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New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
THE FUTURE OF THE AIR MAIL


 4 weakness of the air mail as at present constituted lies in the fact that time is lost in transporting air mail overland to reach the nearest airport. and again overland from the last airport to the city of a letters destination. This weakness does not apply, of course. where air mail pro- ceeds between metropolitan cities, or between airport terminals.
 Until this weakness is rectified the air mail will not advance to its maximum of efficiency.
 Fortunately there is way 10 rectify this weakness, and it is be- ing done. That is to have an airport at every center of population. Each city. then, could be city of call for the air mail-not necessarily the speedy planes which would travel between the big cities. but for local service between the large main dis tributing centers and the smaller cities.
 For instance. by 1885 there will be one or two air mails which will make nonstop flights between New York and Boston: and there will be local" planes which will fly between New York and intervening cities such as Bridgeport, Waterbury. New Britain, Hartford, Springfield, etc. It may be that there will be three or four local planes day. some of these stopping at certain city airports and others at other ports. In this way there will be direct air service given to the lage cities and the small cities alike.
 This, of course. is only our guess; and it is one that did not come from Postmaster Erwin. the top man air booster of this city. But we think the postmaster will agree. if only on general principles.
 In two years the volume of air mail has multiplied II times. This unprecedented advance is likely to continue. and the time may not be far distant when all first class mail will go forward by air mail, and at no greater cost than for the price of a two-cent stamp. It may make some conservatives dizzy to contem- plate the prospect. but 1t would be no greater advance relatively than has been made in the past short life of the air mail.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
25 Tears Ago To-day

w. H. Caldwell and Max Cnkel- bach attended the banquet of the State Civil Engineers in Hartford last night.
 The machinery has been installed in the new power house at Black Rock, but the cables have not yet been laid.
 The American Paper Goods has notified the selectmen of Berlin that it will hold the town responsible for any damage caused by the breaking of the Moore or Kenmore dams, which are believed to be weak.
 Eggs and potatoes are the disturb ing elements in the produce market at present. Potatoes now bring $1.19 a bushel and may go 10 $1.25. Eggs are selling at 5 cents a dozen.
 Mir. and Mrs C. J. Parker and Mir. and Mrs. r. C. Platt Of this city and Mir. and Mrs. Savage of
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
Observations On Me Weather

Washington, Feb. 9.-Forecast for Southern New England: Rain Sat- urday and Saturday night; Sunday partly cloudy and colder.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Snow or rain in north rain in south portion Saturday and Saturday night. Sunday partly cloudy; colder in south portion.
 Conditions: The disturbance that was south of the Rio Grande Thurs day night has moved east northeast ward being central off the Louisiana coast. The northeastern disturb ance is central near Belle Isle Pressure is high in the region of Hudson Bay.
 The outlook is for rain Saturday and Saturday night in southern New England and for snow Saturday and Sunday in northern New England. IL will he colder on Saturday in southern New England.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09

tisa ia New Britain has bsea asked to awtAeriss the axpsa1iture q tSsbee Ger thu psspesa.
 h 1iAdlstewn, C6an.. pobdeetiea es the real sstats assessment roll was begun several years aSe. TAs flrst ume. oopies sf the booklet wsrs mailed te all Fsaf estate own. era printing saA mailing amounting to tt,soo. This year the cost tor printing is 3l.S0e. compilatioh. services of typewriter operatcrs $500. AiddIeto'wn with . population sf about 3t.o0e is about one third the sise of New Britain.
 The advantagps of the plan ars obvious. With such booklet in the hands of every lawyer. bank official. builder, real estate agent and many owners showing the sise of each lot, the cubic contents of each building and the assessment for each item. there would be little inducement for any man to try to deceive or brow. beat the assessora. An advantage = gained would bs good ordinarily for but one year.
 It may bs urged that any one may 90 to the assesaors records and check up the assessments. Plausible hut untrue. even where access to al the data is afforded. An expert ac. countant or real estate expert with ample time on his hands may ex. tract the necessary figures and com. pile them in such fashion ds to make conclusive showing; the ~. craze man cannot.
 Any real estate ofice can fur. rish enough examples of unsatis. factory, unfair. assessments to prove the need of action.
 Like the Town Clerks Office. the Assessors office in New Britain is understaffed. i
 Yours truly,
 J. B. ALLEE.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
WOOL AND DIOGENES

