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New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
WHAT IT COSTS TO MAIL LETTERS


 Some folks write one or two let .urs every week.
 Others write more than that
 some make their living djcrating letters to pretty stcnocraphers.
 Between all these the mailmcn arc kept quite busy
 The cost Of mailing letter is two cents.
 Rut that lsn't the complete cost
 During the last fiscal year the postal deficit called for Z.3 cents oq, of every dollar the Government took m.
 During the flscal year hc@mnmg July i, 1921. U1e postal deficit IS c&- pectcd 10 swallow up 20 rents out Of each Government dollar appro- pia'ed.
 President Hoover in h.s JaIsot message 10 Congress, estimates that ii will take nearly $Aooo,oooooo rc ran the federal Government for the a-.aI year 1o$1-S2
 Based on il population O. 1-0,- ooo.ooo, this will mean that the Goyarnmout ~I obtain S23.3& per  capita from cttizcns-which means in theory. s53.23 from every man oman and child. or this amount 3 cents Of .ach dollar goes for the postal deficit.
 Which means that Inc postal deficit in theory costs every man, woman and child go cents q Hcar
 Some O them don't write that taauy letters a year; but UncIe Sam gots the money just inc same.
 Of course. this is in theory" In practice one must consider where Uncle sam ga,s his money in the 1rst place.
 Of every dollar collected hy Lngl" Sam in 1922-2o. 5s4 came from in- come and corporation taxes, lie from tariff collections; He from 'o- aacco taxes: 6c from war debt pay m,n,s. f. from documentary stamps. club dues tax. estate tax and miscellaneous internal revenn@; :. from all other sources,
 of every dollar to he collected t' the present fiscal year the mon"2 vnI come approximately from the satuo sources.
 Not, ,he 5Sc from iacono and corporation taxes Corporations ns- uaIIv food .ao ma.e with letters. Ii might be said they are already in- directly paying mory than 2c let 'rr.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

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 No comes the dlsgusted bSchcIor and a nice olI lady who signs One Mother" taking fall out of flap pcrs, yo1n2 girls young boys and everything modern
 From time immrmoriaL and far tlcr back than that the old timers have always folr that the modern youth were Oil the way 10 eternal pcrdition and burning up the Elysian highways on their way 70 everlasting darkness or the uE4gnchable lake of fire and birthstone.
 They make Inc tired. When the Mayfowcr landed at Proviucotown, or wherever it did land. the inhabi~ tants or passengers, stepped out Of their boats onto Plymouth Rock where old Chief Sand Crab Of the Whatchyecallem Indian tribe and lis associate sachcms asked: What do you darncd foreigners want III this country anyway: It's about time We made some needed i'm provements in our immigration laws" And the same thing has been said by every boat load Of people 1 who came over ever since, 10 the next boat load 10 arrive.
 By the same token the passing generations have always tried their derndest to fade out iu cloud ol smoke, wherein they hoped 10 leave their successors properly scorched.
 They achieved the clouds, but no, 1 the scorch. The disgustcd bachelors who think all girls are gold diggers are the kind who if they ever dc get married, and God help the poor girl. immediately provide their wives with a steady job and then stoI working for the rest of their lives
 They are the kind who expect tt monopolize d girls time to the com. rlctc elimination of any other indi viduaI. hold nccling parties, collec kisses which they promptly ropor to the next victim. and then hustl' her past the ice cream parlor or ho
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
25 Fears Ago To-day

The county luuor commissioners have received $13.05h from this city in the way Of liquor licenses.
 Indications point 10 fireworks at the Trinity league meeting Monday. There is a possibility that New Brt- ain high will withdraw from the crcuit because Of the trouble with New Haven.
 A large section Of wall collapsed at the Stanley Works yesterday. No body was hurt in the crash.
 Professor Mathews of the high school is preparing q cantata for the Christmas season.
 J. N Brady reported today that a Hartford concern is seeking his Arch street property as q site for a carriage factory. l the deal is closed. building operations will start al once,
 Lvnch's orchestra Of lG pieces will furnish the music at the annual Bartcndcrs' ball at Hanna's s armOry
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
Labor Members Request
 Emergency Manifesto

