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New Britain herald., 1930-01-16
Rogers to Give Out
 Jobs at New Office

To avoid confusion in the main corridor Of the municipal building and interference with the work of otho' departments. Director Frank Rogers of the municipal employ Wcnt bureau has decided 10 give out working cards from an office located on the ground floor and the rear Of th" building.
 Working tickets will be distribut- ed Saturday morning at II o'clock instead of Friday morning at the same hour, this change also hav- ing been made to lessen annoyanccs accompanying the gathering of large crowds on the main floor
 Jobs will be furnished Saturday for 10 men who have not had city work previously or who have been off the payroll for one or more weeks. The force which has been at work this week will be retired Sat urdaN,
New Britain herald., 1930-01-16
Policeman Glasses Boys,
 Falls and Is Injured

Officer BloOmquist was so badly used up about 10 o'clock last night because of an accident when he was pursuing several small boys on Myrtle street that he had to send for the service car to bring him to headquarters after which he was sent home for the night. Encumber ed by his heavy uniform he tried 10 chase the agile boys and fell. bruis- ing his left knee and tearing his uniform. The police rounded up four boys in the neighborhood but they were not the ones wanted and they were released
 The condor, huge South American vulture, is from A 10 50 inches in length and has wing spread of eight and half to ten and half feet.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-16
LEXINGTON LODGE OFFICERS

District Deputy Harry NJ. Chap- man and staff will install the newly elected officers of Lexington lodge at the regular weekly meeting in Odd Fellows hall this evening. Officers elect are: Noble Grand, John Sun burn; vice grand, Clarence Bacon; recording secretary. R. B. Crocker; treasurer, W. W. Bullen; trustee, three years. Philip Bloom; years, Louis kieth. Refreshments will be served after the installation.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-16

linuus to amusc the followers of this frothy euiertainm"rl and Killy Hu- gan who is co-featurcd with Anna Toebe and Jean Williams statuosQu, source Of hearty laughter and tho lively chorus has earned a special niche in tNr fans heart hy their syn copated dancing and sinElnE
New Britain herald., 1930-01-16
Old St. James Palace Rich In Lore Ot Ancient Kings of England and
 Steeped In Intrigue and Romance
Building Has Figured Prominently in History Since Days Of Henry the Eighth-Prince of Wales Now Lives There.

London, Jan. l6 -Sloried o'I Si. James palace. where the fiys power arms conference will hold it's S'aslons.. figures in four centuries oc the panorama of British history.
 The palace was built vixen Eng land was struggling power and ce . iurios before the United States and Japan took their first blow on the international conference stage.
 From the stirring time Of Heuvv VIII much married youth. the Prime Of Wales, who probably will be E!- ward VIII and who is England's s most persistent bachelor. st. Jam s has had checkered career.
 Many stories in Structure
 Every brick of the rambling oI ! buildings could tell stories of al venture. Of heroic deeds. of plot and counter-plot, of intrigue. Of roylI amours. and soon. secorts of world s'd-poWer negotiations.
 Henry Tudor tHenry NHD built S'. James for his new love. Anne holeNn and 10 this day. over one of the original palace fireplaces in the HHart'rs where the arms conference "1ll sit. are carved in the stone in;- 'ials I'll" and "A" joined by a trGa lovers knot. Thcge letters repro srn'inG the kings name and his faNorlte's Woer intcrwoven into many furnishings of the palace,
 unfortunately SD the story soy, the people who disN&ed the comedy Anne miSinterpretod the initials anI d"ri"ively read them as "Ha. Ha"' This the seconds indicate. was tha original merry ha ha. or the first royal raspberry'
 Toor Anne's reign was brief; Henry had her head chopped of. three years after he married her. Other StuartS Lived There Bloody Mary died al Sl. James Other 'Fudors and all the roisterire 9 Siuarts lived there. Charles the Martyr walked from St. James .g Whitehall 10 be beheaded.
 The Georges didn't like the pala . and after George III. who reigncd during the American revolution bought Buckingham House nearby and moved there to live the life of T 'ountry squire, no roigning monarch r7, resided at St. James. although il '. mains the official court of the lanG and has had close association with 'he royal family and national event: Tn modern times
 The Prince Of Wales lives in : UInG Of the palace now. as did nj: father before him. The form,,i Kaiser Of Germany was first mar rlcd at st. James.
 Through the centuries famous fi. uros, from Peter the Great Of Rus SIa 10 Will Rogers Of Claremore. Ok. lahoma. have been received there Peter was something of a wag him self. When King William asked hIt guest what he thought of Greenwicr hospital which he had just viewed ne CZar replied, "f,Xtremely wei Sir | should advise your majesty to remove your court thitner an, convert your palace into hospital
 Every century has produced cri'i cjSm of the architecture of .;t James, probably because it is no grandly imposing. and because fire have materially changed the appea" " anCe of the buildings. Its detraCto" said St. James was the Contemp oI foreign nations and the 6isgrac, O. our own"
New Britain herald., 1930-01-16

