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New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

The growth Of lawlessness. accord- ing to the President. is due only in part to the 18th amendment In this he undoubtedly is correct, con- sidering that for more than 70 years there has bsen discussion of the fail- ure Of the law and the increase in crime Again we quote from Presi- dent Hoover:
 Many influences had increasing ly complicated and weakened our law enforcement organization long before the adoption of the 18th Amendment" The nation would have to consider the preblems ef redistributing the functions Of the federal machinery of justice. sim- plification of legal procedure, pro- vision Of additional tribunals, better juries, and more effective organiza- tion of prosecuting agencies. The whole system of justice. tho Presi- dent said. was Fin many respects ill., adapted to present-day conditions" and fits intricate and involved rules of procedure have become the refuge of both biz and little criminals"
 Having again referred to the sub- ject in hts first address as President. when he said the failure of the country's system of criminal jus tics was the most malign of all the dangers" threatening the nation. and elaboratins upon this view aev- en weeks later in his address to the Associated Press. the upshot was tho formation of the National Comnis- ion on Law Observance and Enforce ment to study the subject and sus- gest remedies
 The President has been criticized for not sticking to his previous promise, uttered during the cam paisn. to appoint an investigating commission to ascertain how prohi- bition is working, or why it doesn't. This criticism. however. pales in view Of the discovery that of the total number of convictions for felony in 1928. less than eight per cent came from violations of the prohibition law.
 The nation will study tho report of this commission with care. and if it is found that practical sugges- tions are made to improve the law enforcement process toward crime generally it will insist that Congress act in accordance with the susses. tions. It is true. there have been previous crime-study commissions. and their reports have been quite thorough. But this is the first that il predicated upon White House in. huence. and it is to be assumed that its suggestions will have White House backing when the time comes for action.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
WHILE NEW ENGLAND SLEPT OTHER SECTIONS WERE AWAKE

WHILE NEW ENGLAND SLEPT OTHER SECTIONS WE'RE AWAKE
 Just after we got through reading one of Governor Trumbull's recent statements about how industry in New England needs airplanes to carry goods to market in order to compete with goods of western manufacture we came across a state- ment by somebody (name forsotten) who stated that the trouble with New England remains that it is too conservative. And then we reflected as to who was right.
 If conservativtness means, in part, . fear to take hold of | new thing and push it then the forgot ten stranger, we think. wins on at least one count.
 Everyone has had occasion to realize the enormous importance at- tained during the last half dozen years by the radio receiving set man. ufacturins industry. New England had as good . chance in this in- dustry as any other section of the country. Indeed. it takes skilled labor to make receiving sets; or at least it takes skilled operatives of intricate machinery New England is supposed to be the home of skilled labor; and it always has been in . position to manufacture the myriad of metal appurtenances that 70 into receiving set.
 But where does New England stand today in this industry We are forced to admit that she stands somewhere in the rear.
 It is true that one of the first re. l ceiving sets manufactured was made in New England, and one of the first-if not the very first broadcasting station was built in New England. Which took place in West Medford. Mass. New England. therefore, can be said to have had the jump on any other part of the country in the radio industry; but by the time the Massac chusett. product got fairly we'll stabilized in trade channels along flocked other receiving sets and loud -throated horns reaching here all the -ay from Oakland. Calf.
 Today. 10 the best of our Knowl- edge. there are only tw, makes Of receiving sets made in New England Most of our sets" come to ,s from Philadelphia, Chicago. Rochester Cincinnati. Long Island and New York. New Jersey-everyuhere ex. cept from New England.
 It is the same story as that told in connection with the developmen, Of the automobile. except that the same alibi is no possible. In the case of the automobile it was claimed that the Middle West was closer te the steel output; and anyway. Henry Ford happened to live in Detroit in. stead of in New England. and tha made a difference. In the case oI radio receiving sets. however. it ha. never been a question of steel ir quantity. but metals that merel, needed fabrication. New England had the machinery and the men fol
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
CITY'S MARBLE HERO BATTLES FOR HONORs

