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LAGE;
IST TIMES ;
TODAY :
Tearle. Lon Chaney,
Pisckaill. Ricardo
chtise Dresser and
others in
ARxxiOI‘NT FETISH}: ,
HE NEXT
(‘ORNER”
.;=._x', Friday, Saturday
E ACTS KEITH
'AI'DEVILLE
.—with———-
1: AM THOMPSON
SISTERS
f the most brilliant offer-
:Frs ercr staged.
._—-and———-—
nYD HUGHES
xxzzh Others in
- E OLD FOOL”
-1 :n xv APRIL 20,1924.
’ er himself, six fect tall,
CARTER’S AIDE
TELLS DANBURY
All. ABOUT TUT
Percy White Explains
The Marvels of Dis-
coveries M a d e in
Egypt ‘
—__.
DANBURY, April 30. —“The inter-
est of Americans of all kinds and
classes on the discoveries made at
King Tut‘ s tomb is most surprising "
said Percy White, Egyptologist a11-
thor and lecturer. first aide to i—Iow-
ard Carter in his discoveries made
at the tomb of the ngptian King.
White. under the aegis of Lee Kee-
dick, piloteer of celebrities through
the interstices of American audi-
ences appeared here Monday night
{or the third time. since he arrixcd
from. England, t show by motion
picture and tell a out the discover-
‘ies which he and Carter made in
Egypt. Incidentally the trip to
Danbury was underwritten by six-
teen 0: the city' 3 most prosperous
busmess men, and he received 5500
for the lecture.
He spoke at much length to a
Telegram reporter about his xx'ork.
and the interest which Americans.
more than any other ationa‘lit)‘
have shown in it. He“: no can talk-
middle-aged
and handsome and as for writing he
l GENT
TODAY
(CROW and FRIDAY
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. . .ional Presents
= {‘1‘ B.“ ’AL THALL
HERE RICH
o,wes Ben Alex-
oro othy Farley
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h
111' other brilliant
, - m Ibo new feature
1‘ luu‘
.(“l‘i' OF MINE”
SATURDAY
‘ ?.\E MARSH
: . , ~:;1r supporting cast in
Artists‘ Feature
lunan‘s Secrets”
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. last night
' 1-: Bridgeport.
0! four
~ 1 tn‘gct very
-'d his bcst
into the
ircv
rcii
:7.sz
3,”. at the Clif—
, half of their
and Holly-
”. men the. score.
Hollywoodg
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‘ '1 ‘ is the star of
' T r3! production.
iv. :111 be pre-
' ’2“: - atre today.
ml Manager
Friday.
‘wi this fcaturc
«lion of the
ms it xvill meet
among the
.1 city. Irene
‘- 1 Zing feminine role
. C .er members of
=1pporting the two
us are Rockliffe Fel-
' Farley, Ben Alexan-
of equal brilliance
mament. The Be-
“Boy of Mine‘' in
high class short
. .\
,c.
".1'1".
1‘ \L\CE.
In" Vext Corner.”
Ccrner" the big Para-
xvhich has been It
' :er Palace theatres for
‘ ‘- days will have its final
the Palace theatre to-
' ’- :c- ures have won more
...::nent than this 111-
. 3 xv.th Conway Tea-1'16.
Lon Chaney, Dor-
1.12, Louise Dresser l-nd
wKeith vaudeville bill
- Acarn Thompson Sister!
i at the Palace theatre
. ha. 1’ of the week. “The
with Lloyd Hughes.
”if-”:13. and others will be
use for the last three
1' ”1°?”
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RIAL’I‘O
‘ Flowing Gold”
2 Gold. " from the Mill
- .3 Beach. afieda‘lw;
than “The Spoilers."
" three day cm W
’le Rialto.
'1‘; remember 1110 m
- -. use «sav-
inten-
\
has published books on practically
geverything of. affairs from econo-
émlcs to‘archacology. He spent a
>good deal of his afternoon here.
scouting‘through the beauty spots of
the vicinity. He says he finds much
similarity between New England,
Provence and the Holy Land, and is
going to write a. book along these
llines, soon. He's a. tall. handsome
fellow, with abundance of the Enc-
lish manner and intonations ,xvhich
made his lecture not altogether the
easiest thing in the yvorld to un-
derstand. He speaks several Euro-
pean languages, in addition to all the
' Egyptian dialects. He is professor of
English in the Egyptian National
L'nixersity. Cairo.
He quite denied any trouble be-
‘txveen the Carter party and the
1Egyptian governcent. said every-
thing xx'as all harmony. "Our work
could not have been done xxithout
the valuable aid of Mace and Brou-
ton. employee of the Egyptian gov-
:ernment." he said.
