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New Britain herald., 1929-03-30
EXCELLENT MOVIE
 AT THE STRAND
''Children of the Ritz" ka Story
 of J1lly Generation

The combination of Dorothy Mac kaill and Jack MuIhall in a cinema offering has come to mean so much that the producers cannot separate" the two screen lovers. Ordinarily. give film patrons these two First National players and good plot. and they're happy. Con- sidering the fact that Children of the Ritz" their latest vehicle. which is coming Sunday to the Strand the atcr. is Cornell Woolrich's celebrated Sl0,000 prize, magazine-serialm movie -original-story plot. it would seem that that gives the picture "eNery thing"
 A flashing. drcssy picture it proves to be. with an absorbing story of New York society life and cast of handsome young things who are good to sec aud also capable players. Given a story that begins where many picture plots leave off, they work surely and consistently to a fine climax and satisfactory con-
 
 kaill make the most Of an excellent opportunity and John Francis Dill lon. who directed. lost no chance to make d pleasing and impressive showing.
 The story is of Angela, daughter and Dewey Haincs, the family chauf- fcur, whom she marrics when her fptbcr is ruined and Dewey has come suddenly into q modest for tune. They move to the Ritz and the modest fortune starts melting away. How fast it melts. and what results Is the picture-a picture that you must sec 10 know the story for we'll not tell it here.
 Deserving special mention for good work, however, are James Ford, Doris Dawson. Kathryn Mcclure, Edward Burns and Lee Moran of the supporting cast.
 On Monday a program of five Sc fect acts will be offered featuring the Maryland collegians. twelve cOllegi- atcs from the 1929 class Of iaZzoloEy: and Guy Rarick and Co in his cley- CT revuettc "Oh Doctor" other high class offerings are programmed.
 On Thursday Herbert Rawlinson. '1iollyWood's Amba ssador of Joy" end former well liked movie star will appear in person in his vaudeville Offering While the feature photop1ay will offer Milton SiIlS and Marin Corda in Love and the Dcvil.'
New Britain herald., 1929-03-30
MUST WIN TODAY
Boston Red SOx Play Benefit Con- test Among Themselves For American League Juniors.

Bradentown, Fla, March 30 L1b- The Red Sox must win today-they play an exhibition benefit contest among themselves for the junior de- partment of the American Legion here.
 Yesterday, however. the Indian apOlis club of he American AssOcia- tion put over one run in the last oi the ninth, to 4 Charley Ruffing relieved Jack Russell in the sixth with the score 5 to against the SoX, and although the count was 4 to in the eighth a long blow by l.ayne, Pirate rastoif. disappeared under the club house somewhere out in left field. He made an easy home run. Bob Asbjornson's double in the second followed two singles and brought two runs home for the Sox.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-30
ETHEL BARRYMORE
 AT PARSONS
h Her Newest Play the "LoVe
 Duel"

4 splendid opportunity to again display the dramatic powers which lave made her welcome to American ;heatcrgoers Mas been given to Ethel Barrymore in "Thc Love Ducl,' her newest play which will be presented by Lee Shubcrt at Parsons theater for d limited engagement of three days only beginning Monday, Apri! with matinee performance on Wcdn"s sday, April 5.
 Hartford playgocrS Wi.i recall that Miss Barrymore appeared here sc,- cral months ago in "The Kingdom of God" play in intense dramatic appeal. In New York. it was re- coiScI enthusiastically and predic- tons made for a long and succes ful run in inc great metropolis.
 How ever. this Was not Miss Barry more's intention. At the beginning of th" season. Shc. with Mr. Shubert had decided on a reper'ory program at the Ethel Barrymore thcater with the plays 10 follow in rapid success sion, regardless Of the unusual sue cess of any particular production.
 l. IS for this reason that "Tho Love Ducl' is to be singularly graced by Miss Barrymore's presence. II is a modern play by Lii Harvany q Hungarian dramatist, and, in view of the tremendous success which i' achieved abroad. in Vienna, Berlin and Hungary. one that is perfectly adaptable to that genius of Miss Barrymorc's which has mace hci rre-eminent as an actress. 4 noteworthy cast has been assem. hled in support of the famous sta, i which includes such we'll knoNr stage personalities as Louis Cal. houn, Hcnry Stephenson, Ferdinand Gottschaik. Dorothy Hall, Martin Burton. Anita Eothe. Jeanette Sher. win, Gertrude Maitland, Marcel Dil and Carol March.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-30
HONOR DEAD SPORT EDITOR