Again an important manufacturing interest has registered violent disap- proval of an attempt to increase the tariff upon the product it consumes. Manufacturers of woolen clothing, citing the duty of 31 cents a pound on raw wool, made the further point that this rate applied only to the clean content of the wool, so that the duty actually is boosted 70 per cent above the -Aldrich tariff; and as a matter of fact as deduced by the research board of the industry. by the time the material reached the consumer the latter paid a tariff duty of 93 cents pound on the wool in his clothes, which approxi- mately amounts to $4 a suit on an allwool suit of clothes.
 The wool schedule of the Payne. AluTlcn act was attacked and de- nounced as gouging; yet today after the rates have been boosted as stat ed, the infant wool industry believes it requires still more protection.
 Whether the industry has been benefited by the high rates is doubt full. How many. for instance. buy and wear all-wool suits-not all-wool suits according to trade nomencla- ture, but actually suits made of all woolen fabric?
 Most of us don't know what we're wearing; except that it costs plenty and doesn't last long enough.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09

during the last 20 years new inven- tions. including the automobile. have come into general use and that there arc . muVttudo of what can Do termed independent business men who are engaged in serving the pulp lie in new ways. Automobile dealers. accessory dealers, repair shops and even filling stations certainly are owned by many independent bus iness men. No automobile plant in the middle west. however large. could prosper without independent business men handling cars in vir- tually every hamlet in the country.
 Another recently developed indus- try is the radio business. Perhaps not many business men handle these instruments exclusively. as is the case with automobiles; but the in- dustry has been a godsend for in- numerable independent merchants of many types. There perhaps is no modern invention that is handled by so many different types of bus inesses. although it primarily is musical instrument.
 The readjustment in some lines of trade no doubt has been rigorous. First there were the mail order houses-which from their inception were a bugbear to small communi- ties-and more recently there have been the enormous development of chain stores. When the situation h analysed. however. one finds that the chains deal in more standardized goods, and If everyone had absolute ly the same needs there would be no doubt that independent business men would be unnecessary. But we are not built that way. The function of independent merchants is to cater to all the wants of the community. It is possible, for instance. to buy some kind of lead pencil in five and ten, but to make a choice of many varieties of leads. from the hardest to the softest. and many varieties of brands, one inevitably is forced to go to a regular stationery shop. This is only one of hundreds of ways to illustrate the point.
 Many people in the community de- sire credit and are willing to pay for it. just as they would do were they to borrow money from & bank. Others desire delivery service when they buy high-class goods, and are willing to pay for it. Others want local service of various kinds. Noth- local service of various kinds. All of which remains a function of individ- ual merchants.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
CONTRIBUTED
ALLEE MAKES REMARKS ON
 ASSESSMENT COMPILATION

ALLEE MAKES REMARKS ON
 ASSESSMENT COMPILATION Editor:-
 The New Britain Herald. Sir
 The proposed increase in the tax rate in New Britain is . serious matter for many people.
 Before increasing the tax rate care should be taken by the Finance Board and the Common Council to have any serious inequalities in the real estate assessments corrected. This has not been done.
 The work of the assessors is . difficult and in the main a thankless job. particularly when an attempt is made to increase substantially the assessment of an individual dis posed, and able, to contest strenu- ously such increase however fair, fully justified. 1t may be.
 There is . means of correcting, automatically to a degree. such in. equalities. This is by publishing the assessment roll. This plan has been used successfully for many years in New York city and elsewhere. The Board of Finance and Taxa
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09

Alas, you know it's 8 circular let ter If it needed an air mail stamp to make it seem important.
 Two can say "charge it" as cheaply as one.
 North Carolina pays the second largest Federal tax" Yes, but she collects 1t from cigarette smokers. Does the man who milks the COW deserve more credit than the one who feeds her?
 If you do evil you will suffer. "But," you say. T did evil and no harm came of it." You are mistak- en. You may have done something men call evil, but obviously it wasn't.
 Amcricanism: Laboring to get rich so you can enjoy life; dying rich without having had time to en- joy anything.
 It's only a question of time until some scientist kicks ill with the theory that all of the energy is con- tained in female atoms. Brisbane thinks airplanes could destroy our battleships, but those little South American countries haven't any planes. It's hard to decide whether this generation abolished hell or just i anticipated it.
 Aw. what's the use? By the time evolution produces . pedestrian who can leap over cars, he'll crack his head against low planes" When some doctor experiments on dog to discover means oi curing mans disorders. people call it cruel however little the dog suf- fers. Why sacrifice poor dupb brutes for the good of man?" they ask. Then they cat steak from a steer that fell bawling when knock ed in the head. or perhaps order l and eat raw oysters-presumab bly, alive.
 Little book review for today: '"The Great Galilean" by Robert keable Little, Brown < Col An ! effort to prove that Jesus. thoug D a mere man, would be a sufficient God if men would accept his teach ing instead of Paul's. A book to interest laymen and enrage clergy men.
 Correct this sentence: Girls of your age." said the mother, didn't even think about boys in my time.
 Copyright, 1929. Publishers
 Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
Traxxled Nerves Recover From Threat of Flood

