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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
Several Shot in Labor Clash

81 NlTf0 TTCNN
WARSAW, May 31.-Several per-
sons we're wounded by a fusillade of
shots. exchanged at the opening of
the Polish Trades union convention
here today. The disturbance came
when 100 communists, previously
ousted from the unions. attempted
to force their way into the conven-
ton hall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
WILLEBRANDT
SETS MARK OF
ACHIEVEMENT
Thousands of Liquor Law
VioIatorS Are Sent
to Prison.
BETnited Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, May 3l.-Mable
Walker Willebrandt, retiring from
prohibition enforcement activities,
leaves behind her a record for sue
cess in liquor prosecution which has
meant prison for literally thousands
Of bootleggers and other liquor deal
els.
Probably her greatest achieve
ment, however, is the establishment
Of a long series OF supreme court
decisions which serve daily as prec-
edents for all federal prosecutions
under the liquor laws.
In her eight years as assistant
general in charge of pro-
hibition, customs, and taxes, Mrs.
WilIebrandt has directed and in
many cases personally presented the
governments side of the important
cases under the Volstead and Willis
Campbell enforcement acts and the
eighteenth amendment itself,
She has been notably successful.
Every provision of the VolStead act
has been upheld, as have been the
no-beer-prescription and other lini-
tations of the Willis Campbell act.
Under her direction, the govern
r1ent won the famous Cunard cases,
in which the supreme court denied
United States ships the right to
bring LIQUOR under seal into Aneri-
can ports. She won a decision up
holding prosecution of prohibition
director for failing to report pro-
hibition violation. under the Vol
stead act.
The one pint-in-te days pre-
scription i 1itation was upheld over
the opposition of the American
Medical Association.
Mrs. WilIebrandt advocated pass
age of what now is the Jones five
and ten" aci, for five years.
One of her most important duties
was the writing of briefs opposing
the appeals of convicted bootleggers
and rum-runners for supreme court
reviews of their convictions and
prison sentences. She was quite
successful in this, the court reject
ing at it's front door most Of the
fifty or sixty appeals Of this char
acter which are made annually.
Butterfly fish, found in West AT
RHO IooVe u1i17cS a. well as fins. thew
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
HIGHEST TOWER
IN WORLD NOW
40 YEARS old
French to Honor Memory of
ElffeI, Builder of First
SkySCraper.
BY \. REYNOLDS PACKARD,
Lila prrrr ST. lnrr,.nnrL,nt

nlteQ EEftA stan AnrrgApnnGEnt
PARIS, May 3I.-The Eiffel
tower has reached middle age but
f. still holds itself proudly erect as
the highest structure in the world
despite the eyer-increasing height
Of sky-scrapers in America.
Parisians are planning to com
memorate its fortieth anniversary
this year by placing a memorial 10
Alexandra Gustave Eifel. its con
structor, under the north side Of
this straddling four-legged colossus
of steel.
This memorial will be a bust exc
Cuted by the famous French sculp-
tor. Emile Antoine Bourdelle. and
will be unveiled in the course of the
year with impressive ceremonies,
the exact date not yet having been
fixed
25,00O.OOO Rivets in Building
Eifel built his imposing monu-
ment with its 100000 rivets hold
ing together 100000 pieces OF
mental in fourteen months, driving
home the last rivet. seven days be
- 10 opening Of the Universal
Exposition of 1899 Despite the
protests against the construction Of
what was then termed by many
writers a useless and ugly metal
tower, he started the work in 1887
and finished on March 30, 1889.
Two days later, in the presence
Of several hundred French officials
and their wives, NJ. Eiffel hoisted
the French flag over his newly COM
pleted masterpiece. TWenty-one guns
we're fred and fireworks we're set of
from the top
The tower continues TO be one of
the most interesting features Of
Paris and attracts American tour
lists by the thousands every week
during the summer months. For the
prince of a few francs one of the
most beautiful panoramas Of Paris
can be seen from any OF its land
ings
Tower 98f Feet High
Although the world knows Elffel
by this work alone. it is not the
only monument which he has left
to his memory. Born in Dion in
1882. he gained wide reputation as
the constructor Of metal bridges.
He then designed the immense
sluice gates for the Panama canal
while the construction was under
French supervision. He was also
connected with a large number of
engineering works made in France
during his life. He died in 1928
The Eiffel Tower is 984 feet in
height exceeding the Woolworth
building by more than 234 feet. The
Washington Monument is 555 feet
high the Great Pyramid $50 feet
and St Pauls Cathedral in Lon
don sos feet.
One Of the interesting facts about
the tower is that it has a swing of
FIVE feet, bowling ever so arrogantly
before a heavy wind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31

