kills. ' . I. a ‘
titer Piping ls
bout Finished
manner: or win a.
Tmmlfl AND RT
mom MID CAUIEB
TALK.
,‘0‘ mt”
., EAST NORWALK
our 0. Seder-um: [Ca
lawn“: correspondent. let, go .
Office. 02.
.“
olncisi of lint chili-let water
‘ snt staisoaestsrdny that the
bolt mils line of six inch
‘ along Winfield street and (:en-
‘avsnuo to the town line. will
bobly be completed in two weeks.
line will serve the iinsqua Hills
n where John Cavnnagh. pre-
ot the Crofut and Knapp
pony. is building six new cot—
and Edmund liroese. the
all known actor. is establishing his
to. .
.1‘ lost Norwalk was as exciting is spot
on! iMhe city yesterday following
liquor raid on Fort Point street
afternoon before and the disap-
flnco of two men ina rmvbont
on. In various places man who
we lived about the water all their
“I “look their heads at the tool-
i . of Efflnger White. Van
t street. and his companion,
k Thompson of New Canaan.
breasted the storm for the salts
few .
films. it was said. has novel" been
“ eniariy fond of fishing and it
always necessary for his com-
ass to urge invitations upon him
ore he would accept. That he
ed a raging day like Tuesday to
out in] 12 foot rowboat is con-
invited his friend from inshore
Mk0 tbs' trip and felt he must
good regardless of the kind of
. \
[conservative estimate by a Sea-
o enue resident was that the
tublishmcnt on Fort Point
made $200,000 for its
her
. n
01’.
lat-rh‘or Thanksgiving. a new dining
suite at sterling Furniture Co.
:9”! tsrms.-Adv.
A‘n irate Van Zant street man
to to know Just why it happen-
thot the street department work-
, bmptied two of his three refuse
and. on a trip early this week but
rded the third, which was
,. ding on the curb at the side of
rose favored.
hill the past couple of weeks
J ded improvement in the ap-
. 'nce of the East avenue ceme-
'ho.s come to pass. Through-
summer months the weeds
. ‘ as there were allowed to
V “will and the plot was be-
in; a disgrace and subject to
lily complaints by people living
”my.
Hut Norw'aik was particularly
Mind hit by the rain storm. Under
‘l‘hoko's‘. avenue bridge a large pool
Wield up automobiles and trolleys.
af'l‘h’oroad under the Strawberry Hill
ifivenus bridge was impassable on
inlaid in the section around Em-
‘ street walking was almost lm~
o. A miniature lake was left
rear of tthCrofut and Knapp
> it company plant.
.' It is expected that part or the
mt Avenue Methodist Episcopal
7.th congregation will attend the
Wu anniversary services of the
f in; Congregational church Sun-
when at 4 and 7 o'clock the pul-
awlll be occupied by the Rev.
. gP. Fairbainks of Sumter-d, tor-
;pmpastor of the East avenue
She Rev. and Mrs. Charles 3.
entertained the members of
fibllciol church board and their
at the parsonaée last night.
The Young People‘s society or the
labeCongregational church on-
o social last night at the home
'._‘ )trs. V. Anderson, 9 Hawkins ave.
n
.- ——-—-
O
. tor the 55th anniversary
f the discussed tonight in the East
' ’ , Methodist Episcopal
‘ following the mid-week
‘ J co. There will be no mid.
‘ meeting of the Swedish Con-
tact church. ,
‘_ and Mrs. B. “G. Lewis are
' from their apartment at it
“,Us'o'vis'w avenue to the apartment on
1' t p ’ I .3 . - . ‘ . s .
Viewing the Scar of ‘Battle Armistice v «
Day Eight Years After Firing Cease
”a
of machine gunners.
av AUI‘ON H. 'M
PARIS, Nov. 11.—-The length and
the. breadth of what was the West-
ern Front of the World War finds lt
dlflicult even after eight years .to
strike on mistico with memory.
One who vols this length and
breadth comes. too. to understand;
the physical scars of the conflict
and the big and little gathering
places of the and are so easy to
lindl
There has been a vast mount of
reconstruction over the cob and
Belgian countryside. but there was
a vastsr amount of ruin to hide.
I have soon the front-that-wns
from the air. from train. from auto-
mobile. from on foot. One who so
sees it realises quickly whthho peo-
ple still can’t forget.
