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The Washington times., 1929-04-03
University of Virginia
T0 Unveil Wilson Tablet

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April
S.A bronze memorial tablet to the
memory Of Woodrow Wilson win Be
unveiled Ii connection with the JET.
ferson Day exercises ak the Uni.
veratty 0f Virginia Saturday. April
l3. President Wilson was . student
at the university here from 1878 to
1881. and the tablet Il q gift from
the claaaes Of 1926 and 1898.
The Wilson tablet. the work of 1
New York sculptor. ID said to ex-
press the Ideals of Wilson a. shown
ii the Lea ssie 81 Nations.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03

for the second half Of the same Pc.
riOd. according to announcement.
Prof. Joseph n Beale Of the Har.
ward Law School Wa granted sab.
bafical leave ck absence.
Leave of absence during the aea.
demic year &c 1920.3O was granted
to James =. Thayer and Roger 3.
Foster, assistant professors ok the
Harvard Law School.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
Two Harvard Prof fessOrs
on Leave Of Absence

CAMBRIDGE, Mass April !
d. III N.s Two Harvard University
professors win be On leave of ab-
senes during the year ls2s-sO, while
third VIII BE- On sabbatlral leave
The Washington times., 1929-04-03

sHUNS PUBLICITY LIKE FAMED >BROjlTiHER
81 MRS EVA LINDBERGH CHRISTIE, half-sstef cf the
famous fer Col Charles A. Lindbergh shuns the spot
light of publicity like the famous Indy The mother Of
two children she sidestepped the spotlight shining
her brother until few weeks ago when newspaper men
located her &C Red Falls. MINI.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
No Great Reason

American business men, manu-.
fatnrers and bankers haye pushed
steadily allead with tradA prcjocts
,deBpite the ntralnAd r6lati0nsl
Credits have been arranged. ana
business II good.
Consequently, from the purely
material side o9 the question, there
exists no compelling reason Tor 4
change of policy.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03

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The Washington times., 1929-04-03
ID IN Accord

However, Mr.. Hoover sat III the
Cabinets ok two Presidents who
could rot seo their way clear III
recognise the government Get up
~ LeninA and TrotxIkx. ana thus
far there havo been no indications
that ho disagreed With that policy.
And 80 far ~ Russian trade II
concerned. Il is going On nicely
without recognition.
while there ie no American An.
hassad0r at Moscow ana no RUS
alan Ambassador iIs Wanhingtcn.
the Government has not attempted
f0 put any obstacles III the way De
commercial interc0nrse. ana Amer
lean exports to Russia today ara
four times what they Wera before
the war. The value of Americas
exports IN ie27.2s was just under'
800, ,000. 900, q very reapectallle kis.
stfre under the circumstances.
The Washington times., 1929-04-03
SOVIET RUSSIA
problem FOR
HOOVER

The adSsnt 81 tlie nsr Mcvoor
adlninistfatlon h&n asAin brought
% The front ii aeiiiusk5n tht
question of whether thkrs ii likely
10 be any change is the G6ttfhs
mems policy Of noprecoRnit of
Soviet Ru11ia
Friends Of RdSsian rseoxhifion
have had hopee that under III.
Hoover some FrStt fofWerd step
might be taken % restore relations
now severed Tor matter of some
~ years.
They haye based tllass hDpah
largely upon The new Presidents
keen desire % push Americas t0fs
sIgn trade into ever widening chans
nela, and 70 some extent upon SEM
at0r William E. BorAhss influence
III the new administration. B0fah
has long been an adtochte of renos.
nising Rjnsaia- the mos stable
government II Europe, as he calls
II, and a., indeed. Il ls
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09

