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New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
Now That the "Conference" Is Over, Let's Have Action

Is Over, Let's Have Action
 In spite of the staggering pro- fundity of the scrivening MT. Boyle, he has not yet realized that the pub lie of New Britain wants facts in- stead of speeches about the rate charged for lighting.
 MT. Boyel, as a member of the council, was quick to suggest con- ference with officials of the Con- ing New Britain rates. He got it. He also got a speech from one of the officials that took his breath away. Then he folded up like one night show and accepted the decision it was a dccision-that rates were fair and equitable. Without further ado, he was ready to go before the public and say: "The Connecticut Light and Power Co. says the rates are o. K. and we can't do anything about it."
 MT. Boyle called for a conference and insisted that it was nothing more than a conference. Well, now that tltdt 10 ct GIll CllIl, ltt ileiNt Cll ill- vestigation for a change. Light con- sumers have. taken their drubbing for several years and owing to the cleverness of J. Henry Roraback's iieutenants, no one seems to have been big enough to pierce the armor of their arguments.
 Messrs. Johnson, Falk and Ma cora are right in insisting that a study of the subject be continued. MT. Boyle referred frequently during the meeting of the committee Tues day night to a minority" report which Mr. Johnson could file if he so desired. AS it developed, any minority report will be made to the council by MT. Boyle.
 So far as MT. Boyle was concern ed the 'conference" was a burlesque. Let someone head the committee who can ask questions and who likes to stand on his feet and fight instead of taking his beating lying down. That's what members of the council are for. If they are in capable of standing up for public rights, they do not belong to the council.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

! through the aggressiveness of the 1 Barnesdale Community society that they are getting the attention for which they feel they are paying, it 1 Is claimed.
 Assessed and taxed the same as in other sections of the city, they want the same privileges They realize. having just had a trunk line sewer installed, that now is not the time to ask for a perma- nent street paving job, and they have not asked for it. What they do want on their main street. they assert, is to have it made passable so that residents can drive to and from their homes with out risking broken spring or an overturned vehicle.
 They do not ask that the city build them driveways, but where the city takes possession of private driveways at least should be left so that the owners can use them, in the condition in which they were found.
 They feel, now that the trunk line sewer is in. that all private connec- tions should be made as rapidly as possible so that the streets will not be torn up after it is permanently repaired, and steps will be taken to have this work done.
 They believe that if respectable organizations hold picnics in that vicinity and a few rowdies get drunk and are ordered out of the park that they have right to ask the police to keep them from mo- testing residents, after they leave the park.
 They say that they are entitled to the safety of illuminated streets, that they are entitled to have their streets oiled or sprinkled to lay the dust and that each individual should have pure running water in an un-> interrupted supply.
 They declare vehemently that they are entitled to a through street so that their children can go to school more conveniently, so that their mail delivery service may be bet. tered and so that they may be en- abled to reach their homes without driving across railroad and trolley tracks.
 The trunk line sewer is almost completed, lights are ordered for dark streets, Mayor Quigley has promised to have the street opened from West Main to Corbin avenue; improved mail service and better express deliveries will follow the street improvement and now are being considered Thasociety owns the ground upon which it plans to have a public park and playground and eventually a community house: adequate police protection has been promised; improved water facilities are being considered by the water board oiling and sprinkling of streets is being done to 8 limited ex- tent.
 Mayor Quigley has ordered cleanup squad to follow up the sewer gang and gather up the dis carded tools and junk; the accept ance of Barnes and Warren streets looms in the not far distant future.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
Hartford Has Much Ado About Less Than Nothing

