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’5 Residence——
1e, No. on. F. SW A. M.
nlc molding. South
-' L lst and 3rd Tuesday of
(fly and august except
k. ‘1“! Master Mam’
0 John K. Pinch, w.
Wilcox. secretary.
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Alli than.
[Intent of the air mail sys-
apme. The New-York-
fii'iehinztdn route has be-
‘flbfihb‘liflfid, minor fact
nite stand against that step.
illustration of the sentiment of
country.
papers as well as the rallies.
8,000 editors were heard from. They
Were all men whose busineSS it is to
know fiat the public thinks. and if
they do not represent public opinion.
who does
against the alternative proposition of
petting the government keep the roads
for five years. There were 74 per cent
definitely against that, and only 10
per cent for it.
my of former days.’ 'They form the
largest body of then ever collated for l
war under'a flag not their own. They .
played a worthy part in the war. They '
Were already in the trenches and
camps all over the world when tire
word that America was “in" first thrill-.
ed the allied armies.
Now as they seek repatriation the)“
should receive the same warm welcome
and recognition as do the boys .who!
fought under our own flag. The pro-l
cess should be made as simple and air-t
eat as possible so that theme men necdi
not come as immigrants to their hom
shores.
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EDITORS AND RAILROADS
A questionaire submitted to the
newspaper editors of the United States
on the subject lot the railroads shows
an overpowering majority opposed to
government ownership. About 83 per
cent declared themselves in favor of
turning the roads back to their own-
ers. and only 11 per cent take a defl-
°1
i
l
’ The poll is probably conclusive as an
the
It includes the weekly news—
Nearly
There ‘was almost as strong a vote
This is about what any well infom-
A
taken as a matter of course.
Wicago route has been
.0. -le.
v service from New York to‘
t
I
y interrupt ed. ‘
tabs established on the sal’nefr
r- ._ I
New York to Boston.
fill no doubt have their (lav:
little, branch air lines will be
m smaller centers of distribu-
r
extended.
carrying capacity.
Planes Will help
. l
Them 8
,1
s also be erected on the tops
ufidlngs.
t whereby pianos can drop
. and accurately without.
... mailsacks while in
i D
Plans are beinfl 1p
‘ n . transfer mailsacksgo
to plane in the air.
Md‘resuit. within a few:
ly accelerating the speed'
tery between distrm‘3
3': here in the United Statm
‘innils really almost
,tl
fl
. .elopment is so useful fort
I
4
Wary way possible. Con-
.“ a, m" hmflng from
i
2- ations. It will do;t
stem will: evéMhiil‘zl
« IA'I'ING HEROES
who volumeefed for ser-
" iBritish armies before
éred the war are now get-
” repatriation. n is new
.‘I arm many more of
V, . “estimates placing,
’ W E11006. It is p60!!-
“number is reply fimj
ed citizen might have expected.
little practical experience in unhamper-
Afllmllar record for regularity ed government operation has. convinc-
bility, The Postofllce De— ed most people in this country that
“need "Kent” that 58 iprivate operation of such a. utility is
‘ flips Of 325 miles 93"“ bad‘bet‘ter than public operation. The prfl
carrying 400 pounds of'posed action of the President and of
'- delay- forced landing OPFCongress is in line with this comic-
“bégun some months ago and have been a fair one; it might have.
is “999th ‘been better if it could have been car-
Mice is about to be 9“?"d‘3we are dealing with facts now. not
6 @0330 to Omaha 8““ St-‘theories. and the big fact is that the
’public will not at this time stand for
gang. Denver and San *‘Tam'governmcnt operation.
Kill from the 1‘1"!" cities lit‘,lic will willingly stand for a somewhatl
larger participation of public authorityI
kin railroad policies and methods than
. lever before. Nobody wants to return
"WES are ”puny being im'ho the old. lawless era of unrestricted
fiat" landing fields- Landinz‘Tho public ll;ts.too large a stake in the
mit again to the caprice or greed oi
any captain of industry. or any group
this same war experience. some of the
.advantages of concentrated authority.
