Clubbed To Death Man Acting As Peacemaker In Quarrel
Middletown June 16 John O Neill fifty of Chicopee Mass set upon and clubbed to death in a quarrel he tried to mediate between Poles at a shanty near Tuttle Brickyard Enfield Bert Thompson and two Polish men were arrested as murder suspects after an inquest found the skull crushed by a club autopsy confirmed fatal blow one of the prisoners nicknamed Chick lived previously in Chicago more details pending official statements
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United Press
Middletown
John O'Neil
Ehicopee
Mass
M Schorenski
Seault
Tuttle
Enfield
Bert Thompson
O'Neil
Tony
Frank
Davis
O'Neill
O’keefe
Chick
Chicu
Garbage Plant blamed as East Side odor source
Thomas J. McNamara, chairman of the Ninth and Twelfth Wards Association, accuses the city Health Board of failing East Side residents by denying a lingering odor from the Poli's garbage reduction plant. He insists the plant is the nuisance, noting wind shifts moved the odor elsewhere when officials visited. The East Side demands stricter contracts and accountability for the plant's emissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. McNamara
Ninth and Twelfth Wards Association
Lund
Health Board
East
East Side
Eames
Victim of Spooks Declares Lawyer of Mrs. Ole Bull
Alfred Me June 16 Today counsel for Mrs. Olea Bull Vaughn pursuing half million will contends she was unduly influenced by Eastern mysticism. Testimony cites spirit letters from Dr. Coulter via Miss Mordoyd and Hindu drugs given before death by Sister Nivedita, who inherits $20,000, fled to Calcutta. Market and excursion notices fill then-advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Alfred
Olea Bull Vaughn
Ole Bull
Edith Swanander
Brooklyn
N. Y
Explosion Charged to Labor Trouble in Chicago
A U P dispatch from Chicago reports a conduit blast at Commonwealth and Edison causing major damage to Goss Printing Press, St Ebert's parochial school, and St Adelbert's rectory. The blast is blamed on a labor dispute involving non union workers in a southwestern Depot project.
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United Press
Chicago
Commonwealth & Edison Electric Light and Power Company
Goss Printing Press Company
St. Ebert’s
St. Adelbert’s
Diaz Lands In Vigo After Steamer Stop In Spain
Ex president Diaz of Mexico arrived in Vigo Spain from Vera Cruz aboard the Ypiranga. The ship stayed briefly before sailing to Corunna where another landing is expected. Mexican minister to Portugal boarded to greet Diaz as authorities prepared for possible protests by labor groups. White hats noted in town as fashion.
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Unit Press
Vigo
Spain
Diaz
Mexico
Ypiranga
Vera Cruz
Corruna
Portugal
Ypiranun
Progressive Party
Workmen's Societies
Great Havoc Revealed In Maine Wreck After Low Water
The Maine wreck reveals far greater destruction than thought as water level drops seven feet. Pumps will push to eighteen to twenty feet depth in days for full hull exploration except the bow. Col Black notes possible entry to after superstructure to find Ensign Merritt, with Lieut. Jenkins already recovered.
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Havana
Maine
Col. Black
Engineer Corps
Merritt
Lieut
Jenkins
Pupil Who Aided Him When Cast On Beach Weds
Herbert C. Chamberlain former Greenwich High School assistant principal now with American Tobacco Company New York married Dorothy Dodge former pupil at the parsonage of Washington Square Methodist Church New York March 28. Dodge aided him after a 1908 Sound Beach capsizing they drifted ashore and sheltered at a neighbor’s house. The couple plan to reside at Hollis Court Long Island after August 1944.
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Greenwich
Herbert C. Chamberlain
Greenwich High School
American Tobacco Company
New York
Washington Square Methodist Church
West Fourth Street
T. H. Baragwanath
Dorothy Dodge
Sound Beach
Mr. Chamberlain
Wesleyan University
Miss Dodge
Arthur Duff
Cos Cob
Tramp Amuses Elks And Goes On Easy Street
Bridgeport Elks visitors to South Norwalk witness a comic hoax as Harry Quinn and Louis Musante parade a disguised hobo through the crowd. The prank ends with the police funding a new outfit for the man, who leaves town with fresh clothes and a pocketful of change after the show.
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Bridgeport Elks
Norwalk
Harry Quinn
Louis Musante
Quinn
Musante
Howlad
Elks
Police
Racy Testimony Expected In Revealer Case Trial
Chicago June 16 Evelyn Arthur Lee founder of the junior commonwealth faces a trial for promoting Mildred Briggs 17 and the juvenile delinquency case centers on letters from See handwriting. Mrs Agnes See wife of the revealer aided by a reformed safe blower seized See papers. The Book of Truth links the four women to the absolute life but remains largely printed. Briggs offers 10000 to remove Mildred from See and is suing See for 200000 for alienation of affections and kidnaping.
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United Press
Chicago
Evelyn Arthur Lee
Commonwealth
Mildred Briggs
Agnes See
Revealer
See
Mona Reese
Felicia Reese
Mona
Lucille Briggs
Mildred
Lee
Stephen Briggs
Briggs
The Magdalen Islands A Remote Gulf World
In the center of the Gulf of St Lawrence lies the Magdalen Islands home to seven thousand French Acadians and a thousand English. The island cluster spans thirteen islands with treacherous shoals and a two weekly link to the mainland. Beyond, Bird Rock houses a lighthouse crew and two assistants, all isolated on a six acre outcrop watched by naturalists and a wary supply boat.
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
Magdalen Islands
Pictou
Halifax
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Cape Breton
Newfoundland
Labrador
Byron Island
Bird Rock
Wide World
Arms Seized Bound For Portugal Today
Madrid June 16 two carloads of arms en route from Hamburg to Portugal were seized today by Spanish authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
United Press
Madrid
Hamburg
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Zenith Shoes
Cee & Children
Bridgeport
Conn
Meigs & Co
Brill
Curtis Pharmacy
Poli’s
T. J. McNamara
Enioys
Clyde Fitch
Messrs. Shubert
Fitchin
Store Rand, Jr
Sees Ince
George ] Rand, Jr
Mr. Dunlon
Pu Weet Tr
America
Schobiel
Ince
Kirke
Cts
Jack Sherman
G. W. Fairchild & Ons
Richard Wightman
Success Magazine
Mefiliim
Ayer
E. H. Dillon & Co
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Onenennatinn
Park City
Port Jefferson
Fairfield Avenue
Sound
Squire
Long Island
Baker's
Bridgeport Public Market & Branch
Public Market Building
State and Bank Streets
East Main Street
Eplosion
Spanish Port
Elizabeth Crimmins
Mellery
Dillon & Douglass
Model Food Market
City Bakery
City Bakery Building
White Mountain
N. Buckingham & Co. Inc
Bay State Ranges
State Street
Ira Gregory
Main
Stratford Avenue
Sprague
Lehigh Coal Sprague Ice & Coal CO
East Wash. Ave
Wheeler & Howes
East End
Congress Street
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