Spilng gtield. Mass, March 30 W- Presses were stopped yesterday aft1
 ernoon and tWo-minute period o4
 absolute silence prevailed in the
 Springfield Republican and Daily
 News building as tribute to the memory of Francis Joseph Collins, for 4 years sports editor of the Republican. who di. d suddenly ears ly Wednesday morning.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-30
ROLLER SKATING

Big crowds are attending Roller Skating sessions at testers hall, Arch street, every night. Tuesday and Thursday night. moonlight par ties are held. Tonight will be sur prise novelty night. Lady and gentle mon instructors are present at all times 10 teach he ginncrs. Come and join the crowd tonight and take part in the fun.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-30
BAKING co. REDRGANIZI,s

The Liberty Baking Co.,. which re- gently went through Ihe bankruptcy court has been reorganized with q capitalization Of S50. .UOu. five times as great as that authorized capital in the original organization. Of this amount, 4.5O0 has been paid in % begin business. Incorporators are Nathan Chester. Joseph krauskopt and Samuel $. katz. Mir. Chester was treasurer Of the concern which became insolNcnt.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-30
INITIATION OF OVER 100
 BY CHAMBERLAIN COUNCIL
National secretary and state Officers 10 Attend 0. |. \. NJ.
 Meeting Tonight,

Chamberlain council. Junior 0. |. X. N., will initiate q class of caudi- dates, at d meeting tonight in the presence Of National Secretary James l.. NiIm"th and Past National Councillor Thomas Walters ot Phila-
New Britain herald., 1929-03-30

delphia. State officers will also be at the meeting.
 Because of the presence Of the national and state officers councils all over the state have been invited 10 bring candidates here for initia- ton. Ii is expected that the class will number more than loo candidates.
 The meeting will be held at the '. w. '. A. auditorium and refresh- nents will be served
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15

Argentina's long drought has been
broken by heavy rains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
MAKERS OF LINEN
ON AMERICAN TOUR
Irish and Scottish ManufaC-
turers Will Visit Cities in
U. S. and Canada.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, october 15.-Twenty-
one leading Irish and Scottish textile
manufacturers arrived yesterday on the
liner Laconia to begin an industrial
tour of the United States as an official
delegation suggested by the Prince of
Wales.
The group is known as the Irish
Scottish linen industry delegation and
includes proprietors of the principal
linen mills of Northern Ireland and
Scotland, who have come to this coun-
try to study modern American mer-
chandising methods with view to ap-
plying them to British industry.
The delegation will be received to-
morrow by Mayor Walker and on We'd
nesday will 60 to Washington to be
received by President Hoover and to be
conducted on an inspection tour Of the
Department of Commerce by DR.. Julius
Klein, Assistant Secretary.
The visitors will return to New York
Thursday for meetings with mercantile
leaders of this city and on Friday will
leave for a tour of American and Ca
madam industrial centers. The itin-
erary includes Chicago, october 21-22:
Detroit. october %; Toronto, october
"a: Montreal, october IS. and Boston,
october 1928. The party will return
to New York on october 20 for more
conferences and will sail on November q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
NINE-TON ELEPHANT rs DOOMED
TO DIE AS RAGE LEADS HIM TO SLAYI
Pachydermc Mates May Be Executioners of Circus
King Who Killed Woman.

contemporaries went about their accus-
toned duties, unmindful that the role
of fratricidal executioner may be thrust
upon them.
Two methods of taking Black Dia-
mond's life were under consideration,
one by firing squad, the other by
strangulation.
If the latter is adopted, chain with
free ends will be wrapped about the
killers neck and three elephants will
be attached to each end. Then a
strange death march, with the victim
still, will begin with the signal which
sets the animals to move in opposite
directions.
The circus moves on to Corpus Christi
today and to Kennedy tomorrow. On
one of these hops" Black Diamond will
be slain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
HOOPSNAKE BELIEF
SURVIVES ATTACKS
Many Still Insist Reptile Rolls
Like Wheel and Stings
With Tail.

