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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

Because the view through the window
was delightful, no glass curtains at all
were thought of. The hangings were
made of oilcloth, which was decorated
with large design in bright colors, this
being painted on the oilcloth.
Instead of a valance, narrow strips,
such as are used for treliSeS, were
formed into decorative corners, two con-
meeting strips being run across the WIN
dows.
The scheme of this room is attrac-
tive The woodwork is finished in light
green, the walls in parchment color,
tie hangings are of light green oilcloth
bound with black, and the lattice val
hr~e is painted black. The furniture
Us black, trimmed with green, and is
equipped with red cushions.
LIN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10
Color Is Being Adapted
Natures Rosiest Hues Are Planned for Exterior of
Men York Skyscrdper to Cost
$I5,OOO,OOO.

skyscraper will be a sort of architec-
ttlral exclamation point to all this mon
KEY business of giving life generally so
much rainbow coloration!
Some $4,000 900 is to be invested in
this first modern tower of barbaric
splendor in colors.
Some ask: How will such a fluffy
looking building stand the gaff and the
CRIME and SCOT of New York or any
modern cityP Without sunshine to
bring out all tints in the picture, won't
such a building be a messy-Iooking
affair? How will it look the morning
after heavy snowfall? How is it to
be Illuminated after dark? Does this
mean that color is going into the archi-
tectural field to stay? If so. will Amer
icas metropolises be made over in
colors?
Shall American cities in generation
or two be made to look like the Bazaar
de Bashibazooks or the crazy archi-
Jectural patchwork of the Buffalo Ex-
position buildings? Isn't this color
short ugh! And finally they say,
"Pooh-pooh!"
Blackbirds Are Green.
Others say in general ridicule of this
riot OF color as one outstanding archi-
tect said in particular, eyes, we have
no Sky-blue bananas, but we can give
you almost anything else in almost any
vivid color that suits your daffy fancy"
Look at these nice, green black
birds for the nursery" he said.
Yes, we've spilled the old paint pot
all over creation! The finely-printed
list of colors in which we now make
things, formerly made in blacks or
whites or grays. is as long as your arm
Run the list over hastily: Gold and sill
yer, bronze, Autumn haze, tropical skies.
heliotrope, violet, purple, lavender, half
dozen shades of pink, light rose carise,
salmon, old rose, cherry, apple green
emerald and Nile green, moss green and
10 other green's, baby blue, celestial
azure, French and delft blue, to mention
only few blues; primrose, amber,
orange, sun glow, sand, light and dark
brown, crimson apricot, Tang red
(ChineSe), orchids of Vincennes, Royal
Copenhagen blue, Ivoire de Medici, st.
Porchaire brown, Rose du Barry, Ming
green call of which trade terms the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

Women want plenty of color, and he
knows nothing of love who doesn't know
that the straightest. speediest route to
woman's heart is via the florists shop,
these craftsmen tell you.
Blacks, whites, grays can be rendered
in only about 500 colors. 1t is authori-
tatively stated, whereas the other colors
of the spectrum increase the choice by
100000 tints-so why won't color be
everlastingly popular? Black things, too,
quickly grow dingy, and white things
soil too easily-therefor let's have all
the colors you've got, says another.
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paper Alliance1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10
BUILDING FIGURES HIGH

Increase Over First Four Months of
1929 Shown by Permits Granted.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May 1o.-April build
ing permits reached total valuation
of s5,526,12o the figures being the high
est for any one month of the current
year.
Total building operations as indi-
Gated by permits granted during the
first four months of this year hav,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10
Home i'm Good Taste
BY SARA HILANDs

A window treatment which is unique,
attractive and simple to fashion is
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton.
This window is in sun room which
has painted walls and steel easement
windows, and the decorator tried to
create treatment without the use of
the usual gauze glass curtains and Gre
tonne or chintz draperies and valances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10
Twelve Dwellings Planned.

