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New Britain herald., 1929-07-31

c. On what mountain did Noah's Ark rest? A. Mt. Ararat is the traditional resting place. ...
 Q. What relation are the chill dren of first cousins to each other?
 A. Second cousins.
 Q. Did the Graf Zeppelin go to Texas when it visited this country?
 A. It did not fly west of the At lantic coast states.
 0. When did the big land rush in Oklahoma begin?
 A. April 22, 1889. Later rushes occurred on the opening of lands in 1891, 1893, 1895. 1901 and 1906.
 Q. Has the 18th amendment been declared constitutional by the United States supreme court?
 A. Yes.
 0. Which of the countries, 1taly.7 France or Spain produced the most wine in 1927?
 A: Italy produced s5,65o,ooo hectoliters; France 51,209,910 hec- toliters and Spain 2S,325,192 hecto- liters. A hectoliter is equal to 26.42 gallons.
 Q. What is the greatest number of innings played in major league baseball game?
 A. The II tie game of 26 in nings, played between Brooklyn and Boston of the National league, May l, 1920.
 o. What does the name Janice mean?
 A. Grace of the Lord"
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
HE MAN ABOUT TOWN

One of the stories of o. Henry hnges around the man about to"n.' The character, having read repeatedly about this mythical per sonage, endeavors to find him. But his search along the streets of New York proved fruitless. Everyone was q stranger and those who appeared friendly were objects of suspicion as 10 their intentions. The man about town could not be found.
 But suddenly the seeker after the myth IS struck by a trolley car while crossing a street. He is knocked into insensibiIity From that moment on the man about town" apparently turns into an army of men anxious to help the unfortunate victim,
 When he awakes he finds himself m a hospital. The room is spotlessly clean, doctors handle him with care, pretty nurses step softly. Dreamlsnd could be no better except that there
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
NEW BRIDGE PLANS

Aealn there was a convincing story In the paper regarding the plans for a new bridge at Black Rock. The iron is being kept pretty hot Tn thls matter, and no opportunity is being negiected to strike just one more hlow for such structure. With rall- road officials realizing that the pres ent Old timer is menace to safety and showing a marked willingness to end the discussion by appropriate ac- ton, the city does well to show willingness to do it's duty
 With the railroad paying a goodly portion of the expense, the outlay for the city will be relatively small. Nothing suggested in recent years will provide more public satisfaction for the money it will cost the city.
 A motorist recently stated that the Black Rock bridge was the worst span he met between New York and Boston: and this record breaking thing of ugliness is right in New Britain.
 Heavily loaded trucks are passing
 itt
 over it every day. A sign at the bridge states nothing weighing over eight tons should cross it. Such a span on a main highway. within a city and crossing important railroad tracks is a constant menace to safety.
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l more the company paid out in wages and bonuses the more it would have to boast about in the way of we'll motorized planes. So far as the pilots are concerned, it remains mystery how they could get snatches of sleep while close to the drone of the motors. Sleeping in Pullman berth while the train is passing string of freight cars on an adjoining track must be an insignificant feat in com parison.
 The greatest endurance flight of them all-so far-is now over, with everyone we'll pleased. The fliers are popular heroes, the company owning the plane will be able to tell the world how good they are, and the oil companies furnishing the gas and the lubricating oil will be able to run page ads on the high quality of their products. It's fine business all around
 But it is doubtful whether the en- durance flight has proved anything about aviation that wasn't known before It can be taken for granted that airplane engines of the newest models can continue running stead fly for an indefinite time, that it is practicable to refuel a plane in mid- air and that pair of skilled airmen can take turns at going to sleep and keep things moving for weeks at a time. An endurance flight. however, doesn't help aviation to conquer storms or fogs, and doesn't help to conquer airplane flights over oceans. There may be some other points about aviation that are not particu- larly aided and abetted by endurance flights. But as a sporting proposition, they work very we'll. The St Louis Robin, indeed, received quite as much public attention as some long distant flights received.
 How long the present endurance record will survive is question. This being quite a season for endur- ance flights others are in store. That they are not minus danger was in dicated at Minneapolis. On the whole, however, they are far less dangerous than attempting ocean hops and at least prove that the power plant in an airplane has been developed to an amazing state of efficiency: and that a pair of air men working in shifts can feed it gas until it wears out. if desired.
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OLD STUFF.