Butterfly fish, found in West At
RIGA, have wings as we'll as fins; they
Jump three or four feet out of the
water, then alight and glide along
the surface.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
MEX|CANS attempt
T0DYNAMI7E train
Premature Explosion Pols Plan
All Automobiles Guarded

Mexico City. Feb. IS P,-El Uni
versal says today that premature
explosion of dynamite bomb
thwarted an attempt to blow up q
train near Guadalajara, and Colima
yesterday.
Insurgents. the paper says. placed
a bomb on the tracks between the
station of Manzano and Nicholas. in
the state of Jalisco. but it exploded
before the train reached it. Later
information said the train had ar
rived safely at Colima. capital Of
the state of that name.
Prior to the attempted dynamiting
OF the train the insurgents sacked
and burned the railroad station at
Manzano. There were no casualties,
troops were sent in pursuit Of the
marauders.
The paper prints another dis
patch from Guadalajara which sayi
that police there have ordered that
hereafter no automobile will be al
lowed to leave there until it has
submitted to police inspection and
it's occupants furnished proper iden-
titication. This move il taken to
combat possible smuggling Of arms
and ammunition to the insurgents
from Guadalajara. Police guards
stationed on all roads leading to the
city have been instructed to shoot at
cars which do not obey orders to
halt
Four Catholic priests arrested re-
Gently at Guadalatara on charges OF
violating the religious laws have
been sent to Mexico City to await
the disposition of the department of
interior of their cases.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
Graf Zeppelin Will
Not FLY to Egypt

Berlin, Feb. IS R-A proposed
flight of the transatlantic dirigible
Graf Zeppelin to Egypt has been
definitely abandoned.
Unofficial feelers in quarters
abroad which are competent to sane
ton the visit yielded the informa-
ton that formal application would
not meet a favorable reception.
(The Lokal-Anzeiger yesterday
said it was reliably informed that
the Egyptian government would
have the greatest pleasure in grant
ing permission for the flight. but
that the British did not find 1t to
their interests to have German
prestige enhanced in that quarter.
The paper criticized the German
government for not making an Off
cial request of England for permits
sion, saying that this would hardly
have been refused out of considera-
ton of the sporting sense Of the
English public).
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
Smith Book Nets
Democrats $l25.OOO

New York, Feb. Is CF-Sale OF
$4,000 copies of the volume Of AL
fred Z. Smiths campaign speeches
has brought $125.O0O into the demo-
cratic national committee treasury.
Over the radio January 16 Mr..
Smith offered a copy of the book to
each contributor Of 81 or more to-
ward liquidating the S1,500,000
deficit resulting from the last presi-
Dental campaign. Responses have
come from every part Of the United
States and also from foreign coun-
tries, party officials announced.
The largest check received 10 one
for $4,000 from the Bronx demo-
cratic organization.
Many persons sending large con-
tributions have asked for only one
copy Of the book.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
ALMA RUbENS WINS
fight With Drugs
Authorities Order Doctor Who
Prescribed Narcotics to Explain

