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m JBTvITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1023. 11 HAIL, SNOW! HEAT AND COLDFEATURE Weather in Various Sections ol Country Fluctuates Chicago, Aug. 4 (A5) Hall stones as largu as eggs, snow, floods, violent thunder storms and cool weather have found mention In August' weather chronicle In place of the usual record of skyrocketing tem peratures. Hall was reported In sevcraU inld western slates Monday, causing con siderable damage to the tobacco crop in parte of Kentucky. Snow fell for live minutes over an area of several square tulles near Amburg. Wis., und was followed by a dam aging hail. From the. southwest camo word of damagu by Hood waters o the Klo (j ramie river. from "oil to l.lMMl acres of tobacco were destroyed by hail in the vicinity of Lexington, Ky. The loss being estimated at more than Sluti.uuu. A small loss was sus tained by corn and other crops. The hail lasted for less than an hour but was so heavy that it remained on the ground three and a half hours in some places. Detroit, scene of a destructive rain Friday again was visited by a violent wind and thumb r storm. For two hours rain and hall pelted a portion of the businc. area, Hooding basements and filliing the si rout with IS inches of water. The hail was hair an inch thick. At Indianapolis the mer cury dropped 26 degrees to 5S when hail as largo as marbles showered the city for half an hour. Outside of the Hooding of basements liltle damage was done. Farmers, busiwes men and re clamation service employes sre ilghling the llio Grande Hood in the lower valley cotton fields. Damage to crops in the vicinity of Fabens, 30 miles below El Taso was esti mated at $2"5,00(i. Several hun dred acres of cotton land were in undated when the river broke through levees one mile below Fabens yesterday, bringing the total Hooded area to between 2,000 and :.""0 acres. A force of 1,000 is working to hold the waters in cheek. Phoenix, Ariz., where the mercury registered 3 02 was the leading hot weather point. Elsewhere tem peratures in the fifties and sixties and upwards predominated. Singer If ?r" 1 -y f RICKENBACKER SPEAKS World War Ace Makes Predictions Regarding future! of Air Tracl Sees Speedy Surlce Kansas City. Mo., Aug. 4 lTl Ed ward Jvlckenbaeker, tormer motor car racer, and World War flying ace. 'delved Into the future of air travel, In an address yesterday before the Advertising club. Here are some of the things he forecast: i Airships M,000 feet long, traveling on a trade wind BO.uiiO feet above the earth at !0u miles an hour. ', Ocean crossing dirigibles giving one day service from New York lo l'urls, ' Airplanes, carl' ins freight and passengers, Hying across the I'lyilcd aisles in a day, regularly, Dirigibles with a cruising period of a year. , Air lines criss-crossing the United !, States. weeks, It was learned today. It la understood that the government has already decided in principle that he shall make the trip to England, whero he li expected to confer with Foreign Secretary Chamberlain on 'he proposed security pact with Germany. POLICEMEN ACCUSED Her voice won her a $200 prUi offered by the Julliard Foundation She's Jane Crawford, 17, and shi lives In Hollywood. was struck by a liner in the Fast river late yesterday afternoon while returning from its daily cruiso down the bay, with Ihu mothers and about l.ooo crippled children aboard. The Lamport and Holt liner Yan dyek was being warped from her dock when the tide carried her stern into the hospiial ship, smash ing the rail amidships. There was a chorus of screams and some of the nearly distracted mothers tried to clamber over the post rail and leap Into the water. Forced inlo seals by nurses and sailors they were thrown into fresh panic by a cry of "lire." The second stampede was haltetd with difficulty and when ,the Helen C. J nil Hard drew alongside her pier many of her pi.ssengers were still on the verge of hysteria. The vessel was not: seriously dam aged nnd was due to make her usual trip today. TO DISCI SS Sl.CCniTY I'At'T Paris. Aug. 4 (P) Foreign Min ister Hriand tinds his time so occu pied in Paris for