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New Britain herald., 1929-11-15
COSTA SENTENCED
 IN HOUSE BOMBING
TOrrington Man Gets 10 to 15 Ne
 Years on Charge Today
ASSOCIATES ALSO JAILED VOTE DOWN ADJOURNMENT
Rocco and Bruni. After Pleading Guilty Given to I2 Icar>-Dl- namitcd Prosecuting Attorneys Home.

Winstod. Nov. t5 CPl-Jos"pu Cos ia. Of Torrngton, was found guilty this morning in superior court Of dynamiting the home of Thomas J. Wall. former Torrington prosecuting attorney. He was sentenced to from 10 10 15 years in states prison.
 Rrank Rocco, of Torriugton, and Pasquale Bruni, of Stamford, who had previously pleaded guilty to the same charge, were each sentenced 10 from to i2 years. The sentences wore imposed by Judge Edwin C. DlCkcnson.
 Arguments by counsel ot both sides preceded the imposition Of the sentences
 Cases Rested Yesterday The state and dctcnso had rested their cases yesterday. The Wall res idrucc was bombed in the morning Of March IS. 1925. Besides the three mon convicted. a fourth person, James taputi, who died in New Jor- seN after the explosion was impli- ca'od in the plot
 During the trial which opened Wednesday. Wall testified that be fore the explosion he had prosccut- d Costa on chars" of violating tho prohibition law. Costa was fined S400 on the charge.
 The plot 10 dynamite thc Wall residence was discussed on the night before the explosion in Tor rincton coffee house.
 Bruni testified that after tho "X- pIosion Costa gave him >5. Although the bomb wrecked inc N"rauda and smashed window panos in the Wall home. no ono was injured
 Besides Mr. and Mrs Wall, their three children and Mrs WaIls par onts were in the house.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-15
Near Sighted Justice Of Peace
 Nearly Gets Best Man Married

Evanston. H.. Nov. 15 LPl-R. V. Robinson was just passing by. He did not intend to get married; but he had, in his own words, "a very narrow escape"
 Leave Mir. Robinson for moment and consider Sebastian Fersingcr and Miss Etta Frame, who did want to get married. They said as much to Justice of Peace Harrison.
 Needs Best Man
 "If you insist upon being mar rjed," said the justice, "I won't argue. However, you need best man. Pardon mo while 1 get a best man."
 Justice Harrison went outside. Mir. Robinson was passing hy.
 How" said Justice Harrison. would you like to be a best man?"
New Britain herald., 1929-11-15
Both Parties Are Awarded Damages
 In Counter Suits Following Fight

Judge Stanley J. Traceski proved 10 be a modern King Solomon today when he filed a judgment giving damages 10 the plaintiff in his suit for injuries received in a fist fight and then allowed the defendant damages in his cross complaint.
 Ambrose Ur, the man whose last name is considered the shortest in the city, and John Young engaged in a back yard fracas in the rear of Ur's home at 150 Vance street, and UT. who was said to have lost the battle, brought suit for s3,00O. He was allowed $125 and costs. In the cross complaint Young sued for s100 for injuries and he was given damages of S60.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-15

T don't mind" said Robinson. Anything to help ont"
 Back in the justices court room, the folks lined up.
 Do you." inquired Justice Harri- son, take this woman to be your lawful welded Witc"''
 Not Anxious to Wed
 "I should say not" said MT Rob inson, reaching for his hat, 'I'd he willing 10 he the best man, but l won't marry anybody"
 Justice Harrison reached for his glasses, put them on and looked the situation over. He had placed the best man where the bridegroom should have been, and vice versa.
 My crror," said the justice. and soon thereafter Miss Frame became Mrs. I'rrsinger and Mr. Robinson went home.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-15
Red Cross Fund Total
 Almost Reaches $500

\ total of $779,42 in tho Rod Gross roll call was reported 10 date hy Treasurer Leon A. SpraEuc The rc- port is as follows: By mail 10 the treasurer, $417; collected in the New Britain Trust co. lobby $5H,4l: New Britain National bank lobby. $l29.- 57: Commercial Trust co. lobby, $1o7.o7; Savings RanE Of New Brit ain lobby. $&4.&o; First Baptist church. S&3.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-15
MARKING SYSTEM
 IN JUNIOR HIGH
 SCHOOL ASSAILED
Necessity Of Much Home Work to Obtain Higher Grades
 Under Fire
TEACHER ASSN.
 PLANS TO INVESTIGATE

