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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-06
''Our clothes come back
in almost no ti1ne!'

""tHREE days is all that Manhattan
takes to do our clothes and they
come back looking like new" No
wonder this young wife is so enthusiastic
about Manhattan. Bills, baking and bud.
gets are all new to her and she is more
than glad to be relieved of her washday
problem by laundry that saves her mon
ey by saving her clothes. And Manhattan's
''Net Bag System" where clothes are
washed in Nets by pure Palm Oil soap,
and soft, warm water, does just this. Then,
too, Manhattan collects 1aunders and de-
livers all in three days-an extra service
without any extra cost. Give Manhattan
a months trial and notice the immediate
difference in your clothes. Phone today
for our representative. He will be glad to
explain details of our many money-saving
services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-06

Because of the grape shortage in
France wine prices there have been
soaring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-06

A famous express service in England
still uses 1900 horses, and though it is
slowly changing to auto trucks. it has
adopted policy of keeping the horses
at work at long as the drivers remain
In service.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01

no returns commensurate with the risk involved unless the bogus bills are fed to the public in a constant stream; and in the third place, 1t finally turns out, as the stream Of bad money continues, that it can be traced, more especially when everyone is properly put on guard.
 Recently, so cable dispatches stat cd, d huge supply Of American counterfeit bills got into circulation in Europe. But what eventually happened was that gang of al legged get rich quick artists got into the tolls, and the high bail, if any was set to be paid in real money.
 We have no doubt that the same thing, ie on a smaller scale, will happen in Connecticut. The joker against counterfciters is that the state will not accept any Of the fake money for bail bonds or in payment of a possible heavy fine which may be added to the inevitable prison sentence.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
Verify, Spring Has Come. We Have the EvidCnCC.

The return of cold weather and the weeks snoWstorm 10 the con- trary, spring has come. Not even the fact that the ground hog saw his shadow will convince us to the contrary. We haven't sccn' any robins or bluebrds. We haven't found any rap running from the trees, although we understand such evidence exists. We haven't even
 based our assertion on the fact that the major league baseball teams arc southward bound. We have a better and more positive ground for our statement: tho roads have disap- pearcd under their annual morass of goo.
 Possibly because of the unusually open winter. and possibly just be- cause of their own cussedness. streets, highways. and roads in the vicinity are in the worst condition
 of any spring which we can re- mcmbcf, as we say that every spring. Some streets in the city differ from the ocean only in that the waves in them arc stationary
 while the cratcrs in others arc strongly reminiscent of no mans
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
TiEDY TAX PAYING

To q man out Of job paying S9 in personal taxes now undoubtedly is moro difficult than obtaining job later and then being in posi- ton to pay S, which ia the modus opcrandi permissible under the new law assessing an extra dollar to tardy poll tax payers. Consequent lv the advice of the tax collector to this effect is a reasonable way to solve 8 difficult problem. Any other method, we fear, would result in filling the jail with persons whose only crime would be to be out Of work and being unable to spare the necessary g poll tax.
 It is q year, too, when a good many people will resume considcra- ton of the unpopular poll tax, a species of taxation that was eliminated in many states years ago, It is the most unjust tax on the books, taxing rich and poor exact ly alike, under the naive assumption that the poor otherwise would not pay taxes.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01

freight service to the port of Bal timore. The consolidation has since been consummated.
 The situation in New England, Of course, is different. In the first place, we have our own ports and the two main railroads have access to them. Considerable of our coal comes through these ports, being shipped from other tidewater ports. It will not be overlooked, however, that only a week or so ago the j.. C. c. announced that the New Ha- ycns coal rates from the New Eng land ports to points inland were too high. Local systems, lacking com- petition, are not necessarily angels of virtue, any more than trunk lines arc inclined that way.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
BOGUS BILLS

