New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
Bristol Mps

i RALLY 0N TUESDAY Seven Speakers Will Be Heard | Tomorrow Night 2,7t7 NEW VOTERS MADE Several Hundred Others Have Not Net Appearei-Little Boy Killed By Truck-Autos Collide-Other | News Items.
 Local democrats have completed {, plans for a big rally to be staged tomorrow evening in Red Mems auditorium on Prospect street Seven speakers have been secured through the efforts of the democratic town committee and each will be restrict mer Mayor Joseph F. Dutton. chair man of the committee. will preside at the gathering which will start promptly at o'clock.
 The speakers who will appear are Herman kopplemann of Hartford. candidate for congress from the first district: Judge John Matthews, for mer candidate for governor of New Jersey; Lieutenant John Pickett of Middletown. past commander of the Connecticut American Legion and candidate for state comptroller; i; l Rev. Malcolm Harriss of the Yale Divinity school; the Hon. Augustine Lonergan. candidate for United States senate; Dr. William F. Rear 1 don of West Hartford. candidate for state senator from the fifth district and Dr. Nj. F. Claffey of this city. candidate for the general assembly. l Special seating arrangements in | tiIN tuulloI IuIt i" l1t tI IL is expected that approximately l.50o will attend.
 2,717 New Voters 326 new voters were made at the Saturday session of the board of se- lectmen and town clerk. bringing the total number of new names which will appear on the voting lists to be used November 9th up to D. 717. The total number of applica- tions received by the town clerk was 3.425. although in checking them over number of Implications were discovered.
 Star Spanglcd Banner Thomas P. Cahili, chairman of the Star Spangled Banner campaign in Bristol. announced this morning that the quest for signatures to the petitions to be presented to con- gress, will close on Sunday. Octo- Der 2s, at the quarterly meeting of the department of Connecticut. Vet erans of Foreign Wars. which will be held in Bristol.
 The campaign in Bristol. accord, ing to Mir. Cahill, has been remark ably successful. The total number of signatures secured up to the present time is in excess of 2,2O0 The success locally is attributed by MT. Cahill to the splendid publicity given the cause by the newspapers
 Boy Killed By Truck
 Richard T. Donahue, eight year old son of MT. and Mrs. Wayne L. Donahue of Terryville. was struck and fatally injured in that town Saturday evening by truck owned by the Harvest Bakery Co. of North Main street, this city. and operated by Alexander Priscilla of Eagle street. Terryville. According to Sheriff George Buckley of Terry vile, the boy was carried some dis tance before the car was stopped. It is understood that both the brakes and headlights on the truck were defective and it is intimated that manslaughter charge may be lodged against Priscilla.
 Funeral services for the accident victim will be held at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial will be in East Haven. Vt.
 Another Boy Injured
 Max Granicki. aged Ii, also of Terryville is in the Bristol hospital hospital with a fractured skull sus- tained Saturday evening by a auto- mobile operated by Frank Woboski of Main street. Terryville. His con- dition is termed critical by hospital authorities.
 Returns from Convention Chief John H. Hayes of the local fire department returned Saturday night from Philadelphia. where he had been attending the national convention of fire chiefs during the week.
 William Dickall
 William Dickall. 20. of Burling- ton died Sunday at the Bristol hos pital from peritonitis, which set in following an operation for appendici- tis.
 Surviving are his parents, Mir. and Mrs. Christopher Dickall; three brothers. Harmon. Otto and Albert Dickall; and one sister, Miss Martha Dickall. all of Burlington.
 The funeral will be held at o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the German Zion church. Rev. Emil Jestinsky will officiate and burial will be in West cemetery.
 Resume Duties l Detective Sergeant Daniel McGilli-