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New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
INDIANA IINCHERS

One expects more from Indiana than one does from. say. Mississippi. The HoosIer state is above the Ohio r!ver it extends as far north as Lake Michigan. t inhabitants have high rating for intelligence and are normally law-ablding True, they fell easy victims to the ku Klux KIan, but they as quickly qui, the organization when 1T became laughing stock.
 Marion, Ind, IS in the southern part o: the state and IS q good trad ing center lr Q prosperous agr!cul- .4ral region. one scarcely would have expected such an exhibition O: mob mania as that which occurred there when two Negroes were talk cn from Jail and lynched
 The attack betokened what ono might say was intelligent direction in q bad cause. The sheriff and his aids threw tear bombs, but the at- ,ackers Knew that water was a gooa auudote and soon the tear bombs G.d N,cIe damage. They goc lnto the barred walls Of the lall ln the man. ro~ Of fvggcrnaurs. and even thclr women took part n the toray 2gaInst he law.
 It IS possible that ln the mob were people who had frequently pro tested at the recurrence of lynchings in ,he South. If so. they needed only the commission of 3 particular. ly heinous crime in their midst to allow their indignation 10 take the form of mob violence.
 There Is no reason to think that, had the lynchlng not taken place, the Negroes would have avoided punishment or escaped with d light sentence. But the mob wanted quick action and TO doubt about it, and perhaps particularly wanted 10 i'm press other Negro residents Of the city with the fact that crimes would not be tolerated. So the mob itself committed I crime,
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
Tree sitting stunts Called Injurious to Health

Tree sitting marathons present four-fold hazard to boys and girls and since they serve no scientific purpose, should be abandoned be- fore they cause any fatalities That is the opinion of Dr. C. o. Sappine- ton, health authority of the Nation al Safety Council. There are four definite health and accident hazards involved says the doctor. They are
 The hazard of falling, either from fatigue or while asleep.
 The hazard of electric shock from high-tension wires and from lightning.
 "A definite mental strain.
 "A definite physical strain.
 All marathons involve changes in regular habits Such as sleep, ex- ercise and elimination" says Dr. Sappington. These changes may De particularly severe on growing chill dren.
 It would also seem that even self-lmposed mental strain of the "Nt tidL al iioeo 4Ioi4i euCH CoIlests IS lnadvisable for children"
 If the contests served any useful purpose, such as Byrds expedition or the flight of the Hunter brothers, they might be justified he says.
 If boys persist in taking to the trees for endurance contests, Dr. Sappington believes it would be a good idea to have a physician make thorough physical examination before and after the flight" to de- termine what, if any, harm IS dona to the body.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
FIREMEN'S CONVENTIONS

So this city just now will not in vite the state firemen to hold their annual convention in this city. Which should surprise no one con- sIderng what transpired recently during The economy wave. it having been stated al this time that the city would not pay the expenses Of dele gates 10 conventions,
 r We don't care enough about conventions 70 pay the expenses Of delegates to attend them We are right in not inviting conventions of uremen or policemen or what not to come 10 this city
 Fortunately all organizations are not similarly motvated.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

public is paying a fair price or nd No one, outside of oil company of ficials. seems to know or can what a fair profit on gasoline really is, what the company can afford to sell it's product for, and why the fuel is cheaper and stays tEat way in sections where compe- tition is along cut throat lines.
 Recently motorlst gong through Botson noticed that stand ard recognized brands of gasoline in certain section of the city were selling around II cents gal lon. He filled up the tank and wish eo that he lived near enough to to buy at the Boston stations right along. This price war was settled, however, he later heard. when the gasoline companies got together and convinced each other that price cutting only injured everyone's pro- fits in the business-and concluded that the public would pay even if the price went beyond the original figure.
 Many a motorist has a sneaking suspicion that all is not quite above board in gasoline prices. He knows that the price of motor fuel mys- teriously goes down in the winter, when fewer people are driving and when the demand is less. Perhaps t.;, Al Dr1I and demand, but more likely he correctly infers that it is bait offer cd by the oil refiners to persuade motorists that it is cheap to drive in the winter and that they should keep their machines on the road.
 What New Britain and the rest O. the state needs is some idea Of what gasoline actually costs-with- out a lot of padded figures thrown ir to boost the price-and the far margin of profit that every refinery should be allowed on its product. The gasoline business is fast near ing the point where it should be regarded as a public utility - though everyone realizes that pub lie utilities in Connecticut get llt- tie or no regulation to speak of, the point still is good that gasoline prices are just what the dealers decide they shall be and the mo- torist can buy the stuff or leave his car in the garage.
 As long as the oil refiners are all lowed to sell their product for the highest price they can wheedle out of the public; as long as the poor motorist has no idea what the fuel is really worth. and pays what he is asked to pay: just so long will the price of gasoline rise in the summer time and drop in the win ter. the refiners will wax fat. and the tariff can reach any figure at al! within reason.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
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Secret ReaSseSsment Meetings Not to Public Liking


