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New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
PHOENIX FIRE HAS
 GOOD YEAR, REPORT
Connecticut General Life and Hartford Accident Prosper

Hartford, Feb. Net underwrit- Ing profits of the Phoenix (Firel, the Connecticut Fire and the Equit- able Fire and Marine Insurance company. principal members of the Phoenix fleet, amounted 10 s1.S17.- 569 in 1929. The net investment in- come of the three companies WAS S2,$l t.592. Net profits realized on se- curites were $703.4SO. In addition 10 the Phoenix was recipient of %l5S.000 from the Mixed Claims commission. ~
 The 1929 statement of the Con- neCticut General Life Insurance cour- pany shows that $275,4S7.372 worth of new insurance was written. a gain Of %3T,p44,3&6 over 1928. Surplus Of $7.%94,lC5 showed gain of stU5.- t95.
 Total gains of Hartford Accident and Indemnity company for 1929 amount to $l,533,740, which was equivalent 10 $5 share on the new par stock. On the basis of the preS- sent capital and new par the amount per share was S9.%0. The premium income for last year was $29,719.- 52G
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
.DR. .W.H.P.FAUNCE,
 EDUCATOR, IS DEAD
President Emeritus Of Brown
 Retired But Half Year

Providence. F. L., Feb l. Dr. William II. r, F9uncc, noted educa- tor and clergyman, president omcri- tuq of Brown university. died ycstcr- day in his home here at the age of Il years. Last June he retired as active head of the university. Ecath was due 10 bronchial pneumonia and 6 heart weakness.
 For nearly half century the noted Baptist minister had taken ac- tive part in the formation Of odu- cational and college training plans. Nearly a dozen colleges had con- terred honorary degrees upon him.
 Was Liberal Educator
 Doctor Fauncc. president of Brown for 50 years, was an adHo- cate of liberal education rather than
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
Mistake Machine for
 Dinosaurs Skeleton

London, Feb. 1 (British UPl-A derel'ct Canadian harvesting ma chine has become world famous.
 X specific scientific mission was sent from Madrid 10 Tetuan to cX- amino what was believed to De the skeleton of a dinosaur millions of years old.
 It now has been revealed that the skeleton was the rusted remains of a harvesting machine abandoned by farmer In 1917 during the Riff war. The original investigators mis- took the curved iron teeth of the machine for the ribs of a dinosaur.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
W|CKERSHAM IS ENIGMA ID VETS
DryS Also PerpleXed About His
 Attitude on Liquor

Washington, Feb. UP)-For many years, Chairman George w. Wickcrsham of President Hoover x law enforcement commission. has been deeply interested in law re- form.
 Realizing that the United States in recoDt years has emerged from the status of q growing agricultural nation into the foremost industrial nation of the world, Wickershara long has advocated rewriting of the law books to make them harmonize with the times.
 In addition to writing book. The Changing Orde"' in which nc emphasized this viewpoint, Wicker- sham since 1923 has served as president of the American Law h. stitutc whose object is 10 rcstate the great body of American law. H. also has been member of the League Of Nations commission 10 rccodify international law.
 Associates Of Wickcrsham dc scribe him as one of the hardest working men they ever have knowr. His average working day is from ! q, m. to T. m.
 Loves Real Music
 For exercise. WiCkcrsham rides horseback through Washngton's famous Rock Creek park, or. when in New York, in Central Park near his home. A regular attendant at the opera, Wickcrsham loves good music and frequently attends con ccrts. His reading. intimatcs said is confined almost entirely to serious legal and other works. He is not a detective story fan as is Mr. Hoover
 One of the greatest mysteries in is whether Wickersham is "Wet' or dry" As head of the presidents fact-tinding crime com mission he is maintaining a neutral stand in the current prohibition fur orc. Vets emphasize Wicllersham never has been noted as an ardent dry, and drys points to his commits sion's report favoring stricter en- forcement.
 NlcHerSham is president of the League of Nations association and IS an outstanding advocate of Amcri- can entry into the league. His in tcrest in international affairs is an one and he has written numerous articles favoring wider partiCipatiOn in world matters.
 In appearance. Wickcrsham. who IS II. has all the characteristics of a successful business man. Ills shaggy muStachc is d noted facial feature He is stocky and aggrcs- siNe and seems virtual dynamo of human energy.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
Tests Show That More of Substance Increases Re- sistance and Cuts Down Mental Difficulties, Dr.. Laird Says,