The boys who played ln the nrst marble tournament six years ago are new too biz for that sort of thing" Dominic Cartelli. however, WAo has been identified with four such tournaments. began early in life and he is still in his prime as . boy marble shooter. Indeed, he is at Ais best. . veteran who last year was runner-up to the national cham. pisn. By this time he also has the typs of experience that avoids be- iAe rattled when the biz moments cene. not even when scores of tele. grams arrive from the home folkA es was one of the sources of dis .astsr last year.
 The public is ever ready to wor. sAtp at the shrine of some indi- vtlual who has attained fame. Car. tslli. should he win the national campionship this year. will bs such n individual. He will be the hero of New Britain.
 For seven years national marble tournaments have been held. The aee limit being IS years. few of these who participated in these events when they began arc in Ocean City today; and those. like csrtslli, who are close to the age limit and have had experience. are mest likely to be the chief con- tsnderA
 Marbles has become a major sport It has proved it's right to survival There must be | good reason behind all this. Yes. there is one. We find 1t in the rules. in the referees and in the players. The marble game as played in the Toledo tournament, and in similar enterprises the coun- try over every spring, puts its main streas on character and honesty, on skill and determination. The thou saads of boys who play in it each year learn these lessons better than by preachment. And as in every other sport that is more than q fad or vogue. these lasting values are what keep the game alive.
 The trip to the scashore that awaits the winner. the zest Of com petition and the thrill of winning mean much. But they alone could not have made marbles the most popular of boy games. with over ( million youngsters taking part in tournaments the country over Play. ing flor fair" and learning to be game. win or lose. that is the rea thing. more than amusemen. or en. tsrtainment. that youngsters are get. ting out of marbles.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
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THE HONEST ROOKIE

An elderly and very simple -mind- ed old lady in London was noted for her heavy contributions to all sorts of good and charitable objects. Her minister one day asked her why she never went out personally amongst the poor and needy and pointed out that a tremendous amount of satis. faction was to be got by noting the expressions of wonder and delight to be seen on the faces of those re- ceiving sudden gifts of shillings and half crowns from a kindly disposed person.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
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 Britain Herald, and youf lsttes will be forwarded Q New York.

Let's start the Summer Right! Summer days used to mean berry
 ing-time, Meadows to cross and rail-fences to
 climb. Remembering the fun, Folks. let's
 all do our share To make this buryinE time for
 each care!
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

We note that one motorcyclist who registered 80 miles an hour vas caught by one of the city's dare devil motorcycle cops. And suffered fiAes on three charges. Bravo! We ae not know If this vas the sams individual we have referred to on several occasions. but trust the mo. tercycle cops to do their duty some more If it happens that one or two of the 80-milers are still at large.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25


 MT. Sinclair is profiting by his early study of pharmacy, but doubt less he has moments when he wishes he had studied law instead.
 The Altoona Mirror says there are 100000 dess in America. Just s.sss.s9s now. A certain woolly one get in our faverits chair again.
 The new tariff bill is unfair to the crossword puxzlers, also. It lets in the emu and says nothing about the Egyptian sun sod.
 The test of true love is the ability to sing while scraping cold fried esg from plate.
 will last if you keep part of the street torn up all the time to save wear on the weak spots.
 Experts have settled every detail of the reparations problem except the date of the next conference to discuss rductions.
 Sir Thomas Lipton chose the right year to try again. Rank out siders seem to be winning all the horse races this time.
 Americanism: Enduring slaps from the cows tail because you are too lazy to tic it up; finally losing patience and killing tho COW.
 You can use State troops to quiet strikers. For that matter, a red rag will smother . bull if i,-s big enough.
 The Geographic says nomad tribes of Asia use fermented mares milk as an intoxicant, DO our white mule isn't unique.
 Dr. Mayo says you can keep young by living as the young do It won't work, Doctor. You can't get rich by living al the rich do.
 A peddler of alien birth usually understands all common words in our language except mo"
 If your clothes stick to leather furniture in hot weather, apply a little of the glue used py the Gov ernment on envelope flaps.
 The next great task for science is to control the weather" The idea being to ret enough rain for the greens and nor enough to inter- Ter with play.
 'The increase in the price of stocks added t300,000.000 to the na- tion's wealth." Fine! NOW let's say land Is worth $500 an acre and the farmers will all be rich. Correct this sentence: Y won't sentence man." said the judge, flor an offense of which I am guilty"
 Copyright. 1929, Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
TO ALL SAD COMEDIANS

TO ALL SAD COMEDIANS
 By Edwin A. Kautx Always, from the dawn of time, Harlequin and Pantaloon, Weary of the pantomime. Crave a less uproarious task.
 Tire of playing the buffoon. Long to wear the tragic mask. Great comedians, low and high, Confidentially explain They would lay their spangles by And, before another day.
 Act the Melancholy Dane. If they only had their way. And the critics and the crowd,
 Sitting in the judgment seat, Half ashamed to laugh aloud, Cry the merry.andrew down.
 Interrupt the laughing feet. Call for pathos from the clown. Never weaken, Harlequin,
 Never falter in your part; Flaunt your everlasting grin For the. banner of Cause!
 Only laughter warms the heart, Laughter is the true applause!
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
Accommodating!

