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u
Giantic and Powerful Wea-E
Here as thn Armistice Was
Signed
-w—
WASHINGTON. .\ia,v 13 Behind
the armies in Frame which smashed;
c. reed to victory l: rough lh“ German ;
Mensa- last tall. lI-ie United Smtes’
who forging. before the armistice was'
dyad. weapons gizttntic and power-
ful. counted upon to make ultimate.
mm mtwnmmnr'inlnemortutheamawm-*
“.1 pron-am alone. the full fruition
arm could hot‘hnve been matched polled the War W to east} skilled French work-en
baton me. [here was in creation an
W
W believed by army not: have to or the 3-inch field artillery with which ' «I
be c! itself able to brim: the victory. '
An Oflkill and ““31““ account 0f when the United States entered the.
that m”) in contained in the chap;
ters made public today of "Amcria's'
Mnu‘ihonn." the historical report pro-I
pamll under the dirme of Assistant
Secretary meeil. who was dil""(‘lOl'_
or munitions during the war.
The whole story of guns. from the
2': tum. "infantry cannon" with its’
inch and one-half bore. designed lo:-
THE- HARDWARE &
AUTO SUPPLY CO.
42 Water St. » '
Phone 12155. So. Norwalk, Gt.
Innate Parts, Starter and
If Generator Brushes
on. -d Graces
More Speedometer Pam
Gasoline and Kerosene
use in the front lines of combat. to the
. .'
gill-inch mortar on a railway mount.
‘whlebnotowortbarocctbem
my flo- poinu mlloo och-dine Em
uary odor“ of Amwricnn industry (0
ATE? in: front. the story of tho uneraordi-
‘ was signed.
lea-truancy with artillery on alto state that inoculation ofihis re-
: scale never before attempted in graph-5 cuperator problem was imminent on
ically pictured. Through :t‘all runs
the same spirit of partnership in the
' . ' enterprise between *8" an
m “er; Being Forgalgt‘hir government that made puss.”
such an undertaking.
The chapters devoted to m are .
P"(HSl\‘P as to make up a consider-
able volume in themselves. Mm-
taizi thc names and the statistical rec-
ords of achievement of all the arm
that worked on guns or ammunition.
and this ollcial commentary will have
a place in the records of those firms
in the years to com.
Among the many interesting things
cially than at the m that im-
aalde, except for trail-lg . . all
the American army Was equipped
war .and to substitute for these weap-
on: three types of runs fitted to take
ammunition oi' the 75 Ill). type. em-
ployed by the French light pieces.
There has been ninth cnnlroxevs;
' because of the alleged failure to adopt
m the outset of the war the French
73. famous for its performances at the
“or. a.- the standard American pit-cw:
The report shoux tin-.5
of this type.
the :un mu adoptld for combat in”
yin-we bu: ”out its“ prmiuczinn in (man.
ill}: in the linited Slates. proved to 1,.
can more of a problem than the 20r-
ernmrm's experts had anticipaud
Fm; ill-'l rvalinn llzv American 3-fnt‘
gun. ro-(lo.-si;n-vl for
and 'h0 Bxxtish .". 3-inch held nun. sim-
ilariy rcchalnbercd. were both put into
production in order to make use Of
every facility for manning-tire The
H
ammunition:
, mnerhapsthebanleot’
mmnmrwmd
wnrinhtrial enterprise-afloat.
anythhstonetooo-ethrou‘hJud
not been solved when the Moo
However. it is only fair
I‘Norember 11. 1918." ~ _
The recuperator is the recon dcrtce
which .hco thou five-ob gnu- what
thwy are. Their construction was a
Prom secret and to hula the. there
is wired a degree of precision com-
parlble only. the report states. to that
necessary in building as delicate an
s instrument as a sextant. it was with
power 12-inch rides. building .
