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New Britain herald., 1929-05-11
Vile Granted Divorce
 And Children's Custody

Mervin s. Vile of this city was granted a divorce from Mildred N Nile of California and the custody y of two minor children by Judge Ed ward NJ. Yeomans in superior court yesterday. The petitioner testified that his wife tired of married life and left him on March 1. 1924. They were married in l9la. Attorney Frederick H. Waterhouse represent ed the petitioner.
 Tho divorce action of Pauline hqchuls';i against Thomas Chachul- ski was placed on the uncontcsted list for failure of Chachulski to ap- pCar.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11
Tom smith Goes West Again But Only For the Fun Of Ii

Thomas J. Smith, "warhorse of Nav Britain's democracy" who sweltered through most Of the 104- round battle of Madison Square Garden, in 1924, which resulted in elimination of Al Smith as a presi- dential possibility at that time, and who went last year to Houston. Texas. to cast vote for his idol, who twas to be the nominee of the convention. has again heard the call of the west.
 Thomas Jefferson," as his dem ocratic colleagues know him, is now en route to California. accompanied by Mrs. Smith. They plan to visit many of the points Of interest along the route, and will be the guests of relations when they reach the Gold en Gate.
 It is doubtful if Registrar Smith will pick up many points of political operations on his trip which would improve the technique he has de- veloped through long association with party politics. A convincing speaker, he has long held the plat form as an advocate of the princi- ples of democracy. Tom Smith has the faculty. essential to success full political leader. of coming through spells Of party disharmony without bearing marks Of battle. Precipitated into the center of the row between the younger demo- crats." and the folder democrats" '" by reason of his election to the chairmanship of the democratic town committee. generally regarded as the agency of the latter group. Tom rode along on the crest of the troubled waves, standing firmly for the political principles he enunci- ated from the start. but consider ate at all times of the views of the younger politicians.
 Tom has a knack Of shunting off sharp thrusts by political opponents. This he does by telling story or relating an incident in his political life. A defeated candidate for n
 nomination once approached Sith and in angry tones accused him of
 having been responsible for his de-
 feat. Smith replied: After you ard your opponent had voted this morn 1 ing. the score was tied. Your friends
 did the rest"
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11
THE OBSER YER Makes Random Observations
 ()n the l:ity anG Ito people
|, more than pests despite their abil.

more than pests despite their abil. ity.
 We don't refer to those. who pass rod traffic lights. who cut in and out of line. or who wobble about the highways while still mentally stag. gering from the effects of alcohol. We mean those who fail to observe the simple elementals of road cour. tesy.
 For instance, there Is the lad who gives no signal when turning | corner. Worse than this is the bozo who insists upon giving wrong sig nals. Many | driver calmly points to the left md then spins to tho right. driving you up onto the curb as you try to come up on tho right in accordance with his signal. For these incorrect pointers. we can only suggest that they be permanently cured by having the pointing Anger mangled in meat chopper.
 When two cars approach street intersection simultaneously, . good driver will keep on If he sees the other hesitate or, if both are in doubt, he will wave the other man on. But many . punk will stop. start, stop, start, and 90 on, until your brain is bewildersd and your motor stalls under the fast-follow. ing shifts. We'd like to see these fellows condemned to two, years of shifting gears which were connected only with slapstioks.
 A considerate driver. too, slows up gradually when approaching an ob- structien-a truck, stalled car. or . red light-ahead and gives fol- lowing motorist time to become aware of the situation and slow up accordingly. Yet how many dumb bells do you see who dash madiy up to the obstacle and then slam on their breaks-and then sue for damages if a car hits them from behind? For this type we suggest this: Tie them to poles with long ropes and set them in rapidly nov ing runabouts. then watch as the rope .tightens and jerks them back out of the car.
 And then there is the palooka who. on a wide street. refuses to edge over to the side street down which he is about to turn but in- sists on proceeding straight until abreast of the intersection, then turning madly across traffic and cumming up the whole works. How about giving him rubber steering wheel connected to nothing in par ticular and setting him loose in a maze of steam rollers and tractors But after all, what lack Of con- sideration is as complete as that shown by the bird who parks un. der your window about II p. m. and toots his horn to attract the atten- ton of someone on the upper floor? For this crime there can be nc punishment short of drawing and quartering-and to anyone who sa " us pulling the trick last night we can only say it's a lie, we don't know what you're talking about, and anyway we had a darn good reason for doing it.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11
A VICTORY FOR CONSCIENCE


