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New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
Claim Russ Complicity
 In Indian Bomb Outrage

London, April lPl-Charges of Russian communistic plotting were made by a section Of the British press today in connection with yes terday's bomb outrages in the Indian assembly chamber at New Delhi, h. dia.
 The Daily Mail quoted recen, issue Of PraHda of Moscow as say ing:
 The battles now in progress in India are part of the world revoln- ton, orga anized and led by the con- munlst lnternationaI'-an agency which. PraTda said. would strain all it's energies for the destruction Of British imperialism.
 Papers here cited among other fhinss the announcement of the Moscow congress Of last August. ot the lnternatIonals intention 10 form "a strong native communist party in India.
 There was evident stron R,en4- ency not 10 connect the bomhin with the long esta bllshed Indian na- t!onallstlc movement.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
yOH< GILBERT AT STRAND

For the first time in hls entlre notion picture career, John Glioert anpears in a picture in which there ts but one woman. It IS Tn his latest Metro Goldwyn- Mayer star ,3nr feature. Desert Nights winch IS a, the Strand theater today and Wednesday.
 Although there are several num- dred people seen at various tlmes throughout the picture, close on- saryance will disclose that Mary Nolan, who appears III the teminlne lead. is the only member Of her sex seen, There are literally hundreds of men al work in the dlamoha mines in the opening sequence ana several squads of soldiers, but for 7ll this motley crowd not one other W oman appears.
 The vaudeville program has five great acts with the Sambler Bros. m something different in athleuc stunts: Esmond and Grant, "Ihe Flapper and the Jelly Bean ; l. 5. Hamp and Beck O., in Around the Town; the famous Broadway tun- ster, Harry Howard ln q comedy scream; and The Fashlonette Revue with seven peppy Misses.
 On Thursday -he feature move will present Sally O'Nen and Nal colm MacGregor in The Girl on the Barge.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
BLIZZARDS IN WEST
 DAMAGE FRUIT CROPS
Nevada and California Have Cold and snow While Atlantic Sea
 board suffers Heat Wave

New York. April 3 Gpl-While the Atlantic seaboard has been having q hot wave there has been a blizzard in Nevada and California fruit grow CTS have surveyed orchards bllghted ny killing frost.
 Unprecedented warm weather for April yesterday and Sunday put the mercury in the eighties along the Atlantic coast.
 A snow storm Of blizzard propor- tlons swept across the Sierras blank etlng Northern Nevada and portions of California, The fall at Norden. Cal, summit Of the railroad, was IS inches. Reno had four inches of snow, the heaviest of the year. Snow blows struggled to keep rail lines open. Mountain highways were blocked by drifts.
 The cold Tn central and northern California has done severe damage 10 fruit and almond crops, growers reported. In the upper Gacramento valley the losses in apricot or chards were as high as gQ per cent. Cherries were destroyed in many sections and grapes. apples, peaches and prunes suffered heavily.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
City Items

Pansy, foxglove. Canterbury bell plants for sale. Hansen's Perennial Garden, Elm Hill. Tel. 1791-2.- advt.
 Co. No. 4 of the fire department answered a still" alarm at 3:53 yes terday afternoon for grass fire on Pinehurst avenue, and Co. No. : went to the kilbourne property on Stanley street for a grass fire at 7:5S o'clock last night.
 A meeting of the Ladies AuXil- ary, 4. o. H., will be held at 7:15 o'clock tonight Final plans will be made for the banquet which will be held tonight.
 Martha Chapter, Q. T.. S., will hold 9 regular meeting on Thurs day evening al 7:30 o'clock. A social will be held in the afternoon at o:30 with supper at 6:S0 o'clock The past matrons and past patrons asso- citation wll hold a meeting at : o'clock.
 Misses Pauline and Eleanor Rene han of Vine street have returned from a weeks trip to Washington, D. C.. and Atlantic City, \. J.
 William Buechner. Jr,, of Wallace street, clerk in the police depart ment, has been called 10 Union City, x. J.. because of the illness of his mother.
 The police were notified today of the return of the operators licenses of Harry kevorkian of 17S Fremont street, Charles White of Warren street and Anthony MarloW Of 41e Park street.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
AMERICAN MAGAZINES
 DENOUNCED IN CANADA
Educators in Session at ancou\er Hear sensational Periodicals Are
 Upeetting Moral Balance

