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New Britain herald., 1930-05-17
Government by Parties and Independence

This is a government by parties. we arc repeatedly informed by po- litical sharpshooters, and everyone should be identified with a party.
 Political parties occupy an essen- tial place in our scheme of gov ernment it is said.
 But it is easy to get an inflated notion of the importance of the po- htical parties. The League of Wom- on Voters, it will be remembered, re- gently took a more critical stand, The league intends to be indepen dent-very Independent. It is not going to be a satallite of a political party. Its membership knows too much about public questions and about political parties 10 permit it. self 10 play the accompaniment to the solos, Of political bosses, It is 10 be congratulated,
 Where in the constitution Of the United States is there reference to the extreme value of political par ies? Where does it say that this is 3, government of parties 2" What does it say about parties in the De- Claration of ependence? Did George Washington become presi
 dent under the aegis of a political party or otherwise! Did the gov ernmcnt during the dawn Of the re- public feel the disadvantage of a lack of party strife. or did it get along quite efficiently without the inflated values of political partisan ship! t
 The formation of the political par
 ties came later. What a political party amounts to at least nine-tenths of the time is a. machine to obtain
 the offices. When men discovered
 that the fruits Of public office could be most certainly obtained through , tho formation or political parties they formed them. And from that time to this their main stock in trade has been d. scramble for po-
 litical office. The average party
 person - usually a member of a political machine-Is moro interest ed in who gets elected than in the principles a candidate represents. II has been standing joke for years that the platforms of the two lead ing political parties are merely nat ters of form. to be quoted when con- venient and to be ignored in prac- tice.
 The political parties today are getting less important The issues which decided the last presidential
 .lection were not those which were ! carefully written in the two political 1 platforms. The issues were the re- marks made by the two presidential i candidates, and some other matters not requiring further comment. Both . candidates stood head and shoulders l above their political parties; indeed 1 the leaders in the republican camT 1 did not care for MT. Hoover as 8 | candidate, and it took eight years ot
 effort in inc democratic party tc i nominate Mir. Smith. There is nc
 more similarity between an eastern
 and a western republican today than
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17
UTILITY MERGERI1IS CONTINUES UNABATED

Day of a vast single control of the major electrical and gas util- ities along the Atlantic seaboard and as far inland as Niagara Falls seems not far distant. Careful ob- servers Of new items recently have read of an increasing control of various such properties by the United Corporation, holding com pany, which has obtained large holding of stock in the United Gas Improvement company Of Phila- delphia and Columbia Gas X Elec- tric. These concerns in turn are heavy holders o1~ state utilities, lhc L. c. l. for instance, controlling the Connecticut Light X Power company. In New York an attempt IS being made to merge the utility giants Of the state. the Niagara Hudson and the Mo+1snk- Hudson Tower corporations.
 What this ultimately vlll mean 10 consumers IS in doubt. The amend d utility law Of New York IS being applied for the first time and the companies vill have 10 prove 10 the Public Service commissIon Of the state that such a merger IS in the public interest. Heretofore all that nas necessary 10 prove was that a merger was not agaInst public in- tcrast,
 The greater tho ulillty mergers tho more potent power evolves as a political issue When every city from New England to Washington, and as far inland ss Niagara and western Pennsylvania, are ser> cd electricity and gas by the same s-per-marger giant concern, poll tictars are certain 10 take due notice.
 The utilities even now had best watch their step.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17
Overnight News
New England