The hoopsnake story is one Of the
hardest myths in the lore of this
country, according to the Indianapolis
News. The story, as told and retold
since pioneer times, is that this snake
is long and slender and has a singer
on its tail like wasp. The stinger
is supposed to be filled with deadly
poison.
According to tradition, the snake
takes its tail in its mouth and by con-
tortions of its body rises to the posi-
ton of a rolling wheel, and travels so
fast that it is hardly visible. It is sup
posed to feed on men and animals and
to kill its victim by approaching at a
high rate of speed and, when few
feet distant, Strengthening its body like
spear and driving its tail into the
target. The belief is that If the victim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15

lodges and the snake strikes a tree,
the tree will Immediately die, and that
the snake will die at the same time
and its body will petrify at the moment
of impact and stand out like a crow
bsr driven into the tree.
In some places the myth includes
stories about the snake being luminous
and having the power to initiate itself,
so that 1t looks like ball of fire roll
ing over the ground. In practically
all the stories by persons relating per-
sonal experiences with the hoopSnake
they evaded its sting or, if it missed
them and died, they were so frightened
that they neglected to examine or
preserve the body
The FIRST recorded mention of this
myth is In letters from English coloniSts
in the Carolinas, in 1888. The facts.
as given after considerable research
by Government and other scientists,
are that no snake rolls like a hoop
and no snake has singer in its tail
There is a small harmless, black-and-
red snake with a long, finely pointed
tail, resembling a spike, but the tail
is very flexible and it travels like any
other snake. 1t is called the hornSnake,
or, by some, the hoopsnake.
-O
Argentina's long drought has been
broken by heavy rains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
BY the Associated Press.


BAY CITY, Tex, October 15-The
circus drums that once stirred Black
Diamond, a nine-ton brute engine of
destruction, into jovial elephantine per-
formances under the big top beat out
tatto of approaching death for him
yesterday.
Through the elephants brain there
darted Saturday primeval urge to kill;
and when it had run its course the
broken body of Mrs. Eva Donohue, So.
was tossed aside by the huge trunk, and
the mighty beasts former trainer, H. D.
Prickett. 38. lay seriously hurt. Black
Diamond was sentenced to die, perhaps
to have his own kind as executioners.
Circus officials are planning to put
an end to the killer today or tonor-
row, when they will have left the popu-
lous country en- route to another stand
They fear an attempt to kill here might
endanger other human lives.
Meanwhile, Black Diamond, chained
fast to his car, sprawled in a stupof,
the jungle craze still reflected in the
mad CLEAN of his eyes as his stolid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
CORN GROWS IN LONDON.
Motorist Tells of Sight of Ameri-
can Product Near Brewery.

Motoring along York road in Batter
sea, writes contributor to the London
Chronicle, noticed that on piece of
land adjoining brewery there was
growing large crop Of American corn.
This being an uncommon sight in Lon
don, stopped to talk to the concierge
of the brewery. found that he him.
self had planted it. He told me that
every year he did so. His directors were
very fed of 1t, besides which each year
they give I forget how many thousands
of "heads" to the American Clun.
The members tell the concierge that
his London-grown corn has a better
flavor than the corn they generally get
in America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
STEALS $500 VIOLIN.
Mexican Takes It Because He
Wanted to Learn to Play.

MEXICO CITY Especially Hunger
often drives men to steal 1t drove
Faustino Hernandez of Mexico to steal.
Hernandez was hungry for music. SO
he stole a violin. The violin was valued
at $780, He told police he had only
borrowed it in order to learn to play,
but he was taken into custody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15

at Rothesav attending Police Court, o
gang of ruff1ans in motor car terror
ICED the women. Windows OF houses
were opened at night, doors were broken
in, letter boxes set on fire and row
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15

boats dragged TO the sea and left % Tho
mercy Of the tide. Housemaids ut LAM
lash were frightened by Q man with q
torch, who threatened TO climb into win.
dows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15

A Dutch company will modernize a
large sugar mill recently purchased in
the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
Police Away; Maids in Terror.