It remains to work out some system of
.(‘cntralization that will give the public
S.public operation without the disadvan-
'tages of either" if Congress is capable
'of any such masterpiece of statesman-
name changed from “Kaiser" to “Eb-
’ert" now Wants to change it again. He
insane, to be more liberal #found there wasn‘t
. with the army and ence.
l along the air work oi 'sition to profiteering in other necessar-
~ . ies’ of life as there is to rent-profiteer-
ing, we might get somewhere in fight-
' ing the C. of Lt
voices against this peace of enslave-
1am arm public service, let it teach
;the restaurants as We: how t ,
lithe mu. -4., _
in
ion.
The test inade during war may not
led on under normal conditions. But
It is likely. however, that the pub- h
a
(’11
C0
rivate initiative. the era of individual
lld ofttimcs predatory railroadin'z.
roper handling of the country’s trans-
ortation system to be willing to sutv
f Captains.
The public has learned. too. from
m combined b'enefits of private and
"I itl‘;, not mmmClOH-ltslsbip. ' be
personal correspondenCe. __ _.________.
ernment will do well to: A Germs-American who had his
enough differ-
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If there was. a much organized oppo-
c
all
To
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"Punish countries will raise their
It the Matter: Army wants to per-
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mm mm
is shortened
mu"
uniform will represent a goodsized an A
TEACHERS’ PAY
Messrs. Sconeld. Ward. Aarons
and Rummler.
not have many
from our teaching force for the com-
ing year.
You will recall that we instituted
the rule in the middle of this year al-
lowing teachers 10 days' sick leave. on
full payrand 10 days’ sick leave. on
Quite a number of teachers
had lost time before this rule came
into effect and they hope that you will
permit the rule to be effective for the
“'e are coming out with
a good margin of salary
Far the first time the United States has two
son. in command of the Atlantic fleet. and Hugh Rodman. in command of
the greatly increased Pacific fleet. This photograph shows Admiral Wilson
4-— 1
dmirals in Command arm nun. anti" ‘-
Padfic Flee ts and Retiring Commander
and Admiral Henry '1‘. Mayo on board the latter’s ”hip.
PEnnsylvanla. while slfe Was It anelnr in the Hufion just
at Mayo turned over his comm. Admin! 8810, now a rear admiral. be-
comes the head of'the Section Board and later will
the General Board of the navy.
KN OTTY PROBLEM
FOR EDUCATORS
(Continued from Page One)
g. which Were approved.
Superintendent Buchanan
erintendon 'I June Report.
To the Board of Education.
Gentlemen:
if pay.
tire year.
uld do this if you so decide.
study courses.
at the end of each school year.
Very truly yours.
GEORGE V. BUCK N.
Superintendent of So dole
Considerable discussion foil ”
to the. sections of the report referring
to the claim of some of the teachers
fer sick leave pay for time lost before
the rule Went into erect, and it was
bromt out that this was a demand
for extra pay on last year’s account.‘ > _ y
This matter. as well as the following prospects of the early
classes. was referred to the teachers‘ in; more than justified. Wheat. corn.
‘ , m m ‘ .
ommttee. _ , 7 m .
mmnowlngleelcr.rrom them cars. will be MEN-101 .1! , ,
intendent- of schools. was read and quantities. Live stock continues $th
the Teachers' Committee.
' tieinen'
"am
Sipefintendentrofm. amorous _ m- ,_
Bills from.the are sum for mom
mansion
then' kept within the present budget.
read hls‘npon, w ch was as follows: , When the committee on buildings:
From present indications we will bed '9 8381“, find ii W85 “39011031 that
more resignations a letter to the mayor on the subject
funds and
Several of our head teachers get. the
$50 raise for the coming ,year. be-
cause their salartes. increased by
principal teacher fee and allowance
for special
them up to $900 or more: while grade
teachers with, equal experience but
Without these special salary additions
got a $75 raise because their salaries
were under $900.