; lie dxx'clt at much lcngth upon the
.beauty of the sarcophagus ot the
King whose name he particularly
emphasized is pronounced "Toot."
not "Tut." as it rhyming xvith cut.
He beliexcs the treasures taken
ifrom the tomb may be kept for
in the tomb xxcre found no
, \cars.
lixing things, but the mummified
bodies of beetles and dead flies,
brought in 3. 300 xcars ago by the
sorxants of the king, he surmised
and petrified Whln the tomb was
if for no
s::11ml.lor this reason.
othct. he. said, there could be scarce
truth. in the charge that lord Car-
naxon “as poisoned by a xxasp or
some sort of insect in the tomb.
"'llte air in the tomb xxas abso-
lutely pure,’ said Mr. \\ hite,‘ xxhen
xxe outrrcd and there xxas nu conta-
minulmg matter of any sort to xi-
tiate the atmosphere. The one uni—
form 11mperature existed there for
3,309 scars, and there could haxe
been no healthier place in the xxorld
than its interior. The superstition
attaching to Lord Carnavon '3 death.
strangely enough. obtained no sup-
port in Egipt, only in England and
America."
NORWALK MAN .
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‘1 (Continued from Page One.)
‘ East Relief Fund. This work is In
5 Clint 5e of Captain Yarroxx of Roxvay-
n.
mIn‘Syx-ia more than 20,000 child-
ren are being cared for in an indus-
trial school under the direction of
Mr. Joseph Beach of Gulldfmd.
Some of the older boys have pro-
duced saleable articles in quantities
large enough for contracts to be
made with the Syrian and French
gov ernments.
’
Spflnsdme
dine—w]:
pleasure' 1n
power to
reliablih'ty.And
swam
Many formerly pro.
thl
to go andolisgalbm
take you.
comfort to root
3.13.11...
1£1359;hamoiedafi
:1
ion now
3795, £0.15.
ATLANTA. Ga.. April 30.—A ser-
ies of tornados which dipped down
into at least three states in this sec-
tion early today has taken a known
toll of seven lives and caused up-
xxard of millions of dollars dama-
ges. Seven persons were reported
missing. '
Greatest damages yas indicated at
Anderson S. C. xvhere 60 houses
were destroyed and a mill building
damaged. The property loss xvill
reach $500,000.
GREEN MILL. All.. Aer 80.—
Four persons were injured and pro-
perty damaged or $150,000 resulted
TORNADO SWEEPS THE SOUTH
‘ " SEVEN DEAD;
D1 PROPERTY DESTROYED
MILUONS
from a. storm in this section. today.
OBELIKE, Ala. jpril 30.-——F0m‘
negroes were killed and five others
injured in a. tornatro here. The
storm lasted only a. few minutes.
PARIS, April 30.—-After one. Of
the finest Easter weeks on record.
France is suffering from a. period
of tempests xxhlch haxe wrought
havoc to shipping. Rain has been
falling intermittently for four days
and the prophets announce it is
likely to continue for some days to
come, threatening a rocurrencc of
the floods at. the beginning of the
year.
EX-GOV. M’CRAY
GETS‘lO YEARS
1N ATLANTA
INDIANAPOLIS. April 30. ——War-
ren G. McCray. xvho returned today
as Governor of Indiana, xx'as sen-
tenced in 1111: Federal court to serve
ton veers in the Atlanta. Federal
prison upon the chatgc of using the
mails (or the furthance of a scheme
to defraud.
In addition he was fined $10,000.
He xxas found guilty Monday and
presented hi 5: resignation as goxcr-
nor. 3cst‘cr1lax', to take effect at 10
(1.111.
Asks $5, 000 For Auto
Injuries to Youth
Daisy B. Quick of Norwalk, has
filed suit for $5.000 damages against
Albert D. Morgan for injuries sus-
tained by 11m- minor son, George
Quick, on April 9, xvhen he was
struck by an automobile owned by
the d: fondant and operated by one
1013 his cmp‘. oxcs.
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BROAD, RIVER CLI'B
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Only routln‘e matters came up at
a meeting of the Broad lllxor Com-
munity club held Inst night. The
report on the old fashion dance.
hcld rccmxllv will be complcted ear-
ly next xvcek.
____._.______———
The condition of Oscar Cloutlcr.
of Jolmstoxvn, N. Y., who was fit by
a. trolley car nt Prat Swamp, xvas
roportcrl as inxprovcil today nt thr-
Norxx'all; hospital. An X-ray of
Clouiirr‘s injuries was taken this
wmorning.
