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1 THE HARTFORD Aunt Sammy Makes a Hit With Country Helpmate of Famous Uncle Broadcasts From 40 or 45 Stations Courant Reference Service By FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Washington, Dec. When, a little over a year ago, the Department of Agriculture began. broadcasting radio programs especial interest to 1 housewives and created the character of Aunt Sammy as a helpmate for Uncle Sam, It was stated that the innovation was an experiment and that whether Aunt Sammy lived to a ripe old age or was cut off early in her career would depend upon the reception accorded her work.

After fifteen months Aunt Sammy is still with us and going strong. She rates a whale of a success in governmental circles. Her first Housekeepers' Chats were broadcast by 40 or 45 atations in various parts of the country. At the latest report, 77 stations were featuring this service. The stations cover 36 States and the District of Columbia.

On a recent occasion when 33 stations were hooked up in broadcasting a musical feature of national interest it was estimated that there was a potential audience when she speaks through more than twice that number of stations? It is not contended. of course, that there is the widespread tense interest in her programs that there would be in an address by the President of the United States or in a ringside descriptive story of the Tunney-Dempsey prize fight, but there is abundant evidence that in the comparatively short time since she began the work she has reached directly more people than any feature of the government service ever instituted. For, "Aunt instance, more Sammy's than Radio 100,000 Recipes" cophave been distributed in response to individual requests since October 15 and It has been found necessary to order a second edition already. This cook book is supplied free to any woman who will send her name and address to the radio station from which she hears Aunt Sammy's talks. One station forwarded more than 600 names in one week.

Bulk distribution is not absolutely denied, but it is frowned upon, as the Con- DAILY COURANT: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1927. Office Establishes New Record Outgoing Mail Reaches Peak and Incoming Flood Starts Facilities Withstand Severe Strain The tide of Christmas mail, which has been rising for several days, reached flood at the Hartford post office Monday, engulfing the emergency facilities provided for the holidays and setting 8 new record for a single day's business for the office. Officials were well prepared for the rush. Everything possible had been done to assist the public and expedite the handling of mail, at the close of business Monday night the machinery had withstood a severe test. From early morning until long after the stores and offices closed, lines and lines of patrons, heavily burdened with outgoing packages, stood in the post office lobby, maintaining continuous pressure on the office facilities.

The Army, Navy and Marine Corps recruiting officers stationed at the post office were prossed into service by Postmaster Taylor and did valiant work maintaining order in the lobby and directing the stream of traffic throughout the day. State House In Service. Eight windows in the post office lobby were service and several clerks assisted in weighing packages at large table near the entrance. The old State House lobby, transposed into a miniature post office, was the scene of similar conditions. A large quantity of the out-going mail was received at this station, where several clerks were on duty.

At the parcel post station on Spruce Street, the clerks reported that there had been no letup from early morning until late at night, This station, new, to the public at the Christmas season this year, demonstrated its popularity by establishing a new day's record for mail handled. The various contract stations throughout the city reported similar conditions and collectors returned to the main office burdened with the heaviest collections of the year. Incoming Load Starts. The load of incoming mail began to be felt office Monday, especially atmathe, destined for suburban delivery. The West Hartford mail was particularly heavy, post office officials reported, while that in more outlying suburban sections was greater than in the city.

The peak day for incoming mail for the city is expected Wednesday or Thursday. Provisions have been made to expedite delivery of this mail with the hope that all offices will be cleared of packages by Christmas Day. The "courtesy mall boxes," located between the old State House and post office, proved popular additions to the service, and were used extensively by the public. The boxes were emptied hourly, and more frequently during the rush hours. Today, practically the entire reserve strength of the department will be handling incoming and outgoing mail.

office expressed themselves as well officialda with the service given on what they believe will stand as the peak day this Christmas season. Anti-Tipping Bill Filed With Bay State Senate Boston, Dec. An antitipping bill was filed with the clerk of the State Senate today. The measure, filed by Henry L. K.ncalde of Quincy, would impose a fine for giving any tips for service in inns, hotels, restaurants, barber chops, theaters or "other public places of entertainment, re-1 freshment or amusement." Tipping of taxicab drivers or others en engaged in public transportation of passengers also would be prohibited.

The amount of the fine which would be imposed was not fixed in the bill. Brokerage House Changes Name to Pirnie, Simons Co. William C. Simons brokerage house of Springfield, which has offices in Hartford and a in Pittsfield, Monday changed its name to Pirnie, Simons Company Inc. W.

Bruce Pirnie, who has been president of the company since last when he acquired a controlling interest of its stock, said there will be change in the policies W. BRUCE PIRNIE. of the company followed neretofore. The firm was established in 1886 and is one of the oldest brokerage ho uses in Springfield. The company has participated during recent years in many financial undertakings in various parts of the world.

