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New Britain herald., 1929-02-12

Ties in the first division of the
~" Industrial Basketball league
are certain tonight regardless od
which way the tide Of battle goes
Three games will be played at tho
Stanley Arena and teams in third
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
places are slated to appear. They are
70 closely punched that several
changes can be made as a result Cd
the three contests scheduled.
Tonight's games in the order inl
which they will be played are as fol-
lows:
Fafnirs w. Corbin Cabinet.
Stanley Works VS.. Landers.
N. B. Machine vs.. P. 6 r. Corbinl
In the first game Fafnir has q
chance to move into tie for Sec
ond place by defeating Corbin Cabi.
net Lock. However. If the Cabinet
Makers win it will be in a double and
possibly a triple tie for third place.
with Fafnir night and with Stanley
Works IL 1t wins from Landers.
Stanley Works has its work cut
out for 1t and IL it defeats Ianders ID
vii be we'll up in first division.
P. & F. Corbin has been down all
season but its first real opportunity
move ahead will be afforded 1t to-
night when it plays the New Britain
Machine team. If Coach Bates crew
succeeds in defeating the Newmaticsl
Corbins will have won four cameo
and lost six and will be up within
percentage points of the holders Of
first division places. .
P. 4 +. has been strengthened BY
the return Of Joe Jasper to the line-
up. Joe, however, will not play for-
ward position because his substitute
Dick German. has been doing so well
there. The lineup of the Lockmakera
will be Hoist, center: Mike Luke
and Dick German, forwards; Berl
Paris and Joe Jasper. guards.
New Britain Machine will start
Eric Anderson. center; Rockwell and
Arena. forwards: Augustine and
D"dISOlI, quar- 10. Aug uclInU may pe[
used at forward Arena may be shift
ed to guard.
Fafnirs will depend on the new
lineup which worked so well LASH
week. Gierochowski will be at cen-|
ter: Belser and Havlick. forwardsj
Mieczkowski and Matulis, guardsI
Frank McGrath il laid up with an
ankle injury and If he does play Id
will not be in the lineup long. 1t ID
expected.
Coach Grobstein of Stanley Works
will start Captain Haigis center
Swanson and Reckert, forwards
Carlson and Emory, guards. Jod|
Charlow and Alden Hewett may alsd|
get the call to start.
For Landers, Milewski and
"ChiclV Charlow will start at for
wards: Chotkowski, center: Preisse1
and Marseli. guards.
Last Friday the teams playing thd
first game we're SO late in MAKING
their appearance on the floor tina
the program was Is minutes behind
schedule. Offlcials have requested
that the teams taking part in th(
first game be on the floor ready TO
practice at 1920 o'clock tonight.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12
Chicago Cubs Almost
Ready for Training

Chicago. Feb. . Up, - If CLYDE
Day. a rookie hurler from Omaha.
was signed up, the first contingent
of the Chicago cubs would he ready
TO leave for Catalina Island. their
spring training camp The pitchers
and catchers along with several
other players. leave Thursday.
Day. who won II ana lost is
games with Omaha has returned his
contract with no Signature and fail
Cd to answer letters. according to
President w. l.. Seeck.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12
Hard Hitting Rookie
Prevented Bell Deal

Chicago. Feb. ~ R-Danny Tay-
lor, hard hitting rookie from
Memphis, and not cash ruined the
proposed deal that would have
brought Lester Bell from Boston to
the Chicago Cubs, President w. l..
Week said today.
The Boston club was willing to
dispose of Bell and were interested
IN the cash he would bring. but they
also wanted Taylor. The Cubs pre-
ferrcd to hang on to their promising
rookie.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12
Nurmi to Use Sunshine
For Stiffness in Legs

New York. Fab. - up - Paavo
NUrmf is, going 10 try a little sun
shine to tata the stiffness ont of his
muscles, After ono defeat and a 1ot
Of hard WorE IN his; running. the fy-
ing Finn has decid, he needs to get
his muscles loosened mp bit before
he can resume. his record breaking
He has received permission to use
tn" soiarium OF the New York A. e.
Tor daily sun baths o absorb ? few
rays through its special
glass.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12

