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New Britain herald., 1930-03-13
HARRY GREENSP0N
 BEATEN BY NEGRO
Brother Of Murdered Furniture
 Dealer Victim Of Attack

Hartford, March 13 - Less than month after his brother was found murdered, Harry Greenspon, 5S, of 116 Vine street, was brutally assault ed and narrowly escaped death at the hands of a young negro in his rag shop on Pequot street yesterday afternoon. Scorning the mans money, his assailant punched him repeatedly and beat his head against brick wall.
 Throughout the East side there is current rumor that there is a con- Spiracy afoot to attack the remain ing members of the Greensphon or Greenspon family. Both forms of the name arc used by members of the family. All sorts of gossip has been induged in some claiming that the assault was made by friends of | Mack Sutton who is in jail awaiting trial for assaulting and murdering Benjamin Greenspon in his furniture store. Others contend that Sutton had nothing to do with the murder and that the Negro who perpetrat- ed yesterdays attack also murdered the brother. Police hold to the theory that the Negro who assaulted Harry was planning to rob him and the fact that his brother had been murdered some time ago was mere ly a coincidence. The assault has also revived arguments for more po- | lice protection for the east side. More than half a dozen suspects were questioned last night as de- 1 tectives searched for a Negro with 3. scratched face.
 Grccnspon describes his assalant as being about 22 years old. After asking him if he bought rags the Negro punched him in the mouth, 1 knocked him to the floor and kept l hitting his head against the brick wall. Although he said he wanted money when Greenspon handed him a canvas bag containing $66 he pushed it to one side and continued l his vicious assault. Rolling over 1 and over the pair tumblcd down the stairs, Greenspon biting the Negro $ | finger and scratching him on the right side of the face until he screamed with pain. Finally the 1 Negro tore loose, hurdled q fence and ran away down the railroad track toward the Windsor street yards.
 When Grccnspon reported the at tack to Supernumeruy Policeman Joseph J. IaConiello, according to the rag dealers story, the policeman, learning that he had not been rob bed. told him to return to his shor and that he would sec him later. When Greenspon objected. the su- l pcrnumcrary, according to the mans story said, shut up or I'll lock you up.'
 For half-an- hour Grccnspon awaited the return of the policeman and then went 10 the store of a friend and notified detectives of the affair.
 Since the arrest of Sutton after | the Grcenspon murder police have been trying to get evidence against him. They admit their case is "prctty slim" The weapon Witl which Greenspon was killed has not yet been found.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13
SHIP ABANDONED IN FIRE,

Colombo, Ccylon. March 13 H) - Fire before dawn today on the 15,- o0O-ton liner Comorin necessitatcd the removal of passengers and crew ashore. Cause of the fire and dam age 10 the ship were not known i'm mediately. The Comorin was cn route from England to Australia.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13

patience, loss of temper and care lessness of appearance.
 The students who had the least difficulty in staying awake on Sat urday night were more fatigued the next day than were the ones who were drowsy during the night.
 In all-night poker games players must relax between hands if they wish to remain mentally alert.
 On Monday noon the students were about 50 per cent more fa- tigucd than they would have been had they had two nights of eight hours sleep each.
 For part of the sleepless night the students were required to study, but after that they became somewhat hysterical and began to play games,
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13