gold dollar. of the standard weight of 25.S grains.
 c. What is the value of a United States two cent piece dated 1886?
 A. There are no such coins. Coinage of U. S. two cent pieces was discontinued in 1873.
 Q. If all the persons who were killed in the world war were in one big hall, and were to march out in single file, one person each second. how long would it take them all to get out of the hall?
 A. There were approximately 1o,000,0o0 deaths in the world war It would take therefore 10,000.0o0 seconds or q little more than 2,777 hours for all Of them to leave the hall in single file.
 o. What three states have the greatest area?
 A. Texas. 265.So6 square miles; California, 15S.297 square miles; and Montana, 146.997 square miles.
 c. What is the capital of Ecua- dor?
 A. Quito.
 O. What three states have the smallest population?
 A. Nevada, 77.407; Delaware. 244,ooo and Wyoming, 247,00o.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
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SOVIET AyAT0RS
 FINISH FIRST HOP
Omusk to KraSnOyarsk Next Leg
 on New York Trip

OmsH. Siberia, Aug. 9.-UP)- The airpfane Land of the Soviets" Russia's candidate for international flying fame was being refuelled and tuned up here today for the next leg of it's journey from Moscow to the United States. via Siberia and Alaska.
 The Soviet plane hoped off from Moscow at 2:50 a. m. Thursday and arrived at this point, 1850 miles from the capital. in less than If hours, or approximately 100 miles an hour. The next jump will be to krasnoyarskh, a comparatively short distance away.
 The plane, which is manned by four of Russia's crack aviators- Semyon Shestakov, Phil Bolotov, Boris Sterlingov and D, Fufayev- will make the 12.500 mile voyage in easy stages. The fliers expect to fly across 10 Alaska and then follow down the Pacific ocean until they reach Seattle.
 From Seattle the fliers proba ply will proceed to New York, via Cali fornia and Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
25 Fears Ago Today

Thomas Devine, local runner. will participate in the races to be held in Waterbury tomorrow under the auspices of the United Foresters as- scciation. Michael Welch will be the starter. Other sprinters from here are planning to enter the meet
 The biggest crowd in the history Of White Oak to attend an evening" S entertainment was present last night. The Connecticut Co. was forced to use all of it's available cars.
 A band from Meriden came to this city last evening to serenade a friend who was married here. The band was unable to find the bride groom and caused considerable ex- citement as they played on Main street. A crowd of 1000 quickly gathered and it was necessary to call the police.
 The physicians were out practicing today in paration for their base ball game next week with the law ycrs.
 No -yuuHS liltl itpol'eu Iou"s that they saw an airplane flying over the town. They said that it was diff ticult to distinguish the plane.
 Coroner Taintor came to town to- day and examined a number of per sons in regard to the BosWorth murder. There are no new clues as far as is known.
 The ITnionville nine will clash with the New Britain team at Rentschlers s park on Saturday.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09

was informed in no uncertain terms that if he didn't deliver and trust. he could rest assured that he wouldn't get the trade of the workers when the strike was settled and they had money to pay for their food. Many grocer came dangerously near bankruptcy in those difficult days.
 Other instances, duly confirmed. showed that strikers borrowed money from their grocers or butchers several times a week and frankly admitted that they had to have it to go to the movies"
 Another man tried to touch" a prominent merchant for s5, asserting that since he wasn't working he just had to have the money to pay for gasoline to run his car over the W bph -bIfi.
 This is not an argument against trade unionism. which, of course. has long since proved it's worth, but it is an interesting sidelight on Amercans versus Englishmen, when on strike. It is doubtful if the English are quite as nervy and independent as some of these New Bedford strikers proved to be.
 Now that arbitration seems assur- ed in the English situation, it is to be hoped that nothing will occur to halt the proceedings. England is los ing money to other markets every day it's mills are idle, even though they may not be operating on full time. and it cannot afford 10 have 1,- 000.0oO idle workers on it's hands for long
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
Observations On The Weather

Washington. Aug. 9.-Forecast for Southern New England: Show CTS tonight; Saturday partly cloudy; not much change in temperature; moderate north shifting to west winds.
 Forecast for New Haven and vicinity: Showers tonight; Satur- day partly cloudy.
 Conditions: The pressure is high on the north Pacific and south At lantic coasts and low between the Rocky Mountains and the Missis sippi river. Showers have occurred during the past 24 hours along the coast from Florida to Maine, and n wide strip from New Mexico northeastward to Michigan. The greatest amount of rain reported was :30i inches at Amarillo, Texas Moderate temperatures prevail in the northern districts.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity partly cloudy weather with light local showers.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
THE PASSING OF ANOTHER
 TROLLEY LINE,

