery on the English Derby. His s1 ticket happened to be on Trigo, the winning horse. His name was blazoncd in newspaper headlines throughout the country.
 Money meant new clothes, home an auto. an electric washer, a chance to go fishin, " and most of all, happiness. Today, the Courts are carefree and contented on "Trigo Farm" 16 miles north of Indian napolis which they bought for S2o,- 900.
 The house. an old fashioned brick. of eight rooms, is only semi modern but the Courts point proud ly to it's great rock fireplace. it's nu- merous windows and wide porches. The minute we set eyes on this house. we said this is where we want to live" Mrs. Court told re- porter.
 A particularly valued object. among several thousand dollars worth of new paneled and period
New Britain herald., 1929-08-10

furniture is combination radio and phonograph.
 We had always wanted a phono graph, but if l tell the truth the thing I appreciate the most in the house is my new electric washer . declared Mrs. Court.
 Does Her Own Washing
 Sure I do my own laundry work. Why not? Money hasn't made me proud. Last week I had laundress clothes. I'll be my own laundress after this"
 Court manifcsts pride in the stock-cows and sheep-on the place.
 i've only one horse on this farm," he smiled That's painted on the barn--a picture of 'Trigo, the horse that brought us luck. We've named the farm after him."
 A big and expensive automobile, recently purchased, was referred to by Court as something my wife thought we ought to have"
 The couple are mildly ambitious for their children. and are happy to think they can have an education. but Mrs. Court says the greatest thrill was the realization that money gave her power to make lot Of other folks happy.
 Maybe I shouldn't tell it, as we are already getting d lot of requests she said, but we have entirely fit ted six children and their mother with new clothes and have been happy doing other things like that 1 always had wanted to help folks
New Britain herald., 1929-08-10
Better Deal for Girls
 Is New Goal of Chinese

Shanghai, Aug. 10. P-One of the hopes of the nationalists Is to give the baby girl equal rights with the baby boy. The Chinese boy for ages has had much the best of it all around.
 He is longed for and prayed for and when he arrives he is pampered
New Britain herald., 1929-08-10
LOSES AND FINDS ALTO

George F. Hayes, 142 Cherry street. lost and found his car in the short space of a half hour late Friday afternoon. At 5:10 he re- ported to Lieutenant Rival at the police station that his car had been stolen from in front of Church street garage. At 5:45 he again call ed up the police station and said that he had found his car.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-10
NEW TRENDS IN FOOD
 WORRY HOTEL KEEPERS
Culinary Staffs Have Difficult Task Trying to Keep Abreast of Dietary Fashions of Today

Detroit, Aug. 10. P-Food fads part of hotel culinary staffs.
 J. L. Hennessy. vice. president Of the Hotels Statler company, told at meeting here of the work im- posed on large hotels by the chang ing dietetic fashions.
 If an accepted authority tells us that person suffering from ane- mia should have calf's liver" he said, then we in the hotel must he ready to serve calfs liver. If an other authority announces that cer-
New Britain herald., 1929-08-10

tain vegetables contain vita mins, then we must have those veeeta- bles on our menu.
 We must have dieting foods and foods for children and keep up with every new announcement.
 We live in a changing Ige; the demands of today will not be the demands of another year Aviation. is in it's infancy--but what effect will it have upon our restaurants in another decade?"
New Britain herald., 1929-08-10
RAINS AID CROPS

Kansas City, Aug. 10 (Pl-General rains last night in parts of Kansas. Missouri, Nebraska, Texas and other parts of the southwest broke drouth of several weeks stand ing and greatly aided corn and other crops. Although the rainfall was light in many sections skies were cloudy over a wide area and more rain was expected.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-10
"!TABS" CORPS IN CONTESTS
Y. NJ. T. \. t& B. Pliers and Drum mers Go to TOrrington to Take Part in State Field Day.

