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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1924, Tax Rate Will Jump If All Budgets Are Approved By Board of Finance to the state board of education this year, meaning that a total of $53,300 must be appropriated for this pur- pose. The item of janitors salarics calls for an increase of $6,100 over last year, $40,000 being asked. Employment of a woman physician | and an additional nurse will be made | | possible by the additional $4,950 that | has been asked under the item of medical inspection. This item n\]ls‘ for an appropriation of $14,200 and | :::lened"::lee ::"; :fi-g; g;fi:"’rm;'““okmsz High Priests night at Giddings - |chapter Thursday evening of spection to the children of the p.w-;“.”':(. o o s ochial schools, who number at the| yp. e miacy Cae the womas phvsiciti | Trcs, Lot o s o Mason. Apet 1a set at $2,600 and her duties will be | >0 84 13 the only man in New to, take charge of the medical inspec- tion and give the examination to the girls of the junior high and senior| high that is required by law. The girls and their parents have protest- ed against them being examined by a | male doctor. | An increase of $200 for the school | physician and the two nurses is pro- | This would mean an increase of 3.4|vided for and a $100 increase for the mills in the tax rate over last year.| dental officer. At last night's meeting of the| An increase of $2,000 in the appro- | board, the budgets of the school de- | priation for the attendance burcau is partment, ‘public amusement com- ' asked to enable the department to 1iission, municipdl home service bu-|employ an additional attendance offi- rean, and the school accommodations |cer at a salary of $1,800, making a committec of the school board re-|total of four of these officers to care ceived hearings, | for the children who are absent from | Chairman Harry C. Jackson of the |school without sufficient excuse. | public amusements commission told | Mayer Paonessa asked him if he aid the board that the reason they were [not think that a salary of $1500 was asking $6,000, an increase of $1,000 | not blg for such a position, and he | over last year, was because of the|answered that it was not as he con-| fact that new equipment must br[sldrrul that a person who was em- | bought for the playgrounds if they |ployed for that position should hr\i to continue in existence, | qualified as a teacher, as the parents Speaking in bchalf of the munici- ‘ of the children in the cases investigat- ! pal home service bureau, which was | ed need instruetion in the need of .wo-i created for the benefit of the ex-|ing to it that their cpildren attend servicemen in flling claims with the | school. A man qualified for the posi- government and getting them tem- | tion would require a salary of $4000 a porary help until such claims are ad- | yeaz, he added. justed, Mr. Jackson told the board | Asked by the mayor if he thought that he thought that the bureau was | that it was essential that a specialist needed for another year anyway, as|be employed; he said “I eertainly do, | the work donc by the office has not|I would go without one before T fallen off during the last few months, ( would go out on the street and pick but has actually increased, He esti- [up anybody I met for the position mated that during the past nine Iivening schools will cose the city months there has been about 1,200 | $4500 more than last year, according calls on the bureau by ex-servicemen | to the estimate made, This is caused for assistance, | by the fact that it has been necessary The appropriation asked this year |to open up night school sessions at the for (he bureau is $2,000, the same *Il.ullrll school, About 650 pupils at. [Priests. as last year. which Mr. Jackson said | tend the night schools, It was neces.