Guy L. SuuNcJy president Of Br- mnghum-Soulhern college.
 Dr. Hefnert F.. Hawkes., dean of Columbia college. columbia univer- sity. WuS named Vice president. re- placing William NJ. Lewis, president of Lafayette college, Euston, Pa.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-16
Princeton Dean Named
 Head of College Group

Washington. Jan. 1f UP) Dean l.urhor r. EisenharI Of Princeton university was elected president Of the Association of American College Professors today, succeeding nr.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-16
TWO TALKIES AT CAPITOL

Every small town boy dreams Of the day when he will come back home and be met at the station by the band. It happens often enough in real life 10 keep the hope that it may happen again even before the new generation.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
Highly Colored, if True

Most of the stories attributed to
negro troops in the World war are
difficult to trace to their source but it
may be taken for granted that they
will increase in volume as the years
roll by.
L. G. Hines, veteran of the Rain
bow division, says that while waiting
for orders to move forward for an
expected attack he noticed a tall ne
gro soldier walking his post in the
most approved military manner
Attracted by the mans neat appear
ance and soldierly bearing, Hines
ventured: 'Well, big boy, you look
as if you could stop whole German
regiment"
Looking worried for moment the
soldier paused and then replied:
"Stop 'em? H! I'm gwine to no
tify ev'ybody in France dey's comin'I''
1t can be taken for granted that if
the soldier in question made good on
his threat he is the central figure in
another negro yarn about the colored
infantryman who decided he would
get away from the fighting.
After hours and hours of flight, so
the story has it, the negro was halted
by an officer, and was questioned
about his actions.
Suddenly the negro asked: "An'
who is you to be questionin' me?"
I'm the colonel" replied the officer
grimly.
"My Gawd!" came the surprised ex-
clamation. "Has | run that far?"
Co. $780, Western Newspaper Union,
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
THE STORY

Returning to London. practi-
cally penniless, after an unsuc-
cessful business trip. Sir George
Sandison takes dinner with his
widowed stepmother, his old
nurse, "Aggy." He did not ap-
prove of her marriage to his ia
ther. but her explanation satis-
fies him. Little is left of the es-
tate, and Lady SandisoD proposes
that they go to the United States
to visit her brother. Robert Mac
Beth, wealthy contractor. Sir
George agrees. Macbeth lives on
an island estate with his daugh-
ter, Roberta, who longs for city
life. Macbeth is a victim of ar
thrills and almost helpless, Mac
Berh is glad to see his sister and
asks the two to stay. Roberta
is keeping a date with Jack Ma
varro, about whom she knows
little. Macbeth arranges for his
sister to take charge of the
household and George to act as
secretary. Roberta does not ap-
prove of the arrangement She
tells her father she is not inter-
ested in George, while the young
man takes an air of indifference
20 ner. Macbeth tells George
about trouble he has had over
the pay roll and arranges for
Roberta to introduce George at
the bank and later take the
money to the workmen. Navarro
and his gang plan to steal the
pay roll.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26

