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New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
THAT NEW SKYSCRAPER

Announcing the construction of new sHyscraper in New York ap- pears to have as much news yalue in the New York papers as an ordinary murder has in the Chicago papers.
 The latest announcement of the sort has it that a 5S-story building is to be erected at the northwest cor ner of 42d street and Fifth avenue. This is one of the most prominent corners in the city, and virtually everyone knows the lay of the land in that vicinity sufficiently to grasp the significance of the undertaking.
 It happens, too, that Fifth avenue and 42d street is regarded as the most congested junction of thorough fares in Manhattan. Manhattanites are fond of saying it is the most congested corner on earth. seemingly taking pride in such a possession.
 The erection of a 5S-story building on the corner will increase the con- gestion enormously. Let the work CTS in 5S stories all leave the build ing at the same time and the vicinity is sure 10 feel the brunt of in creased population trying to wend it's way to subways or other means of transportation,
 That is what continually hap pens in New York; and yet the shout goes up that the transporta- ton facilities are overcrowded. The subway trains are supposed to run frequently enough to take care of the millions of people trying to move in the same direction at the same time. Obviously, it cannot be done. The erection of new skyscrap- CTS continues many jumps ahead of the construction of new subways or other means of traffic.
 But New York takes pride in its buildings. The subway jam is some- thing to howl about and blame upon the transportation system.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
BANKING IN FLORIDA

A few years ago the banking busi- ness in Florida and southern Georgia was in a parlous state; some of the banks got into difficulties and the public was inclined to be critical.
 Now, 1t seems, there is some more Of the same. Six banks closed in eight days. Runs" on some institu- tions indicate lack of public confi- dence, in some cases probably un- justified. In addition, there are some ugly charges of violation of the states banking laws.
 There is something wrong with a state that fails to learn from a pre- vious experience, The former difi- culty was blamed upon the after effect of the boom period. or late there has been no boom, but a bad situation crops up nevertheless.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS


 Why anyone complaining about some infraction of the health laws needs to communicate with the board of health without signing the communication with their name and address-as an evidence of good faith--is one of those mysteries that remains unsolved.
 Certainly the board of health would not involve any citizen in dif- ficulties for making a complaint about health matters. If we know anything at all about this depart ment it is that the board is pleased with any assistance in the form of tips that may be rendered. But Dr. Pullen cannot be blamed from shy ing away from the anonymous com munications which so frequently only result in smoke and no fires.
 Any citizen with complaint should have the hardihood 10 stand up under it by giving in his name and address. Anyone with real complaint will be glad to do that much to have the alleged nuisance rectified.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
Norway's Rum King
 Captured by Police

Stockholm, July IS (UP)-Nor- ways king of liquor smugglcrs Marius Maange, a giant in physique. whose exploits on Norways rum row" have been surrounded with a halo of the picturesque, has been arrested by the liquor control po- lice of Gothenburg.
 Maange has amassed a huge tor- tune during the past few years which he used freely to develop his business of smuggling liquor from Sweden into Norway.
 He bought for cash large tracts of mountainous and rocky land on the coast around Gothenburg and con- structed cunningly hidden natural harbors from caves blasted away by dynamite.
 He is believed to own the great est part of the many vessels in the smuggling fleet which used these specially built harbors.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
PROBING THE DOG BUSINESS

An investigation by committee of the Common Council regarding the dog warden and dog disposal situ- ation will meet public requirements. For a long time there has been con- .iderabl dissatisfaction among citi- zens with respect to the method of running the city's dog department. The climax was reached recently when charges of inhuman treatment were made; and the temper of the people was reflected in an attempt to burn down the so-called dog house maintained by the city.
 A civilized community has an op- portunity to show it's civilization in such matter as well as in all others. The investigation should be thorough and no effort made to spare anyone's feelings.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
THE CLUES PRESIDENT DIMES AT HOME,