Speech With Attack on Present
 Rulcs-Will Report at Special
 Meeting of Central Jr. H. S.
 Assn.-HoImcs Tells of Growth
 The system of marking grades for pupils in the Junior High schools came under fire at the first meet ing of the season of the Parents and Teachers association of the , Central Junior High school last evening when Francis A. Clark, a foreman at the Vulcan Iron Works and a member of the association, :, launched an attack on the present system.
 Mr. Clark opened his broadside hy calling attention to statements made in an address by Stanley II. Holmes, superintendent. a few min utcs previously that he believed home study work should he yolun- tary on the part of the pupil.
 stating that pupils who do not do supplementary work at home can not get the higher grades and that f is necessary for pupils 10 do d large amount of home work in or der 10 attain marks higher than C, Mir Clark said he felt change in the system of grading work was advisable. He said he did not oh- .>lect to children doing home work m fact, felt that some home work was good for them. but he fclt that there should be some way whereby they could get higher marks on work done during school hours.
 Holmes Admits Flaws
 Stating that he would welcome a free discussion on this subject and < that he did not consider the sys- '.em anywhere near perfect, Mr. Holmes provoked burst of laugh ter when he ruefully remarked, 'I did not come here to start an ar 15Ument."
 MT. Clark called for a show Of hands among the parents who were interested in the subject. Although no attempt was made to count the hands, 1t was obvious that more than 100 persons were anxious for further discussion on the matter.
 H. R. Owen, newly elected prcsi- ! dent, who was in charge for the first time, remarked that it was "alI out of a clear sky" to him and sug- gested that it be left in the hands . Of the executive committee to re- port at a future meeting.
 Special Committee Named
 Donald E. Bartlett wanted some thing more definite about when the 'future meeting would be held. Since the bylaws call for only two meet lng3 a year, Ernest R. Dechant sug- eested a special meeting 10 be held before February 1. The suggestion was adopted
 Mr. Owens suggestion that a sup plementary committee be named 10 work with the executive committee ' also was adopted. This committee will get in touch with Principal Harry Vessels of the Nathan Hale Junior High school and through him . will ask the officials of the Parent
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New Britain herald., 1929-11-15
Left Drill Ground Recently
Coin 10 New York

New York, Nov. 15 tPl-Thc NJ G' T. Tracy Steamship company, own CTS o' tho steamer Evansville which, was in collision off Nantucket with the l., $. $ cruiser Marblehcad to-; day, said they had received q radio from inc ship saying she was pro-. Cccding to New York.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-15
SENATE'S REVOLT
 ANAZES LEADERS
New Uprising Led by Recent
 Additions to t, O. p.
Nalcott ..moaG Members Who Break Party Lines and Insist On staying In session tu Adopt Tariff

Washington. Nov 15 70 Sur prisod hy a new uprising in the rc- publican ranks. ymulatIng principal ly from the newer members classi- fled as "Hoovrr regulars" tho weary senate was plugging ahead on the tariff bill today with its prospective weeks recess before the regular scs- sion overwhelmingly denied
 Without warning, this new repuh- ljcan bloc came to the surface yes tordaN 10 strike out against the party leadership and 10 join that other re- publican faction, the western inde- pynaents. in voting against the : daEa recess unless The tariff bill is l,,+srG.
 GN now members made nc speeches and expressed no opinions 10 the harassrd senate leadership which turned on them hcatelIy. But they passed the word that they in- tend 10 keep the senate in constant session in an effort 10 get the tariff hlIi out of the way before December acd circulated a round robin plrdg- Ins mgr,'.rS 10 be present.
 N;.ht Sessions
 SlureG ry this new show Of in- dependence which had thrown their week ot rest overheard. the senate leaders turned the tables and de mandcd night sessions of three hours in addition 10 the regular cight-hour was grumbling away today in faint hur (, ~p,rate hope of getting the ta-fr ni.l out Of the way.
 Political observers were studying vul iuttrcst today this now pollti- ru pu.hcmcnon arising in an al ready politically historical senate ses- slou which has seen a substantial Lro.n of western Independents bolt the leadership of President Hoover md. joining forces with the demo- crtts. assume control.
 The new republican faction Is counted among the strongest sup porters of the president in the scn- ate. It apparently has no leadership and apparently arose in protest at the proposal of a weeks vacation from the long grind on the tariff.
 Al loast, Senators NamdonherE Of Michigan. and Sarhett of Kentucky, who are generally credited with or guniainG the revolt insist they are not its leaders. They say privately that the group has only one pur- posc-the passage of inc tariff bill before tho rcgular sossion-and arose without leadership as an cN' prossion of concerted views.
 It was Senator Harrison, demo- rrat. Mississippi who rctaljated by demanding the night sessions and he served warning in emphatic Ian guaga that he would expect all those who opposed the adjournment 10 be constantly on hand.
 Robinson Replies
 Speaking back for the republicans who left the party leadership or adjournment, Senator Robinson of Indiana said they intended 10 stay on tho job until the tariff task i. completed. Senator NandcnbcrG i'm. modiatcly circulated round-robm petition plcdging members 10 al
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New Britain herald., 1929-11-15
TWO BADLY INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
Car Turns Over Three Times
 After Crash Near Paragon
SMASHUP IN KENSINGTON
Harry Collins, Stceplcjack, Just Re covered From Broken Back. is Again on Critical List-HartfOrd Man In serious Condition.