The Y. NJ. T. A. and B. Fife and Drum corps left this morning to take part in state field day exer- cises in Torrington under the au- spices of the St. Francis Fife and BuGle corps of that city. The To- cal aggregation has been awarded a large number of prizes in competi- ton both in Connecticut and out of the state.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-10

and spoiled. Wage earners are the thing out here-the boys earn much more than girls. It has been tho custom of centuries. A girl is not wanted, but the new regime would change all this, or at least put all the little Chinese misses on an equal footing in parental eyes, with the tiny male members of the family.
 READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS
New Britain herald., 1929-08-10

Seagulls from the Great Salt Lake have destroyed approximately 40 per cent of Utah's cherry crop. survey shows.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-10

Miami, Fla, likes tourists-evcn touring birds. The city has been presented four bird baths and drinking fountains for the benefit principally Of migratory fowl.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-10

Wife drsertion has been made a felony in Texas,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
CAPPER WILL SPEAK
AT EMPLOYEES CIRCUS
First Performance to Be Given To-
night Under Sponsorship of
Federal Workers.

Senator Arthur Capper, chairman of
the Senate District committee, will de-
liver an address of welcome tonight at
o'clock at the opening performance
Of the three-day circus sponsored at the
Masonic Auditorium by the District
Federation of Federal Employees Unions.
Two performances of the circus will
be given tonight, tomorrow and Satur-
day nights, one at and the other at
9 o'clock.
There will be a matinee tomorrow
and Saturday afternoon.
Coincident with completion of ar
rangements for the circus. officers of
the federation presented plans for the
erection of a modern headquarters for
the employees union, which the circus
is to aid in financing. A preliminary
sketch of the proposed building calls for
eight floors, with a large auditorium
and a gymnasium. 60X25-foot SWIM
ming pool and other athletic equipment,
library, Office quarters and hotel accom-
modationS.
Results of the Miss Federal Employe"
contest, sponsored by the Employees
Union, will be announced at the final
performance of the circus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
JAMES M. BECK.
BECK TO DISCUSS
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
Law Enforcement Officials Are
Invited to Meeting of
Trade Board.

Leading law enforcement officials have
been invited to attend the next meeting
of the Washington Board of Trade, De-
cember 16, in the Willard Hotel to hear
James M Beck. member OF the House of
Representatives, discuss the judicial
system and the Constitution, on which
he is an authority.
A second speaker scheduled for the
meeting is DR.. Lent B. Epson, director
of the Detroit Bureau of Municipal Re-
search, who will tell of the problems of
police administration in large cities and
of the study and experiment in person.
mel of the Detroit police force now be-
ing conducted. He is also to contrast
the change in the requirements of a
modern police force with those of two
decades ago.
Invited to the meeting are the Judi
ciary committee of the House and Sen
ate, the officials of the Department of
Justice, the judges of the District courts,
officers and past presidents of the Dis
trlct Bar Association, the District Com
mlssloners and the superintendent of
police.
Mr. Beck, who formerly was solicitor
general and is the author Of THE Con-
Stltutlon of the United States" widely
quoted authority on that document, is
TO discuss the Constitution in the light
OF present-day conditions and tell of
problems OF the judiciary in handling
the great burden of modern litigation
and criminal cases.
He Is expected to make some refer
ence to President Hoover's remarks In
MS message to Congress, on the judicial
system and its present effectiveness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
NEW BOILER LAW
STUDY IS PLANNED
Theories of Preventing Blasts
to Be Considered by
D. C. Officials.

Following the decision of the coro-
ners jury yesterday that the explosion
two weeks ago at McCrory's and 10
Cent Store was an accident resulting
from the bursting of defective hot
water storage tank, it was announced
at the District Building today that a
committee of local officials will meet
tomorrow at 10 o'clock to consider
means of guarding against any recur-
renee of such a disaster.
The meeting tomorrow will be at
tended by Col. John w. Oehmann,
building Inspector. p M. Greenlaw,
boiler inspector, and A. r. McGonegal,
plumbing inspector. 1t is also expected
that Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Donald A: Dawson and Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Robert E. Lynch will
take some part in the meeting.
After this committee has met and
considered possible recommendations,
Maj. Dawson will prepare and submit
to Engineer Commissioner William B.
Ladue the report of the findings of an
investigation of the explosion which the
Commissioners last week instructed him
to conduct. Mr.. Lynch said that in all
probability some changes in the District
regulations would be made to minimize
a possibility of such explosions occur
ring in the District These new regu-
lations presumably will have to do with
the sections relating to inspection of
loW-preSSure boilers.
After hearing evidence for three days
as to the death of Miss Elizabeth Daw-
son, the first of the six explosion VIC
TINS to die, the coroner's jury returned
its formal verdict. 1t attributed the
blast to the exploding of defective
storage tank. Evidence had been intro
duced that the bottom of this tank was
not properly welded to the body of the
container.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
SIX ARE INJURED
IN AUTO CRASHES
Three Are Hurt Seriously in
Traffic Accidents Reported
to Police.