Vancouver, B. C, April : l4}- Statements that economic life Of Canada is being affected and the moral balance ot young Canadians Is heinz upset by flood of United States magazines featuring immoral lty, violence, sensatlonallsm ana crime have been made at the fourth triennial conference of the national council of education.
 s. t. Lang said that while many Journals and magazines prlnted III the United States were achieving great good. others were not. He ar sued that Canada should build up her own literature based upon sound moral grounds and in keeping with the ideals that were the heritage O. her birthright and traditions,
 Not alone was there a threatened tendency to lower the moral stand ards of the Dominion by allowing unrestricted importation of United States periodicals he said, but the salesmauship Of costly advertise ments. which make up a large DOT ton Of the majority of these publi- cations. was providing unfair compe- -ltion 10 Canadian producers and was slowly giving the republic com nercial ascendency in the nome markets of the Dominion.
 Motion pictures shown at the meeting revealed that total ot nearly 3aG publications offered 10 the Vancouver public al newsstand only a small percentage was produc- ed elsewhere than ln the united States.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
S2,00O,OO0 Harvard
 Laboratories Open

Cambridge, Mass. April g tJP)- Harvard's new so,0f0,000 chemical Laboratories were formally opened yesterday. with exercises attended by officials Of the university and guests.
 The new buildings. called the Nal linckrodt and Converse Memorial la aboratories. will be used for re- search work. Funds for the erection of the plants were donated by Ed ward Mallinckrodt Of St. Louis and the family Of Edmund .. Converse. former New York hanver. who gave the Converse building in his mem ory.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
FORMER TREASURER OF
 UNITED STATES DEAD
James GilfiIlan. Who Served rom ISIS to 1883, succumbs at Col
 chester at Age of 03.

Colchester. April Go-James Gil ti1lan. treasurer of the United States from 1s-Sto 1883, died at his nome here yesterday at the age of 93' lie entered the treasury department as T clerk in 1881, serving through the administration Of Lincoln and John- son and until President Grant ap- pointed him cashier of the United States.
 President Hayes appointed him treasurer, which position he heid until after the assassination of Presl- dent Garfield with whom he had at tended Williams college. He IS sur yived by four daughters.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
Aimee Pushes to Rescue

Sacramento, Cal, April 2, tP'- Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, came to aid her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, when inform- cd last night that a breach ot promise suit had been filed aSaInst the latter at Seattle by Rev. Ii. II. Clark.
 "The reported charges against my mother are too absurd to even con- sider," said Mrs. McPherson. T know my mother and l know that her actions could be nothing but good. If it is true that these pre- posterous charges have been filed, l will do anything l can to help my mother"
 Mrs. McPherson said the break between her and her mother would be forgotten for the time being, while she aids Mrs. Kennedy Tn fighting the breach of promise charges.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

flight to some inland point. possibly as far as St. Louis.
 Colonel Lindbergh had busy final day in Mexico City. spending it exactly as he liked tinkering about his own Curtiss- Falcon biplane at Nalbuena Field and inspecting new Mexican army planes there. In ths course of his visit at Valbuena he heard Mexican army aviators talking about the flying eccentricities of . new. ~biplane. with which they had had difficulty.
 He asked to see the plane and took it up and came down in . per- feet landing. Later he took it up and gave a twenty minute demon- straton of stunting which astonished and delighted those watching him. When he finally brought it down to earth again he explained few de- tails of handling to the Mexican of- ficers and then went on about tho work on his own plane.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
Aimee McPherson's Mother Sued
 by Minister for Promise Breach

Seattle, April 2. CP-Charges that Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother Of Aimee Semple McPherson. evangel- love" to him and then refused to marry him were on file here today 'n a s5000o breach of promise suit hy Rev. H. H. Clark. middle aged minister of the Christian denomin- ation here.
 The minister. who filed the suit yesterday. alleged that Mrs. Ken nedy came into his life under the assumed name of Mary E. Clark last December in Seattle. Clark ayerred that Mrs. Kennedy rented d hotel apartment here where they could talk undsturbed.'
 The suit set forth that while they talked of establishing a tabernacle for Clark in Seattle and outfitting a gospel ship for missionary work in Alaska and along the Pacific coas, Mrs. Kennedy persuaded him 10 visit the apartment and another hotel room.
 l ne minister dSStlltu that M .. Kennedy proposed marriage, prom ising to finance the tabernacle and gospel ship after their wedding Clark represented himself to be re- sltant at first about the marriage proposal, but declared he finally consented
 Clark set forth that he first lear cd that Mary l.. Clark" really was Mrs. Kennedy when he saw her picture in a newspaper last Febru- arv.. Thereafter, he alleged, Mrs. Kennedy abandoned him. and about two weeks later admitted her true identity. The minister alleged that Mrs. Kennedy then informed hlm she would not wed him.
 Clark also alleged he had given up his position on the strength Of the agreement 10 start the taber- nacle and gospel ship Mrs. Ken nedy's refusal 10 marry him, he declared, had left him heartbroken.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