Raymond Trehcrt. B of SiS Capi- tol avenue, Hartford, is in a serious condition at the Hartford haspital with injuries sustained about 19:G0 o'clock last night when his automo- bile was struck and turned over three times in front Of the Paragon inn on West Hartford raad. Ire berts clothing was ruined. his car was demolished, and he sustained numerous abrasions about the head. face, and hands. causing the loss of great amount of blood. Flying glass from the windshield cut him about the face and he will be under treatment for several days at least. So far as an examination disclosed he sustained no fractures.
 Officers Harper and O'Day, who investigated the accident. report cd that Trebcrt was driving north and Joseph Helm Of Burnside was driv- ing his mothers car out of the Para gon yard when the collision occur red. John IT. Halin of 26l Com monwealth avenue took Trebcrt to the hospital, the occupants of Helms car escaping without injury. although the left running board, both left lenders and the spokes Of a wheel were smashed The ear was bought only a few days ago.
 Trebert is q plumber and had been visiting relatives in this city. He was driving a touring car. which is considered fortunate, as he might have been pinned in and more seriously injured had he been driv- ing a closed car.
 lSpecial tl tMe Neraldl
New Britain herald., 1929-11-15
Near Nantucket Lights

Now Bedford. Nov 15 LP-The, collision between the Marblehead and Evansville occurred at 4:20 a.; m. today, 40 miles north by north1 east of Nantucket lightship, Coast
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New Britain herald., 1929-11-15
CRUISER COLL|DES
 WITH FRE|GHTER NEAR NANTUCKET
"MarbIehead" Proceeds to BOS- ton, Little DaInaged-" Evans
 ViIle,' Bow Bent, Making Port
FOG CAUSES CRASH EARLY
 I0DAY-NO ONE INJURED

Navy Craft Docks Hour and Half
 Behind schedule - steamer, in,
 Ballast, Heading For New York
 When Hit Probably Will Reach
 Destination Tomorrow - Details
 Vague Until Captain Reports.
 Boston, Nov. 15 lP)-The United States cruiser Narblchcad and the steam freighter Evansville were in collision in a fog about 9 miles off Nantucket carly today. Neither shin was seriously damaged and no one inurcd
 The Marblehcad was on route to is base her- after a cruise. and the Evansville bound for Now York, having left here yesterday in bal last. She carried Il crew of SC and Vas due there tomorrow. The Mar blrhead arrived in Boston harhor about 12.&o D. m. approximately an hour and half behind schedule.
 lrCi%htcr Continues
 Early radio messages 10 the local. navy yard indicated that although tho bow of the Evansville was bent I1' she was not in need Of asss- t31,ga .qt nd ,LI, t5 ,,rC,aDl ,,rl,r bor own power. Shortly aftorward, the N. X J. Tracy Steamship company owners of the Evansville reported that they had received radio mes s2Eos from the ship saying she was proceeding to New York.
 No details Of the accident were immediately available and it was re- ported at the navy yard that they probably would not be available until Captain Ralph A. Rock. cons mandcr of the Marblehead. had re- ported to Rear Admiral Philip An drews. commandant of the navy. yard.
 En Route to New York
 The Evansville was on route 10 New York in ballast. The message dii moi give the extent of the dam- age. but since the ship was con ] tmuing on her course the lines Of. fees inferred that she was not 1 badly damaged. l The Marblehead, which carries. the same name as the famous old, cruiser Marblehead which took part in the Spanish-American war, was built at Philadelphia in 1924, ac-i cOrdinE to naval records, and nor-' mally carried a crew of st officers and 40 men. She is a light cruiser of 7.500 tons
 Left Drill Ground Recently
 Naval communications office said there the cruiser left the southern drill grounds off the Virginia capcs Wednesday bound for Boston. She had orders 10 steam a measured, mile off provincctown en route, if, Snch maneuvcr did not interfcret With ,he submarines which driln fIpTN
New Britain herald., 1929-11-15