Boston Police Commissioner Eugene C. Huffman announces po- lice captains have reported %I55 speakoasies and 3 questionable houses m the city,
 Portland, Me, - Captain Harry W. Lyon. navigator Of Southern Cross on California-A Australia flight. announces plans for attempted trans atlantic aerial round trip.
 New Haven, Conn. President James T. Moran Of Southern New England Telephone company an- nounces plans for funding of sl5, 000, ,000 debt.
 Barton, VI, -- Body ot Cover Hemmings, g., of Boebe. Que, miss ing since two men abandoned liquor laden car last November 19, found by fisherman in Crystal Lake.
 Bridgeport, Conn. Papers re- straining WICC, broadcasting sta tion, from operating on 500 kilocy- cle channel served al direction of Judge Warren L. Burrows of L. S district court.
 Danyers, Mass John F. Sulli- van, sensational witness at Garrett investigation who has since been con. fined at State hospital, tells District Attorney Foley he is ready to testify before grand jury.
 Worcester, Mass. First degree murder indictment brought agains Leon A. Trudcau. 26, Of Webster, 1T death Of his wife on February -.
 Cam bridge, Mass. - The Harvard Crimson, undergraduate daily, sayS Dartmouth has gone Boy Scout 1T it's short campaign.
 New Haven. Conn. - Yale gradu ate school announces award of 17! feilowships and scholarships amount ing to more than sf30,000.
 Boston - Alex MacLean. Bostor Garden matchmaker. announces heavyweight 10-round bout betweer Jimmy slattery and Pete Latzo or May 27. .....
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17

tween Santa Monica, California. from which place they took off on March 18th, the gHitokappu Bay, Japan, they had flown a total Of b. 625 miles in 80 hours and 31 min- utes' flying time. The flight from Hitokappu Bay to Tokio was made in total flying time of 96 hours an intermediate stop being made at Minato, to which point the airmen had to fly over and under heavy fogs.
 Upon reaching Japan, the most difficult part of the globe encircling air journey of the American flyers was left behind them. After a ser ies of exciting as well as interesting adventures, they touched American soil once more when they landed on the water near Mere Point. Me, on September 5, 1924, four and a halt months later. The flight across the American continent 10 Seattle, Washington, the official starting point of their flight on March IS, 1924, was completed on September csth. so that the pioneer night around the world by air consumed six months and 2 days elapsed time. the distance covered being 26,5o3 miles, and the total flying time 5ol hours and s minutes.
 Of the six army airmen who achieved this splendid victory in the face of heavy odds, only one is now numbered in the ranks of the army air corps-Captain Lowell H. smith, leader of the flight. The other five members, Lieutenants Erik II. Nell son, Leigh Wade, Leslie r. Arnold. John Hatding and Henry H. Ogden, resigned from the air corps some years ago, the majority of them 10 | engage in commercial aviation.
 One of the six pilots in the armys
 round the world flight was New
 nglander-Lieut Leslie F. Arnold of 4o4 Fountain street. New Haven.
 He is now engaged in the automobile
 business at Hollywood, Cal.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17
3NTI-NALDON IEAGI l. S
 CONTRIBUTORS

T. appears from the figures un- esrthed by the Caraway committee that the Anti Saloon League still is 8 golng concern. but it is not going as strong as it once went.
 Every year since 1919 contrlou- tions have been decreasing untll to- day there Are only approAiI ately q third as much annually as there were a decade ago
 But the league no doubt consid- CTS rsclG fortunate in having some heavy contributors, topping the hst being Sebastian S kresgc Of Detroit. who provided the kresge Foundation for the purpose. One Of me foundations contributions was for s50.6ge.
 Mr. krcsgc has the right to give away as much money as he wants and IS doing Ii. He believes a dry nation means greater economic power for business, especially the . chain store business. He is not alont T that belief. Irving Fisher, Yale . economist, and others share il.
 This doesn't prove anything at all, however. Economic conditions n Canada. the only nation some what similar 10 the United States in complexion Of population and diver sity Of national resources. are bet fer than ever before-and Canada has liguor control.
 Although continuing 10 enjoy large contributions, the Anti-SaIoon League has fewer small contribu- tors, and these in the aggregate have been iLs financial mainstay. . Collections in the churches where speakers are. allowed to propa gan sdize, are not what they used to be. . Some of it's officials from time 10 time have run afoul of the law. The league mas lost friends and support CTS among the rank and file and this year had 4 dchcit.
 The increased agitation against the prohibition law, howe CT, is likely to aid the league in the sense that numerous drys who became complacent may be induced te 'ralIy 10 the cause" League officials have been dcnouncing the vet as . socjs.5 .5ons quite strongly, but 1T reality they should be thankful fol their aid in helping the league o,cl difficult financial situation.
 When Mr. krcsse read about MT Morrow coming out for repeal 0 inc 18th amendment it IS possible ehaf ha thought seriously oE con tr.buung another s5h.0oo,
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17