tho present that ho probably will be unable to go to 1 Ion f r the next ten days or two in Chicago niiiproata Invohrd In Disappearance of Property Valued At (90,000. Chicago, Aug. 4 W) Sixteen po llcemcn attached to the detectivt bureau and the Stanton avenue sta tion have been involved In charge of participating In a raid on stob i property valued at $90,000 which had been held under police guard. Unless they can give a satisfac tory explanation of the disappear ance of the property the case will be laid before the police trial board, said John Stege, acting detective chief, who made (he charges. He said witnesses told him they saw policemen drive up to the place where the property was stored, in empty taxicabs, nnd drive away with the vehicles loaded. OUR 29th ANNUAL FUR SALE Get Thin by Eating MARKET UNCHANGED DISCIPLINE OF NURSES AND SAILORS SALYATION Women, Some with Children, Pre sented From Jumping Overboard In Minor Ship Crash ew York, Aug 4. Four hun dred mothers today were offering heartfelt thanks for the discipline and courage of the nurses and sailors of the hospital ship Helen C. Juilliard. Only quick action by these attend dants,.they believe, averted a disaster when tho vessel, in tow of a tug. nubbiT Kxport Changes Has l.lttlp Effect I'pnn Pricrs Quoted in Iion don Today. London, Aug. 4 W) The an nouncement of the colonial office, that the limit, for the exportation of crude .rubber from Ceylon, Strait settlements and the Federated Malay slate would be. raised to 75 per cent of the rated production, produced little effect today in the rubber mar ket here, where d".ilers raised their quotations from '.id lo Id the pound in anticipation of a continuance of the rubber trade's demands. These demands were not forth coming on n large scale and as only a few speculative orders were on hand prices reverted to Friday's level. The undertone of the mar ket, however, was steady. Dealing in rubber shares on the stock exchange was quirt, there be ing no 'particular movement in val ues. The fTr orders on hand were executed at Rleady prices. AS AN ADDED FEATURE TO OUR AUGUST FUR SALE WE OFFER Always have a loaf of Wal lace Bread in your bread-box. Eat two slices of it at the beginning of each meal. Eat all you want of it. It is ama zing how it aids in ridding you of excess weight. YouH want to cat lots of it because it is delicious, wholesome, nourish ing. To know what it will help vou do weigh yourself the day you eat the first slices. Then a week afterwards. A better bread was never baked. It's Wallace's own scientific recipe. Not a drug of any sort is used. Its purity is guaranteed. Eat it every day begin each meal with two slices a loaf costs only 30 cents and youll enjoy every bit of it. Call your grocer have him save you a fresh loaf each day. It is delicious in any way, but wonderful when toasted. Call the grocer today get thin while eating. 35 BEAUTIFUL FUR COATS mm MM STARTING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT SPECIALLY PRICED AT rr.F.Ncii si;.l 1 rimmed wi'li lirown . I o $185 inlcr price S250, COCOA ( 'An ACt L Trimmed with I ox $225 Winter price Soi5 This Specially P r ic e d group includes all the newer styles and models in Seal, plain and trimmed with choice of squirrel, skunk or mink. Marmot, muskrat and many other beautiful furs. Upon the payment of a small deposit any garment in this group, or in our store, will be held and stored free of charge until wanted. And! Three Examples of Low Prices Prevailing QDI7 A T or reducing For the convenience of those living out ol the city, we hive arranged to mail 6 loaves, prepaid, for 12.00. Se4 this amount to the address bo lew and a loaf will be mailed fresh from the oven every other day. PARKER-BUCKEY BAKING CO. M-W BRITAIN. CONN. bakers I twee. MUSKRAT ISciiutil'iil silt rr MiKriit. Irimmrtl with collar, cud's and luxurious border of .Vulrla. RACCOON In new I'nllt'giaU: "Toni lloj" models. Ilcaty pelts. The (ileal coat for motor ing find football panics. Winter Prior JUtin inter Trier ,S:'.lll JACQUETES A pleii-iiiK taricl.v of lac iiiel(Cs in all lengths of Caraeiil, Leopard Cat. .Muskrnt, Nutria and Srnl. I pnard 170 MAIN