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New Britain herald., 1929-09-24
JUDGE SENTENCES
 NEW JERSEY MEN
Trio Given States Prison Terms
 in Bridgeport Today
PLANNED ROBBERY TRIP
Old Offender Also Gets 90 Years as HabitlIal Crim:naI-Syra"us and Bethlehem. Pa, Want Men For HOldupS. Court Told.

Bridgeport. Sept. 21 lP)-Charlcs Cooke of Bclmar. N. J., Michael Taslicr of Irvinston. \. J., ana Henry Chapman of Newark were sentenced to state prison by Super for Court Judge Alfred C. Baldwin today for carrying concealed wea- pons in motor vehicle, their sen toncc on this charge being not less than four years and six months. nor more than five years and eight months.
 The mon with girl, were arrest ed in Stamford Saturday morning, Tasllcr whose alias was pakasch,
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-24
Eddy-Glover Corps
 Going to Louisville

Eddy-Glover posts drum and bugle corps of this city will be in competition with corps from all over the nation at the annual national convention, of the American Legion in Louisville, Ky, next week. The state ex- ecutive committee authorized the trip this afternoon. The corps will represent Connecticut.
 Thirty-fve men will make the trip and it is expected they will return home laden with prizes.
 Details will be announced at a meeting of the corps this evening at post headquarters.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-24

ed cars and repairing them.
 Clerk Bells figures on the oper- alton of cars other than those of the police department were illus trative of the cost because the oth- cd departments reported Compar1- lively small expenditures outside tn" garage. The police department, from January 1927 to September 1929, spent $l3S4.44 for repairs and accessories elsewhere than at the garage, while the board of water commissioners spent only $l5.90; the health department $$017: the public welfare department $t415; the park department $@G2.50; pub lie works department $1S0.03. Ask
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-24

cern-Scn. Brockhart Present to
 Join Examination - Opposition
 Undcrcurrent Exists in Appoint
 mcntS, Observers Believe.
 Washington, Sept. 4 R)-Chair- board today related his past connec- tions with the farming industry and with the International Harvester Company before the senate agricul- tural committee which began con- sderation of the nominations Of board members who have been serving under recess appointments since the board was organized early in the summer.
 Two Men Absent
 The entire membership of the board was present at the committee session and 15 of the Y members Of th9 committee were at hand. The two ahSenteC senators were Nor ris, republican, Nebraska, and Ship stead. farmer-labor, Minnesota, the former having notified Chairman McNary of the inability to be pres cnt and the latter being i'll.
 In addition to the committee members Senator Brookhart, repub- hcan. Iowa, was present and was permitted to participate in the ques- tlonng of the board members
 In opening the hearing, Chairman McNary explained that it was GUS tomary to call appointees for inn portant offices to examine their qualifications.
 Chairman Le2se then was called tQ testify taking a seat at the end or a long table surrounded by the 1G senators. In response to ques- tioning from McNary. he said that ne had served as head of the inter- national Harvester company and that prior 10 his work with that con- cern he had long been connected with agricultural pursuits principal ly livestock.
 Holds Railroad Stock
 He said he held B. >small fraction of one per cont of stock in the Harvester company, adding that he had no connection whatever with any grain exchange, but that he had a few shares in railroad companies.
 An undercurrcnt of expectation of some lively exchanges over a farm relief program was present at the capitol as the members ot the farm board were called by the senate committee to explain their plans for making agriculture more prosperous.
 Hope to Reveal Plans
 The commttec is charged with examining the board members pre- paratory to making a report to the senate on their confirmation. and there had been indications tha: some senators would take this op-
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-24
IrN 10 SunnrnSs NAT

Shanghai Sept 24 Chiang kai Shck, president and commander in chief of the Chinese nationalist government with other military leaders at Ranking today continued strenuous efforts to suppress th" threat Of civil war in the Nangtsc
 W0ntinMed on naEe TW0D
New Britain herald., 1929-09-24
CLANCY SENT TO JAIL

Hartford, Sept. 24 P@Joseph C. Clancy, 2G. of Hartford, scion of q wealthy family. was sentenced today by Judge Arthur r. Els in the su- pcrior court for robbery with Vio- lcnce in Hartford July IS. to state prison from three 10 five years. The case agalnst his young wife. Eva Clancy. was noilcd.
 Clancy held mp d gasoline station proprietor, 3 drug store manager and customers in the store and then q grocer, obtaining $40 in all.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-24
Brought Out In Evidence
Ignorant of Employment