Twelve two-story brick dwellings hav-
ing an estimated construction cost of
$72 900 will be erected by r. H. Sanford
in the 200 block of Concord avenue &C.
cording to an application for permit
filed with the District building in
Spector
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

color will finally get as tiresome to
human eyes as to much black, white,
gray, he thinks.
Department store operators are "all
for" the color idea, 1t appears. About
95 per cent of store patrons are women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

amounted to valuation of $13.435.eoo.
as contrasted with total of s12,479.-
$50 for the same period Of 1929, an
increase of about 81 100000
Home construction was represented
by 2o3 dwellings, valued at 100000,
bringing the total number of dwellings
this year up to GOT, as compared with
1926 permitted during the correspond
ing term of last year.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
CRATER CHECKUP
 PUSHED IN MAINE
Authorities Wait for Wife to
 Recover Composure

Augusta, Me, Sept. 23 Pl-Inves- tigation here of the disappearance of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater of New York marked time today waiting for Mrs. Crater to recover sufficiently to be ques- tioned
 Captain Joseph r. Young, Jr.. of the state highway police, yesterday questioned H. G. Herbert, Mrs. Cra- ter's brother in law; Fred Kohler, the Crater chauffeur, and Mrs. Mar garet Lynch, a maid.
 In State of Collapse
 Herbert said Mrs. Crater was in a state of collapse bordering on hysteria after being questioned by two New York detectives, Edward Fitzgerald and Morton S. Owens, and could see no one.
 Kohler told Captain Young he last saw Crater August when Crater left his summer home at Belbrade Lakes, Kennebec county, for New York by train, saying he would re-
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23

turn in few days.
 When Justice Crater did not ap- pear, Kohler said. hrs. Crater sent him to New York to look for her husband. fearing he might have met with an accident.
 Kohlef said he left August 15 and when he arrived at Craters New York apartment he found a two- weeks accumulation of mail. He said the doorman told him Crater had not been at the apartment for a week.
 Frederick Johnsonx Crater's secre1 tary, Kohler saids told him Crater would be back-an day and that everything was all right"
 Went Back to Maine
 The chauffeur said he returned to Belgrade Lakes August 20.
 Mrs. Lynch stold Young similar story of Crater's departure and the chauffeur being sent to seek him. Herbert told Captain Young no pri- vate detectives had been engaged.
 Frank F.. Southard, county attor- ney for Kennebec county, said ques- tioning of Mrs. Crater would be held in abeyance for a few days.
 Plans to summon Mrs. Crater. Kohler, Mrs. Lynch and others be- fore the grand jury next week and to search the Crater cottage,- grounds and lakes in the vicinity also are held up pending questioning of Mrs. Crater.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
THE RUSSIAN WHEAT
 MENACE

Secretary of Agriculture Hyde's drive against the alleged practice of the Soviet government in selling wheat short on the Chicago Board of Trade, thus depressing wheat prices to the American far mer, calls forceful attention to the Russian wheat menace irrespective of whether the charges made by the secretary are true or false.
 Russian competition in wheat is almost certain to be severly felt as time goes on. The Russian five year-plan includes the operation of farms by the state, and already the largest farm in the world is being operated by the state-with the assistance of American engi- neers, tractors and farm machinery.
 Before the war Russia was a vast producer of export wheat. The land is still there and 1t is likely that~Russian wheat production in the future will be vastly increased. That means increased. competition in foreign markets.
 It is competition right in Ameri- ca, however, that has aroused Sec retary Hyde, species of competi- tion that is made possible by trad ing in futures. The secretary says the Russians are not prepared to deliver grain in the American markets at the prices quoted and the Chicago Board of Trades nat urally must make an inquiry to de- termine the facts.
 It is not the first time, however, that grain prices have been depress- ed by this species of trading. It merely happens that the Soviets stand charged with having adopt ed tactics on large scale that in the past have been adopted by ln- dividual traders or firms.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
NAMING MIR. SEYMOUR