It has been the mover in financing the Missisquol Pulp Power Company at Shelton Springs, Cheney Bigelow Wire Works at Springfield, Premier Potter Printing Press Company of Derby, later merged into the HarrisSeybolt-Potter Machine Company; Rod Steel Company of Montague City; B. T. Harris Corporation of Stamford; Pierce Pierce Manufacturing Company of New York; Municipal Gas Company of Texas and the New England Lime Company of Pittsfield. Mr. Pirnie is chairman of the board of the Montague Reel Company; chairman of the board of the Cher.cy Bigelow Wire Works and a director of the B.

T. Harris Corporation and the Northern New England Securities Company of Montpellier, Vt. The renamed company will occupy its new quarters in the Pirnie Building, Springfield, about the middle of January. This building was acquired from the Chicopee National Bank. The Hartford office of Pirnie, Simons Company 15 located at 75 Pearl Street, Laurence S.

Barlow is the local manager. Mussolini Increases Pensions of Soldiers Rome, Dec. old soldiers received Chr.stmas presents at today's session of the Council of Ministers when Premier Mussolini introduced a measure raising the extra pension of survivors of Garibaldi's famous "Thousand." The Increase is from 3,000 lire to 4,000 lire, (about $200.) Other veterans of the 1870 campaign which resulted in the establishment of Italian unity with the taking of Rome were similarly rewarded, and the pensions of the families soldiers of the 1848 and 1849 campaigns were increased. Reporter's Trial January 5. Concordia Thompson, N.

a Dec. reporter for the Boston Post, was held today for trial January 5, on an indictment the procurement of larceny. The superior court denied motion of his counsel that the indictment be quashed. Thompson is charged with having induced printing plant employee to steal a copy of a letter written by Governor Smith of New York for publication in the Atlantic Monthly. The Useful EVERY FOR MEMBER I Xmas Gift OF FAMILY THE Our building at 15 Asvlum street is to he torn Raincoats down and we are disnosing of all our at 50c.

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The CASE, LOCKWOOD BRAINARD Co. PRINTERS AND BINDERS 85 TRUMBULL STREET HARTFORD, CONN. Offers Information About Plumbing How to make simple plumbing pairs in the home is told in a brief pamphlet, carefully illustrated to show just where the trouble is and how to fix it. Frozen or plugged-up pipes, simp leaks and such annoying things can often be quickly repaired. This is a government booklet which our Washington Information Bureau will send for a four cent postage and handling Use the coupon: Frederic J.

Haskin, Director, The Hartford Courant Information Bureau. Washington, D. C. I enclose herewith four cents In stamps for a copy of the booklet, "Simple Plumbing Repairs in the Home." Name Street City State gressman discovered who sent in a request for several thousand copies that he wanted to send to his feminine constituents. Needed in the Flood Area.

An exception was made. however, when a representative of the Department's extension service in Vermont forwarded an urgent call for 1000 coples to be distributed in the flooded areas of that State. He explained that many of the housewives there had lost their cook books in the flood and were appealing to the Government for he'p in the emergency. The cook book contains 70 menus and approximately 300 tested recipes, and is indexed so that it may be consulted quickly and to the best advantage. Aunt Sammy's radio chats are written in an informal, refreshing style, and contain brief discussions of such 1m- portant phases of homekeeping 85 meal-planning, marketing.

cooking, canning, establishing food habits in children, sewing, home furnishing, decoration, gardening and the like. Questions of general interest to housewives are answered, and new and timely menus and recipes from the Bureau of Home Economics are given from week to week. Efficient Marketing efficiently farmer's organized COMPANY to mar- is ket the live stock in large or small quantities at a minimum cost both to him and to the consumer. It is equipped to convert live animals into Premium Ham and Bacon, Brookfield Sausage, Branded Beef and a variety of finished meat products and to distribute them all over the world by means of its branch houses and refrigerator cars with as little waste as possible. Regardless of time, weather or consuming demand, Swift Company is able to provide an outlet for the farmer's live stock.

Whenever the farmer has his live stock in condition to sell, Swift Company buyers are at marketing centers ready to pay him full value in cash. Both producer and consumer reap the advantages of the efficient merchandising methods of Swift Company. For the entire operation of converting live animals into finished meat products and distributing them to the retailer, Swift Company receives an average profit from all sources of only a fraction of a cent a pound. The National Distribution Conference in 1925 found the wholesale expenses of the packers' branch houses to be the lowest of the 17 trades studied. Swift Company Hartford Branch, 450 Church Street C.

