Orcutt Named Second Vice President at U M C Co After 43 Years
Jerome Orcutt, after 43 years with Union Metallic Cartridge Co, was promoted to second vice president by the board. Harry H. Pinney, former assistant manager, will run active shop operations and oversee manufacturing. The piece recalls early days, notable visitors, and Orcutt’s role in expanding land, rail access, and plant facilities including a 156 foot tall addition and a 190 foot shot tower planned for the future. The history covers how Viet Moltke era events and Berdan’s cartridge development spurred Connecticut industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Moltke
Bridgeport
Jerome Orcutt
Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Fowara
Aag Ai
Aime
Harry H. Pinney
Orcutt
Pinney
National Cash Register Co
Dayton
Clevland
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
Union Etallic Cartridge Co
Connecticut
Jae Orcutt
Mr. Orcutt
Stafford
Hot Rifle Co
Hartford
Philadelphia
Cooper Pis
Bridge
The
Schuyler, Hartley & Graham
Hartley & Graham Co
M. Hartley Co
Broadway
New York
Crittenden & Tibball cc
Coventry
C. D. ‘Leets
Springfield
Mass
Lake House
Pembroke Lake
Com
C. S. Mead
Oliver E. Winchester
Winchester Arms Co
New Haven
Col. Berdan
Hunnias
Alexander Solgoff
Cnt
Smith & Wesson
Austria
Prussia
Moltke
Europe
France
Russia
Turkey
Hiram ‘Berdan
Ustter
Mso
Spain
Indies
Orfound
Alexis
Russis
Rus
Grand Duke
Million Dollar Bank Consolidation Likely Assured
It is understood at stockholders meetings of First National Bank and Bridgeport National Bank that 80 percent of holdings will back consolidating the banks into a one million dollar institution. Charles G. Sanford is expected to be elected president. The meeting is set for next Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Bridgeport National Bank
Charles G. Sanford
Latham Aims For English Channel Flight Today
Calais France July 15 Hubert Latham plans to cross the English Channel this afternoon in his monoplane. The engine is reported in perfect order, and a prize of 5000 pounds offered by the London Daily Mail awaits a successful crossing to Dover. Rescue boats and a crane standby as a stiff wind raises hazard.
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United Press
Calais
France
Hubert Latham
English Channel
England
Levasseurs
Latham
Dover
Channel
London Daily Mail
Brother of Sheriff Hawley Near Death
Hiram D. Hawley of Brookfield, brother of County Sheriff Sidney E. Hawley, lies critically ill at home with rheumatism history and a fractured hip from a fall two years ago. At 78, he has long served as Connecticut and Massachusetts agent for F. H. Leggett Co. of New York, a leading wholesale grocer, and traveled frequently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram D. Hawley
Brookfield
Sidney E. Hawley
Mr. Hawley
Connecticut
Massachusetts
F. H. Leggett Co
New York
Sue City
Fea A Raia
Rebels Attack as Cossacks Hold Teheran Barricade
United Press dispatch from Teheran reports fierce rebel assaults on the central barricade, with Cossacks under Colonel Linkhart mending fortifications and fending off heavy guns that damaged several foreign residences. A noon order to cease fire prompts expectations of a Cossack surrender.
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United Press
Teheran
Linkhart
Bar
Scott
Shah
Sultanabad
Persia
Liakhoff
Caspian Sea
St. Petersburg
Sharsky
Kasvin
Russia
Caspian
Linkhoff
Wealthy Cuban youth ends life over actress in Merry Widow
Juan Balsinde son of Havana sugar exporter and landowner, enamored of a Merry Widow actress, abandoned his Cuban home and education, followed her across the West Indies and U S. After draining his funds and receiving a cut-off allowance, he rented a cheap room in Soubrette Row New York and shot himself. His mother’s letter warned him to return to study at a Poughkeepsie school. If relatives do not claim his body it will be buried in Potter's Field.
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New York
Qeoman
Merry Widow
Juan Balsinde
Havana
Cuba
Soubrette Row
Balsinde
West Indies
United States
Poughkeepsie
Potter's Pier
Balsinde Brothers
Hoffman House
Soeubrette Row
Death of Samuel Harris Bridgeport Clothier in Catskills
The funeral for Samuel Harris, a Bridgeport clothier who died in Tannersville in the Catskills, will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the West Shore Railroad Station on West 42nd Street, New York, with burial in Washington Cemetery. The store Harris operated in Bridgeport will be closed tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Harris
Bridgeport Clothier
Tannersville
Catskills
West Shore Railroad Station
New York Side
West 42Nd Street
Washington
Cemers Oriyn
Ennis Flayed By Bar Committee Over Ward Case
Fairfield County Bar Grievance Committee charges Attorney George H. Ennis with excessive fees and improper conduct in handling a ward’s claim against Warner Brothers Co. for Nellie Shuster, a Hungarian immigrant. Ennis allegedly secured $3500 via guardian appointment, retained $250, and did not inform Shuster of the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield County
George H. Ennis
Nelle Shuster
East Side
Stiles Judson
Ennis
Warner Brothers, Mfg. Co
Nellie Shuster
Warner Brothers Co
Werner Brothers Co
Miss Shuster
Nine Days on War Vessel for Naval Reserves
The Connecticut Naval Militia plans an eight to nine day cruise on the U S S Machias from New Haven August 7 with 180 men from three divisions. Commanders and officers will train in emergency drills while the ship sails the New England coast toward Nova Scotia and a sham attack off Massachusetts. The Prairie carries the first division to the Massachusetts coast for the exercise and returns in nine days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Machias
New Haven
Massachusetts
Naval Militia
Connecticut National Guard
Divisio
Heaton
Hartford
South Norwalk
New England
Nova Scotia
Frank
Cornwall
Ebenezer Hill, Jr
Albert J. Merritt
Clifford M. Peck
David M. Trecartin
William C. Buckelew
Beverly
Mass
Boy's world visit at end in New Haven
Harold Parker, 16, son of a Greenfield Hill farmer, landed in New Haven with no fare and was taken into care by the Organized Charities after being arrested by a railroad special officer for fare evasion. He says he aims to see the world and intends to return home from Boston. Also notes Miss Mildred Watson and her aunt Agnes Halpin leaving for Middlebury, Vermont for a month or two.
