New Britain herald., 1924-06-11
SILENCE FOR FENN ON BRISTOL SCREEN Ey-SgldieTs Dislike His Attitude
 on Bonus Measure
E. P. ARMSTRONG IS HERE
Fred Eclming Has Young En'p!oye trrc ted For ts auit - John Don nelly Coming Home Tomorrow - 
 West End Club Has Fireworks.

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 nelly Coming Home Tomorrow - West End Club Has Fireworks. Appealing to all of the service men Of the city 10 enlist in the ranks Of the America Legion so that the dis abled comra dcs Of the world war might be aided. State Commander F, i r. Armstrong of Waterbury, told of the efforts being made by the Legion i in behalf of the men. who had been wrecked by war. at the meeting Of | Seicheprey Post last night In many cases whsre the veterans bureau was ] hampercd by regulations, the Legion 1 cut the knots and saw that the serv- ice man and his family did not want. ] He declared that the Legion was rap idly gaining in membership and only through cooperation of the service men could the good work be carried on. Legislation and other means of aid were put through by work of the legion and in the majority of the cases, the aided men were rot legion- naires but later joined the ranks.
 Commander Armstrong said las' night that the Legion had one big purpose in view and that was service 10 the community, the state and coun- try. With this objective, the nation could not help henefiting. Tn view Of the various docnas of today, he as- serted that the legion, which judged a man ss a man, as men were judged in war times in the ranks was the only means of getting, the divisional lines of creed. na ationality and the like wiped nut. Pure Americanism that was Americanism is the legion stan dard, according to the commander.
 Preceding tde talk hy Commander Armstrong, motion pictures of the TO- cent Seichepr"y day celebration were shown'by Morton C. Trcadwsy. Con- spicuous by its utter absence was the applause when Congressman F.. Hart Fenn was flashed upon tho screen. His stand on the bonus proposition had apparently sunken deep into the hearts of inc local service men as a pin could have been heard dropping In the hall when several feet of film depicting inc congressman covered the screen. General Clarence F. Edwards was enthusia stically arplauded
 May Lay Tracks
 Installation Of an extension to the Main street bridge for the laying Of an extra track to improve freight ia . ci'itics in the city is being contem. plated by the New Haven railroad, ac cording to reliable ad,ices. When prominent officials of the road ap- peared here recently 10 discuss time table changes with local citizens, the additional freight accommodation were strongly hintcd at Changes in the freight station hate already been announced so that the increasing freight traffic may he successfully handled.
 Secking Dri,cr
 The police are seeking Edward Grace. alleged 10 have becn inc driver "f tho motor car. which came oui 70 disastrously yesterday in crash Niih the highway fence on the Terry,ilie road near "shovelshop htli." Grace suffered rnt hand in the accident and since the miraculous escape from death in the collision has remained out of siEbt. His companion in the nachirn has also been man of mystery since the affair The owner of tho wrecked car. Eugene Snow Of i6H Church street. has had the re- mains Of the machine removed to garage. The vehicle was split in teo by the iinpart rith ihc ence while f'e ros's wcre torn up and about so f'et of fence was rarried away when the motor car struck ii
 Hits Contractor. Arrested
 lpon complaint of Fred Ieiming local contractor. Merle Rs;ts. a team scr was arrested th.s morning on a charge Of assault and placed under bonds of tjo for appearance tomor- row morning in the police court. Betts has been employed on Q grading job on North Main street and for some time past. Hclming it is said has rs- hihited an offensive attitude toward ihA rouns lad. whp weighs about I4a pounds rhiir tielming Is a heavy sci man Of 25h pounds The "nagsing' troubled tte stripiing. who took ft all. because of his unaiilingnpss 10 par company with his pay 'nvelopa. Afl wont well for HslminE until this morning. when series of remarks. said ny witnesses 10 have been of an ,sircmeiy offensive nature. ransrd The vounEstrr to strike out twice. As 2 result HsIniinE's facc was badly marked. Thercup9n he sought the aid of tlic police rather than fry cnncln- sione with the little fellow. satfs started for polics headquarters 70 nx- plain matters hut nas bsatsn tn The station hy his sccuscr. The complain ant ~rrHiF~d little spfnuaftfV Pond