The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-27
Political Nelus

past two years?" he also has asked.
 The use of the municipal building in New London for a purely partisan political pur- pose, namely the permitting of the democratic town commit tee to stretch a banner from the columns of the building to the Crocker house on the Op- pOsite side of State srteet, threatens a political contro- versy of much heat. At the last meeting of the Waterbury board of works petitions of both the republican and demo- cratic parties for permission to swing political banners across public streets were turned down. The petition allowing the hanging of the banner was filed by Dr c. John Satti, dem- ocratic candidate for secretary of state and democratic town chairman of New London. Dr Satti, it is understood, has agreed to have the banner come down so as to stop fur- ther criticism.
 The town clerk of Walling- ford has received applications for eight absentee voters bal- lots to date. Town Clerk John A. McGuire has mailed out the blanks to the persons request ing them. According to re- ports, Town Clerk Mcclure ex- poets more requests within the next few days.
 Some voters of Bridgeport have laid aside their election troubles long enough to fight for the removal of junk yard in the vicinity of Central ave. nue and Deacon street. The yard has been in operation for the past IF years. The mis- cellaneOus committee of the Bridgeport board of aldermen will inspect the junk yard Monday morning.
 A republican rally will be held in Middlefield tonight at s o'clock with Secretary or State John A. Danaher of Hartford as the principal speaker. Meriden's voting list is the greatest in the history of the Silver City. In 1883 there were 17,S77 on the list. The total for this year is 1856. This represents a net gain of 479 voters for this year.
 The committee on claims of the next session of the lcgis- laturc Is to receive an unusual bill for consideration. The owners of property on Lower Lane in Berlin, whose fields of cabbage, celery and other vegetables were washed out by flood waters from Silver lake at the time that state police officers were seeking the body of a youthful amateur srccd- boat enthusiasts drowned last summer, claim damages of $500 for lost crops. The wash out occurred during three days of frcnzicd searching carried on by state troopers for the body of Wilbur Parker. P, or InwoOd, Long Island. He was hurled to death when a bOr. rOwed speedboat he was piiOt- ing at a 4O-milc an hour clip capsizcd on Sunday afternoon. September End, 1888.
 Frank J. O'Brien has been elected president of the Plain- vile "KOppleman-fOr-C Congress Club" at that town. The club was formed as q challenge to a similar organization effected earlier In. the week by the re- publican packers of Colonel AnsOn T. McCook. the 2. o. P. nominee for congress tn the first district and the major Earty opponent of Congress- man Kopplemann.
 John M. Comley of Stam- ford, formerly of Bridgeport and brother of States Attorney William H. Comley of Fairfield county, was married earlier this week. His bride is the for nler Frances Bruggerhoff, member of an old Knicker- booker family in New York. Tiie marriage took place in the Episcopal church in Stamford. State's Attorney COmley att tended his brother as best man. Both men are well known m Waterbury and vicinity.