New York, Feb. uCp)-Thc problem of how to refresh the tirel business man without sending hinl to tho IicsrcId Follirs has be. n partly solved by Dr, Donald 4. Laird director Of tine Colgate University psychological laboratory who ,.e- ported today cn d series of cNpc1- n,nts to determine the best mca?s "' rouutcractins mental and physical fatigue.
 More Nt:ar Urged
 I#ird'S recommendation i- that th" weary business man. when as..- cG at tea How many lumps. picasr?' shall reply:
 Three instead Of the usual twD. I'm pretty tired today"
 The secret Of recovering mcntlI poisc and physical energy, accordjl. 10 Laird'S experiments is 10 ,Ii more sugar. He does not rocouImo. l that everybody should carry lump sugar in their vest pockets and chuw il whenever possible, but that more sugar should be taken in tea or coffee. Ur pom,s out that Kuu.a Nocknc, the Notrc Dame football coach. feeds sugar to his team bv-- lore an important game.
 For months now Laird has be n working on Colgate students. It. takes = healthy undergraduate and gives them each a glass of water. Six Of the glasses have sugar dis solved in the Wajcr The students then go through I series of tess. They stand with their knees togctha 1T and their arms outstretchcd. auI tine sway Of their bodies is mcasur l ol' machine called an ataNiagrapa. Laird then makes the students cIino three flights of stairs and brfnrs t"cm back agdm 10 scc how the fatigue affected them. The six stu dents who had the sugar were 9.4 per cent more steady; those who h. had no sugar wabblcd 1%.l per ccut more than they did before.
 In almost every case of mental and physical tests il was found that sugar help the subjects rccoy r
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
NAVAJOS RUSHING
 ID DYING CHIEF
Desire to Perform Last Rites
 Draws 1,500 Warriors

Flagstaff, Ariz.. Feb. 1 (UP)- Dust clouds of the painted desert today screened groups of swift rid ing Navajo Indians whose Pinto ponies bore them toward the hogan of DuScyc Clitsoil. chief of the medi- cine men. who awaited death with the serenity of 102 years on earth.
 Trailing behind the 1,50U mounted braves were the squaWs carrying ;,apooscs. All pushed through the all;,i dust at top speed for they believed the life of the medicine man was in their hands.
 Before sunset, a corral had 10 be constructed of cedar and pinion brush. A circle of fire will be made in the brush by q medicine man from the mcsas Of the Hopi country.
 Then. after sacred sand drawings arc made and wiped away, the 'rcnZicd fire dance to drive the devils from the hogan of the medi- clnc man will be begun by 40 dancers.
 Their braves aI&me from burning pitch which they will smear on as they reel and sway, the dangers will keep on until they fall exhausted. If devils remain in the hogan. the mys- tic eagle feathers, most sacred of Navajo rites, will -bc brought forth
 While weird chants are sung. the feathers will be made to dance in a bowl near the fire. Unless the chicftain then rises from his buffalo robes. he will be doomed by the great spirit, the Indians believe, and the mournful death dance chant will begin.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01

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 Mental Reaction Faster
 The possibilities of making such persons as taXicab drivers, big lcag3e pitchers and anagram addicts more steady and reliable was elaborated on hv Laird. He pointed out how man could stop an automobi.4 quicker if he had his quota of sugar, thereby cutting down the number Cf automobile accidents; how LcNy Grove, for instance, can keep his fast ball sizzling for any number of extra innings and how person eventually can build himself up with sugar to the point where he can even sit through q chess match aal know what all the moves mean anI who won when it's all over.
 And Laird has an optimistic nles- saGc for women who believe that when they cat ;Wr,is they are tax ing q short cut to double chin. He says they can take a good supply of sugar and Instead Of building ID fat they will build up energy. But h" StipUlatcs that they must eaI their sugar at the beginning Of caan mraI for then it dulls the appetite and makes the fattruing foods that arc 10 follow unattraciivc.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01

that along vocational and occupa- tional lines and believed that college freshmen were not yet competent to choose careers. He held that if cdu- cation did not teach q man 10 think for himself it Wls futile.
 A native of Worcester. Mass. h, was graduated from Brown in 1880 and from the Newton Theological seminary four years latcr For five years he served as pastor of the State Street Baptist church, Spring field. Mass, and for 1o years was pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church. New York.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
H|RSCH CONVICTED
 IN GROSS MURDER
New York Man Guilty in First
 Degree in Dentist Case