Observed by Hilda Brandenstein
 Well, boys and girls. here we all are together, and before We ctart on this dinner which I am sure is going to be absolutely the most auc- cessful one we have had since we moved into our attractive new home, l have just a few very brief remarks to make, which won't take a minute, because I know you are all anxious to fall to- as the saying goes.
 Tn the first place. I don't know whether you have noticed it. but we have an absolutely one hundred per cent attendance Of the family membership around this table which IS something to be pretty proud of these days, but the good old Behrens tribe can always be counted on to get together in a good old talk-and- fest any time, and, as a matter of fact. all over town people are saying, Keep your eye on the Behrens.' I tell you, 1t makes a fellow feel pretty good to hear that.
 Well, just a word on business matters and then we'll go to it with vengeance.' l know these dinners are supposed to be places where we can just be jolly good fellows but do feel obliged 10 re- port that the butter and milk bill this past month was something scandalous, and I want us all tc try 10 pull together and see if VIC cant retrench little along this line. which reminds me of a little story" (Ten- minute intermission
 'Ha, ha, ha! So now l want everybody around this table tc shake hands, first with his neighbol on the right and then with hi> neighbor on the left, and remember there is 10 be no 'Mr.-ing' or Mrs. ing or anything, because, after all aren't we just one great big family? Whats the matter with tn, Behrenses? They're all right Ha ha, ha,
 Joyce how many times do have 10 tell you that l hate chickel | giolets in the gravy"
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

Recently the city ordered side i walks constructed in front of the l Benjamin Franklin school, on Clin- ton street. The demand for the side walks came from the public, which saw no reason why private property owners should put down walks while they were lacking in front of the school.
 Now it is learned that the school board already owes the board of public works s650 for sidewalks previously put down in front of schools and will not put down the new walk in front of the Benjamin Franklin school until the school board pays its old bill.
 There is no reason why the school board should not pay it's old bill with alacrity and not hesitate for moment in paying for the Benjamin Franklin school sidewalk. That would be a manifestation of business principles which would make a good impression all around.
 The sums involved are small. Side walk construction costs amount to little compared with the other costs incident to operating the schools. i For instance, in the day the school | board considered the sidewalk prob lem new contracts for school im- provements were approved, and these totalled Sl3,247.
 They were contracts for what ap- pears to be necessary work, and so far as we are aware nobody is find ing fault. But the point is, there should be no undue disinclination to pay for necessary sidewalks, which are part of the school plants.
 If the city wishes to agree with the school board that sidewalks are not part of the school plants and should be provided by the city, then let the agreement be made first be- fore there is a disnclination by the school board to pay for the side walks. At present the system is that the sidewalks are part of the school properties, and that the board hay- ing jurisdiction over the schools pays for the alks-which is similar to the system facing other property owners.
 Jnul that system is changed-and there is no sound reason to change 1.-the school department certainly IS liable to pay for the sidewalks in lfont Of schools And consid ering that the cost of these sidewalks is a small item in comparison with other school costs, there need be no further argument with the board of public works. The effect upon the public isn't worth it.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
SOME DAY BUT NOT SOON

As everyone knows, the Legisla- ture authorized" the improvement of the Cat Hole road. This was a sterling victory-on paper-for the protagonists of good highways, especially those who insist that there is need for an alternate road be- tween New Britain and Meriden.
 But the thorization" of the i'm provement of the Cat Hole road is only one authorization among about a hundred It is the common method of the Legislature to authorize an improved road and neglect to furnish the funds.
 An authorization without funds means nothing at all
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
THE RESERVOIR ROAD

If anyone any longer needs to ac- quire a personal acquaintance with the condition of the side roads in Connecticut, by way of comparing them invidiously with the excellent condition of the main state high ways, he need only drive to Ibele's Corner, on the route to Hartford. and from that point on take the road to the left and continue travelling until he reaches the reservoir.
 Here is a we'll travelled highway, mostly Of autos containing folk en route 10 the bathing beach provided by the city of Hartford. The high way is so full of holes, however. that the bathers get half the wind jolted out of them before they ar rive at the beach. Luckily they usually are so happy at the prospect of the bath that they are inclined to overlook the hard road travelled be- fore arriving at the terminus of their trip.
 While the state is proud Of its main highways, more frequent re- pairs on the minor roads would be in place. And come to think of it. the road from Ibele's Corner 10 the reservoir beach, accommodating hundreds of people every day, can no longer be regarded as minor high way.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
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Observations On The Weather

Washington, July 15.-Forecast for Southern New England: Fair tonight and slightly warmer. North west winds becoming variable
 Forecast for Eastern New York Fair tonight and Tuesday; slightly warmer Tuesday; moderate north east winds becoming variable.
 New Haven and vicinity; Fair tonight; Tuesday fair and slightly warmer.
 Conditions: The area of low pressure which caused the showery condition along the Atlantic coast has passed off to sea. A large area of high pressure overspreads the entire eastern. central portions of the country with highest pressure over the Great Lakes region, Small areas of precipitation were reported in the lower Mississippi valley.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with cool nights and warm sunny days
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New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
PAYING FOR SIDEWALKS