 Protests have already been heard against the practice of holding meet ings behind closed doors by Mayor Quigley's special committee consid ering land values.
 The view is generally taken that subject which affects every pro- perty owner in the city should be discussed in the open. In spite of all efforts to give sincere and conscien- tious consideration to values, it is possible that the members of the committee have not all the proper facts before them. Not being endow- ed with omnisCience they cannot be aware of conditions peculiar to every neighborhood and district and it is probable that the humble property owner can assist them in arriving at proper appraisals.
 Property values are not matter Of personal opinion. Human selfish ness no doubt would play a part at public hearings at which property owners were asked to express their views but the committee would, or should. be able to sift the evidence and arrive at conclusions which would be fair to affected tax pay CTS andAhe general public.
 Meetings held in secret give rise 10 rumors which seldom are sub stantated in fact but which continue to be circulated none the less. Sus- picion that influential men are able to sway the judgment of the invest- gators IS sometimes created in the minds of persons who cannot visual ize the readjustment picture. Per haps there may be ground for the suspicion in some instances but gen. orally an equitable assessment list is arrived at. Injustices may result in individual cases although they are usually rare in comparison with the broad achievement.
 Decision to hold private meetings IS accepted with disapproval. It might have been reached because of the fear that opening the doors to the public would result in an over whelming mass of testimony which would prolong the reassessment work. Better that than the present procedure of shutting the doors even 10 representative of the press, It IS q public matter and should be dis cusscd publicly.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
RENISITING OLD SCENES

Once, say 20 years ago, you may have visited somebody for stay in a distant town and you had the op- portunity to become well acquaint- ed with the place.
 How is it that ever afterward you are interested in the town and would like to go back just to see how it has grown? Or whether it has grown at all?
 We are particularly interested T the towns we have visited before. We regard them as within the ken
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
THE OBSER VER- Makes Random Observations
 On the City and Its People

the post. Administrations in other offices have come and gone, but Judge Gaffney has been reelected by both parties any everyone has been happy to vote for him.
 With Judge Gaffney's decision to retire at the expiration of his pres ent term, situation has been created which will bring political axes out of the ground in which they have long been buried. The ludgeship of the probate court will once more return to the limelight in an election contest. Democrats and republicans will fight hard for victory because precedent has been established through the re- publican party endorsing Judge Gaffney whenever he has been nom- mated by the democrats. The pro bate judgeship, by common consent, mas been out of politics for 25 years. The party which elects its candidate in November will claim that this condition should continue to exist. And, in all truth, it should exist, re- c&rdless of victor if, in his first term Of office, he proves 10 be the right man.
 Although few persons are aware Of the fact, this is the Berlin pro bate district. It has existed under that name since 1924 and when New Britain became a town in 1850, being set off from Berlin, it was specified hy the legislature that the district should always he known as the Der ters of the court remained in New Britain.
 Conditions have changed amaz- lngly in the last quarter of a cen tury. On November 5, 1904, Judge Gaffney received 3,176 votes in New Britain and Judge George W. Klett, republican, received 2,9o6. The vote in Berlin was 354 for klett and 311 for Gafiney. The total vote cast for the candidates was 6,747. Today, there are in New Britain PA eligi- ble voters and in Berlin 1,72O. These totals will be increased when new voters are made for the fall cam paign.
 AS a prophet has nc standing in his own country, the Observer will not try 10 peer into the future and rordict the outcome of the probate court contest in the fall. The names of the nominees are not before us. Attorney General B. W. Alling and Prosecuting Attorney Joseph G. Woods are candidates for the repub- lican nomination. Democrats are assuming that their man will be Judge William F. Mangan. although he has made no public statement which would indicate that he in tends to run
 Attorney General Allins is na- tive Of Berlin and for that reason republican leaders may decide that he would be the more desirable being able to influence large number of the voters in that town 10 support him. Judge Man gan has a wide acquaintance in Berlin and is reported to be es- pecially strong in the Kensington district, which has $50 of the 1,720 voters registered in the three dis
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
THE PLATFORM SCALE