OLD STUFF!
 By C. E. Strassman If l go to see the play.
 Of the story l am certain; Promptly it gets under way With the lifting of the curtain. Builded all that's said and done On the ancient recipe Iris the same old Two and One: A and B in love with c. If I read the latest book, There's the messy situation; One may confidently look For the trite triangulatlon. Old as time, but ever new, Seemingly, this tale of Three Same old yarn of One and Two: A and C in love with E. If I cast my eyes round, Far and near and middle distance, Still the formula is found In our everyday existence. Everywhere I look to sec Fact or fiction, life or play Still the little game Of Three: B and c in love with A. While the ancient law fulfTs. Myriad moons shall Wane ano
 wax, Jack must have his pair of Jills. Jill must have her pair of Jacks.
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Observations On He Weather

Washington. July 31.-Forecast for Southern New England: Fair and somewhat warmer tonight; Thursday increasing cloudiness, probably local thunder showers in the afternoon; cooler Thursday night; increasing south and south west winds, becoming fresh.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday: local thunder showers Thursday and probably in north and central portions tonight: warmer except in extreme northwest portion tonight; cooler in interior Thursday after noon; cooler Thursday night; in- creasing south and southwest winds becoming fresh and shifting to northwest by Thursday night.
 New Haven and vicinity: Fair, slightly warmer tonight; Thursday increasing cloudiness with local showers in afternoon or night
 Conditions: Pressure continues high this morning over the Atlantic states and the Gulf districts with crest of maximum pressure near Miami. It is producing thunder storms in the Lake Superior region. A showery area prevails in portions of the Ohio and central Mississippi valleys, also in portions of the Southern states and the far South west Maximum temperatures ranged above 90 degrees yesterday at a number of stations in the north Atlantic states.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather, not much change in temperature, followed by increasing cloudness.
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tain and when Peter comes in you can surprise him by saying that we found we couldn't come at the last minute."
 Soon thereafter MacTavish came, hurrying into the house and made straight for the dining room.
 "Oh, Peter" exclaimed his wife in a tone of annoyance, The MacNabs have just run up to say they can't come.'
 And a dam good job," instantly exclaimed Peter. That last time, that gang were here they drank the place drN,'
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
Government Aided in
 7.0O2 Miles of Road

Washington, July 31 (P}-The gov ernment cooperated with the states in the improvement of 7,002 miles of federal-aid highways during the last fiscal year, bringing the tota mileage of the system to 7S,096.
 In making the announcement, tht bureau of public roads reported thai in addition to the improved mileage at the end of the year there were under construction with federal ai6 9526 miles, which will cost about $23S.15S,495. The government vii pay S96, 6,500,347 of this sum.
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One is reminded of this story by o. Henry on reading of the incident at Broadway and 3Sth street the other night. when a youth fell to the sidewalk and muttered he was hungry.
 One man rushed into a restaurant and bought him six sandwiches and milk; others did likewise, more or less.
 Another man about town in the form of a doctor, making an lnVes- tigation, said the youth had been starving.
 Immediately purse was made up on the spot and the collection for the youths benefit topped s1oo.
 Broadway proved itself not to be hard hearted. Its milk of human kindness was never exemplified to better advantage.
 When # was discovered later that the youth had been a student at the University of Virginia, came to New York to make his fortune, failed, and was stranded, every heart which had participated in the impromptu assistance must have welled with satisfaction.
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SECURING CONTROL OF NEW ENGLAND LINES

An impression is widely held that if the common stock of the New Haven railroad and the Boston & Maine is worth the prices being quoted today then the stock of some of the strong financial railroads Is worth many times what is being quoted.
 In other words. the two major New England railroads are believed enjoying a certain advantage. Both are earning money, but if dividends have an influence upon stock values then the prices would be much low CT than they are. The chances are that the actual dividend rate has lit- tie bearing upon the stock prices. What causes the issues of the New England roads to be quoted at pres- ent prices can be due to nothing short than that there is a concerted buying policy being exerted by inter- ests outside of New England for control of as much of the stock as reaches the open market
 The interests suspected of this practical desire to purchase as much stock of the New England roads as possible are the New York Central and the Pennsylvania. One financial writer analyses the situation thusly:
 The spectacle of Boston &. Maine selling at 40 is quite in contrast with the price of less than 20 few years ago. Paying no dividend this issue has risen to a point out of line With even the standard dividend payers. This strongly suggests that somebody is buying for control. Any interest which acquired the Boston X Maine stock held in the treasury Of New Haven, could get control by ouylng only small amount of the stock in the open market. The SUD- position is that the stock is being ac- qulred for Pennsylvania. Indeed, some pretty good judges believe that good deal Of New Haven stock has been acquired by Pennsylvania in- terests. On the other hand, some financial interests look to see both New England roads turned over to New York Central There are few well-informed financial men who do not think that eventually the New England railroads will be annexed to one or more of the big trunk lines.
 Several years ago suggestions that the two major New England rail- roads be annexed to one or two of
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But suppose the youth, before he had begun to starve, had panhandled the passersby, asking for enough with which to get something to eat?
 He would have been rebuffed con- siderably And if a cop had seen him do it the the starving lad would have been arrested and fed in the police
 It takes something spectacular 10 cause the men about town, the will ing helpers in any good cause, to take notice.
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THE EXODUS OF SOME SUMMER BOARDERS LEAVES THE FARM FER WITH AN ENRICHED VC-
 CARUIARY!
Overheard by s. Lee Robbins

