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New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
PASSAIC "SUGAR KING"
 CAUGHT IN BRIDGEPORT
Angelo Lapaduro Wanted for Ques- ticning in Connection with
 Staying of Two Gangsters.

Bridgeport; Aug. 20 LP-A Pas saic, \. J., county detective was ex- pected here today to claim Angelo Lapaduro. known as the sugar king of Passaic, who is wanted for questioning in the recent staying of two gangsters near Garfield. N J.
 Lapaduro ana Tony Sabo of Pa i terson, N. J, were stopped on sus- picion by q state trooper in West port Monday. A loaded 3S calibre revolver was found in their auto mobile.
 The sugar king was cleared last year. by court order. of a charge Of Kidnapping Willard H. Elliott. a vice president Of q Passaic bank. He was also questioned recently in the staying of the "Bearded Won der Passaic fighter and bootleg ger, and in connection with six gang fights in Paterson and Passaic
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
CITY PLAYGROUND
 CH|LDREN'S PARADE
Annual Event Tomorrow Will
 Mark Closing of Season

Children who have spent their leisure hours in the city playgrounds during the summer, will engage to- morrow afternoon in the annual playground parade. This event marks the closing of the playground season.
 The parade will be assembled at the Burrltt school grounds and will start at 3 o'clock. The line of march will be south on Main street to West Main street to Walnut Hill park where refreshments will be served. Usually, all sorts of comic costumes and clever inventions are seen as the boys and girls troop by and tomor- rows exhibition will- be no excep- tion, according to Playground Di- rector John Smithwick Several hun dred youngsters will take part.
 Groups Present Play
 An enjoyable program was pre- sented yesterday afternoon at the Washington school playground by selected groups of boys and girls from the Washington and Smith grounds. The entertainment was at tended by a large number Of adults and was arranged by Misses Mar garet Conley, Margaret Hart and Mary McCrann.
 The numbers were as follows:
 ('bipoec T1Jplyirly dance by the children of the Wash ington playground.
 ?. Clog dances. Genevieve Opolen- ska and Helen Silkowska.
 3. Songs by entire chorus.
 4. The Dreamers Dance. Gene vieye Opolenska, Helen Silkowska Agnes Sasiela, Bertha Bednarz and Clara Miklosz.
 ,. The Trial of Jimmy Germ. King, William Fagnioni; street cleaner. Charles McAvay; Jimmy Germ, Chester Milewski; sunshine, Henry Labienic; fresh air, Eugene: soap, Alex; carbolic acid. Anthony Kowsnik and tea kettle, Julius Es- mall. This was a health play in which the dangers Of uncleanliness and pntidyness were charactestically portrayed.
 The Jerry dance. Irene Miklosz.
 '. The Carpenters Union. Forty girls presented a special sketch orI the manipulation of tools.
 5. Play. Not Quite Such a Goose. 9 The characters were as follows: Mrs. Bell, happy mother, Helen Lastau- ska; Albert, the 17-year- r-old son; Helen Argazzi; Sylvia. her daughter, Bertha Parda; Philip Flick, Sylvia : sweetheart, Anna Shebed; -Hazei Henderson, Sylvia's friend, Gunde Schneider. Time, summer Of the present year. Scene, Mrs. Bells com. fortable living room.
 Championship Game
 A championship game will be played between the Nathan Hale and Smith boys baseball teams.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
HUSBAND IN JAIL CELL
 IS SUED FOR DIVORCE
Wife Says Man Confined to Hart ford County Institution Was
 IntolcrGbiy Cruel,
lSpettaI 10 the -Herald1

Plainville. August 20-While AL bert kozen of Plainville was still in Hartford county Jail, divorce papers in a suit brought by his wife, Aniela kozen, were served upon him.
 Mrs Kozen claims her husband was guilty Of intolerable cruelty since September ], 1918, and of habitual intemperance for the past year. They were married on Octo- Der 15, 1917 in Plymouth. Her maiden name was Aniela Katodzicj.
 Mrs. kozen is also seeking the custody of their only child,
 Attorney Charles F. Conlon repre- scnts the plaintiff and Deputy Sher- if Carl Tucker of Hatford served the papers.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
Championship Game
Farmers Listen to Talks
 On Extinction of Pests

