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New Britain herald., 1930-03-25

tended c25 nights of work. or three years without missing a session. Sophie r. Chmiclewska Frank NJ. Junior and Paul Y. Nik have had a perfect record for two years and Helen l. Dabkowski. Ernest l., An derson, Alfred c, Cliff, Mary F. Tata, Lewis C. Homan. and Gustav H. Swanson were regular attendants this year. With many others from other classes they will be awarded badges at special exercises.
 The officers of the class arc Gus tav H. Swanson, president; Helen r.. Dabkowski, vice president; Mary r. Tata. secretary, and Frank NJ. Jun for, treasurer. The class motto IS Seize the Opportunity" and the class colors are blue and gold.
 Rev pr. Abel A. Ahlquist, pastor of the First Lutheran church, will give the graduation address and the diplomas will be presented by School Committeeman George Le Witt who is chairman Of the eve ming school subcommittee.
 The program. in full, follows:
 Selection-Scnior High school or Chestra.
 Chorus-Shout Aloud in Triumph, Manney.
 Address Of wclcomo-G -Gutay HiaI- mar Swanson, president of the class.
 Eecitation--It Couldn't Be Done, Edgar A. Guest-Hclon Elizabeth Dabhovski.
 Vocal solo, (a( A Brown Bird Singing, Wood (b) l Have a Little Cottage, O'Hara-Miss Karin Hall- sten.
 Recitation--Bc Man, w Dayton Wegefarth-Lars Arthur Elofson.
 Chorus Ca The old Salt Ray mond; (b) The Call Of Duty. Had ley
 selcction-senior High school or chestra.
 Address 10 Eraduatcs--Rcv. pr. Abel Ahlquist, pastor of First Luth- eran church.
 Presentation of diplomas - beoFSe LeNlV, tndlflnGn or evening school committee.
 Presentation Of flags - Emil Schaal, commander Of Eddy Glover post, No. 6, American Legion
 Class song-Mombers of the grad uating class.
 Chorus-The Star Spangled Ban- nor, Arnold.
 The list of graduates, IS women and 20 men, follows.
 Sophie Phyllis ChmicleUska Helen Elizabeth Dabkowski, Rose June Dudzik Iyonne Forth, He'd wig Elizabeth HnicdzicJlio, Anna sophie karwas, Frances Mary To- wicki. Mary Lucy Lukowslii, Helen Pauline Milewski, Helen Rose Mi
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
|ROSENWALDS WILL | SAIL ON MAJESTIC
Capitalist and Bride Ready to
 Leave England

London. March 25 (UP)-Julius
 Rosenwald, Chicago philanthropist.
 and his bride, who have been tour
 ing Egypt and parts of France and
 England on their honeymoon, will leave for New York on the liner
 Majestic tonight MT. and Mrs. Rosenwald attended the annual court of the governors of the Royal Free hospital today, at
 which Lord Riddel presided. Charles
 c. Dawes, United States ambassador
 to London, made an address and Rosenwald spoke briefly. Rosenwald was delighted with his trip.
 "I had the time of my life," he
 said, 'and my visit to General Dawes was a red letter event for
 me. The ambassador sets fine table,"
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
' WORKERS NEAR
 HALFWAY POINT
Pledges Brought in Today for S4,197,S-T S8,33S25

Plans for the new Y. NJ. C. A., building a wrestling match and an exhibition of woodcraft were the features of the '. NJ. C. A. cam paign workers luncheon in the Bur ritt hotel at noon today.
 Walter Hart presided and briefly outlined the plans for the new building. He also gave a number of practical suggestions to be followed in soliciting gifts.
 Capt. l.. V. Higbce was again awarded the banner for being the champion go-gettcr. The high team banner went to Capt. G. D. Raw lings. Division C, headed by s. II. Raymond. was again high division.
 Entertainment was provided in the form of a wrestling match be- tween Connie Torosian and Abie Joseph.
 There was q total of 232 pledges reported today representing gifts totaling s419125. This brings the grand total 10 sS33S.25. Several of the teams showed decided in crease over the amount reported yesterday.
 The results of today's report of subscriptions, amounts, and totals to date follow:
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25

