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New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
FOUR INSTEAD OF FIVE

President Hoover. in announcing an agreement between officials Of the four eastern trunk line railroads us to consolldationS-th plan dating from 1920 when Congress passed tho Transportation Act-gave a broad hint 10 the Interstate Com merce Commission that 1t might as well approve the proceedings for four trunk lines instead of five. as rho commission had previously sug- gested.
 The President evidently wants action instead Of more discussion. The conferences which have been under way between the presidents Of the four lines involved, # is learned. have been held under the suggestion Of the President, and they have been continued for several weeks until the 11agnates were able to come to q decision affecting all the lines.
 Under tH@ decisions as made the New York central obtains the LackaWauna: ,ne Chesapeake X ohio obtains rh. Lehigh Valley; the Baltimore d Ohio obtains the Read ing and the Central Of New Jersey; and the Pennsylvanla obtains certain trackage rights over the Nickel Plate along the shore of Lake Erie into Buffalo-the latter point haylng haon quite bitterly contested by the Now York Central which has d monopoly in this territory.
 Incidentally the Pennsy lvanIa must gi>e up tho Lehigh Valley and the Wabash, the New York Central must sell .,s interest in the Reading to inc B a: c., and the latter sys- tenn must dtvest itself Of the Western Maryland These are the highlights of the planned consolidation.
 The prospect Of q fifth trunk line therefore goes eIlmmering, although the route ir was 10 have followed is incorporated in the existing four systems.
 The Presid~ut says consolidation now WouII h,Ip business by freeing tho railroads affected from uncer- taIn,E and enabling them to proceed n-ith unpvoV cmeuts and better serv- ice. There is much 10 this contention.
 Ii the I. C. C. acts cxpeditiously iu approving tho plan these objects might be speedily attained. There remains the possibility, however. that the I. C. C. may require much time. l. las never been noted for speedy decisions. though in this ras. f can do TO more than approve or dIsapprola, If it should do the latter ths entire railroad situation nould oa thrown hack 10 where 1t was ten years ago, and lt probably would seryq as an indictment against the usefulness Of the commission.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
\ GREAT NEW TUNNEL

Following q record of astonishing success with the Holland tunnel un- der the Hudson, the metropolis is in the market for more Nehicular tubes. and this appetite bids fair to he appea5cd with permission from the war department to proceed with the construction of a yehicular tun- nel under the East river, World famous bridges already span the East river, but the unsuitable de- mands of traffic asks for more
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
tenn and make plans to substitute something better,

tenn and make plans to substitute something better.
 Purchase of prison farm like wise would benefit the prisoners and help to reduce the cost of upkeep. This will also be something of an outlay for the state; but if the state IS 10 modernIze its prison plant it cannot be done without money.
 The host Of other recommends tons which accompany the report need no detailed analysis by a news paper. Some Of them are reiterations Of previous suggestions made on be- half ot the prison. as for instance. the recommendation that "lifers" be eligible TOT parole after 5 years of Imprisonment.
 An important recommendation. in our opinion. has to do with the re- iuo,al ot thc mentally defective rom the prison. But stops have al r.aIy hc-n taken. # appears, 10 this end and the present method in all probability will be d thing Of the past in a comparatively short time.
 Messrs. Cummings, Moran and Clark. the committee of investiga- ton, have presented a most thor ough report. It is now to be hoped that the state government does more regarding q majority Of the recom- n-endations than to merely pigeon hole them. As long as the state must have q prison 1t should be a first rate institution, Of the most modern management, and meeting with the progressive conceptions ot present. day penologlsts.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
arteries.

arteries.
 But the tunnel will be to Long Is- land City. not particularly benefit ing the great city of Brooklyn fur ther south on Long Island. Conse- quently the getting boosters of Brooklyn have been quite irritated at the prospect. What the vehicular tunnel will mean is increased facili- ties for expansion in Queens, with nothing in particular gained by the borough of Brooklyn.
 But the new tunnel. to be twice the length Of the Holland tube. will not be in operation before approxi- mately 1887. The main feature now is that two years Of discussion IS cut short by permission to get 10 work.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
Husband Talks Seven
 Years in His Slumbers