Chilean government. were commnd-‘
eel-ea. Practically all or these were‘
intended for the railway mounts of?
various type; and the great minority;
of them. (What with new guns of;
tbeoe when. would hare reached;
France in time hr the campaigns or;
1910 and 183. had the war mm 3
ln :‘ll the" were in procean pr.-
jecta to about the American army-
with 300 of these tremendous guns. all .
of which were well advanced when?
“reality that any American Immac-
1
accepted by the government-
out or France or by other than the.
the mange-led. lnaddiuontotbei
turcr Was persuaded to undertake it.: navy's contribution of 14-inch mics. '
yet on April 25.19”.” or these re? _
cuperators had been completed and 33...". went arm, By an m g
‘ of these passed by French crpcrts andl 1918. :1 units had been completed and .
They‘
Were the first of ihesc devil-cs built:
an mlway luau-ts. three army their f
the runs and mounts fully Ml
stralcd. An intercsziug feature of the ‘
mount was that it had trucks which
gwould permit it to 099119!- mn either:
E Construction of the nuns lht-rnulv- ' standani lailmarlr. n. 'm- [Le now
and iht-Er carriages went forward 9 r mac line: a- 4»: iron! ';
.swiftly. l'nder the agreement: 33%“: Rabi-23' luv. ;. .- ' 'lilch rifles;
Pmch and ‘British were to supply “2-..-
first .xmarirzn am”: with all of their
liq-id :zztillel) and inh‘lmelliflll’ batter-
.
i- .~‘ v. ilh tho facet-(ion of the powerful;
: mic and bo'lizer whichf
and ;
Which prorrd hithly cfl’rctirc a:ains: ‘
. American
was taken over by the [mops
German ncld guns. The American.
Expeditionary ForCo- rcceivcd trom'
lhl’ Hench before 'hv armistic" “as,
signed 1.918 7."- mm. sins and 77: 17.3
'mm ltoxitzcrs They had also re.
wit-«l mm lln Prcnrh 2118 17-3 mm'
2.7'v- and lulll: lllv Hl‘lllrll 123 R-lnth
haunt-is “ah i"! 9.2-inth hnwitz-rs
.annzplvzrtl and had? {Oi delivery. Ad
dillona' nmrrxctp were medc with tho-
Finish for 302 [miners of winch ral- ,
‘ br" for delivery by April. 1919.
' To fill their own factories with {org-l
.iuu for run. bath French and Brit-l
. ish were drawing heavily on American '3
'machinc work and asrflnil)’
,parls for 91 mounts were on hand.
. min :bc coast dcfcnsus also were or- .
den-d in «mmtkm with the French.
to be
done in France. They were to be dis »
int-red at Genet-.2! l‘v- hinc‘s request
by March. 1919. :
One of the. projec'-: vmharhcd upon
was the mounting of m m' the 12-inch -
ruomx- lor use in m-- 1919 cam»
pawn. This proved to b» the largestA
job or ihc wholc artiilny pmzram'
and required the construction by the;
cov-srnmrnt 0! a wholly new plant;
which was completed on June 1. 1918.]
The first mount. was finished in Aug—?
not of that year and passed all tests?
and when the armistice was signed:
the castings. forging: and structural’
In
April of lhlzt your 43 complete units;
had been delivered and the whole ’1.
guns could hare been mounted by.’
in- ' industry when the l’nited States en-gJuue. I
,American and British iypc ‘11“~ j
' tended rimmilv for training Walk and l lei-ed the war. The” orders were not
own.» so emplnyed. But the wisdom of interfered with. but. on Ihc contrary.
pulling thesu’ .uns into production on were stimulated and expanded in or-
; The department orderod 16 mouan;
. for 11-inch rifles. deliveries to benin ;
i in F'rbruazy. 1919 Those were in ad-.