Frequently the question is asked. Why don't high grade men like to serve on city boards?" not that missioner anywhere in the country, for there have been many in New Britain and elsewhere, but the ma jority of mayors and other officials having the power to appoint com- missioners know from experience that they seldom get exactly the right men for every position.
 Likewise, one often hears discus sed the disinclination of ideally fit ted men to join the police and fire departments. and again the question applies to New Britain and other places, for there are admittedly some square pegs in round holes the country over and probably al ways will be.
 Like some other questions, there are many answers, and one of them appears to have been given in Hart ford at a meeting of \ the police board during the week. A sergeant and a patrolman disagreed on the question of the propriety of the lat ter's alleged undignified action in singing out a greeting to a passerby as a squad was being taken from headquarters to the posts of duty. The patrolman saw friend or ac- quaintance and they exchanged greetings out loud, much to the ser geant's disgust and the result was that the matter found it's way to the commissioners, who upheld the ser geant.
 If the constable of Podunll brought such 0 matter to the atten- tion of the burgesses and they gave up an entire evening around a hot stove in the high mogul's parlor or wherever they hold their meetings, it would be in keeping with the gen. eral tenor of government in the su- burbs, but when policemen and Com- missioners in the largest city in Con- necticut can find nothing more in- portant to talk about and vote upon well, the why's and Wherefores Of the apathy towards municipal serv- ice on the part of capable men are not such a mystery after all.
 Theoretically, policemen should be dignified. but not to an unreI- sonable degree. They should not come out of their quarters turning handsprings or wearing their caps backwards. nor should they make q practice of doing a vaudeville stunt at every street corner, but it does seem that Hello, Bill" along their beats is entirely proper. At any rate, it would seem that a lieuten- ant or chief could settle the Hart ford dispute and leave the really big affairs of the department for the commissioners to worry about.
 Petty matters too frequently are permitted to occupy the attention of administrative officials in municipal government everywhere, and the Hartford affair is a timely example. In private business when an official or employe makes mistake or be- come connected with condition which is a little out of the ordinary, someone in authority takes the mat ter in hand and irons it out without bothering others who have some- thing else to look after, but where police and fire departments and oth- CT municipal bodies are concerned it seems that there is always somebody over anxious to delve into the most picayune details and stir up con- troversy. Small wonder then that the complaint is heard that 'big" men fight shy of governmental serv- ice.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
Observations On The Weather

Washington, Oct. 11.-Forecast for Southern New England: Fair Saturday and Sunday, not much change in temperature.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Fair Saturday and Sunday, not much change in temperature.
 Conditions: A disturbance is central about 500 miles southeast of Halifax, N. S., apparently moving winds.
 The outlook is for fair weather Saturday and Sunday in the Wash ington forecast district Tempera- ture changes will be unimportant.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
NOW WE ARE RADICAL

According to the official report of sizable church group. the secular press of this Nation is radical"
 The press has been called almost everything, and one more term will make no difference.
 The thing that makes this designa- tion notable is that most observers heretofore have claimed the press of this country is too conservative.
 To be termed, radical is like seeing the worm bite the chicken.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
CROSS CHALLENGES FOE

New Haven, Oct. 1 - Dean Will bur l.. Cross, democratic guberna- torial nominee, in an open letter to Lieut.. Governor Ernest F. Rogers, republican candidate, last night challenged the latter to public de- bate or series of debates on the campaign. Cross named prohibition, business depression, state old age pensions, improvement for the fa- cilities for the care of the tubercu- lar, and improvement of rural roads as the issues which he considered of chief importance in the campaign.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

New York, Oct II - Well, sir. if the servants don't up and bow out before dinner the new Mcintyre apartment is in ship shape Our little family knows now all about that domestic perpleXity they call the servant problem. They have beer coming in A hour shifts, every sort, including the Scandinavian.
 All we needed was a band for a big parade. Most of them loafed awhile, fattened themselves up and departed, taking along enpassant a few gimcracks like sheets, the mas ters neckties and a musical cigarette box that tinkled Alice Blue Gown" when you lifted the lid.
 You might have imagined that in all the procession at least two of them would have snapped into q huddle and agreed: Lets give the saps one good meal" But they never did. One in the caravan was reputed to be a butler like you see in mus- cal comedies-a sort of half man and half wit.
 When nottbuttling he was desk snatcher. l tried to explain to him there was no future in desk snatch ing but a good butler might get somewhere. Yet old pussyfoot con- tinued to sneak upon my desk and snatch old envelopes. The minute opened letter and put the envelope down-pss-s-st it was gone.
 Maybe it is unfair 10 class him as desk snatcher. After all he may be only an envelope saver somewhat like Frank Pays aunt who is a paper bag put awayer. Anyway there is no place in our menage for a butler We haven't a long silk rope with tassel to pull when you want him.
 All my life I've wanted, when com- pany comes. to step up suddenly, yank the rope and say: Meadows, the cocktails!" (Voice: He's rope yankerD This piece has suddenly gone nutty but if you had just ac- quired servants that seem to fill the bill you'd be twittery, too.
 1eTHdpS IL IS optlllllSlll DoIll ol utter despair, but Margaret from Norway who cooked it and Sigrid from Sweden who served it have just provided the tastiest meal I have had in three months. Hooray, says he as his pearl gray hat sailed over New Rochelle.
 There are many other things about h T I l,
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
THE SHOW IN PENNSILNANIA

Pennslvania is staging one of the best political shows in the East How good it is-or how serIous-can be determined from the possibility that John NJ Hemphill, Democratic-Lib- eral-whateve that may be-stands an excellent chance of being elected governor.
 When powerful Philadelphia Re publican leaders revolt against Clifford Pinchot. Republican nominee for governor. and when other pow erful Republicans elsewhere in tI'v state follow suit, it can mean nolh-
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