eiorski Anna Barbara Piluk, Rose Mary Ringrose, Minnie Rubenstein, Sta>ia Lorraine Sadlowska, Lucy Mary Sidlik, Helen Vera Smyka, Mary Felicitas Tata. and Helen Margaret Yablonski.
 Ernest Rudolph Anderson, Joseph John Broff, Alfred Oxen Cliff, Mick ael John Coppe, K. Oscar Dahlgren, Lars Arthur Elofson, James V. Gill berto, Vincent J. Gilbcrto, Karl Valentine Hcland, Kenneth Herbert Westergrcn, Arthur Theodore Wes tergren, Lewis Clifton Homan. Frank Melo Junior, Bror Einar Johnson, Anthony J. Nigri Herman Revzon, Robert Rubenstein, Gustav Hialmar Swanson, Paul Niktor Nik, and Michael Nencziano.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
Doctor Says Judge Tried Blackmail
 And Rounded Witnesses In His Case

New York, March 25 R)-Dr. Maurice A. Sturm, 49, of this city on trial before Judge Otto A. Rosal- sky for manslaughter in connection with the death of Mrs. Ruth Weir of East Orange, N. J., for an illegal operation, today testified that a Judge Hanley," of the district court Of Jersey City, had come to his home after his arrest and had demanded S10,00O blackmail on behalf of As- sistant District Attorney William D. Ryan, with threats that if the money were not forthcoming Ryan would prosecute "to the limit"
 Dr. Sturm's declaration was made after Assistant District Attorney James Ncary had asked him if he sent Mrs. Frieda Sanger, proprietor of a convalescing home in which
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25

Mrs. Weir was patient, out of town while the case was pending. T was compelled to send Mrs. Sanger away because your assistant District Attorney Ryan tried to blackmail me for $10,000 in this case, and you know it is true,' said Dr. Sturm.
 Mrs. Sanger came to me crying and later Ryan sent Judge Hanley of the district court, Jersey City, to me, and he told mo if I didn't come across immediately I would be pros ecuted to the limit.
 They tried to get at me through the witnesses, Mrs. Sanger and Miss Gertrude Holloway, my nurse. They were bounding the life out Of Mrs. Sanger. never talked to Ryan about this case, but to Judge Hanley.'
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
MYRTLE STREET LEASE

X three year lease on store with rent for the last four months paid at the time the agreement was executed, was filed today at the of fee of the town clerk. Nicola Salcr- nj leased 10 Concezio Di Michele, the premises at 459 Myrtle street. for three years at So0 a month. The paper acknowledges receipt of S200 representing the last four months rental. The matter was handled through the office of Attorney An- gela M. LacaVa.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
City Items

The Y. M. T. A. & B. society has sold to Martin and James Walsh, a retail tobacco and confectionery store at 575 Main street.
 A proficient and popular candi- date for Town Clerk, Miss Jean Cochrane. Vote for "Jean."
 A barber shop at 240 North street has been sold by Harry Dorman to Andrew Contaldi.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
Burkhardt Held for
 Inquiry in Wife's Death

Los Angeles, March 25 P}-PoliCc today were holding William Bur';- hardt, a gas company employe, for questioning in connection with the staying of his wife, Mrs. Anna Mo Knight Burkhardt, former vaudeville performer, whose body was found outside a Hollywood bungalow late been estranged for several months, moved into the bungalow yesterday after a reconciliation.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
B0EHM MADE FOREMAN
 OF s. R. & L. DEPT.
Veteran Employe Will Have Charge Of Glass Level Production
 in Factory

Alfred G. Boehm. an employe of the Stanley Rule & Level Co. for the past 37 years in the level glass room, was rewarded by the company officials for his faithful services to- day when he was made foreman of the department, the only place he has worked since coming 10 this country. He arrived here from Ger 10 work in the. level glass depart ment. He is 6. member of the Quar- ter Century club of the Stanley Works organization.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
COJPLE FOUND DEAD

Baltimore, March 25 R}-Mr. and Mrs. Harry Applewhaite, a 70 year old couple, were found dead in bed at their home today with their throats cut. Police who arrived at the house at first did not know whether their deaths were due to murder or suicide. An investigation was started.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
3 WILL GRADUATE FROM NIGHT SCHOOL.
Exercises at Central School
 Auditorium April 1