, El \
The Rug Department. at Kead’s
'A very great and just pride is taken in the e" -—
IllurI-yofnusln the Rndgallcry. A wide ex-
'A9 5.! Vin-g. 'v i -. ..A_
n»; 3
. . 1' 7"- v( "" V” M "P-
pause of floor. wen lighted and m every way ., "W m”- m l
pleasant is given up tome various carpets and 3
' People who intend hug- .
in: new rugs, or those who are planning a sum- ;
merhomewillbeiutercstcdintbciinesolpop-l
ular priced and practical rugs. The department ,
bassiudied the needsol' Bridgepofl him mak- . ‘ “MW . .-
ers and the markets have been hunted through . n :-
ofhcr floor coverings.
to provide such as are tequm
This neck alt-3*: is .. medal in 'l‘apcslr)
Rugs. ” 7-; £2.
patterns in
nnxcd
monimls in living and dining
price is
- $29. 50
lbs is 2 modes: wave. the .
colorings, mail)-
browns. tans and olive shades which are har-
rooms.
lcience. we we“: ctr-clues a... .
i‘i'e \«ar 9 half..-
of bug“. aim."
“hath w-l- rm. _:. f. _.
( haunt: \"c-rfall'll-x 1.. . t
upon cam-*0 of on. w...”
truly", “I tho l‘s vo‘f :1.
Though darn;- f-In- me p. .
lands dint-om». liw r... .
gnl . .
g.“ ‘
lus~-
invun as a F"! r
i and H so \T-ui {in h =1 fl:
3 ”W Thom T5.- rw' we- ..
only u :...- .-.. ._
“hi-Inifl .s.r.x- 2 3-. .
Q .0er (-5 3'5. «in; win v: -
when l ww- «on a l.
tile ‘ 1'Ix‘flh‘l' tho on.“
. ‘HH; D. '-l limo-i
nozrw gavonrlu.‘ H55- .4
, pm.- hero hold. Pol-nu v w‘ .
0‘ 'llMO .oYO ‘H! existent T. r
l): acme (" 1". (all! f'vu 3 >-- .
n.’ Brifllirf-lv i
The
A Magnificent Showing of Dining Room Sets
’7‘ 5 My, Oak ad Walnut. ll is not really ilntmrizni ‘Vllc'lic'
one has a pure Chippendale or Sheraton sci.
(lance whether a group is Hepplewhiteur Adam. A set of furniture which
Only experts can tell (u .t
is a happy combination of two slylu might be a very pleasant thing to .-
live with. So long as it is beautiful and useful. it sen as its purpose. -'
the
on." Row-Sebianflgbsh' moflonpicoeo" ,
which it wont! be hard to ciassrfy andplacc m any period. The table is ob- .
a quantity $114.!» is 63mphaslzed in lhv . der that tho l'nitcd Slates might for ! dition lo the tlvc :uns of this size ’
Auto Supplies, Tires and Tubes
G. H. Hedenberz. Prop.
‘uf lmx‘ i n a pa rant-a ph:
"In the year and one-halfofour wax .xllnlr and. at the sane time. create a;
experience the manufacturing produc-
Hnn problem Were all practically and
mmplwle-ly "llVf'd With one exccp'iOn
that of building French hydmpneu-
matic .rr-cuperavors for the 75 mm.
l min. BliSlNESS ;
H Will i
r‘ v r
l
Mac-h preparation for
gnish forging: in trade for completed
:wholly new source of supply for the
report show: that between April. l917.
and the conclusion of hostilities. there
were supplied to the Allies forzines
r
t
-' for 1.102 guns of calibrcs'ranginc from ,
21-inch to 9.5-inch; additional sun lube;
forrinzs to the extent at “.821; and
.shell forgings totalling 3.918.451.
; There were only {our gun makers
'in the lfniled States when the coun-
try (‘I'Ili‘l'fll the contest. but by Octo-r
Vbr-r. 98. there were 19 fanatics c-n-
:azrd on this I'ork. During
month. with three of tho 1! factorics
’bulk of its own artillery program. The.
that -
Manned m Francc by the .m- n...’ long, and with line markings.
