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New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
Washington Police Dept. Upheaval
 Due to Policeman's Opposition to
 Suicide Report On Woman's Deatl,
Far-Reaching Results Expected From Investigation of Conditions Has Tried Intellectually for
 Decade to Bring About Change in Methods.

charge to the extent that the hus- band has been indicted for murder.
 Two high officials of the police .orce
 have been branded inefficient during this uphcaval and a committee of
 the senate is engaged in a study Of
 the entire system of government Policeman Allen, in other words, knocked whatever prestige attaches
 to the city government here iglt into cooked hat and those residents of the city endowed with civic pride have long since bowed their heads.
 It is scarcely possible for any other city in the land to go through the same experience. The citizenry
 would prevent it at the polls, the same citizenry that would have every
 reason in the world. and rightly so,
 to believe that Washington had
 model city government.
 Allen, for his efforts was charged with insubordination and suspended
 from the police force only 10 h" TO- stored 10 duty with q silly rXpilna-
 tion when it is well known that the
 police heads would pension him if
 they knew it would keep him quiet.
 Of course, he ruined the morale of the police force although he ob-
 tained the favor of the underGOGs
 in the force and WashinEton's more intelligent residents Those in the
 system who sought the favor of the "poWcrs that be" have arrested their brother officer on such out of ;he ordinary prctenscS that judges in the police court have refused to hear the charges against him. The man
 is immune from conviction in the local courts on petty charges by his uniformed co-workcrs.
 Aliens history on Washington's
 police force reads like small vest pocket version of Lawrence in Ara
 bia. Firebrand though he is, he is easily the most colorful, and most newsy individual the police
 here have ever known, an1 that is a broad statement. No one in an- other city could imagine a police private telling the head of the police system in a metropolitan city that he was going to ruin them and nake them like it, discipline be damned. At the moment Police Prviate Robert J. Allen, eX-marine and col lcge student is unCrowned king of District affairs and the master minds of the senate of the United States are engaged now in an effort to bring order out of the chaos he has called to their attention.
 Fortunately Washington knows no big crime, of the Chicago kind, but even if it did, as Senator King, of Utah said in the floor of the senate
 recently there would follow only investigations, whose reports would be read and applaudcd and then
 relegated to the limbo of forgotten things.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
ANDY ARGUES WITH
 RED HEADED GIRL
And Concludes It Is Useless,
 lie 0pines
(Contributed)


 Dear Mary Ann.
 While flivvcring yesterday after noon 1 almost made the mistake of waving to a jane going into the ater whom l thought was you but realized it wasn't as she was good looking and so fails to notice the gas wagon in front that slowed down to a walk, In less time than 1t takes a pair of hob-nailed boots to make the kitchen linoleum looking as though a tractor detoured over 1t my front bumper tackles the chariot low, downing it on the five yard line as bystander wisecracks. No gain. try a forward pass to the left end"
 An indignant jane, with a mop of red hair that would make any fill ing station attendant nervous, hops outa the bus to ask whats the idea of attempting the stowaway act into the rumble seat. Seeing only a referees whistle was necessary to bring them outa the huddle I grins shcepishly, "I musta been looking where I'd like to be going instead Of where l should be going"
 Placing her arms akimbo she one-overs me pityingly, Another hunter who didn't know the cannon was loaded. Have you got a license to be so dumb, or only a permit? If school session one night a week for q year removed three cob webs from your Craniunl per session graduation day if ever, would still find it in need of a complete over hauling. The only difference between you and the lad who flunked his exams except football is that you never took them.
 The bimbo who ordered hot-dogs for his sweetie's dinner and then told her he didn't like turkey be- cause the feathers stuck Tn his throat was intelligent alongside of you" But I'm not dumb" I protests dumbly, No" she answers, it only looks that way. with no relief in sight, farm or otherwise. You're
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
We Are Proud Because =