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New Britain herald., 1929-11-15

Average Daily Circulation For Ssy' Mssh 5iS Ending ing: 15,635
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
RAY ALIEN
THE DRAMA ON BROADWAY
By Percy Hammond.

I bow out, confessing that my judg.
ment Is bad, even II my taste Is good.
y X II X
MISS MARY NASH, a handsome
1VA actress, appeared last Monday
night in a fiinsy riddle by Lee Wilson
Dodd, entitled THE Strong Mans
House" In it she is a roguish nurse
who, while ministering to the afflicted,
is not averSe to crime. Having led
hard life, full of injustices, she is out
for reparations. Upon her gonfalon
she has replaced the Red Cross with
the double cross. Therefore she pliers
an discriminating letter from a dying
patient and demands hush money. This
evidence of her determined character
impresSes the sick man and he pleads
with her to become his daughter-in-
law. He is tough parent and his son,
dreamy idealist, Is in need, he thinks,
Of her iron influence. 1t is his theory
that marriage with blackmailer will
make the boy better man.
But the old fathers scheme goes
awry. Instead Of changing the poet
into satyr, she herself is turned by
him into something resembling a noble
woman. In a rickety maze of plot,
scenes, conversations and roles, she
tries her best to remain a cheat, and
in the end is overcome by love. It
seems that in the construction Of "A
Strong Mans House" Mr.. Dodd lost his
way, confused by the devious surround
ings of the drama. 1t is too bad, since
Miss Nash Is looking so we'll and per-
forming so earnestly in play that was
intended to be the mouthpiece of
serious message.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

SOMETHING more than the mere
novelty, if it may be called such.
of presenting colored revue in a
theater devoted to the entertainment
of white people is represented in the
presentation OF Lew Leslie's production,
"BlackbirdS," at the National Theater
tonight.
First of all, among the ideas of the
tireless and persevering producer, Is
the effort to show. the remarkable adj
vance made by the Negro as an enter
tainer in the American theater, not as
a mere clown or pumpkin, but in the
various legitimate fields of theatric eff
fort, acting, singing, dancing, pathos,
comedy, indeed, in almost every line of
histrionic endeavor.
Florenz ziegfeld himself started the
ball rolling in this direction when he
presented the late Bert Williams as a
featured player in the Follies. Other
productions in which the Negro was
presented for his entertainment value,
for instance, were Just a Minute"
Americana" Rain or Shine" and
notably in zisgfeld's great production,
"Show Boat" Charles Gilpin, one Of
the most notable players of his race,
and later Paul Robson, who has been
SeleCIeO 10 appear hS OInellO, are OuU-
standing individuals of the colored race
upon whom the dramatic mantle has
fallen with notable merit. Florence
Mills and the Black Patti are others.
It is long cry from "Othello" to
"Blackbirds'; but in the latter pro-
duction untold effort, time and patience,
with unending persistence, brought the
deserved reward to Leslie, who not only
conceived the plan of the revue, wrote
the skits, created the dances, designed
the costumes and settings, but actually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
How's Your German?

TURN about is fair play. American
= film patrons who have considered,
perhaps with some sympathetic emuse-
ment, the plight of foreign audiences
listening to American made talkies, will
now have an opportunity in brief to
learn how it feels. Word comes from
the Fox lot that two of the climatic
sequences in THE Sky Hawk" are COM
pletely dialogued in German, the scenes
taking place in the control car of a
Zeppelin raider over London.
When Director John Blystone sketch
ed out the scene in advance, members
of his technical staff protested, main
tanning that German would be incom-
prehensible to American audiences and
that screen license permitted the use of
English. Blystone, however, adhered to
his decision.
IF the actors play their parts prop
erly," he said, they will be able to con-
vey their meaning with equal clarity
whether they speak in German or Eng
lish or Chinese
That Blystone's championship Of the
value of pantomime carried the day is
evident, since the picture is soon to be
released as he made 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
Leslie's ''Blackbirds"