The chairs are slat hacked and have seats of old blue and m.
armistice scrvcd M cancel the
Etract. ‘
Th.- is-imh bnwnza r. largest ol the.
whole run family. was stzcccsnfuly.
mounwd upon a railway carriage and.’
following it.- pu-ngc of >erere tents.’
(lo-eta] Pershing called for 1: of‘
these weapcua as soon as they could
be ymducv-d. Order: were placed inc
6] additional runs of thin size. but.
_nunehadbeentnrnedout bytbetl-b
the armistice was signed and the work
0! mounting them was never under-
thkolL
The chapters oi the rape)" armour
itoday deal Ill. with artillery aunt
con - l
u--..u...-.. .ao.»
English.
damask. The china
The legs are of the turned 51;. la known in
cabinet has a central arch like a cathedral windOu .
and the glass is latticed. Buffet and serving l a b l e have commndéom 1
drawers and cupboards and there is wonderful crotch mahogany on th.~
, .drawers and cupboard.
' lei-ia- Oak Sch. plain and substantial designs. ll,
' Georgia Web-t Sets, with bandSlmcl} finished burl walnut pm- .
.J -o a.
Price is $495.00
I
$185.00
. -. will lut‘kln: mo-ir rumpleLe equip-dill“. with the powder production ‘
m cm m“ m {‘1} “e have prm: incur, lllPrif warn prodm'o-d 2.031 gun )Id '1!!! llie m that were W C'S' ten PICCCS, $398.00
P . if "n if" V" '7" writings of calibre: up to 9.5-inch. or 'tho experimental stac- for mounting ‘
km W ' .c «or .y o; l m m .. ml.- or 24mm guns a year as com- 9 heavy nuns <- mtcrflliar tracton.‘ M 5" dam ' ' - . peri- - .v ~ 3 " 9
'1‘ thc's “mg. parvri to the capacity for 55 ilnichr-d’which was an American xlvvelopmcnl; i . _ .’ 0f the A .PCTlOd. “16.58 a" CS 3") Anita“
atom—om; or Pit- . dance. 0" .43.”... .. $.23: 11:9 lprifng of 1391; if: f““. wan-i1 i; pmmm rum.- :0 retro-l with damtv carvings and nrnamentatmn. appropriate for modem llnlnnill .yi
‘ _ - 4.» :u-zua p no Inn 0 compel '. uuonzze i e an o artilery ior‘ ' '
m ; ;Q""?:‘;"‘ ‘3 :un- up to December. 1919. was 4.039. f the entire wmld. While numerous ea-g ”0"“ 5' $285 00 i
. igm u on including 1,813 of 75 m. calibre; 22a: pertinence: unc- were Mood and- ' “
mo Acco , . genteel. “'3 of the 3-inch antmrcrnh-W; 218 of : successfdlyfl “I. however. [.51. F Z G- L " d h H 7
some U] - 9 . -. :he 4.74m one: use“ . 155 m..mou . not reached a... m ph ha . 00k -
me C 0.0 9 :‘anmnm: wrung-Ll” of m 1 I“ rifles: “Win! 91'; 1 ‘ before the armi-; e yr m8 ms e at t e at).
mm m5]; , , . - . . . st ’ ' ' ‘ ' '
“w . 02 I new” them “Wigwcmgvn er! “$2111 3’ ’cefifii “"21"! --- 3 There’s a tempting assortment now. home very choice styles in hats as. '-
- 303mm mo" commnuugy, would have supplanted the smaller How To COOK EGGS. ; About seventy-five different combma- be seen at the Millinery bec‘ lion mar...
All) P300300“.
Day and Evening m
co: ,
. runs AL pancreas.-
' ' i? ll ll?! 57 £0.P€PVLLY'
__n.___-.- -_ .-__.___:.' _F~:l-E,_fi__:_m>.-c.j
“SAFETY FIRST" ‘ """"
British guns of this type in 191'. Over
ithc same period the number of nun
forging; produced totalled 8A”.
