New Britain herald., 1918-01-17
LARGE ATTENDANCE
 AT VAR RALLY At Least 300 Attend Gathering at Congregational Church
 GOOD SPEAKERS HEARD
Trolley and Auto Truck Crash III Front of Cooks Garage-Mumps Found to Be IncreaSing-Ihrlfs Stamp Campaign News.

At the war rally which was held in the Methodist church last night, one of the biggest gatherings ever as- senbled for any meeting held in Plainyille was present to welcome the chance of hearing the real facts re- garding the war situation. There was a total attendance of about 300 and the church was crowded to the doors. The meeting was no doubt one of the most interesting and in- structive of any that have been held for the past few months.
 Attorney B. M. Holden, in his speech, told the audience of the sac rifces that were necessary in order to win the war, and he also told some facts regarding the situation the United States was in at the beginning of the war when, if it had not been for the British, the German navy could have wiped out the entire eastern coast and seaports of the country before America would be able to fight The fact that the British navy was patrolling the North Sea was the only reason for the German navy being held in the Kiel canal, otherwise the results from an on- slaught made by Germany against the United States would have been disas- trous
 The speech given by Dr. Valeria Parker was one of the most clear and frank statements ever made regard ing the German nation as a whole.
 Interesting experiences were related by William Lamb of New Britain, who was in the American field service as a driver of an ambulance on the battle front. He told of how the men were forced to do all their driving at night on account of the enemy scouts being on the watch for secret passageways
 Mumps Continues to Gain.
 The epidemic of humps which has attacked the school children of the town is increasing daily at an alarm ing rate. A great many of the cases that are thought to be humps are in fact swollen glands and Dr. Bull has more cases than he can handle with ease on his hands.
 Since the scare created by the find ing of ground glass in candy Princi- pal Judd has warned all children against the buying of the particular brand of <candy in which the glass was found.
 Wood Substitute For Coal.
 As yet there has been no relief in the coal situation and it appears as though there will be many people in Plainville who will be forced to burn wood for the rest of the winter One of the local coal dealers today told of several instances where he had or dered coal and the shipment was either lost or taken over by other firms, which left him with nothing but empty bins.
 An accident that could easily have resulted fatally 10 the driver of a big auto truck happened this morning at about o'clock on East Main street. The trolley bound for New Britain was proceeding down East Main street when near the entrance of Cooks garage it was suddenly confronted by the truck which came running out of the garage at a rather speedy clip. Before the brakes could be applied effectively both vehicles crashed and the trolley pushed the truck along the track in front of it. The only dam- age suffered was the breaking of the cab of the truck.
 Thrift Stamp Campaign.
 The committee appointed in charge of the local Thrift Stamp campaign is completing the plans and it is expect ed that the drive will be opened in a short time. This will be one of the biggest campaigns to be held, and the amount of money to be raised as the share of the town of Plainville is nearly S66,0oO.
 Under a recent ruling of the secre- tary of the treasury, the procedure for appointment of agents for the sale of War Savings Certificates and United States Thrift Stamps has been very much simplified.
 No formal appointment being ne- cessary for individuals or corpora tions who wish to secure less than $1,O0O worth of stamps, as they may secure them from any bank Or post office in small amounts and sell them provided however, they must not in any event sell them for less than their face value.
 This simplifes the matter very much. as previously it was necessary to secure an appointment from the Treasury department as an agent and purchase direct from them a certain amount of stamps.
 Under this new ruling it is hoped that the local manufac acturers and pos- sibly some of the local merchants will purchase a small supply from either the bank or the post office and have them on hand for sale from time to time as they may have opportunity to dispose of them.
 If any such concerns will advise S. S. Gwillim, chairman of the local War Savings committee, he will be very glad to furnish them with small bulletin advising that War a.--zz.pu~~x--.-..u--