20 Miles From Paris
> To the north of Maning20 miles
out of Paris in the region of the first
battle of the Marne. many traces of
the invasion remain. despite exten-
sl' rehabilitation. Fences are down
all ether or yawn wide whore shells
Went through; many houses stand
blasted and ruined. along the white
reaches of the broad roads.
Small oeineteriea dot the country-
side. Signs of destruction multiply.
All at once the road dips into a wet-
ty valley. where a little, white-
ualled town nestles by the slowly-
ilowiug Mama. The town is Chateau
Thierry. where in 1913 the American
army stopped the German drive on
Paris. A monument in the public
square commemorates th Yanks‘
valor. -
Beiieau Wood. lust etude Chat.-
cau Thicrry. is a wood no longer.
Blasted and gas-choked trees. grown
up with undorbrush and creepers.
thrust loosed splinters to the slty.
but few of them will ever grow
again.
the flour above. The. how. is grad-
ually being remodeled ‘2‘ its new
owner. .
The Women's guild of Christ
Episcopal church are holding an all
day meeting in the Sunday school
rooms today.
. Bequest mound.
ARMSTRONG. Mo..—-Aftsr seven
years of search Calvin George has
found $7100 in Liberty Bonds. The
missing tressu which was left to
Mm b)“ be C .m. wu'dls-
envored‘in a pile id papers and
envelopes to a tion. 110.. bank. A
note in a choc ‘- it left by Cun-
ningham. had indicated that he had
paid the Boatmen's Bank. in St.
Louis "100 for Liberty Bonds. but
for seven years they could not be
round.
“I
Bogors Texas was odmitted to the
Union. in "to she has the distinc-
tion of having possessed a navy.
r2
of the St. Millie] and Mouse-Argonne campaigns.
Romagne cemetery in France. resting place. of I~l.tltl American stiltlli'h. is shoot: in the upper photograph.
At lilc left lK‘liiW is one of the great craters of “values lililiri- us it louia today.
below is one of the Gm “pill-boats" that Belgian farmers now use for storing their crops. The slit in front. near the ground. one for the use
INI)l.\N.\l‘()l.IS._ Nor. Ai.~
New assurances of a "most heuri-
fclt welcome" for American Le-
gion members who attend the
Paris convention of the legion
next year have COllll‘ from Albv'rt
Sarraut. French minister of the
ntcrlor.
"The Amcr'nan soldiers. gay.
valiant. cordial. won the affec-
tion and admiration of our people
wherever they met them." says
hi. rraut lll a liif‘ssam‘ lo the
Leg on. "They will be glad to
meet them again."
“GAY, VALIANT, CORDIAL”
mac's YANKS as manor: armaments rams
’l‘o liiltnn i‘. lirown of lndiun-
apolls. Snrrnut said ropnrts of
ll!’.‘ll"l‘l‘llllf|il of Ailll‘l‘lf'nli grams in
"abominable fai-
bles." Broun visited some of llll‘
cemeteries and found perfect enrr
being tfsllon of them. Many
Minolta-ten have "a d o p t e d"
arrives of American soldier». and
keep them trim and covered with
flowers.
‘Vi'heil French troops march
past an American commie-y they
l-‘runu- \\ t'l'i.‘
Most tii‘ its (ll‘s’lil \tt'l‘t‘ \li‘ilnis
At the right
(ii-tr on the lit-ltilln front I visit-
ml mei ~i1i.\' n:iln.- llilll guy's
.\ll'.|l'l1‘.'iii n- \i lump» r II'litli‘l'S sucli
tlillt‘iillv diiriiw, lllt' \v
imp-s is ii nun ('ll)‘. none of it
lilOl'I‘ lllllll anon )'l‘.ll.\ 0M. \lvspll:
tin inn-i ll “us l‘tiulldul hundreds of
yours into. The people strivr to for-
‘ji'l. imi tin-y tlillllUl. they ltllll me.
‘ Alum! t’ilv inun (livrv- an; :05 ci-m.
clerics. \\lill lir'iiliiii, French and
Ann-ricun tliiiil to tin- numbor of a
bountiful or lliOlt,‘ lii l‘u(‘ll. till beau-
liflllly ltiipi.
A quarter of a million men sleep-
ing in llli-sv rnIgI-s! is it any won-
dir that )‘lll‘ki harbors a secret
grief?