Accommodating! It had been laundering for quite a while, and the continuous runa- bling seemed to irritate Freddie. He sat on the porch steps, shift inK his chin from one palm to the other and quite obviously enduring the noise.
 At last his patience was ex- hausted.
 For goodness sake. God" he walled, would you mind keeping still up there?"
 Mrs. l.. C. Willing
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
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New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

At last moving vehicle has been found that pays no attention to traf- ac lights. But it was . milk wagon attached to a runaway horse.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
A BACKWARD NATION IN CRIME PROCEDURE

IN CRIME PROCEDURE
 The United States has advanced rapidly in virtually everything but the administration of ju.tlGe.
 A faulty administratiG V justice has contributed to the widespread contempt Of the law.
 This attitude is reflected in vsri. cus forms. including the high crime rate.
 One cannot help agreeing with the statement of Dean Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law School. when he summed up current criticisnn of the backwardness of legal institutions as follows:
 American law was formative at a time when it took Washington twelve days to ride from Philadel. phia to Cambridge in an emergency. Our legal institutions belong to an era when General Grant took nine days to travel by river boat, canal and rail from Ohio to West Point. In short. transportation and communication have made of the land one vast oversrown hetArosene. ous community. but our legal institu- tions speak from the time of smali self-suhicient local communities"
 Sensing what was wrong and un. derstanding it. William Howard Taft, at the Yale Law School com. mencement in 1905. uttered the fol. lowing succinct words:
 T Srieve for my country to say that the administration of the criminal law in all tho states (thers may be one or two exceptions) is . disgrace to our civilization. /. The trial of . criminal seems like . game of chance with all the chances in faver of the criminal: If he wina he seems to have the sympathy of a sporting public"
 Woodrow Wilson. while serving aa President, said American judicial procedure was many decades behind that of every other civilized coun. try in the world. He added: The actual miscarriases of justice. be. cause of nothing more than a mere slip of . phrase or a mere error in an immaterial form, are nothing lest than shocking. The procedure in our courts is antiquated and a hindrance not an aid in the administration o1 the law
 Even as far back as the sos Grover Cleveland took note of tn. open criticism of the decisions oi the courts which. all at once, ha, become fashionable"
 Said criticisms were due in part tt what Woodrow Wilson later referred to: Due to, "a mere slip of phras, or a mere error in an mmateria form
 It is a fact that members of tn, bench and bar and laymen whs have taken the time to give the mat ter thought have deplored the con dition of American law for the pas 70 years. During all that time rs forms in the system of administerin, | justice in the United States hay, been bruited. without material sue cess.
 Now President Hoover has takei it up. One can with profit re-reac what he stated in hts inaugural ad dress of March {. 1929:
 T propose 10 appoint a nationa commission for a searching investi gation of the whole structure of ou federal system Of Jurisprudence. l. include the method of enforcement or the 18th Amendment and tn causes of abuse under it. Its purpos will be to make such recommenda tions for reorganization of the ad ministration of the federal laws an court procedure as may be found de sirable."
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

And this week we are to have heavyweight prize fight. What we need to better advantage is some heavyweight rain.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

The outline. entitled 'The Mer- chant of Venice" which comes to us with the signature. w. Shakes peare." but with no further hint Of the authorship. strikes us at once as a composition of great power. It is full of action. It has color and force. and the leading charac- ters are strongly marked.
 We wish to recommend it's im- mediate adaptation for the film. but at the same time to propose a few incidental changes necessary to make 1t q success.
 In the first place the character. shylock, must not be Jew, as this would needlessly antagonize large section of the public. To avoid all offense it woud be better to make him . Mexican
 A further point to notice is that there are too many Italians in the piece and not enough Americans. It lacks patriotism. We would suE- gest that either the entire scene s,c removed to Venice. Illinois. or else that the principal characters. such as Bassanio and Antonio. be made American visitors to Venice. and for the Doge we substitute the Con- sul General Of the United States.
 We would like to replace Portia by one of our great criminal law yers. leaving Portia as his stenog- rapher.
 We think that the piece would gain in scenic quality by the intro- duction of canal scene at night, by the drowning of one of the char acters, perhaps several. in the Grand Canal at midnight. and by the introduction of the Spanish In- quisition and the massacre of St Bartholomew These features would add historical interest. while the American character of the film could be stressed by the insert of I picture of the Supreme Court a, Washington.
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 Tailor (making his suit): "Now | what kind of a cut do you want ?" Butch Delaney (absently) Either a flat guarantee of 3100.. 900 or the privilege of 90 per cen at the Sate!"
 Marjorie Feist
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

Toledo, in Spain. was the first los cality to practice the art of paper making. This happened in the early llth century.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
The Bait!