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. S1 Pt-After seven years Of listening 10 her husband talk in his sleep, Mrs. John Daily has sued for di- Vorc".
 Mrs. Daily said she would have been able to stand "ordinary' sleep talk-cven for seven years but that her husband, during his nocturnal monologuc repeat cdly muttcrcd threats against her life. She expressed the belief that he may have been feignins sleep, just 10 scare her.
 Also, said Mrs. Daily. her hus- band made q practice of telling their son, John. that mother is the bunk"
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
c. h.-ING THE PRISON


 Non. ,. tho>a pho made charges a2alns, -aa management or the srate prison at Wr,h.rst@Id having been able 10 sulstau,iate them when put under os,h. the board Of inyesttsa-
 has reported to the Governor
 ttho .aJe-atjons ot cruelty were
 So. Thus the great prison sensation
 When the prob. Was inau=uratyd
 Gof,ruor Trmbun there were cjuzens uauna ,uouch 10 hint that f would be a vhlre0ash; but ny ro- framed from Jolnmg this viewpoint on the broad general principle that the 1ctouIers Of th. prison methods lad as much right 10 day in court as those who made charges, and that the only .usr way 10 S, at the bot tom ot the heated controversy was through d board ot inquiry. With Homer :. Cummings, former Demo- cratic national committeeman, as chairman M did not doubt that the inquiry would b. impartial
 The public is now lnf' 10 realizo that it IS far easier 70 make unsub- stanuat,d charges than to prove them. Those Vho made the charges in the first place were given oppor- tuui'y to tell all they had seen; but a. so often happens, they could re- count nothing at first hand. Their testimony appeared in 1he nenspa- pers al the time and the public quickly came 10 the conclusion that there was much nor, smoke about l,o prison than there vas fire,
 The inquiry. howev'r, w5u haya served tAe purpose Of putting the p1lson trustees on guard ayainst tue possibility Of earning popular djs- appro,a d. The pubHc's interest in how conditions ill tho prison are conducted has been intensified through tld- inquiry and i. sill con- tinua.
 Interest in the report. then. must center upon tho recommendations made for improving the prison plant and a1ding 10 the weIi-beius and possible reform of its unfortunate tcnantry, The board frankly admits that a form of contract labor Is the chief occupation Of prisoners, and notes the growing sentiment against this system. Connecticut therefore, in order 10 be abreast or the times. must be prepared 10 make q heavy investment in Improved shophuildug and equipment to carry out q better occupatonal program in the prison than the shirt shop, q system which will be Tn conformity with the new
 
 products of manufacture 10 use within the state.
 onnecticut should be eager 10
 fe this improvement. The shirt
 has provided profits for the u~.tractor and q few dollars for prisoners. but has left them without adequate training for use when they leave the institution. "The best type Of prison labor will not only keep men busy but it will give them q certain skill in d trade which they can practice on the outside says the report Which happens to be per fectly good suggestion 10 the state to forget about the rigors Of being con- pelled to live up the contract sys-
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
RUSH ANTI-TOAIN

Fairbanks, Alaska, Dec. 5l Pt- Anti-toxin was to be rushed by air. plane to Tanana, Yukon river trad ing post l50 miles west of Fair banks. at the request Of authorities who radioed yesterday they feared . diphtherla epidemic. One case had appeared, the message said.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
25 Fears Ago To-day

A. J. Andrews was elected coun- cilor of the Chamberlain council Jr o. L A. M. at the meeting held last evening
 Tho extensive program being put through in this city by the telc-
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
QUES7ION AND .qNJDER JERLES Do You KNOW CONNECTICUT? Compied by THE CONNECTICUT CHAhBER or C0hnERCE Inc
 Asrlu

What Connecticut played arto 
  as e. 0 he Capitol in A. sSS420Oo. e. long Connecicuts shore A What Connecticut-raisod worth? called The Brass Ciy?' forests? will be published Fridays paper)
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Not ID this generation nor for many succeeding ones will they (tlc hanhsj 10, lur"d tn'o tho traps Of land and s.wrllI~s nf)auon,' ro- marks the MerideH Record, The main trouble in some eases right DOW seems to he 10 unloosen the traps.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
WED IN CEMETERY