New Haven, Aug. 20 E-Once d year the Connecticut agricultural station staff has a field day. gath CTS under a big tent on it's Mt. Carmel demonstration camp the farmers and their families from far and near, and makes report of the years research work.
 Today was the 1880 field day, and topping everything else as subjects of talk by experts were pests of all kinds, more particularly the two beetles, Japanese and Asiatic, and the European corn borer.
 Of several demonstrations in the field the one followed by the men with keen attention was the blow ing in of corn stalks 10 kill off the borers.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
Coolidge Out-Coolidged By 20-WOrd War History

Paris, Aug. 20 (UP)- Marshal Joseph Joffre became a challen- ger for Calvin Coolidge's record for brevity today when he told the history of the World war in twenty words.
 "A people once dreamed of establishing a world hegenpny." the famous military leader told a delegation of Catalonians who visited him. France ruined their project. And this was done at the Marne."
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
ARRANGE BENNETT FUNERAL

New Haven. Aug. 20 (UP)- Funeral services were being arrang- ed today for Thomas Gray Bennett, president of the Winchester Repeat ing Arms company for q years, y Xho died at his home here late yes- terday in his S6th year.
 Bennett was wounded and at tained the rank of captain in the Civil war. After the conflict he at tended Sheffield Scientific school, graduating in 1869. Three years later he married Hannah Jane Winches- ter, daughter of Oliver F. Winches- ter, founder of the Arms company.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
CALLS PARTY CAUCUSES

Hartford, Aug. 20 Pl-David A.. Wilson, chairman of the democratic town committee, has issued the for nal call for. the party caucuses and town convention which will be held August 27 and 2S respectively The convention will name 62 delegates to the state. congressional, county and probate conventions.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
BOY HURT AT PLAY

Henry Nesta, IS, of 194 Chefry street, sustained painful cut on the right leg while playing with Herman May of Whiting street. according to q report 10 Captain Kelly at police headquarters today by Nesta's moth CT, She said Dr.. N. B. Jaffe took three stitches to close the cut, which was inflicted accidentally.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
RUNAWAY BOY CAUGHT

Bridgeport, Aug. 20 UP)-Four- teenyear- old Domenick Piozza of Springfield. Mass, wanted to see the world. He got as far as Bridgeport when he was picked up by police and lodged in Hillside Home to await ar rival Of his parents.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
BURNS PROVE FATAL

New Haven, Aug. 20 tP-James Fitzgerald, 80, died at Grace hos pital early today of first and sec ond degree burns which he received last week at the plant of the Seam less Rubber CO. where he was em- ployed, He was burned about the body while working at furnace.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
BIRDS START SOUTH

Point Barrow. Alaska, Aug. 20 CPl Snow fell here yesterday as the dropped to 26 degrees, lush ice formed in the sea and |irds started south on their annual higration.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
PLANES BOMB |. S. MISSION

Peiping, China, Aug. 30 (UP)- Cantonese airplanes bombed the American Baptist mission compound at Kweilin. in kUangsi province. advices received here today said.
 No foreigners were injured,
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
CAJSF- OF RED STARS

Cambridge, Mass. LP-Carbon and cyanogen in certain stars make them appear redder. says the Bull letln of Harvard College ObserVa tory These are known as class N stars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

