Mayor Consents to Truck Purchase In Fire Board Action
Mayor Lee asserts no ordinances were violated in buying an aerial truck for the West End with written mayoral consent. He counters C N Richardson of Combination Ladder Co alleging past boards approved without advertising. Fire officials say bids not required if mayor approves. Richardson notes prior deals without advertising.
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C. N. Richardson
Combination Ladder Co
Providence
West End
No. 2 Truck Company
Middle Street
Fire Board
Richardson
Local lodge field day set at Lighthouse Point New Haven
Members of Park City Lodge N EO P plan attendance at the annual field day July 3 at Lighthouse Point New Haven with a detailed sports program arranged by a committee including J L Christie. St George lodge hosts 25th anniversary dinner at Steeplechase. Kyota Council D of P installs officers and reads a paper on Low Pressure turbine. Adelphian Lodge IOOF installs officers. Steuben Lodge IOOF also installs officers.
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N. Eop
Park City Lodge
N. EO. P
Lighthouse Point
New Haven
J. L. Christie
ST. G. Magna Charta Lodge
Sons of St. George
Bob Weber
Bowers Sixth in Qualifying at New Haven Championship
S D Bowers of Brooklawn finished sixth in the qualifying round of the eleventh annual Connecticut state golf championship at the Greenwich country club yesterday. Buckingham P. Merriman led with 152, Yale student Merriman also held the state title. Team match won by Greenwich clubs. competitors listed include Merriman Yale, Hovey Hartford, Carroll Greenwich, Bowers Bridgeport, Wheeler Bridgeport, Bronson Waterbury, Jackson Middletown, Redfield Hartford, Davis Middletown, Sutter Greenwich, Waldo Bridgeport, Scofield Stamford, L. Jackson Middletown.
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S. D. Bowers
Brooklawn
Connecticut
Gresnnvich
W. B. Wheeler
C. G. Waldo, Jr
Brooklawn Club
Buckingham P. Merriman
Yale
Merriman
Greenwich
Hartford
New Haven
Waterbury
Alawama
Weeburn
Meriden
B. F. Merriman
St. Graham
R. H. Hovey
Ralph Carroll
B. H. Watford
SD. Bowers
Bridgeport
M. HR. Bronson
W. A. Jackson
Middletown
H. S. Redfield
N. E. Davis
James T. Sutter
HH. Zimmerman
G. Waldo, Jr
L. Scofield, Jr
Stamford
RL. Jackson
Washington Aeroplane Fever Grips Capitol and Powers Debate
Washington reports the capital sweltering as aero plan e fever surges among senators and spectators at Fort Meyer. The Wright brothers thrill crowds with flights while discussions ramp up on aviation funding and new technology. Wilbur and Orville work to fix magneto issues as plans for a vast aeronautics program loom.
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United Press
Washington
National Capitol
Wort Meyer Parade
Wright Brothers
Senators
Wrights
Orville
Wilbur
New York
Whirlwind Airship Invented Claims Greatest Aerial Step
Victoria July report states scientist W Gibson of Scotland has invented a windship nearly matching the mythical air craft from Herbert Quick's Virginia of the Air Lines. It is hailed as the greatest advance in aerial navigation yet.
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United Press
Victoria, B
Serenes
Herbert Quick
Virginia of the Air Lines
W. Gibson
Black Hand Band Found in Madrid
Madrid authorities report discovery of a criminal band resembling the Black Hand. Beginning in Mareda with four hatchet murders, the gang expanded across Spain, plaguing residents with blackmail letters. Don Alteder and family were killed. police warn of one of Spain’s most dangerous criminal bands with no clues yet.
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United Press
Madrid
Mareda
Spain
Don Alteder
Alceder
Thataime
Doctor seeks divorce from Esther Harris in Massachusetts case
Dr Louis L Hirsch of Springfield has filed suit for annulment of his January marriage to Esther Harris alleging melancholia and deceit by the woman met through a matrimonial agency who claimed wealth and beauty. The couple’s three week honeymoon ended in Illinois after he learned of her claims.
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United Press
Springfield
Mass
Louis L. Hirsch
Stamford
Conn
Esther Harris
Hirsch
Hlinots
Dr. Hirsch
Boston
Providence
R. I
Oes
Darina
Death comes to aged Odd Fellow in New Haven
Frederick Botsford prominent New Haven figure dies at 88 from heart disease linked to old age. A longtime I O O F leader, he served as grand secretary of Connecticut for 37 years and helped grow membership from 2 to 16,406. Funeral at St Thomas Church with Grand Lodge of Connecticut presiding. honorary bearers listed.
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New Haven
Pearl Street
Frederick Botsford
Botsford
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Connecticut
Woodbury
Shell Fish Commission
City Lodge
Grand Lodge of
Grand Lodge
Alave
Sovereign Grand Lodge
St. Thomas’ Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Grand Lodge of Connecticut of the
Odd Fellows
Order
Bradley S. Keith
Norwalk
William H. Marigold
Bridge Port
Leopold de Leeuw
Hartford
Selah G. Blackman
Shelton
William S. Hutchison
Prank R. Unson
Southington
Capture of 250 Austrian soldiers shocks Servia
Special dispatch from Belgrade reports grave fears that the capture of 250 Austrian soldiers on a Servian island in the Danube may renew Austrian Serb tensions. King Peter fainted after news of the soldiers arrived, fueling anxiety and a possible abdication, while a formal Vienna protest accompanied the incident.
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United Press
Belgrade
Dyer
Peter
Tope
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