Overheard by s. Lee Robbins
 "Yessiree, this summer Sure nas been a panic. It's bin my Aunt's cats pants, I'll tell the cock eyed world an I don't mean maybe Aces, chickens. a layin their beans Crops bin whoopee; stocks bin off an Old Ezra he sure does know his groceries.
 Had 8 right smart mess O boarders, an how! This ain't no chin music, big boy, this is pre-war qual- ity stuff I'm handin' ye, with the boloney parked outside, by cracky!
 An I been making jack on the boarders. too. Yessiree, l got a load O kale that'd knock your pan goofey. A flocka swell-lookin mann mas has bin stayin' with us this summer, and what they do 10 the place ain't nobody's business.
 still, it ain't a-gonna cost I heap fer repairs an I'll salt away the difference toot sweet fer a day what's all damp. An let's make be- lieve I didn't knock 'em mammas off their seats. Sex appeal. Elisha, ats what I got. I got it ats what all the gals told me, feller. an the Missus kin laugh that off.
 "Se va again, I'm afraid, Elisha, an don't take no lead dimes"
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THE ENDURANCE TEST

ones sporting blood rose d few degrees higher at contemnlating tho astonishing endurance flight of inc St, Louis Robin, which was the sky home of pilots Dale Red" Jackson and Forrest O'Brine for more than APO hours. These aEiators. paid SO much per day, were out to earn as many thousands Of dollars as pos sible. which well satisfied the Curtiss- Robertson company. The
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FORMER EDITOR DEAD

Robert C. Washburn Headed Seattle
 Post Intelligencer Staff-BOrn jn
 Maine.
 Portland, Ore, July 31 P1Rob- ert C. Washburn, former editor of the Seattle t-1ntelligencer, died yesterday after a brief illness. He was born in Hollowell, Maine. An uncle, Elihu Washburn, was minis ter to France during the Franco Prussian war. Other members of the family are prominent in the flour industry at Minneapolis.
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was no pleasure in lying on ones back and being put to some lncon- venience as torn fragments tugged al frazzled nerves.
 During the period of convalescence the accident victim became conNlnc- ed that the famed man about town in New York was nothing else than the care given the stranger-when he gets into an accident, rarely be- fore.
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the big trunk lines were greeted with indignation and scorn. Now we have it from authorities that such a fore, and that it is coming about in a perfectly natural manner-through the purchase of stock
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Christian Soldier,