taught the chorus girls their unique
terpsichorean routine.
Harriet Galloway. the Florence Mills
of the production, had had no previous
stage experience beyond a chorus ap-
pearance in an unimportant colored
musical unit. She has personality, pep
and unusual stage intelligence, but it
was Leslie who discovering them, turned
them to account until present results
were achieved.
Harriet had sold newspapers in her
home town, Columbus, Ohio, and hoofed
and sung with thhe kids of the streets
until local vaudeville theater gave her
her first opportunity. According to Mr..
Leslie she has the same intermingling
'npeal of pathos and humor that made
his former star, Florence Mills, what
she was, and he thinks also that Har-
ciett has an added charm which Florence
lacked perhaps. She has been an apt
pupil both in training and in the &C
ceptance of advice, and he has placed
her under long-term contract con-
fident she will continue to improve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
The Ups and Downs.

THE ups and downs Of the actors life
= are amply revealed in story con-
corning Robert Armstrong. recently
signed to play opposite Fannie Brice IN
THE Champ"
Their forthcoming association is far
from their first, it is disclosed, inasmuch
as they appeared on the same vaude-
vile bill many years ago. They were
not in headlines-far from it: They
were seconds" on the bill, filling in
the spots occupied by the weak num-
bers. The public displayed no great
enthusiasm. Armstrong had just come
out of the war, thoroughly broke. and
Miss Brice had as yet failed to convince
any one that she was the worlds droll-
est conedienne. Both were fighting
hard, struggling from humble starts on
the stage.
Ambition and application, none the
less, won out, as they so often do In the
story books. Today either Of these
players can give the merry ha-ha to
whoever it was that had the big electric
lights in those PARKWAY vaudeville days.
It may have been a long trek, but 1t
ended nicely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
Visitors Permitted.

SOUND stages. which heretofore have
- been jealousy guarded from the in
trusion Of visitors, will be revealed in
all their mystery when Paramount's
Behind the Makeup" reaches the
public screens.
During shots taken of Hal Sicily,
playing talkie comedian, the lens
shows all Of the equipment, lights and
divers strange properties used in making
audible films. The press agent an
nounces that "for the first time since
the introduction of sound to the screen
the operations which have been carried
on behind closed doors will be made
public"
Spectators will see the warning red
lights, the suspended microphones, the
prop boys and electricians at work, the
script girls, directors, cameramen and
whatnot, all in their appointed places
Furthermore, they will hear all the new
acalls and directions In talkie lingo
which signalize the beginning Of camera
work on the huge stages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
This Jay-Walker No Jay.

T EO McCAREY, Pathe director, tells
one that is new. walking across
the center of the street in leisurely
fashion was pedestrian" says McCarey.
IT had to apply my brakes quickly in
order to avoid hitting him with my car.
"'You darn pedestrians go about as
though you owned the thoroughfare?
shouted.
yeah, and you darn motorists go
about as II you owned the cars he
nonchalantly replied as he kept on
walking"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
Less Age for Fathers.

AN old precedent providing that
"A screen fathers shall have white hair
has been dealt body blow by Edward
Grifith, Pathe director, who in burst
Of initiative presents cinema parent
who is well groomed, interesting, good
looking, handsome, youthful in face and
figure, keen and alert" and a good
many things besides, not enumerated.
This modern father is said to express
perfectly the average successful Ameri-
can citizen in the late thirties and early
forties-such o one, in brief, as we
often meet in real life but never on the
screen,
"The screen father that we all know"
Griffith says, would indicate that the
ayeraae are of marriage In the United
States was late In the thirties instead
Of early In the twenties."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
WATT GIBBONS Fox (S7aqe)
SYLVIA MILLER RsIaoeGdse3
Stage and Screen Attractions This Week.

Stage and Screen Attractions This Week.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" Opens this evening.
BELASCO-"June Moon, comedy opens tomorrow evening
PoLTs-Kaherne 1.-The of Innocence, comedy
Opens tomorrow evening.
GAYETYNght Club Girls burleSque This afternoon ana
evening
FOX-George Salute" This afternoon and evening
METROPOIITAN-Go Diggers of Broadway This after
and evening.
CoLUBIA-Hal Sicily Dance of Life This afternoon
and evening.
PALACE-Jeanne Eagles Jealousy" This afternoon and
evening
EARLE-"The Lady Lies" This afternoon and evening.
RIALTO-"The Drake Case" This afternoon and evening
LITTLE THEATER-"The Constant Nymph" This afternoon
and evening.