Washington, Sept. "A P}-Thc presidents of two of the three ship building companies which sent Will liam E. Shcarcr, naval propagandist, to the unsuccessful 1927 Geneva naval limitations conference knew nothing of his employment and the records of their firms failed to show payments to him.
 Having put that information into it's record, the senate committee ln- vcstigating the matter today called the man who arranged the meeting at which Shcarer was hired as an "observer and reporter for three companies at Geneva, together with Homer l.. Ferguson. president and general manager of the Newport News ShipbuildinG and Dry Dock Corporation, to complete his 1oSti- mony, and Frederick r. Palcn, vice president of that company
 Ferguson, like Eugene Grace. president of the Bethlehem Ship building Corporation. told the com- mittee that Shcarcr was employed without his knowledge He said that Palcn hired him on behalf of his company. and he didn't know about it until after the Geneva conference broke up. and didn't approve Of 1t.
 Paid from "Petty Cash'
 Ferguson said he learned that Shearer had been paid $lS.0oO from a merchant marine" campaign fund of his company, although the rec orls didn't disclose the payments. The committee learned from s. w.. Wakeman, vice president of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, who hired Shcarcr for his firm, that it's share of the payments were made from q petty cash fund and was given to Henry C. Hunter, counsel of
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New Britain herald., 1929-09-24
FALLEN ID BLAME
 IN SHEARER CASE
Admits He Was "More Respon-
 Sible Than Anyone Else"
FERGUSON GIVES EVIDENCE
Newport News ShipbuildcrS Tell Of Employment of Naval Propaganda iSt in 122G-Nlarinc Bin Passed soon AftcrWard.

Washington, Sept 9i RJ--Frcd- crick r. Palen, vice president of the Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Corporation. testified to- day before a senate Investigating committee that he was more re- sponsible than anyone else" for en- ployment of William B. Shearer aG the $25,000 "obserVcr and reporter" of American shlpbulders al the un- successful 1927 Geneva naval limi1a- tions barley,
 He said that Shearcr, who has described himself as an advocate of q big navy, first had suggested he be scnt to the naval barley by the ship builders.
 Conducted One Campaign
 This, Palcn explained, was after Shearcr had conducted a merchant marine publicity campaign for ship building companies in 1926 for re- muneration of $500.
 T am more responsible than any one else" the witness said, flor Shcarer's employment because l had the definite thought of keeping in mind the trend of the conference on account of our work on cruisers
 Homer l.. Ferguson, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock corporation, testified also that Alpcrican shipbuildcrs first en- ployed William B. Shearer in 1926 for work in connection with the merchant marine campaign.
 Brought Out In Evidence.
 This was brought out as the com mittee continued it's inquiry into the activities of American shipbuilders at the unsuccessful 1927 Geneva conference.
 Ferguson said he knew nothing of Shearcr's employment in 1926 al though he had discussed the matter with him once.
 It Was about this time that ship ping legislation was before congress and shortly thereafter the Jones' White merchant marine act wss passed.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-24
SENATE QUESTIONS
 FARM BOARD HEAD
 ON QUALIFICATIONS
Formal Inquiry Prior to Ratii- cations Of Nominations EX-
 peCted to Develop Into Quiz
LEGGE OUTLINES WORK
 IN AGRICULTURAL>FIELD

Says He Holds Less Than One Per Cent of Stock in Harvester Con- ccrn-scn. Brockhart Present to Join Examination - Opposition Undcrcurrent Exists in Appoint. mcntS Observers Believe.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-24