appearance of currency of a higher value by altering tho marks or fig ures indicating the nominal value.
 The draft convention stipulates that in every country investigations should be organized by a central po- lice office which should always be in close contact with the central of- fees of other countries. Communi- cations as to forgeries should be con- stant between countries. Offenses are recognized as extradition crimes. Any disputes arising from interpre- tation of the convention are to be settled by the world court of jus tice. The convention enters into force when five notifications or ac- sessions by members of the league or non- members of the league shall have been deposited.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
JUDGMENTS FILED
 IN CIVIL ACTIONS
Decisions Recorded in Five Suits
 Over Promisory Notes

The following judgments were rendered by Judge Stanley J. Trace ski in city court yesterday.
 An order of strict foreclosure was granted in the matter of the Com mercial Trust Co. against Jack l.. Lash on Stanley street property, the amount of indebtedness being So. 470.S5. June A has been set as the date of redemption. The plaintiff sued on non payment of note for s5,o00.
 In another action against Lash by the Trust company judgment was entered by default for the plaintiff for s1,9S692. In this action the plaintiff sued on several notes, one of which was issued by the defend- ant for s45o on November 26, 1928. The remaining four were endorsed by the defendant as follows: One for s3S63 issued by E. P. McAloon on January c6. 1928; one for s5o1.o3, also by McAloon on April 9. 1928; one for s702 by Edward P, French on February II, 1927 and one for s2O0 by Santi Puzzo on June 2S. 1928. The plaintiff sued for se,50o damages. Judge B. r. Gaffney rep resented the plaintiff in both actions.
 Judgment by default was entered for the plaintiffs in two separate ac- tions against Louis Ncubauer. In the first. judgment was given for r. Berry & Sons for s46.5S on note. Attorney B. L. Albert represented the plaintiff. In the second judg ment was given for s3Ge.06 for Lucy kelldorfer also on a note. Attorney Thomas J. Cabelus was counsel for the plaintiff.
 By Justice Edward A. Mag-For the plaintiff by default, for S203 in the suite Of John E. Downes against John H. McDermott Of Hartford In this action. the plaintiffs son. John r, DoWnes, acted as counsel.
 More than 1000, ,0o0 pounds of celvet cloth were imported into this c0UOtrV last VT9r
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
Minnie Calls 1t "Rlackmail"

Portland, Ore, April g GP-Mrs. Minnie Kennedy. mother of Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles Evangelist, characterizes the s5O,O0O heart balm suit brought against her in Seattle by Rev. H. H. Clark as a case of biting the hands that feeds him."
 T have nothing 10 say about this case,' was her first declaration. Then she augmented her statement in strongly worded phrases with references to "blackmail' and 'hypocriSv"
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
Gillette Denies He
 Worries Over Fuller

Springfield. Mass. April (CP)- Senator Fred erick H, Gillett denied today that his return 70 Massuchu- sets was caused by worry over the announcement that former Gov ernor Alvan T. Fuller might seek the nomination for senator in 1930.
 Gillctt said he was not aware un
 iii Monday that Fuller intended 10 be a candidate. While he would not say definitely whether he would oe a candidate again, Gillet has said he would not run if former Presl- dent Coolidge sought the senate seal.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
NATIONS ACT ID
 SAFEGUARD MONEY
Geneva Conference Told Counter.
 feiting Must Be Curbed