OBJECT TO COACH

Boston. Feb. IL N'P) 49, Captain
4 fthry Mccarthy Of tine Boston uni
1ersityl baseball team aud six other
lcttermcn have potitIoncd the &. L.
Athletic council that Dave More.
formerly of Dartmouth. he not of
tcrcd tile position of head baseball
coach at b. I. They ask he APP
poirtment of Patsy Donovan. man
ager of the Attlrhoro club of thc
New England league.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12
BRUINS MEET COUGARS

Boston, Feb. II UP)--The Bos-
ton Bruins will clash with the De-
troit Cougars in a National leagre
hockey game at the Boston Garden
tonight. Victory would place De-
troit in a tie with the Bruins for
second place in the American IL
vision.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12
Strong TEAMS TO
MEET IN Benefit
Burrits lDd Mtrdn Communi.
ties to Clash Tomorrow

Two Oh tuo strongest COHteuueib
for the state semi-pro basketball
title will come to grips tomorrow
evening at the Stanley Arena at I?
o'clock wheh the Burritts and the
Meriden Communities clash in
benefit game for Fred Saunders, in
jured Burritt and Corbin Screw GEN.
ter Due 10 the Importance of the
battle and the purpose for which 1t
is being played. It is expected that
there will be a record crowd in at
tendance.
The Burritts have won ~ out of
is games, their only defeat coming
at the hands of the Communities by
% to 10 score. Since the Com
munity game, the locals have scored
ten straight victories over some OF
the best known teams in the state
Outside of the Meriden aggregation.
TO team has been able to give the
Burritts a r0l battle and the locals
are anxious to wipe out the only
stain against It's record by defeating
Tie NlbllOFS tOilOVTOW eNeTluk.
The Communities come here with
"A record of ~ WINS and one defeat.
They captured IL wins in row be-
fore bowling to the strong Middle
town Red Wings in Middletown Sat-
urday evening by 81 to % score.
They also hold victory over the
Middlctown crew. The Meriden team
has been stepping out of it's class
and have met with unusual success.
Last year the Meriden team cap
tured the state semi-pro title by
scoring IS wins out of 3S games.
The Burritts were one of the three
teams to administer a defeat to the
champs.
The game tomorrow evening will
be preceded by preliminary game
between the p. & i. Corbin girls an
Middletown "Y" girls at s o'clock.
Abe Aronson~ handle the whistle
in both games. Dancing will follow.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

By the Associated Press.
Chicago-Benny Bass, Ontpointed
Harry Forbes, Columbus, O., GW.
King Tut. Minneapolis, stopped AL
Winkler, Philadelphia 80.
Baltimore-kid Williams. won on
foul from Sid Lampe 90.
New York-Mike Sarge. Brooklyn,
outpointed Willie Hines, Chicago
90.
New York Jimmy Mcnamara.
New York. knocked out Marcial
Zavala. Mexico City 90; George
Daggett. New York. knocked out
Harry Wallace. Philadelphia (2).
Lynn. Mass. frankie Moore, Bos-
ton, outpointed Henry Janco, L. S.
Navy Go.
Hutc hinson. Kan. - Babe Hunt
Ponca City Okla, outpointed Martin
Burke. New Orleans G0).
Memphis Buster Na1lini New
Orleans and Alex Simms. Cleveland.
drew 80.
San Francisco - Young Corbctt.
Fresno. stopped Al F-racio. Spokane
tS).
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12
m
SEVERAL TIES EXPECTED
IN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE

Changes In Standing Are Certain When Teams Clash
At Stanley Arena Tonight Fafnir Battles Corbin|
Cabinet Lock Stanley Works and Landers to Meet
In Second Game-P. & F. Corbin Quintet Carded]
With New Britain Machine Five
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12

BUILDING s7S0,O0O STADIUM
Athletic officials at Oglethorp(
University announced recently
that work had started on 4 new
$S50,000 stadium.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12

Baltimore-Kid Williams. won on
foul from Sid I.ampe 60.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12

outpointed Willie Hines, Chicago
go.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12

HutC hinson. Kan. - Babe Hunt
Ponca City. Okla, outpointed Martin
Burke New Orleans 10).
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12

Lynn. Mass-Frankie Moore. Bos-
ton, outpointed Henry Janco, L. S.
Navy G0).
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12

San Francisco - Young Corbctt.
Fresno. stopped Al Fracio. Spokane
fS).
New Britain herald., 1929-02-12