Garruth: Your department cer- tainly made good time in getting here. How did you do it?" Small Town Fire Chief: "Hee-hee! told them they was a-goin' to . parade"
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New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

When ladies are fishing, do you call 1t broad" casting?
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
Facts and dEdncies
BY ROBERT CULLEN

Nobody likes to work at night. no wonder the law doesn't.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

THE MERCANT OF VENICE Technical Report on Its Adapta- bility for the Movies
 By stephen LeacocK
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

The new tariff bill is unfair to the crossword puxzlers, also. It lets in the emu and says nothing about the Egyptian sun sod.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

The Altoona Mirror says there are 100000 dess in America. Just s.sss,s9s now. A certain woolly one get in our faverits chair again.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
Even the Child!

Even the Child! Corlies: "Harper's child was named after it's mother" Greene: Yes; everything he's got is in his wife's name."
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

The test of true love is the ability to sing while scraping cold fried eeg from a plate.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

MT. Sinclair is profiting by his early study of pharmacy, but doubt less he has moments when he wishes he had studied law instead.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

Arthur Jaffray
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

No telling how long . pavement will last if you keep part of the street torn up all the time to save wear on the weak spots.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

Experts have settled every detail of the reparations problem except the date of the next conference to discuss rductions.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-25

fhe sely profitable advsrtianS medium ie tho City, Circulattea s0eks ane pre0 eeem alvayo onoH te alvertteefe.
The Washington times., 1929-01-26
De SOTO To Be
SHOWN HERE

Behind the unparalleled success
Of the chrysler.built Desota six.
which comes to It's first washington
automobile show with a sales and
production record unmatched by any
other car during the first five
months OF production, is the story
Of a strong and successful dealer
body organized and perfected in
space Of time so short as to be
amazing even In this day Of fast.
moving big business.
In planning the DeSoto six Chrys-
ler had In mind a definite market
which up until last August was not
being satisfied by any other motor
car producer. This market was In
the field Of six-cylinder cars selling
at well under q thousand dollars.
The demand, as sensed by Chrysler.
was for q larger, more luxurious,
more powerful and more dependable
car than could at that time be Sc.
cured in this field.
Fleetness Sought
In deciding to supply this market
with the type Of car It wanted, q car
possessing the typically Chrysler
characteristics OF fleetness, flexibil-
ity, mechanical stability and modern
design, Chrysler was faced with the
problem Of assembling dealer or
ganization entirely separate from the
organization then engaged In mer-
chandising Chrysler cars.
"No sooner was 1t rumored that
Walter r. Crysler was about to
sponsor a new motor car that in-
quiries and applications for dealer
ships began to pour in from dealers
all over the country" says L. G..
Peed, DeSoto general sales Lam
ager. "Indicative or the great faith
placed III Mr.. Chrysler by AUTO
mobile dealers and the public gen.
orally was the fact that these men
sought the DeSoto six franchise
without definite knowledge Of the
new cars price, type. or specifica.
tions. The mere fact that 1t was
to be a Chrysler car was enough
for them.
Dealers Lucky
'aThose dealers who foresaw the
The Washington times., 1929-01-26
) Makers Increase Production to Meet 1929 Demand
HAS SET
new VOGUE

with individuality as It's watch.
word and with the most famous
engineers in the country collaborat.
ing in its design. the Buick Motor
Company has set a new vogue with
the 1929 Silver Anniversary models.
in the opinion of the more than
100000 owners to whom new cars
have been delivered since the an,
nouncement July 2s.
For individuality in motor car
design, according to G. w. Church
i'll, general sales manager, Is lust
as essential and in az great demand
az individuality in wearing apparel
in homes. or in any personal be.
longing.
"Thus Buick. feeling that the
time had come TO strike a new
note, called into consultation the
foremost artists and craftsmen in
the nation and with their assist
ance developed the Silver Ami.
versary Buick" Churchill declared.
Softly rounded contours follow
ing closely the fashion trend both
in Europe and America replaced,
the straight lines OF old, Intensity
ing the lights and luster of the
rich body colors, which were de.
veioped after a search of the entire
universe for prevailing color schemes.
Nineteen models make up the
Silver Anniversary Buick line. on.
the 116-inch wheelbase. with the "A
horsepower motor. are the two,door,
ftve-passenger sedan; the five.pass.
enger phaeton; the wopassenger
business coupe; the four. pa ssenger
special coupe, and the five. passenger
four-door sedan.
The four.door. ive-passenger close
coupled sedan, the four.passenger
sport roadster. the wo.passenger
business coupe, the four-passenger
special coupe, the -four passangar
coupe and the five passenger sedan
on the 121-ineh wheelbase with the
81 horse power motor. and on the
729inch wheelhase. with a similar
motor are the seven-passenger tour
ing car, the seven-passenger sedan.
the five-passenger close-c o upled
sedan, the four-passenger de luxe
convertible coupe, the five passenger
sport phaeton. the five. passenger
sedan the five passenger coupe and
the seven-passenger sedan-limousine