 New York, Feb, l tPI-EIynan Hirsch, = years old. was convicted Of murder in the first degree today for the shooting to death in 1927 or Dr. Jacob Gross, q dentist. durin . an attempted holdup. The jury de liberated IS hours.
 The principal witness for the state was Solomon Goetz. q chauf- tcur, who testified he drove the car in which Hirsch and one Samuel Goltz, who escaped arrest. rode 10 the dentists offices. An indictment charging Goetz with being a parti- cipant in the crime was dismissed a few days before Hirsch went on trial.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01

New York, Feb. l.-I'rod Stones return to the stage is sn epic of hCroism and un5hakablc faith. When he crashed to the ground in his first | solo flight more than q year and q half ago he Wasi carried 10 a hos pital with the longest list of n- juIics ever recorded to a single per- son in medical annals.
 He had one chance in hundred of recovering but, SO the surgeons said, no chance whatever of return ing 0 the footlghts. He was doomed to permanent invalidism. Yet only once during his long convalesccnce did his indomitablc courage falter
 That was when. hobbling about the room on crutchcs. he saw a pa'r Of his old dancing shoes in an op"n closet. There was quavcr in his voice when 10 his wife he observe ,: 'l wonder if I'll ever wear them aSain?' It was q flcetinG doubt an1 he never mentioned it again.
 Stones religious conversion" was first paged several years ago IS news. AS a matter Of fact he has, since youth, been interested in thc church. In circus days he was con- vinced of the power of prayer. TO him there always something moro important than life, else why the sun, moon and stars?
 His loyalty 10 his late partn ,r Dave Montgomery has been one of the theatrical classics. Montgomery was a mediocre actor but the billin., was always Montgomery and Stone.' It was thus they started out trouping as boys from St. Joseph, Missouri.
 Time after time theatrical man. aGcrs ma1G enormous offers for Stone to drop Montgomery and go it alonc." Montgomery was sighting his work and showing mp late at TO- hcarsals. Stones invariablc answ.r to such suggestions was a firm: "Tile team is Montgomery and Stone"
 His innate modesty is encom- passed in the great ambitions of his life-the stardom of his daughter Dorothy. WLiCh came true. Before the accident in the air took place he was arranging to appear in a play which would herald: "Dorothy Stone supported by Fred Stone"
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
RETURNS TO COMPETITION

New York. Feb. 1 (UP) - Joe Tierney, world record holder for 300 yards. will return to competi- ton, 10 defend the Buormeyor 500 trophy which he won last year, at the New York Athletic club indoor meet February r. Other scheduled starters arc Pete Bowen of Pitts bursh; Bernie McCafferty Of Holy Cross and Arnold Moves and Eddie Blake of Boston.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
Tampa Man, Deaf for Years, Dreams
 He Hears, Awakes to Find It True

Tampa, Fla, Feb. 1 R)-Peter Ramos, former Tampa council man. deaf for years dreamed Thurs day night that he could hear. The dream was sweet, for no sound hal reached him in q decade except by artificial aid. Doctors had said that d cure was impossible.
 He awakened and smiled to him. self.
 If dreams were only true" ne thought.
 He heard the chimes of q clock. Was he still dreaming? Startled he cried aloud. An answering cry came back from members of his household. He heard them plainiy.
 Its true. quite true" Ramos de- clared today. T awoke from ur:
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01

dream and found it was true. clr hear again-not perfectly yot-but | can hear. l nave no explanation 70 offer"
 Friends of 25 years or more te5- tified to his condition and change overnight Among them were Colonel l.. E. Mckay mayor, in whose cabinet Ramos served. anl Dr. Rafael Artega, q specialist.
 Callers found Ramos in tears. II had heard for the first time the voices Of two small grandchildren.
 Mrs. Ramos protested vigorous, against any examination by doctors Who sought to determine the cause Of the cure. She feared she eN- plalned to tamper with somcthins she didn't understand.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
PLANS FOR BRIDGE
 ARE BEING FORMED
New York Engineer Makes Study
 Of Auto and Boat Traffic