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Average Daily Circulation For yspt' wssh s1st Hnd'ns '': l5,1O3
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
Those in the cast Of Can

front rank. Those In the cast Of Can
Under the direction of Gilbert Miller,
Reginald Owen is at his best as Prince
Rudolf, handsome, philandering rene rem.
OF the Middle Ages. In a role which
casts him first as the prince and then
as the princes valet SO that the real
valet can have his inning as prince,
he dominates the action and contributes
largely to the plays success.
The story rests entirely on the trans
position of a prince and his valet and
a baroness and her parlor maid. The
prince goes out for the evening and
the valet steps into his shoes. The
parlor maid drops in, posing as her
mistress. Just as the prince" and the,
baroness" are breaking the ice, the
real prince returns. He steps into the
role of valet to carry through the de-
ception. At the end, however, the real
baroness appears. Not averse to little
fun herself, she puts on her maid's
costume and drops in on the other
three. The farce ends abruptly and
the characters are paired off according
to social standing.
fame, appears as Marie, the maid. She
does we'll with the unfamiliar lines.
Leslie Howard takes the part of Joseph,
valet to the prince.
Others in the cast are Robert Eng
fish, as Baron Won Rischenheim; Betty
Schuster, as the baroness; Rita Vale,
as Liserl; Duncan McRae, waiter, and
Jack Carlton, the chauffeur.
The play itself probably will never
stampede American theatergoers, but II
one is seeking bit of light and funny
chit-chat, the firm of Rudolf Joseph
and Marie will furnish the best that
can be had.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
ADJUSTMENTS

NATIONAI-"The Front Page"
1.-THE Front Page" by Ben Hecht and
Charles Macarthur, comes to the Ma
tional this week as the seasons opener
after a long and successful run in New
York. The play is presented, with the
original cast, by Jed Harris.
After many long-suffering years OF
gross and insulting Misrepresentation as
a nice young fellow who wears a note
book, solves the murder mystery, con-
victs the mayor, scoops the town ana
marries the owners daughter, the news
paper reporter has been jerked out OF
the city room put on the stage and has
come into his own. Those who find him
In his new locale will be shocked to
death, especially the professors OF jour-
nalism. For your real newspaper re-
porter seldom carries a notebook, sell
dom solves a murder, seldom convlcts
the mayor, seldom scoops the town ana
never marries the owners daughter.
You may like him and you may not
He. of all persons. does not care. But
If YOU are anxious to make his acqualnt-
ance and see him in his element to ftnd
out what he does and how-see The
Front Page"
There are newspaper men who Will
deny these brothers of theirs at the
National this week, who will sniff in
any such person. They will condemn
the play as libel and a scandal and a
fearfully false indictment of their noble
calling. But if they have newspaper
blood in their veins-the blood that
turns to printers ink when news is in
the air and press times rolling round
their hearts will race and their fin
gers itch when the curtain rises on the
first act. And when it lowers they will
make a Decline for the nearest tele-
phone to get the city desk on the wire.
For Ben Hecht and Charles Macarthur,
each of whom used to be newspaper
man myself" have written newspaper
story Of for and by newspaper men.
They have painted an accurate, If not
a pretty picture. And If that be trea-
Son-make the most of it!
1.-THE Front Page" is satirical farce.
AS such, it can exaggerate and over
draw and become insanely hyperbolical
whenever it chooses, yet not be held to
account For it Is satire, and those are
some of the legitimate weapons of satire
and burlesque. But unless satire is
based on truth. it loses its strength, and
1.-THE Front Page" is no weak infant.
It can be true without being typical.
In reply to numerous questions heard
here and there at the National last
night, most of which expressed the
query, do all newspaper men talk and
act like that?" it is advisable to state,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
AMERICAN i. OPENS.
ITS AUTUMN TERM
College of Liberal Arts Re-
ports Prospect for larg-
est Enrolment.

School opened at American University
College of Liberal Arts today. with reg.
istration for the first semester. and
prospects for the largest enrolment in
the history of the young institution.
Under direction of DR.. George B.
Woods, dean of the college, matricula-
ton examinations were held today both
morning and afternoon, and former STU
vents registered. New students will reg
lister tomorrow.
The enrolment, according to DR..
Lucius C. Clark and Dean Woods Is ex-
pected to be around 800, for the nth
academic year of the college. The
School of the Political Sciences, and the
Graduate School, at 1901-1907 F.street,
known as the downtown schools, will
open next week, registration starting
Thursday.
The first formal chapel exercises
opening the year will be held Thursday
at Hurst Hall on the campus, when
Senator Tess of Ohio will speak.
Chancellor and Mrs. Clark enter.
tanned in honor of the new members OF
the faculty last night at their home on
the campus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17