Six persons were injured, three of
them seriously, in a series of traffic
accidents reported to police last night.
Nine-year-old Stewart F. Kyttle of
1917 Rhode Island avenue suffered
serious injuries last night when run
down at Thirteenth street and MasSa-
chusetts avenue by a taxicab operated
by Albert H. Mcdonald, "a years old,
Of 1445 N street.
The child was taken to George Wash
ington University Hospital and treated
for severe bruises to the left side of
the head and a possible fractured left
leg. He is expected to recover.
John v. Fry. 81 years old, and Flor
ence Stringfellow, 80, both colored and
living at 1917 Temperance alley, are
in a serious condition at Freedmen's
Hospital from injuries suffered late yes
terday when the machine in which they
were riding and driven by Fry was in
collision at Eleventh and T streets with
an automobile operated by Howard
Grinsley, 20 years old, of BAIT Dent
place.
Machine Overturns.
The man was treated for a broken
left arm and punctured left chest and
the woman for possible fractured back
and internal injuries.
FryS machine overturned after the
collision, pinning both occupants under
meath.
Three-year- Terrell Green of 16
Fourth street northeast was treated at
Sibley Hospital for decorations to the
forehead last night after the machine
in which he was riding and operated by
his father, JEFF Green, was in collision
at Lincoln road and r street northeast
with machine whose driver did not
make his identity known. The operator
of the latter car took the injured child
to the hospital and left before police
learned his name.
Woman, Ga, Is Struck.
Amelia Hemlock, 81 years old, of 1913
E street southwest, was treated at Gar
field Hospital for decorations to the
head sustained late yesterday when
struck while attempting to cross the
street at Sherman avenue and Har-
ward street by a machine driven by Jo-
seph A. Williams of 500 Webster street
DR.. r. A. Daniel of 1861 Newton
street was cut about the face by flying
glass last night when the taXicab in
which he was a passenger and operated
by Robert Durham of 1861 irving
street skidded on the slippery street and
collided with parked automobile al
Fourteenth street and Perry place DR.
Daniel was treated by nearby ply
| sician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05

the building before accoSting Russell is
not known, but the wires of every tele-
phone in that section of the plant where
the robbery was committed later were
found to have been cut. No evidence
OF any locks having been tempered with
or the forcing of any windows could be
found.
Harry Viner, president of the laun-
dry, pointed out that the wires torn
from several telephones were so well
concealed that it would take any per-
son unfamiliar with the laundry sew
eral days tC find them, asserting that
this fact bore out his theory that the
robbery was committed by some person
familiar with the layout of the plant.
Viner also said that his drivers al
ways make their largest returns on
Wednesday afternoon and that the rob-
berry evidence was planned by some one
familiar with this fact. A locked safe
in which laundry tickets are stored, To-
Gated near the safe, was untouched.
Mrs. Margaret Rheily, a clerk, told
reporters that she had seen four men
lettering on the block nearby the laun-
dry entrance on two occasions within
the past week. Ignorant of the descrip-
ton furnished police by Russell she
gave an identical description of the four
the night Waterman said committed
the theft.
Police were probing also two hold
ups and another burglary today
Marvin Dulin, 221 F street, driver
of a delivery vehicle of Page Laundry
Co., $40 E street. reported to police
of the sixth precinct an experience he
had with two colored bandits near First
and I streets northeast, about 3;45
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
Dulin was driving along First street,
he explained to the police, when the
colored men called him to the curb
as if to make an inquiry of him, and
suddenly one of them displayed a pistol
and made demand for his money.
The bandits took between $40 and
$50 Dulin had collected for his en-
ployerS and disappeared. Police were
furnished descriptions of the bandits.
Indicating preference for their par
ticular brand OF cigarette, thieves broke
into the wholesale tobacco store of Will
liam Deiches e. Co.. at 41O H street
northeast, this morning and made away
with 10000 cigarettes, valued at $3.50
Entrance was gained after bars had
been sawed from rear window on the
second floor of the three-story building
Two bandits, brandishing pistols.
walked quietly into the Sanitary Gro
Gerry Co. store at Fifteenth and Swan
streets yesterday afternoon, ordered
Manager Alvin Stephenson of 646 Nor
riS place northeast to stick 'em up"
and escaped with $40 from the cash
register.
This was the second time in three
weeks that the store has been held up.
On the former occasion the store was
robbed by man who answered the
description of one of the pair who held
up the store yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
EXPANSION PLANNED.
PepcO Head Announces Proposed Ex-
penditures of $4,000 in 1880.