there is between northern and southern democrat. It is creditabie that the government can rise above the clashing discords of the existing major political parties.
 There is a growing total of men and women who place a higher value upon independence of political thought than upon party regularity. There is a growing discontent with gentlemen who use the parties for office seeking and for little else. When there are enough men and women in the country of such inde- pendent proclivities the political bosses will either have to step aside before they are thrown aside, or the political parties will be forced more accurately to represent the prevail ing independent opinions of Cltlzen- ship. AS d student of government and the issues and problems of gov ernment the average independent voter usually is far in advance of the average party person. who IS too frequently inclined to let the party boss do his thinking for him. The more a voter thinks the less likely he is 10 be owned by a party machine
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17
Park Development Monument to Prominent Citizens

When the writer was young-a long time ago, he was employed as a salesnfan for monument concern.
 Among the various sales he achieved was one in which he sold a large marble tombstone to a man who had it installed over the site which was eventually to become his own grave.
 Recently that incident has been recalled by an entirely different sit nation in New Britain. and the one time monument salesman cannot help but make comparisons.
 That man bought and paid for his own monument. He saw it in stalled in position over his own grave, as yet unoccupied. In fact he supervised the installation. It cost him several hundred dollars at 2. time when the buying power of the dollar was much higher than it is now. The same monument toda.' would cost st000.
 When he dies and goes to his last resting place the stone cutter will carve his name on the monument and that colossal block of stone will stand for one, maybe two centuries announcingto all the world: Here lies John Doe-he's dead. And the advertisement that John Doe IS dead will be all that John Docs monument will be good for. | In New Britain there is T monu- nent. Not the magnificent structure | commem morating the heroism ot ! those who gave their lives n the i World war put the intense interest of one man uno not only functions as a citizen in showing his Interest i in his city's parks. by using them 1 calling attention to their needs for 1 improvement. making suggestions and aiding in whatever way he can | but who is ready and willing to sc down in his own pocket from time i to time to help. Men who volun-
 tariy help 10 defray expenditures ol l city departments are rare.
 This man has built himself g monument which will stand for ages | The memory Of what he has done | Will go onto llc pages u iihpei 4oii'
 able history. Not so much the amount ! of money he has given, but the per sonal interest he has shown and the 1 fact that most of his gifts 10 the
 parks have never been publicly an. nounccd.
 Although he holds one of the tive
 or three biggest jobs in the city, h' makes no attempt to influence parl
 commissioners in their decisions. Hi usual way Of suggesting IS to say 4" Gentlemen, I just want to call youl ' attention 10 such d situation.
 have no suggestions te make; it i i not my place-but if the city ha
 not got the money---
 Thousands of dollars worth 0 l improvements in Walnut Hill park many more than 4he public realizes owe their existence to Charles |
 smith. chairman Of the board 0
 Landers, Frary & Clark.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17
New Britain Well to Fore Tn European Capitals

New Britain is being put on the map and finding it's desired place in the sun by Miss Marian Bennett who is playing golf with the wom- ems team in England. While in England. a close follower of the game was Theodore (. Wallcn, 6 New Britain man who was covering the naval conference.
 When Miss Bennett plays the St. Germaine course in Paris, she will be greeted by Minot Saunders, the European head Of the Newspaper Enterprise Association,a New Brit am man and a former reporter on the New Britain Herald. Mir. Saun- ders has complete charge of pub licity for the Jockey club of France which owns the St. Germaine course.
 Both Wallen and Saunders were Berlin reporters for this paper.
 New Britain frequently appears Tn the press Of Europe from Constan- tinope 10 Oslo and from Warsaw to Lisbon by the constant reference to t.Nhu Burritt who was one Of the prime movers for an association Of nations to guarantee peace. School children Of Europe are taught about Elihu Burritt, schools for the de- veloping of diplomats study the case of Burritt. and thus the name Of New Britain gets it's share Of world advertising.
 The steamship New Britain, many times carrying goods manufactured in New Britain. IS another publicity messenger. The late Charles K. Hamilton of New Britain was the object of study by the armies of the world, During the World war an aviator vas captured in Serbia. He was a German who never had seen the shores of America, but he knew of the flight of Hamilton from Philadelphia to New York.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17
They Also Serve,
 Lunch Carts We Mean.