Hartford, Feb. 1-Dcfinitc stcps regarding building another bridge over the Connecticut river bctwccn here and East Hartford were expect ed to be taken today when Clarence w. Hudson. New York City, engaged yesterday as consulting engineer for lnc commission which will report to the 1851 legislature on the project. conferred with the war department enSInccr in Providence, R. I.
 Yesterday afternoon Hudson con- ferr"d with Roscoe N. Clark, city engineer, collecting traffic data as 10 the t1gm and destination of traf- lie so that it may be determined whether the time saved by the pro- posed bridge would justify the cost ct it's construction. The traffic re- port will be ready for the commis- sion inside of two months, Hudson said after the conference.
 Ice Aids Work
 Because the river is now frozen certain measurements can be made with less difficulty than when the river is open and it is probable that engineers employed by Hudson will start gathering this data at once.
 The object of todaYs trip to Provi- dencc is 10 discuss Federal require mentS for another bridge. especially a% 10 whether a draw will be deemed necessary. Hudson will also interview a number of bridge tenders to get liver traffic information.
 The engineers report will give consideration to the idea Of tunnel as possible substitute. it is said.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
What Congress Is
 Doing
SatuI'Ila Y 


 Senate
 Continues debate on tariff bill. Interstate commerce committee hears Colonel Behn, president of the International Telephone and Tcl.- graph Company.
 Continues debate on Hausen oclomargarine bill.
 Interstate commerce committee continues consideration of Parker motor bus bill in executive session. Elections committee number 3 continues counting ballots in Wur:- bach McCloskey contest from Texas. Elections committee number resumes consideration of Lawso1- Owen contest fl om Florida. Rivers and harbors committee takes up TeNas and miscellaneous projects.
 Foreign affairs committee holIs hearing on Columbus lighthouse memorial bill.
 Appropriations subcommittee $
 
 cicncN appropriations bills. Expenditures committee consi l. CTS Williamson bill to transfer pro- h.bltlon unit 10 justice departmcTI.
 Friday
 Senate
 Lobby committee heard ycar-o!l speech by Senator Grundy express ing views that President Hoover knew nothing about legislation. Senator Harris of Georgia, blamed Chairman Lcgge of farm board for cotton market decline.
 Wisconsin legislators demanded before Indian committee that powIr commission issue no license for cams on the Wolf river.
 Agriculture subcommittee began hearings on bill to merger tcdcr,I farm loan board and federal farm board.
 Bill to set up Philippine common wealth under plan of progressive autonomy was introduced by Senato~ Nandcnberg of Michigan.
 House
 Heard defense of prohibition ov Representative Fort, republican, New Jersey.
 Began debate on IIaugcn bill 10 broaden present laws providing tax on oleomargarinc.
 Representative Nelson, republican. Wisconsin. made a plea for Philip pine independence.
 Immigration committee took addi- tional testimony on bills to restrict western hemisphere immigration. Elections committee continued re- count of ballots in Wurzbach- Mc- Closkcy contest from Texas. Agriculture committee began con- of bill to provide protec- ton for the American eagle. Judiciary committee opened hea-- ings on bill to make Star SpanglcI Banner the national anthem.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
Women Sing Star Spangled Banner To House Committee In Effort to
 Get Song Officially Recognized
Mouth Organ Teacher
 Hired in Newark Schools

Newark, x. J., Feb. l UP)- A ID. M. O. has been retained by the Newark board of cduca- ton 10 arouse q love for music among the boys at the summer playgrourds.
 The ID. NJ. O." - doctor or mouth orGan-or as he was re- tered 10 by Dr. John II. Logan, superintendent of schools, "n1outh organ professor will teach the youth of the city how 10 play the hum blc instrument.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
CONDITION VERY GRANT,

Hickman, ky. Feb. l (UP) - The condition of "Pongo' Joe Can
 tllon, veteran baseball player, man. lager and umpire, was reported as
 "Nery grave by physicians today. Cantillon rallied yesterday but took
 sudden turn for the worse last
 night. He is suffering from a para lytiC stroke. "
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
Torrington Man Says He
 Is Single: Starts Debate

Ninsted, Feb. 1-Hcnry Wilmot Of Torrington, who ought 10 know, Winsted. however, bcgs to differ. Strano says the Torrington man married his sister Mary in New York last Saturday. Marys opinion couldn't be obtained last night.
 Nothing 10 it." Wilmot cmpha- tically declared, "I am still single, standing. We were 10 be marie ] but we changed our plans. We may be married yet though"
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
INJURED YOUTHS IN COURT

Hartford, Feb. 1. - Two local youths, who were severely injured when a stolen car in which they were riding slidded last Sunday morning in wan. Mass, and burst into flames after crashing into q pole, were arraigncd in police court this morning. They arc Robert McComb. 21, of 2S Owen street and Ernest Racine, 2l, of 175S Park street.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
SENATOR CONNOE ILL

Hartford, Feb. 1.-Senator Michael A. Connor. who was stricken with a hemorrhage during convention of the association of general con- tractors in New Orleans. will return home in a few days. Mrs. Connor is with him.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
Two Sopranos Demon strate That Revised Yer sion Is Not Difficult - Petition With 5,0OO,OOO Names Presented as Reason for Action.