During 1929 we have achieved a new record in volume of business, despite the influx of new chain stores.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19

game with grains of corn wheh the first white men arrived on this con- tinent. Magic squares played an important part in the occultism and mysticism of the Middle Ages.
 c. What kind of animal was the "coney" of the Bible?
 A. A hyrax Syriacus small animal about the size of rabbit, but with short ears and a very short tail
 Q. What does it mean when it says that man knows his q, Q's?" A. T. O." was the term applied to certain mental tests given to the soldiers in the training camps dur ing the world war. He knows his good mental test.
 Q. What is the seating capacity of the big tent in the Ringing Brothers and Barnum and Bailcys shows?
 A. Approximately $500. Q. Is the avacado fattening? What is it's caloric value? A. lIC ltSIl Ol lHc dNOtduO ldS a high fat content-1O per cent on an average. The water content Is S1 per cent and the carbohydrates ' per cent. The fuel value is high, 512 calories per pound. Q. When was the Bureau of l Standards created? A. II was organized in 1901, by an act of congress, to carry on the duties of the old office of weights and measures of the Coast and Geo. detic Survey. The scope of it's work has been materially increased since it's foundation. O. Was there a motion picture called "Friendly Encmies"?
 A. That was the title Of the mo- ton picture in which Lew Fields and Joe Weber. famous vaudeville .tcam, appeared.
 Q. Who presented the obelisk Cleopatra's Needle to the City Of New York?
 A. It was presented to the city by Ismall Pasha, Khcdive of Egypt in 1877. It was brought to New York by William H. Vanderbilt at a cost of more than $1OO,0O0. and erected in Central Park in 1881. Q. What is the length and color of copporhcad snakes?
 A. They rarely exceed three feet in length. are golden brown and have 25 to 45 Y shaped darker hlotchcs on the back. The top of the head is a pure copper red. The tail is pointed on the end and is a chestnut color and ends in horny tip instead of rattlcs.
 Q. Does a snake have split tongue?
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19

so dumb you think that due care and extreme caution is the first and last names of two race horses and exercising them Is what they do to hind a search party has to be sent out. If l had that dumb expression you're sporting I'd pay the last in Stallment on 1t and trade it in for dime, something you could change. Even your misfit derby is useless" ,"
 Shifting the 2.9S mail-order spe- cial which has often been con- demned by the neighbors over one ear to give the other a much needed
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
By GEORGE II. MANNING Washington Bureau, N. B. Herald

Washington, D. C., Oct. 19-Thc
 city government of the National
 Capital is in the throes of a violent
 upheaval as the result of the of
 forts of lone flat footed policeman,
 who is probably the most colorful cop in America.
 It is doubtful that any other city in the land has ever had Washing tons present experience. For more than decade influential members of congress conscious that the mod us operandi of District of Columbia affairs needed revising tried in vain ]. to change the system and now an ordinary police private, looked upon
 at one time as q fool threatens the
 whole structure of government. Policeman Robert J. Allen, na-
 tive of Elmira, N. Y, arose. sfrom
 obscurity q year ago at a meeting of the Policcman's Association with an
 open charge that the police system, of which he was and still is a mem Der, cOndOncd WantOn cruelty. Such s outright, frank, nerve was unknown in the disciplined police ranks up until that time and the pcesinistic belief was that Policeman Aliens goose was cooked
 However, backed by public opin- ion and the favor of members of congress, whom he impressed with his altruism, the collegiate, shcilsish. "flat foot" dcfiel all efforts of the police heads to drive him eff the force and today he has not only the police force but the entire city gov ernmcntal system by the throat. There has been a feeling for years q that the police system ill politics. sriddcn Washington was not thorough senOugh. but even the almighty power #of congress was of no avail to irvcS- 8tigate and set 1t right. While it ! could regulate the conduct of the rest of the nation it was helpless, it
 seems, 10 regulate the affairs of the capital, and it is mockinG fact that the police have permitted slummy Chinatown to thrive as close to the sacred capitol of the United States as it is possible to get, in the very ' shadow of the dome, in fact.
 s' And then along comes Policeman Allen, like q voice crying in the wilderness and WashingtOn'S citizen ry counting his days on the force. He got a break, IS they say, and what a break it was.
 A beautiful young nurse was found dead in her apartment by her young husband, her pajama belt tied 4 about her neck with the knot in the back of the neck. The tragedy startled the city; the homicide squad and the coroner called it d suicide, intending to forget It. But Private Allen openly charged that the girl was murdered. demanded a grand
 jury investigation and proved his
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19