Seattle. Wash, Dec. 31 (Pt-At- tracted by the beauties of a funeral chapel in q cemetery here, Ronald Hooper, A. an organist and Miss Gladys Leslie, 20, an elocutionist, were married there Monday night. Three hundred guests were present.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Down in N,Wark. \. J., the 1rol- Ieys are returning to straight nickel fare. according 10 the papers. We merely mention this for the benefit ot those whom it may con corn.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Iha ...aa nho goes 70 he'd early tonight may r.t-S ; 'ot O fun, but h. also al.t HL-s a headache tomoT- row.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Ono tozt Of rrohibIuon would be 10 se. how lt prohibits tonight, As WIG understand it, ali the prohibition asants niIl oe II church
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

This is Tho Jay when Na have a right 10 wonder whether tho seua- tors al odd~ i'll Washlngton wish each o-l.r d Happy New Year.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
probably came just after a discour- aging lot of jury decisions.

A sufficient commentary on Amer ican standards is the general sur. prise that Einstein didn't feel infer for in the presence of New York re- pOrters.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

An old-tmer is one who can re- member when the last word in youthful wickedness was to put something smelly in the water can on the school stove.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Correct this sentence: Ut never occurs to me-" said the senate lead- CT, that l am more important than the president"
 Copyright 1880, Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

New 40rk, Dec. 3l.-WeSt 42d street around 9 a. III. has the effer- VeSCCnt surge of rare wine. It is the hour when the clerical nuskcteers and stcnographors, so fair. so young, march across town from Grand Gen. tral 10 shops, stores. offices. Every body is gay and life seems a gag.
 No rowling here though the way be weary and the going rough. Even the crossing cops smile is chcerier. The white wing whistles. Tho whole tempo is quick, fluent Hail hail, the gangs all here. New York may droop and drag home in the eve ming. but it skips to work, sniffing the winds of romance.
 In the parade are young men who make d better appearance on s35 week than the rich bloods with charge accounts at the avenue tailors. They know all the newest wise cracks. They can make 55 cent tie from an auction cart shame a Charvet creation of the Place Nendome.
 The young ladies, too, frocked in their bastmcnt bargains are more smartly attircd than the debutante flapper. They may chow gum and carry tabloidS. but there is some thing imperious in their manner that suggests the pamperod show girl. And they indulge no cheap flirtations.
 These are suprcmely fortunates who are not concerned with revolt against tyranny They have instead created their own world of illusion a world peopled with such dream gods and goddesses as Rudy Nallee, John Barrymore. Katharine Cornell and the great Greta Garbo.
 For a block away you can hear the dainty staCCato tick, tick. tick of high heels on the thick glass Of sidewalks. It is q swift kaleido- scope cut aof life I never tire of watching. II is the one New York phenomenon that will rout me out Of bed before noon.
 No other class Of workers moving along Manhattan streets display such energy and verve. When they suddenly orupt on sidewalks in the morning roar, it is like a torch fall ing into resinous shavings-a spark, 8 splutter and d quick, rae ing flame.
 Two chorus men in q current show are programmed as oxford Hall and Townley Chambers. which sounds like q slice Of apartments from upper Riverside Drive.
 And it may be just dandy that on an upper Broadway building win dow is 4 sign: "Yc Bew-tec Shopp9" but it seems to me to be putting it on thiquc.
 A rumor persists two Long Island misses from social register families wound up a numb night in q l4th street tattoo salon. Necklaces with bird clasps were tattoo"d on their sWan-lko uccks. and they are now under treatment of plastic surgeons in Paris in hope Of being de- tattoocd.
 4 new hotel offered the towns most expensive apartment the top floor at $60.noo or some such silly figure. No tenants were trampled ill the rush and 1t is now d successful breakfast club. But at one fourth the rental figure.
 Bcstowinc the name Eff upon otherwise ostmablr Eoung ladies seems d panache that gives them self consciousness de liberate flair for showing of. In my time I have known five Tifis-four here and one abroad. Each was good looking but Obscased with q notion they must be hoydcnish har- em sea rum and always in the spot light. On the other hand l know of no name that inspires such q be- coming calm and old fashioned dig
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

The silver lining is beginning to show. You hear just as much wall ing. but you don't hear the Stein song so much.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