g.. Johnsbury, Vt, IS a pretty town. T. IS the town where they keep the memory of Thaddeus Fair banks as green as the surrounding territory. It was Fairbanks, 1t must he remembered, who invented the platform scale. invented exactly 100 years ago. Fairbanks lived in St. Johnsbury
 It was quite q celebration the town had recently and the local paper got out special edition that was chock full Of Fairbanks history. Of course, the name of Fairbanks has been applied to every sort Of building 1T St. Johnsbury, and thero also is 2 Handsome Fairbanks school Of course, the Fairbanks scale plant remains the big industry of the town.
 Thaddaus Fairbanks was a typiCal Yankee. While manager of a hemp concern he tried to discover q way to make the weighing Of hemp q less laborious process The upshot was the procurement of a patent on what has gone down in history as tho Fairbanks platform scale This hap pcned in 1880.
 Since that time there are such scales in every city town and ham, let in the country. Fairbanks was bcnefactor 10 the human race.
 The perod Of the 2o's and sos was prolific in American prog rcss and inventive genius. For in stance, rhc Fairbanks scale was in vented only six years after the open ing ot the Erie Canal. only five years after the invention of the friction match and less than three years aft cr Stephenson's Rocket the first successful steam locomotive, had its initial run The sewing machine was invented in this year, and the frsr railroad in America, the B. & 0, was operated. The invention Of th, platform scale antedates that of thc Mccormick reaper by four years, tn" telegraph by S. F. B. Morse by six years, and the daguerreotype by nine years
 A scale that can weigh anything from q bushel basket 10 locomotive is an intricate Contrivance. Yet the essential principles discovered by Fairbanks still underhe the machine This Yankee inventor did his in venting, like so many others. after his days regular work was done. burning the oil until after each mid night
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

method and possibly none of the so- called experts have a certain cure for the economic ills of oil-tillers.
 One Of their worst ills is based upon the high price of land being titled provided it was bought within recent years. Western farmers es- pecially can lose quicker that way than any other. Land saddled with mortgages placed during boom times is worse than low prices for farm produce and comparatively high prices for what is made in the city
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
New Britain and Berlin Vote For Probate Judge in Fall

For the first time since 1904, New Britain and Berlin will have Q mu- tual interest .n an election when the electors of those two communities march 10 the polls in November to elect a judge of the probate court. In the quarter Of a century which has alapsed, the voters have had the satisfaction of knowing that when thcy made their decision in 1904 they selected a man who was quail fed by training and mperament to occupy the office of judge and they have never had occasion to regret their choice. Bernard F. Gaffney was elected in that year and ha
 discharged his responsibilities in such a manner that there has never been any question of his fitness for
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
Miller Girl Reported
 Lost. Found Near Home

New Milford, Aug. 9.-Dorothy Miller, IT. who was reported miss ing after she disappeared from her High street home, was found last night living at the home of William Gale, ST. directly across the street from where she had been living with her mother. Mrs. Hubert Te- tro.
 A a result Of an investigation made by Constable P. J. McMahon arrangemen were made to have her stay at the Gale home overnight after which she will be sent to West field, Mass, to live with her father.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

The ru.ll- doesn't care how long # takcs 70 complete a pualic Im- pavement so long as 1t does not interfere with -raHc. The improve ne7t being made up the side Of Walnut Hl.l. which wi! result tn al artistic approach 10 the monument, ha~ been going on all spring and summer. but il makes 10 difference 10 anybody Bu- the mess" out West Main street has heen all entirely dis- -e-ent mater, arI al 5e-ause the automobiles have been forced to de- tour q long time and the merchants have lost heavily ir trade.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
FEWER HAYFEVER VICTIMS

Kansas City. Dug. P'-1t's an i'll drouth that does nobody good, take it from Dr. W. W. Duke, hayfever specialist.
 It's the ragweed, which Is the nemesis of hayfever sufferers, Dr. Duke says, and due to the drouth the crop is unusually short. Sneezes this year, he said, will lack their usual gusto.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

such serves himself, the city and the public best by wearing a consistent smile and taking pains, when strangers are to be assisted, to make the very best possible impression.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

Berlin, Aug. - The theater as exist in Berlin. Here they take the theater seriously and consequently 1t is aloof Artistic. The German re- vue producer cannot infuse the pa gan fervor or erotic pace of Earl Carroll into girl and music shows. They are like local food-heavy.
 Shakespearian and Shavian plays are the chief dramatic fare and Max Reinhardt is Berlin's entrepreneur extraordinary Whenever this tenn peramental little man with the sad eyes threatens-and he does often 10 move to Munich or Vienna, the city is gripped by hysteria. Figura- lively, it kneels in supplication.
 "Burr-lean' has only two music halls - the Scala and Kindergarten. The most discussed frivolous produc- tion of the moment is Die Wander bar" at the Renaissance theater, in the fashionable Charlottenburg a new playhouse in striking inter pretation of the renaissance.
 Ht. NFII HCiiiFpOuN III t4-S pal lN did, paid S1O each for second row seats. The setting is smart night club-"The Wonder Bar"-with tiny circular dance floor in the thea ters center. There is no curtain and paid seat holders become a part Of the play. It provides a skillful in timacy l have never seen accom- plished
 Members of the cast arrive through the front entrance and are seated at tables by the head waiter, They stop at your table side 10 chat Or borrow a light. The waiter cap tain who escorted us 10 our chairs later proved to be the best dancer on the bill and 1 like a sap had tipped him a, mark.
 The illusion is so pronounced you suspect everybody of being in the cast. I almost firted with my wife, Even the stage carriage starter at Die Wunderbar" calls your taxi when you reach the curb after the ly performed. with Q plot that doesn't matter.
 The cast was Viennese and the music "whistly." Berlin theater- goers seldom dress in evening clothes. That is true in cafes. So far I have not seen d dinner suit or evening gown. While there are picture palaces, the cinema has not achieved the popularity it has in America.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
Memher An1It nnrean nt c1rcnIatinn