 What causes youth to adopt the desperate course of becoming hold up man will remain mystery. This short cut to the penitentiary or the electric chair need have no glamors for those with reasonable sense. Yet ever and anon some foolish person goes into this nefarious business. One such fellow in this city went so far as to hold up barber. and changed his mind at the last moment. His sudden change of sentiment was the acme of wisdom. It was not a case of losing nerve: it was a case of the mind suddenly returning to nor l malcy.
 Miletti, the North street barber, who looked into the brandished gun without the flicker of an eyelash, is an inoffensive married man who is too valuable an asset to his cus- toners to be done an evil by some hair-brained youth. Between the astute barber who looked his des- perate antagonist straight in the eye, and the youth whose hand shook like the proverbial aspen leaf as he fore ed himself to go through the motions of wild bad man, there was . difference of courage in the face of an extreme emergency. One remain- ed calm, the other realized he had embarked upon an errand of fool ishness.
 We wish 10 congratulate the youth who gave up his crazy endeavor in the nick of time. There is now time to reform, to chase all thoughts of evil-doing from his mind. By in- dustry and perseverance in saving he can, in the course of a reason- able total of years. reach reasonable aifluence without running the risk of the penitentiary. Let him throw his weapon into the Connecticut river, or smash it in any of dozen ways, and decide to be the man he
 has shown himself capable of be- ing. He has shown that it is never too late to turn from the path of evil to that which is good; so that there is hope for better days in com- pany with a good conscience.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11
KEEP IT CLEAN! By Marian A. Gilbert

Whenever I take my dresses to the cleaner. I ask him how much they will be and when he will have them ready. Sometimes he says one thing and sometimes another. That is what makes him 50 fascinating. There is always the element of sus- pense: and after he has said they will be ready Friday and l go in Friday and they are not. there is additional suspense because neither of us really has any idea when the work will be completed. Usually by that time he doesn't know wher. the dresses are. is not is not surpris- ing that he cant tell when I'll get them.
 There was the incident Of the green crepe de chine which I spe- officially said must be dry-cleaned and not washed. It was loft on Tuesday and promised for Satur- day. but Saturday came and went without a sign of the dress. Of course I stopped in. l always stop in. Experience teaches me nothing We looked through the whole grub clothes. No trace of it. Laughing gently. he promised to look into the
 matter carefully. and asked if I
 couldn't run in to see him on Tues |day.
 promised. and when Tuesday came. there l was; but nothing had been heard from the dress. Not a word. We laughed heartily over it and l agreed to come in again on Wednesday. But it wasn't until my Thursday visit that the missing dress showed up. We couldn't dis cover where it had been. but one thing was certain. It had had d hard trip. Fortunately it didn't upset him at all. He was periectly amiab'e about it. so we had a very agreeable , time conjecturing as to what had precipitated its present delicate con- dition. l will say it looked clean, but it was crushed and crestfallen and pale. Coutless wrinkles marred its former beauty. He assured me that :; kind treatment would smooth then, taway and he was the one to a:,- minister it. He would iron it within an inch of it's life. More laughter I I made arrang ments to look in i the following day and see how il
 vas doing. TO be perfectly frank. i was little disappointed when ! ,,,,-t .,,,. | 1i,,a fl .A | but ultmistakahly spotty. He knew Tot whence came the spots. but h.
 seemed optimistic. So the next da-
 I dropped in to see if they had de- l Aloped into rash. and we held a ! consultation over tho remains and , decided the dress would probably
 never be any better. So l took j
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11
Consideration For Others Basis Of Good" Driving

There is great deal Of discus sion just now about capable motor- ists, especially since the state l"2- islature has passed a bill rewarding good driving and insurance com panies are knocking ten per cent off the premiums Of those who have safe records behind them. But what constitutes capable driving?
 To our mind, no driver. no mat ter how skillfully he may handle his own machine and how adept he is at worming his way through traf- fic and making excellent time on the road-no driver. we say. is good driver unless he is considerate of others. There are many .operat ors. duly possessed of fairly earned H. censes. who, we assert are nothing
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11
Boost New Britain With Descriptive Volume

Almost daily. the mailman de- posits on the desk at the office of the mayor in City hall, publications of other cities, telling of the history and growth of those municipalities, pointing to the advantages enjoyed by them. reciting the deeds of the past year and the plans for the next.
 It is form of municipal adver- Using that is bound to accomplish its objective. New Britain, however. has never attempted anything along this line, and unless this great num- Der Of municipalities is wasting con- siderable Of the taxpayers money each year, it would seem that the Hardware City should enter into this field of lf-advancement.
 On Wednesday night. Mayor Pao. nessa will deliver his annual mes- sage to the common council The mayors report will tell, in a gen. eral way. what improvements have been brought about in the past year and will discuss the numerous pro. jects before the city government for consideration or execution in thii and succeeding years.
 Would it not be good advertising instead of publishing the message and departmental reports in cold type. not enlivened by pictures or historical data, to make the munici. pal record this year descriptive volume? Is it not possible that the general distribution of information regarding the products Of this city its financial standing it's parks playsronnds, public buildings, etc. might have a tendency 10 direct ad. ditional business here. or even en. courage manufacturers looking for sites for new plants to come here and locate?
 All local industries employ q species Of salesman who is not eS. pected to send in long order shets but who is to engage in missionary work. going from one city to an. other. displaying new products ot the concerns. and discussing the materials which go into them and the methods Of manufacture. The object is to keep the prospective purchaser ever mindful of the faci that these products are leaders fir their field. Would not an attractive book. telling of New Britain, it. skillful mechanics and it's great fac. tories have something Of the same effect?
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11
PD~ta1 Receipts Index 9r CDnpcpttf11t'S (:ro,ef1,