Synopsis: The third night of Enid Towards adventure in the under world takes her into the home of wealthy r. J. Murkman as bur glar. Her act is inspired by de- sire to save her brother-the Big Shot-from committing the crime. A mans foot showing beneath the portieres warns her of danger and she escapes. Disregarding her warn- ing never to visit her home, Phil Martin arrives as she waits for the return of the Big Shot. It was he who set the trap for the Big Shot in the Murkman home and all most caught, instead, the girl he loves. Enid refuses to explain her actions and Phil concludes she is q member of the Big Shots gang. He is torn between love and duty; un- certain as to what course to pursue.
 Chapter 34
 CORNERED.
 It was hard for Enid to concen- trate on what she was saying. The fear that Roy might come in any minute was uppermost in her mind.
 "Oh, you-we mustn't stay here" she cried out frantically. We must so at once-oh at once."
 Phil shook his head. I'm not through" There was a numb, flat note in his voice. And, besid IS, we haven't decided where we are to go. Mr. Murkman and Hettin left as scheduled. Nothing was done to alarm Hettin. He wasn { to be arrested until the job was pulled We had Hettin sajc enough at any time. We wanted s.a many of the gang as we could get it would narrow down eventually 10 the Big Shot himself
 AS soon as Murkman and Hettin left, Ringer and l entered the house - prepared to wait several hours, or several days, as the case might be. When we heard you cor- ing up the stairs we hid behind tn , portieres in the library. We couldn't see who you were, ot course and just how you discov- cred we were there I don't know but you tricked us all right.
 After we broke the door open was the first downstairs to the basement window by which we knew you had q tered. I had I flash light. I saw your hat-and put it under my coat. Ringer knew it was a woman, because the people in the apartment house told him so; but I knew it was you. As soon as I could get away from Kin ger I came here.'
 He rose suddenly to his feet th5 muscles Of his face twitching. and one hand closed in an iron grip upon her shoulders. "Oh, God" ile cried out passionatelN. What is the Big Shot to you?"
 Please, please, come aWay.' snc pleaded.
 What's that on the side of your head?" he demanded irrelcvantly abruptly. Tt looks like a surgical dressing"
 It's nothing, Come away" she entreated wildly. "Come away"
 "You'reen not very good at cXpar1. tons, are you"" He smiled queer. ly You weren't last night. don't suppose you can explain either, why you arc so anxious tc get away from here, can you?"
 No" she answered.; "but- Her heart seemed to stand still. t was too late! There was Roy now She heard his car stop. She looked desperately around her. He was on the stoop now.
 And now the door bell rang. al- simultaneously, impatiently, tat door handle was turned. 1t wasn locked.
 The connecting room her bed room-it was the only chance. Sh, dragged Phil frantically toward th, bedroom door. And, perhaps becaus, he was taken by surprise. he mad, TO resistance. She pushed him in side.
 Don't make a sound," she vhis
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13
% % BIG SHOT " b4 FRANK L. PACKARD

pered tensely. "Whatever you hear, if you care anything for your life-or mine-don't say a word or make q sound."
 She closed the door softly-and had just time to stand away from it as the Big Shot appeared from the hallway without.
 The next instant Roy came storm ing into the room, his eye hard and narrowed, his face flushed, his jaw muscles twitching. Perhaps il was her salvation! He would not notice her own agitation.
 "Why, Roy. how impatient you are." she exclaimed and won- dcred if she were speaking natural ly, "I was just going to open the door. What is the matter?"
 He stared at her for nome 1t his face working, and then he broke into a laugh like that of q man whose reason had fled.
 What is it?" he echoed, hi; voice thick with passion. Its hei. bust loose again tonight! That's all. It's that damned woman again."
 Relief came. He had no sus, picion, then, so far as she was con. cerned. What woman?" she jn' quired innocently.
 Again he stared at her -anc again he laughed in the same way
 "No-that's right.' he jerked out | forgot you didn't know abou her. It's someone putting in-pu; ting things on the rocks. Damne, queer Disguised like a freak-s hat as big as an umbrella, spec tacles, crazy clothes. That's all ", know about her
 We were going to put over : little job tonight and she nosed i: ahead of us - but she nearly go | caught by the police herself. Sh vas seen climbing out of the wis dow. She beat it in taxi" He began to pace savagcly VI ! ] sort of furious self-communion, h, vas talking to himself: What her name? What is she? Wher, did she come from? By God, r, Kill her-yes, with these two hands he shook his clenched hands il the air-"if I could find her'
 lnstinctively she shrank farth2 away from him. He didn't look lG, Roy now. His face, in it's fury, Wa almost inhuman. It wasn't a sub | ject that she cared to hear hin dwell on further, if there was al, way of preventing it. He was get ting worse and worse. He terrific; 1 her. He was like q wild beas there now pacing up and down il it's cage.
 Roy, li5tCn." she said quickt, After you went out a man tele | phoned you. l don't know who n' was. He wouldn't give me hi name. He told me to tell you ,C look out for Twisty Morgan tonign and then he repeated it. II seemed to be very much excited
 But the Big Shots mind was ob yiously not be diverted.
 ITO hell with Twisty Morgan. he snarled Its this masquera,. ing skirt I'm after. Twisty's she some talk around about tonight an he's got some of the boys believ ing him. and they're up in the air.
 Bunk, Hes d hot-air artis He hasn't got the guts to pull any thing big. I'm not worrying abor him. If he tries anything hell g. filled up with lead. That's ike Hes joke! This woman isn't Shes got
 He stopped abruptly in mid -strid staring at something on the floor = and then, the purple surging int his face, he stopped down to pick up.
 White with sudden fear, Ent watched him. Yes, she knew wh, it was. She remembered now. I'll hat. She had forgotten it. It hl fallen on the far side of the des after it had struck the typewrite and, out of sight there, it had bee
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13
MRS. GLYNN GETS s1O,OOO