The era of countcrfeiting seems to place almost anybody with d ten or twenty dollar bill to spend un- der suspicion. It is an unwary storc- keeper indeed who, when cashnS such bill just now, doesn't look at it tvjc-, or oitcucr, and also peer ing over it the cash customer With pucNcrcd eyebrows or that critical expression which means "ho" did yor s,t jt"''
 Nobody runs greater risks than tho countcrfoitcr. In the first place, to counterfeit successfully is a dif- ficult job, requiring extraordinary skill; in the second place, there are
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
25 Years Ago Today

P. & r. Corbin is contemplating improving the value of it's water supply and pumping plant at the foot of Arch street. The dam will be raised and tho pond deepcncd and enlarged.
 Fred Beloin has purchased d house and lot on Lincoln street.
 When Uncle Joe" Cannon put the kibosh on the appropriation bill at the session of Congress, the chances for an appropriation for a public building in New Britain went over to the next session.
 Dogs arc still running wild in the location of Clark street and numcr- ous chickens have been killed.
 The board of fire commissioners will seek a budget of s26,oO0 for the coming year. At present the board is attempting to have a permanent chief and two permanent men appointed.
 The tax rate for the year will he made at a meeting to be held this evening in Turner hall.
 The report of attendance in the public schools during February was 4.594 registered as against 4e23 for the previous year.
 The dedication of the new Y. M, C. A. gymnasium will be held on March 15,
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
What Congress Is
 Doing
Saturday y

Saturday
 Senate Continues consideration of tariff bill.
 House
 Meets at noon.
 Friday
 senate
 Rejected duty on oil and pctro- loum in tariff bill.
 Senator McKellar proposed that President Hoover recall the Ameri- can delegation at the London naval reduction conference.
 Senator Blaine assailcd American independent petroleum producers association for methods employed in urging tariff duty on oil.
 House
 Passed White bill to amend me- chant marine act of 1928 to enable award of mail contracts to shipping lines operating to Canadian ports. Passed free bill to provide that loans for ship construction under Jones-White act bear interest 1t lowest rate of any government obli- gation except postal savings bonds. Representative Fish asked support of his resolution opposing rccogni- ton of union of Soviet socialist re- publics. because of religious "pcrs2- cution and outrages."
 Secretary Mellon advocated 10 ways and means committee recip:1- cal exemption for avoiding intcrnl- tional double taxation.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
BACK OF RAIL MERGERS

What do we get out of it' is the inevitable attitude Of interested parties toward railroad consolida- ton. If the New England lines re- main independent-at least nomin- ally independent considering the tendency of holding companies operated by trunk lines to buy into their outstanding stock-it is felt by shippers that the opportunities Of the lines to bargain with trunk lines for advantageous division of through rates and the like will be at it's maximum. Conversely if the trunk lines obtained control, then it is felt they would not go out of their way to yield an advantage to New England but would be inclined to 1 milk" the northeastern shippers as much as the Interstate Commerce Commission would allow.
 If there were a certainty that the consolidation of the New England ] lines with trunk lines would benefit New England shippers every last ono of them would strongly favor the move.
 On the whole the attitude of New England industry and commerce to- ward consolidation with trunk lines is correct. So long as none of the New England lines extend further west than the Hudson river our lines are local in character and per haps it is to the best interest of New England that the status quo be maintained. True, the New York Central through its control of the Boston 6 Albany has infiltrated its England, yet 1t must not be over looked that the close working gree ment between the New Haven and the Pennsylvania over the Hell Gate bridge route amounts to practically the same thing. At the recent rail- road conference in Hartford q let ter from President Attcrbury of the Pennsylvania was read, but those at the conference were wise in not showing willingness to take in structions from even Mir. Alter bury.
 The "what do VIC get out Of it. idea was cXcmplified by industrial and commercial bodies Of Rochcs- ter. \. T., recently when the qucs- ton of consolidating the Buffalo Rochester X Pittsburgh railroad with the Baltimore X Ohio vas bc. fore the I. C. C. The F., E, X lt. + sectional line Of importance tc the section it serves. Rochester in- dustrialsts told the I. C. C., how ever, that a consolidation with tn: E. X 0. would be an advantage as giving Rochester an improved
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
"Mosquito Network" Feature Ovcrhowing With "COnfiict"