Shell lmlea still pock-mnrk Hill
i?“ and Museums Ridge. ’l‘hef‘e art.-
lingo. \Hllv‘l‘JillI‘ll diatoms made by
hlwuys come to “attention."
In a great semi-circle at. one and
of the woods are buried tho hund-
reds of American Marines who tell
in the fierce fighting. The long rows
of graves are carefully tended. and
from a tall staff in the center waves
a great American ting. .
Every little town in the area from
Chateau Thierry to llllciins bears
score that will not be entirely cr-
faced for generations.
Dormans still is half in ruins. and
a little own ltlst to the north stands
desert d and toriorn. v
Gloomy Glory of Iihoims
In Rhoims there is the gloomy
glory of the ruined Cathedral. now
somewhat restored. The elfira psi:
of rbstoration will require 60 years.
The road from heims to Verdun
still is a torn and tiered thorough-
fare. Lines of trenches. grass-grown
and silting in. stretch away into
the distance. Cemeteries are closer
together: thou nds black Ger-
man crosses. to such s Schneider
Failchild Company’s
G. W. lrchild a Sons. Inc. jew-
elers on slivcuimths. Help at Ar-
cade; Bridgeport. from saturduy to
Boturday. November 1 to 20. will
hold their sixty-first onn versary and
pro-holiday display of attractive
Christmas gift goods. As has been
customary in the par G. W. Fair-
child & Sons. Inc.. have gathered
together an exhibition of rare and
artistic gift goods to celebrate-their
anniversary. This year to honor
especially their sixty-tint anniver-
sary Fatrchtld's,wlll have a mos:
special exhibition to 'which the pub-
lie is cordially invited to attend Just
to inspect and enjoy. This exhibi-
tion otters a'raro opportunity to in-
spect choice pieces at jewelry and
silverwaromthat. the finest and
latest' creations master crafts-
man. To all those who are lovers of
tho besutlf Tailchild's know that
they will on oy so this selected
display of beautiful a icles. In ad-
dition. a beautiful leather Christ-
mas shopping list will be presented
its to all who come to Fairchild‘s
s on a ring anniversary week.
Find Old Crayon Done
‘By\Wilson’s First Wife
DAL‘i'Oh‘. 6a.. (AP) Hrs. Wood-
row Wilson. first wife of the war
president. is the painter of a lite-
sisad crayon portrait of the Rev. A.
w. Boston. pastor of the First Pres;
bytsrisa church hero train in! to
mo. which hangs in the iadies‘ par-
lors of the church. v .
The work. dono“ln is" by Elisa
Louise Anon. who'loter was to has
come the first lady of the land. was
presented the same year to Raver-
end Gaston. an intimate friend of
her father. then pastor or the Pros-
bytsrion Church’s: Rome. (is. Only
recently was it found among the
into Dr. union's stfocts. to become
one of the church's most tron-rod
onsv'i‘ho portrnit in .Illlstl
simply ”k L Anon.”
As a girl. the lots Ill-s. Wilson had
considerable artbtis hint sod b
known‘to have done many «our.
W
Display of-Jewelery :
and Von der Golt its next to great
fields of White F ench crosses. em-
blasoncd with the lrl-t'Oltil‘ under
Thames such as Bourgct and noqlll‘o'.
This area is the least reconstruct-
ed of tiny of those devastated. The
"a sea of rough and hummocky
learth. Many little towns shown on
pro-war maps are not to be found
at all. 'Others are tempted only by
boil. or a few hardy souls who re-
fuse to live elsewhere.
The forts of Van: and Document
in front of aversion. which bore the
brunt of tlic‘offensive in which the
Crown Prince lost 500,000 men lli
three months. arc simply no longer
in existence.
The “lied Zone." where the Lost.
‘iutialion relight its life away, and
the Hindcnburg line of concrete
trenches and emplacement». are
near here. and hard by a fleet oi
.ruriy and abandoned tanks be half
launk in the Mdsido mud.
Belgium‘s Vim—sew. But ()ld
. According to
Just made by Postmaster General
how there will be It least one coni-
carriers in the’l‘orenoon. but no rural
delivery on Christmas an'y.', While
a complete holiday on Christmas
was given to all postal employee
last year. Mr. New said. the inter-
vention of Sunday. followed Christ-
mas, day this year would call for a
two-day suspension of the mail ser-
vice.
The tfit of the department‘s nil-
nouncement. follows in part:
outing ls Issued.