The report points out that the m
program in reality depended upon the
ability to produce the recoil mechan-
isms. This picture of what such me-
chanisms or" called upon in do is
drawn:
' "Not long ago a 10min: car. weigh-
; “3- do not always rcahze ”in up",
sol. eggs in adding iarw'y. flavor. fine—
gncss of u more and food value to the;
gdaily nl“dl."_ A tamou: chef once .
gaaid “Without ”to aid of eggs the ar-
tistic cook would have to abandon his .
j profession in despair." and the house i
1 keeper could echo his winds when she ,‘
llith down to plan her week's menus:
I
it
(ions in plaids, some of them most un-
usual.‘
50 cts. a yard
Colored Cotton Poplins
it. CA.
at very“ low prices considering
quality/.3 Mostly dark straws will."
give good service as they may be wm‘l
late in the season. A varied group.
Close fitting little Toques m >5».
and satin.
Black split is a good Straw to cum-
all the hcns went on strike .vuli
'nz two tons. traveled at a rate of 120 .' man. we“, no 0:29.
1
"CW arr-qr! 7241': floflartfir .1
tilde bug late you! ('lzn'tyou :r- Mose
W: are sprayed mu Pyrex!" ‘
[ill the Bugs ii
Protect Your Trees
_ Spay NOW Will:
mowoarn's
AiprqfOI-MYW
byeanledinstock. '
AakforBugBoolr.
Albert D. Morgan
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It all happens in a twinkling—-
the uncapected‘accident!
All automobile accidents are
unexpected. That's why you
can't avoid them. No one can-
But you can place the cost and
the worry on an insurance com-
pany. Telephone today.
PHONE 471.
John M. Glover Azcncy
Insurance Experts
Regent Theatre Building
mung
The TRAVELERS
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
n
delivered by an enginothzt
I
You will find this Olin-land
1'"th an hour along a Florida beach.
‘Conce-ive of such a car going 337
miles an hour. whizh is much faster
. than any man ever traveled: then con-
ccixe of a mechanism which would
stop this car. going nearly six miles a
‘minuic. stop it in 45 inches of space
and half a second of limo. without the
, slightest injury to the automobile.
. That is precisely the equivalent of the
,fcal performed by a rccuperator by a
£240 mm. howitzer after a shot."
l Summarizing the production of guns
.by me United States as compared
:wirh Frame and Great Britain. the
;T°l‘0fl ‘21}‘ that between April. 1917.
and November. 1913. the United
lSlave-s produced 2.008 complete artil-
l [cry units as against 11.056 by France
gfmd 1065 by Great Britain. and dur-
‘lng those 19 months turned out 4,275
, gun bodies as against 19,492 by
; France and 11.85? by Great Britain.
6 "And our artillery capacity.” it
:adds. "was then. in the autumn of
l 1918. only getting under way."
i llig guns are dealt with separately.
.\ survey of the country immediatelv
-afwr the war declaration located 461
=wcapons ranginr fmm 7-inch lo 14-
;incli calibre which could be spared
, from coast defenses or by the navy to
Lb“ placed on railway mounts for us:
:ln France. There was also available
i one giant 16-inch howitzer. built by the
army belore 1917. From the sea coast
Overland Model 90.1mm;
equally pleasing in
performance.- It
mmmlyandquiotlsty inanddaym
s. L. BENEDICT
Car
has abundant power,
--~4»-wm-v ..-_-.._.. .. .. —..—.-... '-
In nrdcr lo make the best use or
asuch a valuable food the housekeeper;
”nun know how €658 behave under.
ivnrying conditions of cookery. ao.
;cording to lilac Maud E. Hayes.’
{Home Economics Specialist" for the:
‘Extl'nsmn Service of Connecticut Ag—I
:ricnltural College at Storrs. A tom-g
{per-lure below that of boiling is the.
ideal for cooking the eggs so that it'
Will be tender and delicious in such'
dishes as poached or fried eggs. cus-.