1Of C0hrcf'ttt1lt's Growth
 The phenomenal development of Connecticut during the past 100 years. as reflected by the postal re- ceipts of it's cities. is strikingly H. lustrated in an ancient tome. re- gently purchased in an obscure book store in Washin gton. by Congress man Ernest R. Alderman Of Plain- field. N. J., world famous stamp col lector.
 11 1928. the Alderman book re- vealed. the entire S'ste cf Connecti- cut collected only S3'.S46 iu postal receipts. as co-trasted with &3.- 91so70 in 1928.
 ] The states receipts hundred i years ago compared favc"ably with fhe total collections of tho entire
 United States of &1.59S '34. which
 comnare with s69S.Ss:.9e1 collected
 in 1928
 During the rast century. Fridge
 port's rerc nts have risen fror, Ses.
 to s1.n34.sc4 while Meriden's col.
 lections rose from $17O in 1928 tt
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11
ARAREFED ECLIPSE


 Of all the efforts that have ac- companied the darkenfng of the sun to learn more about this universe of ours and the mysteries of space sur rounding it, the eclipse of the tun this week provided scientists with the best opportunity they have had since the Einsteip theory was pro- mulgated.
 Representatives of numerous learned societies went to the Far East; loaded with instruments they primed themselves in these sections of the Philippine Islands where to- tality lasted longest: and they went to Sumatra; and some Of them were perched upon the eminences of the Malay States. While the natives in these primitive hinterlands feared the end of the world, the scientists worked heroically during the five minutes of total darkness to pro- duce "plates" that will be studied with minute care in laboratories all over the world In due course learn ed tones will be written about them. and some of the best pictures of the eclipse will find their way into the popular treatises of astronomy to be published in the years to come.
 Something out of the ordinary is likely to come from this weeks mon- ster effort to record one of natures most astounding free shows. Profess sor Einstein has been producing such deep calculations that the worlds scientists are intent upon proving or disproving them. Some of the disciples of scientific data. perched upon mountains a mile above sea level in the Far East, pro- fess to have had an opportunity such as cannot come to scientists forced 10 photograph solar show from less rarefied atmospheres. All told. it was the most delightful observation of an eclipse in 300 years, and if the scientists do not provide themselves with a store of new knowledge un- the fault of their instruments, and not due to their professional and artistic manipulation. Or, as in the Malay States, it was the fault of the clouds, which insisted upon partially darkening the heavens, and not due to the fault of the mosquitoes. which nearly ruined the expedition of 1868, during which eclipse the grandfather of the present king of Siam caught cold watching the terrifying sight and died from the effects.
 The scientists at Cebu, Philippine Islands. it appears, made regret table mistake when they misffudged totality by twO-fifths of a second. Those of us who do not carry stop watches around with us will overlook such slight error. We could un- derstand this better if we Ill. Sed & If it were bound 10 Waterbury even that probably wouldn't worry us much.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11
New Britain Becoming States Convention City

odd Fellows of the state Of Con- necticut are soon to gather here for their state convention, an event which will bring hundreds of men and women here, many of them. perhaps, for the first time.
 But two weeks ago. Sons and Daughters of Union Veterans came here for their annual meeting, spent a few days here and went away pleased.
 Next year.. the national conven- ton of the Patriotic Order. Sons Of America. will be held within our confines and notables from all parts of the United States will be here.
 Fraternal orders too numerous to mention and the trade unions from the butcher. the baker and the candlestick maker down the long line of occupations have been here or plan to come soon. Religious organic zations have sent their delegates to New Britain churches for confer- ences, and political parties have convened here.+ d. tt.
 All of which goes to show that this is the Convention City of the State of Connecticut.
 The same wonderment that is ex- pressed at the development of New Britain industrtss might be express ed at the coming to the fore of New Britain as convention city. It is off the main railroad line and travel by train Is not too inviting tthe city hasn't even an airport, for the more up-to-date delesates), but it must be admitted that travel by automobile to New Britain is pleasant. All highways leading into the city are of the best types built.
 An hospitable city is one which finds organizations anxious to con- vene in its midst. New Britain, if we may take seriously the comments Of those who have come here fer conventions, is just such city. Then there must be points of interest This city has new schools under construc. ton most of the time. 1t has ex- !! pans1ve parks. we'll laid out and developed, and it's factories stand in unique position in the field of hardware manufacture. Delegates are frequently invited to inspect the shops and they carry away with them interesting stories of how hard. ware is built. Hotel dations are now much better than they were in past years. and there are meeting halls for large and small sized dele. gations.
 Summed up, it would seem that the advantages more than offset the disadvantage. Perhaps. in q final analysis. that is what determines whether a municipality shall come to the foreground aa the convention city of it's state.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11