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 An individual frequently faces situation which draws his nerves taught. Tense moments are not un- known among individuals in this high pressure age. That situation was multiplied . thousand fold Thursday morning when many resi- dents looked from tho windows of their homes and view with terror a flood that threatened to engulf them. For the first time in their lives. many persons experienced the horror that their fellow countrymen face in other parts of the country when spring freshets rush down upon their homes and property.
 But divine providence has en- dowed mankind with tho faculty Of readjusting himself to nearly ali physical conditions and mental strains. Az danger passes. nerves re. lax and become normal. Consequent ly householders who few hours ago were in a state of fear for themselves and their families, to. day have recovered from the shock and aside from damage to material possessions will consider the situa- ton simply another event in their lives.
 Damage to property does not tell the whole story. Several thousand employees of two factories were forced to abandon their productive efforts for the day. They lost their income for that period and the in-
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
THE NEW CONTINENT

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 After many disappointments. Commander Byrd and his crew looked down upon success - dis covery! There, thousand feet be- low was human habitation.
 With the elation that comes to great discoveries. the nose of the huge plane was pointed earthward. Here in the midst of the great Ant arctic Polar Region, they had found a land of verdant green. and . race of unknown men.
 They made . perfect landing upon a pleasant land. warm and inviting. They saw running toward them. men of this new continent, and they awaited them with humping hearts.
 These men, undoubtedly, woubG know nothing of our world, our language, or our customs. What kind of a welcome would they re- ceive?
 Commander was preparing to greet him. but the man of the strange land was the first to speak:
 Guess I'll have to give you d ticket~Don't you know better than to park your plane or our golf course:"
 But we are from distant coun- try" the Commander explained, How were we to know your laws?'
 "Yea. I've heard that before." an- swered the Polar Cop. with cops usual repartee, you can tell it to the Judge."
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09

about ready for another little kiss, . cop flashed his light on us. Hey. what you doing?" he asked very kindly!
 Nothing" I replied in a weak voice.
 Then get theIl outta here" and the big brute walks over and sits down by my Maizie!
 W, E. Went
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09

When rle governor has much work to do he works overtime. When the Judiciary committee of the Legis- lature is similarly beset it does not work overtime. But, when the gov- ernor works overtime, he earns bills: while the judiciary committee only handles bills. There is difference.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
INDEPENDENT BUSINESS MEN

Known to everyone is the fact that vast changes have taken place in the texture of retail trade within the past few decades. One writer claims that business men the coun- try over have decreased 90 per cent in the last 20 years.
 That depends somewhat upon what one regards as independent business men. Such q decrease may be a fact in certain standard lines: butt it should not be overlooked that
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09

0OoE0 o1 EIMAAC0 t'Oe6
 Brings FasFost0 1rOws
 The 12 men who sit as members of the board ef finance and taxation at the long. grssn-covered table at the oilics of Mayor Paensssa. and endsavor to digest In three or four meettnSs, ls budgets prepared by as many departments of the city Gov- ernment. and from them prepare . schedule of estimated expenses and income for . fiscal year. have no small job before them.
 It is almost inconceivable that any one man would have thorough knowledge of the detail and the problems that % into the opera tions of the many agencies which make up . municipal government. Yet these men must and do have. considerably more than . passing acquaintance with them.
 This afternoon the chairman of that group. Edward F. Hall, will meet with the chairmen of commits sions and % over estimates with . fine tooth comb. Those items which appear to be possible of elimination will be marked for the pruning shears to be yielded at . meeting of the subcommittee, Monday night. and the entire board will be in ses- sion later in the week to review. accept or amend the committee's report.
 Next, . common council of 70 members. has its say. Here 1t is pos- sible to upset the entire job of the board of finance when council members who. it is to Do hoped at least. have studied the budgets, arc in a position to increase or decrease the tax rate by adding to or detract- ing from the projects favored for the next fiscal years undertakings.
 The evidence. .is now all in and is in tho hands of the jury. Tho com- nlissioners who head the various de- partments have testified to the best of their ability, to the need for new streets and sewers: for additional policemen, automobiles and motor- cycles: for extra firemen, new house and new apparatus: for . municipal sanatorium: for extensions in the system of collecting. storing and distributing city waters; for golf course, improvement and beau- tification of the park system; for greater appropriations to maintain the educational system, and for tho many other projects which have come before the finance board.
 It is a serious undertaking to sit with comparatively small group of men and say which of these projects are not needed for the welfare. safety and happiness of s0,000 men. women and children. Review ing the financial conditions Of the city and of its taxpayers, 1t is a mat ter for deep consideration to deter mine how much more of . tax bur. den can be withstood.
 However. such is the complexity of service on the board of finance and taxation-of those 1c men who sit at the long, Ereen-covered table at the office of Mayor Paonessa.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
But They Win Not Fight . Duel Over 1t, NOs'r