Washington, Feb. l-OP-'rhc stir ring notes of ;hc Star Spanglol BaI : ncr, sung by two sopranos, rang yesterday in the house judiciary committee room and echoed throuen the long corridors of the house offi.e building as group of patriotic IT. EanlzationS descended upon the c&pltol to urge congress to adopt oUIclally as Amcrica's national a4- thcm the now famous song of Fran cls Scott Key.
 Although the song. inspired by the Sdunch defense Of Fort McHenry 0t Baltimore against the British fleet ia the war of 1S12, now is regard a.i through custom aS the official an- thcm to which mighty nation stands at attention, congress ncv-r formally has made it so.
 Seek Action By Congress
 The effort of the patriotic socictie es; 1aS directed 10 that end They ur@ed approval of the Linthicum bjll which would authorize this ac- ton. For years, Representative Iihthicum of Maryland. has sponsor- eu the measure without success.
 The two sopranos who sang the song were Mrs. Elsie Jorrs-Rcillcy Of Washington, and Mrs. Grace Ev.- lrn Boudln of Baltimore. It also vas played by the navy band. The women sought to demonstrate to the committee that singing of the song vas not difficult as revised.
 Official recognition of the song also was urged by Captain WatcI |. Joyce, Of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
 Sick Men Stood Up
 "l stood on san Juan Hill in 1898 and heard four bands play thGt luuc.' he told tho committee. "A1 aronnd me in pup-tcnts men NcIc lying sick with fever, but when they heard that glorious old tune every man somehow got to his feet. With all duo respect 10 congress. uO matter what it decides to do in this matter. the Star SpanGled Banner $ our song and will rcamin so for ever"
 Ioyc" presented a petition signed by j.o00.00O citizens asking congrc 3s 10 make the song the official natiol- al anthem. He said he had worked lJ months preparing it and was as- sisted by e persons. Twenty-Five governors of stafc have signed it.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
ID\DO\ EIAIS MA\ICu

Springfield. Mass, Feb. l UtPl " Jim London defeated George ud- nich in a wrestling bout here last night. After the first fall. Manich was unable to continue the contest.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01
QUEEN REPORTED BETTER

Rome. Feb. l P'--Quocn Victoria of sweden. who has been seriously i'll at thc Swedish royal villa here, was said today 10 be slightly better.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01

The stage could learn a whole upon cleanliness in the spoken line. Nothing bordering on the vulgar IS permitted in situations or dialogue and even slang is taboo. In his con- tracts is q clause that he is to be the sole censor Of anything he thinks will have a tendency to low CT the moral tone of his production. Stones closest confidant is Rex Beach, his brother in-laN.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01

Fred Stone never rested on a single laurel. While other stars, do- ing the same old thing in the sane cid way. have twinklcd for q timc and vanished, Stone has been eS- pressing an actors greatest asset versatility. In his various shows hc has featured bareback riding, ice skating, trick ropins. acrobatic3, sharp shooting. knife throwing, wire walking, juggling and ventriloquism. He never repeated his routine from one season to another.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01

Stone is perhaps the most popu- lar actor in the East but his popu- larlty is not geographical. He IS
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01

deeply beloved in the West. particU- boN-Colorado and Kansas. His fatl- e. was an itincrant barber and as Il result many towns claim tho actor as q native. On a iunket 10 Califo.- nia some Ncals ago he stopped ofe 3t some Of his old home towns. In each there was q parade for Stone He prepared to greet the populacc Lut there was no one to greet. EV- elybody was in the parade.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01

with each passing year - business which, because of the important factor 1t played in the welfare of the people, has grown from one store to six nd has become part of New England it. self.
 These forty years have seen many changes-changes in customs, changes in thought, changes in methods of doing things, In our stores themselves, these changes have been reAected-new methods for adjusting glasses to the eyes have replaced the old the box plate camera has been supplanted by
New Britain herald., 1930-02-01

But through these years there has come unchanged to the present day the original idea of Harvey and Lewis service.
 Now that we have reached another milestone in our business life, we pause to reflect on those things, and to see wherein we can further the cordial re- lations we have always enjoyed with our patrons, and so broaden our scope as to make ourselves more useful to them.
 It is not easy to outdo oneself. It is not easy to recognize or foresee changes in coming cycles. Therefore, as we stand at this point to look into the fu-