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New Britain herald., 1930-11-08

The Anchor Brand" Girls club Of North &, Judd Mfg, Co, gave q successful bridge and dance last evening at the clubrooms on Stanley street with an attendance of 150. Prizes were awarded at each table and refreshments were served.
 Tn rooms were attractively dec orated with autumnal suggestions.
 The committee in charge of ar engagements consisted of Misses Annie and Jennie Hanna, Mary Gu sack, Irene Conklin and lila Hoff- man.
 A musical event of elaborate pro- portions is scheduled for November 70 at the Swedish Bethany church. when the New Britain Musical club and the musical forces of that church will combine in music festival, Those from the Musical club who will be on the program are Miss Lois Phelps Of Plainville pian- ist: J. George Westerman. yiolinist; Jane Sartori Tuttlc, contralto: while Theron w. Hart will play the piano with ensembles, sotoiS1s and Chor- uses. String, organ and piano en- sembles will be given as well as mixed and male choruscs. Walter L. Magnuson has charge of fin" music, while the Rev. Carl L, Ere dcen, pastor of the church, k th* general manager.
 The second house meeting ot the season by the New Britain Musical club will take place Tuesday eye- ming at the home of Mir. and Mrs J. s. Kennedy, Corbin avenue. Prn- cipal Louis r. SIadc. of the Senior High school will give q talk on music in relation to school cduca- ton. The following will take part in the musical program: Frederick Rcchcnbcrg, baritone; Martha Ear nest, soprano; Ruth Schadc Smed- Icy. contralto; Madeline Gerrish. piano, and the Schubert Trio. com- posed of J. George WestQrman, yio- lin: Walter ?. Occupin, cello, and Charles A, Johnson. piano. Ac- companist for MT, Ecchcnberg will he Miss Jean Nanderslice, while Ruth Bennett Lindsay will accom- pany for Miss Earnest and Mrs. 1 Smedlcy.
 Miss Gertrude Rogers qf sunny , ledge will open her home "Wednesday evening at o'clock for the first
 open meeting ofthc season of thu
 National League of Women Voters
 Mrs Herbert Knox Smith Of Farm. ington. former Connecticut league president and now regional director will be the speaker. Mrs. Morris b Saxc will preside. X board meeting will proceed tho regular meeting tc elect delegates to attend the 10th annual convention 10 be held at the Hotel stratfield in Bridgeport,
 The New Britain Council Of Cath oIic Women are making plans for q large bridge to be held shortly at the Elss hall. Mrs, Henry Donnell> has been appointed chairman and her committee is as follows; Mrs F r. Gaffney. Mrs, William ManGan
 Mrs. Thomas Cranloy. Mrs. Joseph
 N Halloran Mrs. Henry T. Bray
 Mrs. Casey Solomon. Mrs. LioncI Depot, Mrs Frank Duffy, Mrs. Ar thur Savard, Mrs stephen Donnelly
 Mrs. James Curtin, Mrs. Donalc Gaffney, Mrs. Kenneth Walthers
 Mrs. Joseph Woods, Mrs. T. F. Me
New Britain herald., 1930-11-08
WEDDINGS

Matrimonial Events Show Marked Falling Off This Week.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-08
CLUB EVENTS

New Britain College Club to Meet - Other Club Notices.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-08

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New Britain herald., 1930-11-08

Mrs. Henry Pelletier entertained at two tables of bridge at her home on Cabot street Thursday evening Prizes were awarded to Miss Annc Sliney, Miss Mae Schmidt and Mics Margaret Sliney. Following cards, refre shments were served.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-08

Mir and Mrs. Harry Rex Of West Main street, Plainsille, entertained to of their Bristol friends at supper and whist Thursday evening It their home. Prizes at cards were awarded 10 Mrs. J. s. Cox and MT. and Mrs. j T. Chidsey.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-08

Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Goodwin of Pennington road, kensington, enter 1alned at three tables Of bridge last evening. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. A. A. Williams, Mrs. Burton Wells, Mrs. Norman Lanier, Earle Chamberlain, Burton Wells and Ray mond Williams. Mrs. Follin De- Wolfe assisted with the serving.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-08

Mrs. Albert Jourdin of Waterbury will entertain at a luncheon and bridge Thursday at the Waterbury Country club. There will be guests from New Britain attending,
 4
 Mrs. George Atwater oi Elbridge
New Britain herald., 1930-11-08