Memphis -- Buster Mallini. New
Orleans and Alex Simms, Cleveland,
drew go.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16

market as easy on the high seas as
playing Switchboard.
Probably Gov. Young and his vigil
liant coadjutors are powerless to clip
the wings of voyaging Americans with
a weakness for flyers in industrials,
utilities and rails. But another Gov
eminent agency, the United States
Public Health Service, may decide that
it has license to intervene. Physicians
since time immemorial have prescribed
a week or ten days on the ocean blue as
a sure-fire antidote to faded or shat
tered nerves. OF what physical virtue
henceforward is ferry across the her
ring pond going to be if each feverish
gyration on the New York Stock Ex-
change is to be waited into midocean,
to bring gloom to bull or bear, as the
case may be?
The world and his wife who banker
for novelty may rejoice that they have
scored again with this transatlantic in
novation, but many will be inclined to
think that nothing has happened ex-
cept the addition of new terror to
the perils Of the deep. Mal-de-mer
may arise from other causes
than an uncomfortable inner man and
rough seas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16
Ontario FORCES Ahead
In Power DEVELOPMENTS

From the Buffalo Evening News.
Ontario FORCES steadily ahead with
power developments. The Hydro-Elec-
trio Commission of the province has re-
Gently acquired from private interests
sites on the Madawaska and Missis-
sippi Rivers in Eastern Ontario that will
make available 5000 additional horse
power. Always the commission is NOV
ing to make the province secure against
power shortage.
Ontario still has many Embarrassed
water powers. The chief remaining
sources of supply are the st. Lawrence
and the Ottawa Rivers. From the in
ternational section of the St. Lawrence
the province expects to get 100000
horsepower and from the Ottawa about
100000. Then there is the probability
of additional power from the Niagara.
1naSmuch as the MadawaSka and the
Mississippi developments will take care
of only one years increased demand, the
province will not be content to delay for
long developments on the st. Lawrence.
Plans already have been made for power
works on the boundary river at Norris
burg. If an agreement is not soon
reached by Washington and Albany with
regard to American power rights there,
Ontario Is likely to proceed independent
ly. Mere talk of an international en-
gagement for the development of the
st. Lawrence to afford passage for
ocean-going ships to the Great Lakes is
not going to hold up indefinitely On
tarto power enterprises on the river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16
Chicago's ''Pineapple"
Crop Shows Increase

From the FL Paso Herald.
The Chicago crop of pineapples seems
to be growing. They are not the lus-
cious fruit grown in Hawaii, but the
cute little bombs used by racketeers to
persuade business men that it is safer
and cheaper to buy protection"
During the first six months of last
year there were So pineapple bombings.
But for the first six months Of 1929
the number of bombings increased to
60, according to Thomas Beesley, an
investigator for the Chicago Employers
Association.
Bombers are growing more efficient.
The average damage done on each
occasion last year was $500, while this
year it was 81 ,428.
The really amazing feature OF Bees
ley's report is that he states that the
perpetrators Of all this years bombingS
have escaped prosecution.
John A. Swanson, State attorney, In
his campaign promised war on racket
GERS. He was elected and a special
racket court was established to help
him..
Swanson and his court do not seem
to have met much success. Twenty
five cases were referred to the courts.
Nine persons. were indicted, but none
convicted.
Chicago often complains that an in
Justice Is done in referring to it as a
''crirne city" The utter failure to
bring any Of these criminals to justice
seems to justify criticisms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16