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New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

The copper w-rss: needs Ho.stsr- s7E That IS tela- helped slightly by more frequent 4s- Of copper cents 17srszd os r3e1..z when he klddles
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New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

Nr1 -ra r1tss-zbatement ean-- czigH growing hlzeer and better, even editors are becoming conscious that +ypzwriregs are noisy and the r=.a71ooa bell .z no m4s.1.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

Wat U1.' rams are general anI -hs -ree-sl-.1e tolEes wi, b. drovn- .5 our
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
Member of the Associated pren

1Hs Associated Press IS exclusively eH- t.Jec 10 the lse for republication of al neas credited t1 fl CT not otherwise cred dte5 n tH.s paper ana also local news pub shed therein.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
Facts and Fancies
By Robert Qulllen)

The great outdoors: Any place you go to sit in smoke-fi filled room and play bridge,
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

Advlce 10 the loveIorn Don't be an easy mark if some smart alechs vou don't know .1st,a yol 70 lake a ride in -helr crates.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

The blow has fallen, The way the race has been acting. the return to tree sitting was inevitable.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

Tas H=rz.a E on sale da'ly in New Er-s at HgtaIlgs Newsstand. Times Square. 5c1ultz's Newsstand. Entrance 5Ezld Central 4cud Street
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

One ~-g t1 make business hum is Q oe=tu dolrE Christmas shopping TOW, and then s.a-r all oyer again -r the us-al -me
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

Ths only profitable advertising rned!1m h the City Circulation books and press room always open 10 advert sers
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

Circulation is the secret of suc- cess when it is a matter of Herald Classified Ads.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

Anyway, the no-stoCking fad does much 10 make the land hair-con- sCious.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

The first effort to eliminate a pest species before 1t multiplied too much was made by Cain,
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09
ELEPRONE CALLS

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New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

Berlin beggars flock to an Ameri can like minnows to a crumb. A bareheaded student type with By ronic collar and a long face like Jul jus Tanner thrust his head into the
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

taxi today and mumbled dolefully: I'm q poor and hungry man. It is hard to find work in Germany Some ruffian in uniform rushed out from a building and gave him an undeserved shove that sent him flying into the middle of Unter den Linden. I got out and gave the beggar a two mark piece. And afterward l wondered if it was all frdmeup.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

Free Of vermin, roomy, light, un- furnished" ," says a want ad. Evident ly just 8 typical head.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

all unQtStENHu SIONt that StNL IIlIi flying into the middle Of Unter den Linden. I got out and gave the beggar two mark piece And afterward l wondered if it was all a frameup.
 Will Hogg's handling of German is a repeated Source of amazement- a combination of broken English and menu French that is the berries. To- day he wanted dill pickle, gave the legged waiter a sour look and got it.
 Police wear khaki coats, black silver helmets and white gloves In my best German I inquired of one today: "Welches ist der Veg mach Jagerstrasse, bite? ?" He replied ill excellent English; Two blocks ahead and turn right And you could have lit stogie off my right cheek. Everybody in Berlin seems to speak English with a British ac- cent.
 Streets are dotted with hatless youths carrying leather brief cases. I counted a hundred in an hour. They carry them I am unable to learn why-ln the manner of a flop swinging cane. They may contain nothing or anything from an old newspaper to a setting of eggs. The flapper carries a huge handbag of bright hue. She looks ready for a sudden journey. And maybe is.
 There are no slums in Berlin. ] mean like those airless, sunless hide aways found behind Les Halles in Paris and Limehouse in London. I drove through the poorest and toughest district around SChlesisCher Bahnhof and it was as peaceful and opulcnt as Flushing, New York. But q city without slums is 10 me too formal.
 The solid-solidity everywhere!.- omnibuses are cream white and without advertising posters. Suh way entrances are works of art and there are special cars for smokers. Berlin sidewalks fill at dusk with very persistent and not very engag- ing ladies of the evening and male lollipops with painted cheeks loiter in doorways. This marked deca- dence, like everything else, is blam- ed on the war.
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New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

.Modernistlc painting at least serves as means of expression for those who cant paint
New Britain herald., 1930-08-09

Everybody reads the Herald Clas- sitied Ads.