Geneva, April 9 p, - \l1em Pos- pisil. governor of the national bank of Czechoslovakla. today estimated that s1.000,000 in counterfeit cur rency was circulated annually, the estimate being made in the course of his opening address of the 4n- ternational conference on the sup pression Of counterfeiting.
 Pospisil was elected president of the conference while the vice pres- idents elected were Hugh F. Will son. Amrican minister at Berne, and Johann Schober, president of the Vienna police. The five non-league states represented at the conference were the United Stats. Russia, Bra gil, Ecuador and Turkey.
 Referring 10 draft convention before the delegates for foiling counterfeiters. President Pospisil said the public's difficulty in testing the genuinoness of foreign currency and other considerations encouraged criminals to extend their sphere of action by creating organizations in number of countries.
 "The only way 10 meet this inter national combination of criminal forces is for all countries 10 use the same weapons by increasing the possibilities of administering pun ishment through closer information al cooperation" he said.
 nrt sr Nc t,t tr hA conference says:
 Urges Swift Penalties
 It is impossible for the United States to remain indifferent before this international combination of criminal forces. They must make the appropriate reply by improving the machinery for the punishment Of crime by the closest international cooperation"
 The underlying idea of the draft convention is that cooperation should take the form of unifica- ton Of municipal law. so as to in sure that criminals shall nowhere escape punishment; that oppressive measures should everywhere be se- were. and that an eflicacious police organization shall see to it that de- tective measures shall be both swift and well co-ordinated.
 In the draft convention, "curren- Cy' means both metallic and paper money. Counterfeiting and the ut tering Of counterfeit currency 'n every shape and form is penalized.
 Not only the forcing and altering, but also the uttering of counterfeit currency arc 10 be punishable Of lenses. the word "uttering' being held to cover putting in circulation in any form, including the mere in reduction. eNportation or possession of counterfeit currency with a view to putting it in circulation. provided that the person introducing, export ing O. in possession of such curren- cy received or procured it knowing it in circulation.
 Counterfeiting Defined
 The following acts are also to he held 10 constitute the offense of countcrfeiting; The making of coins. even if their standard and weight are identical with or superior to that Of the genuine coins: 'h" dminution of the intrinsic value of genuine coins by altering their sub. stance or weight: the alteration O. coins, paper money or banknotes which are no longer currency. with a view 10 and the result of giving them tho appearance Of money which is current: any operation with
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

The supreme court Of South Africa has decided that judges salaries are taxable.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

Turkish ruggs and carpets import ed into the United States last year were valued at $2,470,000.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
London Is Silent on
 Dawes as Ambassador

London, April g, tP)-A report pupllshed in London that the na me Of Charles C. Dawes, former vice president. has been submitted for the approval Of the British govern ment as American amba ssador in London was met at the foreign office with the statement that if was un- able to give confirmation or denial. IL was pointed out that diplomatic courtesy demands that any an nouncement regarding an ambassa- dor must come from Washington.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

Approximately 100000 men are now employed in British coal mines.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

More than 150O 900 tons Of mar garlne were produced in the Neither lands last year.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

celvet cloth were imported into this country last year.
The Washington times., 1929-03-08

Births Engagements, NJ aFris q.
Deaths and In MemOFiam appear daily
~, the last inside page. last two columns.
The Washington times., 1929-03-08
FETE
FOR DEAN OF
DIPLOMATS

The Cuban Ambassador and
Sonora de Ferrara entertained at
dinner last evening in honor Of
the British Ambassador and Lady
Isabella Howard. The other guests
were the Belgian Ambassador and
Princess de Ligne, Senator and
Mrs. Guy Despsrd Goff. the
Minister OF Portugal and Wis
countess d'Alte. the Minister Of
Greece and Nine. Simopoulos,
Representative and Mrs. Richard
s. AldrIch, the Assistant Secretary
Of State and Mrs. Francis White
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John A. Hull.
the counselor of the Belgian Em.
bassy, Robert Sllvercruys; the
Counselor of the German Embassy
and Nine. Kiep, the First Secre.
tary of the Peruvian Embassy and
Mme,. Bedoya. the First Secretary
of the Brazilian Embassy and
Mime. Coelho de Almeida. the first
secretary of the Italian Embassy,
Leonardo Vitettl; the first secre.
tary of the Argentine Embassy,
Conrado Traverse: the Naval At,
tache of the French Embassy and
Nine. Sable, William Penn Cres.
son, Mr.. and Mrs. HamDson Gary. ,
. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Miller, Mr..
and Mrs. Mcclure Kelly. Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Pell, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
r. Tuckerman. Princess Elizabeth
de Ligne. Miss Mary Patten, Mile.
Refine CIaudel. Miss Ana Teresa
Grisanti, and Miss Celeste Crosby.
Sonora de Ferrara has issued
cards for an at home this after.
noon from until $50 o'clock.
when she will be assisted by Mrs.
Vincent Massey, wife Of he Ca
madam minister; Mrs. T. O.
Hetherington, wife of the air at.
tache of the British Embassy:
Nine. Lais, wife of the naval at.
tache of the Italian Embassy;
Nine. WeIdel. wife Of the com.
mercial counselor of the Swedish
Legation; Nine. Altunaga, wife Of
the counselor of the Cuban EN-.
bassy, and Nine. Guell, wife or
the second secretary of the Cuban
Embassy.
The Minister of Bulgaria and
Nine. Radeff entertained at din.
ner last night.
Representative and Mrs. Fred A.
Britten entertained at dinner last
evening in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Julius Rosenwald. Of Chicago.
when their guestS were Senator
and Mrs. Charles Deneen. Senator
and Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson,
Senator Tasker Oddie, the Minister
of Panama and Sonora de Alfaro.
and Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose.
4
Mrs. A. B. Carrier, of Louisville.
KY, and Washington, viii enter
tain at a buffet supper this eve.
ming at her home at 1919 Nine.
teenth st. in compliment to Mrs.
Thomas Floyd Smith, Of Louisville.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Bacon, of
Takoma Park, have sailed from
Baltimore on the, s. s. Dor
chester to Miami. Fla. en- route
to Jacksonville, where they will
spend some time.
The Washington times., 1929-03-08
Fneweu Dinner for
DaUises Turned Into
COngrGtnlGtOry Fete