stay good; fewer of them would be found "unconstitutional;" greater public confidence would be en- gendered toward q subject where the best minds in the legal fraternity when no fees are in prospect-agree 1t is needed.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11

Down in Pennsylvania book on witchcraft is one of the three best sellers Perhaps that is a state in which Connecticut Yankees might still find a market for the famous wooden nutmegs.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11

S3Ss.et3 let yeat.
 New Lsnlsn's csllAetienA which amounted to tl.374 in 1923. com pared with receipts last year of slss.1s0.
 In 1928. New Britain either was not in existence. or was considered too small to merit . pest office. sincs no record is made Of thtS city in the time-worn volume. New Britain's collections last year were t%14.474.
 The 1923 postal receipts for Gen. necticut cities revealed in the Ack- errhan book. was transmitted te the 20th congress by the then Post master General Jehn Mclean.
 Even as far back as 11ss. the first report to congress, which tho book contains the post office de- partment was confronted with diHi- culties similar to those of today in many instances.
 In 17ss it appears that there was . considerable deficit in the depart- msnts collections. and Postmaster General Samuel Osgoed sent . re- port to Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. detailing . plan for improving the department, and enumerating some of the difficulties under which the department was laboring at that time. The report was transmitted to the first congress by Secretary Hamilton.
 Some of the reasons propeunded by Postmaster General Osgood for the low revenues in 17s2 were:
 "1st-That there may be 70 few letters written that under best regu- lations. it (the revenue) would not amount to anything considerable: and that the dispersed manner of settling the country may operate powerfully against the productive ness of the post office department. "2nd-The franking of letters may have been extended toe far:
 "3rd-Ship letters may not have been properly attended to.
 "4th-The rate of postage may have been too high in some in- stances. and too low in others.
 "5th-Stage drivers and private post riders may have been the car- riers of many letters that ought to have son in the mail.
 "sth-The postmasters may have consulted their own interests in preference to that Of the public"
New Britain herald., 1929-05-11

 Gil talking rough to Gales.
 Perhaps Tanmany has turned a scornful back on Al. but it's too late to do him sny sood.
 Still. maybe your wife would be as wonderful as that ono in the movies if she had . husband as wonderful as that one in the movie.
 Brisbane says there is no install- ment plan in Heaven, which has the sound of q dirty dig at collectors
 Happy thought. Maybe drivers would slow down and avoid collision if locomotives were camoufla9ed to resemble COWS.
 \ wreck in the country is less ex- pensivt. Those who assemble know one another. and nobody feels frev to steal the tires.
 Tong-faced men are prone to baldness' Nonsense. Calling a smooth area face doesn't change the fact that it's scalp.
 Another need of the times ia a hand motion that will mean: I'm sorry, but you're out" instead Of, "Ynu're ont d. yOu"
 Always and everywhere, the chief cause of evil is the reasonable hope of getting away with 1t.
 Americanism: Scorning those who believe in miracles: believing a new pill cure for baldness If it's called scientific discovery"
 There's small choice. A summer vacation is just as cheap as staying at home and entertaining relatives who are on vacation.
 Appointing good men, regardless want support of q party measure re- gardless of personal opinion.
 Partisans should remember the priest who said to the rabbi: When will you be broad-minded enough to eat pork?" and the rabbi answered.: At your wedding"
 It isn't true that the rich mans lot is harder than Of yore. Thirty years ago a rich man couldn't wear comfortable collar.
 Why crime? Well. you can't make all the kids behave by devoting all your energy to beating one.
 There can be no peace in the world where the press says: Italy demands larger navy" whea the truth is only one bald, ambitious man demands 1t.
 Fortunately. Scots are lean by na- ture and thus avoid the agony of paying board while trying to reduce.
 Description: He has travelled 70 much he can't leave the dining table at home without slipping a fork in his pocket"
 Correct this sentence: "I don't Know what causes your rheuma- tism." said the specialist. and [ wouldn't sacrifice my teeth if I were you"
 Copyright. 1929. Publishers
 Syndicate