GRAY ENSEMBLES are also
~ popular for Fall. They have a
tendency toward the slate shades in
which blue or brown are used.
These ensembles. for the most part.
are for town and business wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17

1s-foot embankment z miles south of
wichita. The dead: Arthur Remer. %:
Donald Thornberg, %, and Miss Dor
othy Ballard, II, all of Wichita.
Her hip broken, Miss Billy Barnett,
81. wichita, walked and crawled half a
mile to farmers house for aid. Remer
the driver, had RELEASED the steering
wheel for a few seconds to assist Miss
Barnett. his fiancee, put on her coat,
when the car left the roadway. Her
life probably was saved by the bodies
of her companions.
The four young people had attended
a dance. Relatives said Miss Barnett
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17

righteously and Indignantly, mol" For
newspaper men and newspapers are not
entirely beyond the pale. They nave
both the virtues and the weaknesses OF
the rest of mankind in general. There
are gentlemen among newspapers ana
newspaper men and there Is a sum-
GENTLY large sprinkling of cadS and
lunatics among both to give the profess
sion as a whole a saltier tang perhaps,
than one finds in most callings. There
are more Hildy JohnSonS in newspaper
work than in the law or in medicine. In
fact, there's one on almost every news
paper. But all newspaper reporters are
not Hildy Johnsons, and a good many of
them cover other fields than police
headquarters and hangings at the jail.
Lee Tracy, as Hildy johnson, who
wanted to leave "the game" some day
and go into advertising, has already won
his spurs and needs no new laurels here
and the supporting cast. is. universally
strong. Osgood Perkins managing edi-
tor Walter Burns, may talk too fast
to be clearly understood even by those
familiar with his jargon, but that is
just as well. Antoinette Crawford and
Frances Fuller are excellent in their
portrayals of those two types Of fenii-
ninity of which one hears most, while
Claude Cooper and Willard Dashiell
as the sheriff and the mayor, do their
part to make 1.-THE Front Page" about
the liveliest and fastest moving thing
seen here in many long day. But If
easily Shocked-try some other form
of entertainment this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17

Russia, once said that the best tea he
ever tasted was prepared by a Cossacla
who. after making an infusion Of tea
in a saucepan, set it on a stove until
it was nearly boiling, when it was pro-
claimed ready to drink without any
other ingredients. But such tea is often
previously favored by the addition of
some blossoms or leaves. 8ffF-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
The Tea Of the Russians.

The Russian method of preparing tea
is coming into fashion again, and, in
deed, there is nothing more refreshing
than cup of clear tea on which q slice
of lemon is floating. Sugar is added to
taste.
DR.. Sigmond, telling Of his travels in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17

Because Of present economic condi-
tons in Australia the government will
curtail Its public works improvement
plans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
THREE KILLED, ONE HURT
IN MOTOR CAR PLUNGE
Driver Relinquished Wheel to As
sist Fiancee With Her Coat
and Crash Followed.

BY the Associated Press.
WICHITA, Kans., September IL
Three persons were killed and a fourth
was injured critically early Sunday
when their motor car plunged over an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
BELASCO-"CandIe Light"

Candle Light" P. G. Warehouses;
adaptation from the German Of Sieg-
fried Geyer, had its American premiere
at the Shubert-Belasco Theater last
evening.
The way the first-nighters warmed up
to this London comedy success proved,
if nothing else, that it's not the cards
you hold, but the way you play them
that counts.
The plot is so old that 1t is approach
ing its second childhood, and the single
set is simplicity itself. In America.
where the gulf separating a prince and
his valet is not thoroughly appreciated,
! the situations are not sufficiently
humorous in themselves. To put this
| play across, the players must be Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17

and Remer had quarreled, and that last
nights date" was their first since they
had become reconciled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17

More than $4,000, 900 aeronautical
products will be exported from the
United States this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
Brown