The Herald s on sale daily in New York at Ho,aliGgs Nevssta and, Times Square; Schultz 2 Newsstand, Entrance Grand Central. scnt Street.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Credit is cheap; but 90 is col lateral,
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

It may be a freak of coincidence but in New York paper this morn ing I read an editorial that Italy was the only European country that never developed a taste for strong cheese. And later today at the news reels was q riotous welcoming street demonstration for the prize fighter Primo Carncro in Milan.
 Copyright. 1880, McNaught
 syndicate, lnc)
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
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nifty as Beth. I know several Beths and all, while utterly self-effacing. arc types you remember pleasantly.
 There are girls, too, whose beauty is like bright thrusts of lightning that flash in sombre sky and are seen no more. You sec them illum- mate Broadway heavens and some- how forget. With no effort to be mean-tempered I think of Lois Moran, Ona Munson, Helen Ship man, Ann Andrews, Margolo Gil- more and there others whose names I cannot even recall. All are graci- ously beautiful but to me strangely eVanescent.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

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New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
usnb,r Audit Bureau nf Circulation

Member AudJt Bureau "t Circulation .s5 A D. C. ls national yrsau.zal .on ~l.-a .-1'sLe= 1ew>laue.s and atseI- .se-s S.h d st-l-tly homes; saa'Fss n. .e.--I.a-t1u -lr circulation s+at.stt-s a'e based ufy1 this audit This tnslres pro- -e.t'gr aga.1st fraud ln newspaper d.s- rrIHut or figures to both national and tcCa. adverLlsers
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
Memher Of the As-oaated Press

The only profitable advertising met'uu la the City Circulation books and press room always apen to advertisers
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Trs Associated Press IS exclusively en- ..rcd t1 the uss for re- publication ot all news credited to t or not otneTw se credited '~ t~.z pa per and also loeal rers .- e.ea :N+.stu.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
Approval Expected

hpbioNol I%AtN'tN'
 Some Washington opinion today was that barring discovery of some arrangement 1t might hold contrary to public interest, the interstate commerce commission would view the agreement favorahly.
 Considerable attention was given here 10 the suggestion Of President Hoover that the unifiCations might prove q considerable contribution to business recovery through increasing the financial stability of railroads, particularly the weaker ones, and by providing employment
 Mir. Hoover pointed out that for ten years development Of the roads had been seriously retarded by un- certainty. Other forms of transpor- tation were permitted to sweep ahead while the roads hesitated to undertake great improvements such as electrification, development of terminals and other changes as long as the eventual disposition Of so many lines was unsettled.
 Presidcrt silent
 The president said 1t was his an derstandng the plan as drawn met legal requirements for protection of the public interest. He specifically pointed out that such decision WAS up 10 the commerce commission. AL so he did not give any details of the plan.
 Being a four system alloCation the new proposal is not in line with the consolidation plan for the whole country completed q year ago by the commission. But the storm Of op- position which met the commission proposal which divided eastern ter ritory in five systems, one built around the Wabash. was one Of the reasons advanced for believing the regulatory group would lean towards the present project.
 Politicians Divided The political reception of the presidents announcement so far has been divided pending study Of the details
 Senator Couzens, chairman of the senate interstate commerce commit tee, said If It dld not a"ehl lo llIii to be in the public interest he would do all possible 10 get through the house his measure 10 suspend all railroad consolidation. Representa- tive Parker. chairman of the house interstate commerce committee, on the other hand. said hc believed 1t would be "verY advantageous proposition. Two democrats on the committee expressed opposition Senator Howell. republican. Nebras- lia, said he saw 'llttle economy ln the proposal and Senator Wheeler democrat, Montana, said he would oppose it If it bore any resemblance to the merger proposed for the ] Great Northern and the Northern Pacific.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Entered st the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mall Matter,
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

9L bS~4'-F -A'--' 'N@1 So $500 Year
 s2e0 Three Months
 15c Month
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Non. }. thO>a who made charges against -ua nanagement O. the scate prison at Wr,h"rs,l~Id having been able 10 suls1an,iate them when put under o8.h. the board Of jnyestiEa-
 has reported to tho Governor
 the Ale-afjons ot cruelty were
 50. Thus the great prison sensation
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