Diplomas will be presented to 3S members of the New Britain Evc- ming school graduation class at eX- ercises which will be held in the Central Junior High school auditor ium on April l, according to an- nouncement made today by Princi- pal Edward E. Weeks.
 Of the group who arc being grad uated one has a perfect attendance record in three years at school three have not missed a session in the past two years and six have been perfect in attendance this year.
 Karl Valentine Heland has at
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
LIEUTENANT KILLED

Lisbon, Portugal, March o5 P- Lieutenant Moraes Sarmiento was killed in a mutiny which broke out several days ago in Sac Paulo dc Loanda, Angola, Portuguese West Africa. Latest reports from tho high commissioner in Angola stated order had been restored.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
NUTT. RESIGNS POST

Cleveland, March 25 (UP) - Jo- seph R. Mutt, treasurer of the re- publican national committee, who has been prominently mentioned as q possible successor to Claudius H.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25

Huston, chairman of the commit
 tee, today resigned his post as pres- ident of the Union Trust company.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
Darrow Says Violation
 Of Law Is Permissible

Boston, March 25 (UP)-Citi- zens should violate the Volstead law to demonstrate that con-
 science is higher than "any fool
 law passed by every fool legis- lature at the request of every bigoted constituent" Clarence
 Darrow, famous criminal lawyer, declared in an address here last night.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
COOPER AGREES ID
 CHECK 0N PROJECT
Power Company Will Not. h. teriere With Fishing, He Says

Washington, March 25 Rt-DeX- ter ?. Cooper, head of Dexter ?. Cooper, Inc, of Passport, Maine, told the house foreign affairs committee today he was "entirely agreeable" that investigations be made by the United States and Canada as to what effect his projected power company on Passamaquoddy and Cobscook bays would have on the fisheries in the border waters of the two countries in that region.
 Cooper appeared at the hearing on the Martin resolution to authorize an expenditure Of s45,OOO for the American half of the expenses of the investigation Canada would furnish a like sum.
 Carr Approves Inquiry
 Assistant Secretary of State Will bur J. Carr also approved the inves- legations. He said there was some apprehension in the fishing indus try in New Brunswick and Maine waters over the power project, which would use the movement of the tides in the bays to generate electric power The matter, he eX- plained, was Of great deal of inn portance to the country as a whole, but particularly 10 Maine.
 l.. Radcliffe, deputy commissioner Of the bureau of fisheries, and l.. Higgins, chief of the division of scientific lnquiryi, said it was believ- cd that the abundance of micro scopic plant and animal life In the waters fthc region was responsible of rthe compensation of the herring and pollock fisheries in those waters and that the erection of dams might destroy the fisheries.
 Outlay to be Immense
 Cooper explained the completed project would entail an outlay of about 5,000,000, but added that the initial project would be in Amer ican water only. He added that his corporation had received only a pre- lminary permit from the federal power commission. but that the ap- plication for a permanent license was under consideration. The 1n- vestigation, he said, would not affect the initial project.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
WILL BUY PARK SITE

Purchase of the site for the new park in the eastern section of the city will be made shortly, Judge w. F. Mangan, chairman of the board Of park commissioners. said today The title search is being made by Attorney Elias T. Ringrose, who was engaged for the purpose by the corporation counsel's office, and this work will probably be completed be- fore the end of the week.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-25

The annual production of the French perfume industry is valued tt moro than s30,OO0,O00.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
ENFORCING TROLLEY SERVICE

When a trolley company accepts a franchlse under conditions that service IS 10 be gwen every 2o min- 4tss ir usually does so in the beiler that the una will never come when business on the line will be so bad as not 10 warrant such service.
 Resitea,s along the Chestnut street line have reminded them selves that the original franchisr called for such service. But the Con, necucut company has announced a curcalment, with service 10 be given only during the rush hours.
 What to do about it is one ot those questions that can only be solved in the usual manner Of liti- -atIon Or perhaps the trolley com 7any. II forced 10 abide by its ori- =.naI franchise, will prefer to gIye up rhe line altogther. as 1t has done on occasion previously
 One thing IS certain No firm. ran be expected to lose money con tlnually. Fares on the better patron ized main lines will never come down if the company is forced to run with loss on minor lines, That has been one ot the troubles with the company for q long time
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

