New Britain herald., 1928-04-07

issued . call for . caue,og Whtet will be held in the city eesrt soiy0 at 7:3o o'clock Tuesday svsaiaG, April 10. Delegates to the sta4o an1 congressional district convection will be elected.
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 An automobile operated by RicA. ard J. MacCallum Of 3sS Park strest, this city. early last evening. colliAeA with one owned by Dr. F. J. Naa1, which was parked on North Naia street. Southington. Both cars weso badly damaged. Bartolo Nsngps, who was riding with MacCallun 1t the time, was cut about the face.
 Constable Timothy J. Foley, wAe investigated the accident. placed MacCallum under arrest for rsck. less driving. He will be given . hear. ing in the Southington town court Monday morning.
 Laying Nov Ran A force of 100 section men of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. was busy yesterday laying new main line rails from the passenger station west as far as Doolittle's crossing. The old rails en both the east and west bound main lines between this city and Piainville have now been replaced. Three Fires The fire department responded to three fires Friday afternoon. none of which did serious damage. The first call was received at 12:07 p. m. for the blaze in the ear- age of John Lynch at 191 Prospect street. Squad A and No. l responded and extinguished the blaze with chemicals. MT. Lynch was preparing to clean his car with gasoline when it became ignited and he was slight. ly burned. The amount of damage was small. At l o'clock Squad A and Hoss Company No. ? were called for . brush fire on land owned by 0us- tave Vosberg on Pennington avenue This was extinguished with cherhi. calls.
 The third call was received at 3:3o o'clock. this time for . brush fire on Fair street. Squad 4 and Welch Fire company extinsuished the place before 1t reached nearby buildings.
 To Present 9finstreas A minstrel show and cabaret will be put on in Red Mems hall on next Tuesday evening for the bensAt of St. Anthony's church. George Jones and Albert Montella. both of thls city. will direct the minstrels and there will be vocal solos by Mis- Jo- sephine Mastrobattisto. Miss Nay Yashenski. Armand Laurie and James Santanello. Dancing will bs enjoyed following the entertain. ment.
 Police Bau Plans have practically bsen com. pleted for the annual police concert and ball. which will be held in the high school auditorium and symna- sium on Friday evening. April IT. The entertainment program e CT. ranged by the committee will eon- sist of the Roxy quartet of New York city. comprised of John Young, tenor; Frank Mellor, tenor: George Reardon. baritone. and Frederick Thomas. basso: the Mitchell broth- CTS. banjoists: Miss Loretts Hurley, soloist: and salvo and Gloria. inter- national dancers. The contract for decorations has already been awnrd. ed and the returns already made oa tickets indicate that the event tAis | year will be one of the most sue. cessful in the history of the depart ment.
 The proceeds of the affair ars ds. posted in the police pension and benefit fund.
 Warning Against Eiras
 Chief John H. Hayes of the ilrs department has iDued | warning against the setting of Ares in the districts protected by hydrants un. less proper precautions are taken. Within the past twenty-four heurs, the department has been called to extinguish three brush fires which were either purposely or carsleasly set and which if permitted to spread would have done . large amount 0f damage.
 It has also come to the attention Of the chief that young boys have been setting Era2s and brush fires simply to see the ire apparatus re- spond. one case of this kind occur ring yesterday. Such boys Will bs harshly dealth with. if caught. Holiday Quiet In spite of the fact that sll fac tories and other places of business were closed yesterday in observance Of Good Friday. the day proved ex- tremely quiet. No arrests were made by the police department and no automobile accidents were reported. The services in the various churches of the city were we'll at- 1 tended both during the morning. afternoon and evening and the the aters were we'll patronized. 4 aum. Der of persons spent the day metor- ing or left the city by train to at- tend theaters in nei9hboring cities. Traffic. according to traffic po- licemen. was extremely light for . holiday.
 Richardson Under ArTeae The vigilant eye of Policeman Edgar Norton and the local police force resulted late last night in the arrest in Hartford of Norman Rich- ardson. recently of this city. whe has been wanted hers for some time on charges of obtaining money undss false pretenses and forgery Of . check. Richardson, who is now esn- ployed as a driver for the Black anl (Continued on Page 1S)
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