"The approach of Christmas warns
us to bear well in mind the extra.-
ordinary demands that are made
upon the postal service in connec-
hon with this great holldoymf the
Christian world. In no country in
the world is the custom of Christ-
mas giving so widespread and gen-
sral‘ln it is in the United States.
fit ‘is incumbent upon the Deporb
' Ill "lllll lillll
I
terrain is churned into great mounds ’
m announccnwnt
pleio delivery by city and villugnl
bungee Star Gave
WORKED LIKE incic
tin» explosion of iii mines in i917.
mines “llll‘ll Gl'llllill l’lumer'a Bri-
tish Nippon bud lill)0l‘i.ll a year to
Nlilll lii'llt'ulll llll‘ strung positions of
the (lt‘rlliilllb.
’l‘lln- Printers lin‘
new. line feet nldv. and no man
lulu“! lmw dvrp. Shell fragments.
tits of uniform cloth. and accoutrc-
inputs of all sorts still litter the
{Ti-mind.
Uiily n week before my visit 117
bodies w'm rm overrd from a trench.
buried by n single. shril explosion.
Hundreds lie still buried under the
churned ill-rips of earth.
(in Hill on. fro!!! croak around
grim concrete "pill-limes" — em-
placements COVllri'tl with four feet of
concrete. l'I‘lllfUl'"til \‘llll railroad
iron.
Grass gnows on lllf‘ll" tops and
vmler fills them. together with
sheila. grenades. battered helmets.
and all the wrul-k of the battlefield.
Some are being used by the form-
ers as storehouscs and grannies.
Scores of them stretch grimly off
in rugged line. to the horizon.
w
veritable lake!
One Delivery of Mail
“ Christmas Day This Year
mint to are that the public is em-
tlt'lllly served at this, as at all other
lllmt's. and every precaution must be
taken to insure against failure or
delays in connection with this belt-
day service.
“It has been the policy of the De-
partineni to endeavor to on organ-
ise the service that the rights of the
public might be met and at the same
time give to its employes the fullest
opportunity possible to share with
the public in the endoymsnt of the
day. To this end the Department
has for several years made every
suggestion possible and resorted to
every means to induce the public to
mail early in order that there might
be no congest‘on iu the terminals
and post offices during the last
hours preceding Christmas. As a
result. three years ago it wartound
pm: iiilc tn relieve employes in put
2 at noon on Christmas Day.
their work having been substanti-
.. ,p l‘clillilirlt’tl. A year later it was
lllilll’l'lllllllll lllll ‘llllllllllllSM .
Sill ill ll ll ll
int-lent
”113‘.“ I: '3" l .fiwtl’ ’ iw
mason, o
. day evening until Monday morning
7’ ‘MEFTW.
‘-‘ l. ' '..
.2. all
‘i.: ‘29
11.1938.
Pratt o Whitney
Gets $2,000,000
Gov’t Contract
The Wait and Whitney Aircraft
company of Hartford. has been
awarded a [3.000.000 contract by
the United States gown-nine": {or
approximately 200 at the company‘s
newly-developed sir-cooled illrpllinl:
engines. known as "Wasp" engines.
and fur a large quantity of spare
parts.
Coincident with this announce-
inrnt, which is mada- from Willin-
ingtou, it is learned that as a vault
of the unusually sucm-seiul pi lltil'll’
anus and dt-pendobiliiy shows by
this engine in recent tests or the
most. severe itind. ill" lili\y has
changed its entire program of pur-
suit planes. This program lwl llltii-
ei-Io been based on n “lllFF-(‘Uilll'll
engine but it is known that the nail‘
has found about (I) per cent of t v
trouble with its air dam: ullxlill's dip
to the obvious lilnl ations of the v..i-
ti r—cooling systc‘. 'l'llv :00 en-
giiies called [or iii the lll‘iiiilil -ui:- '
tract will be for the use oi” bung.
plume.
it was also learned today Hill! I'
short time ago a “Wimp" engine \l-icy‘
delivered to the li‘ord hiotnr ruin-i
puny at Detroit for insinllniinn in n
ii‘ord plane. it is midi-mined thin
the Ford oillclals are greatly llilt'l“
t‘sli‘ll in the "Wasp" engine and In-
tcntl to give it a thorough lrlul.
starting it on tho Detroit-Chung.)
airmail route. If this dl‘llllilll.ll1illlnli
lii'm'ul successful. it is f--lt. ii. in very
certain that Henry Ford will dew-lop
many of MI extensive i‘lllllllli‘l'Cliil
‘ill'plllllt‘ transportation projects on
the Hartford engine. .
found possible to more hat'k in.
time for an additional hour and the
forces were relieved at eicxen
O'CIock. forcnoon. The next yinri
.’l complete holiday was for lhi first
time given to post olllce employ-s. ?