Nomination of Colonel Clarence w. Seymour as the Republican can- didate for Congress from the first district was completed without a hitch. George A. Quigley, our es- teemed Mayor, seemed to realize which way the wind was blowing and not eating to get himself into a fruitless and bootless tangle in the district rites, withdrew by yiell- ing his delegates to MT, Seymour. The gathering, therefore, was a pretty lovefeast and our own Gard ner C. Weld had the satisfaction of casting the ballot for the entire COIL yention in faver of his friend.
 Mir. Seymour is first class can didate. From thAmoment when he announced his intention of being a candidate for the nomination the stock of Congressman E. Hart Fem went into 2 total eclipse. Indeed
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23

there is a we'll authenticated rumor that influential Republicans of the district had had enough of MT. Fenn and that they considered the time ripe for a change. Nobody wanted to hurt MT. Fenn's feelings how ever; so the current congressman was left to realize that the backing behind Mir. Seymour was very great, and that he would probably win at the convention. MT. Fem did not require more definite hint and as he had been sick anyhow. he evil dently concluded that he would woo health to better advantage by re- tiring from the field. If these were his thoughts he probably was right, as wrangling over politics is not conducive to that mental equanim- ity which is a foundation for good health. MT, Seymour, healthy and robust individual, will be better able to stand it.
 The quiet evaporation O. Mayor Quigley in the congressional can- didacy race, howefr, is something else. Mir. Quigley has friends who thought he had a chance-up to a few weeks ago-and a fight was in prospect. MT. Quigley also is man who has some confidence in his ability to put up political battle. But, as we hinted the other day. putting up a strong political drive in his native town and being success : full at it even against the recognized organization is something entirely different from swinging voters of del- gates in an entire district. There are a lot of hidebound Republicans in the district who stick by the or ganization and to these MT. Quigley does not mean as much asehe does to the local politicos. He was to have had an uphill tussle from the first, and he exercised that keen political judgment which has ser we'd him in good stead by getting out Of the way before the boys ex- ercised their gentlemanly preroga- lives in elbowing him aside. MT. Quigley as Mayor of this city, and as the solver of it's manifold prob lems-or at least making a brave attempt to solve them-has a better job cut out for him than being in Washington as a member of the team explained by Messrs Long worth and Tilson.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
PROBING ELECTRIC RATES

. Our councilnanic drive to de- termine the justice of existing cleo tric light rates in this city seems to be proceeding quietly The effort, however, has met with some inter est elsewhere, electric rates being what they are.
 The Hartford Times comes to hand with an exesesis of the local efforts. and after reviewing the causes that led to the attempt to secure the needed einformation, waxes a trif4e pessimistic at the ability of the committee when con- fronted with the expert interpreters of cost figures that the c. L. & P. Go. in all probability will be able to produce. Says the Times:
 To discover whether rate is req sonable one will require some keen analysis of cost figures. It may be quite easy for the company to pro- duce data showing that its income from electric current sold is not too high. But before such a state ment should be accepted as final, the question should be raised as to whether the company is properly capitalized. For example, it is free ly pointed out by economists that the modern holding company, or parent corporation, can easily be used to float large stock issues, the expending of which may or may not benefit a given community, and 9 the interest on which becomes drain on income revenue. Thus the income from one city may be used to finance construction in another part of the state.
 Yet to determine whether the capital structure is in keeping with the best interests of the consumer$ one would need to survey the whole financial setup of the corporation, admittedly a large task and requir- ing expert guidance. Also. it would need to be determined what share of central power plant structure Is properly chargeable in the rate for a particular town or city Chances are that the company's experts will talk the public and it's representa- tives off it's feet on these points. Connecticut lacks law providing for entirely adequate supervision of utility rates by the public utilities commission. It will be interesting to observe how far New Britain's com mittee gets with it's investigation,
 The committee should regard this as a warning. Figures don't lie, but there are ways of interpreting them. The committee should not be guid- ed by the persuasiveness of expert cost accountants who make 1t business 10 cause figures to talk in any language.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
WALLS FROM THE FAR WEST