The head teachers ask that
classify them for this year's increase
on their salaries as teachers simply.
Our margin for next year will proba-
bly admit of this. if it seems to you a
just cause. 7
A letter from Mr. Hine tells methat
while there was no appropriation of too far and may exert an influence;
funds to meet the provisions of the .
bill. providing a bonus for all teachers and speculative tendencies. appears as
in the state, for the comihg Mr and
the following one, yet it is his Judg-
ment that the state will not fail to
meet the request of its Legislature.
and that funds will be found to meet
these payments when due, which will goods for export had rendered‘pso-
brought
you
“an induct: a was ism
,In tho video It! mgmt s. situation has been much below nor-
HcLean. who hasresigned as head ofl m.
the (lunatic science department, 1
commend Miss Ruth Powers. of North
neat," says President Ebert of Ger- A , mm" a [fig .33: war-7,1, n .
many {Has anybody heard a voice? “13.5- . . - . . . . - ‘ «7w
. ' l commend Kramer, or West . .
W port. for air e m _ _
ad
admiralr—l-ienry B. Wit.
the bath
before Admir-
becothe a member of
l . _;
“hm
pay the printing bills incident to the
graduation exercises.
0n mutton it was voted to omit the
regular monthly meeting of the board
i in August. and adjournment was taken
* at the call of the chair. ‘
Mr. Ward, choir-‘1‘ of the submit-
' tee on schools, recommended that re-
Other Pairs on furnaces and similar work in
members of the board present were the "“001 buildings should be started
, Mme, at once. which was approved, a re-
lpairs ordered, if the expenses
1 reported. the long drawn out rfiatter
E of the sale of the old, dairy buildings.
i on the Janet-son school property. bob-
had not been answered. The. secre-f
lary was instructed to take the mat-t
ter up with his honor at once. .
Mr. Miller asked the pertinent'ques-i
tion: “What is to bewmne‘with the.
Broad River school sanital'leal’ It!
was brought out that they hadtlong
been in bad condition, and that some
new system must be adopted; similar.
to that used in neighboring towns. A ?
little fun was injected into the matter
when Chairman Rider suggested thati
the committee charter an automobile. !
on the Fourth of July. and run up to
Ridgefleld and look Over the syateln;
in vogue there. and some one else of‘ ‘
fered to furnish firecrackers for them 3
to shoot on on the way, but" the com- i
mittee had other plans for their holi-
day.
A letter from Miss Julia Cuddeback.
who had charge of the music in theE
. graded schools. was placed on file.
BUSIhl‘ESg OUTLOOK f
CONTINUES GOOD
(Continue-I ll‘c-fl‘ Page One).
aided by the existence of free credit
the principal melting iniience in the
situation."
Prices continued to rise throughout
June, the board's statement showed.
and enormously heavy demand,4'or
ducts in manylinea scarce. In hourly
bums-
men had decided they could rely upon
héayy demand a‘h‘dfobntiiidou‘sifads-
mines files: for some use to ciao,
while a feeling of apprehension enter
re : ' ' u ‘ i l
of the mysterious second drop” in “them sent f .
:pricel, which never materialized. ‘ 'l A bill the I "y 0
there was probably
. vised prices,
condition of emolumeut; indeed. u:
many industries report they cannot
get the men they need. while wages
are fully up to past level- or higher. ,
1 The requests for farm help are ab-
sorbing demands in all parts of the
country. There is some surplus of !
.unskilled workers in some centerdq ,
. but this is not different from the-con. ~
.dition in normal times. No reduction: '
l in wage scales is now foreseen. y‘
_ i "One of the principal problems in it
.the labor situation noted by thought;
.iul observers is the feather clerks;
.and office employee as well as other;
;workers receiving more or less fixed ‘
. incomes. have not yet participated inf
ilhe advance in wages. Impmvementl .
3for these classes of workers will boi
5 necessary if prices are to continue at
t their present level. but will, of courts?