MT. and Mrs. Arthur C. kimbaIl gave a dinner party for 12 last Sat urday. honoriny Mrs. John Rust Of Kansas City, Mo.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-08

Mrs. Percival Platt of Ten Acre road was hostess to her bridge club Monday afternoon. Mrs. Pritchard and Mrs. Lawrence Humason won the prizes.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-08

MT. and Mrs. Arthur Jones of Forest street will entertain tomor- row evening at buffet supper,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
CHAMBER TO HAVE
 TWO GUESTS FOR
 LUNCHEON THURSDAY


 Charles Goldstein, who returned this week from a trip to New York City, and A. E. Wick, new of flee man here for the Du Pont Powder Company, will be guests of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the regular weekly meeting to- morrow noon at the Arcade Cafe.
 Further discussion is expected on the feasibility of importing federal prison labor to Alaska for road construction work. This matter was discussed last week and caused considerable comment among the members.
 Reports on the card membership drive, made at the meeting of the Executive Board yesterday, will be given members tomorrow Work on this matter is progressing quite fav- orably, and it is expected addi- tional cards will be forthcoming be- fore the meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
BORDER PATROL
 SUBJECT TAKEN
 UP, HOUSE CON-
Immigration Com nit tee Gives Attention to
 Hoover Program

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. = Steps s.. eeassaIy to muster 2 n0iniature army patrol on one of the longest boundaries any nation ever at tempted to guard, claimed the at tention of the House Immigration Committee as it moved today to carry cut President Hoover's Pro- hibition Enforcement reorganization program and taking the lead over other committees which must pass upon the various phases of the program.
 Chairman Johnson summoned Commissioner Hull, of the Immi- grafton Bureau and other officials of the Labor Department for ques- tioning.
 In the House, group of wet" members returned to discussion of the question The Immigration Committee has been only more or less active in recent years but it is known that some members now feel it should announce definite aim and work toward that goal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
Texas Couernor Wants Mexican Consulate at
 Laredo to Be Opened

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. - Gov. Dan Moody, of Texas, has asked the White House to arrange for a long distance conversation between himself and President Hoover on the subject of the closing of the Mexican Consulate at Laredo, Texas.
 It is said at the White Hous9 that Gov Moody will be advised Geographically that the State De- partment is doing everything pos sible to bring about the reopening of the Consulate and it is not believed that President Hoover could add anything to the Depart ment's efforts.
 The Laredo Consulate was closed after District Attorney Valls at Laredo, threatened the arrest of former President Gales, of Mexico if he passed through Laredo from his recent trip abroad. Valls ac- cused Gales of conspiracy to mur- der in connection with the staying of a Mexican Army Officer, in the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSION IS
 UNDER ATTACK
Report Made by Senator Wheeler that 1t Is
 Political Football'

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Inves- tigation by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee of report S that an attempt is being made to make a political football" out of the Federal Radio Commission is demanded by Senator Burton r. Wheeler, of Montana, as the committee continued hearings on Senator Couzen's communications bill
 The Montana Senator said he received a repor. from newspaper man that man has been appoint cd attorney for the Federal Radio Commission who had had no ex- perience in the radio field and he said he understood that two negroes from Ohio would assist him later. Senator Wheeler added that the latter two had no exper- fence in the radio field either.
 T. D. Brown, of Columbus, Ohio, attorney, was recently named as attorney for the Federal Radio Commission.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
Man and Woman Wanted in Pennsylvania Shooting
 Are Taken After Battle
AIRPLANE PILOT SPOTS
 COUPLE IN MOUNTAINS
Couple Kidnaps Deputy Engage in Gun Fights
 and then Surrender

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 15.-The oper, spaces com binod with IF hard riding sheriffs, ( U1a ies and cow punchers !" I the undoing of Mrs. nd SeSchroeder, of Denwoo4 iu Virginia, and Glen Da. both sought since December 27 when Cor poral Paul Nerady, of the Pennsylvania Highway Pa trol was slain and Private Ernest Moore was wounded near Newcastle, Pennsylvania.
 The pair say they are man and wife. They were cap- tured in the Arizona noun tains after Kidnapping a De- putty Sheriff, engaging Tn two gun fights and wounding two officers.
 The pilot of an airplane, swoop- ,-,g over the vlckv w*stes of the. Ostrella Mountains, saw the man and woman vending their way to- ward the mountain top yesterday. The pilot reported to the posse and the fugitives barricaded themselves behind boulders. A gun battle followed reminiscent of the Old West.
 More than 100 shots were fired, then the man and woman surren- dered.
 1 The prisoners. are here today awaiting extradition papers from 1 Pennsylvania. The two abandoned their automobile and planned to leave the State on foot but the mountains proved barrier.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
WICKERSHAM
 FILES TODAY
 FOR DELEGATE