Washington, March 13.-Provision
 to pay Mrs. James P. Glynn of Win- sted, s1O,O00 was carried in the first
 deficiency appropriation bill passed yesterday by the senate. This is the
 usual amount paid to widows of members of congress and represents
 a years salary. The bill now goes
 to conference and without question the house conferces will confirm the item.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13

To aid scientific study, a scoop has been built in California to bring up samples Of the oceans bottom from depths impossible for divers to reach
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13

one of which consisted of initiating session of the United States sen- ate
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13

lington, who was once a country doctor in the wilds of what is now Harlem and the Bronx and officiated at 2,00O births, has received a gold badge signifying he is the city's health commissioner emeritus. For years he was the only doctor in an area If miles square.
 Belfast, Northern Ireland-Robert Hill, who has worked 40 years as a riveter in a shipyard, has been awarded d government pension for his services to geology, He has re- fused many better jobs, lest they interfere with his hobby. In his house is one of the most notable private collections of minerals.
 New York - Irene Bordoni has an injunction which she hopes will end her trouble with Ray Goetz. It restraints the theatrical producer from suing the actress for divorce. Miss Bordoni obtained an annulment in Chicago last November on the ground that the marriage was six months after Ray and Ethel GoetZ had been divorced when the decree forbade him to marry for two years.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13
Flashes of Life

By the Associated Presa
 New York - Swimmers are the smartest athletes among Hunter college girls. Their rank in studies averages higher than that of mem- bers of the basketball, hockey, ten his and fencing teams. Many ath-' letes are better than average Ill scholastic work.
 New Brunswick, N. J. - Russian Bees arc good-natured; they don't sting. Proof has come from tests lasting three years at the state agri- cultural experiment station. The Italian variety is real warlike.
 New York - Donald Mckay was d builder of clipper ships, and his great granddaughter, Miss Grace Harriet Mckay of Brooklyn, on Tuesday is to christcn the Yankee Clipper. newest and fastest train be- tween New York and Boston.
 Entebbe, Uganda There's one sharp constable here. He cant be fooled. He stopped a car and in formed the passengers they could not proceed until the Prince of Wales had passed. A government official explained the prince was in the car. "Oh, I've heard that be- fore" said the constable, taking out his little notebook. The princes chauffeur stepped on the gas.
 New York A telephone oper- ator told the police she heard nsoans in a spaghetti factory where the re- ceivcr had been knocked off the hook. The police found a black cat playing near the instrument. The poises came from electric dryers. But on the way back the officers picked up two armed loiterers. One of them, Richard Mandcll, has been sent 10 state prison for life. His pistol caused his fourth conviction as a fclon and a mandatory scn- tcnce.
 Chicago - A Jury ndS awarded a verdict for $3,00O in bootlegging operations. Judge Harry Futile, who regards the litigation as amazing, is referring the matter to the federal attorney Joseph MutinSky. the plaintiff, said he gave Louis A. Ruda and Joseph Psota $5,0O0 for prc-wa ! whiskcy to be brought from a gov crnmcnt warehouse in Detroit and sold in Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13
Take these for example

Here arc some station to station
 rates that will interest you. They are
 in effect during the day, until 7 P. M. After that time rates of forty cents or over are reduced on this class of call.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13

Diamond give a disagreeable odoI when reduced to dust.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13
From New Britain to

Albany, N. Y. s .55 Boston, Mass. ...... .65. Garden City, L. I. .75. Newark, N. J. ..., 50 New York, N. Y. .55 Philadelphia, Pa.,. 90 Providence, R. l. 50 WhitePlains,N.Y. .A5 Worcester, Mass. 50 Yonkers, N. Y. ;. 50
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13