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New Haven
Harold Parker
Greenfield Hill
Fairfield
Parker
Tuller
Bridgeport
Organized Charities
Boston
Mildred Watson
Watson
Stratford Avenue
Agnes Halpin
Middlebury
Meyers account portrays Thaw insanity at killing of White
Dr Otto Meyer testified Thaw could describe his feelings before the Stanford White murder but not the act itself. He recalled Thaw’s mood toward White and his view of the prosecutor Jerome, while Evelyn Thaw’s on stand fears were discussed. Meyer detailed Thaw’s statements, psychiatric views, and the defense’s questions during the insanity hearing.
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United Press
Court House
White Plains
N. Y
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Madison Square Roof Garden
White
Otto Meyer
New York City
Thaw
Jerome
Evelyn
Justice Mills
Adolph Meyer
New York
Matteawan
Meyer
Rioting and dynamite threaten Pittsburgh plant clash
Immigrant workers at Schoenville threaten dynamite against Pressed Steel Car Co. as state police clash with about four thousand strikers on George street and Nicholl avenue. Six strikers arrested. injuries limited. authorities brace for more disorder while Hoffstot of Pressed Steel denies a strike or strike breakers.
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United Press
Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Schoenville
Lkely
George Street
Nicholl Avenue
Indian Mound
Helen Street
McKeestocks
Gumbert
Schoonville
Public Safety
Marin
Morin
State Constabulary
Ohio St
Preston
McKeesrocks
New York
F. N. Hoffstot
Hoffstot
Sear
Board of Trade to discuss The Corporation Tax
John M. Holcomb of Phoenix Life Insurance Company will address the Board of Trade tonight on The Corporation Tax. President Fred Enos issued a circular noting the board may take action on the proposed legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Holcomb
Phoenix Life Insurance Company
Hartford
Board of Trade
Fred Enos
Woman of 80 Struck by Car in Front of Home
Mrs. Margaret Griffin, widow of Marcus Griffin, 138 Jones Avenue, was struck at 1 PM by an Oak Street car in front of her home. Rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital, doctors fear a fractured skull and describe her condition as possibly fatal. The report notes confusion over her age in the original text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Griffin
Jones Avenue
Marcus Griffin
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Arraigned for fleecing Yale student at Savin Rock show
Frederick E. B. Padmore faced police court in Hartford after swindling Chester Rohne, a Yale Sheffield Scientific School student, of 0 in a scheme to stage a Savin Rock show. He was released on probation with a stipulation to restore the money after capture in Albany.
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United Press
Hartford
Frederick EB. Padmore
Chester Rohne
Yale Sheffield Scientific School
Savin Rock
Albany
Will of Pierre Heyer Admitted to Probate
The will of Pierre Heyer, late musician and longtime Wheeler & Wilson band member, was admitted to probate this morning. He left all property to his wife Emma, who was named executrix, with George Senate and Nathan C. named as appraisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Heyer
Wheeler & Wilson
Emma
George Senate
Nathan C
FOR SALE AND RENT ITEMS IN BRIDGEPORT NOTICE BOARD
Classified items list sales of a Kentucky saddle horse a six year old gelding spots for room rentals in State Street Fairfield lunch venue and beverages pianos offered at wholesale a Laurel Lake Ice delivery from Lee Mass and a Fairfield Connecticut real estate bargain with five miles from rail depot and three miles from Fairfield depot. Also card of thanks from Nicholas McKendall family for recent bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Steimert & Sons Co
Main Street
Laurel Lake
Lee
Bridgeport
Geo
Laurel Lake House
Lee, Mass
Fairfield
Connecticut
James Staples & Co
State Street
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Aeronaut
Hawley
Col. Liaknoff
Ward
Greenfield Hall
Harry
State Police
Rantz Motor Co
State St
James Pyle
R. T. Whiting
Frankel’s
MilMnery
Main
Ize Place
Budge
Bellows Falls
Warner Brothers Company
Warner Company
J. Brown
Nene Avenue
Wiliam Streets
Clinton
Jack Mason
Cannon Street
D Abeta
Newtown
SF Pianos
Steinert’ Piano
Northern Lights
Polis
Popler Street
D. Romm
Beechwood Ave
Howard Ave
Blood Bay
Railroad Avenue
Pwa
Louis Cohen
Main St
Jebnert’s Club
Morton
Fairfield Avenue
Everhardt
Smith
M_ Sons Co
Fetch Piano Co
Noble Ave
Park Nue
Nicholas McK
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