Admiral Sperry to retire from Navy on Sept three
Rear Admiral Charles Stillman Sperry will end his active duty on September 3 and retire at age sixty two. He is famed for relieving Admiral Evans and bringing the great fleet home from the voyage around the globe. Sperry served as delegate to The Hague peace conference and as president of the Naval War College. Born in Brooklyn, he was appointed to the naval academy from Connecticut.
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Charles Stillman Sperry
Admiral Sperry
Admiral Evans
San Francisco
Evans
Sperry
Globe
The
Hague
Naval War College
Ad Sperry
Brooklyn
Naval Academy
Connecticut
Teacher Drowns While Wearing Floating Wings
Miss Eleanor Kennedy age 25 a Kensington Philadelphia public school teacher drowned in Ocean City New Jersey while bathing. She wore floating wings that carried her beyond depth became entangled and drowned before help arrived.
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United Press
Ocean City
N. J
Eleanor Kennedy
Kensington
Phila
Kennedy
Charles Sanford Finds Employment In Buffalo Store
John Martin acting superintendent tegrapher Supt. Birmingham of the Bridgeport police department says Charles Sanford, missing son of James Sanford keeper of Beaver Brook reservoir, is employed at Brook's Grocery Store 590 Washington Street Buffalo. Sanford went to Buffalo seeking treatment for a presumed malady sparked by reading an advertisement of a Buffalo medical institute.
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John Martin
Birmingham
Bridgeport Police Department
Charles Sanford
James Sanford
Beaver Brook Reservoir
Brook
Washington Street
Buffalo
Sanford
Buffalo Medical Institute
Cuba faces multi million dollar storm losses
Havana officials estimate total losses from recent rain and wind storms in Cuba at 3 000 000 dollars. Pinar Del Rio alone suffers over 1 000 000 in damage with sugar mills at Nipe Bay and Preston among the heaviest losers. Tobacco near Banes nearly wiped out and warehouses suffer. Santiago province reports losses nearly as heavy as Pinar Del Rio.
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United Press
Havana
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Nipe Bay
Preston
Banes
Santiago
Punished Son for Stealing. Sire Fined in Local Case
Henry Klim of 9 Walter Court was fined three costs after allegedly assaulting his 12 year old son Henry. The boy had been arrested the previous day for taking lead from the Me and Wren building on Water Street and was placed with a probation officer for three months. Neighbors intervened as the father, drinking, chastised the boy and struck him on the head, sending him to bed. the boy was treated at Emergency hospital with three stitches by Dr Kiernan.
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Henry
Klim
Walter Court
Foster
Me & Wren
Water Street
Klime
Kiernan
Woman Found in Pool of Blood in Lowell
In Lowell at an early hour Mrs. Henry Ferron known as Mrs. Flora Rivers was found at her home lying in a pool of blood with axe wounds to throat and shoulders. She was taken to St John’s Hospital and briefly recovered to accuse her husband Henry Ferron before officers. The couple, new to the city, remain under investigation as police seek the suspect.
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United Press
Lowell
Henry Ferron
Flora Rivers
St. John’s Hospital
CleanEasy Hand Soap Ad Claims Skin Safe Formula
An old advertisement promotes CleanEasy hand soap as the best for removing stove polish rust grease ink paint and dirt from hands and clothing. It lists William B. Winn of 41 Stratford Ave as manufacturer and includes scattered time stamps.
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Wm. BR. Winn
Stratford Ave
French Aeronaut Louis Paulhan Sets Endurance Record at Rheims
Louis Paulhan, a novice pilot, flew 2 hours 43 minutes 24 seconds in Rheims in a Voisin biplane. He surpassed Roger Sommer’s 1909 record by 16 minutes and Wilbur Wright’s 1903 record by 23 minutes, enduring strong winds and circling to pass the turning pole before landing as fuel ran dry. He claimed he was not tired and could have continued another hour with more gasoline.
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Rheims
Louis Palllhan
Paulhan
Roger Sommer
Wilbur
Knights of Columbus appoint county deputies in state
New Haven Aug 27 The district deputies for the Knights of Columbus for the coming year were announced by James J. Kennedy state deputy. Appointees include William J Bree New Haven John Reynolds Meriden William J Mulligan Thompsonville John J McGarry Putnam William F Delaney New Britain Michael J Sullivan Torrington Charles E McDonald Waterbury Major E Brown East Berlin George E Bearn Greenwich John J Hill Shelton Kennedy urges action on the Catholic University of America endowment fund and asks councils to join Columbus Day parade in New Haven on October 12.
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United Press
New Haven
Knights of Columbus
James J. Kennedy
William J. Bree
John Reyjnolds
Meriden
Williams J. Mulligan
Thompsonville
John J.mcgarry
Putnam
William F. Delaney
New Britain
E. Brown
East Berlin
George “—E. Bearn
Greenwich
John J. Hill
Shelon
Kennedy
Catholic University of America
Jamestown
Connecticut
America
James T. Mullen
Brookfield Pushes to Discontinue Turnpike
Brookfield residents at a Monday town meeting instructed their attorney John S. Pullman to pursue discontinuation of the local turnpike project. The action signals a formal move to halt or rework the proposed roadway plans in the township.
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Brookfield
John S. Pullman
Strike-breakers Walk Out At Pittsburg Plant
About 200 strike-breakers at the Pressed Steel Car Plant joined a walkout amid claims of harsh treatment and broken promises. The group, with some 300 in the plant, planned to quit by tomorrow morning, potentially halting all car shop work again. Some leavers may be questioned by Special Agent Hoagelands over alleged peonage.
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United Press
Pittsburg
Hoagelands
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