In the Far West the tendency is done by Mexican immigrants. In the Southwest, especially. Mexican labor has been lured over the bor- der to do the dirty work, live Tn novels, and make it possible for the native to avoid participating in menial activities.
 But the Administration is, alive to the fact that there are many un- employed in the country and per haps, after all, it is not necessary for so many Mexicans to cross the border. Consequently the visas have been controlled by American con- suls in Mexico and Mexican immi- grafton, although there is no quota restriction against the southern Re- public, has been reduced to the vanishing point.
 This gives the Far West employ CTS of Mexican labor a great pain. They much prefer to employ cheap Mexican labor rather than native labor; and they say, of course, that native labor won't work at the as- ricultural jobs at the wages offered which are the wages customarily offered to Mexican immigrants.
 If there were a shortage U. labor in the southwest or in Southern California this could be easily un- derstood. But now there are very many unemployed in Southern California besi des those who have retired from all labor in that sum- ny cline.
 Senator William H. King, Dem- ocrat, of Utah, is to be the mouth piece of the Southwest and Far West. demands that Mexican immi- grafton be not curtailed in this man. ner. The irritated senator is to wait upon" officials of the State Department In an effort to discover the why and wherefore of the i'm migration curtailment.
 He can save himself the trouble by realizing that when there al- ready is large surplus of idle labor in the country 1t Is scarcely worthy while to invite thousands of Mexican immigrants into the coun- try.
 The government of Mexico is just as we'll pleased. It wishes to keep Mexicans in Mexico. :.
 If Senator King and his friends Nant to insure a labor supply for the beet fields and other agricul- tural pursuits and also for other species of hard labor, all Chat is necessary for them is to raise the rates of pay to an American stand -ard of living, instead of insisting that the rates, be in conformity with the Mexican standard of living.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
Observations On Me Weather

Washington, Sept. 23.-Forecast for Southern New England: Fair tonight and Wednesdays; not much change in temperature; moderate northerly winds becoming southeast or south.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Generally fair tonight and Wednes- day; somewhat warmer tonight in west portion; moderate northwest and north winds becoming southerly.
 Forecast for New Haven and vicinity: Fair tonight and We'd nesday.
 Conditions: High pressure covers the country east of the Mississippi river. A disturbance with un- usually low baromctric readings is central over North Dakota. Show CTS were reported from the north western plates, Louisiana and east ern Texas and few scattered stations. Calgary reported 3 inches of snow on the ground this morning. Temperatures continue high in the upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather and not much change
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
THE AtToGYRo

When Thomas A. Edison becomes enthused over a new invention after a careful inspection and demon- strHtion it must be o. K. Conse- quently, without having seen the autogyr6, a contrivance which en- ables airplanes 10 rise and land vertically, the conclusion is that an important development in aviation is imminent.
 MT. Edison himself experimented with helicopter years ago until an explosion of gun cotton injured an assistant, when he gave up the experiments. The autogyro, as dem- onstrated at the Newark airport. uses no explosive, using rotating vanes. q
 The long runs necessary for air plane take-offs, and the long rclH as they descend to earth, have me- cessitated large fields. It may soon be possible to have them take off and return to earth within a com paratively short area. The advance that this bespeaks is self-evident.
 The time may soon come when every town will be able to afford 10 maintain the necessary small land ing field thus need. When this time comes even New Britain may be able to do better than it has done in the past.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23

The lion which roamed at large inside a Boston 6 Maine freight car was destined to be an attraction at New Hampshire filling station. The time when every filling station is to have a zoo, however, is far distant. Of hand we should say the system of showing wild animals at a zoo has nothing to commend it.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
CfBA'S MONKEY WRENCH