London. Dec. Py--Lab bor mem hers Of parliament are being re- quested by Sir Oswald Mosley, q for mer Macdonald minister, 10 sign a manifesto asking for the declaration of d national emergency and for emergency measures to meet it.
 The chief Of these emergency masures would include the placing Of the supreme power in the govern ment in the hands Of five ministers, as was done during the war. In ad- dition the manifesto asks for i'm mediate special emergency measures to deal with mines, railways. and dumping of foreign goods in Britain at unfair prices.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
Observations On tie Feather

Washington, Dee. 5.-Forccast for Southern New England: Cloudy fol- lowed by rain late tonight or Sat nrday; not so cold in northern Massachusetts tonight; strong south east and cast winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Cloudy. followed by rain late to- night or Saturday; warmer in north and east central portions tonight; fresh to strong northeast and cast winds.
 Forecast for New Haven and vi cinity: Rain tonight and Saturday.
 Conditions; An area of low pres surc central this morning over Ar kansas is producing rainy weather from Texas noyheastward to New England. The front edge Of the rain area will probably reach Con necticut tonight. Moderate tenn peratures prevail in all the northern sections.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity cloudy weather with slightly higher temperature followed hy rain.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
|. >. LEGAL TALENT

The internal revenue bureau of 1ho Government needs fl good at tornoys: not beginners or those with a little experience, but first class lawyers The bureau will agree 10 pay a salary of s3.Soo a year at the start. subject 10 steady increases anul maximum IS reached in the course Of years.
 But in spite Of these vacancies. there are no applicants. The reason is not far 10 seek. The Government expects too much and pays 100 little money. Living expenses, it must be remembered. still remain higher in Washington than they are in most ,;fez. and sG.>oa in that city looks like much less than in most others, still the Government expects the highest type of lawyers to seize such ropportuuiclee" Naturally, lawyers with q fair degree O faith in them selves and in the future prefer to put ou- .hnir o0n shingles rather .'g.n go O '" orh for tle Government ou suh terms
 Some one once sad that most of  the frsI class lawyers in Washing lon are lobbyists or connected with lobbying institutions, and that. too. may have 3 bearing on the case,
 And there is the further draw back that when IaHyar works for rho Government he is automatically depryad ot the opportunity 10 "oih hIs way lIu Iu rOlIIcs.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
Moore Criticizes Policy
 Of America in Russia

New York, Dec. P-AmerIca diplomatic policy toward Soviet Rus sia ana Latin America was criticiz- ed last night by John Bassett Moore, former world court judge.
 In an address before the Bar as- sociation Mir, Moore said that our refusal 10 recognize Russia VAS in conflict with our approval Of that country as d signatory 10 the kel- logg Briand peace pact. Taking recent events in Brazil as an example. he said we had drift ed into a fog and lost our bearings in OUT attitude toward South Amer ic1n republics.
 IIr ridicuIed the danger of con- nunism in this country and said the i nation was proof against 1t.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
ure was built, according to the

ure was built, according to the Mayor.
 But the cost Of rcnovating the school according to the needs of the hour and in conformity with the de- mands of the State Board Of Edu- cation would amount 10 sl6,0oo, in the opinion of the local Board of Education. Thus the Mayor is con- frontcd with something else again.
 If 1t should cost $16,00o to repair the school according to it's needs. then money spent in this manner would be thrown away in view of the fact that in a few years a new school would have to be construct cd anyway. Throwing good money after bad is not economy.
 The school bonds for the first yoar would amount to $l5,0G0, ii has been stated; after the first year they would be $7.o0o annually, In other words il would be cheaper .uis year 10 begin construction of a new school than to cxpend s16,oOO in repairs.
 II may be possible that the cost Of repairs might he reduced; but it must ho remembered that the state board or education has made cer- raln demands about the school and that tho onry reason they have not been compiled with IS their cost, the Board Of Education being duoi- ous about investing so much repair money in the docrepit building.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
SCHOOL REPAIR COSTS

