Calhoun arrives to recruit sailors in harbor
The U S S Calhoun destroyer No. 85 anchored in Inner Harbor to spend a week recruiting for the Navy. Captain Reed M. Powell commands the ship, which recently participated in Pershing’s reception. Thirty soldiers join the effort as Lieutenant Hart leads local recruiting at New York and surrounding ports.
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Calhoun
D Navy
Reed M. Powell
Pershing
H Hart
Hart
Ringgold
South
Norwalk
Ens
Stamford
Stockmen Join Defence Of The Big Five Packers
Farmers and cattle fenders from Muscatine Iowa and nearby areas join a defense of the Big Five packers amid rising land swarves and prosperity concerns. The Kenyon and Bonavick bills propose federal regulation to ease the industry and support stockmen and cattle fenders in Muscatine and surrounding towns.
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Kenyon
Bonavick
Pune
S. Blackwell
Muscatina
Towa
Lakefield pays 50000 for community high school theater
Lakefield Minnesota builds a $50,000 combined community building and high school with 1000 seat auditorium to show municipal movies at 10 to 15 cents. The fireproof 98 by 60 foot facility hosts school board led management and serves civic gatherings. The gym is open to residents and pupils.
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Jackson
Minn
Lakefield
Gmnasium
Scho! Board
Chavie Nanagers
School Chiaren Ag
Packers Seen Sharing Blame for High Market Prices
The text notes Senator McNary and Blackwell discussing causes of price levels, suggesting packers deserve part of the credit for market highs while conceding other factors like world shortages and temporary prosperity also played roles.
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Ers
Qngrig
McNary
Dre“ar Blackwell
German Iron Flotilla Shrinks as War Navy Grows
An excerpt from Mittschiffs describes Germanys iron flotilla of twelve torpedo boats based at Wilhelmshaven. The unit carries a 360 man landing corps, with platoons led by naval lieutenants, trained in infantry style dress and arms. Some ships patrol Hamburg during disorder and guard Allied shipments to Czecho Slovakia. The flotilla awaits full equipment to join active service, arming with machine guns and 3.7 cm guns in crises.
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Associated Press
Germany
Mittschiffs
Amerian
Armistee
Parar
Hamburg
Lhe
Wilhelmshiven
Haff
Nosnigsnarg
Fiovilie
Freiwlige Corp
Prison term for forgery and theft in fall term court
Judge James H Webb presided as the fall term of the Criminal Superior Court opened yesterday with pleas from defendants. Lena Marti, 21, of Norwalk, pleaded guilty to breach of the peace and received 30 days. Dorminick Costello, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty to burglary and was sent to the Connecticut State Reformatory. Roy Braggelt of Bridgeport pleaded guilty to four counts of forgery and got six months on each count. Arthur Moffett, 64, of Bethel faced theft and poultry theft charges, with a 30 day sentence on the poultry theft count. Jerusalem Chapter R A M conferred the mark master degree after a special convocation at Masonic Hall.
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Criminal Superior Court
Fof
Lena. Marti
Nophall
Joseph Glanotte
Dormmick Costello
Connecticut
Arthur Moffett
Bethel
Stuart Kyle
Clifton Durant
Webb
James Wyle
Moffett
Jerusalem
Hoover to Be Guest of Mining Engineers
Herbert C. Hoover, director general of international relief in Europe, arriving on the Aquitania, will be guest of honor at a reception and dinner September 17 in New York hosted by the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Engineers from nearly every state are expected. Hoover and his wife with son Allan will later vacation at Palo Alto, California.
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New York
Remodeling North Main Bank Amid War Over North End Site
Contractors clash as the old Schleichert property at North Main and North Avenue is remodeled into North End Bank and Trust Company. Expected ready in 60 days with officers William I. Severn as president and Harrison M. O'Brien as secretary and treasurer. Architect Leonard Ash elm designs colonial style interiors with marble and bronze fixtures, walnut finishes, beamed ceilings, and a reinforced concrete vault with 24 inch walls and burglarproofing, first of its kind in the city, to be demonstrated publicly upon completion.
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North Main Street
North Avenue
North End Bank and ‘Trust Company
William I. Severn
Harrison M. O'Brien
Leonard Ashelm
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