Although sometimes finding dis favor with zonins authorities the dining car is one of Amcrlca's lnsti tutions. New Britain has several as does every other city. with only rare exceptions, throughout the country. Their popularity is due 10 a number of reasons and their history IS an 1n- teresting one.
 In the beginning dining ears were actually cars. They had their lncep- ton when temperance workers in New York city sought a way of keeping uen away from saloons providing cheap lunches. They solH- cd the problem, to some extent, by getting Q horse drawn restaurant car which sold food at a price so regulated that it only met expenses. The commercial possibilities behind the scheme were soon realized and traction companies found a new market for their discarded rolling stock. Some time later the diners were manufactured and it is this type that is nearlyuniversal today Some Of these cars are ella borate and cost as much as would be needed III opening up restaurant of the con Nentional sort,
 One of the problems facing the dining car proprietor is to make his establishment inviting to the fair ] sex. Nearly every car bears the slo- gan Ladies Invited but as rule the ladies are conspicuous by their absence. Flappers, however, have been known to request the "boy | friends" to take them 10 a diner be cause of their curiosity concerning these almost exclusively male estab- | lishments. The fact that many Of them are open all night also helps in turing the ladies who. in such cases, regard the meal as a lark.
 If your impression is that soup ! doughnuts and coffee are the onlH | delicacies obtainablc a, visit to ono l of the cars will alter your views ! Steaks, chops, dinners with soup and 1 dessert included and almost any a ! Ia carte viand can be obtained.
 Space is at a premium in thf l diners and human ingenuity is taxed 10 the limit in inventing new ways of crowding in just another stool or | two. One of the unwritten rules seems to be that in a lunch car al men are free and equal and one GUS | toner talks to another intimately although they may have never met
 before. The Counterman is also 8 ! friend to all the world and is ready to sympathiZe with those in trouble
 readily agreeing that 'Women arc ! like that" or offering congratulatior
 10 those Of his patrons who arc pass i ing out the cigars in honor Of a new
 arrival in the family.
 The night man in diner is usu. ally as busy as that fabled one.
 armed paper hanger. He is chef
 waiter, cashier and sometimes hold
 up victim all in one. He frequent.
 fills an entire order without moving
 more than two or three feet in any
 direction In the day time the forc'
 is larger and orders are shouted ou in a parlance almost unintelligibl'
 to the novice. Doughnuts and coffee
 become "sinkers an" two poaChec
 esgs on toast are Adam and Ev'
 on q raft and a plain cup Of coffee
 IS "one up.'
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17

New York May 15-Ncw York is finally in complete revolt against the cover charge> Two crowded res taurants at the moment herald in screaming lights; "No Cover Charge" Even Inc 21.50 dinner has struck q responsive note among the spenders-
 Two so priced and within block of each other in the heart Of the White Way have q waiting line be- fore dinner and after the play Formerly such places were patron ized almost solely by small salariel folk enjoying $ night out.
 The astounding growth of the Chi nese cafes IS attributed 10 the fore sight Of owners who saw the death Of the table tariff long before the rest Of the food purveyors. Estab- lishments of this order are no" ln complete control Of the Broadway eating belt between Herald Square and the Circle.
 l Ilr bS AFlI VI dE iIiS pilN GU '74aoI N4 - before the war by the intimste little rooms with postage stamp dance floors. They offered high priced orchestras and costly show floors and without this extra tax would have been unable 10 meet expenses. Out of this ncccssitous beginning the convert developed into q racket. In some of the night clubs the charge balloonedto s4 on week days and $6 on Saturday night-otferins nothing in return save the privilege Of occupying a table, Even East Side cafeterias began adding a five cent tax.
 New Workers who thought the gouge smart at first suddenly be- gan to rebel. Right after the market smack. the $f.5o dinner, sans convert, made its bow with a larse dancing space and old time cabaret 1 The originators expected to attract only the meagrc pursed.
 Instead the crowds usually flock ing to Park Avenue places began tt drift in with an amused air pI 1 stunning. But they came back an brought friends. It may be one ot those short lived stunts" but it ha; almost .desolated expensive cafes.
 BroadWay's amusement and cat ling area is on Saturday night almos entirely turned over to commuters The Manhattanite is rarely seen. Tn. big evening for natives at the the
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17
INTENDING SOUTH HlGH STREET QUITE AN IDEA