The Potomac Electric Power Co. will
undergo unprecedented expansion in
1880, the board of directors having au-
thoriZed extensions and improvements
involving an expenditure of $500, 900,
1t was announced today by William F.
Ham, president.
The largest project involves an addi-
ton to the Benning power plant. esti-
mated to cost S2,5000OO. The plans
Tor the addition, however, have not yet
been approved by the directors.
The program also provides for the
erection of a new Office building for the
company at Tenth and E streets to re-
place the present building at Fourteenth
and G streets, which must be vacated
to make way for the Federal Govern
ment'S building program; improvements
and extensions to the electrical dis
tribution system, and the erection of a
new building at Eleventh street and
Florida avenue on the site of an old
car barn which will house the operating
department of the company. These
two buildings alone, it was said, will
represent an investment of $2,685, 900,
exclusive 81 mechanical equipment and
miscellaneous expenses, which will add
$4,000 to this figure.
Plan New Satisfaction.
Another project in the program is the
erection of a noiseless type substation
in the northwest section in the vicinity
OF Champlain street, which, Mr.. Ham
said, would embody the architectural
features which distinguish the sub
station now nearing completion on 1
street between Ninth and Tenth streets.
E Mr.. Ham emphasized that the build
ing program. although the largest in
the history OF the power company, would
not exceed actual needs for an extern
sion OF the electrical consumers in the
District and adjacent Maryland and
that the board of directors believed the
company would set a healthy example
by going forward with the expansion
program and thus insure sterilization
OF wage levels and continuity of en-
ployment in Washington.
Mr.. Ham also declared that an
earnest study of all the facts and data
concerning Washington and its busi-
ness future point clearly to a continu-
alton OF q healthy growth consistent
with the faith and money being put
into the Federal Governments building
program, and that his company's pro-
gram OF expansion is in line with Pres
ident Hoovers program for the accel-
Grafton of the wheels of industry
throughout the United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
CHARLES T. KERSEY
DIES AT AGE OF 80
Descendant of Thomas Reid, Dec
laration of Independence signer,
Succumbs to Illness.

Charles Thomas Kersey, 80 years old
assistant engineer in the engine room
of The Evening Star for 20 years and
direct descendant of Thomas Reid,
a signer of the Declaration of Indie
pendence, died yesterday at a conva-
lescent home, 2014 Kalorama road, after
a brief illness. His home was in AL
eXandria, Va.
Born in Dover, Del, 1849, the son
of John Alexander and Annie Brereton
Kersey, Mr.. Kersey was related to the
blood line of Thomas Reid through the
Brereton family of his mother. For
nearly a half century Mr. Kersey was
known on the Washington waterfront
as marine engineer Retiring to land
duty 20 years ago, he became assistant
engineer of The Evening Star.
He is survived by one son, Fred w.
Kersey; a daughter, Mrs. Paul Pearson,
and sister. Mrs. Hannah K. Jones of
Wyncote, Pa. Funeral services will be
conducted tomorrow afternoon at
Wheatley chapel in Alexandria, . with
burial in Bethel Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
GOVERNORS NAMED
BY CHEVY CHASE CLUB
Four Are Reelected, With E. o.
Wagenhorst Selected to Sue
coed C. J. Bell.