”in , Store I'
Economy Specials
'" Every Department Offers Items
at a Lower Price Than Ever before
until a’o'olock.
and can-espondlngly'to the cost of
t
I business to the 30791111331“; . A“ hm weft T'b‘e
I "Returning soldiers are being rapid! .
? ly and steadily absorbed into business ‘ z; D‘lulik
[and the problem which. for a time! ”t“ Twa yards wide: extra heavy satin
: seemed to threaten in this connection. ‘ finish, assorted patterns; “me
I is now apparently minimized innit di- $2.25 yard.
rectlons. From the farming districts. in $1.49
, particularly. comes the report that the 5
; supply of labor is scanty and likely to '
fprore more so as business progress-
: es."
Enzlish Loni: Cloth-
High grade. splendid for wounen's
and misses' tine underwear, value
'VALUE or THE 4 $3.50
' Sale Price—- iece
TIRE “CROP”; P $2.98
Continued from first Page ....
, English Lona Cloth
. of new cars. the prices of tires would i
probably have gone up instead of'
down this summer, so the tire buyer!
may think labor conditions at the:
;lpesoenger car factories for his goéd‘
While it is true there is plenty of;
raw rubber and that it is low in‘
price. it must be remembered the;
lite maker is paying more for every-1
thing which accompanies the rubber‘
in the construction ofa tire and hill
labor is costing him twice as much
as it did prior to the m.
thetinmstertodnyhu greater
High quality. soft-finish. woven
from fine Egyptian cotton yarn; 40
inches wide; $5.00 value.
Sale Price—piece ..............
$3.98
J ananese Na’msook
‘inches wide: 86.00 value.
Sale price, piece
$3.98
40
Nainsook
Shantunz Washable Dre.
Silks
Natural color. 33 inche- wide.
Value 81.25. Special
98c yn
44'Inch French Voile
All colors. Value ~89c. Special
White Gabardine Skirtim
, Extra one twill. 31.” guilty.
Special
Yard Wide M
Choice assortment M‘M'
sin and Paisley denim.
800 yard. Special
mend
36 Inch Poplin
High quality. lustrous teen
rich. solid colors and W.
Values 86c. Speck!
5*
White Wash Bob
1
Node of the Egyptian cotton. spe-
cial soft on». tor undergarments
and infants“ dresses. .
$3.59 ,
competition than before the war—,
stronger sales resistance—and that
he my double his force 0‘! men an
"I! soon «emu.
those roan men hove w in- - _
slut:l of eighteen months, and the mr' Extra navy s‘fln Fm
to: representatives are dem ndi
higher salaries and committed; a“ Table ”Wk
60 inches wide. filli bleached, hand-
some patterns. Very special,
. mileage guarantees this Your. {
f, A great many the distributors
.were surprised when the new prlcel
lists were recently announced, but} _
lbuainess has been aim din-1m .PETtTI'Ofls iNTROWCED ‘
gM’ay and they thought the drop!
iwouid stimulate retail mien. Iii
stead of stimulating them, howeverJ
cit hndadepmsin‘efleet for nae.
‘ than a week. Pepple evidently heard
A: the MU“! v'Mlil “In.” war to donate to the town of Berlin,
‘8‘ m 3:: . Conn.. one Germln cannon or held,
in the "second cut in price." rotail‘ptece. 5
“3'9“ be!“ ‘° 9“" “9 °“ "N “—‘i A petition from citizens of lllrtizton,E
d ‘ i
brisk all last '32:; they continued ' Conn. favoring the control of Flume by;
The production is selling along the ltalian government.
quite nicely at Akron and other}
manufacturing centres despite labor' m Y 1 so ’ ' a~!
disturbances. 'and nearly all of the terns al Ln on. N0. 0‘ New H '
plants are “1719 perm“ daily out- you. Conn.. with the Federal Clubs ofj
put. During the- current year, it 13 New Haven. Conn.. protesting againstl
estimated. the United Staten will pm- f the enforcement of the \Var~"l‘ime Pro-f
(tree of all types and sites 20,000,000 hibition Act.
tires. at, a wholesale valuation of ap- . , ,
proximately $600,000,000.——N8W York Petitions from the “0m“ :5 Chris-
‘tian Temperance Union ct‘ Mystic.