Representative Thure Bensston nnd Stanley J. Traceski between whom tho best of friendship exists. have been at Logger heads" lately over the way the new judge of New Britain's police court is favoring the democrats of the legislature. Every time Traceski, who is assistant clerk of the house of representatives reads bills. he reads them to the democrats. It 70 happens that the clerk of the house. when reading. faces the republicans, and Traceski. the assistant clerk facing opposite him, reads to the democrats. Repre- sentative Bengston claims that he is going to take measures in order that the majority gets an even shake with the minority when 1t comes to acoustics. The assistant clerk counters with the statement that the democrats might just as we'll hear about the bills now, for later they won't have . chance.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
WATERING IN LOUISVILLE

Louisville. Ky. Feb. . M-Mis- step. Leo J. Marks great three-year- old, which was one of two horses of his age to enter the list of 310O.- 600 winners during 1928. is winter ing in the barn of Joseph E. Wid- encr. president of the WestchesteT Racing association here.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
Terrible Sport!

Terrible Sport! Madge: I'm never going out with Harry Boucher again." Elsie: What's his ailment?" Madge: He promised me he would take me to . nice. quiet place where we could get something" Elsie: Didn't he?" Madge: Yes. he took me to the library and got me . book!"
 Charles Boum Copyright. 1929. Reproduction
 Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
Legal Aid!

It was a moonlight night, but [
 knew a bench around the other side of the shrubbery. and so l pi- loted my girl friend Maizie thither- ward. Well. the first thing I did was to ask Maizie for a kiss. She said No. 50 I kissed her. Gee, but Maizie sure knows how and why and where and all about kissing. Then when 1 was getting my breath. and
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
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New Britain herald., 1929-02-09

Those critics who say Senate speeches change no votes aren't thinking of the votes back home as the Senators are.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09

Elephants are keen neither of sight, of scent. nor Of hea'ing n comparison with other jungle in. hAbitAntA
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
While We &hjyer'

While We shiveF2 Worse than the comic valentine More sure to get our goAt. That Palm Beach postcard. "Weath. CT fine,
 Too warm to wear . coat"
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09

If you would judge a man, ob- serve whether green grass prompts him to speak of poetry, sheep or golf.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
1Ss,000 Killed, lso, 900 Injured TrespassinG on Railroad Tracks

During the last g years, 166,0o0 people have been killed and 16s.. 900 have been injured in the United States. due to being struck pr run over by trains while trespassing or walking on railroad tracks or bridges, and unlawfully riding on freight and passenger trains, it is stated in . report to tho steam rail. roed section. national safety coun. cil. by T. H. Carrow. superintendent Of safety. Pennsylvania railroad.
 These facts mfke tho staggering total of 326,o00 deaths and injur-' ies," MT. Carrow states Tor an average of $500 per year." An i'm. provement has been made in recent years. and the average is now about 5000 a year. Describing these fa- talfties as . needless waste of hu- man life." MT. Carrow makes the follow suggestions:
 Do not walk on railroad tracks or bridges.
 Do not allow children to play around ralIroed tracks or stations,
 Do not crawl under or between cars.
 Before crossing tracks at cross inss. stop, look and listen to se4 if a train is coming. and after q train has passed make sure no other trains are approaching in either dt- rection.
 Do not crawl under crossinr gates when they are down. Stop un- til train passes.
 Do not allow children to play around turntables, cranes, cars or other railroad property.
 Use the streets and highways in. stead of the railroad tracks in so- ing to and from work.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-09

The hyphen in "co-ed" indicates the combining of two things. such as education and husband hunting.