Thure Bengtson, interviewed at three places yesterday, said he got nothing except personal satisfaction out of winning the primary. And he felt just about as tired and worn as if he had attended the Legion 
 convention.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation

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New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

AS long as there are any technl- calities in the world the Public Utili- ties Commission will feel quite safe from the onslaught of Prof. Levitt.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

they're all the go!-under the dining room carpet. 1 do a Swiss bell ring ing act at each meal. And after pat l must train myself to quit peck ing when a servant answers the front bell. I hear it is very back woodsey.
 My own hangout in this apartm ent is in what was originally intended as dining room. The dining room is now what the blue print calls the foyer hall" Juggle that one! There is a swinging door with an oval glass leading from my work shop to the buffers pantry, a kitchen out in Gallipolis. This door is handy. The cook can sneak look now and then and toss the trained seal a fish.
 The dining room is modernistic, o, very utterly! All frameless bev- eled mirrors and furnishings of chromium and clear plate glass. The table seats only six but in case of big dinner parties there is always a Child's around the corner.
 But the drawing room is the bil- lizards. Through folding doors as I write l can see it. The windows are draped in golden yellow. The ceiling is slightly pebbly with edges of tim Der showing and the walls are Eng fish dark oak paneling fluted at the top with faintly hand painted coats of arms and helmets. There is pom derous eight foot high open fire place of grey-white stone, dull black con- cert grand piano, a hunting dresser smack from England along side wall, a 7foot divan upholstered in dull gold satin, two deep lounging chairs and huge circular tabaret with a mirrored top. There are two bedrooms, one in blue and the other in pink, and-you'll die at this - what the blue print elegantly calls "a servants hall"
 But owning you own home is nothing much unless a back yard there is no place for dog to bury a discarded bone, no place to beat round steak perfectly silly or a place to sit around in an undershirt on Sunday mornings and whittle.
 O, yes. the milk mans name is Hector and he sports white gloves and a lapel flower, the big fashion plate.
 Copyright, 1880, Mcknight Syndicate, Inc.)
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

Many Improvements in airplanes
 Q been invented since the Co., .Ibia started sailing the skies, but '7ae old ship still has a good hop in her.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

When the Democrats are in power it's a panic; when the Republicans are in power it is merely world wide depression.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
Facts and Fancies
By Robert Quillen

But why worry about making an ass of yourself? Do you want to be the only perfect man on earth?
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

Hard times cause revolutions, usually take a big part in them.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

Happy thought! Maybe the dis tillers would quit making it if people would quit drinking it.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

The only profitable advertising medium In the City. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

; When the reporters call it "sordid story" that means it's very, very bad.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

Sugar cane as tall as a bungalow is growing in Florida, where a new type with stalks 35 to 30 feet high is being given it's first try-out in America,
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
BarneSdaIe Residents CataIOolIe Their Demands

Contrary to the opinion in some quarters, residents of Barnesdale feel they are not asking the city for anything unreasonable, a resident of that district told the Observer.
 Their section of the city has been neglected for so long, that it is only
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

The Herald is on sale daily In New York at Hotaling's Newsstand. Times Square: schutz's Newsstand. Entrance Grand Central. 42nd Street.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

Another revolution in South Amer ica. The camera men have landed and have the situation in hand.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

Perhaps the country printer who called a caucus a circus was not so far wrong.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
Maybe This Suggestion Could Be Used By Common Council

Probably the bluntest statement in long, time was that made at a recent Boys club meeting when a speaker announced that he would address the group of boys for about
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
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New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
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New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

After attending q few criminal trials, you can't help wondering why it went so hard with old Ananias,
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11
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New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

 After attending d few criminal trials, you cant help wondering why it went so hard with old Ananias. The quicket way to reduce the number of unemployed is for the boss to quit wearing rubber heels. The political speaker has an easy time this year. He can just say: Darn something or other"
 The great advantage of peace is that you can pick out your own countries to love.
 Why expect our great minds to overcome wet sports when they can't even cure bald spots.
 Americanism: Assuring one an- other that poverty is no crime; pro- viding capital punishment exclusive ly for poor men.
 How strange that prominent citi- zens caught monkeying with the underworld don't claim to have been gathering evidence.
 Queer country! Jobs for every- body at $S day doing nothing in time of war, and no jobs for any, body in time of peace.
 Life grows simpler. In the old days stunning parties had to leave their respectable neighborhoods to rub elbows with the lawless.
 Man is an absurb creature who thinks the value of a diamonds set wrist watch is affected by its failure to keep time.
 There's always bright side. A few more years like this and it won't be so hard to stick to a diet.
 The Germans have gone fascist
  their own minds wasn't so much fun, after all.
 It Is rumored that one of the to- bacco companies will try music to advertise its wares. Probable the refrain from splitting.
 Durant suggests an examination for prospective office holders. One question should be; Are your fin- gers sticky?"
 Correct this sentence: "Our labor troubles will be ended" said the boss, when every textile worker is a college graduate"
 Copyright 193O, Publishers
 Syndicate),
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