Yesterday witnessed the first steps in the passing of another line of the New Britain trolley system into oblivion It was announced that the Connecticut company planned to cease the operation of the electrical cars, tear up the tracks and use buses just as soon as the permission of the Public Utilities commission could be obtained. It will not be long forthcoming, this permission, if the company really desires to make change and we assume it does We presume that it will make haste to provide service with jitney buses which will be as good at least as the trolleys have been giving,
 Into the limbo Of the discard goes another section of a service which belongs to the past If memory serves us right this branch of the service is the second to be discon- tinued, the short Arch street line having been the first. The Berlin line. as such has ceased operation, through cars run over the tracks part of the way. Conditions are somewhat different this time, how ever, and the discontinuance is be- ing gone about in a more business like manner, throuhg the assurance of good service with more modern and more, mo bile instrument than now exists. The Arch street line was discontinued in what appeared to the outsider to be fit of pique on the part of the company. Disheart- ened because of lack of patronage and competition with an independent bus company. the trolley outfit just quit, leaving it's equipment to stand where it was and where part of it now stands in utter disregard of the ethics of the situation wherein community had given the rights of its property in return for service and a well rewarded service at that for some time.
 However, in those days the Con- necticut company had not yet thought of running buses in lieu of trolleys, but a few pioneers had car ried the iitney idea to any extent. The company felt that it's rights were being lnfringed upon and acted childishly. Today the company has found that it's trolley systems. with the possible exceptions of some of the longer interurban runs cannot hope 10 compete with the automobile and has a respectable fleet of it's own running on the more desirable routes, thus effcctually shutting off competition from outside sources, guaranteeing to the company that it can keep exclusive rights on such streets as it chooses to run. Should any particular line start to lose | money it can be discounted with m losses caused by the removal of old equipment.
 The Francis street line is 10 go and the tracks are to be removed
 all Of which is fair enough and as it should be providing the trolley com. l pany in return for it's right of pas
 sage over public thoroughfares gives the public reasonably good 1 service.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
Bolt of Lightning Bobs
 Swedish WOman's Hair

UP)-How lightning performed an involuntary hair bobbing on a wom an in Bonneberg, near here. has just heen toud by the victim. Mrs. Signe Paulstroem.
 A heavy thunderstorm passed re- gently over her house. Lightning struck it and Mrs Paulstroem was rendered unconscious, When she awoNe she found part of her hair burned off by the lightning and her hair pins melted.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
Tries Suicide 8 Times,
 Gets Only Crack on Jaw

Noice, France, Aug. (P-To an Italian pianist, Antoine Gagliero, goes the worlds record for perse- verance in trying to commit suicide. He made eight attempts within 12 hours but could not manage 10 kill himself
 Making three attempts 10 drown himself twice throwing himself be- fore automobiles; once trying 10 shoot himself with a waterloo revolver, once trying to cut his wrist with a dull table knife, Gagliero was saved by officious bystanders every time.
 Taken to the police station, he tried to obtain detectives revolver. The nearest he came to death was when the officer floored him with q right to the jaw.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
ENGLAND'S STRIKE SITUATION