Note: The P. & r. Corbin Twins. otherwise known as Pad and Lock, plan a single radio sketch, song and dance act. commemorating the battle for the occupancy of the comptrol- lcr's office in the city hall The sketch will be presented over the famous mosquito network of the Fractional Broadcastins Co. some time in the not too distant future perhaps. Herewith is the copy for the act.
 Characters: Pad, the prize gag" man, played by Anne Jcllo.
 Lock, his partner, played by Day Lcight.
 Opening song; No particular tune: Here we arc. the Corbn twins,
 Pad and Lock, we bring you grins; We may play with injunctlons, We may hold up the dough,
 We're shy on audit functions, but we love each other So,
 We love 10 issue statements, We call each other names,
 We may talk of abatements. each one the other blames.
 But when all rows arc over, and the smoke has cleared away,
 Noull find it's always certain,
 It's the taxpayers who pay
 Pad: Well. Lock, 1 hear you've signing a whole stack of pay checks. Didn't you get writer's cramp from that job?"
 Lock: q had that a, long time ago trying out the composition books that the school board thought of buying. But there's one thing 1 want to ask you, Pad. Are you on horseback tonight?"
 Pad: "On horseback? Of course not; what made you get that idea?' Lock: Well, then, if you're not on horseback, you must be a foot-pad, aren't you?"
 Pad: "Well let that pass and sing 8 little song, how about it??''
 Lock: "Okay with mo"
 (Eirst and only verse; Let's call a truce and grant their
 pay"
 Said MT. Clark to Mir. Day. Let keep It up. It's such lark,
 Said MT. Day 10 MT. Clark Pad: Did you ever hear the story about the mayor who went into battle, lost out, and then decided 10 break Camp"
 Lock: "Y ou mean man who Was in as acting scofforation counsel?"
 Pad: "Ych! Stop me if you've
 
 Deputy sheriff. breaking into stu dio hurriedly: Sorry boys, but 1 have an injunction here prohibiting the use of the chicken crossing the street joke. You'll have to sign off. Pad and Lock, in unison: Bring on your injunction. We'll have 1t | dissolved
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
THE OBSER VER- Makes Random Observations
 On the City ano Its People

been argued in these columns in the 1 past. It was forcibly brought home this week on two occasions.
 | In the first instance, during the
 pendency of legal action which un- tangled the knotty problem of the
 comptrollership, payrolls were held
 mp and the city paid none of it's ob | legations, q regrettable condition which would not have existed had
 the city a position of deputy comp | trollcr.
 l In the second. the status of Attor-
 ncy Mortimer H. Camp, generally recognized as assistant corporation counsel, was questioned when Mayor Paonessa pointed out that no such
 position exists in the makeup of the city government. This left the city officials without legal guidance, eX-
 Cepting such as they might be able
 to obtain from friends at the bar,
 which in no instance would protect the members of the city govern
 nent in the event of litigation aris- ing out of acts thus directed.
 | This weeks disclosures may re- suit in action by the common cOun- cll to guard against recurrence. If past conduct on the part of the council members can be taken as q
 criterion, it probably won't.
 | It was only a few years ago that [ the office of city treasurer could le- gally be filled by anyone other than
 the person duly and properly elect
 cd, any inability or disability on his
 part notwithstanding. When the | present treasurer was forced to re-
 main away from duty by reason of serious illness, the council members | hunted through the pages of the charter and ordinance and found no authority for d deputy. At that time provision was made for a sub stitutc, to be appointed along the
 same lines as a deputy comptroller,
 acting only in emergencies.
 | In a more recent instance, the council was asked to appoint under
 studies for the upcrintcndcnts of l the sewer department and the street l department, but giving scant consid-
 cration to the proposal, they reject | ed it. Now that q serious condition l has resulted from the failure of the 1 city fathers to see that the structure | of the government was made fool proof it remains to be seen whether 1 deputies. ready to step in and per form their duties legally and with
 out question, will be created.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01