Whether the school board pays for sidewalks in front of school buildings, or whether the board Of public works fails to collect, makes no difference in the. long run be- cause both boards get the money from the same source.
 But in order to be businesslike and refrain from upsetting the budgets of the other board it is necessary that the school board pay for the sidewalks.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
SEVEN IN FAMILY DROWN IN CREEK
C.oudburst Sweeps Auto and
 Occupants Down Stream

Moselle, Mo, July Is P)-Mrs. Marie Beckman, 2S, her four chil- dren, ages IS months to four years. her mother and her brother were drowned in Pinoak creek. southwest of here yesterday when flve-foot wall of water from cloudburst overturned an automobile and swept them to their deaths.
 List Of Dead
 The dead:
 Mrs. Marie Beckman. 2S, Of Wal nut Park. St. Louis county.
 Mrs. Mary Tigges, 51, mother Of Mrs Beckman.
 Lawrence Tigges, IS, brother of Mrs. Beckman.
 Virgil Beckman, z.
 Marie Beckman, 5.
 Irene Beckman, ?.
 Bernice Beckman, 15 months.
 Clarence Stahl, IS, of De Soto.
 William F. Beckman, husband and father, was the only survivor of the family outing yesterday and he owed his life to the fact he had gone for assistance to get the automobile started when the swirling torrent poured down on the hapless group.
 Goes to Obtain Aid
 Beckman had parked the car on the edge of the creek. Rain an hour or so before the cloudburst made the bank slippery and the machine slid into the creek. Beckman pre- vailed on a farmer to tow him out but with the machine again on the bank Beckman found the cars dis tributor was wet. He left his fam fly to get aid only to return to see the machine overturned and de- molished. The farmers car likewise was destroyed by the water. The farmer couldn't say how he escaped the torrent.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

The British are going to put more steamers into service between New York and Havana this fall, charging 35 per cent more than the American lins and Getting the cream Of the business. Thus the potent influence of liberty-loving Americans is again exemplified.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

Down in Southington five police men. with drawn revolvers arrested one-armed man on liquor charge. If the time ever comes in Southington when it is necessary to arrest ten able bodied men at the same time the constabulary will need to be reinforced with the pick of the , U. S. Army.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

American tourists penetrating all over Europe are leaving enough money to pay the war debts. But the eanny Europeans want to keep that money after furnishing the fun. Or maybe, if they add the debts to the cost of doing business, they can charge the Americans twice as much. Most of them wouldn't know the difference.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
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They'll Take Up Less Room, Too

Instead of Juggling souvenirs from every place we stay, And sticking 'em on mantels to be
 dusted all year long. Why not acquire fun-venirs, bring
 lots of laughs away, And store 'em in our humor-
 shelves to use when things ga
 wrong?
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
My Visitant!

My Nisitant! I find her daily at my door. This Haunting, haunting hussy. A welcome guest in idle hours, A bore when one is fussy. She pries and peers, she sobs and sneers,
 She has an ear for tattle, She prates of petty offerings Or tells tall tales of battle. You court her favors and she sulks, You flee her and she follows, Her faith is weak when truth you speak,
 The lies she always swallows. I sometimes try to put her by, But yet, 1 must confess it. 1 grumble with, I pine without, My newspaper. God bless it.
 Il. R. Hicks
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

Kansas has been having serious floods this month, a most unusual visitation of nature in a state where mid-Ju1y usually is devoted to fight ing . torrid- like sun and lack Of lake breezes to help the sizzling na- tives. As has been said many times heretofore, however, anything is likely to happen in Kansas.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

Talking of steamships, the Canadian-owned vessels plying on the Great Lakes and the St. Law renee river are steadily adding to their fleets. Every piece of literature bout the ships pictures the Amer icAn bar"
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

It is said the Senate and certain administration leaders will insist upon q middle course tariff. This sounds fair, except one wonders whether it will be so reasonable as to give a square deal to the middle class.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

The 25,O00-ton battle cruiser Seyd litz, one of the vessels in the Ger man fleet scuttled in Scapa Flow Orkney, during the World war. has been recovered after being lowed upside down 2s0 miles to Rosyth at speed Of three miles an hour.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
Impressed!

