New Britain herald., 1929-01-08

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Is from the adult depastueat anA
Of sl1 from the eAWAFsnt soesnL
There was also . los ef II et thu
Endee branch aud Of - At the EaA
Bristol school. There was . gals
Of 1ssat the Forestvilis branch, lel
at the John Jsnntass school. 81 n
the North Side scheoa. and - at ths
Park street school.
The main library vas open %
days with an average circulation Of
500 from Vie adult Aspastms1k and
of lss from the cAiidssn's sesaa,
The Forestville branch was ajss
opened IS days and had IN average
circulation Of SO. The Eudee hRaAch
open four evenings. had IN average
circulation Of Is. The average cir.
culation at the school branches 9er
three afternoons each 10 a. follows:
Park street. 1855: John J. Jennings
ls5: East Bristol. 1871: North Side,
81,
The total circulation was caasai-
fled as folfows:-Juvenile fiction,
1924; adult fiction. sos; general,
3: philosophy, 81: religion. los: So
GEOLOGY. ssl; philoloEy. 10: natural
science. 2ss: useful arts. 1913; fine
arts. el4; literature. ISL: history.
4o4; travel. 800: biography. 37s:
magazines, 81. Included in the
above were French, 81: Polish, 10:
Italian, Is; German. -; Lithuanian.
4.
There were %.a volumes added to
the library during the month, $50
by purchase and eight Transferred
from the school library. - VOL
umes were withdraw during the
month, including one lost and Paid
for and 81 worn out after having
had since binding an average circv-
lation of 50. The total number Of
volumes In the library On December
81 was SALT.
The receipts At the library for
the month totaled $ss.ls and bills
approved for payment amounted to
$2,07l.33.
zaleskt Again In Tolls
Dominick Zaleski, alias Domiuick
Ales. local real estate man. who has
figured prominently In police court
circles during the past month, will
face a charge of embezzlsmsnt on
Wednesday morning. A warrant, H.
sued by Prosecuting Attorney James
T. Mather. was served Monday att
ernoon by Chief Ernest T. Beldeu
when Zaleski appeared ct head.
quarters.
About . month ago. zalsski was
fined $50 and costs by Judge Will
liam ]. Malone In tho city court on
charge OF obtaining money under
false pretenses by the issuance Of q
fraudulent check. At that time he
pleaded guilty to issuing = check for
$50 TO savard 4 Mccarthy. Main
street ciothiers. In payment OF
suit OF clothes and other articles Of
merchandise in spite OF the fact that
he had no money in the bank to
cover the voucher. The check was
drawn on the Plainvilie Trust COM
rany. A week later he was again
arrested on charge Of driving an
automobile while under the influence
of liquor and was fined 800 and
costs.
Police BOARD Meeting
a meeting OF the board OF police
commissioners will be held 1T 3
O'Clock this evening in the city coun-
Gil chamber. At that time 1t IL ex-
pected that several additional super
numeraries will be appointed. the
men to be selected from the class
which has been attending the po-
lice school at Hartford during the
past two months. There II also
possibility that one or more reeu-
lars will be added to the force.
Funeral Of Mrs. Edward W. Muzxy
The funeral Of Mrs. Edward w.
Muzzy, who died Sunday night in
Passaic. N. j., will be held at the
Lake Avenue cemetery at 1z:<5 p.
NJ. Wednesday. Rev. Francis r.
Cooke, pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church. will officiate.
Observes send Birthday
Assessor Samuel d. Newell vas
kept busy Monday receiving con.
eratulations from friends On the BE-
casion of his SIND birthday. He OBJ
served the anniversary by putting In
a full days work at hts desk In the
city building.
Mr.. Newell Is now serving his 3eth
year az a member Of the board of
assessors and is the Oldest assessor
in point of service In the state. He
10 remarkably active for his age ana
still maintains a keen interest in city
affairs.
ITALIA Club Meeting
A meeting Of the Thalia Reading
club will be held this evening 1t the
home Of Miss Luella Norton Of 3sS
Main street Miss Alice White will
assist the hostess and Mrs. Frank
Weed and Mrs. Edwin NJ. Burr will
be the readers.
Auto Catches Fire
An automobile owned BY ].
Eranstzof was slightly damaged at
1905 a. m. today when 1t caught
fire at the corner Of Meadow and
West streets. Squad A was sum.
moned and extinguished the flames
with chemical. A break in the
radiator which permitted a quantity
of alcohol to spill on the engine was
responsible for the blaze.
Eleven Influenza Cases
Eleven cases OF influenza have
/ been reported to the health depart.
ment. according to statement made
this morning by DIR. B. B. Robbins,
city health officer. Three Of the
cases are in one family in the Fer
estville section. None are consider
ed serious by either the attending
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