tricts in that town. kensington, the stronghold of democracy in the neighboring community, would sit up nights plotting ways and means Of bringing out a heavy Mangan vote, it is believed.
 So many factors will enter into the election that the situation is all mixed up like a pile of jack straws. It Is possible that former Mayor Paonessa will be the nominee of the democrats for this district for congressman and that Mayor George A. Quigley will be chosen by the re- publicans. Mayor Quigley does not stand in well with the G. o. P. ma chine but he proved at the city cleo tlon last spring that he is a vote getter and his other sins may be forgiven by the machine, which is composed of a group of very politi- cal and astute gentlemen who, to revive a bit of pungent slang, know their onions.
 Then there is the state tickets to be considered. New Britain has a habit of being strongly republican when state tickets are voted on. It is possible that Paonessa, who has won out against odds in the past, will be able to cause an overturns and reverse the situation.
 We'll tell you all about it after the votes are counted.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
In Which We Advocate Lower GarOline Prices.

New Britain still pays 2 and q fraction cents for regular gasoline and 22 and a fraction for the ethyl" treated motor fuel. while cities and towns in southeastern Massachusetts, as the result of q little price cutting by some dealers, get both grades two cents cheaper. This fact was called to the attention of The Observer by a recent week end trip to that section of Massa- chusctts where the lower prices ob- tain. Naturally it will occur to the average motorist to ask why a lit tie price war in New Britain would not be welcome.
 Peculiarly enough many of the tion of the Bay State have not talk en down their old price signs, which still read 19 6-10 cents for regular gasoline and 22 6-10 for special or anti-knock varieties. But outside each station is another rign which reads cash price to- day 17:6 cents per gallon for gas" Another similar sign informs the motorist that the "ethylized" gas is 2O.6 cents a gallon at the leash price"
 According to residents of the dis trct and some of the gas station proprietors, someone began looping off two cents a gallon on the price of gas. With amazing speed all the other companies found that it was possible to cut two cents from their price to meet the new level. Nothing, apparently, happened to their financial structure. There have been no bankruptcies as a re- suit of the cut.
 Several years ago, it may be re- called, the state of Connecticut be- gan an investigation of the price Of gasoline and found that it was somewhat higher than it needed to be. Since that particular furry took place, there has been little organ ized effort to discover whether the
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
BAPTIZING THE NEW POOL

The new Washington park swim ming pool naturally had 10 b= bap- tIzed win a flow O words. There will he formal dedlcatory exercises next week, but the main er6a, tet- has already taken place. M-. Mlyrar- ski vented his opinion that the pool leaks terribly, while Arr, Bartlett. parH board chairman. immediately anne forward 10 defend rhe pool with a statement that 5t doesn't leak at all All that is left 10 do now Is 10 take ones cholce So far as Young America Is concerned it doesn't care penny who IS right rlst so long as there Is water in the pool and minimum amount Of germs in the water. Or perhaps. wen the germs ulll make little diff terence.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

of our personal knowledge, and own to a certain personal interest in them.
 If you have never been 10 Kanka kee and have no particular reason for going there, you are not interest ed in including it within an itinerary. But if you once visited in Kalamazoo, even for only two or three days, and chance takes you in that direction once again, you will be interested ir re-visiting it; if for nothing else than to note whether the same railroad station is still there.
 It is peculiar twist of human be- havor, or psychology, or whatll you have.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
AGRICULTURAL COMPLAINTS

Chief complaint of the farmers, | is aid. is that they must pay iu- creased prices for what they con- sume while receiving low prices for what they produce.
 What does the farmer consume He busy clothes, shoes and machn- cry, and other incidentals of life. He needs no more necessaries Of lif" than the city man; and the pur- chase Of farm machinery is useless 10 him If t doesn't pay its way with increased production and less labor. Whenever he buys farm machinery. therefore. he does 50 in order 10 save in labor and increase his ability tc operate hls farm. Farm production has increased greatly through the use of machinery
 He buys automobiles and trucks because he must have them in his business. He always did need con- vcyances, more so than the averasc city man. They cost money. but no more than in the city Perhaps the farmers believe automobiles and trucks cost more than they ought to cost, but there cannot be onc price for the country and higher price for the cities.
 The lop-sided economio situation from which the farmers suffer can be changed in only one way, and that is to raise their economic level to approximately that of city dwcl- Iers. How to bring this about is an other matter entirely; the best minds of the nation disagree about the
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
25 Fears Ago Today