| The was Just enough to pay for the elerk |sary to give the teachers in the night auet at 6: and investigator employed by the schools a raise, that went into efect | furnished by office and leave u few hundred dol- | the first of January because, as Supt, | Hartford. lurs for incidentals, Holmes put it “although we didn"t! Mayor Paonessa told the board that | have a strike, we had an-insistent gen. he thought that the work done by eral demand for one The night the bureau should be eontinued, but | sehool teachers in New Britain were he thought that it conld be trans- | among the lowest paid in the state, ferrod to one of the eity departments, | When Mr. Traut told the board that | resulting in a saving of practically | an additional $7000 would be required the whole $2,000 for the eity, George |to put the school bulldings in repair J.oWitt sald that as far as he could | during the next year, he was asked by see the officc was a duplication nrlelomuu H. Kehoe “will that he suf- work and that it served merely nn.flr‘h‘n! to put the bulidings in good o way of dirceting the men to Mr, [shupe? I was amazed at the condi- Juckson at the rooms of the Amer-|tions that I saw when I visited the fcan Logion, George I’. Spear spoke | schools, wery highly of the work that has been | “In one building it was impossible done by the organization, but stated |to open the door to one of the fire cs. that he was unable to say whether or [capes, and in another, the windows in not the work could be done by some ono of the rooms could not be open- other city department, Chatrman ed ut all so as to allow proper ventila- | Hall expressed himself in favor of tion.” Mr, Traut answered that he | refaining the bureau saying that it [thought that the amount would be | was a greut convenienee to the ex. sufficient servicemen and was a means of aid- Chairman Hall remarked that he BUUM F[]R SMITH ing them greatly, llmuzm nmv it umn.l result in a great | (o L PR s S S o vt i O States Represented n Con- to bring in an estimate of the cost of | l‘erence Favoring GOVOI‘I]OI‘ % that has been asked by the World proper shape. He asked Mr. Traut doing this work to the board before | —— War Retterment Couneil of New Britain for Memorial day cxercises vaus explained by’ My, Jackson, [the budget hearings are closed, Choirman Tall asked bim it that! Insurance is the only item in 'h'l amount wonld be neeeseary annually, 118t for which the appropriation asked | New York, I'ch, 5.~A national eam- and Mr. Jackson answered that §t [0r the coming year is less than last | paign to obtain the democratic presi- wonld be at least that, as §t will in. Y6ar. The decrease of 84,250 s | dential nomination for Governor Al- cronge instead of decreasing. My, caused by the fact that there are not | fred E. Smith of New York was Hall said that he felt the amount was %0 Mmany preminms due this year. For | Jaunched today by the %o great, mlkmv-;nam-nus expenses $10,000 s .“nl\'!:h For President National club, v v anked, he ';,:"L"'."’:‘._",'r'::",',f"::::“':"T:':‘r the| The only special ftem listed on the [ conference of the executive commit- finanee committen of. the school |PUIECt I8 an appropriation of $2,000 tee, whose chairman is Mrs. John board, and Stanley H. Holmes, super. | Uhat is asked for building a retaining | Marshall Gallagher, New fntendont of schools, explained the | Y@l and grading work around the | lector of city revefue Hems in thelr budget that call for | MONToe strect sehool. Chairman Hall |sald the commitice had acted on #is an inerease n the appropriation this|@"d Mayor Paonessa sald that they |own initiative year for schools of §56.810 over Just | HAVE been swamped with complaints u t v 1. An aprpopriution of $921,310 |4bout this school, 4 | FOR G VEARS A ROYAL ARCH MASON Grand Army Commander Guest of Honor Thursday Evening Levy Would Amount to 26.9 Mills, Chairman Hall Says at First Hearing on Ap- propriations. and the oldest living member of Gid- dings chapter, No,*25, R. A. M, of New Britain, Spencer H. Wood, com- mander of Stanley Post Grand Army of this city and a veteran of the Civil War will be the guest of honor at A tax rate of 26.9 mills would be necessary to raise the money that has been asked by the city depart- ments in the budgets submitted by them to.the city board of finance and taxation, according to the figures glven last night by. Edward F. Hall, chairman of the board of finance and taxation at the opening of the hcar- ings on the budgets. Mr, Hall esti- mated that the total amount asked by the departments is $2,724,5617.75, and the total income of the city, ex- clusive of taxation, is $205,150, leav- ing a total of $2,519,367.756 to Dbe raised by taxation for the eoxpenses of the city during the next fiscal year. Wood was exalted te the de- ars SPENCER H, WOOD, degree, as long ago as that. have as guests that evening all members of the chapter been members for 