Navy program prompts immediate build of 42 ships
Secretary Daniels urges rapid funding to add 42 ships as part of a broad naval expansion. He warns against complacency, notes labor and supply constraints, and details planned fleet composition and aircraft delays while stressing the need to sustain public support for a growing navy.
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Mary Daniels
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Navy Yaris
General Board
Prwram
Nowecantes
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Rengen
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Thayvest
Hoard
Benson
Navy
Lax-a-Tone Endorsed By Bridgeport Resident At Hartigan's
A Bridgeport resident promotes Lax-a-Tone at Hartigan's Drug Store 81 Fairfield Avenue and 41 Congress Streets claiming strong endorsements from locals. Rosso says persistent indigestion improved quickly after using the herbal remedy and he now enjoys meals with renewed digestion.
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Hartigan’s
Mr. Rosso
Hartigan's Drug Stores
Fairfield Avenue
Willis H Lyon Elected Vice President Of Connecticut Savings Banks
Willis H Lyon, treasurer of the Peoples Savings Bank Bridgeport, was elected vice president at the fourteenth annual meeting of the Savings Bank Association of Connecticut in Hartford. Officers named include President S Fred Strong of New Haven and treasurer William J Lum of Wallingford, with a regional slate on the executive committee.
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People’s Savings Bank
Savings Bank Association
Connecticut
Hartford
S. Fred Strong
Connecticut Savings Bank
New Haven
Frank L. Woodward
Norwich
Willis H. Lyon
Peoples’ Savings Bank
Bridgeport
Arthur L. Allin
Middletown Savings Bank
Gharles B
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Mariners’ Savings Bank
New London
George L. Woodward
South Norwalk Savings Bank
Anniversary of Ring Battles recalls Sicilian bantam star Leon
The piece notes Leon born in Palermo in 1844 years ago, began boxing in 1891, and lasted ten years. He challenged for the bantam title after George Dixon relinquished it in the 1890s, fought Jimmy Barry multiple times with two draws and a 29 round finish in Davenport in 1898, and faced rivals including McGovern, Donovan, Forbes, Smith, Reagan and Harris in various cities.
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Palermo
Sicily
George Dixon
Jimmy Barry
Lemont
Chicago
Barry
Davenport
Billy Murphy
Patsy Haley
Tider Kelly
Jack Madden
Johnny Conners
Terry McGovern
Brooklyn
Patsy Donovan
Clarence Forbes
St. Louis
Jimmy Smith
Toronto
Johnny Reagan
Loney Island
Harry Harris
Initiatory Degree Set at Bridgeport Den 410 Meeting
A special 3 o clock Sunday session of Bridgeport Den No 410 Royal Order of Lions convenes at Foresters hall Lincoln building for initiatory degrees. A degree team will be picked and begin Grills, with initiation deferred until after January charter closure. Tomorrow Pre Holiday Bargain Day at E H Dillon Co 1195 Main Street offers fur scarves muffs and coats at price cuts.
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Royal Order of Lions
Foresters’ Hall
Lincoln Building
E. H. Dillon & Co
Mainstret
Multiple Disparate News Notes From Early 1900s Headlines
A collage of brief items: IU School of Medicine dam pages. Senator Weeks buys Charles Hughes residence in Washington. driver killed by bandits. $100,000 gold from Ottawa to J P Morgan & Co. mail stage robbed near Rogerson Idaho. Chalmers Knitting Co expands capital. Democratic treasurer report totals. Bluefields stranded off Honduras. wheat yield 6.7 million tons. George Boldt funeral in NYC. Admiral Dewey’s officer gravely ill. Cornell classes suspended. Ernest Stauffen elected VP of Liberty National Bank. Welson Wood commits suicide. 605 train crash near Stafford Springs. Bothell Bank robbed of $4,000.
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Terday
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Carol Gilman Calkins
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Liberty National Bank
Welson Wood
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Telelectric Piano Co
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