Judge James WickerSnam, Juneau a . .-Trley, today filed with the Ter ritorial Auditor his declaration of candidacy for the office of Dele gate to Congress on the Republican ticket subject to the April primary election.
 More than two months ago, Judge Wickersham announced that he would be a candidate for the position, as did Attorney General John Rustgard, who filed last week for Delegate on the Republican ticket.
 Judge Wickersham came to Alas ka in 1900, with a Presidential appointment as U. s. District Judge. He served until 1908 with his head quarters at Fairbanks In 1908 he was elected Delegate to Con- gress and reelected in 1910, 1912, and 1914 In 1916 and 1913 he ran for Delegate against Charles A Sulzer. Tn each case the latter received the certificate of election and Judge Wickersham contested the election before Congress, win ming his seat in each instance just before the termination of the Con- gress.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
ONE: THOUSAND STUDENTS ARE
 UNDER ARREST
Strik e Called in Korean Educational Institutions
 -Is Sympathy Move

SEOUL, Kansas, Jan. 15.-One thousand Korean students have been arrested as the result of a strike in 13 colleges and high schools. including two American missionary institutions.
 The strike involved students, es- timated at a number of 10000. It occurred during the post-holiday examinations and was ostensibly out of sympathy for 900 students arrested last December
 The strike is said to be due to long standing quarrels between the Korean and Japanese students in the schools
 Many students arrested last month Iare still in prison. Those arrested were loaded into motor trucks and taken to police stations which quickly became overcrowded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
By JAMES A. MILLS JAP. Correspondent

MOSCOW, Jan. 15.-Establish- ment of museums, one of the chief fetishes of the Soviets, continues in all parts of the union.
 Palaces, churches. synagogues and other structural relics of the Czar- ist regime are constantly being ded- icated to education of the present day proletariat. They usually con- tain treasures and art objects in- tact, in order to show the masses the luxury and extravaganza in which the aristocrats of the by gone era lived.
 Incidentally the government. in it's fight against religion closed more than 45O religious institutions in 1929 These included churches, monasteries, mosques and syna- gogues but the Anti-Religious So-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
'sCIRL OF GOLDEN VEST GOES ON AIR
 AS THIRD OF PUCCINI BROADCASTS

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Ar opera, based upon an American drama of ] decade or so ago, will have it's premiere broadcast on WEAF and chain Saturday evening, January l8.
 It is The Girl of the Golden West" the third of the six Puccini operas being presented on the ra- dio this winter. It was written af- ter the Italian composer had viewed David Belascos hit of the same name in New York nearly 25 years ago. The first and second acts are built wholly on the Belasco play, while the third act is Puc- cini invention ito make it lyrical It is story of the California gold rush days
 In the radio presentation Frances Aida, Pasquale Amato and Mario Chamlee will have the leading roles. Amato, who is a baritone, will take the part of Sheriff Jack Rance which he sang at the premiere ot the opera in New York in Decem- Der, 1910. Mime. Aida, soprano who recently resigned from the Metropolitan Opera company, will sing the role of Minnie. Cham lee, tenor, will be Dick Johnson, the outlaw.
 Gennaro Papi will direct the per formance, and the operalcgue, writ ten by Robert A. Simon, will bt read by Alois Havrilla.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
SNOW PILES UP
 IN TWO STATES,
 PAC.NORTHWEST
Columbia River Is Flow ing Under Coating
 of Ice Today
LUMBER MILLS ARE
 FORCED TO SHUT DOWN
Drifts Are Piled as High as Five Feet in Portland
 Snow Elsewhere

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 15.-With snow piling up over Southwest Washington and Northwestern Ore gen, the Columbia River is flowing today under a coating of ice, par alyzing river traffic, and causing lumber mills to shutdown in that district fer the first time since the cold weather started 10 days ago.
 Portland and Longview are dig ging cut from between four to eight inches of snow which fell during the night and is continuing today.
 Drifts are piled as high as five feet in Portland.
 On the Olympic Peninsula and at Aberdeen and Hoquian, six in ches of snow has fallen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
GERMANY KILLS PARROTS