25 years or The Most cellent Master's {will be conferred by Horace W, Eddy, who was high priest from 1902 1906. All the other offices will filled by men who are prog 130 o'clock the nd musie will be that former be guests night are Turnball and D, Pentie than §4 years of age, On Febroary 21 and ruary 29 Gidding: hapter the Itoyal Arch degree, February 19 members {chapter and other Itoyal sons in the city will visit chapter of Meriden, The Giddings chapter will Royal Arch degree candidates in Meriden, will work Arch confer J2 asked, Superintendent Board that $1 for teachers' sa propriated last Patrick 1. King, chairman of the | school accommodations committee, | took up plans that the committee had outlined for improving the school sys. tem during the coming year. The only new work was the addition to {the Smalley school, the cost of which was estimated at $220,000, There was considerable discussion of the building plans, Mr, Kehoe say- ing that he thought that the greatest | wait upon Governor Smith for m. i nerd for a sehool at the present tme | dorsement the club's? was in the “Nigger Hill” section. He | plans, Pald | caid that the gehool board had the ‘rom reports [ reputation for being very free and ex- | sommittee,” the statement travagant In expenditures. Mr. King name of Alfred & answered that what was extravagant |, . supporters in many |to some people was essential 10 others. | sate heretofore listed as being only | | Fredorick A. Searles expressed ¢he | mijdiy in favor of the New York gov opinion that a bullding Program | .enor 5 A ishould be taken up at this time that “Under the slogan {would give the children of the city | ron 4pe people,’ the national clubs £ {the opportunity to attend school full | 4y " FOCRE T DTS e {time and in suitable buildings. fofming unite o Supt. Holmes read off the bullding | ;.. x program that was submitted last 5 April and which would require an ex- p(nrjnurv of $780,000 to N-mpl« te. * mittee in the Cox campaign of 1520 has been placed in charge of national headquarters at Hotel McAlpin, According to a statement fssuerd by | Mrs. Gullagher, six states were repre- sented at last night's conferenes New Hlinols, nnsyivania New Hampshire Mres. Gallagher was | named ehairman of the committee to Holmes told the 00 more was needed ries than was ap- par, $622.000 heing required, He explained this by say- ing that at the present time W has been necessary to add two new teach- eérs to the staff at the Junior high school and one al the Senlor high school. More teachers will b re- guired in the fall, he sald. An additional $3.200 must be of before the added 15 bronght Bmith ‘Of the ,,m,.v_ in several of the They Last! Rackliffe Store Team Because they're treated by a special process which makes them not only hard but tough as well, Rackliffe Bros. opened last night team defeating a te the off Lhe aking all three games, The ond meeting will be February 13 when teams reop- resenting fonr branches of the Racff- 1iffe il compete on th lleys on Arch atreet. Capt Williams lead the ilowing who make up the store team Wells, Griswold Parditti fipture's offic s made following: Sullivan, Flower, Hauschultz and Rayno. Th soores woere: Store, 551-404-411; 295-39%-410 bowling with he leagne Court Fails to Open s ntin Torrington, Feb, ~The . storm caused a rms'pnmmnn! o perior court sesslon in Litchfield to- day. Judge Willlam M. Maltbie started from Hartford for Litehfield in his automobile but was delayed by | ¥ ar difficulties due to the storm and | Larry clephoned a message to the Litehfield | players courthouse postponing the session un- | |.arse til 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. MARRIAGE LICENSES, The following marriag | bave been issurd at the office of m| | Clerk A. L. Thompson: Andrew Kerv- fza of 90 Winter streget and Miss 1il- | llan Tomeczak of 1031 Fast streca;| First | Henry Neumann of 86 Austin strect | rainstorm) and Miss Dora Newrath of 74 Pros- Second am store repreo slert force, men a - 8¢ stor Nows a ii .i.ll i ?i Capt. § team up of the Clebes, total Office I i liernses Ain't Nature Grand? Broadwayife Some Broadwayite shower! You sald it pect street; Micholaj Horehlad of 206 l'hnnv himself, couldn’t do better.