Los Angeles. Feb. IL R-Appar-
emily victorious In the first stages
of her fight to rid herself OF tho
narcotic habit. Alma Rubens. screen
actress, was back home here today
recovering from the effects OF an
operation.
Miss Rubens who underwent the
operation In . Hollywood hospital
a few days ago for an illness occa-
stoned by a nervous breakdown and
the use of narcotics, had recovered
sufficiently last night to be removed
to her Beverly Hills home.
Meanwhile DR.. L. Jesse Citron.
Beverly Hills physician. was under
citation to appear before the state
board of medical examiners to ex-
plain why he had prescribed medi-
cines containing narcotics for the
actress. Miss Rubens was said by
her mother to have paid DR.. Citron
more than $1,000 in i've weeks.
The physician declared that many
of the 81 prescriptions for Miss
Rubens to which his name had been
signed were forgeries. He admitted
having prescribed a narcotic for
Miss Rubens as q palliative. but de-
clared he had refused to issue others
when he learned that she had be-
come addicted to jts use.
The state examiners said the 81
prescriptions had been issued be-
tween September II and October II,
1928. They also disclosed that they
were investigating the issuance OF
similar prescriptions to the actress
b, seven other physicians whose
names were not made public.
Miss Rubens. wife Of Ricardo
Cortez, film star. was taken to
sanitarium several weeks ago after
some of her neighbors had COM
planned to the police that she had
been disturbing them by her con-
duct.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
ALBANIA RESISTS
TURKISHLANGUAGE
King Zo6u Rules Latin Charac.
tiers Must Be Employed

Tirana, Albania, Feb. is Up
Although conquered for several GEN.
turtles, the Albanians have success
fully resisted all efforts of the sub
lime porte at Constantinople to i'm
pose upon them the Turkish lang
uage and Arabic characters.
King Zogu, who is a Moslem and
a man with European conceptions
and tastes, has decreed. like Mustafa
Renal Pasha in Angora, that arabic
letters are an anachronism and that
modern Latin characters must be
substituted.
A commission Of Albania profess
sors has been appointed to unity
the Albanian language, which is
strange mixture of Oriental dialects,
and create one which shall be
spoken from west to east and from
north to south.
Albania's first dictionary was
printed 800 years ago. but new
one Is now in preparation. The
ground work of the Albanian lang
uage is Indo- European. but large
number of words have been borrow
ed from Latin, Italian, Greek and
Slavinic.
- Masses Are Illitcrate
Every educated Albanian speaks
and writes the tongue of Skander-
beg, but the masses are still illit-
crate. Greek of Turkish Is spoken
by the old generation of Albanians,
but Albanian is teing taught to the
rising generation in the schools
which have been increased tenfoll
since 1912.
In the written language Latin
characters are employed by the
Chicks. Greek characters by the
Tosks and Arabic by the Albanians
living in the district Of Elbassan,
Arghyrokastro and in the Central
Albania, where the population is
Moslem. The state is printing hun
dreds of thousands of copies of the
works of Girolamo De RADIO, Alban-
las Shakespeare, who wrote hun
dreds of epic poems in the nine
tenth century and acquired world
reputation as a philologist.
As Albania is too poor to have
high schools and universities, more
than a thousand students are study
ing abroad at the governments ex-
pense. Albanian students are at
Harvard and Yale. where one
scholarship holders has just taken
his degree Of Doctor Of Science.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
CHURCH BODY ASKS
] DRY Law CHANGES
Temperance Organization D.
CllrS for Modification

New York. Feb. Is N-The
Church Temperance Society. claim
ing to represent the opinion Of L.
500 Protestant Episcopal clergymen.
lats night issued a statement IN
which it called for changes In the
prohibition laws.
The statement said that II modifi-
cation of the Volstead law 10 not
enough to bring temperance. It will
ultimately be necessary to amend
the 18th amendment 80 a. to per-
nit the introduction Of the Canad-
ian system of liquor control OF
those states which desire it.
The society. whose right to speak
for the church was challenged last
May by Bishop Manning. admitted
that it was not an official organise
ton but said that it was IAN import
ant Episcopal institution" and that
1900 Episcopal ciergymen had Of
tered to cooperate in a move for
practical temperance.
Not An Honest Law
The statement said that a major
ity of individual Episcopalians are
agreed that the Volstead act 10 not
an honest or scientific attempt to
define an intoxicant: that prohibi-
ton laws cannot be enforced IN
states where large numbers Of peo-
Die oppose them without resort.ng
10 oppressive methods: that there
can be no excuse for the complacent
violation of the law by millions OF
people who are too indifferent to
make any attempt to change 1t" ana
that the people should either modify
the law or squarely face the sacri-
flee of its enforcement.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
CITY OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT
ESTIMATED INCOME AND EXPENSES 1879 1880
TO THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEW BRITAIN:

TO THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEW BRITAIN:
We present herewith to your Body in accordance
with the Charter provisions Of the City Of New Britain
the following estimates Of income and expenses for
the year ending. March II. 1880, prepared by this
Board ana published February Is, 1922. a. provided
by law.
And we further recommend to your Honorable
Body that 1t lay = tax Of Twenty-Seven and Four
Fifths (27 4/5) Mills the Dollar on the ratable
estate in order meet the said expenses and appro
priations therefor.
Respectfully submitted,
BOARD OF FINANCE AND TAXATION,
E. f. Hall, President
Dated this llth day OF February, 1929.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
Rail Strike Delays
RhOdesia Tourists

London. Feb. 10 H1-The Ex-
press in a dispatch from Capetown
says many British and American
tourists have been held up at Vic
toria Falls, (about 225 miles west
Of Bulawayo, in Rhodesia). owing
to a railway strike which started
Sunday.
Bulawayo dispatches yesterday
said personal intercession by Prime
Minister H. W. Moffatt of southern
Rhodesia obtained a special train
which brought 6S tourists, many of
them Americans to Bulawayo from
Livingstone. where they would
otherwise have been stranded.
The strike is the outgrowth of a
controversy over wages and hours
of work.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
7ze old
Story

The girl whose menstrual periods
rver cause broken date, simply
hasn't heard about Midol. Menstru-
ation is natural. But the pain is
not.
Midol will end menstrual pains IN
1--we to seven minutes.
This merciful discovery of the
SPECIALISTS is not q narcotic. 1t does
nothing to hinder or hasten the pro-
ness of menstruation. But it does
nd the painful part: if you antici-
pate your time the expected pain
VIII not appear at all. Tiny tablets.
in convenient little aluminium case,
fifty cents at any drugstore. 1t IS
oily to suffer.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
Mechanics Overhaul
Hawks Air Express

Hartford, Feb. IS UP) - Me
chanics today began overhauling the
motor of the record breaking trans
continental monoplane, Air Ex-
press, which Captain Frank Hawks
flew to Brainard field from Curtiss
field, l.. l., late Sunday.
Before returning to New York.
Captain Hawks said he would soon
attempt to lower the cast-west rec
ord now held by Colonel Arthur
Goebel. Hawks recently set new
west-east record.
The plane is Lockhced-Vega
monoplane equipped with a Pratt
and Whitney Hornet motor.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
Eiqht Persons Killed
In Motor Accidents

Boston. Feb. IS (UP) - Eight
persons lost their lives in automo-
bile accidents last week, according
to the report of Registrar Of Motor
Vehicles George A. Parker. This
was one less than the previous week.
but one more than the correspond
ing period last year.
Seventy-seven persons were con-
victed for operating under the in
fiuence Of liquor. while 402 licenses
we're suspended or revoked during
the week.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18

State of Connecticut
School Enumeration .............. s46,O0o.0o
Evening Schools ................ 10000
Library and Apparatus ............ 10000
Physical Examination of Children 10000
Penalty Tax ,................ 100000
Tax on Bank and Insurance Stock =. 100000
Bus Tax NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100000
Dog License Fund ................ 100000
Consolidated School District ........... 100000
Town Clerks Fees .....,.............. 100000
Police Court Observation-Disclosures. 100000
City Court Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Fines and Costs at Jail ................ 100000
Building Permits ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100000
Plumbing Inspector ................... 100000
Electrical Inspector ................... 100000
Board of Public Works ................ 10000
Board Of Public Welfare .............. 100000
Board of Health ..................... 4500.nO
Police Department ................... 100000
subway Department .................. 10000
School Fund and Town Deposit Fund $4,000
Interest Bank Balances ........... 100000
Personal Taxes Observation-Disclosures. 100000
$241oO0.0O
~ 4I5 Mills on Grand List of $116,232,-
24sOO ................... 3,231256.49
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
Backache