Some years ago an Indian scientist
showed that many, If not all, plants
have feelings very like our own. No
one has yet discovered the brain of
the plant, but ii is unquestionable that
while some are normally clean-living
things. others display craft, cunning.
and even criminal tendencies In order
to obtain a livelihood
One which is both criminal and cum
ming is the plantain, which infests
lawns. 1t Is clever enough to adapt
itself to circumstances by spreading
out its leaves so fatty that they es
cape the attentions of the lawn
mower. And II goes farther than this.
1t wants to obtain sunlight, and II
can do so only If the grass does not
put II In the shade. Being a thorough
criminal, II puts out its fiat leaves iD
such way as to kill by suffocation
the grass growing near its roots.
Ivy strangles growing trees, and the
small convolvulus plays q similar evil
part to grasses and plants But per-
haps the worst criminal in the under.
world of plants Is the dOdder. II at
tacks clover fields and is capable of
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
by MARGARET TURNBULL
Illustrations by IRWIN MYERS

event in the village. Anyway that
long Scot should not be made any
more eOnceited than he was.
"Sir George Sandison." she said dis.
tinctly. "He will write II for you new,
so that you may have it-for refer.
ence. I'll leave you to make each
others acquaintance. while cash this
check"
Evidently Mr.. MacBeth's name was
an "Open Sesame" in that town. and
having assured Mr. Masten that he did
not yet wish TO open an account him
self-for the very good reason, which
Mr.. MaSten did not for moment
guess. that he had nothing to begin an
account with-Sir George rejoined
Roberta Macbeth.
He found her outside the bank
building, chatting with very good
looking young man. He was formally
introduced as Ted Granger, from up
the river. He was a cordial youth,
almost as tall as Sir George. but
Roberta allowed them very little time
together.
Come on, Ted. If you're coming.
Don't let the grass grow under your
feet. Pile in."
Ted contrived by some curious con-
tortions to introduce himself into the
car which was built for two only.
"We're set" he Informed Roberta, his
mouth somewhere on the level Of her
red gold curls. 81 see no use of
waiting. Let's CO."
They were off and Sir George felt
warm glow. both physical and
mental, go through him. The physical
came, he knew, from the fact that
Ted's form and his were as those of
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
First Fighters on French Soil

Company K of the Twenty-eighth in
fantry has the distinction of being the
first organization of the First division,
the first combat troops of the A. e. r.
to set foot on French soil. The First
division sailed from New York on
June IA, 1917, and the Twenty-eighth
infantry and the Sixteenth infantry
landed at st. Nazaire on June 26. In
adequate landing facilities held the
other units of the division on board. The
Twenty-siXth infantry landed June 27,
Field Hospital No. 13 and Ambulance
company No. 13 on June %.
To the Sixteenth infantry belongs
the distinction of being the first Amer
ican combat unit of the A. E. F. to so
into action and to give the first lives
sacrificed. In a raid by the Germans
at three o'clock on the morning Of
November 3, Company F of the Six
teenth infantry, lost Corp. James j.
Gresham of Evansville, Ind. Private
Thomas F. Enright of Pittsburgh, Pa,
and Private Merle D. Hay of Glidden,
Pa. These three head the First di-
visions roll of honor, roll totaling
22,66S casualties.
Courage, dash and victory is the
First divisions record" says the War
department. 1T was the first division
to reach France, the first to serve in
trench warfare, first TO fire hostile
shell, first to lose a man, first to cap
ture prisoner, first to repel German
raid, first to man any independent sec
tor and first to capture town (Can-
tigny) and hold it against all counter
attacks"
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26

EngIishman, If He Gets in Our Way"
the Siamese twins and occupied the
space of one. The mental glow came
from the fact that he was reprieved
from a lonely drive with Roberta and
her SulkS.
AS they approached bend in the
road, Roberta swerved the car slightly
to the right and stopped 1t in an open
space before a low stone wall.
A gate in the wall led them into
tagged space at the end of long old
stone house They walked into a long,
low-ceilinged rOom-dining room and
living room combined-with fireplace
at one end. AT the fireplace end. a
space much wider than the usua,
doorway, and without a door, led to
the stairway and another and smaller
room.
tall, kindly looking man sat In the
smaller room, talking to several of his
fellow artists and some of the younger
men. Scattered through the big room
were neighbOrs to whom II was a
daily, weekly and semi-weekly occasion
to "go to tea ar Turner'S"
They were mixed community of
farmers, artists. writer's. craftsmen,
school masters and mistresses. and
people like Roberta, who had nothing
to do and plenty of time and money.
Sir George was received with the
same simple and rather casual kind
ness as the others. Roberta went
about diligently introducing him until
finally she left him with Mr.. Turner
and the Older men In the smaller
room, whose dark tiled floor reflected
the flames in the fireplace.
Her duty nobly done, Roberta went
back to the windOw-seat where Ted
and several others .ot the younger peo-
pie were crowded together. Sir
George leaned against the further
mantel, his teacup in his hand. The
light from the window touched his hair
and face with certain softness thar
made his file features even more dis
tinguished. He was visible from both
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
Early Magazines"