Moving pictures will be shown at Fanna's armory tomorrow evening, The best seats may be obtained for ten cents.
 The New Britain Shriners are the guests Of the Hartford Shriners at the clam bake being held in Hook anum this afternoon.
 4 crowd of people gathers around Engine House No. 1 on Commercial street every night to see the horses come out when the alarm sounds at o'clock.
 Rev. John Klingberg stated today that the people who are collecting money for the childrens homo have no permission to do so and the pub lie should ignore them.
 Fred Beloin's great paCer won SI,OO0 in three straight heats al the races at Dover, New Hampshire yes tcrday.
 The Berlin fair this year promises to be the most successful one held in 4 long time Elaborate arrangements are being made by the officials for many new attractions.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
Observations On The Weother

Washington, Aug. 9.-Forecast for Southern New England: Partly cloudy, slightly warmer except on the southeast coast Saturday; Sum- day mostly fair.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday, not much change in temperatur.
 Conditions: The Hudson Bay disturbance is moving eastward, be- ing central over eastern Hudson Bay. Another disturbance is over the northern plateau and pressure is relatively low off the New Jersey coast.
 During the last 24 hours local thunder showers have occurred in the middle and southern Rocky Mountain region and in portions of the South Atlantic states the lower Lake region, New England, Iowa and the upper Ohio Valley.
 Maximum temperature of 100 de- grees or more occurred in Okla homa, Arkansas, Tennessee, ken- lucky Missouri and Kansas.
 The outlook is for showers on Saturday in northern New England Temperatures will not change ma- terially.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
THE "SERNICE CHARGE"

New York City seems to be but slightly disposed to regard a pro- posed 60 cents meter charge. or service charge" by the Edison companies of that city in a favorabl. light. It will be remembered that the electric companies offered new rates which would mean a reduction at present-of s5,S96,OoO in their annual receipts, Which is very nice so far as it goes; but it includes d plan for the infliction of the 60 cent meter, or service charge against small or household consumers, which has never been done in New York. Nearly 100000 of these small consumers. or 5 per cent Of the customers, would suffer an in crease in their monthly electric bills, while 47 per cent. representing the larger consumers, would enjoy de- crease.
 The entire system Of assessing a service charge" thus comes under minute scrutiny The companies claim that the service charge is for readiness to serve;;' and means that If 2 householder should rent d cot tage al the shore for the summer and not occupy the town dwelling all that time. consuming no current, then the monthly bills would show the service charge anyway.
 Ii we pay the electric companies for readiness to serve,' why not pay other concerns for similar readiness to serve? Every merchant IS constantly ready to serve, and it is costing him in overhead to be ready. Yet he cannot charge customers an extra fee for that reason.
 Underlying the discussion Tn New York the system of expecting the small householders to pay propor- tionately much heavier rates than the larger consumers is also under attack. This IS the system that pri- vately operated companies insist must be the case. By adopting this attitude they perhaps unwittlngly let themselves in for much ill will, which their generous propaganda can scarcely offset.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
THE FIRST WATER STEP

From rhe Mayor down every cttl- zen 1n New Britain is interested H. he possibility ot the city saving T zrge sum through improving liz water storage tacil"es rather than sonsun.rarlng ex,snslve develop nents that go far beyond any necos- sary nee5 for the immediate future.
 II hav1ng heen e4ecuteIy stressed hat through defective retention methods there Is 2. huge loss an aually of water from the Whlgyil-e reservoir il behooves The city to lake some means 10 avoid this loss IS 2 clrz- sep ln its wa,er supply program
 The man with hole h g ,ro.sera pocket through which he learns he lz losing money naturally repairs th4 pocket
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
COURTEOUS POLICEMEN

IT was q pleasure 10 print the let '4r from resident of Pennsylvania 'vao wrote 10 the Mayor regarding he courteous attention he had re- ceiyed from Patrolman Charles An derson while recently passing through the city.
 Courteous policemen arc q splen did asset 10 the city. Where one tourist given courteous attention takes the trouble to write letter, ten do not write the letter; but they gratefully remember the city and speak to friends about 1t. and to others along their itinerary.
 Policemen in some cities are such uniform grouches that courteous cops such as this city takes pleasure in employing appear quite distinc- tive in comparison.
 All 8 policeman's duties do not consist in merely arrestng male factors and calling up headquarters from outlying patrol boxes. He is an agent of the city as a whole, and as