been the experts, There was one, Won Hofstein.
a spider who sat in the very middle of the
web for is years, hardly known, seldom SEEM
and yet controlling every one by the tremendous
knowledge which was supposed to inspire hiE-
He had two fixed points in all his scheming.
The first was that Russia and England could
never agree. The second that France ana
England could never work together. Both
axioms, of course, proved to be false, and this
expert of experts made every possible miscalcu-
lation..
RUT the military experts were even worse
than the political. It was Won Schlieffen
who planned the famous invasion Of Belgium.
1t was thought to be the last word in Strategy
confirmed by authority after authority tt
obvious effect was to bring Belgium and Britaim
into the war and to shake the moral position
of Germany to its foundations. Had the Gers
man army simply crossed the French border
and reduced the fortresSes with their great guns
one trembles to think what would have hap~
pened. It is unlikely that we would have inter-
vened until it was too late to save the situation
and even then the Intervention would have
been half-hearted.
Apart from that huge initial blunder neither
the German nor the French STATS had learned
the lessons of the South African war / can
remember the PruSsian attache riding about
among our troops with what one Tommy de-
ScrlDed 10 me as Spatcn-eock Oh Ills neHlsS~
but his reports must have been ignored by the
home authorities. Soldiers who had seen service
there have described as Gen. Seely has done iIA
his fine book, Adventure" how they could
hardly help laughing when they saw the tactics
Of the German maneuvers and observed how
masses of men were marched up to certain
death by officers who obviously did not realize
for an instant the effect of rife or machine
gun fire.
IF they do 1t in war they will be shot to
pieces" said Seely a. the time, but after en-
during fearful losses they will in time learn
to do better" That was exactly what hap
pened. At Mons the effect of the British rifle
fire was perfect revelation to the Germans.
A single company of the West Kent Regiment
caused an immense slaughter of three bats
talions of the crack Bradenburg Grenadiera
and drove them back in confusion. All through
1914 the British rife dominated the battlefield
But in 1915 the realities Of Aldershot began
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

FTEN in the course Of the war I
r thought to myself, 1T will take me
the rest Of my life to understand all
y the ramifcations Of this enormous
~ thing" The thought prophetic,
for since then have never ceased to read All
that I could concerning it, and yet ] never
come to the end, or near to the end, OF the
material It was the biggest thing that ever
happened in the history of the world, ana we
may well marvel that it should have happened
in our own time and that each Of us who lived
through those years had some sort OF part 70
play in that gigantic drama
The world has not quite got the focus OF u
ALI vet and a generation or two Will have passed
before the whole wonderful picture can De
seen in its true proportion There are certain
days-notably from September to 3. l9l4-
when the whole fate of Europe hung delicateiy
in the balance and when each hour was OF
enormous and even vital importance book
might and probably will, be written ABOUT
those days alone when at the last instant py
"a miracle Paris was saved and collapse OF
the allies averted.
In Gunner Lintier's posthumous journal we
read how, lying under his gun by the side OF
the road leading northwest from Paris, he saw
that neyer-ending string of motor CABS, Win
six men in each, fitting past him, ghoStlKe, IN
the darkness of the night the improVised trans
port by which stout-hearted Gallieni rushed ms
men against Won Kluck's flank. 1t was surely
one of the most dramatic moments In history.
RUT the events which led up to the war are
II as interesting as the war itself. 1t Is
surely a smpleton who believes that the as
sassination of the grand duke was necessary
prelude. It was. useful excuse, but If it had
never occurred another would have been found
If any one doubts 1t, let him read Bernhardrs
book published years before the war in which
he speaking for the predominant military
party, declared that Germany was only wait
ing for her chance. In the meantime he said
we may pretend to take seriously the peace
advances of other nations The real deter
mining factor was of course, the completion
of the enlargement of the Kiel Canal. 1t was
completed in June, and war followed within
six weeks. 1t would have followed I believe,
If the grand duke had been dead or alive.
1t could hardly be called conspiracy upon
the part OF Germany. 1t was too obvious
tor such name. Nor was there anything
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

