New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-07

The first big step in preparation for
the United War Workers campaign
will be taken tomorrow when the diff
ferent factories will hold short rallies
during the noon hour. The three prin-
cipal factories will have speakers fur
nished through the State Council of
Defense. These rallies will be held
tomorrow in preparation for Volun-
teer Day on Saturday. In order that
volunteer day may be a success some
method of presenting the campaign
to the general public had to be found.
Beca use of the fact that many are en-
ployed in the factories it was decided
that the rallies would be the best
method. Francis W. Cole of Hart
ford will be the speaker at the Rock
well-Drake factory; Rev. G. P. Crost
at the plant Of the Bristol Mfg. Co.,
and George D. Bochman of Hartford
will address the workers in the Trum-
bull factory. The companies have very
generously decided to have part of
the rallies on the companies time and
for that reason they will start at 12:45
and end around 1:13 p. m. The speak
ing at the factories is doubly impor-
tant because the slogan of the Plain
vile Campaign is: Give 4 Days
Pay" and the most of the workers
should be prepared to give this
amount. Since the quota for this
campaign was announced officially
throughout the country it. has been
acertained that a much larger amount
is needed to carry on the work and
the generosity of the people is looked
forward to in order that this much
larger amount may be raised Since
the quota was announced the naval
and military forces of the country
have been materially increased and
naturally the volume of expenditure
grows with the steady enlargement
of the fighting forces. The men in
the service who are in France will
not come home the day the war stops
and while they remain in France, al
though non-com batants, their morals
must be looked out for more so than
if they were fighting. When the fight
ing does cease the troops will have
much more time on their hands and
this extra time should be provided for
by good recreation and reading mat
ter These are several reasons why
the people should back up the cam
paign but the very fact that the coun-
try needs the money for forces besides
the fact that many unlocked for
emergencies may arise should be rea-
son enough for this town to go far
beyond its quota of $3.50. The liter
allure explaining the campaign was
distributed throughout the town yes
terday by the school children. Sat
urday is volunteer day and the Plain
vile Trurst Company will be open
from a. m. to p. M. to receive
voluntary subscriptions.
Italian Victory Celebrated.
The Italians were out in force last
night was the first time as far as is
wonderful success. The affair of last
mint was the first time as far as is
known where Plainville mas had a
chance to realize what q democratic
country this one is. There were
men of all races out to celebrate but
the really impressive fact to the peo-
pie was when the italian language
was heard from the lips of the prin-
cipal speaker Of the evening. The
correspondent Was unable to under
stand him as were the majority of
the toWnspeople but the Italians al
most translated his every word by
their cheers and motions. The sub
| ject of the address was How Italy
has helped the Allies Time after
| time when the speaker would say
! som ething in italian which would APP
peal to his countrymen, the center
| of the town would re-echo from the
| cheers which were shouted out. The
| interesting feature of the celebration
! to the people in general was the
! ct,- II ,JN Il
! by observation-disclosures Peter F.
/ Duffy and the manner in which he
| handled the entire thing was worthy
! of comm endation After the marshal
came James MinelIo representing the
Italians of the town Next came the
! Philharmonic band and following
that the color guard of Company [.
| Lieutenant GwiIlin commanding
! Company l, Conn State Guard, was
| next in the line and the appearance
/ of the company in their winter uni
| forms with steady military rhythm
| brought forth much applause from
| the onlookers. The Plainville Italian
society followed them and they in
| turn We're followed by the firenen and
! the miscellaneous division. After the
! parade the people all assembled at
| Central Square where the lieutenana
| started the program by three cheers
! for Italy and the introduction of the
! speaker, Mr. Anthony Pisani of New
: Haven. The celebration will go down
| as one of the successful accomplish
| ments of the Italians of the town.
I CongTega tional Church.
The topic for the mid-week meet
ing at the Congreg ationaI church
| this evening will be News from the
} front line of The Kingdom" An
! important meeting of the Women's
| Benevolent society was held at the
| church parlors this afternoon. The
| November issue OF the Parish Mes