New Britain herald., 1929-03-25
LEGION GIVES S35
 ID BRISTOL TEAM
New Britain Post Contributes to
 Basketball Fund

While discussing the prospects for the junior boys baseball league dur ing the coming season at county meeting Of Legionnalres at Groto Hall yesterday afternoon, Harry .. Jackson. department chairman O. the work. cited the splendid work of the Bristol High school basketball team ID winning the Yale tourna- ment again and the backing tn" team was receiving from the citi- 2cus for it's trip to Chicago to take part in the University Of Chicago tournament
 Spontaneously. it vas suggested that the legion county organization take steps 10 help out and a col lection WAS taken up netting s5i. This sum will bc donated towards the fund being raised in Bristol for the Chicago trip for the team.
 The attendance at the gathering here yesterday was one Of the larg ,st on record. Both the Legion anl auNiliarly were represented by more than S5D delegates.
 Iiiuutt to T oNil
 An impressive and solemn tribute was pad 10 Marshal Ferdinand Ioch, gencrallssimo Of the allied armies during the World War at tn. opening of he session when District Commander Earl PanZer of Wps, Hartford asked that all prese nt stand with bowed heads in silent prayer in his memory.
 The meeting voted to ask the city and town governments and citizens e the various municipalities III Hartford county 10 display their flags tomorrow. the day on which inc funeral will be held in Paris.
 Military Training Camp
 Several members present spoke in support Of the movement to fiIl lonnccticut's quota for the Citizens Military Training Camp. This state is allowed SIS members in the camps supported by the government and IS Dr. Teisng Of West Hartford Is chairman Of rhe C. M T. t. com m!ttae. he addressed the meeting asking support Of the members III raising the quota.
 Past Department Commaldc- Kenneth Cramer Of Wcthers.icld. re- ported as chairman or the hospital committee. that tho United Stats Veterans Bureau has acceled 10 -he committees request that the site for the new United Sla'es hospital be chosen within a radius Of o0 miles from Hartford.
 Routes for the trip 10 the Nation- al Convention in Louisville. hentuc- ky Were discussed and it was eN- pained that two routes had been selected One will he over the Penn . sylyania and Chesapeake & Ohio lines with a stop at Washington. b /. C. This is known as tho short rout... The other will be over New York . Central. Michigan Central and Big t lines including stops a Niagar Falls, . Detroit and othor places Of int"rr51. A Connecticut special to hc nalr up within the coufjurs of this stH'1. . W.il be ouo of tho rnatgrtt.
 Protest Naturalization ncIa,
 The delay in naturalization nf ~ 'N E''.' l''. fI' .'l1N VI ' . thoroughly and committee ot ill"" is tp n" appointed nhirh nfq tudr3Nor tn tat,- thi~ uorl, spee,lc.y np in HartforI county lt Is expected that t1" s'1te d'par'm. will taL4 action on tbis matter soon
 Reports on membership showed that ih"r" arr nov 2,5t7 melnb-r. m th" Hartford county district msl- 1 Ing he total 'i7" largest it has ever been af this finn" O. the year I'll. . quota for the county is &.%6o anf 1t Is expected that this NlH be filled m mother month.
 n" n"At meeting Of the a.so,i4 tio3 will L held in Ncrherstield on tho fourth sunday in April. Luucn- con Was served follo"ing the meet ing iy the auxiliary membcrs