ST. EDWARD ESHKE Est. 1396 Tel. 618 New Britain's Oldest and Most Reliable Furrier "WmmttllllllWBbl MANY WOMEN DO BUT A LOT OF THEM DON'T Eventually, we hope, the women who don't will be fair and try it just once. At any rate we have every confidence that, as soon as the women w ho do know, tell the women who don't know of the remark able results accomplished by the DESC0 Dry Clean ing Process, we will be able to say The Desco Process Is Dry Cleaning at Its Very Best YOUNGSTER IS HANGED WHILE PLAYING INDIAN DESCO Refreshes Colors Renews Lustre Revives and Strengthens Fabric It Costs No More Desco Headquarters West Main St Opposite Hotel Burritt Phone 10 S-Year-Ohl .New YorU Hoy Mcel-Kc-ath When Hope Is Tied Around NeeK New York. Aug. 4 lP While . "1 'laying Indian" with his the yvai 1 old nephew in the cellar of hi.k i his Brooklyn home last night, Her- '. nard Rauet, 8, "captured" himself with a home made lariat, foil from a bannister "horse" and was hanged until he died. The two boys tied two old bflis together making u noose at one end l hey decided to play "cowboy" ami "Indians" with Bernard as the. In dian and John Hauct, ns cowboy. Bernard tied one end of the, "lariat" lo the ballast rade of the cellar and dipped the noose around his neck. "Now 1 am captured." ho said, mounting the ballastrade and "we'll ride on this horse lo town. As .lohn prepared to follow, Bernard slipped and hung dangling in ill' stairwell. John tried to haul hiv playmate back and failing screamed tor heir. But when help came, the older boy was dead. her of 111? United States Olympic b am in 1U-1. suffered the less of three ting'TS of the right hand yes teid.iy while at work in the l.enape ft m 1 1 1 rv. operated by Ins father, bred K. Mont,, of ('nutxxtillc. lb was running a hydraulic press whi-n his hand was caught between a plunger and a heavy casting. AHAMiOMM. ll.lti:.l, KAIMM. Willianislown. Mass.. Aug. 4 WPl Kuropc Is abandoning cereal culti vation to a largo extent and "going Iwl. to gi.iss." I r l.oub Michael, foreign aii ricnli mi al economist of ih V . S. ibpa.'ment of agr'cu.ton -aid ii i an dd ess 'h' n of polities round 'able conference on agiicullure and population increase YOLMi M l OUMKK l'lXED Chicago, Aug. 4 lP) Cyrils H. Mo Cormick. Jr.. eldest son of the har vester magnate, was arrested and lined So1 yesterday on a charge of driving his automobile mi miles an hour in Lake Forest. 8 Delivery Cars At Your Service Main Office and Works 266 Arch St. Phone 901 Tax on Beer to Tay Coal Costs Is Plan in England Lcndon, Aug. 4 lPi That beer bt made to pay the cost of the govern ment's promised subvention to coal mines is n suggestion that is being discussed in political quarters. It is leported Hint Winston Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, is con sidcrlng the inostion of an tncreastd tax on beer which would enrich the exchequer to the extent of f'.'n.lHMi. 1100 sterling a year on the basis ol the country's present consumption. r"" I. iim ii ! ii h ii iiMnrirftTr1 ih iiiiwimiiiiii an mi jiiibi whi ii m iiiiiiiiiiiiwibi ! RIBBON AND STRAP ! PUMPS hoi dim nu:fci New Tork, Aug. 4 l The com plaint asralnst Harry Houdini. hand cuff artist, charging him with dis orderly conduct was dropped today ; when tho complainant. George Young, proprietor of tho Francis T. Houdlna Kleetric nnd Kadio Sales Co.. failed to appear. Houdini was accused of wrecking the Interior of ' the company's office aftr going thr to protest the use of his name. Mines', ChilrliTn's and Growinp Girls' sizes. Our Junior Department offers Ribbon and Strap Pumps in tan and patent leather at sharp reductions. Growing Girls' Tan and Patent Ribbon Pumps, sizes 31 ; to . Formerly selling at So.oO. Now $3.9."). Misses' Tan and Patent Pumps, ribbon tic: sizes 11 'i to 2. Formerly selling at H00. Now $2.9.). Children's Tan Ribbon Pumps: sizes 8'. to 11. Formerly selling at ?3.50. Now ?2.6.. Misses' Patent Strap Pumps, made by Mrs. King. Formerly selling at $3.00 Now S1.9.". SLOAN'S SMART SHOES ATHLETE INJURED Coatv1ll. Pi.. An. ChirlM H. "Crip" Moon, chimplon" 78 WEST MAIN STREET OPP. BURRITT HOTEL - --' , USE Peea Stitt hlrh hurdler and mem-