rest l asks how come. Because. chirps the redhead who knows all the answers, anything that covers nothing will never win first prizes at the home exhibits" Not only that" grins. giving sorrel top q hand which she didn't need in the one-way compliment tossing contest, but I'm also so homely that when baby, the nurse would take me out for an airing only at night and-'
 Even then" she interrupts, she took no chances but kept the top spread wide and then parked the go-
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
Questions andAnSWers ho1aV@q|shiAgbfon @ +'+s '+s4kC
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get an answer 10 any 4qucStion of fact or information by g writing to the Question Editor, New I Britain Herald. Washington Bureau. 1922 New York avenue. Washington, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps sfor reply. Medical, legal and marital sadvisc cannot be given, nor can ex-
 tended research be undertaken. All { other questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are dential.-Edtor. q Q. Against what team did Red Grange make the most scores? A. Against the University of Michigan in 1924 when he scored 8fve touchdowns in twelve minutes. g Q. Has France a naval academy Corresponding to the one in the United States at Annapolis? A. The French Naval Academy is the Ecolc Navale, located at Brest, France
 Q. How long is the Mohawk Trail?
 A. From Albany, New York, to
 Boston, Massachusetts, it is 1S2 miles.
 Q. What is a Bcrserker? A. According to Morse legends he was one who fought with the ferocity of a wild beast He could not be harmed by iron or fire. Q. What was the average life of ] the old United States dollar bill? S A. It was estimated between Sseven and nine months. Q. Is the Miller Brothers. 1O1 8Ranch Wild West show still man. 4aged by the Miller Brothers? N A. George and Zack Miller are
 fhe only two surviving brothers and athey are carrying on the business Hrhe Ranch is located at Marland,
 aOklahoma.
 \ Q. What is the nationality and
 9meaning of the name Ava? A. It is Spanish and means swhite.
 Q. Is Rudy Vallee the real name
 what is the color of his eyes and
 hair?
 a A. His real name is Herbert
 Prior Vallee. He is about five feet, Eeleven inches tall and has light
 brown hair and blue eyes. IA8 Q. Is the negro death rate from
 Tuberculosis greater than that of
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19

white persons?
 A. Yes.
 o. In what part of New York City is Harlem?
 A. The name is applied to a large section of the city of New York extending about two miles be- yond the northern limit of Central Park, and bounded by the East and Harlem rivers.
 Q. Where did the .cross word puzzle originate? .
 A. Something similar to the cross word puzzle is said to have taken up much of the time of the Hindus and Chinese as long ago as 1000 E. c. The American Indians also played some kind of criss-cross
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19

cart in front of the ten cent stores in the hopes you'd get lost in the shuffle." Before she gets her second wind shifted into nigh l says. Let's get organized and separate the pug gies from the clinch." "I'll bet she drawls sarcastic. you don't even know what organization is
 Sure I do," l answers wearily, "if fella who does nothing but eat and sleep arranges his pastimes so that neither interfcres with the other, that's organization We finally has the crates where they wasn't lcan- ing against each other and as fam
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
We Are Proud Because

we have sustained that Priceless Good Will and Confidence which you have be- slowed upon us for eighteen years.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19

ing youth rattles away she filings over her shoulder, 50 long, Scandi- pleasure is all mine and ie there's any left over I'm not handing 1t to you until you get a book of direc- car"
 ANDY DALE.r
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19

British Mayal4. the worlds larg- est source of tin. supplied 57 per cent of the 1928 output despite an-
  cient methods Of mining. H=,rr
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
SOVIET PREDICTS WAR

Moscow Oct. 19 P-Clemence Voroshilov, war commissar, address, ing the communist youth league to- day declared war between the capt. talistiC classes and the prolctariat was inevitable. At the same time fra asked for opportunity to preparc better for such a struggle. addin" that Soviet Russia wished to com plete her present five-year recon struction plan.
 Wisconsin repealed it's state pro hibition act, but still enforccs laws against drunkenness.
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1926 Chrysler ~ Coach. 5za
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SOUTHERN MOTOR SALES.
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SALE-AUTOMOBILEs.
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CHRYSLER
USED CAR DEPT.

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Eaaa e in every sp
1928 Chrysler 62 Coupe.
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1928 Chrysler " Town Sedan.
This car Is above the avsraee in appeal
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1928 Chrysler u Roadster.
Very iSy nileass; mechanically oK 80
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PanssS in ana beautiful srsy nsy tire;
looks; cheap Tor Tor QUICK i sal; sale; sssdS. '''
1926 Hudson Coach. $3.50
1926 Chrysler 20 Brougham :. $50
1926 Chrysler 20 Roadster. -. 500
1925 Jordan Sport Touring $50. 1856
1927 Nash Adv. 6 Victoria $3.50. 695
1923 Essex 4-Door Sedan 80. $50
1920 Chrysler 20 Sedan. ........ $50
1927 Buick Standard Sedan. -. $50
1926 Chrysler so Roadster. o75
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COLONIAL HOTEL, 18th and
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1919 G ST. NV.
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to $50 monthly.
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