Constructive steps toward arb tration of the English textile strike were taken yesterday by representa- tive of the council of the trades unions congress. The strike has now been on 12 days-but 12 days have been enough to show that vide spread suffering is the result Of lack of employment for the 1,000,- 00O workers involved. Bread lines are an everyday sight in the textile towns of I.ancanshire. A few more weeks and the plight will become even more serious.
 The dispute, strangely enough, has not been marked by any vio- lence. News dispatches state that not even any bitterness existed when the workers walked out. Here, at least, is novel situation. The union workers apparently realized that the owners were hard hit by slump in business-and yet they knew that they could not live on the wages offered them, So. quite calmly, they struck.
 England's workers cannot afford to remain out of work for long in many of its industries Wages in the average trade are by no means as high as they are in America. Lux uries that the average American has grown to accept as matter of course are unknown in many Eng fish families. Savings accounts. un- | doubtedly, are proportionately low CT. comparison of the same classes in the two countries will show Therefore the wolf is much nearer the door of the English worker | than he is that of the American in the same trade.
 In this connection it is interesting to compare the attitudes of the two groups of textile workers-those in England now out on strike and the men and women who worked in the mills of New Bedford. Mass, at the time Of the recent labor troubles ! there. New Bedford workers in the largest textile walkout anywhere in the United States in several years struck for more money. And here are some authentic instances of the attitude of the strikers:
 lt became the custom to order groceries from the. usual source without any idea at all of having the money to pay for them The grocer
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
Special for the Day!

(By Ruth Frances tIellcr)
 ''I says ta him, I says Va think we're fresh, don't-cha? says. Think we're fresh. pinchin' guyls. huh?' I says. We'll I says 'yaint half as fresh as va think yarr,' I says. va ony think we're frcsh-' an onessly, he tuyNed tha color a that salmon salad there, he onessly did. He wonever gefrcsh wimme again. but onesslv. Rernice. l think issaWful the way these birds gefresh an pinch va ancverthin' an 1 onessly never Givvim any reason ta gefresh. I says, Va think a guyl has no self-respeck. huh, annat she's gonna let va gefrcsh an pincher an everthin' iuss because va feel fresh, I says, We'll l says, va cant gefresh wimme. sec? An if va gefresh, I'll tell the manegcr,' says an. l says tha manager don't allow no customer ta gefresh with any a tha guyls,' I says. 'an' any how l says, 'yain't so fresh as va think yarr.' I says, an he shut right up an didn't say another wuyd. Not another wuyd. Onessly, he was scared ta eat his soup-it was comical. Bernice. onessly it was comical. Now woon't you a done what I done tolm? Sure. 'Sthe ony way ta treatum-theyl gefresh every time they get a chanst if va don't showem va self-respeck I says. You think ye're fresh. don't cha? 9 I says, an he tuyned juss that color a that salmon. Onessly. Bernice, I was mad enough ia put that soup inniz lap an va woont "a blameme if I done it-gettin' fresh an pinchin' me aneverythin. An he wasn't even ood-lookin, tha fresh thing.'
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09

seashore, the maria geable daughter looks her best in bathing suit. | We'll if exposure to sunlight en- hances beauty, it's high time to re- move stockings from some of them.
 Criticism is much like a lawn mower, It does most to the ones that are highest.
 Doubtless the idea for slow motion pictures was suggested by a book agent comprehending the word mo-"
 Americanism: Working hard to develop foreign markets: overlooking the fundamental truth that the butcher can't get money 10 buy bread if the baker doesn't buy meat
 Another infant industry that is beginning to need protection is the one controlled by the stork.
 There are tests of valor even in peace time-for instance. a tooth that is menace and yet doesn't ache violently.
 These are prosperous times. Think how much salt pork and corn meal the southern textile worker can buy with his s14.65 a week.
 country road has one advantage You get the bumps from beneath in- stead of fore and aft.
 Tariff: Some kind of complicated mathematical business the average man doesn't give a darn about so long as he is prospering.
 You don't feel so superior 10 haysoed when you ride in the coun- try and observe that he makes grass grow without a sprinkler.
 Some people. Alas! are good for the same reason that a toothlcss old maid doesn't elope with a handsome young millionaire.
 You see. the tariff keeps out cheap foreign shoes, say. and so the darned foreign shoe mnker is prevented from getting the money to buy our surplus wheat.
 Correct this sentence: T am re- luctant to rest" said the sick man. "hecause l enjoy work. and not be- cause think the business would suf- fer in my absence"
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
PARKING AN AIRPLANE