While one of the three policemen Of
the Isle of Arram, of the Irish coast,
was on vacation, and the other two were
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
Schmeling May Oppose
Griffith or Won POrat

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.--Promoter
Paddy Harmon announced today
that Joe Jacobs, manager of Max
schmeling, had tentatively agreed to
a, match here between the German
heavyweight and either Otto Won
Porat or Tuffy Griffith.
Before departing for New York
Jacobs said If the New York COM
mission insisted Schmeling fight
there to be reinstated he intended
to acquiesce. and then bring Schme.
ling back to Chicago, later. ...,t'
Jacobs also asserted that Andre
Routis, featherweight champion, who
is under his management, would
meet the winner of the Earl Mastro-
Eddie Shea encounter here Friday
night in title contest. The terms
were not announced, but it was un.
derstood Routis' guarantee exceeds
$50, 900.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
=
opORTORIAL
BtKIRK MILLER

Well ndeed Baseball is have world series in which the
Yankees viii the first for that
matter of the second That great thing for the gameo get
New of the The has become quite base
the annual series and the fans beginning to take their
word puzzles fthe fall games with them in order to help
away the afternoon
By being party to this years series nex New York
will have better appetite for these fall classics when they
again staged there By the same token is good thing for the
which haven't tasted world ball years years and
bask in the meligh this glorious year Of Lord
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, period!
Of such prelude is based the proposition suppos
on that the Athletics will respective pennants
and such circumstance about the baseball world
pretty puzzle suthpaw pitching against
almost solid Chinese wall of right handed htters
In that the Athletics two main in the pitching department
lefhanded Understanding Mr. Robert Nose
Mr. Rub Wabrg and that soupaws have had very
this against the Cubs the puzzle becomes and
absorbing time along.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
Cubs Haze Eaten Southpqvs Aliue

Barely half dozen times this
orthodox fgng Considering that the 10 games
which the Cubs have appeared this figure
self what they will do to lefthanded pitching in series which,
Certainly Grove and Walberg will games
them and they bag they will have bigger joint percentage
than National League souhpaws against the this
And that's interesting angle Of the next world
the calendar Incidentally couple of Giant caof Hack Wilson
and Rogers Hornsby both rght-hand hter will laughing
almost aloud at John McGraw who didn't think they stuff
of which pennant mad
Meanwhile. think and Lou Ghrig will
not be the next October that the approaching
be devoid OF homeru outers and heavy hers generally
feeble nothing arrestng
the prospect of seeing whether Cochane
outbat Hornsby, Wilson and Cuyler
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
Six Names With Which to conjure

There six of which you win probably on
Babe Ruths al-America when
paper early next month There sextet of baseball players which
will draw by themselves of thousands dollars
urnles OF the Cubs park and the Athletics bandbox
lots to see in the CubAhetcs series will be
sweetest topics of which to write this
to it and ourselves" '
And in Simmons and Hornsby shall be able compare
presentday baseball is concerned X
Hornsby is the current mesust as
natural hitter Rube Wadde pitcher Simmons
has less style at the plate than ball player have
with such batting Everything that good
shouldn't do Simmons dOes except h-and how
When ne goes to the plate he is like colt in its first
harness. He pulls presses, hooks slices but
slams that onion and that is what counts
There ladies and gents is only SAMPLE what YOU will
see i you get IN reservations for the 1929 SERIES
e remainder OF the show being built
Riggs Stephenson Mule Guy Bush Jimmie Dkes ct al
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
'IneBiQ len
Faber Day in Chicago
For, Veteran Slab Star

CHICAGO ILL.,, Aug. 20.--Today
is Faber day, at Coniskey Park.
AS a reward for his 16 years of
service in White Sox livery, Urban
Faber will be .honored by Chicago
fans this afternoon when he
pitches against the. Yankees and
again tonight when he viii be guest
of honor at Faber dinner which
the whole South Side is planning
to attend en- .masse. Pitcher Faber
has won 227 games for the Wn:te.
Sox while losing 165, '"o""
The Washington times., 1929-08-20