It is reported from Geneva that a way will be found to include the United States in the World Court through proposed amendments o1 the courts basic law despite the opposition Of Cuba to technicalities incident to the procedure.
 Where there is a will there is "a way, runs the old saying; and it IS entirely likely that the learned jurists working on the subject. after repeated conferences, may be able to bring the United States in despite the monkey wrench that embattled Cuba threw into the ma chinery last week.
 Cuba, through pique over certain of it's sensibilities, should not be permitted to halt natural devel- opment in this great international tribunal. The reason why Cuba was able to go as far as she did can be told In a few words.
 The original statute or the World Court is a document signed by 52 members of the court, and in effect is a treaty In order for any amend ment to become effective, therefore, it must be acceptable 10 all of the 52 sgnatories.
 Cuba is not opposed to Ameri- can entry into the World Court What Cuba opposes is the fact that the amendments proposed call for only two judges from Latin-A Amer- ica upon the World Court. Cuba and the l.atin-American nations for which she is spokesman in this
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
POSES AS STATE AGENT,
 ADMITS FRAUD CHARGES
New Britain Man Pleads Guilty to False Pretences Charges in
 Wallingford Court

Harold c. Mays, 3l. of 46 Man street, this city, pleaded guilty to the charge of accepting money un- der false pretences when arraigned in the borough court at Wallingford yesterday. He was bound over to the superior court at New Haven by Judge Michael T. Downes.
 Mays will be arraiEned at the September session of the superior criminal court in New Haven, open ing today The arrest was made Friday Posing as a New York state agent with authority to employ in spsctors. for the agriculture depart ment, Mays had accepted s24 from George w. Townsend of Hartford, and was caught in the act of accept ing $60 more in the way of a bond from Townsend whom Mays had hired" as an agriculture inspector 1t was alleged.
 Claiming to feel pain, Mays was examined in Meriden hospital Sum- day, but no trace of illness could be found.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
25 Fears Ago To-day

The new telephone building on Court street has been completed and will be used next week for the first time. It is said to be one Of the most modern of it's kind in the country.
 Herbert H. Pease won the beauti- full cup offered by Charles F. Smith at the final golf match held at the Maple Hill club course yesterday.
 Professor Matthews defeated Pro- lessor Marsh in the final match be- tween the New Britain players and the college boys played yesterday.
 Although there are 479 applica- tions on the "to be made" voters list. only 14 had appeared before the board of selectmen up to noon today.
 Richard Schaefer of this city has been reelected national secretary ol the Order of Sons of Herman. He has already served 12 years in that capacity.
 Superintendent Stuart has com pleted plans for the opening of the evening schools on October 8.
 Although typhoid fever is spread ing throughout the state, only a few cases have broken out in this city. The health authorities do not expect the disease to gain headway here.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
matter demand three judges.

matter demand three judges.
 It Is also probable that the Cuban World Court judge, Senor de Jus taShente, does not care to live at the Hague for long periods, as the amendments prescribe, disliking to thus injure his very lucrative pri- vate law practice in Havana.
 These are points that can be ironed out
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
FIRE GUARDS ON ALERT
 FOR FRESH OUTBREAKS
Flames Creep Up to Foundations of Houses but Change in Wind
 Aids Bremen.

Bridgewater, Mass, Sept. 23 R,- Fire guards were posted along Elm and Pleasant streets today to watch for the first sign of an outbreak from the forest fire that has burn ed over almost 5000 acres of wood and marsh lands since Sunday aft- ernoon.
 Flames crept up to foundations of homes on Elm street yesterday after fire fighters believed they had the fire confined to the peat bogs in Hockomock swamp. A shift in the wind and a gasoline punper of the forest fire, patrol saved the houses. In the Great Meadows sec- tion, 500 acres of marshy grassland were burned over last night.
 The recurring flames were stopped at the Town river and the fire was confined to a section between Elm and Pleasant streets today
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23

Seems 8 policeman was found in a speakeasy during a raid. So thoughtless of the raiders not giv- ing the brother cop notice to keep out while the business call was be- ing made.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23

Out in Toledo, O., the explosion of a still killed four persons. By the way, Ohio is the bone dry state where Senator Fess comes from and where the politicians are ali bone dry.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23
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Member Audit Bureau of Circulation The A. B. c. is a national organization which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisss with . strictly honest analysis of circulation. Our circulation statistics are based upon this audit This insures pro- lection against fraud in newspaper dis tribution figures to both national and local advertiRra
New Britain herald., 1930-09-23

Nothing new under the sun in politics, f'rinstance: Democrats Is fayed at G. o. P. Outing"