Four members were reelected to the
board of governors of the Chevy Chase
Club, and a fifth governor chosen to
fill the place vacated by the death of
Charles j. Bell, former treasurer of
the club, at The annual meeting of the
membership yesterday afternoon at the
Willard Hotel.
horst, while those reelected for three
year terms were: H. Prescott Galley,
John w. Childress Kshmead Fuller and
Stanton g. Peelle.
Two governors of the club were chosen
a month ago to fill vacancies created
by resignation--Dr. Loren Jackson and
Capt. Frederick c. Pyne. U. S. N.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
TRAVELLER FALLS DEAD
IN WASHINGTON STATION

Abbott E. Lawrence. 70 years old of
Bar Harbor, Me, a retired contractor
and builder, suffered a heart attack in
Union Station about 4:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon and died before medi-
cal aid could be obtained.
Mr.. Lawrence, accompanied by his
wife, was on his way from Rochester,
N. Y, to Savannah, Ga, and had
stopped here to change trains His
body was taken to Zurhorst'S undertake
ing establishment at Third and East
Capitol streets.
Coroner j. Ramsay hewitt conducted
and investigation and gave a certificate
of death from heart disease Mrs.
Lawrence accompanied the body to Bar
Harbor, leaving here on an early
morning train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
UNIVERSAL WAR DRAFT
PLAN TOLD OPTIMISTS
Col. John Thomas Taylor Explains
Project and History of Amer
lean Legion.

The universal draft proposal, which
would mobilize for the Government in
case of war all the resources of the
country and capital and labor, and
eliminate profiteering from warfare,
was explained by Col. John Thomas
Taylor, chairman of the legislative
committee of the American Legion in
a talk before the Washington Optimist
Club at it's weekly luncheon meeting in
the Hotel Hamilton yesterday afternoon
Col Taylor traced the history of the
American Legion from its organization
at a meeting in Paris on April Is, 1919.
at the Cirque de Paris, and told of its
work since the war in getting through
rehabilitation measures for veterans and
in building up the child welfare work.
It was announced by Herbert b.
Nevius. president of the club, that the
Optimists will not hold a weekly lunch
con meeting next week, this meeting
being replaced by a dinner, which will
be held Tuesday evening at the HamiI-
ton Hotel, at which time 18 new mem
bers will be initiated into the club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
Word, Y, as in Yes, Wins Spelling Test,
And Mrs. Dulin Becomes Champion

mo. not tie The word IS " like
any pipe or any track"
oh" exclaimed Miss Waterman, but
she had to pass the word on to her
rival, Miss Elizabeth Dulin of the All
States Hotel.
Miss Dulin spelled ~" and thereby
won the championship and first prize.
The spelling bee, free-for-all affair
sponsored by the Capital Spelling Club,
was presided over by Elmer C. Helm,
president. The words were put by o.
B. Bowman Of the Government Ac-
counting ONCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
Engineer Breaks Back as He Prepares
For Journey With Wedding at End

While making ready early today for a
homeWard voyage which would have
put him in Jacksonville, Fla, in time
for his wedding on Christmas day, Will
liam Thornton, 32-year-old engineer OF
the barge Capt. L. McCullen Baxter,
broke his back when he fell Is feet into
the hold Of the vessel as she lay at the
United States Engineer dock, near the
foot of Fourteenth street southwest.
Firemen of Rescue Squad No. / and
police of the harbor precinct were called
out to extricate the critically injured
man from the hold, some 80 feet deep.
Great care had to be exercised in hoist
ing Thornton from the hold and over
the icy side of the barge, as it was
feared the slightest jar might prove
| fatal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05

The District spelling championship,
decided last night at Mount Pleasant
Library, hinged upon simple one-let-
ter word.
Forty-three contenders had been
spelled down. But two remained, both
women and we'll matched 1t looked as
though the contest would go indefinitely,
Then the word ~" was propounded.
'Why?" queried Miss Sarah G. Wa
terman, 214 Fourth street southeast.
mo, Y"
"Oh, tie"