A short memorial uzrxlce was
held at Hillside School this morning
in mmnory of 211 1's. 1'. 1’. llrcmllinger
of Philadelphia. mother of Miss
Margaret llrcn-llingcr.
Dals rnlscd in fine l'nitml States
constitute onc-tlziwl of the totzil crop
of hat 11min groxvlli in six loading
grain growing countries in the
world.
pcrous manufacturers are now
teaching the orphans in 1:»: curpon—
tors“ blacksmillls, 1111511111115, 11111015.
L WILTON
Forest Fire \Varden John Knapp
and Deputy “'ardcn ’i‘. T. 311mm
have been kept. busy for the past
days fighting tires in several scclions
of the town. A particularly stub-
born fire has persisted in the Bcldcn
Hill district. It was subdued a num-
ber of times only to break out
afresh.
. O C
The legion of Wilton. friends of
James T. Blulxoy nuve. lcurncd “11.1:
deep regret of his sudden death 110111
Rye, N. Y., on Monday last. “)1 11511)
as he ,xvas popularly called “:15 the
catcher of the local bascbul 11111111
and his fine record behind the 11:11.
his never failing sportsmanship and
his g'cntlcmanly conduct both on
and of! the field had much Pndcnrcd
him to all the meal followers of illk
game. He will be greatly missed
here. delegation irom \Vilton will
attend the funeral at St.
1113.
o e 0
Next Sunday the Rev.
Appenzellar, a. former pastor, xxill
make an addrcss at the morning
service at. the Zion H111
church in Cannondalc. 110v.
zclla has been for the past s-rxcn
time president at a. college in 5. oul.
lie xxill give his cxpcncnccs xxith
the Koreans and Japanese xxlillo
there.
o
At the homo! Mrs. E. T. Huko
last cxcn'mg 1 1": to 'J o'clock, the
Ladils Aid Society of the Bald liill
\lcthodlst church conxlmt 11 a so-
cial, the proxceds of xtthixh xxilf be
for the parsonage. A musiml pro-
grzun was six cu during the cxcning.
Mrs. A. C. Mllnhan xx '10 spnit tho
xvintcr abroad returned to \\1ltnn on
Saturday and is new opening up 11- r
homc’on Bald Hill.
.
Obituary
Mrs. M. C. Clark.
Fun-oral svrxlccs for Mrs. Mathilda
Catherine Clark xx'crc lxr‘ld this aftcr—
noon at 2:30 at St. I‘aul's church.
Rev. Alexander Hamilton officiated
and burial xxas in the L'uiun come-
tcry, llowayton.
weavers, and the like. Other orph—
anages are conducted on the hill-
sides of Nazareth and Jerusalem.
Every economy is exercised in the
administration of the Fund. Noth-
ing is xvastcd or else the children
could not be‘supportcd on the scv
:ccn cents :1 day which is allowed
them. The tinsmiths even make tin
cups cut of the condensed milk cans
that ere sent over from America.
It has been suggested that the
word “Relief" should be stricken
out of the corporate name of the
Near East Relief Oragnization be-
cause the organization is doing a
child welfare xxork and not a gene-
17:1 re. 'ief xxork.
is Overland
goinsis'
111.5%ng ex-
C0110-
credo."
M’HUGI'I BROTHERS
rags: 311
Mary‘s‘
church. Norxvalk, Thursday morn-1
Henry I l. ,
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,rxnd all conveniences.
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11_c__01111
The following building items were
taken from the Commc cial Record:
Contracts Axxarded.
The T. J. Pardy Co. of Bridgeport.
general contractors for the erection
of the new church at Norxvalk for
The First Congrcgatlonai Church
Soc1cty, have started laying brick
on the side xvalls and have awarded
the following contracts: The roof-
ing to Fanton & Roberts: steel to
the Porcupine (30.: reinforcing to
Trfiscon Steel Co.. New York: stone
to Jackson Stone CO.: painting to E.
A. \Varner, all or Bridgeport; ex—
terior columns to Hartmann-San-o
ders Co._ Mt. Vernon, N. Y.: mason
supplies to Bishop & Lyncs. Nor-
xvalk. The plumbing. which was a
separate bid, was awarded to B. M.
Belts. As previously mentioned. the
structure xvill be of brick and clap-
board extcrior, of colonial design.
will seat about 400 people, and will
lie-heated by a hot air system. The.
Rev. Ernest I". MacGregOr is the
pastor. ..
Beacon Street House.
