New Britain herald., 1924-04-09
Elect Majority to Board Of Relief And Board Of Selectmen And Name Four Consta-
 bles At City Election.
Fourth Ward Upset, Giving
 Republican Cold Shoulder, Star Surprise of Day Third Ward Fails G. O. P.

Mayor Angelo Nj. Paonessa, demo- crat, was reelected yesterday when he defeated the republican nominee, judge B. W. Allirg by plurality of
 SC votes.
 A feature of the election was the turnover of the fourth ward from the republican to the democratic fold. The candidates for council places on he republican ticket in that ward were elected by narrow margins, but he Paonessa vote showed a 24 lead over Alling.
 The fifth and sixth wards increased the majorities they gave Paonessa two years ago and were big factors in his success at the polls yesterday.
 The third ward, the district which vas expected to give Alling a suffi- cient number of votes to offset Paon- rssa's support north Of the railroad tracks, came through with a small re- publican lead and accorded Paonessa what is believed to be the biggest vote ever given democrat in that ward.
 The democrats won control of the board of selectmcn and the board of ,clief, both of which have been for many years under republican control. The winning party also named four ,onstables, holding the republicans to rhrce and defeating Constable George <. Stark, who has held office since ia1a.
 Tn the election Of 1922, the repub- can candidate carried the first ward by 252 votes Yesterday the c. o. F. was given a 5S9 lead in this district, eS7 additional votes being polled for he party.
 The second ward was cut down, the 1929 republican victory of STs votes hcipg reduced by e17. Yesterday the rf fpublicans won by the narrow mar gin of 162.
 Tn the third ward, a surprise was s.ven the republican nominee when, instead of an anticipated 1,2o0 10 l,- 500 plurality he was given a meagre TOT lead. This, however, was 121 more votes than Quigley received two years ago when the voting in this dis rict showed but a fraction of the en- tire number registered participating in the election.
 The three upper wards turned 10 the democrats as they had predicted they would. In the fourth ward the republicans had come through with a lead of i02 votes in 1924 Yesterday the ward was lost 10 the democrats by 24 votes.
 Tn the firth ward. Paonessa built up his eos majority Of two years and came down from the district with 965 votes. while the sixth ward, his strong hold. registered it's approval by ada ing SIS votes to his total of two years ago and sending in a t094 plurality for the mayor.
 Common Council Contests
 David l.. Nair and Nathan C. Avery, rominees on the republican ticket for first ward councilmen, ran slightly ahead of their ticket and were elected over the democratic candidates, Dar- iei Sullivan and John r. Callahan.
 s. Gerard Casale, James A. Coyle and H. T. McMahon, the democratic candidates in the second ward, were defeated. but only after they had made a telling cut in the republican majority in this ward. Fighting against q registered republican majority of about 500 votes. the democratic nom- inees battlcd on throughout the day and when the count was made the O. o. P. had come through with only lga yead. Walter Talk was elected alderman and A. N. Rutherford and John Buckley were the wards selec- tions for councilmen.
 In the fourth ward Alderman J. Gustav Johnson was reelected by what is believed to be the smallest major itv ever accorded an alderman-elect. He led Victor W. Watkins, the demo- cratic nominee for alderman. by 12 votes. c. Adrian Carlson and H. N. Robertson were elected councilmen, defeating Edward Scalise and Thomas Firth by close margins.
 The fifth ward returned Council men r. Howard Smith and F. T. Ring rose who made a clean sweep of the ward burying Fred A. Murphy and Frank Gromko by about 1,2o0 votes.
 Alderman Frank L. Conlon was alected to that office for q second term. defeating Kenneth Walther, re- publican, in the sixth ward. Walther tan few votes ahead of his ticket ] Councilmen Stephen A. Lynch and | John O'Brisn were reelected, defeat l ing the republican candidates, F. 1 IrancoIini and Martin Dahlson.
 Tn connection with the democratic | sweep. that party took over control of the board of selectnen and the board of relief. filing two of the three pIsces on both boards. William schaefer was replaced on the board of relief by Lawrence P, Mangan and Michael McCrann was reelected. B. c. Mercy will be the only republican member of th. board.
 On the board of selectmen Albert S. Anderson was defeated by John Raldyga and Michael T. Ksrwin be- came first selectman. Lewis W. Law yer drops from first to third select mar.
 Michael A. MeCrann. democrat. will s,o tte new cbai-nlan Of the board of r.iief. succeeding William schasfer, If ,s erurc+1d