While our COl0niai ancestors had no
sensational newspapers and magazines
to entertain them with tales of ad-
venture and misadventure, in many of
the small printing shops Of the Col
onies there were printed books and
pamphlets containing the exciting and
often lurid details of the trials of
pirates, the hangings of criminals.
the struggles of the righteous with
evil, the conversion of the evil TO re-
ligion, the sinister designs of the op.
posite sex, the dangers of drink, and
also of abstinence.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
Mans Sense of Time

1t has been proved again and again
that the average man has little sense
of time. In recent experiment
number of men were each asked to
hold up their hands at the end of
minute. Their estimates Of minute
varied from % to AZ seconds.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
Money in Different Forms.

Money has not been exclusively in
the form of coins and bills. Nuggets
and gold dust were used on frontiers.
In the colony of Virginia money took
the form Of tobacco; ii was wampum
among the New England Indians.
Once In California red birds heads
were used.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
No Sale

81 see your husband has new
stenographer," remarked Mrs. Busy
body to the lady on whom she was
calling.
"Yes?'
"Yes. and she's very pretty"
81 eknow, she's our daughter"
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
Getting Better and Batter

The span of life lengthens Our ma
tional diet becomes more rational our
public hearth work more emective.-
Woman Home Compa.,iar.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
The Mean Thing!

Phyllis-Isnt my engagement ring
fine example of the stone-cutter's
art, dearie?
Betty-Or The glass-blower's art.
perhaps.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
one with so small a foot, Miss May
! Could Screaml

II love being in Tony's company.
He entertains me by talking about
things other men never mention"
'Oh, has he proposed to you?"
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
Seorched Currency

In order to redeem currency which
has been burned, it is necessary that
three-fifths of the bill be sent to the
redemption division of the Treasury
department Washington.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26

feigning death for weeks until an un.
wary plant appears near 1t. Then II
sinks Its suckers into the flesh of the
victim and commits murder.-London
Tit-Bits.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
WORLD
WAR
VAR N s
by Lieut.. Frank E. Hoeon

Fired
Private Gus Plopulos is worth a
man-sized yarn some day for Gus Is
the only American soldier who was
''fired."
Gus had enlisted ''for the emer-
gency," too. And the infantry needed
men. He must have been horribly
dumb for them to let him go.
"Wirka for Uncle Fam. Got good
job with Uncle Zam," described Gus
after months of blundering at Gettys-
burg, Pa. The simplest fatigue was
too complicated for him. "B" COM
pany's captain and top-kick were
frantic.
They boiled over when Gus led an
other man down the company street.
"Brudder," he told the top" Come
over to wirka too for Uncle Zam.'
And Gus and brother grinned happily.
another PlOpulos? For G-d's
sake, sergeant, get rid of both of 'em.
That's an order" the captain ex-
plOded.
fright, sir" answered the top
Being an old-timer, he added: "'Twill
cost the captain 500 expenses" Then
he went into action.
you're fired, Gus" said the stop"
briefly to the perplexed Greek. yeah.
That's right. Uncle Sam says let you
go. He don't want you no more.
Here's your fare to New York"
He provided Gus with civilian
clothes, saw him put them on. Gave
him an escort to the train. saw him
board it. Then the top" invited his
old friend, the regimental sergeant
major, to hoist a few. Many drinks,
provided by the captains money, kept
them occupied until first call next
day.
The regimental sergeant major was
happily hazy when he received "B"
company's morning report. So hazy,
in fact, he failed to note that one
man, unaccounted for, had been
dropped from the company's roster.
And that is how Gus Plopulos be-
came the soldier who was fired"
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
Didn't Believe 1t

"Jackie, didn't your conscience tell
you not to do that?'
"Yes, mummy, but you said ! must
not believe all hear"
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
NOT A REMARKABLE FEAT

She-"I am getting disgusted with
myself. Every time / open my mouth
1 put my foot in it." He (taking a
chance)-"Not a remarkable feat for
The Ely miner., 1930-12-26
auG1SlDun1e IN