bile industry has become organized into
few big. strong concerns The air
plane industry finds mergers and
changes taking place constantly.
Q. What does the word bible" mean?
A. 1t is from Greek word meaning
papyruS plant.
O. Where was the first English settle
ment made in New England?--H. D.
A. The first English settlement was
made at the mouth of the Kennebec
River by the Popham colony in 1907.
A storehouse and fertilization called
Fort st. George were built. Popham was
elected president of the colony, but
died the following year and the colo
nists, becoming disheartened by the
severity of the Winters, abandoned the
, settlement.
O. How are pineapples propagated?-
| T. D. r.
A. These plants are propagated by
means of crowns, slips, suckers and
| ratoons Plants are raised from seeds
only for breeding purposes.
@. What place is known as Pearl
of the Antilles"?-P. D.
A. The name is applied to the Island
of Cuba.
@. OF what country is the musician
! F'riml a native?-N. L. G.
A. Charles Rudolf Friml was born
in Prague, Bohemia, December Z, 1881.
@. How many people lost their lives
in the earthquake of 1923 In JAPAN
A. 1t cost about 100000 people their
lives.
@. Why is the Roman numeral for
4 written " instead of 1I1I?-L. j. l..
A. 1t may be written either way.
The shorter form is preferred, since, at
best, Roman numerals take great deal
of space.
@. Is the birth rate the world over
increasing or decreasing G.
A. The birth rate quite generally has
decreased in the past quarter century.
@. When was the Women's Bureau
organized?-H. D.
A. 1t was organized in July. 1918. as
a war service and made a permanent
bureau In June, 1920. Its staff Is COM
posed entirely of women. Its task Is To
formulate standards and policies for
wage earning women. Its aim is to
safeguard the interests of working
women who are homenakers and
mothers as we'll as wage earners and to
make their service effective for the
national good.
@. What is belleek porcelain?-L. 8.
A. It is an extremely thin ware, dec
grated with a pearly luster laid oyer
the glaze, suggesting the interior OF
shells. It derived its name from Bel
leek, Ireland, where it was originally
made.
@. Please tell something Of the
origin of the wholesale grocery bust
ness.-F. T. C..
A. The early history of the whole
sale grocery business is confined prirl-
cipally to England. The immediate
forerunner of the grocer was the pep
perez. or spicer. whose trade was well
established in London by 1180. The
earliest use of the word grocer" occurs
in 1910 in the city record report of Lon
con. During the Middle Ages all trades
were formed into guilds, and therefore
the Grocers' Co. of London was founded
in 1345. From this time the growth of
the trade was rapid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16
Can Opener Is Keynote
In Present Day Cooking

king Can Opener is title not I'M
expected in view of recent Department
of Agriculture reports on the progress
made in the art of canning foods for
the home. And the can opener, long
holding an humble station in the
kitchen, is coming into its own.
Suspicion of canned foods has been
allayed, and rightly so, in view of the
care taken by the Government in hav-
ing expert inspectors present at all
points where extensive canning is in
progress. The department finds grow
ing confidence on the part of house
wives and the additional realization
that she can buy satisfactory canned
goods at cost frequently lower than
when she puts them up herself-taking
into consideration the elements of labor
and time.
The gradual passing of home canning
to factory canning, bringing low unit cost
for products of standardized nature,
without breaking up happy homes, ruin
ing American cooking or generally play
ing havoc with cuisine traditions, Is
noted in the report.
Another important factor is that the
canned foods come from all parts of the
world to be consumed anywhere, any
time, dependable in purity, quality and
full measure.
Consequently, the can opener is the
key to the situation. A def flip of the
instrument and immediate access is had
to dishes often beyond the hope of pur-
chase on the local market. The cream
of given crop needs the lure of the
trusty opener, and diets are varied with
facility made possible by this growing
Science.-Atlanta Journal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16
Wall Street Takes to Sea.

SIS. lie de France, pride Of the French
mercantile marine, is en- route from
Havre this week with the worlds first
ocean-going brokerage Office. Connected
by wireless arrangements with the New
York Stock Exchange, which are entire
ly independent of the ships radio equip
ment, this floating ticker and blackboard
salon will supply continuous stream
Of quotations on one hundred select
ed stocks, comprising the most active
issues of the list. Three radio chan
nels will be utilized, one to receive quo
tations, one to transmit orders to New
York and one to receive executions.
For speed in transmission Of prices, the
ship brokerage shop will use special
"teletype relay" The installation
aboard the lie de France is about to be
duplicated on the Berengaria and the
Leviathan, with their French, British
and American rivals catering to the
speculative passions of the globe-trot-
ting fraternity. The Germans are not
likely to wait long before following suit.
Queen Bremen is sure to be In touch
with Wall Street soon, too.
What will the Federal Reserve Board
have to say to all this? It has just
raised the New York rediscount rate one
per cent in the hope Of checking the
stock buying craze of the American
public, and now come along the great
oceanic steamship companies with Sc
ductive schemes to make playing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16
DIR. George P. Merrill.