Charges on all calls for which the rate is g cents or over may be reversed without extra cost.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13
Talk IS CHEAP

Out of town telephone rates have been reduced several times in recent years-and the quality and speed of the service has been vastly improved, too. If you haven't kept posted on out-of- . town rates, you'll be surprised to learn how inexpensive they really are.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-13

New Brunswick, N. J. - Russian Bees arc good-natured; they don't sting. Proof has come from tests lasting three years at the state agri- cultural experiment station. The Italian variety is real warlike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20

OF all the changes In the motion pic
ture industry the least commented
upon, and yet the one most obvious TO
those that make it up. is the considera-
ton given minor employees.
Times used to be when an extra.
earning SIS and 81 a day, would have
to spend almost that much to do the
bit required of him. Sometimes the
extra would have to buy 81 or So worth
Of liquid cold cream to wash of the
makeup departments paint. Some
times the extra call would ask the extras
to bring certain odd pieces of apparel
that the average person did not include
in his own wardrobe, in which case it
would have to be bought or hired out
Of the days salary.
This and seemingly only since the
gracious Vitaphone doojigger rent the
movie world aSunder, is no, no more.
for film employees, all sorts of employees,
that should be a credit to the industry.
First National, for example in shoot
ing "Kismet," the most pretentious
effort since sound pictures. found that
the script called for ladies of the
harem to disport themselves in sunken
pool" On the stage Edward Knoblock
did not care to burden his producers
with genuine pool, and so the audi
ence was permitted to hear some faint
offStage SplasheS as evidence of the
existence of pool, harem ladies. ct al.
First National could not find it in
itself to be so deceptive. And so,
grandiloquently, they built a $4,000
pool, ordered the casting department to
kindly send around dozen harem girls
and half a dozen harem attendants,
and set John Francis Dillon in the
middle of the whole affair to direct an
eighth century Bagdad scene Of home
life in harem.
So far the gestures have been typically
movie" The expenditure of money tc
reproduce realism, the unwillingness to
stint by using the stage trick of sug-
gestion, all this may be commendable
But here our point enters.
In the olden days, after the company
spent all this money for lavish effects
they would employ SIS extras, cast them
into property department water. keer
| them there sneezing all day long, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20

THE race between the musical comedy
stage and that of the legitimate
type is on; or, rather, has been on since
the advent of the talkies. 1t has taken
the form of a marathon as to which can
supply the best talent for the benefit OF
unmuted Hollywood.
At present the odds are fairly even.
Looking up and down Broadway's broad
aisle and tabbing the ghosts of the
Thespians who have left for the orange
covered State, one must stop to recall
plays of the past and see what has
become of the players. A goodly per-
centage. of these are now mimicklng
before the microphone, scarcely con-
scious of the fact that they were once
either in the back row of the chorus or
merely atmosphere" in the nom
musicales.
The most glorious example and one
which Hollywood holds up constantly as
G tribute to Broadway's neglectful in
difference is Jack Oakie. Jack is prob
ably an outstanding No. l man for the
musicale" versus the straight In the
marathon. His transplanting to the
screen has been the signal for loud and
deserved cheers. His face and antics
certainly are a wholesome antidote to
the less robust physiognomies visible
sometimes this side of-and in-Holly-
wood.
To counterbalance his effectiveness,
the legitimate drama points to Ruth
Chatterton with justihable pride. MISS
Chatterton unqueStionably is its star
ring entry in the race. The scope OF her
endeayors Is too familiar to need recital,
and surely she is satisfying antithesis
to MIR. Oakie and star torch-bearer Tor
her side of the contest.
Next to the musical comedy side
comes-who? Maurice Chevalier isn't
allowed to run: otherwise he might be
leading his fellow songsters to battle
and winning by several heads. But
there are many fresh from triumphs to
show Hollywood and the films have
been kind and who might be good
material for the musical comedy team
Marilyn Miller, for instance; Bernice
Claire, Vivienne Segal, Dorothy Jordan,
and of the stronger sex Eddie Cantor,
Joe E. Brown, John Boles, j. Harold
Murray, Walter Woolf and Walter Cat
lett. All these have bloSsomed as fruit
fully on the screen as they ever did on
their native heath-Broadway
Who besides Miss Chatterton is there
that the legitimate drama has contrib
uted for the betterment of Hollywood
to rival these musical comedy products?
Six names come to mind-siX names,
every one of which has been as pure
gold to the movie industry. Barbara
Stsnwyck probably is the most sudden
example of prosperous graft from the
legit. Barbara comes first (Remember
her in Ladies of Leisure"?) Follow
ing Barbara In rapid succession are
Claudette Colbert, Chester Morris, Basil
Rathbone, Walter Huston and Robert
Montgomery. Any of these could fight
the good fight of comparison with their
rivals from the melodic field. They
surely head the invasion with Holly
wood for its North Star.
And so the race goes, with inroads
from other spheres of endeavor, such
as explorers, flyers, athletes and col
umnists as well in the competition
Who wins depends, Of course, on which
you happen to like best and whether
YOU had rather see some one act, sing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20
Pictures Technicolored.

