Foolish Safe Cracker Bumbles Through Two‑Hour Capers
A bumbling safe cracker fails in a vain attempt at breaking into the Metropolitan Auto and Car Mage Company office. The raid ends with a comic escape to Black Rock after a dynamite blast and a 20‑pound hammer, leaving tools, a note, and a stolen car abandoned along Jetland Place. Police trace the fugitive’s movements and expect an arrest later today.
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Metropolitan Auto and Car Mage Company
Black Rock
Grand Street
M. Foard
Aston Garege
State Street
Edward Cronin
John Clarkson
Jetland Place
Pollos
Mayor Orders Removal of Block Barricade on Avenue
Mayor Wilson acted promptly to clear tar soaked wood blocks stacked along the sidewalk by contractors. The shoulder high barricade battered clothing and caused stumbles as passersby brushed into it. Most blocks were moved behind the Connecticut company's trolley barns last night and more were cleared this morning.
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Wilson
Avenue
Connecticut Company
Planning Campaign Against Mosquito Maps Power
Lew Haren notes a General Assembly bill backing the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station to map mosquitoes and identify breeding spots. Britton says maps are rough drafts for a systematic pest campaign enabling health officers to inspect land at peak abatement times. Last year state funding reached 24000 dollars from subscriptions for the mosquito fight.
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Lew Haren
General Assembly
Britton
River pirates seize row boat at Yellow Mill pond
John Novak of 201 Willard Street reported the theft of his row boat from the foot of the Yellow Mill pond after a raid on skiffs, quotor-boats, and miner craft. Police noted continued depredations by supposed river pirates.
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John Novak
Willard Street
Prominent Lawyer and Wife Killed in Car Crash at Branford
Branford May 10 Donald G Perkins a leading eastern Connecticut lawyer and his wife were killed when their large touring car overturned on a steep Branford highway near the driving park. Mrs Perkins and Mr Perkins died almost instantly, while Mr and Mrs Noeh Rogers Jr, their guests, were injured but not fatally. Rogers suspected steering gear failure or loss of control caused the crash at about 30 miles per hour. Mrs Rogers recovered quickly to accompany her husband to Norwich-bound trains later. Perkins, 35, was a noted attorney with Brown and Perkins and held posts in local government. He leaves two sons, Donald Gilbert and Edmund W, and two daughters, Lois and Mrs A J McClure. Rogers, a former Norwich wholesale agent, was well known in Bridgeport and New Haven circles.
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Branford, Conn
Donald Gperkins
Norwich
Connecticut
Perkins
Branford
Noeh Rogers, Jr
Mr. Perkins
Conn
Rogers
Westport
Edmund W
Lois
Dana Hall
Wellesley
A. J. McClure
Concord
N. H
W.vv. Guild
Mt. Vernon
Bridgeport Lodging Houses Toward Public Health Crisis
New Haven tenement inspector John J. O Donnell and Bridgeport sanitary inspector David W. Lynch tour the city water front lodging houses and condemn them as dark ill ventilated and unsanitary. O Donnell argues for closing unless radical changes and cites 500 cubic feet space per sleeper. He faults funding and calls for dedicated inspectors, praising interdepartmental cooperation in New Haven and noting Bridgeport has only one inspector for the entire city. He describes enforcement steps from notice to subpoenas and heavy penalties in Bridgeport court cases.
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Water Front
Bridgeport
John J. O'Donnell
New Haven
Bridgeport Health Department
O'Donnell
Health Department
Connecticut
Mr. O'Donnell
Bridgeport Board of Health
Smith
Frank L. Wilder
Wilder
Common Press Court
Chuck Connors, Bowery Character, Dies in New York
New York May 10. "Chuck" Connors a well known Chinatown figure died of heart disease in Hudson Street Hospital today. A colorful veteran of Chinatown’s dark halls and hidden passages, he was linked with the city’s tong factions including the Four Brothers and the Hip Sing Tong.
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New York
Chuck” Cos
Truce Declared For Charred Memory Of Local Figure
A truce was declared as news of Chuck Connors death spread. He was 61 and spent much of his life in China town. In recent years he guided sightseeing parties visiting his stamping ground. A separate report notes Fort Smith Arkansas details of Bonanza bank robbery where three men dynamited First State Bank and fled with about $2,000.
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Chuck” Connors
Chinatown
Fort Smith
Ark
Bonanza
Here
First State Bank
Pension Demand Highlights Connecticut School Session
New Haven May 10 Connecticut Association of School Superintendents debated training for rural teachers and urged pensioning teachers as a business measure to improve efficiency and child outcomes. Speakers included Henry Morrison New Hampshire superintendent and Charles D. Hine. Ellsworth Tracy pressed trade schools. others noted pensions as key to retaining quality staff.
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New Haven
Connecticut Association of School Superintendents
Henry €. Morrison
New Hampshire
Charles D. Hine
State Board of Education
Charles A. Ames
Hartford
Sno Town Board of ‘Education
Ing’ Madaa Ch Vaehn
Cut
Ellsworth M. Tracy
Legislative Committee On Education
L. Fox
Morrison
Burglars Loot Mirror Store on East Main Street
A burglary at Jacob Schwarzkopf shoe finding and mirror shop 747 East Main last night netted an estimated 150 to 200 dollars in goods. A small safe remained, but $25 was taken from the cash drawer along with leather soles and shoe makers' supplies. Entry was gained by breaking a cellar-way after failing to force a rear window.
