The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-16
Women. The women are holding a card party and rally this evening.

this evening.
 Committees on planning, rec search, organization, publicity, charters. and badges are soon to be appointed by President Cliff Woodward of the Young Democratic Clubs of America to assist in building up the clubs membership throughout the nation. Word to this ef- feet has been received by Att torney Vincent w. Dennis of Hartford. a member of the na- tiOnal committee of the or- ganization.
 The gerat champion of old age pensions, Senator Julius Q. Strelnlau of Meriden, was re- nominated for the senate by the democrats of the Silver City last night. Senator Strenl- lau is head of a special old age pension campaign group that will introduce a blI in the next session of the legislature. Tho Mcriden democrats also rcnominated Representatives Benjamin Tonkonow and Rob- ert M. Bowling for the house while William Luby, deputy judge of the city court, has been nominated for the office of judge of probate. Leo F. Weisleder is the g..O.p. pro- bate nominee.
 In New London Judge of Probate Victor Prince, repub- lican incumbent, has been en- endorsed by the demOerats. Wilbur N. Austin and Ralph A. Seymour are the house can- didates on the Terryville democratic. ticket and Oscar R. Haase has been nominated for the probate post. The democrats of New Hartford last night nominated Richard l.. Calder for the house and endorsed the republican judge of probate, Harry Smith. In Kent the independent citizens party has nominated Walter Jennings for the house. Fred erick F. Johnson Is the inde- pendent candidate for senator in that district.
 The democrats of the eighth senatorial district, New Haven, had 8 very bitter fight last night when they held their convention. Matthew A. Daly, president of the board of fire commissioners, was finally nominated, but not until he had a bitter struggle with Alderman James A. Foley. Attorney Edward J. Lynch is the republican candidate for the senate in the eighth district.
 In East Haven the demo. crats last night picked Attor- ney Cornelius T. Driscoll of BranfOrd as their candidate for the senate in the 18th dis trict. In Seymour last cve- ming the democrats nominated Gus Wislocki and Joseph Lanyon for the house.
 All nominations are about in. now, throughout the state. The parties are now devoting their time to getting in new voters. In Bridgeport yester. day Sam Krieger, communist party organizer, was sworn in as an elector. Selectman Kieve Liskofsky, who is aid- ing in swearing in the new voters, is a communist although he was elected to office on the socialist ticket. He has since been expelled from the socialist party. When the making of voters started Saturday. he had n red button reading, "Vote Communist" on his coat lapel, but he removed it when 1t created a furOre among the other attendants. | Former State Labor Com. missioner Patrick H. Connolley of Danbury died yesterday. He served under the late Governor Simeon F. Baldwin as dem- O crat. In 1919 he became a republican and was named a special investigator for the state labor department under the republican regime then in power. Later he became as- sistant labor commissioner and in 1881 was named to the box ing commission. He was prominent for years among the members of the Hat Makers TIni0n