New Britain herald., 1923-08-07
FACTORIES ID CLOSE AT NOON ON FRIDAY Merchants Will Do Likewise, It
 Is Expected PROCLAMATION BY MAYOR
Definite Plans For Community Me- mortal Services Not Yet Made Autoists to Stop--Fmeral at O'Clock.

Definite plans for community
 wide memorial service in memory of
 the late President Warren G. Hard
 ing are as yet incomplete and it prob-
 ably will not be known until early
 this evening just when the exercises
 will be held.
 A meeting of the Manufacturers as-
 sociation was held today at noon and
 meeting of the mercantile bureau
 of the Chamber of Commerce was
 held this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 The Manufacturers association
 voted to close up all plants at noon
 Friday. All but a few of the factories
 were represented at the meeting and
 of the others all have decided to close
 at noon except the Malleable Iron Works and Hart & Cooley. The Malleable Iron Works will be closed all day whie Hart & Cooley had not decided at the time of going to press.
 The mercantile bureau decided to
 recommend that all local business >laces close at 12:S0 o'clock Friday
 N moon for the balance of the day. z .O- Henry w. Maier representing 1 0zRE rial association has called ., committee represent lhA Dfyus branches of civic &C., o'clock this afternoon at the of Kirkham, Cooper, Hun gerford .. i'd Camp on the fourth floor of the City hall building to make final arrangements. Among those requested to attend the meeting are Rev. John T. Winters, a representative of the Manufacturers association, the Cham Der of Commerce, Rev. William Ross, George H. Dyson, Judge William c. Judge B. F. Gaffney and George P. Spear. E.t
 At a meeting of restaurant owners this morning it was decided to close restaurants between the hours of md o'clock Friday afternoon, this being the only time that would not interfere with the supper hour. Those who agreed to this were the Victory Lunch, the Presto Lunch j, the New York Dining rooms, the Hudson Lunch and the Delaney Lunch at the Beloin hotel.
 The New Britain Rotary club will hold memorial services for the late president at tho Fresh Air camp tn on Thursday. President F. ), Rackliffe will read the presidents Id dress delivered at the St. Louis con ,ention of Rotary clubs, Rev. Stanley ciek will deliver a .eulogy and Rev. Henry w. Maier will offer prayer
 Local theaters are waiting for fur" her information from their booking ircuits concerning the general plans efore announcing their policy.
 It has been suggested that the me 1orial service be held in some public neeting place other than a church nd steps probably will be taken to his end at the meeting this afternoon. : number of men have been invited ) speak, among them being Rev ohm T. Winters and Judge William Hungerford.
 Mayor Paonessa will issue a. procla- nation tomorrow calling upon all citi- ems to cease their activities for a oecified time and show reverence for ne memory of the deceased president
 Automobiles probably will be stop ed on the streets for five minutes and Il activities are expected to cease for le time being. No meeting has been cid by local barbers, but it is expect l that the shops will close at noon. . ne barber interviewed said he fought they would close at noon al tough it was up to the individual |, lops, while another manager said he ould do whatever the merchants de- ded upon.
 The larger corporations such as the ew York, New Haven and Hartford ailway company. the Western Union V telegraph company and the Connecti- I 1t Co.,, are awaiting further orders ,fore announcing definite policy f r the day, but a five minute period |
 silence is understood is not unex- t cted by each concern. The railway ficials will meet in New Haven this b ening to decide. q It is likely also that at the time of i' e funeral, o'clock daylight saving ne, there will be a five minute pe- D ,d of silenc" on the Southern New \ lgland telephone exchange when the e tire exchange will be silenced. Ii