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Jacob Schwarzkopf
East Main Street
Bid rework needed as Barnum Avenue project overruns
The Tax Board finds its estimate too small after the lowest bid for grading Boston Avenue with Telford gravel and building retaining walls exceeds the appropriation by over 1000. Bids will be rereceived with revised plans to fit funds. May 15 noon deadline. Firms previously bidding include B D Pierce Burns Sperry Engineering New Haven and Co G Beard. J Barnes, longtime Seaside Park driveway custodian, returns to duty in Second precinct. Beardsley Park patrol assignment pending.
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Boston Avenue
Telford
Board of Contract and Supply
B. D. Pierce
The
Burns Company
Sperry Engineering’ Company of
New Haven
Co. G. Beard Company
Blame Movies for Downfall of Bright Lad
John Supples, 13, before the city court on incorrigibility and sentenced to the Connecticut State Reform School for Boys at Meriden by Judge Carl Foster. Probation officer Rev. C W Simpson says this is one of many cases and blames late night picture show exposure for underage admissions without guardians. He pledges prosecutions to enforce the law and curb youths' late hours and street associations with bad influences.
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John Supples
Connecticut State Reform School For
Meriden
Carl Foster
Supples
Rev
C. W. Simpson
Simpson
West End
Goodsell Replies to Attorney for Oyster Industries
A Connecticut reader defends public health hearings on sanitary sewer systems near Long Island Sound. He questions the need for costly experimental plants, urges citing cities with proven sewer projects, and suggests citizen committees audit similar installations before tax money is spent. The letter ends with a call to continue discussion on page two.
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Farmer
Oyster Industries
Morning Telegram
Mre
Hartford
State of
Connecticut
Longe Island Sound
United States
Fairfield Man Charged With Misappropriating Eggs and Chickens
Former Representative Frederick C Jennings of Fairfield faces charges for allegedly stealing eggs and poultry from a joint venture with the Orlove Co. He was arrested on a body writ after failing to post bond and claims the action is an outrage. The dispute centers on a June agreement to run a poultry operation with Jennings to receive half the profits and oversee batches of chickens and feed. The case, tied to a county farm suit, awaits the superior court proceedings.
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Frederick C. Jennings
Frederick Co. Jennings
Fairfield
Andrew
Carnegie
George Orlove, Co
Jennings
Donnelly
Orlove Co
Isc
Wee
Esperior Court
Militant suffragists unleash fire and bombs across Britain
Dundee reports Farrington Hall destroyed by fire in an apparent arson attack tied to militant suffragists. In London two bombs found, one in Lime Street station Liverpool and another in Reading post office, both timed with fuses and packed with gunpowder and iron nuts. Authorities suspect planned attacks to pressure Parliament. churches warn closures for tours and services amid ongoing security concerns.
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Dundee
Farrington Hall
Henry McGrady
London
Lime Street
Liverpool
Reading
Lieutenant Governor Accused of Immorality by Miss Maud Robinson
Chicago papers report a four member senate committee appointed to probe an affidavit by Springfield resident Miss Maud Robinson alleging immorality by Lieutenant Governor Barratt, head of the white slave commission. Robinson has been staying with a relative in Chicago. a subpoena was served and she is expected to be the first witness.
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Chicago
Legisslature
Miss Maud Robinson
Springfield
Ligut
Barratt
White Shive Commission
Miss Robinson
May
Eteleen
Averill in Hospital After Barn Roof Fall in Washington
New Haven May 10 State Cattle Commissioner Averill injured yesterday by a fall from a barn roof at his Washington Connecticut home. He is reported this morning as quite comfortable at the private hospital, rested some during the night, and remains in good condition though not sleeping much. The report notes his cheerful mood under the circumstances. Parise May 1 Count Arthur Pavlovitch Cassini, formerly Russian ambassador to the United States, is reported to be in excellent health at his residence, following a death notice published this week in the United States.
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New Haven
Hemnan
Averill
Washington, Conn
Parise
Arthur Pavlovitch Cassini
United States
Local Knights Of Columbus Delegates To Connecticut Convention
The annus state convention of the Knights of Columbus of Connecticut will be held Tuesday in Danbury after a high mass at St Peter's church. Bridgeport councils send delegates and a party to the big ball Monday evening. The Major degree will be conferred Sunday. elections may be close for secretary and other offices.
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Knights of Columbus of
Connecticut
Danbury
St Peter's Church
Order
Stantley
Armory
Bridgeport
Caliowing
Park City Councl
Leo Redgate
George T. Kelly
Jot F. Rogers
Frank
Lkely
Mulligan Wilh Ike
Alan le
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Noah Rogers
Rogers ‘Brothers
Water Street
David Trubee &C
Stoddard Gilbert & Co
Bridgeport Lodging Houses
New- Haven
Connecticut Association of Superintendents
Barnum Avenue
Barnes “Bike
J. Barnes
Seaside Park
Beardsley Park
Bright Lad
Goodsell
George Orlove Co
Rerding
Manchester
R Whiteley
Inslee
Averill IN Hospital
Knights of Columbus
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