Instead of giving . farewell
dinner to the Secretary Of Labor
and Mrs. James J. Davis, as mao
been previously arranged, they
were the guests Of honor at a
''congratulatory" dinner given last
evening at the Mayflower, by the
chiefs and assistant chiefs of the
various bureaus in the Depart
ment of Labor, preceding the six-
teenth annual celebration Of the
establishment of the department.
Those on the committee In
charge of the celebration which
consisted of dancing and cards
were: Robert c. Sterr, chairman,
who has arranged these parties
for the past 1B years; Bessie y.
Henderson. secretary; e. j. Gun
ningham,, treasurer; Charles A.
Ben, Paris Keener. Gertrude Q.
Amann, william A. Riley, Leigh
L, Nettleton, Mary d. Pender'
gast and Charles H. Gerner.
The Washington times., 1929-03-08
Bridge Luncheon

Mrs. Samuel Burleigh Milton
entertained at luncheon fol-
lowed by bridge this afternoon at
her home in Sixteenth Street in
honor of Mrs. Anna Rossiter Fait,
of Pennsylvania, guest of Mrs.
Milton's sister. Mrs. Daisy Sey-
mour Fronheiser and Mrs. Kunkel
Daniel, Of Frederick, Nd, who
Is visiting Mrs. Charles G.
Allen. Invited to meet them were
Miles. Carmen Teresa Grisanti and
Margarita Grisanti; Mrs. Amos A.
Fries, Mrs. F. HI. Schofield. Mrs.
Ivan c. Bass, Mrs. Alva 3. Courts,
Mrs. S. w. Gambrill, Mrs. d. J.
Carr. Mrs. George Fitch Wells,
Mrs. Eric Greenleaf, Mrs. George
Baxter, Mrs. N. H. Darton, Nine.
Louis Bethart, Mrs. Josephus
Trimble. Mile. PauIette Parent,
Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Bolivar J. Lloyd,
Mrs. Charles II. Franklin, Mrs.
Fronheiser, Mrs. Eldon p. King
and Mrs. David M. Meekison,
Mrs. Clarence M. Busch, ma
tional president of the League of
American Pen Women, is at her
home in Miami, Fla, where she
was called last week by the illness
of her son, but plans to return to
Washington shortly, and viii pre-
side at the fourth Celebrity Break
fast of the National League. which
will take place March % at the
Willard Hotel.
The Washington times., 1929-03-08
Art and Archaeology

The Art and Archaeology
League OF Washington will hold
it's next studio assembly at the
Chevy Chase Junior College, 641O
Connecticut Ave., tomorrow eve
ming at 8 o'clock. Miss Louise
Newell, dean of the college, will
give an illustrated lecture on "A
visit to the Augustus st. Gauden's
Memorial at Cornish, ". H." From
8 to $3.50 o'clock the guests are in.
vited to visit the studio, where
Miss Josephine Cochrane, teacher
of art, win have an exhibition
The Washington times., 1929-03-08
Gala Roller Skating
CdrniUaI Opens Tonight
At the Auditorium

Plans have been completed to
make a gala event Of Washing.
tons first roller skating carni-
val-at least for this generation
to be, held tonight at the Wash
ington Auditorium from . to IL
o'clock. There is a suggestion OF
the out.of.doors about the deco
rations, and the guests win wear
CAV sports clothes. Hot dogs and
pop will be served from a booth
at one end OF the hall.
One of Washington's <best or
chestras will play for the skating
and also for dancing. which has
been arranged for those not inter
ested In skating.
Mrs. Richard Henry Lynn In
chairman of the committee for
this novel event.
Births. Engagements, Maria -
Deaths and In MemOriam appear dallS
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