As an aftermath of recent rain storm which so successfully tied up transportation facilities, comes this story.
 A youthful suburbante found himself stranded in the city with his girl friend after the theater. All her intimate friends and relatives were out of the city. The resourcerul young man did not hesitate long.
 He carefully escorted his responsi- bility to the Y. w. C. A. and check ed her there, getting a receipt from the Secretary which he promptly mailed to the young ladys aunt. special delivery He then quietly betook himself 10 the Y. Nj. C. A. No one was compromised.
 Amended.
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other questions Will receive per sonal reply. Unsigned requests can not be answered. All letters are confidential. Editor.
 Q. Where did Patrick Henry live while he was governor of Virginia?
 A. In Richmond, the capital of the state since 1779.
 Q. Where is the Island of St. Helena?
 A. In the middle of the Atlantic far off the west coast of Africa. It contains many historic buildings, among them the residence where Napoleon lived as a prisoner. Q. How can honeysuckle be eradicated?
 A. The only way is to dig it out, or cultivate the land severely with some crop such as corn to smother the honeysuckle
 Q. What is the Platt amend ment?
 A. It was a condition imposed upon Cuba precedent to granting in- dependence to that country, where by that country became a virtual protectorate of the United States so that no foreign power should ever obtain a lodgment there, and Cuba should contract no debt for which her revenues were inade- quate; and the United States might intervene to preserve independence, order and republican government: :: be granted the use of naval and coalng stations; and that the sani- tary reforms already begun by the United States be continued. It was an amendment proposed by Senator Platt of New York to the Army ap- propriation bill in 1901.
 Q. Is a permit required to use a m-de- plume?
 A. No.
 Q. How many people of Polish birth and ancestry are in the United States?
 A. According to the last census there were 2,436,S95 Poles in the United States of whom 1,139,979 were born in Poland.
 Q. What is salt?
 A. Salt Sodium chloride) is an inorganic chemical.
 c. Describe the flag of Albania :?
 A. It consists of three stripes red at the top and bottom and black in the center. It contains a black eagle and the gold helmet of Scanderberg, the eagle holding in it's talons two guns and two sabers.
 Q. What are the names of some golf sticks?
 A. The most common are, driver, brassie, spoon, driving iron, mid iron, mashie, niblick, mashie- nib- lick and butter.
 Q. What is ships diary called :?
 A. The log.
 Q. Who is the Greek diety fre- quently represented as Father Time?
 A. Cronus.
 Q. Who played the Biblical character associated with Joshua in rendering a good report of the land of Canaan?
 A. Caleb.
 Q. Who wrote the "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ?'
 A. Edward Gibbon, an English historian
 Q. Who was Secretary of State in the Wilson war cabinet?
 A. Robert Lansing,
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Another Hot Weather Hint! These days when the sun beats
 down so hard, Whatever else we may discard Let's not lay off our smiles, or
 jokes
 They really keep the heat out,
 Folks.
 Enough to Cause it. Florence: How pale the moon is"
 Philip: "No wonder, when you stop 10 think of some of the sights 1t sees every night"
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Education experts agree that pleasure. students should be barred from college.
 The resulting loss from culture would be trifling, but the strain upon 10000 home towns would be something terrible.
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Trs Herald Is sais daily n New ynrkH at Hotalpgs Newsstand. Ilfnes scusre: schuitzs Newsstands. entrance Grand Central. 42nd Street.
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stopped making DuSgleS when ad- vancing civilization made it unprof- itable.
 If the Chinese wish to steal rail- roads, they should learn the peace ful Wall Street method. MT. Babson, suggesting ways to make a million, overlooked the pos abilities of a refueling station in mid Atlantic.
 There's small choice on Sunday. The preacher scolds you for being naughty, or you dodge church and get cussed out by traffic cop. If there is no such things as telepathy, how does the committee of ladies know the editor failed to shave this particular morning?
 Hurrah. Europe can't fight us. The next war will be in the air, and they must wait for an east-to-west wind, and by that time they'll be over their mad spell.
 Patriotism is the quality that makes a town worker with eigh. mouths to fed resent the importa- ton Of cheap foreign wheat.
 Now they say the Versailles treaty is a good one. after all, It must be- when the nations can enforce it with mere 40 per cent increase of arm- ament.
 Americanism: Cussing France for trying to dodge her debt; leading the world ten to one in bankruptcy cases per capita.
 It's easy for a great man to travel incog. He's so polite nobody real izes he is a great man.
 Smile for today: As easy as landing a man who has just been turned down by another girl.
 Life won't be so dull when the ball player must spend the winter devel- opng a good left
 You must believe in some signs. When daughter eats onions for SUD- per, that is a sign you may use the car
 Maybe juries don't convict because nobody feels qualified to throw the first stone.
 Even the smaller towns now have every convenience at their swim- ming pools except a place to wash when you come out.
 There are two kinds of men: those who continue to wear knickers and those who have seen kodak pie lures of themselves in knickers.
 We'll, suppose Lucky Lindy" is rather cool to reporters now. 4 man may use a ladder to reach the top and still not want the ladder following at his heels when he gets there.
 Correct this sentence: "1t was the most becoming hat 1 ever tried on," said she, but I remembered my VOW to buy nothing more un- less l had the cash 10 pay for it."
 Copyright 1929, Publishers Syndicate.
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stuyvesant: "Pygmalion fell in love with a statue" Brockman: Well, he wasn't the only guy to fall for a hard, cold, dame,"
 Martha Bennett
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First Actress: Charlotte is cer- tainly crazy for notoriety.' Second Actress: "Yes indeed. That girl would even give a cigarette testmo onial for nothing,"
 Minnie Armitage.
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friend from Boston," Thorsen: He died last week." Wolfe: High blood pressure ?" Thorsen: No, high brow pres- sure!"
 Sylvan Evart Copyright, 1929. Reproduction
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pennant in the American league. Boston heads the league by a game at the present time. '
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THE REAL SURPRISE

THE REAL SURPRISE
 The MacTavishes had invited the MacNabs to dinner and the latter had arrived before Old Man Mac-' Tavish came home from his work. i've got bright idea, Mrs. Mac Tavish," said Mrs. MacNab. Dun can and I will hide behind the cur
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How to stop crime? We'll, people stopped making buggies when ad- vancing civilization made it unprof- itable.
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Facts and Eancies
Ry Robert Ouillen

All they need to establish peace in the Balkans is a little less prox- imity.
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Wolfe: Whatever became of our
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If the Chinese wish to steal rail, roads, they should learn the peace ful Wall Street method.
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Even the smaller towns now have every convenience at their swim- ming pools except a place to wash when you come out.