When recently the question Of
 low much il would cost 10 repair the Northend school was rnder discussion between Mayor Quigley and school officials the Mayor seem ed 10 think the repairs would cost comparatively little; at least, It would cost much less to re'ai' the school than the first yrar's hond Is- sue would cost in case a new struct-
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

By Robert Quillen
 Yet the happiest people still sleep in their underclothes.
 The highest aren't safe unless the lowest are safe, also. The best driv- CT cant avoid a wreck when he meets a fool driver.
 Let's sec, now; just how did that little scheme of Raskob's make everybody rich?
 A high tariff is much like kick in the pants. It's a great success un- til the other fellow decides to do it, too.
 But if you are careful to conceal your belief that everybody is crook ed, people won't know you are q failure.
 Why do police bother to test the brakes of your car when 1t would i'' 'tSltI to HUN at iil' '''Nh -iiA Of your garage?
 Civilized nation: One that cheer fnlly spends billions to kill men bat cant think up way 10 care for the iobloss.
 Progress. The slow business Of converting those who have feather ed nests.
 Thrty-two million Americans now have license to drive, not counting inc marriage licenses of those who function from the back seat. Americanism: Visiting the zoo and amusing ourselves by watching the monkeys; visiting celebrities for much the same purpose.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
COMMUNICATED
The Outlook for Good Times

The Outlook for Good Times Editor, the Herald:
 There is a significance in certain incident which occurred in this city few days ago, which l believe many persons have not noticed.
 refer 10 the fact that literally dozens if not hundreds Of persons walked the streets the night before 1 Thanksgiving in a vain and unsuc ccssful search for turkeys. chickens or other Thanksgiving birds.
 There is more 10 this situation than the mere fact that everyone sold out
 That many persons were disap pointed is d fact 10 be regretted. That many merchants lost out on sales, also IS q fact to occasion some regret.
 But just how much sympathy both groups are entitled to is problem atical In the case of the disap- pointed purchasers, I wonder whether or not they did not just simply wait until the last minute hoping that an ovcrstockcd market would force merchants 10 sell at d loss.
 In inc case Of the merchants, l wonder if they did not curtail their buying because they were afraid no one had enough money to buy turkeys.
 f this is tho answer. then in each case 1 waste no sympathy on any one.
 While it is true that there are some people in actual want in this city, more probably than for a num- Dor Of years. it IS not true that starvation stalks rampantly through in" city streets, There are less than 3.QU0 men out Of work, not all of whom are married. This is approx imatcly lo per cent Of the total num- hrr Of workers in the city.
 This being the case, why shouldn [ VI take tho "p per cent into consld- oruton2 The city IS too prone 10 swallow the pcssimistic belief that business is gone "to that place from whence TO snowbalIs ere return, and 10 adapt itself not to the % who arc still huyIuG and paying bills, but tc the Iu who have found their in comes curtailod,
 Calamity hoWlcrs are ciys worst economic evil. They sit back and weep whereas they might just as well 20 out and do something. New Britain business is not broke; Tor is 1t on the verge Of bankruptcy. Th" banks released more than S&oo,ooo in Christmas savings - thaa proves that some one rSs money 10 spend.
 Let's open up and do business ~irhout the fear of ghosts, bugaboo and imaginary Lanshees of various shapes and sizes.
 Times arc getting better. Maybe 'yo don't feel it in New Britain yct but thc thermometer in Business Week shows a rise Of four points. + would seem as though the turning point had come.
 Why scare ourselves 10 death be- cause NC have exaggerated the sit uatjou2
 Tu. mayors cftoit 10 aid thos cut or work deserves some praise, but an ,A1.a utIl tax would bring m almost &1@V.o0u, which would give employment 10 d great many men without recourse to inc type Of publicity which gives the i'm pression that everyone in the city is Cu rhe verge oi starvation. Ol course taxes arc high enough, hat au emergency tax could be ap- piled, 1 believe, as q temporary mcasurc.
 Ny point Is that tho city Is suffer uc 'o per cent from actual dopres- sion and 2n per cent from mistaken psychology,
 If at least Is gratifying 10 know that merchants are not neglccting tc lay in a a'ors ot Christmas goods.
 ONE WHO SITS OE
 THE BLEArHERS
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
Boxer Arrested Alter
 Victory in Miami, Fla,