+ Why should they not be ahead of
Washington. New, York has Ruth.
Combs, Gehrig, Lazzeri, Dickey,
I4oyt and Pipgras. why should
they, not be ahead of Washington.
Cleveland has Averfll, Falk. Joey
sewell. Fonseca, Miller, Shaute.
Hudlin.
Why should they not be ahead OF
Washington. st. Louis has Manush,
Gray, Crowder, Blue, Kress. This is
one team that does not look better
than Washington on paper, but
they have the edge in pitching and
that is enough to put them ahead.
Detroit nne Of the hardest hitting
teams in the leasde who have
probably one of the worst pitching
staffs is fifth.
Why do not some people say
what is the matter with them,
team composed of sluggerS such
as Gehringer, McManms, He'll
man, Alexander, Harry Rice,
F0thergiIl, johnson, but a terri
BILE pitching staff but at that no
worse than Washington.
DID. ~ L--
If you win give this consideration
you win see; for yourself that Wash
ington is running true to form and
do not actually belong above any of
the five teams mentioned, not be-
cause they haven't real manager,
because think they have a nan
who is doing everything in his
power to make real team OUT Of
them, but what he does with the
present combination is entirely in
vain because they do not even
figure with the above mentioned
teams and never will until Wash
ington club spends some money
for a few sluggers Of the Klein
Alexander type and couple of
reliable pitchers such as Marberry.
1t also makes me angry to have
some of the fans say that Sam Rice
should be benched. Sam has been
the only consistent 800 hitter this
| team has ever had and is playing
just as good ball today as ever, and
| Furthermore knows how to use his
head, a thing that some of the others
| on the team will never learn to do.
IL IAACy OSuIiA h9dIn lAlcy OuSnI u
bench AL Simmons. Cochrane. Ruth
and a couple of others. GosIin has
| Topped nliserably and is swinging at
the ball he way he did when he first
came into the league and is lucky to
be around 800.
Judge, CrOnin, Hayes, Mar
berry, never played any better
ball In their life. but with GOslin
slumping and Sam Jones and
HadIey's failure to reach 1928
form, which might have given
them a little more advantage,
this team did not figure even
from the start Of the season ON
paper.
Manager Walter johnson cannot
be blamed one single bit for their
misfortune, In fact. he should be
pitied for having such material to
work with when all the other clubs
went out and spent big bunch Cf
money Tor some real ball players and
Washington stood pat on their 1928
combination with the exception Of
Myer and Hayes.
Remembers am moi. knocking any
one. but actually we cannot expect q
team with the weak hitters that this
team possesses land you well know
that this Is the, day Of sluggersl to
The Washington times., 1929-08-20

players of the other clubs maintain
their present pace of slugging.
FRED L. SCHLEITH
1443 Oak St.. N. w.
I am very much surprised to
know that you consider the opinions
of Mr. Van A.. Hahn, as expressed
in Your sportorial of yesterday
(Monday1 evening, to be sound.
Most of the facts he sets forth
In his letter are anything but
sound. and are easily exploded.
He seems to have but one idea
in view, and that is desire to
hurt Walter Johnson; the least one
can say is that he is very very
unfair to Walter.
First of all the Old Master has
met with several grievous disap point
ments, as have we fans"
The entire season to date. only
one man is batting well up in the
400 class, namely Sam Rice. And
the man who led the league at bat
last year hitting in very mediocre
manner, and fielding far worse, to
say nothing of a pitcher Of Hadley's
calfber having won by mid.August
just three games, If these are rot
bitter pills to swallow. don't know
what could be.
Higgins. nor Connie Mack, nor
John McGraw, nor even Mr.. Van A..
Zahn himself couldn't do any better,
! venture to say.
As to the opinion expressed that
Rice and Judge are not delivery but
are in the line up. because of '.'old
times sake" / would be ashamed
to make such an assertioni That
is unworthy of any good sport. These
two players have had wonderful
years, playing their positions along
with the best first basemen and right
fielders in the league.
It is more than ridiculous to
say that q pitcher hardly knows
enough about the game to make
a manager; nearly all managers
at one time knew only their own
positions thoroughly; this hasn't
kept several of them from de-
velOping into very good man.
ayers.
I do agree with Mr.. Zahn about
the number of coaches; it seems to
me that any two of them would be
enough to carry along Tin my very
humble opinion, believe "Nick'
and Milan would be the best).
haven't been able to see what on
earth we want with all four.
But really Walter Johnson hasn'i
had his chance this year, not by a
long shot.
AS to finding out what players
to retain throughout the year.
am sure that the last spring
training season was enough to lend
any manager on earth to think that
he had an aggregation which would
function. la
1 Don't roast" Barney so again
it isn't like you, and the most OF
US do not like 1t. 1t took him time
to pitch in world series, but II
eventually came to pass, and who
knows? He may yet manage in one,
and that one right here.
When you extended your inyi.
tati0n to folks to write in to you
expressing their views as to the
team, you especially warned
against malice, but certainly
do not see anything i'm Mr..
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