WITH technicolor photography COM
w pleted on the Samuel Goodwin
Florenz ziegfeld picture, 'Whoopee,"
starring Eddie Cantor, and Leather
necking," R-K.-O.'s musical comedy
drama of the Marine Corps-the
Technicolor Corporation is making
preparations to film Warner Bros.
Fifty Million Frenchmen," which, like
"Whoopee," will be all-Jechnicolor.
Other technicolor specials soon to be
released by Warner Bros. include, THE
Life of the Party" with Winnie Light
ner, "Viennese Nights" the oscar
Hammerstein, 2nd-Sigmund Romberg
romance and Sweet Kitty Bellairs."
First National Technicolor specials
scheduled for early presentation include
Bright Lights" starring Dorothy Mac
kali, Woman Hungry" with Lila Lee
and Sidney Blackmer. and Toast of
the Legion" with Bernice Claire and
Edward Everett Horton, which is ac-
tually the Victor Herbert operetta,
Mile. Modiste."
Paramounts contribution to techni-
color films will include: Follow Thru, ="
co-starring Charles Buddy" Rogers
and Nancy Carroll, and R.-K.-O.' IS
"Dixiana" in which Bebe Daniels holds
the leading female reins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20
The Snoring Picture cAlbum
By Robert e. Sherwood.

Paramount has won twice. with THE
| Covered Wagon" 1929 and Beau
Geste" 1925. First National has won
twice. with "Tol-able David" Q92D
and Abraham Lincoln" 1929. Fox
won twice in succession, with Seventh
Heaven" G92D and -Four Sons"
| 1929. United Artists has gained the
! 1922). The defunct Cosmopolitan cor
poration was the first winner, with
"Humoresque" 1920.
Universal, Warner Bros Pathe,
R-K-O and the lesser independent pro-
ducers have yet to be distinguished by
mention on the handsome gold plaque,
although Universal, with "All Quiet on
the Western Front" and Columbia,
with Journeys End" will be strongly
in the running for the 1880 award.
Strangely enough, Charlie Chaplin
has never won this medal. Indeed, 1
have been informed that he has never
ever been close to winning it, Neither
has Harold Lloyd.
Perhaps the readers of the maya
zine feel that it would be undignified to
vote for a mere comedy. They seem to
express a marked preference for SEN
timent, as evidenced by the strange
victory OF -Four Sons"
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IF some one will only be kind enough
= to give me large sum of money
(almoSt anything from $32 up), I shall
start few prizes of my own. They
will not be awarded by popular vote,
or even by committees (as is the case
with the Pulitzer prizes); the decision
will rest solely and exclusively with me.
The object of these prizes will be to
reward with distinction those toilers in
the movie mills who give the greatest
surprises to the film-loving public.
For instance, suppose that William
Haines we're to appear in a college
picture "a not unnatural asSumption)
and at the end of that picture there
were to be big foot ball game with
HaineS painting on the sidelines. There
are only 10 seconds to play. The score
is 7 to in favor of the other team.
Haines is a star fullback, but he has
been kept off the field because he has
been too fresh Six seconds to play
Get in there you smart aleck,"
says the grim coach Haines dashes
out on the field. He Is given the ball
and runs yards, Is yards, 35 yards,
SO yards, in the wrong direction :.
The final score is thus to in favor
of the opposition.
So Haines loses the game and the
girl, and in doing so he wins the Sher-
wood platinum medal.
(Copyright, l930)