BERLIN, Jan. 15-Divergent views of the exact nature of phittacosis or parrot fever" was voiced today at meeting of the Micro Biological Society of Berlin. The upshot of the discussion was that medical science has no known germ, period of incubation or process of trans mission of the disease.
 All sick parrots in Germany have been killed. Healthy birds in- fected at testing station have given no results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
SITKA MAN REPORTS
 DISCOVERY OF ROAD

Reports of a three-mIe, we'll graded road from waterline to well up on the slopes of Mt Vestovia, near Sitka, were brought here by Charles c. Burdick of Sitka, with the U. s. Forest Service.
 Mir Burdick said he has not had an opportunity to personally in- speet the road, but had received re- liable information as to it's exis- tence Whether the road was built for logging or other purposes is not known.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
 NOW REPORTED
 CHINA REGION
Flesh Carved from Bodies, Cooked and Eaten
 Typhus, Famine

SHANGHAI, Jan. 15.--Gruesom stories ci whclo-a,e canniballsrn are added to Jhc tales of horror reccunted cf famine and cold re- ported to have taken 2.00o 000 Hvas in China withi nthe past eight months. Another 2,000OG0 are said to bo doomed to Gie of starva- ton
 Typhus is charged with dcaths of unnumbere1 thousands.
 Mohammedan fanatics are re- cused of massacring all adult males in numerous villages of the Kansu Province.
 China. during the coming year, will see the worse in memory. In- vegtigators of the various districts said they saw on many occasions flesh carved from the bodies lying cn the roads. The human flesh was cooked and eaten by the des- perately hungry.
 In the Province of Kansu, the authorities abandoned attempts at cannibaNsm.
 One man brought before the au- thorlties said Why should I be punished for eating what the dogs are eating?"
 Wolves are reported consuming bodies of those who have fallen eX- hausted on the roadways. Decent burials are impossible and large pits are dug and the bodies are thrown in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
TRAGIC LUXURY OF OLD
 RUSSIA IS NOW SHOWN

ciety estimates that there are still 50,000 churches open in the union. The closed institutions have been made over into schools, homes. clubs, hospitals, libraries or mu- seumS.
 S11.000.0O0 Cathedral
 Tn this last category are included the $11 ,oo0,000 cathedral of St. Isaac and the Kazan cathedral, one of the richest in old Russia, both in Ie- ningrad; the Church of the Re- deemer, built at cost of $7,000,000 to celebrate the deliverance of Moscow from Napoleon, and the Petchorsky monastery in Kiev, an eleventh century structure which was claimed to be the oldest re- hgious edifice in Russia
 Another late addition to the mu- scum list is the palace in Lenin-
 (Continued on Page Six)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
James Stewart Clark
 Passes Away, Victoria

VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 15.-One of the best known architects in his day, who has credit for build ing three of the Spanish cruisers sunk in the battle of Santiago in 1893, and was the founder of the steel ship building industry in Ja-
 pan. James Stewart Clark, died
 here yesterday following a pro-
 longed illness. He was a native
 of Troon Ayrshire, Scotland, born
 80 years ago and came to Victoria
 in 1908. He is survived by his widow and one son.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
D U v v v TODAY'S STOCK
 QUOTATIONS
. , . . ~ . . 2 .

NEW YORK, Jan. 15. - Alaska
 Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 8. American Ice 37, Bethlehem
 Steel STA, General ~lotors 39h Kennecott STA, National Acme 191s, Standard Oil of California COZ, Standard Oil of New Jersey GAS, Radio 42l2, U s. Steel 172h Anaconda 73ss, Alloy 325s, Granby 55, Gold Dust 449s. Grigsby 1914 Packard 15al, National Brands 27ss.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
PHITTACOSIS
 IS CAUSE OF
 MUCH CONCERN
Federal Health Officials Report Two More
 Deaths

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Federal Health officers view with concern additional deaths and illnesses at tributed to the strange malady contracted from parrots, known as phlttacosis. With three new deaths the list mounted to five. Fifteen cases are reported serious.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
TtUo Pliers Take Of for Nome
 From, Fairbanks

} FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. , 15.-Gifford Swartman and ? c. F. Mewes took off for
 ? Nome with parts and sup ? plies for the Fairchild planes. } With the fliers are William Glasgow. operator-in-charge } of the radio station here. 3 The take-off was at 9:30 ? o'clock this morning. Glas-
 ? gow is going as far as Nu- Q lato to act as relief operator
 , during the search for Eiel- } son and Borland. The parts
 ? are for Capt. Pat" Reid's 3 plane which craft must be ? taken to Nome before perm , anent repairs can be made.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
Express Collides with
 Freight Train; 12 Dead

NEW DELHI, India, Jan. 15.- Twelve persons were killed and II injured when the Pessawar express collided late yesterday with a freight train at Clitterbuckan. Sev- eral coaches of the express were telescoped.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
Justice Tatt
 In North Cmolina
 To Recouer HeaIth

ASHEVIILE, N. C., Jan. 15-- Chief Justice William Howard Taft, of the Supreme Court of the United States, has arrived here for an indefinite stay at a resort hotel to recover his health.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
Lindbergh' s Nesv Plume Regular
 Flying Laboratory

3 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan.
 3 15.--Jack Maddux, executive 3 of the commercial line which Q employs Go Charles A. Q Lindbeigh, revealed that the Q famed aviator's new Lock- 0 heed low winged monoplanc, Q is Q flying laboratory. Mad 8 dux said Llndbergh designed 9 the craft for the express pur- 6 pose of testing high altitude
 Q flying in anticipation of the 0 future development of trans Q port aviation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
Writes Final Chapter m Michigan s Life For Liquor' Laa0

Q LANSING. Mich, Jan. 15.-Gov. Fred W. Green to- day wrote the final chapter in Miclsgan's life for Li- quor" law when he commut- ted life sentences of five Prohibition violators. The o communications bring the sen tences to a term of 7h to IS years to comply with the new amendment to the State . criminal code.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
il NARROWED,
 SNOW DRIFTS
Party in Three Automobiles Are Rescued by High
 way Workers

DURANGO, Colorado. Jan. 15-- Eleven persons have been rescued after being marooned since Sunday between here and Silverton by blizzard and snow blocked roads. The party was found without food but were suffering severely from exposure. Gasoline of the three cars of the party was exhausted through efforts to break through the mountainous snow drifts.
 State highway workers effected the rescue.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15

Northwestern university is oi- rectly responsible for the expendi- ture of s10,0o0,O00 every year in Evanston. H., says the city's real estate board.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15

Birmingham, Ala, music stu dents spell in terms of musical notes. with sharps and flats instead of syllables, and musical instru-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15

A movement has been started to establish a national park in the Ozark mountains of Missouri.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15
SUGAR TARIFF
 CONTROVERSY
 IN SIXTH DAY
Drive Carried Forward in Senate to Resist h.
 crease in Rates

WASHINGTON, Jan Is. = The controversy over the sugar tariff entered the sixth day in the Sen ate as opponents carried on drive to defeat the increase in Cuban raw sugar levy from 176 to 2,20 cents pound
 Senator Barkley. of Kentucky, declared that the proposed increase was not justified either from reve- nue or farm relief standpoints.
 William R. Barnett, of the local radio station, has been transferred to Ketchikan as radio expert and left for his station on the Alameda.
 Miss Eva Yurman is a passenger south on the Alameda for vaca- ton trip in the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-15

Voters of Stonington. Conn. gathered to devise means to dis charge a S50,000 bond issue. Then they discovered the bonds were re- deemable in 30 years instead of 20.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-01
Seen About
Matamoros
BY OSCAR CASTILLO

Primitive Shears ". wearing q new
brown suit !. headed for the Presi-
dencia Municipal to attend the
regular morning sessions y. he Is
the Mayors brother w. and natur-
ally has an interest in the civic
affairs Of the city M. a few moments
behind We have Andres Cedillo
/. city secretary W. entering the city
hall climbing the stairs and
taking his place IN the mayors
chair for he IS acting Mayor Of
MatamoroS W. as Mayor Guillermo
Shears Is ont Of the city ON BUSINESS
. giving the Plaza and surround
Carlos Arguelles Y. smiling be-
cause the morning Is so bright and
CHEEKY /. turning off into a twig
street y. and close behind him we
have Benito Martinez M. Brownsville
man driving along in his coupe
I. giving the Plazo and surround
lngS the once over w. and here
comes the Police Chief M. LibradO
Salinas -. in his sedan y. chauffeur
all dressed UP ". the Chief says he
l. bound for Victoria the State
Capital =. will leave III the morn
ing ". or business will remain
there several days !. now he Is Civ
ing instructions TO his lieutenant