— | Hartford and Kelsey street and Miss Franciska Har- | adian of 43 Booth street We don't see why ever be a lumber shortage, see how many planks iIn poiitical plat- forms are never wsed afier clection. ! bee There 18 & bill before viding for the study of ng |of a grasshopper, but the s onght 1o consider is the —Detroit Free Press gress pro- the habits insect con- busy there should For 55 years a Royal Arch Mason | Britain today who had attained lhut On Tuesday of Giddings | Ma- | Keystone officers of the upon a class of lin the i this | Women’s Crepe loomers Made of genunine Windsor wash and ready crepe. Pink or biue, ruffied knee styles. For Wednesday onl) 440 Men’s Split Foot Hose Medium weight cotton white half foot hose, in all sizes. For Wednesday 3 5 soc only. Boys’ Brushed Wool | Golf Hose of handsome A 79¢ value, .. 45¢ A fine rahge heather shades. For Wednesday —CLOSING OUT— Twelve Discontinued Numbers Pathe Actuelle And Pure-tone Records For Wednesday Nursing. Bottles First grade crystal glass, 8- ounce graduated round nursing bottles. ¥or Wed, only — Each Terry Cloth Yor roller towels, double loop, . first quality. Yor Waxed Lunch Paper The rcgular 5¢ rolls, Yor i orsie 2 for 5c A special effort is being made !o; the | who have more, | degree to | be| past high | i am will start with a ban- | Tempo quartet of | Among others who are expected to | Andrew | Town Clerk L.| both of whom are more | | again on Feb. | Alfred K. | boom was announced after u | York's col- | Mrs, Gallaghor | and had not consulted | the governor. James MeKinney fdenti- | fied with the democratic national com- | and | “the | finding | wections of | sident are now | larger | Defeats Office Force iirica on th (during violent | which licenses have not been re only..... 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Made with large pockets, For Wednesda, 59c only. . = HEALY GIRDS LDINS T0 FIGHT APPEALS Wlll Have Test Case in Each Gounty, He Announces Harttord, 1°¢b, case in i of the counties in which licenses leged to have obtained through deceit and revoke will be cals that e been revocati The i, acting as a actions bro appeal or injunction base the stability of hearings, it was of physiciar leenses have snuch fraud such made from state of Connectict tendant in whether thre the thes tearned today Attorr to try ing for t the examining tiewt b associatic Four irjunction 12 app tisted as waiting 1o be heard, it is expected the number of will be considerably Heals appear- council and the ey G Frank ¥ is cases for the st alth vourd of M neea state W Con though apprals d with- are ugmente and Middlesex counties are the state in oked. Fairficld counties, though New London counties have had their share, with a few in Windham and Litchfield counties. The announced plan of the attorney general means that at least six cases will be beard in deciding the appeals, though there is no question that the decision in the first case may have two wee Tolland only two counties ir 1 | The majority have been in and New Haver | an important hearing upon the others, | even though in other countrie Claims He Can Practioe Kiliingly, Keh Dr. Ras mond . Prisque, eclectic, whose cense to practice month by the stat raised the point § that while his appeal is pending and unsettied by a n court he could not be debarred practic- ing medicine His contention that while revocatior had been made ) ; a stay. Judge W et Woodward said that there was a possibility that Dr. Prisque was right in tion and so the have been Conn., was re hea R tow yurt today Jecision from was his license served as his conte case which heard was continu April 1. In the meantime it pected that Dr. Prisque’s appe well as those of other ecleg been reviewed is ex- have by the courts Offer Prizes in Drive For 169th Regt. Recruits The 169th the three New Hritain companies, head- quarters company, Company H and Company 1 are component units needs infantry of whic V00 rreruits. Strenuons efforts are be ing made listment oppor tunity to the right type of me the following prizes have been offer- ed: To the company members enlist the largest number of accepted recruits before April 15, 1 loving cup will be presented with proper ceremony. To the offic enlisted man in the aily securing the largest number accepted recruite from February 1st to April 15th, 1924, a prize in gold will be presented, the amount to be $5 for each recruit secured by such winning mmber of the guard Lirwt W. T. 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