Miami, Fla. Dec. P-- Ar rested immediately aftcrhe had scored knockout Jack Roper. heavyweight fighter, was cid to- day for Mineola, x. T., s1thori- ties on a charge Of grad lar Ccny.
 Police said he was waItct in connection with the alleged heft Of a $500 diamond ring.
 Roper said the ring disappsr- cd from a home in Mineola vile he was attending party thee, but that he did not know he as suspected Of the theft. The arrest was made last mint as Roper stepped from the rlg where he had knocked out Jsk Mcdonald of Louisville in ae first two minutes of ten roud bout.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

In one of the current plays the term for a dogs mother is an ap- piled exactly 12 times among a trio of Broadway demi.monde. The word lately has lost all it. venom ous implication and taken on sort of reverence Chorus girls fre- quently tack it on 10 their greeting: Hello"
 In the same play a chlorine gold digger tells of the offer of an en- gagement in Australia and suddenly exclaims: But who do l know in Australia"
 A minute-ago telegram from a magazine implores: We need l5 more lines and must have them at once"
 Well, here's one on account,
 Copyright, 1880, Mcknight
 Syndicate, Inc.)
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

Isn't man wonderful! Knowing prosperity depends on the supply of gold. he uses quantities of tho diminishing output 10 make trinkets.
 A prominent dentist says the American mouth is becoming larger. We knew it was unwise to add that last layer to the club sandwich.
 The mixing of h's is English. and only in the mountains can you find pure stock tha. still says: Hits fixin' to rain."
 Then, too, you can judge mar by the golf score he keeps.
 Very likely sallson's strength was in his hair. Every genius we have ever seen needed a hair cut,
 Wrecks happer so quickly that you can't be sure of anything except that the mans accident policy lapsed d "ceh dSO.
 Perhaps one r,ason why iures won't convict is b,cause it doesn't pay 10 kick a fellov who may have you in the same fix tomorrow
 The queerest thing about hard times is their trick .f being caused by tariff on one size of the ocean and free trade on tn other.
 Correct this sentene: T have en- joyed the story of yolr trip" said the friend. and especially the Care- ful explanation of caa kodak pie ture.'
 Copyright 1880, Publisfrrs Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
His Night Off Reults
 In Evil for Merchant

Ashland, Wis. Dec. R-Every man is entitled to a mint off once in while, Charles Lason, mana ger of a mercantile company, req soned as he took one. ater staying cut of bed most of the tme for sev- eral weeks. guarding his stock against burglars.
 But while he took hi night of burglars hauled away s6O worth of merchandise.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
Msnher suai, Bureau of Circulation

 The A. E. L. ls a national organization which furnishes newspapers and adver- tsers with & strictly honest analysis Of circulation Our circulation statistics are based upon thls audit. This 'nsures pro iection against fraud in newspaper dis 1T, button figures to both national and 'oCal advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

The He ala Is on sale daily in New York st HotaNngs Newsstand. Times Square; Schultzs Newsstand. Eutraucs Grand Central. 4@nd Street,
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