A useful life, devoted to increasing
scientific knowledge, came to a close
yesterday with the death of George p
Merrill, for many years head curator Of
the department of geology, United
States National Museum.
DR.. Merrill belonged to that group OF
studious men who come to the National
Capital from all parts of the country to
devote the greater part Of their lives to
delving into the problems of science in
the Government bureaus, adding stead
ily to the worlds fund of information
on the various subjects In which they
specialize.
The work Of such men is seldom per-
formed in the limelight of public at
tention, but their accomplishments are
of a lasting nature that live on and
grow in importance for many years
after they have passed away.
DR.. Merrill was the author OF many
scientific treatises on geology and SIM
liar subjects that remain as monuments
to his laborS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16
Boa That Swallowed
Blanket to Be Piticd
From the Fresno Bee.

from the FRESNO Bee
One deeply sympathizes with the boa
constructor in a Cincinnati ZOO. which
swallowed an Army blanket and has
bad pain in consequence. But the
pain is just what the beast might have
expected If he had known anything
about Army blankets.
An Army blanket always produces
pain, whether it is taken internally or
used externally. In the latter case ii
is too rough to lie on or under with
any comfort. 1t is too thin for cold
weather and too thick for hot weather
Regulations forbid its being used as a
floor covering. and it is too small and
far too much like board to be pressed
into emergency service as a bathrobe
And on other occasions the Army
blanket has characteristics, best passed
over hastily, which render it absolutely
unfit for human association.
1t Is obviously impossible that such
an article could prove edible, even by
boa constructor, or that, II mad
vertently eaten. the consequences could
be any but the gravest.
Indeed, one can think OF but one use
to which an Army blanket might sat
isfactorily be put. 1t could be chopped
fine and mixed with concrete, and the
mixture used to pave roads. Such q
road ought to last practically forever
and the suggestion is hereby offered to
the State highway department without
demand for royalties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16
Ousting of Franco Held
"Absurd NatiOnalism"

From the New Bedford Evening Standard.
Nationalism can be so intense as to
be absurd. Take the case of Maj. Ra-
mon Franco, the most celebrated of
Spanish aviators. Recently he made
an attempt to fly to New York; like
all other aviators attempting the west
ward passage, he came to grief. Forced
to alight on the water, near the Azores,
the plane kept af1oat until Franco and
his companion were picked up by a
British vessel. On his return to Spain
the people gave him a great ovation
at Gibraltar and Madrid. He was guest
of honor at luncheon given by Queen
Victoria.
The Spanish Aero Club organized a
celebration in his honor. The failure
of his flight did not, in the public
estimation, detract from the gallantry
of his attempt or dim a reputation eS-
tablished by previous successful flight
to Brazil. Yet Primo de Rivera has
dismissed Franco from the air service
because he flew in an Italian plane
after having received weather reports of
French origin.
His fight was to have been an all
Spanish affair. but the plane built
for him developed defects that would
have made it foolhardy to take off in it.
The Italian craft Franco made use of
was one in which he had confidence,
and it at least kept him af1oat until
help came. 1t Is a wonder there was
not a third count in the indictment
against the Spanish flyer, to the effect
that he was rescued by British ship.
For all We know, there was.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16
Radio for COntented
BOvines i'm Michigan
From the Columbus. Ohio, Dispatch.

From the Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch.
No doubt one never will know from
the expressions on their faces what the
COWS in that Mount Clemens, Mich,
dairy think of the radio, cows faces be-
ing particularly inexpensive. but their
owners claim. now that they have
determined the right sort of programs
for dairy presentation, that the i'm
proved quality of the milk is proof
enough that bovineS have an appre-
citation Of music.
Sedate and dignified melodies seem
to appeal most to the COWS. Loves
Old Sweet Song" is an especially fine
milk producer. according to the reporter
who brought this dairy to the attention
of waiting world.
The effect of music on animals long
has been the subject of interesting
study. A recent band program at the
Philadelphia Zoo demonstrated the
the various species there. What was
the monkeys meat proved the camel's
poison, and vice versa. However, it was
shown that none of the animals was
indifferent to music.
If these Mount Clemens cows prick up
their ears and chew their cuds in
unison to the strains of radio music,
and then give more and better milk
perhaps a new era is about to draw in
the dairy business. However, We will
have to see this process at close hand
before being thoroughly convinced. Also,
we would like to know the effect of a
Paul Whiteman jazz program on these
COWS. Surely not an undignified sway
ing of bovine hips-and buttermilk
Our credulity Is strained.