Custom is Praised.
"It has been. and is still ‘.liv' liUl‘I‘
of the Department that this custom
may be generally followed. but this
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other cities. certain hotels always gtt your pin «i...
ll
.‘ma es
H1611 l
. loyal?
HERE are start-r. that you've patronized
There's a restaurant you prcft-i. Winn
Why? Btcausc these stores and rtsta
; we liming
. it.
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v.‘
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hotels hallo—and iiialntalii-llttliutc standard; ..:
quality and of service that win you.
Same thing applies to cigars.
8:110ka find a cigar with the quality and tm’tt‘ tl
appeal to them. They keep on mucking ti.. 1 iv . i
so long as tl‘ie monulacturcrpla; stair n {11 {M
Peter Schuyler holds the word .6 the “:.‘ .
cigar. For forty-one years Ll \'L‘llll’il)lC army i i . z :i .. ..l
smokers have stuck to Pt'lt'l Si ‘i-._ let
quality never varies. And the quality new-r
Better discover for yourselftndlxy why Pt‘ll r
can boast so many loyal friends.
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FRISBIE’S :
I". S. LYON
.lOll l’lthTlNC
South Nerwall:
\
your the fact that Cliris‘innv fallsI
on Saturday makes it inadvisable to
entirely suspend deliveries. it is
our paramount duty to soe'lhnt the,
public is served and to expect it in"
do without mail delivery from Fri-
is not reasonable and cannot be nak-
rd. l‘. is. however. the belief of the
Department that the offices may be
Cleared by noon on Saturday. Dv-
cclnbcr 20. and postlnnstcrs will
therefore suspend all work at the
hour of 12 o'clock noon on Christ.
inns day, 1926. retaining in srrvit‘i-
such employee as are required to
make the regular holiday dispatches.
ol‘ first-class malls to the trains. to
receive. but not to work. incoming
mails from the trains. and to cart-
for all special delivery mall.
"There will be at least one com-
plete delivery by citywimd village
w
carriers in the forcnoon. but no
Ste/ck Up For Winter’s Needs
RUBBERS, ARCTICS,
From bliil'lw, l‘i‘llillili‘ lil'Jlllllk :iufi
types of i'nniu'vni'.
le’l’lfillb‘
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MILTON ELWOOD
124 Washington St.
South Norwalk
rural delivery on Christmas day."
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”bladed. Aseoond“
(“decrease at 8:30 P. M.
III-lathe rats from 8:30
B,M.iol's30-A.M.obout
-dlsoonntsapplywllsretho
curat’ely over the wire.
THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
TELEPHONE COMPANY
pustules -
' .lLL "STE“
0-. flydo- ,.
money. Toll telephone sch
vice carries your voice
1“” "“133",, ”1d ‘0-
Whether for business,
social, or family conversa-
hy 8W rate ‘tid, let the . telephogg
hflmotllomwliho bridgethbgop.’
L'nlvsrsal Sonics
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l JOSEPH ALBERTA .liiliN “1.1::th
i S. W. Vega "Office Manager
Phones 605 or 2859 . . 3-5 Rowan Street w
’ Anthracite COAL Bituminous
C.H A R C 0 A L '
Ever try Charcoal? Great for kindling fires in Range 01' i’m‘nat-e or to rev
vive the fire when nearly out. Beats wood 40 ways.
In aper bags at all Grocers
. Delivered in bulk by bushels
A slight advance has‘been made in the price of Charcoal, clue to the large
increase in the price of Bituminous coal. 3..
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THE NEW
TA'I'ION-TO-STATION minimum reduced rate of .
toll telephone rates now 35 cents. ‘ a i
dig! to at 7 .
o’clock" instead of 8830 in 11"” "° W m
‘ . at 7 P. M. and the other at
ills evening. During the .
8:30 P. M., give an. excel-
nsw hour and a half from I
‘ ent opportunity for the .
7MP.M.io8030P.M.o wide-swat toll
. Metastltoi’thedsy ° “mm“
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