New York, Dee. 5.-Thoughts while strolling: Nothing makes one feel 50 superior as carly rising.
 What happened to beauty spots? Someone should write q play that has Ernest Glendcnning in it for more than one act. The RitzCarl- ion seems to remain the hotel. O. F. Winter, Pauline Lords hus- band.
 Albert Payson Perfume, q Newark. ! \. l., boy, who made good in the 1 city. What became of those jimmy pipe ads, thank goodness. The old studio where Mabel Normand as Muriel F'ortescue was Biograph star. Dr. Hugo Riesenield, who l isn't a doctor of anything an
 orchestra leader.
 Overheard: "She was as close to me as the inside of my pocket but turned out rat" The blind man who sells pocket dictionaries and wilt define any word in it-or you get one frcc. What became of ! yaudcyillc's la Belle Titcomb and 1 her beautiful white horse? W. C. 1 Lcngel
 ! Strutting old roucs full of mental who directs the Schrafft places. A silent movie thcatcr for tho deaf would pay. II was this column that predicted tho success of a news reel ] theatcr eight years ago, And a stock boom last July. ! Joe Leblang's iutting smile. Near { Iy always an upside down \. in 1 Times electric news flashes, The Winthrop, where Floyd Gibbons stops. BeEgars do not plead for a dime any morc--thcy demand it. Who remembers when the youngest
 child had to wave shoo-fy over tho dinner tablc@
 { The grinnnG, garrulOus Colorcd starter in front Of keubon's and his greeting: "Ecuben's-That's All.' The TOW Of 0ossy art galleries on
 East 57th. MOnta Bells ovorcoat suggests an explosion in dry fac tory. Frederick J. smith, Of the
 New Movie magazine.
 That coat of armor in th" Nander- hilt hall entrance Will Hayes hrccz- ing along. The fellow who sends me daily anonymous postcard has
 missed for ten days. And lt has bocn going on for two years. Won ier ic everybody else is fed up on
 those Its the tomboy in mel stories?
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
GHOST NEEDS NO LICENSE

Evanston. III, Dec. PA dog may need a license, bu not his ghost.
 Magistrate Harry Porte so ruled when he dismissed a cae against Mrs. Hazel Purnell. Sh testified the dog died last August,
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

The only prohta ble advertising medium h the City Circulation books and press room always open 10 advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

So many callers lately are at grips with misfortune that q pleasant visitor today was q young lady seek ing typing to do at home. 'I'rc been bounced from 8 dozen jobs the past year." she said, and owe a mess of room rent but I still think life is pretty grand, The only time I think Of the river 1t is coupled with canoe, moonlight and the boy friend.'
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

Somehow I got chucklc out of what was not intended as an anus ing sentence in a British novel, It read: He was a conservative who dcspisod new-tanglod nonsense and was killed in d onc-way street."
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

l dawdied over my Jave for q good look when they departetd. She was a frumpy woman, past 40, with hennaed hair and thick eyeglasses. He had sorry, reckless face, weak, watery eyes. and a wispy mustache. was disillusioned, too.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

Isn't man wonderful! Knowing prosperity depends on the supply of gold. he uses quantities of tho diminishing output 10 make trinkets.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05


 
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

Broadway souvenir shops, despite thousands of tourists every day. can not exist on souvenir profits alone. All must augment sales with magic tricks, cut rate ticketes and the like, 10 survive.
 h the adjoining booth in cafe a iisillusioned Romeo was speaking his troubled mind. Ut is no use to go on" he said. When l go home I get hell from her and when with you. you arc always crying for something l cannot buy.'
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

A prominent dentist says the American mouth is becoming larger. We knew it was unwise to add that last layer to the club sandwich.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

Wrecks happer so quickly that you can't be sure of anything except that the mans accident policy lapsed week ago.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

The mixing of h's is English. and only in the mountains can you find pure stock thay still says: Hits fixin' to rain."
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

The queerest thing about hard times is their trick .f being caused by tariff on one site of the ocean and free trade on tn, other.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

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New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
 New Britain. Connecticut

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New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

Perhaps one r,ason why iuries won't convict is because it doesn't pay 10 kick a fellov who may have you in the same fix tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

Then, too, you can judge Q mar by the golf score he keeps.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

Very likely Sallson's strength was in his hair. Eve-y genius we have ever seen needed a hair cut.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

Copyright 1880, Publistprs Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
TELEPHONE CALLS

Entered al the Post OffiCe al New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Mattet.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

s200 Three Months
 75c. Month
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
Facts ondFancies

By Robert QuilIen Yet the happiest people still sleep in their underclothes.