position sure Then, again. we had everything
to lose in case of defeat, while Germany could
still carry on as before. If we had sunk their
whole fleet it is probable that they would nave
weakened our own fleet to an extent Whlcn
would have made the subsequent blockade ana
pinning down of their smaller cruisers much
more difncult operation. Altogether, it was
very formidable danger which we escaped-for
which we have to thank the direct interior
ence of the Kaiser who bottled up his feet as
successfully as any blockship could have done.
It is, of course, common knowledge that the
U-boats nearly brought us to our knees In
the late Spring of 1917. / have no doubt that,
like the border hero, we should still have found
some way to fight upon our stumps, but the
real danger lay not in the starvation at home,
but in the munitions for the Army. 1t Is an
amazing thing that in the present arguments
about the channel tunnel 1t Is never mentioned
that it is an insurance against the recurrence
of such danger. 1t all depends, of course,
upon who our Antagonist may be, but with
France neutral or friendly we could get all that
Europe or the East could send through the
tunnel with very much less danger than before.
think E25, 000,0 600 is a very cheap capital sum
as an insurance against the recurrence OF such
a crisis The want of the tunnel nearly de-
stroyed us once and the era of wars is, fear,
far from being over.
I can speak with some little weight upon
this subject, for I have before me column
from our leaolng paper uaIeo TWO years OeioHe
the war which gives full report of meeting
at the Cannon Street Hotel at which I made
a speech picturing the effect which submarines
would have upon our food supply in time of
war Next day there was a leader in the same
paper making game of my forecast. But 1t
came to pass all the same. There is nothing
to prevent its doing so again-except the
tunnel.
A thing which impresseS one as he reads the
prelude to the war is the bowling mess which
the experts made of everything. All Germans
seem to us to have been afflicted with madness
at that time, save only the well balanced Lich-
nowsky and possibly Dernburg, whose counsels.
had they been followed, would have saved their
country But the maddest of all seem to have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

shameful about it, save only for the breach Of
the Belgian guaranty. When a nation is virile
and strong it has a right to improve its po-
sition The disciplined, self-sacrificing, hardy
nation reaps the reward of those virtues, as
against soft, degenerate, luxurious neighoor
That has been the whole course of history. 1t
is all very well for US who hold so many places
In the sun to cry out for peace. Others VINO
sit in the shadow are not SO satisfied with the
status quo.
There was no reason why Germany should
not make a bid Cor empire. The shame lies
with the huge hypocrisy by which she en-
deavored to cast the blame upon the victims
whom she so nearly devoured-and certainly
would have devoured had Britain stood aloof.
There is no great credit on our coming In,
since we should obviously have been the next
on the list, but If we had not come in, it is
perfectly certain that Germany would have
won the war and would now be the mistress OF
Europe 1t is equally certain that she would
then have devoted her huge accession OF wealth
to building up feet with which to break down
our resistance.
Even as it was. their feet was a greater
menace than is usually realized. The High
Sea Fleet was more formidable to us than the
Spanish Armada and Won Tirpitz was I'M
doubtedly the most dangerous man we have
met since the days of Napoleon. Had his fleet
come out at once, as he desired. 1t is by no
means certain how the battle would have gone.
The German ships had great advantages which
ours lacked They were built for that particular
job and so honeycombed with water-tight cells
as to be practically unsuitable. Their officers,
crews and equipment were as good as our own.
Their gunnery was probably better, for their
range-finders were more effective. Their con-
struction was safer, and they had guarded
against that back-wash from the turret which
was so fatal to the Queen Mary and other
cruisers at Jutland Their shells are said
to have had more penetrative power than our
own. and Krupps steel arn1or was almost
impenetrable.
OUR numerical superiority. especially when
~ our two best cruisers had been sent after
Won Spee was not so great as to make our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

FTEN in the course Of the war I
thought to myself, 1T will take me
the rest of my life to understand all
the ramifications Of this enormous
thing" The thought was prophetic,
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-06
NEED FOR HEREINAFTER SEEN IN 1880