= ROWN ENSEMBLES are the
- present demand among we'll
dressed men. New subtle tones
are used in suits for town wear,
whereas quite bold tones are used
in suits for sports.
The Washington times., 1929-08-15
INSURANCEHE
IS SPEAKER
HI HNN

william G. Pierson, president of
the Bankers Fire Insurance Com
pany of Durham, n. c., addressed
the members OF the Associated Bush
ness Mems Club at the Whitelaw
Hotel yesterday.
Thomas ]. r. Faulkner, an Ameri-
can-born naturalized citizen OF Ii
IBERIA, and defeated candidate for the
presidency of the little West Afri-
can republic, who was to have
spoken before the body on the al
legged slave trade in that country
was Unable to be present. Mr.. Pier
SON outlined some Of the business
problems confronting the negro bust
ness man@in this country and a way
to overcome them.
The club appointed committee to
complete final plans for the entain-
fnent of delegates to the National
Bankers Association meeting which
conVenes here September 10 and 20.
Members OF the committee include,
DIR. John r. Hawkins, president and
Edward Baker. cashier, both Of the
Prudential Savings Bank, and w. III.
C.. Brown, president and w. H. Car
ter, both OF the Industrial Savings
Bank,
The Washington times., 1929-08-15
ZEP IS SK|RTING
SHORES OF
BAL TIC
tconIInuea from FIrst pagel

NSSs.hiAAsNN AA0th 0AeS GaSeI
berg. The Zeppelin was then max.
ing a speed OF 81 miles an hour.
with but four OF her five motors
operating. The fifth motor was
cut out to conserve the Graf's fuel.
supply.
All on board is going well and the
passengers are all enjoying the
magnificent panorama OF scenery
spread out beneath the ship.
When we left Friedrichshafen this
morning some Of the passengers
were sleepy and. as nothing could
be seen in the darkness, they went
to bed.
William B. Leeds, OF New York;
Joachim B. Richard. OF Boston, and
Lieut.. J. c. Richardson, OF the
United States Navy Air Service,
were still asleep when the ship
passed over Berlin.
It was q thrilling view when we
crossed the suburbs of Berlin and
then flew across the city with the
streets and squares lying beneath
us like chess board.
The Graf reached the Baltic at
sos p. m. washington tiu1e), and
should be over Moscow by dawn
tomorrow.
All on board were happy over
the good progress made.
The Washington times., 1929-08-15
Z, FACING CHAIR EATS HEARTILY AND READS MAGAZINE
Log Of Zeppelin
On World Flight

NEW YORK, Aug. Is (I.N.S.1
Following Is q log of the progress
of the Graf Zeppelin since begin
ming her rOund-tke.IcorId flint as
compiled BIZ international News
Service. Washington time through
opt.
WEDNESDAY AUG. 8
1I:40 D. m.--Left LaIxehurst, n. J.
on flight to Friedrichshafen.
THURSDAY. AUG .
I2:45 =. m.--CircIed statue Of
Liberty, New York HarbOr, marking
official starting time Of world flight.
SATURDAY. AUG. II
100 a. m.--I.anded at Friedrich
shafen, completing first leg Of world
fIightln s. hours and 20 minutes.
WEDNESDAY. AUG. IA
1875 D. MELT Frledrichshafen
bound for Toxic on second leg Of
world flight.
THURSDAY. AUG. is
ABS a. m.-Paased over Berlin,
400 miles northeast Of Friedrich
shafen.
$40 q. m.--Passed over Steffen on
edge Of Baltic Sea.
S:O6 q. m.--SaiIing over Baltic Sea.
8:55 a. m.-Passed over Danzig.
1915 a. m.-Passes over city of
Koeningsberg on eastern shore Of
Baltic.
Il:i5 4. m. passed over Tilsit on
Lithuanian border.
The Washington times., 1929-08-15
p 7 I Sd j RG H
AIR Line OPENS

Aviation as measure toward in.
ternational peace was lauded today
by William p. MacCracken. jr., AS
sistant Secretary of Commerce for
Aeronautics when he opened the new
Washington.P pittsburgh Cleveland air
service, at Hoover Field.
Miss Dorothy Mills, College Park,
Nd, of the travel division of the
American Automobile Association,
christened the plane which took off
for Cleveland today. The Washing
tonian." The plane is the first OF
commercial interests to open up the
West for air travellers.
1t carried Victor l.. Baker. and
Robert Mcknight. Of Pittsburgh; w.
o. Rogers. of Washington, of the
air travel division of the A. A. A..
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Ball. Ball
is operating the new air service.
Secretary MacCracken praised the
Postoffice Department for its work
lin leading the way for flying. Re-
Gently returned from Europe. he
said he was convinced that the
United States was making more
progress in this field than any other
country,