Copyright by Margaret Turnbull
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-19
WAR DECORATIONS
HEARINGS PLANNED
House Committee to Form
Policy for Disposing of
Proposals of Awards.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FTeSS.
Faced with a shower of measures
providing for the award of decorations
to veterans of the World War. a House
committee has decided to formulate a
policy for diSposing of this legislation.
Present law set f1ve-year period for
the award of medals for World War
heroism and the War Department is
opposed to any extension of the time
Congressional efforts have been made
to secure such extension, but Army
officials feel awards should not be made
after memories of witnesses begin to
dim, and the daring deeds take on pro-
portionS-Whether magnified or dimin-
ished-which they did not possess on
the field of battle.
The real worth of q military decora-
ton lies not in the ease of acquire
ment, but in the quality Of service
which merited its bestowal," the War
Department has reminded congressional
sponsors of extension. THE value of
the decorations which have been award
ed for World War service should be
securely guarded, both as measure of
morale and as a standard for future
guidance"
A board of awards and decorations
composed of Army men has been at
work on the individual cases brought
to its attention, but friends of the vet
Grams fear many may be passed up IN
the short time available. The pressure
has led to attempt at congressional
action.
Hearings on the subject, it appeared
today, would be initiated soon after
the December session of Congress
begins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-19
MRS. OESTERREICH
WILL TAKE STAND
Defense Dismissal Attempt in Hus-
band Murder Trial
Baked.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, August 19-Balked
in their efforts to win dismissal of MUIR
der charges against Mrs. Walburga
Oesterreich, accused of Staying her
husband, Fred Oesterreich, wealthy
Milwaukee garment manufacturer. de-
Tense attorneys today prepared to place
the defendant on the stand.
Fred Keune, friend of the Oester-
reichs, was called as the first defense
witness yesterday and told of spending
several hours with the couple on the
evening of the Staying. He testified
they were friendly to each other. He
said Mrs. Oesterreich had taken drink
of liquor during the evening "sampling"
taste of homemade wine.
The name of Otto Sanhuber, "attic
lover" was brought into the trial again
when Jerry Geisler, defense attorney,
said the story of Mrs. Oesterreichs re-
lations with Sanhuber would tend to
influence the jury against his client.
Sanhuber originally was indicted joint
ly with Mrs. Oesterreich, but was tried
separately and went free under the
statute of limitations after he had been
found guilty of manslaughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-19
J. y. BYRNE CHOSEN
HEAD Of 40 AND 8
Veterans Body Elects Off,
GERS at Annual Prom
and Barbecue.

La Societe des 90 Hommes ct
Chevaux, an organization composed of
members of the American Legion who
saw service overseas during the World
War, elected officers for the Washing
ton Jurisdiction at its annual barbecue
and prom, which was held Saturday at
the Raccar Camp of the Potomac Boat
Club. The elections were confirmed
yesterday.
: j. v. Byrne, the new grande chef de
care, served Is months overseas and
was discharged as a captain in the
Sanitary Corps. He has served on the
executive body of the 40 ct g. in the
District of Columbia.
Other officers were elected as fol-
lows: Grande chef de train, Francis
Miller; grande conducteur, Thomas
Franklin; grande commisSaire intend
ant, F. G. Fraser; grande garde aux
chevaux, j. j. Orlosky; grande garde de
la porte, E. B. Lyons; grande drapeau,
Edward Hale: grande medicin, G. l.
Grifith; grande comis voyageur, N. w
Guthrie; grande aumonier, Rev. Francis
P. Hurney; cheminot national, Norman
B. Landreau; alternate cheminot ma
tional, Warren Miller; grande cheminot,
E. T. Hitch, F. j. Kelly, c. H. Knight,
w. Morrell, r. O'Brien and T. Walsh.
OF these officers, Fraser was reelected
for the sixth time and Franklin for the
first time.
Delegates to the national promenade
that Is to be held in Boston, october
to 9, in conjunction with the Amer
lean Legion national convention, were
elected as follows: j. v. Byrne, r. c.
Fraser, N. B. Landreau, Paul j. Nc
Gahan and j. H. Phillips.
AS a result Of the Paris fashions, arti-
fetal flower factories of Dresden, Ger
manu- are rl1shnd 70 nnr,nniArr