Reclamation Plan Outlined By Senator McNary For Congress
Senator McNary of Oregon unveiled a broad reclamation program aiming to marshal a revolving fund of 300000 to 500000000 for projects across the Intermountain and Pacific states. The plan envisions swamp land drainage, irrigation, flood control, soil restoration, hydroelectric development, and bond financing through irrigation districts to repay government advances.
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Washington
Cowill
McNary
Oregon
Colorado
Lima
Congress
Enterior
Tate
State Police Quarterly Report Highlights Patrols and Seizures
State Police Aust Martforn report dated April 8 covers activity since January Kacy J pot arrests totaling five, patrols covering 168 325 miles of highway, confiscation of merchandise valued at 2 449, recovery of a property valued at 16 000 including several automobiles, issuing 353 licenses for motor vehicles operators, and weighing 1 694 trucks with 225 arrests in dispatch areas where overloaded trucks were found according to the quarterly submission to the police commissioner.
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Martforn
Jan Kacy J
Dastardeg
Three Fire Crews Extinguish Brief East Main Blaze
Three fire companies responded to a small fire on East Main Street near Burroughs Street by the European Pharmacy. The smokey flare caused a moment of excitement but was contained before firefighters arrived.
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East Main Street
Burroughs Street
Governor Trumbull to Attend Ansonia Military Ball
Plans are underway for the second annual military ball at Ansonia on April 2. Governor John F. Trumbull will attend with staff and officers from New Haven and surrounding counties. The event promises prominent guests, decorations by New Haven firms, and catering by Hollywood Inn. Over 1,600 tickets will be issued to legion posts in Derby Ansonia Shelton and Seymour.
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Ansonia
Ansonia State
Mary
John FL. Trumbull
Cient
Norgon W. Wickering
William H. Gordon
New Haven
New Haven Decorating Company
Joseph 4
Jacobsen
Hollyswood Inn
Legion
Derby
An Sonia
Shelton
Seymour
Nelson W. Pickering
Niels I. Poulsen
Vincent Keleher
Paul Schumacher
George Jackson
F. M. Drew
Joseph Fitzgerald
Dwuglas Gott
Johns. Voorhees
John Lightfoot
Wesley Anderson
Raymond Goad
Bred Cotter
John Wall
John Burns
William Griffin
Harold W. Doolittle
Henry Ansonia
F. M. de Derby
Vincent FL. Kelehe
Henry Chamberlin
Life work of artist Francis Wheaton wiped out in cabin fire
Nearly 700 paintings by Francis Wheaton, a missionary and artist, were destroyed when his log cabin in the Ramapo mountains near Suffern burned. Wheaton spent fifty years among the Ramapo Whites, descendants of Hessian deserters, runaway slaves, early settlers, and Indians, using his work to depict and sometimes improve their lives.
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Francis "Wheaton
Mountain Cabin
Nyack
Francis Wheaton
Ramapo Mountains
Suffern
Wheaton
Ramapos
Hazel Morehouse Wins Contest in Brookfield School
Hazel Morehouse of the Tron Works school won the town speaking contest with Tie Glove and the Lion. Burton Larsen took first in spelling. Dorothea Collins was runner up in speaking. Morehouse and Larsen advance to district contests in Washington May 14, with other pupils named from Center, Huckleberry Hill, O R blue, Iron Works, and Long Meadow Hill.
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Brookfield
Brookfield Poble Schools
Center School
H. D. Sylvester
Hazel Morehouse
Tron Works
O'Rbluse School
Swulse Frisbie
Lois Brush
Iron Works School
Dorothy *Stansfield
Long Meadow Hill School
Jean Sass
Eleanor Drapeau
Burton Larsen
Washington
Long Meadow Ti Sewing Club
Harriet Chapman
Danbury Hospital
William Weeks
Lillian O. Weeks
Matilda Gustafson
Eric Gustafson
Guilford
Christchurch
Charles Lewis Briggs
New Haven
Stamford Mortgage Foreclosure Case Reversed by Appeals
In Stamford on April 8 a Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower ruling by Judge Thomas. Harriett Brineckeroff and British American Manufacturing Co. faced foreclosure after the company failed bank status on December 19, 1920. Usury and concealment claims led to the void mortgage, but the appellate panel judges Hough, Manton, and Hand reversed the decision, with further litigation pending.
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Stamford
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Edwin
Harriett
Brineckeroffers
Harriet C. Brinchkeroff
Bank« Wey
Thomas
M. Lowenstein and Sons
Judean Thomas
Hough Manton
Hand
War Declared on School Fraternities
New York report of a special committee recommending to the Board of Education rules denying diplomas and school honors to fraternities members and barring them from athletics and activities. The effort, begun a decade ago, gained momentum after a Jamaica Long Island high school party was linked to a fraternity.
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New York
Anril
Board of Education
Jamaica, Long Island
Burglary Suspects Arrested in Springfield Case
Springfield police arrest Janes Mingan 21 of Manchester Il for burglary links to other alleged burglars William Z. Witererald 22 of Brooklyn and Chars 1. Dunn of Northampton, who were arrested last night and reportedly confessed.
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Springfield
Mass
Janes Mingan
Manchester
Bern
William Z. Witererald
Brooklyn
Chars
Dunn
Northampton
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U. S. Senate
State Police
AUST
C. W. King
Main Street
Ridgeport
Trad
Chloro Chemical Corporation
Mount Vernon
Edward Lassere
Carnis
Brookfield School
Bar Harbor
Court OF Appeals
Broad St.cenetey
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