Sergeant King talking, What is necessary 10 relieve traffic in the downtown section is the extension O south High street 10 Camp street if could be done by cutting the street through the h2ll and would permit through traffic to proceed around inc center without Joining m shc usual i3ms at Central park.
 Thc 5dea is a good one and might he enserolled upon the memories ot ntty authorities for such action within the next 3o years that they n1ight Care 10 take.
 vos. .ne sad 3h years.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17
Fall River Mayor Pays
 For His Illegal Parking

Fall River, Mass, May IT UP)- Spurnlng the immunity which had been offered him because of his of- fee. Mayor Edmund P. Talbot ap- peared voluntarily in second district court Thursday, pleaded guilty to g charge Of violating city parking or~ dinance, was fined sS, and paid.
 Mayor Talbot left his automobile on Market street while attending conference at city hall Thursday. Because the machine was parked in a violation of a regulation that be- came effective within the last two weeks, a policeman tagged 1t.
 When the officer learned that he had tagged Mayor Talbot's automo- bile, he offered to remove the tag, but Talbot demurred and said he would appear in court.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17

such action would cause the state to issue bonds for road but this is quite common m alm ust every other state. Under present conditions Connecticut IS very likely to b outstripped in it's relative proportion of good road
 by many other com monne ealths which have boasted less
 Of rheIr fine highways than has
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17

Wife An audience bored by a vocal ego.
 The country has leaders in plenty. What it needs is a few followers.
 The classics are things written without fear of offending some group of subscribers.
 If only these smart fellows who know how to run America would quit wasting time in talk and take hold
 An. welf it Mir. Borah isn't la boring against an appointment, it's something else.
 Another thing you can have to make yourself unpopular, and your best friend won't tell you. is a booh you borrowed from him long ago.
 There's a bright side. Think how prisons would be crowded if every mans private life vas made public.
 There were four detours on tha road. not counting the times VIC went around passenger busses,
 What to do with table scra ps :? Put q little dab of whipped cream on top and call it a Hot Mamma Sundae' or something.
 AmoriCanism: Doing without beef steak at home so you can strut at some resort to impress people who don't notice you. Tame isn't hard to win, You just 20 10 work for some guy who can make a lot of money by advertising you,
 Mir. Edison says nobody is happy but he should see pitcher who has just licked the team that released him.
 We cant remember a time when labor has had the benefit of more cheerful predictions, Legal parking is the way you park just before some scotflau parks be- hind you so you can't get out. Just what is Secretary of Labor supposed to do in addition to pro phesllng better times every 30 days
 Reading about ancient cities de- stroEed for their Hickedness, YOU cant help wondering what it is that modern cities overlook. Mir Hoover says ideas come iron, the individual, not the crowd. But he probably wasn't referring to tn. idea Of killing the umpire.
 The decision 10 quit coming ,..5C gold pieces may not seem traei, now, hut wait until you try 10 de. eide what to give Cousin Sue next Christmas.
 Correct this sentence: "Missins { the party will be a great disappoint- ment," said the fiapper sweetly, "bur you know best mother" . Copyright 1880 Publishers syndicat,
New Britain herald., 1930-05-17
Observations On The Weather

Washington. May 17.-Forecast for Southern New England: Mostly cloudy, possibly occasional showers Saturday and Sunday cooler Sunday,
 Forecast for Eastern New York; Mostly cloudy, probably occasional showers Saturday and Sunday cooler Sunday.
 Conditions: The eastern disturb ance has continued to move slowly northeastWArd over New England and the eastern Canadian provinces