A colored prisoner, a fellow taken for banditry, came before judge, so lawyer we know attests, and was held in bail of s25,000.
 When statement was made from the bench to this effect attache. were surprised that the negro war undismayed. Rather there was q
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

To celebrate his S2nd birthday in August the Marquis of Aberdeen, of Aberdeen, Scotland. has just made two photograph records, singing Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes" and Twill Ye No Come Back to Me?', accompanied by his private pianist.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
WHEN BLACK IS READ

Denatured NOblemen: Look at the days when lords used to get drunk: Lords had authority, dander, and spunk: Look at 'em now in these liquorless years: Lords without liquor are only near peers!
 Gertrude Reilly
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
Superfluous,

Jordan: T want to get married" :" Rev. Scott: You'll have to have a license.'
 Jordan: "Rut I'm not going to hunt fer woman. I've got her."
 Rev. F. D. Scott
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

The days of band concerts in the marks seem to be over. Instead, there gre ten times as many sport events in it than there used to be.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

The way the mayor got action on repairing the Black Rock bridge leads to the conclusion he still has more pep than the board of works.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

Airmen of Europe are laughing over the report from Germany that an experimenter in motorless flight has tanned number of storks 10 tow him through the air on an en- gineless soaring machine.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

Returning vacationists just seem 10 feel better because they're so darned glad to get back home.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

We still have a little crime as an aftermath of post war orgies, but you seldom see a silk shirt any more.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

Wonder if the w. C. T. |. na- tional headquarters will answer Mayor paonessa's last antl-prohibl- ton blast.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
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New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

A big city just seems tolerant be- cause nobody knows anybody wei enough to gossip about him.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

The assaId is on sale daily in New York at HotalinS's Newsstand. Times oauars; schultI's Newsstands. Entrance drsad Central. Asnd Street
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
TELEPHONE CALLS
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The suIy profitable advertising medium h the City. Circulation books and press room alvays onsn to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

Of course lynchings are getting fewer. When a proletarian is full of present day liquor he can't say.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
TcInpcrature!

Murel: If B is the freezing roint, what is the squeezing point?' Ralph: Two in the shade,'
 Henry J. Bull
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
Facts and Eancies

Politics also makes strange lunch. con invitations.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
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New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

Example of suffering between the devil and the sea: A wee husband whose wife sits at the wheel and orders him to sa ss the traffic cop.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
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New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

lntsrsd at the Post Onhcs at New Britain ss second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

More people leave prison every year than graduate from our col leges, and remember the lesson lot longer.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

read the well-known words The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away Turing to his mate, one of the Scots remarked audibly "Weel, Sandy, they can say what they like aboot reelgion but naething could be fairer than that.'
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

look of admiration in his eyes. As he was led toward the jail he re- marked: Dat ge'man sho does talk in magnificent figures"
 What It Stood for! Madge: What kind of a fellow is Howard Townley?" Pearl: He fairly reeks with s. A."
 Madge: Sex appeal?" Pearl: No. Stale Alcohol."
 Mother R. Copyright. 1929. Reproduction
 Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

The smell Of tobacco still fright ems a burglar. He knows that kind of woman would shoot him just for the experience.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
Still Papering.

Martha: "Women have changed some in the past 30 years"
 Franklin: Yes, from curl papers to cigarette papers.'
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

Russia needn't despair of recogni- ton. Sooner or later Mir. Morgan will want it as part of chain of some kind.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
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A FAIR DEAL

Two Scottish workmen, by no means regular church goers, attend ed the funeral of companion whose friendship they both valued. As the body of their old friend was low cred into the grave, the minister
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

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New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

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New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

Americanism: Thinking a novel morbid and depressing because the hero doesn't get rich in the last chapter.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

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New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

AileT!CdnlSil. lIIlhlHS HoN ei morbid and depressing because the hero doesn't get rich in the last chapter.
 There isn't much wrong in a country where you must turn to the sport page to get thrill.
 You can tell England has a La bor government. It plans 10 reduce navies with tools instead of oratory.
 The objection to buying aviation stock and getting rich. as other did in the automobile business, is ,hat so many of the early cars are for gotten now.
 Science can explain almost every thing except the peculiar attraction a drug store has for people who have nothing to do.
 People who feel more important each time they cross the Atlantic must feel great reverence for steward.
 It all depends. Money really is the most important thing in life if 1t is the only thing that can make yon feel respectable.
 A philosopher is one who reflects that the ordinary things he posses ses would seem wonderful if de- scribed by an ad. writer. ! More and more of the illiterate are learning to read and at times i you cant help wondering why. Correct this sentence: Its an other rainy Sunday" cried the man happily; 50 We get to enjoy one another here at home.''
 Copyright 1929, Publishers
 Syndicate.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

There isn't much wrong in a country where you must turn to the sport page to get thrill.