Lamoureux, Manager Brook lield ROTE Part Sansage The chats are broadcast every day in the week except Saturday and Sunday. Recently numerous requests have been received from women in New York City who work during the day that the chats be broadcast in the evening when they can have an opportunity to hear them. This may be arranged, but it is up the broadcasting companies. It is interesting to note, too, that requests for the service have come from Hollywood and Culver City, the motion picture colonies of Los Angeles. Strangely enough, the f1 mdom centers did not ask to be instructed in the making of custard pies but instead wanted a good recipe for onion soup! Two of Aunt Sammy's talks that have proved widely popular are "Katy Counts Her Calories" and "For Those Who Would Be Slender." Obviously women are deeply interested aS ever In acquiring and keeping sylphlike figures.

In working out her program for the 1927-28 season, Aunt Sammy has 85- signed a general subject to each day. On Monday she talks on some phase of nutrition; on Tuesday, housekeeping: Wednesday, sewing and home furnishing: Thursday, cookery; and Friday, child health. Thus her talks for typical week are on "How to Select Meats." "Ironing with the Professional Touch," "Getting the Most from Your Sewing Machine," "Salad Dressings," and "Sandwiches for the School Lunch Box." Where The Men Come In. The Radio Service of the Department of Agriculture 18 by no means confined to the feature that appeals to women. The men have their Innings in the Noon-time Farm Flashes and the United States Radio School, and in a number of special features.

Practical and useful information dealing with poultry keeping. dairying, livestock, crops, and soils, fruits and vegetables, farm woodlot, and marketing farm products is disseminated at noon each day in the form of a rapid conversation between a farmer and his county agricultural agent. The Farm School talks are broadcast on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Fridays, the lessons being presented as popular discussions between modern, practical farmers and trained farm specialists. Two special monthly programs for this year are the Agricultural Situation Review, to be broadcast on the first Monday of each month, and Farm Playlets.

The Revlew will deal with crops and general current farm conditions as we as the agricultural prospecta in the various key regions, Timely farm problems will be dramatized into -minute one -act plays for the Farm Playlets. On alternate Wednesdaya the Weather Man will give a ten-minute talk on the ever-popular topic, the weather, and on Saturdays the farm news of the week will be reviewed in the Farm News Digest. The Monday feature release will be the Primer for Town Farmers, a ten-minute re ease that will take up gardening, home beautification, and economy with a town-house slant. Poultry Chats 18 a new release for Tuesdays and on Fridays there will be A Young Folks Progress In which "Uncle Abe" will tell stories with farm slants to children of different ages. In all, 117 representative commercial and agricultural college radio stations are now broadcasting the various features of the Department's Radio Service.

Pennsylvanta leads the States In number of stations that are the service. New York with eight stations second, and Texas, California, and with six Missouri stations are tied each, for Four third place have four: seven, have three; eight States have five stations each. three to have two; while twelve have but one. Any station that wants it can have all or any feature of the service, and experience has indicated a not Inconsiderable rivalry for the service between stations covering the same territory. The keynote of the times is efficient service.

In supplying its readers with a free Information Bureau, in Washington the Courant is living up this principle in deed and fact. We are may paying be for free this, service the in public. order that Submit your queries to the staff of experts whose services are put at your disposal. Enclose two cents in stamps to cover the return postage. Address The Hartford Courant Information Bureau, Frederic Haskin, Director, Washington, D.

C. Three Hartford People Married in New York A marriage license was Issued here this morning to Carl Robert Conrad, of 16 Blinn Street, Hartford, and Miss Amelia Scheide, who gave her address as the Travelers Aid, New York City, for their marriage later In the day. Mr. Conrad was born in Germany, son of Carl Robert and Meta Wohler Conrad. The bride is also native 01 Germany, daughter of Carl and Louise Senne Schelde.

Emil Victor Block of 837 Franklin Avenue, Hartford, and Miss Dorothy Emilia Anderson, of 115 Vera Street, West Hartford, obtained a license here this morning for their marriage later in the day in the chapel of the muntelpal building. Mr. Block 1s a native of Torrington. son of Emil and Ida Kiesel Block. The bride was born in Hartford.

daughter of Allan G. and Helma S. Carlson Anderson: Three. Children Perish In Battle Creek Fire Battle Creek, Dec. (AP.) -Three children of Mr.

and Mrs. Floyd Conine, Battle Creek, perished and their parents were critically burned in fire which destroyed their bome early today. The are Norman. Beulah 3, and Roger, 2. Mr.

and Mrs. Conine are in a hospital, expected to die. Mrs. Mary Crane, grandmother of the children, alsa was badly burned. The six were asleep in the Conine home when the fire was discovered.

Christmas Tinsel Is Hiding Gold, Says N. Y. Pastor New York, Dec. is rapidly becoming an occasion for "pagan bartering," Rev. Dr.

William H. Faulkes, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Newark, N. J. told the New York Assoclation today. "People's eyes are filled with tinsel." he said.

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