Charles Lindfors will build a one-
family house on Beacon street. It
will be L‘Gxi‘fi feet, of frame cou-
Sil‘UCliOll and will cofisist of .six
rooms and bath xx-it hot water hcat
At the rear
1
int the house xxill be build a txvo-
car gazngc 12x13 h-o‘ of xxood The
CV: nm‘ xxill 110 the pluinlxlng and the
cost xvill be about :1 Orin
Tun-Family House.
Stcphr‘u Novak will build a. two-
family llOllF" on )lcnrlmv stl'cct. Il
xxill lw BGNBO foot. of home con-
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Appon- ]
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years a. missionary and educator in -,
lxorc :1. for the me nor paxt of ilici:
x
strutlion xxitb lxxo four— room apart-
moms nunl b.1111. l‘ho ' usual im-
prnxmnonls xxill 1m prox'.l(]c(l ’lhc
«ontrmt 1133110011 nxx .11le to i’~ rank
8113111111.“ xxill cost about $3 000
.xx'hcn complctml
Frame Building.
Builder 1“. H. Keyser has been:
awarded the contract to build a
one-story frame building on Con-
necticut avenue for L. Slavkay. It
will be 20x3 feet, with plate glass
and the usua al inures required for
a. restaurant and lunchroom.
Residence on Lafayette Circle.
Mrs. J. Cordes has awarded to
the Korxx'alk Building Co. the con—
tract to build a one-family house on
Lafayette Circle. It will be 24x26
feet of frame construction. nad xxill ‘1 ,
1onsist of six rooms with hot an
heat and all improvements. Kc
sub-contracts have’ as yet been
awarded. it xvill cost about 87.000.
Addition to House.
Stephen Badlk will remodel his
house at 167 South Main street. The
changes are for an addition, 12x21”
feet, of frame construction, which
will include two stories and base-
ment, new partitions, new flooring
and other changes. prox'oding four
additional rooms and bath. new elec-
tric and lumping fixtures. The
owner xvil do the work. The cost;
will be about $2,000.
Storage Home.
Charles xx'1mtn1e1m will build cl; "
one-story frame building at 44
Cross street. It wil be 20x40 feet.
for a storage and mafixine’shop. The
contract has been an rded to A. R.
Malkin & Co.
Ponus Avenue House-
John Pcstlo xxill build a frame
bungalow on Fonus axnenue It will
be 2411': 6 foot. and will conqist of
four rooms and bnt11.lt xxill haxc
the usual conveniences. including
hot xvatcr heat. The contract has
been awarded to Frank Gemgie for
the construction xvork. and the con-
thct for plumbing and electrical
fixtures has not yet lu‘cn axxarded.
lt xxill cost, about $4.00".
To Complete Six Houses.
The Home Building ( o. xxill com—
plctc the building of six one- family
houses at 0110 cmnel of \\ R111 and
(enter streets. The houses xxere
Ionfcd in and near completion with
1111 exception of tho lntcrior xxork.
'lho company xx 111 complete the in-
,-
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PALACE THEATRE
South Norwalk, Conn.
Telephone 344
MONDAY & TUESDAY
2 Nights Only—May 5th-6th
Alice 2 Where Art Thou ?
Robe-arsed.
NORWALK LODGE, NO. 709,
Special Castnmrs
Ticket Sale Starts Fri, May 2
Box Office Open from 10 A. M.
12:30—from 1:30 to 3:30 and 0:30
MINSTREL‘
And the Musical Comedy
Staged and Equipped
by Harrington Adams. Inc.
Ausplcos of
B. P. O. ELKS
Special Scenery
Novel Lighting Effects
Biggest Amateur Show of the
Season
to
‘ to 0:30 at. Popular Prices.
'750 - $1.00 - 8'35 - $1.50
' ALL SEATS RESERVED.
mid Hear, WJZ, the Great
’1’],
Dance T 0 Thew'Muszc
..
siructlon,
xvm'k.
.‘\.
Pcrformanoesatthistheau'eonmylight'rlme.twisand.“
TODAY— TOMORROW —- FRIDAY
“Flowing Gold” K
Athrillingtsleofflsminghesrts andbluingoilw‘ellsmid
the frenzy of the Texas boom days featuring? ;'
ANNA Q NILSSON
..__.._..a,nd ._......_.
_ MILTON ans
From the Famous Novel by .
R E X B E A C II
111111 Greater Than “The Spoilers"
EXTRA ADDED A'I'I'BAOTION‘”, “
LARRY SEMON?