Herald. '
Yeomalléftes May Lose 1
Navy Joby by August 1
i
WASHINGTON. July 2,—Within
thirty days the picturesque uniform!
of the yeomen (f) and the girl'
marines of the United States Navyi
will be but a memory of the ,war.
Congress approved a clause in thei
Petitions from the Cignrmnkers ln-'
Naval Appropriation bill yest‘rday ? ID
afternoon which provides for the de-‘ 3‘" per .
mobilization of all female metatarsal“t m m m 3 fully
the enlisted personnel of the naval‘ Any Instru-
reserve force and the marine corps
reserve by August 1. Members of?
the naval reserve force and thd‘
marine corps reserve, whose colicl
duct and eiflvciency We demon“
aimed the desirability of their be-l
ing kept in the service maybegivenj
civil appointments in the Navy De!
partment by Secretary Daniels. 5 ——~-.
This meets thousands of girls. -
stationed at the numerous naval:
offices thrognhout the country: as:
well as thbse'oni duty at Washing;
to:
4Try a Sentinel Want Advertise-
meit‘.
whileveryrensona‘ __ bis.
talil‘éd early ill the "year W‘as disap-
pouring. Jobber: and retailers readily
entering into large commitments for
fall and winter. 1
In many mlpeetn’ the agriculture
spring are he
Coast
record
; in price.
. Steel and iron experienced a div
tide! was for the better. The fuel
with prospects at a um um
‘tion next Winter. Hem mining in;
dustry, was again improving. :
«
u ardtu‘nuwm
tin-”doe edited .
M'mmtnm
products
m
' .fi binning
‘Ikelffls auto
I
r K ‘ ' ‘
“impossible.
nun:- uufiunt '
36 inches wide. Refill-r but
Smelt! ~ 3 "‘
‘ $1.79
18 x 36 Cm Run
Variety of colors with hand
tiers. Value 75c. sneer-l
De ‘ .
Commie.- Floor
Covering
Txro yards wide. the most
Union at plying-oi. 00...; an... «-
BY CINATOR M'LEAN Wailin'ford. Conn.; Won'- ch»-
89”“)? 900110 P. "m of COD- l “O. Temperance Uflm ‘ w
Conn; Women's Christian Temper-v.3-
nectlcut introduced the following hill ‘
. and petitions: éUnion of Dnnbury. Conn.. and the Mrs.
'Lodge. No. 17. l. O. G. T.. a! W,
50mm; all protesting nuke: the IE~
lpeni of the War-Time Proliibiflon [m
and favoring its enforcement.
_._...
—-Try a Sentinel W’ant MW
iment.
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hm
mmum
m win mm hm 1"” i 1 MM “roentgen «I'm to
my may “31.153"? ” M" ‘ ~§ ‘ --
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mWWmcmy-fia not. in our mammal.
VillfiVCK‘fiEWoF m ' “it?
Spraying, pruning, bolting and our}.
"Y
Trees flat-owed
Orders for fruit tree spruyin. she-it
be placed new.
JOSEPH CORNELL a sols.
Tree Specialists and £11th ‘
Cs“
Conn: Wmnan‘s Christian Temperance ecu-.5 guns
3? WASHINGTON smut.
. by article you buy of the connecticut Bedding Store
' ’ cent. to 25 per cent. Any article bought of the g
e
boughtol the Gunmeticut Bedding Stu-e
”wommathedolkr We manufacturer's:
ownstfierefinomwemn'sproflt. Inch“.
mmbyushuourflmnteeforwhatwelonit. Also
newWaremadetoor-der or old madeoverinam
Attention to Ford Owners
SALE OF HONEYCOIIB‘ momma
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