land after an artillery barrage. At when water fill the depresslons u toll on automobile springs becomesS even more terrific, for then motor ist has no idea of whether the pool ahead of him is q mere dlmlnutlNe depression or a pit rivalling the Japan deep in the Pacific.
 While out on the highways con- ditions are even worse. In some places opponents of the black art seem to have been at work, for the macadamized surfaces have com- pletely vanishcd-or, maybe, con- sidcring the occan-like conditions, submarine has come sncaking up and sunk them without trace. Any way, they are gone for stretches or from 30 feet to half a milo Tn places, leaving in their stead only swamps of red muck.
 But the situation is at it's worst out on the back roads. where, If we can take the word of the natives, you can just see the tops of stalled cars peeking out of the mud and where if hubby is late in coming home for supper wifcy takes a long pole and goes out probing for him in the mud along the way.
 The last cold spell has hardly al leviated conditions, for these peaks and valleys have frozen into none- too miniature representations of tho Himalayas. There may be some con- solation in this, for it really isn't so depressing to jouncc over these jagged irregularities and break a spring than it is to sink into a quicksand of mud and lose your whole car.
 What to do" Of course, repairs might be made, but the same trou- ble will crop up next spring and the whole thing will have to be done all over again. just like paying tho rent or taking q bath. It's an economic waste. So we propose a remedy which will make use of these, at present, disconccrting ruts and r"Vines. Let tho United States de- clare war upon somebody-and we will be fully equipped with first class system of trenches.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
Lewis Devine, Hartford,
 Is Killed by Automobile

Hartford March 1 - Lewis II. Devine, 55. of Hartford. was killed in East Hartford early last evening when struck by an automobile driv- en by Kenneth G. Anderson of East Hartford. He was pronounced dead when taken to the office of q near by physician.
 Anderson, who is being held in S2,000 bonds on technical man. slaughter charge, told police that he did not know the accident happened. II" said he was going past Wood- bridge street on Main street when his car struck an object He brought his car to a halt and returned 10 find the mans unconscious body lN- ing in the street. Police could not ac- count for Dcvine's being in the street. Anderson said he was going about 2S miles an hour when the ac- cidcnt occurred.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
SMALL HOPE FOR BERLIN

We sec little hope, while sympa- thizing with the town of Berlin, that it will succeed in changing the boundaries of the quarantine orders or ending the nuisance altogether. The reasons for this lack of hope arc obvious. If the fedcral bureau crat5 responsible for the quarantine were to pay any heed to the ob- jections of municipalities affected they would have no reason to start quarantining in the first place. Quarantines of this type are un- popular because they lead to loss of markets and incidentally 10 monetary loss; but so does tho ravagc of the corn borcr. If this pesky critter is as dangerous an in- sect as the Department of Agricul- ture asserts-and on matters of agriculture we frankly admit of no inclination to dispute with this de- partment-then something must be done to stop the conqucring march of the corn borer.
 Obviously, there is strength in the cont9ntion that great care should be exercised by government bureau 10 avoid interfering with regular markets of districts affect cd, But how this la to be avoided in all cases we do not know. It would be illogical, for instance, to include New Britain in the quarantined area if it is cxpertly determined that it is not affected by the borer. But with the corn borcr discovered in Berlin we have little reason to be- lcve that 1t will be kept out Of New Britain and environs.
 The appeal to President Hoover and to Senators Bingham and Wal colt was fittingly described as a final desperate battle" The two senators, we feel certain, wish they had never heard of the corn borer, which will force them to take per functory action on behalf Of constit- uents in spite of their knowledge that arguing with an administrative federal bureau is like trying to make q stone move without kicking it,
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
The Millennium, It seems Is Rushing Upon Us.