In His Newest Comedy
“TROUBLE BREWING” 31,1
' AlsotheLatest
1“ P-A-T-H-E N-E-W'-S
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tcrlor construction and provide the
houses xxith all conxcnionccs along
LARGE GATHERING:i
the plumbing and heating line. The EJ-; ,,
owners will complete .the work :s'é’: j
tlt‘emsclvos. (Continued from Page One.) ,
Building on William Sire-ct.
Stephen Hales xvill build a two-
family house on “'illiam street. It
will 110.3333!) feet, of frame con-
with txvo five-room apart-
ments and baths. Ilcat and the us-
ual improvements will be included.
The oxvncr will do the carpenter
and no contracts have been
It xvill cost about 33.090.
Cross. Children's .. Pia) grounds. Chute: '
tasqua and Volunteers of America.‘
Much moneyl has been raised andi
given toward the support of local,
churches. the building fund of the
Norwalk Congregaiinnal church be.
in; sxx'cllcd considerably by the
church circles. Circles have given
entertainments for the childrEn 9!
the County Hmno and the inmates
of haramake Home.
" 'Nor haxe xxe forgotten our neigh-
lxors across the era. concludes Mrs“
Davis‘ report. "Frcnch orphans are
sunported. missionaries in India and
China. assisted and contributionl’
made to the Near Last Relief. "
let.
POLICE GET]: A REST
Not a single item was registered
upon the uptown police blotter over
night. '
‘ 1~
H. s. LANDSMAN e SON,
“THE HOME OF FINE FURNITURE” 13535:}
Wednesday, April 30th to Wednesday, May 7th, Is
FLOOR COVERING WEEK ‘1,
A LANDSMAN’S a-.. ,.
WE WISH TO ONVINCE THE GOOD FOLKS
OF THIS VICINITY THAT WE ARE THE LARG-
EST DEALERS OF FLOOR COVERINGS IN
FAIRFIELD COUNTY. TO IMPRESS THIS
KNOWLEDGE MORE FORCIBLY AND TO
MAKE OUR STORE YOUR TRADING PLACE
FOR THE FUTURE WE HAVE ARRANGED A
“FLOOR COVERING WEEK.” PRICES HAVE
BEEN SLASHED TO THE QUICK FOR THIS
OCCASION. THREE GREAT REASONS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SALE—T0 INTRO-
DUCE OUR EXTREMELY LARGE DISPLAY—-
TO GAIN YOUR PATRONAGE AND TO SAvn
YOU DOLLARS AND CENTS. READ OUR 01",- ,
FERINGS. , 1,
GROUP N0.1—- El .
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Over 200 wool and worsted rugs in all sizes from
the small 18 x 36 throw rug to the large 9 x 12 room
size rugs in all grades from the cheaper Tapestry
Brussel and up through the lines of Velvets, Axmin-
sters and Wilton, to the very best products made in
,1
this country. They are our regular 1924 stock—
are perfect in exery way and fully guaranteed by
us. FOR THIS FLOOR COVERING WEEK EV-
ERY RUG IN OUR LINE IS OFFERED YOU AT,
A REDUCTION OF 25%. MAKE YOUR SELEC-
TION. DEDUCT 25°! FROM REGULAR PRICE
AND THE RUG IS YOURS. DELIVERY NOW
OR LATER AS DESIRED.
GROUP NO. 2-—
GOLD SEAL CONGOLEUM and ARMSTRONG’S
LINOLEUM RUGS in room sizes from 6 x 9 to
9 x 15. EVERY RUG A PERFECT RUG AND SO
GUARANTEED. Everybody kndws the retail
price of Congoleum and Linoleum Rugs because.
they are widely advertised. A SPECIAL DIS--
COUNT OF 2070 FROM THE STANDARD PRICE
OF THESE RUGS FOR FLOOR COVERING
WEEK. IT IS YOUR MON EY-SAVING OPPOR-
TUNITY. GRASP IT!
' GROUP NO. 3-1VERY SPECIAL:
WE HAVE RECEIVED A LARGE ASSORT-
MENT OF SLIGHTLY IMPERFECT CONGOLEx-
UM AND ARMSTRONG’S LINOLEUM RUGS
THAT ARE GOING AT UNHEARD OF PRICES.»
IN THIS SALE. Imperfections are very slight and"
will not hurt their value or length of service in fatty ,
way. THE PRICES. .
ARMS NG’S CONGOLEUM :9"
LIN UM
9x 12 ............. $12.01.
9 x 12 "flank“... $14.25 9 x 10-6 .N....... 31050
9X1“ on‘_l“¢'- $12.1” 7‘6x9‘o _o;o_o;_orr¢_.oo'0: $8 ‘-‘ 1.
7-6x9-O was”... 59.50 "
6m............ $7.50
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