From out the distant past comes the echo of Ivan Petrol in his report Population and Resources of Alaska, lS6O making evident the necessity for she ter harbor in Resurrection Bay:
 lhe deepest inQentaton in this section of the coast of the peninsula IS Resurrection Bay, which was long years ago utilized by the Russians as shipyard This bay affords the only habor in the vicinity though its entrance beset with islands and the approach made difficult to sailing vessels From Resurrection Bay in
 sOuthWesery direction the coast succession of deep jOrds but exposed it is to the fierce eastery gales prevailing here at nearly all times of the year it IS summed by navlgatOrs especially because the deepest and most extensive bays do not afford single anchorage that vessels entering them find refuge from storms would still be at the mercy of the tides
 A breakWater for the Port of Seward is one of the two three major projects vital to the safety of farers and also the development of the Alaska Rail road coast terminus The project approved three four years ago by the Chief of U S. Army Engineers, but each succeeding year Congress apparently passes it by This may be- and perhaps s because the proper channels of authority not cdgnzant with the facts in the In any not day should be passed but what local effort should be put forth in obtaining this much needed public improvement of government and p- yate property and, doubt the saving of lives.
 It not too late vet to obtain action this year but nothing will ever be done by passing the buck" et Georae do t" We must Init the baII' ourselves It is certain such action will have the approval of the Alas ka Road Commission clstodians of rivers and harbor activities.
 The wear 1929 is shrouded in the past 1880 is here for 12 months Progress CAN BE MADE but the con- cenrated efforts of all must put shoulder to the wheel Let's forget everything else and direct every energy Io obtaining this project A vigorous campaign brought forcbv to the attention of Washington from President Hoover down. will bring results. Faced by the honest facts in the case the government will be pleased O co onerate That's what our officials are for And the time was never more opportune than right now; today
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-06
NASH IS APPOINTED ROAD CHIEF F0n
 INTERIOR DISTRICT

Frank Nash, acting superintend- ent of the Alaska Road Comnis- sion for the Fairbanks district since uJne. has been appointed superin- tendent. News of his promotion was reported in the Fairbanks News Miner.
 The new superintendent has been associated with the Al R. C., since 1924. He has been successively sur veyor, junior engineer, acting sur perintendent and superintendent His appointment to the latter posi- ton was effective January 4. A resident of Alaska since 1912, MT. Nash was with the Alaska En- gineering Commission from 1916 to 1924, being a member of the en- gineering corps on the northern di- vision during construction days of the railroad Mr. Nash received his engineering training at Purdue University and Seattle College.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-06
ALASKA EGAN Is
 PUBLISHING PAPER

Alaska Egan, Valdez young man and former member of the Anchorage and Seward newspa- per shop staff, is now in charge Of the Oakdale Leader, weekly peper at Oakdale, California.
 Alaska has now been on the job for almost year and, according to word received, is making good. Being located but two miles from an oil field where drilling is un- derway, business is increasing at a generous pace and if they strike oil Alaska says he will make a nice piece of change.
 He writes that he proposes to make a trip North this year, if time permits, in the meantime he sends his host of friends up here his best regards.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-06
TRUE BILL nETURnNED
 AGAINST [. M. COOK

Word has been received that a true bill for embezzlement of the assets of creditors has been brought in by the grand jury recently in session at Juneau against Q. M Cook, formerly with the Coast Mer- cantile Co.,, of Ketchikan
 The Coast Mercantile Col, went into the hands of creditors about three years ago. It could not be learned where MT. Cook is now rel siding, but it is believed he is some where on the Pacific coast
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-06
CHILD ELECTROCUTED

SEATTLE, Jan-, 5, (Pl- Mary Prentice, aged l2, was found electrocuted in the bath tub of her home. hv her parents, clutch ing the electric heater in a death embrace A short circuit was caused by moisture
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-06

George Colwell, general road master of the Alaska Railroad, is expected to arrive in Seward this evening from his Anchorage headquarters.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-06

Lester Goldberg, one of Ju- neau's best known citizens, pass ed away. last week after anilness Of two months He was employed in the Goldstein store until a year ago when he took a posi- ton at the Chichagof mines
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-06

George Traut, pioneer resident of Hot springs, was flushed to the Fairbanks hospital for medical at- tention by a special train. Traut's hands and feet were frozen. He was taken to Nenana by stage
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-06

The regular weekly business meeting and luncheon of the Seward Chamber of Commerce will be held tomorrow at noon.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-06

WEATHER STRIPS at J. N. Graef Hardware Store.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-01-06

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