New Britain herald., 1924-04-11
JEWS TO PURCHASE LAUREL ST. HOUSE Will Pay Si5,OO0 for Home Of
 New Synagogue PAINTERS GRANTED RAISE
Will Receive S1 an Hour-"l0 and
 Locomotive in scicheprey Day Pa rade-Strects Torn Up By storm Being Rcpaired-H. :. Floor sa'ed'

Steps toward the purchase of prop erty for use as a synagogue Tor Jew ish residents were taken last night at a meeting of the local Iaimud Torah association, when house on Laurel street was practically decided upon. At the present time, the lai- mud Torah association has heau- quarters in a hall on summer street. where services have been held. me movement toward a~local synagogue has been under way for some tune with David A. Lippman, president ot the Lorraine Shoe Co. very actife Ill behalf of the plan. As soon as the preliminaries for the synagogue have been completed, the place will be rem ovatea so that the regular sehedule or services may be maintained. The deal for the property on Laurel street Will involve about s15,000.
 Repairing storm Damage.
 Superintendent of Public Works os- car Anderson and his workmen are making progress toward restoration or the city streets to normal condition, following the destruction by the hood earlier in the week, The main work on Gridlcy and Matthew streets. which suffered the greatest amount or damage outside of the Memorial Boul- evsrd, is we'll under way and traillc will not be held ID much longer. lhe boulevasd presents a difficult prob lem because of the destruction of inc retaining wall on the banks or me | peouabuck river, in addition 10 tne tearing away of the roadway itself. Duuring the progress of construction of the boulevard, west-bound traffic IS handled on the eastbound straiGhl- away for a distance Of 500 feet rom East street to the new high school Rcd lights mark the danger section at night and flags during tho day time advise vehicles to use caution.
 May Get Locomotive.
 The locomotive of the 40 and S' the orga nizatlon of former service men. which appeared at the American Legion convention in New Britain last fall. is expected to he Il part Of the seicheprey day celebration on Apri 1o. as arrangements have been prac' tically completed for tho appearancf of the unique float. A big tank Iron Winstcd and a huge machine gur from Waterbury will also be in ih' uarade, as the local officials have beei given assurance Of their participation Waterbury is sending a big delegation of service men as well as the othe cities of the state. There is som' doubt at present of the anticipated presence of the Governors Footguard because lack of appropriation t' handle the expenses Of the. transpor tation of that body. The plans fol tho parade already call for lG bands
 special Warnings Issued.
 To give doinquents last oppor' tnnity and also 10 forestall tho neces sity of printing a large supply of war rants, special notices are being sen out by Tax Collector Francis B. Rile, in an attempt to clear up back per sonal taxes. The first batch Of namc' has been handed over to the prose cutting attorney, but it is thought tha further chance will be given man, who failed to pay through carelessnes' or some other reason, rather than tt tack on substantial court fine anc possibly Jail sentence. Unless th' last notices are needed, the tax col