The Flood that destroyed the race
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Issued Daily Sunday E1cepted) At Herald Bldg. 67 Church Street
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

A rumor persists two Long Island misses from social register families wound Ip a numb night in q l4th street tattoo salon. Necklaces with bird clasps were fattoo"d on their sWan-liko uccks, and they are now under treatment of plastic surgeons in Paris in hope Of being de- tattoocd.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

4 new hotel offered the towns most expensive apartment the top floor at $80.nu0 or some such silly figure. No tenants were trampIed III the rush and 1t is now successful breakfast club. But at one fourth the rental figure.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

SUBSCRIPTION RATES
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

The reason q small window dis play attracts the most people is b"- cause it doesn't obscure the mirror in the back.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-24

ried forward more rapidly when
weather permits.
The planting Of spring rye will fol-
low that OF wheat. NO start Is x
peotcd for some little time IN oats.
corn. barley. flax and ether crops. It
L. not necessary to seed flax for sew
cral weeks yet, 80 that definite In
formation a. to the actual acreage o.
f1ax Will not DO available until carly
in June.
There have been some high winds
and dry weather In western Mintc-
sofa. which probably have caused
come damage.
The early estimate that durum
wheat reduction would be about Is
per cent ID, likely to be increased TO
between a 20 and IS per cent reduce
ton. Thc-intenticns to plant report
indicated a spring wheat acreage ap-
! proSimately equal to that OF lS10.
Present estimates r that the bread
! spring wheat acreage Will be reduced
by 10 to Is per cent.
Probably the strongest argument ~
favor Of reduction In the acreage o.
! spring wheat has been the farm stor'
age Of grain in North Dakota. Farm
ors may obtain loans on wheat prop.
crly stored on farms. With this sur
plus Of wheat actually in their pos
session, It conveys . warning to them
that there Is q surplus and drives
that fact home with greater force
than when they sold their wheat and
it passed completely out Of their sight
and possession.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-24

in the new bulletin reveals that North
Dakota farmers who exchanged wheat
FOR machinery In 1913 needed 0o4
bushels to purchase q gang pillow,
drill, binder and wagon. In 1921. 109
bushels HeFo required and In .lo2e,
eo6 bushels were needed to purchase
the same machinery.
The same chart shows that II boel
cattle ore substituted for wheat, nine
head were required in 1918, 10 head
In lo2l and 10 head In 1928 to pur.
chase the same amount Of machinery.
The l1seSt the purchasing power Of
North Dakota farm products cana "a
eQualling 100 per cent since the WAr
period Wal. In 1926. Il. reached ~
per cent 1t that time, but has sance
decreased.
A copy Of this bulletin. No. 232,
Prices Of North Dakota Farm Pro-
ducts" may be secured free from any
county agent or BY writing direct "a
tho publications department at the
Agricultural college.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-24

willard, farm ccouomists Of the
Agricultural college. in . recently
published bulletin.
while wheat and other grain prices
are below the level Of the prices farm
crs pay for the things they buy, live
stock prices have been above this
level for nearly two years. World
production. on the other hand, has
increased since 1925 and prices have
declined.
Flax, however, compares more fav.
orably with livestock In price, having
reached q level in 1929 almost equival-
ent to the. price level ct which farrn-
ers must buy their supplies and equip
mert. The tariff on max y one rea-
son for its good position, while an
other is that production In this coun-
try is only about half enough to meet
industrial requirements.
To illustrate the changes which
have taken place in the price bal
ance" between farm products and In
dustrial products, . chart contained
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-24

General Electric trouble. proof and
worry.proof.
General Electric gives you every ADVANTAGE
that electric Refrigeration has % C&ee-plus
value, convenience and service without
comparison. Modem ia desim, beautiful IN
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-24

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-24
FARMERS BEST OFF
WHO Raise STOCK
AS WELL AS GRAIN
With Wheat Prices Declining,
Those on Cattle Have
BEEN Going Up

North Dakota farmers who raise
livestock are In q relatively better
position 70 far Is price Is concerned
than those who depend on grain rails
inS for. the major portion of their In
comes. say q. N. Fuller and Rex +.