New Britain herald., 1918-08-06
Shortage of Labor Forces Adop-
 tj0n Of New Schedule
WAR SAVINGS STAMP BOOM
German Censor Deletes Part of Let ter Written by Randolph Stewart resented in Marine Corps.

Several of the local factories are
 working overtime because they are un- l able to secugre enough help to operate night and day forces. At the Rock Well-Drake plant the factory is run
 ming until o'clock at night and all | day Sunday. Until a few weeks ago 1 the plant suspended Saturday after noon operation, but when a large war ] order came in it was necessary to re- sume the old schedule. The local plant 1 is a division of the Marln-R ockwell 1 plant in New Haven, which is over worked with war orders The local plant is manufacturing parts of guns l for the New Haven plant.
 1 The Trumbull Electric Mfg. Go. is also rushed. The plant is working on | government orders. It is making switch boards for American ships and also making other electrical goods for ships.
 War Savings Stamp Notes. l The War Savngs Stamp campaign 1 which has been in progress for the l past seven months is progressing well. l A few weeks ago when the governor, as we'll as the president, asked that War Savings Stamp pledge campaign ] be made, the committee in charge re-
  For the past six weeks the subscr1p- tions to the stamps have been large. The general committee in charge of stamps reports that over $1,OO0 has been subscribed for each of the six weeks. The town quota is $66,OOO and over one-ha1f has been subscribed. In cash subscriptions over $17,O00 has
 been collected Of this, $1,500 was raised by the school children. When the schools resume studies in the fall
 drive will be made to interest more children in the purchasing of stamps. A War Savings Stamp campaign is be- ing carried on in most all the factories
 of the town and the factory heads re-
 port that the stamps are selling well.
 Many of the fraternal organizations of
 the town have pledged to buy a, cer-
 tain amount during the year. The To-
 cal court of the Foresters has pledged
 to invest in s1,O00 worth, and more
 than one-half of the quota has been
 raised The local merchants have
 pledged to purchase a, certain amount.
 Tn the fall the local troop of Boy
 Scouts will give 8, harvest fair at
 which time a drive will be made to
 sell stamps.
 Stewart Heard From
 Alfred w. Stuart has received an- other letter from his son.: Randolph, who is in a prison camp in Germany. Tn the letter he said he was in good health and working every day He asked his parents to send him some foodstuffs that he could cook. Stew art tried to tell some of his experi- ences while in the Huns camp but the story was cut out by the German !.censor.
 No Display Lights. Last night was the first lightless night in Plainville since the new fed- eral law forbidding the burning of any display lights on Monday, Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday be- came effective.
 No Marines Yet. At the present time no Plainville young men have entered the service of the Marine corps The time for the enlistment of men in the service is drawing near and an earnest appeal is being made by the government to men to secure recruits. Postmaster P. J. Prior has charge of the enlist ments and he may be found at the post office at any time during the day and until 8 o'clock at night Miss Ruth Dawson. one of the of flee force at the Rockwell-Drake divi- sion of the Marlin Rockwell Corpora