The quicket way to reduce the number of unemployed is for the boss to quit wearing rubber heels.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

There are many other things about keeping house I like, too But l have not yet learned to keep my nervous feet off the electric floor bell
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

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New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

The political speaker has an easy time this year. He can just say: Darn something or other"
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

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New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

The great advantage of peace is that you can pick out your own countries to love.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

o, yes. the milk mans name is Hector and he sports white gloves and a lapel flower, the big fashion plate.
 Copyright, 1880, Mcknight
 Syndicate, Incl.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-11

Why expect our great minds to overcome wet sports when they cant even cure bald spots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-12
SHIRES' ODD SILENCE
MAY NET PAY RAISE

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 12.-Charles Ar
thur Shires, still member Of base balls
holdout union, has demonstrated TO
Owner Charles A. Comiskey Of the
White Sox, that he can be as silent
as garrulous.
On February 2, Comiskey wrote a
letter to the fighting first baseman, In.
closing two contracts and asking him
to answer certain questions as to his
department in the past and future.
Having read of Shires' reputation for
talking, kilograms and special delivery
letters were expected.
But not until yesterday, month ard
nine days later, was a reply received
from the Great Shires" All questions
were answered, apparently satisfactorily,
but the contracts were unsigned.
While Comiskey refused to divlllge the
salary differences between the club and
Shires, 1t Is understood Shires has been
offered $4,000, with threats of severe
fines If he attacks another manager,
whereas he is demanding $4,000.
II VIII study his reply today and
answer 1t immediately" Comiskey said
He Is expected TO offer q new contract
and ShireS, who doesn't always do the
expected, Is expected to sign it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-12

still Gray turned in 18 victories and
Crowder one less. Collins won IL while
losing 6, and Stewart had wins against
defeats. Each of these pitchers lost
three or four games by the margin of
a run or two, that would have been
victories had the timely hit been forth
coming in the crisis.
AS the successor of Dan Howley as
manager of the Browns have no fears
as to the clubs defense or its pitching
Both I am sure will be up to standard
If we can get just little more hitting
I can see no reason why we shouldn't
be in the first division all the time,
which, of course, means that your club
is always in the running and has a
chance.
Club to Be Little Changed.
On the whole, the club will be much
of Sammy Hale, secured in exchange
for Wally Schang, gives us a certain
amount Of reserve strength in the in
| field that was lacking last season. True,
Hale batted only PTS for Philadelphia
last year, yet I am willing to go on
record that he will bat IS points better
for the Browns. Incidentally Lu Blue
should have a much better year at the
bat. Blue hit in mighty hard luck last
oCdcOtA1 PAc1Gy VI his 0ElVcS, nara n1U
balls, went directly into the hands of
some waiting fielder.
What our new material has in store
for us will be more or less a matter
of uncertainty until after the training
season. Our scouts report some mighty
likely prospects in the newcomers and
there is a chance we may get some
immediate help from the recruits, /
hope so.
However m the wLoIe The oI,,k1 ,,,.Il
start with pretty much the same line
up as last year. Its pitching and de-
Tense makes 1t hard club to beat.
II We are able to give our pitchers the
working margin of q few extra runs.
we will be all the tougher. 1 look for
the Browns to be in the first division.
just where depending largely on what
success We have at the bat.
(Copyright, 1o30)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-12

lean League to realize the weakness of
our club at the bat. OF the first 80
hitters, the Browns had only one,
Heinie ManuSh. with a mark of 1855.
OF the so American League batters who
hit 800 or better last season, only three
were Brownies. Aside from Manush,
Kress batted .3O5 and Schultz .304.
Fine Fighting Spirit.
From these facts the natural deduc-
ton is that a strong defense and good
pitching made the Browns dangerous!
That is very true, but to these two
very necessary assets one must add a
fighting spirit. The Browns gave Dan
Howley the best they had every min
ute. It was a team that didn't know
when it was whipped and I am sure
it will give me the same earnest effort.
In team fielding the Browns ranked
second, only a point behind the world
champions of Philadelphia. Incident
ally, there could be no complaint as to
the pitching. While Gray and Crowder
didn't go as well as the preceding year,