This world all Scroogcs 10 the contrary, is becoming q better place in which to dwell. It may not be as delightful as the Garden of Eden but since man first began to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, 1t has improved and is improving.
 Take for example, the invention Of Everett Blomgrcn, an electrician, by which garage doors may be opened mobile horn.
 How often have we drifted into the driveway as night was having its battle with dawn and wished that by some magic trick, the garage doors would fly open of their own volition and grant entrance.
 How often have we fumbled In which we have dropped and heaped anathcma on the man who invented automobilesd, padlocks-and mud.
 How often have we sent our good wife to unlock the door and, after waiting patiently for results, have gone out ourselves to do the task which she finds difficulty in doing.
 How oftcn-but why continue in definitely?
 Now, with q single toot, these tribulations are at an end. When our garage is aquippcd, We arc go- ing 10 get revenge by sitting at the wheel footing and footing and watching the doors swing open, close again, swing open, and close once more.
 Blessings on thee, electrician. k2cp t up. Invent something that will wash the blamed boat with the depression of the self starter button,
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
Observations On The Weather

Washington. March 1.-Forccast for Southern New England: Fair; warmer Saturday; Sunday probably showers.
 Conditions: Pressure is high over the North Atlantic states and off the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic coast and pressure continued high over western Canada.
 The outlook is for showers on sunday in the Atlantic states and for rain on Saturday changing to snow on Sunday in the lower Lake region. Temperatures will rise on Saturday in the Atlantic states and portions Of the lower Lake region.
 It will be colder on Sunday in tho lower Lake region, the Ohio NallcA and Tennessee.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
MORE p. ]. CLERKS
 MAY BE DISMISSED
Sixteen Said to Have Received
 Letters From Federal Men

Hartford, March 1 P}-Seven more names have been added to the list of those who have been asked to show cause why they should not be removed from the postal service in connection with the furore caused as result of charges made by liar ry Norton of the local post office that liquor was brought in large quantities for the 1929 convention of the federation of post office clerks.
 Norton was requested yesterday to show cause why he should not be dismissed. Yesterday it was learned that a. total of 16 men have been asked to show cause and tho idcn- tity of eight of them was learned. In addition 10 Norton they arc: Hackett, who was associated with Norton in making the charges that excessive quantities of liquor were bought for the conventions; Edward P. Lawton, Jr.. Louis Lopinsky, Francis J. Shay of New Haven; An thony J. Yacavonc, Joseph J. Burns and Charles W. Ryan.
 Sent to Politicians
 Norton. who requested the na- tional body of the post office clerks association to help him, was told by them 10 have the Hartford Better Business bureau interccdc for him with local politicians.
 Harry K. Taylor, postmaster con- tinued 10 withhold the facts in the case and would make no statement | yesterday except to deny that he was ! one of the Is asked to show cause within three days why he should not be released from the service. Some years ago Ryan. one of the employees about to be dismissed. was a candidate for Taylor's job, with | Norton and Hackett as packers. 1 I.aWton was at one time state prcSl- dent of the post office clerks and ! Lopinsky was treasurer. Shay was aligned with them during the l929 convention and was subjected to bit l ter attacks by Norton and Hackctt. 1 Yacavonc has been mentioned as having had charge of the buying ot the beer for the convention.
 That secrecy concerning the en- tire matter is being encouraged was evident when, with the exception Of . Norton, Hackctt and Ryan, rcclp- icnts of the letters from the postal inspectors, point out that they were instructed at hearings earlier ill the month, to divulge no details to out
 sidcrs. That post office politics IS
 not considered public knowledge is
 still further indicated by the reply Norton received from Thomas J.
 Flaherty, secretary-treasurer Of Nhe
 National Federation of Post Office
 Clerks, Washington. D. C., who says
 it will be difficult to help Norton be-
 cause of the publicity he has given
 the case.
 F'lahcrtys letter is said 10 mcn-
 ton that Harry K. Taylor has no standing' in Washington.