.tards, miles. etc. says Miss Hanoi
.Eggs and boiling water should not:
:lorm a continued partnership for the?
l result is always deplorable. The
“perfect “soft boiled" egg or the
{poached egg is cook. ed in water kept.
qull below the boiling point .the ion— ‘
der fried’cggs with crisp edges and.
goat discolored in the cooking should.
lbe cooked in fat that is not had.
Aenouxh to sputter when the 91:: is:
ibroltcn into it. Scrambled eggs if'
,cooked over hot watcr can be kept
.lende.‘ on consistency and eat: dish-vs
' baked in the oven should be surround -
, ed with hot water. i
j Soft custardn should always be
icookcd over hot. not boiling water“
:and yolks of eggs used instead of,
l whole 0123 give better results. allow-,
3 in: two egg yolks to one cup of milh 2
{for a fairly rich custard. f
Egg! used to lighten mixtures such‘
a as mullina and cakes are stirred. beat- i
l on or folded into the other ingredients ’
according to the particular dish that!
is being put together. >
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‘ -TrY a Sentinel Want Adycnisc-
.menl.
o-.~.~-.'......
nun wntu \
ma Jonson
Dan-ow
new new
.......-.«-...-. -
morons 7e
3 Very desirable shades, and a list con-
taining all the most fashio
They are used for lots of things be-
sides dresses.
59 and 75 c
Brassieres, Special
lace trimmed. A
most fetching little arrangement
Pink satin and
wear under a thin crepe or voile blouse. mg“ “’3‘“ meme-‘3 flowers 0‘ ' ‘54
ea ers. ”a
“‘45 $2.45 and $5.45
These were originally 82.50:“ a ‘1 Second “I _ -
few of them $3.00. in sizes 62 to 48. ‘ ‘ ‘ .
They are on sale on the
See them.
' Nice Things in Leather
Brief Canes..- Everybody carries one
these days, because of the convenience.
They have one, two and three pockets.
so that papers may in’ a way be classi-
ln black. rnssci and tan
fl Every woman needs them 50 do. '
Sterl‘ng salve. Bar Pin.
Useful for veils. fichus and sash:
50 (is.
cowhide. 5‘85! saw, 9“ ”I“
”hm-W keep cufl's of thin dresses in glut.
. £0 cts.
Shopp'q 3.. large sizes, pouch,
sham and lined attract
enough to carry many things.
. yachette or dull leather,
Valller ' Gloves
French Wool-hie Suedes’
For groan out and
tenuinc pruned wear. no
glove can be any better
than this. It fits perfectly
ad cleans euily. .
White,
and
Muslim
mum Good. Section. main floor.
a! Afternoon Tea :9 away because time I...
"“ for more extensive 2"
l.“- *. mg. It is a wum‘w
. J “ x .. ‘ story as well as a rm“?
‘_ pol-taut work of him.
bine with Georgette. so there are 1.;-
mgs or crowns of plain or shirmi
Georgette, with‘ribbon bows or irrrel-
ular stitches of silk embroider) fl.»- it.)
give the necessary trimming. -:'
1 Sailors. pineapple, Milan mild >pilt
straws. straight or rolling brims. with
' scarves and bands of plain or N‘r'
toned ribbons.
Hats made of fancy straw b; 1:.
combined with silk or satin. and (-
liable colors.
“. - '—
IS.
tn
main floor.
Summer Jewelry
Lingerie Chips
room W colored beads 3.2.? t .2
._. crystal chains. in all color comlmw. « :.~
' to wear with summer dresses.
31.00 c. T
ivciy,
..‘3
"Belgium
Stop in the Tea Room " r _ Brand Whitk
_ _, \ \\ e have had «me p:-
lit and buy the Special «1 this mulling “M
w i t h difficulty 1
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