If Bladder Weakness, Getting Up
ing Sensation, leg or groin pains
make you feel old, tired. pepless,
and worn out why not make the
Cystcx As Hour Test? Don't give
up. Get Cystex today at any drug
store. Put it to a As hour test.
Money back if you don't soon feel
like new, full Of pep, sleep well,
with pains alleviated. Try Cystex
today. Only sec.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Teaching Day Schools ................ 1886, 100000
Tution-State Board of Education 80. 82,30000
Janitors' Salaries Observation-Disclosures. 56,O000O
Janitors' Supplies .................... 3,50000
Open Air School Supplies .............. 100000
Kjnderkarteu Supplies ................ 100000
Medical Inspection, Nurses, Dental
Hygienists and Nutrtonist ........ 22,5O000
Vacation Schools Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Salary Of Superintendent of Schools %. 1000 90
Attendance Bureau ................... 100000
Census Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Clerks Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Printing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3.5O000
Evening Schools Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Supplies MISREPRESENTATION. 100000
Text Books Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Library and Apparatus ................ 2.500U0
Furniture and Equipment ............. 100000
Repairs Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Light and Power Observation-Disclosures. 1S.O001O
Fuel NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100000
Insurance Observation-Disclosures. 9,500.00
Miscellaneous Observation-Disclosures. 100000
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
. KILLED IN EGYPT FIRE

Cairo, Egypt, Feb. IS R1Eine
persons were killed and 20 severely
injured in a fire in a large village
near Zazazig yesterday. A total Of
$50 houses were destroyed.
The Washington times., 1929-12-13

Vidal is the younger brother
Of the Gene Vidal who helped
make football history when
Elmer Oliphant was earning
alI-American mention at West
Point.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-17

her allies and Germany sufficient to
cover her own payments to the United
States. This was equivalent to only q
quarter Of the sum due her.
Mr.. Snowden was particularly Bit
ter In his criticism Of France. which
he said. had repudiated four -fifths Of
her obligations to England. Many
Britishers had been practically ruined
because France was baking at her
national obligations. he said, while at
the same time she was the most pros
porous country in Europe.
It was not a case of not being able
to make a better bargain, for the
United States had obtained better
terms from France than did England
he claimed. declaring the case of Italy
was worse still, since that country S
total debt of $3.50, 100000 had been
commuted to 81 OBS, ,OO0, 900.
IF Italy and France could afford ia
pay the United States they could af-
ford to pay u.s." he continued, be-
cause we have done for France what
the United States did not do. If II
had not been for British help, both
financial and human. France would
not be an independent country today
If Mr.. Churchill had made the same
settlement with the European coun-
tries as they made with the United
States we would be receiving double
the amount we receive now"
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-17
plan FOR REDUCING
WORLD ARMAMENTS
IS GREETED C0LDLY
Soviet Project Of Agreeing Now
on Reduction Figure Re-
iected at Geneva

Geneva, April l7.-P,-The soviet
plan for reducing world ornaments.
presented the preparatory disarma-
mcnt commission by Maxim Litvinoff.
vice commissar for foreign affairs. got
. chilly reception today.
Even Germany which has constant
ly protested that she had been dis
armed by treaty and that other ma
tions arc not living up to their
promises to lessen their own superior
ornaments. felt it was unwise to en-
dorse the Russian idea Of agreeing
now upon the figures Of reduction.
Count Won Bernstorff thought this
should be left to later internation-
al conference. At the same time how
ever. he gave hearty approval Of the
principles Of the Russian plan.
Three Reject Project
Japan, Chile and France all reject
ed the soviet project as impracticable
because they contended 1t failed to
take into consideration realities.
The Germans are hesitating about
suggesting the appointment X a spc-
cial subcommittee to discuss the
naval problem though 1t may do SO
later. One idea Is that this commit
tee should meet in Geneva on June
Is.
General Alexander Langovov, Rus
sian military expert, in defending and
explaining his country's proposals,
pleaded for maximum Of 10000 tons
displacement for warships as against
5000 tons fixed by the Washington
conference. He charged that the
10000 cruisers being constructed now