The vacations problem Of the members of the New Britain Aero club is one that many of us can sympathize with. It seems that the local fliers have money enough to buy an airplane, but no place to land with it in New Britain. Result: There won't be an airplane for a while, because New Britain has no airport
 All this may sound like the be- ginning of another editorial favor ing an airport, but it isn't. Instead it is little retrospection concern ing similar predicaments.
 Quite few years ago we knew of a mana very "fleshy" man - who decided to buy a car. He had driven other cars, roomy cars, and he had heard very good reports on the general qualities of a certain low priced and popular make of auto. And so, without the formali- ty of demonstration, he ordered one delivered. It arrived in his ab sence from home and was parked by the salesman in shed behind his house. The next day the new owner went out to try it out, with the whole family all polished up for the big thrill. Aunt Emma in South- ington had even been informed that the family was going to drive down in the new car. And then the hitch cropped up.
 The father of the family found that his corporation" was so large that he couldn't crowd himself in under the steering wheel.
 What 10 do? There were three al ternatives; one, 10 take the IS day
 
 Hollywood diet; two. to have the company take the car back; and three, to sit over on the right hand side of the front seat and try to drive from there.
 After considerable stalling of the n ,yit> ot,I capes, the owner finally succeeded in learning to drive from the right hand side of the seat. He swears to this day, though. that his legs grew at least six inches while he owned that car, as result of stretching to reach the pedals. It also became a family honor to be allowed to lean over the back of the front seat. from the rear compartment. and pull on the emergency brake which in those days. and in that make of car, was located at the extreme left of the drivers section.
 Of course there are other in stances along the same lne-viz, the man who built himself a garage for his car and then found that the car was too long to drive all the way into the building. 5-ita.. Us
 But If the Aero club wants 10 give us all real thrill let the members buy the airplane and take off and land on some highway. the way an aviator in the southern part of the state did the other day. This is not recommended seriously, but might serve for some adventurous flier.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
LOSSES IN WESTERN FOREST
 FIRES

Fasteners, with their cramped horizons hemmed in with hills, can get little idea of the magnitude of the forest fires that are sweeping many of the western states and sev- eral provinces of Canada. Thou sands of acres of valuable timber have been burned thus far, and in many localities the flames are still raging almost unabated. Success has marked the efforts of hastily recruited armies of fire fighters in certain districts, but in general the loss is still mounting Only heavy rains are likely to stop some of the fires.
 Lightning, strangely enough, is blamed for many of the fires. The storms that accompanied the flashes did not thoroughly soak the trees the charge had hit however, and
 
 so forest fire that soon spread over the whole sections of states was started To avoid further dan- ger of fire, man originated, a num- Der of states have banned tourists from the forest areas, for a time at least.
 The loss in timberlands far ex- ceeds, of course, the damage done in short hail storm that so con- cerned Connecticut. Some of the forests are privately owned, others are state or national preserves, and still others no one lays much claim to, so they presumably belong to the state. Nevertheless, regardless of ownership, it is heartening to hear that every able bodied man who can possibly be spared from other duties for the work is pitching in and helping to stamp out the fires. Co., operation in an emergency such as faces these western states is an Ideal thing-in fact it is proba blv the salvation Of many thousands of dollars worth Of valuable timber,
 In many of the sections of the west, 1t must be remembered if would be almost impossible for a forest fire 10 burn itself out, The timber lands extend for miles in all directions Fire feeds eagerly on the trees and would approach the pro- portions of a national catastrophe unless checked. And so the men Of inc stricken states have gathered to tackle the heart t-breaking task Of
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09
A Suburban Credo!
(HV q Suburbanitc)

l believe that people who live in the city are not quite as nice as those who live in the suburbs.
 l believe that city people are con stantly angling to be invited out for q weekend.
 I believe that few people in the city ever get a sound nights sleep.
 l honestly believe there is some peculiar property in the air here which makes people sleep like logs
 l believe that l am going 10 get the price l ask for my house.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-09

setting back fires, digging trenches that they hope the flames cannot pass and beating at the steadily ad- vancng tongues of fire. Surely these western states are to be congratu- lated on the stamina of their citi- zens.