Milford Pastor resigns amid ecclesiastical bluff charges
Rev Jesse J D Roberts, after five years in Milford, declares he renounces Methodism and drops the Reverend title, citing drift from spiritual paths and church criticism. He says no future plans yet, acknowledging reading Elmer Gantry but denying it influenced his move.
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Jesse D. Roberts
Elmer Gantry
Jesse JD. Roberts
Mary Taylor Memorial
M. EF
Milford
Roberts
Sinclair Lewis
Ufe
Harvard Student Hurt In Norwalk Road Crash
Harvard student Umna B McKesson twenty was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash on the Post Road Norwalk. He rear-ended a car driven by Saterelli of North Taylor Avenue Norwalk. Saterelli was arrested on reckless driving and held on 600 bond. McKesson suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. he was transported to Norwalk Hospital.
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Umna
McKesson
New York
Harvard
Norwalk Hospital
Post Road
Norwalk
Reus Peatty Swamy
Dantet Aerelli
North Taylor Avenue
Saterelli
Aml
Westport
McMesson
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Roosevelt Is Better Angler Than Trumbull
Hartford April 24 CAP Colonel Theodore Roosevelt fished with Governor Trumbull Major General John F O Teagan and State Senator Frederic C Walecott at Hollenback field in Cosbeu during a weekend fishing trip. Roosevelt reportedly led the catch amid unfavorable weather, with a fair trout tally noted by the governor as he returned home to Plainville.
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Hartford
Theodore Roosevelt
Trumbull
John F. O'Tegan
Frederic C. Walecott
Hollenback Eld
Cosbeu
Plainril
Roosevelt
Marines Land at Hankow During Tense Chinese Stand
Fifty U S Marines landed at Hankow by the Yangtse patrol after Chinese pickets tried to remove three Americans connected with the Standard Oil office. Foreigners in Hankow include Britons Americans Frenchmen Italians Germans Belgians and Danes. Foreign warships guard the city as trenches rise and Krupp sights are mounted in anticipation of possible action by General Chang Kai Shek and a new Nationalist government at Nanking.
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Ruanghal
Hankow
U.S
Isabel
Standard Gil ‘Company
General Labor Union
Hankon
Acvireless
Krupp
Chang Kai- Shek
Nanking
Washington
New York
Haynes
Aing Ainge
Ant One Nan
California
Aimes McPherson
Couns Ea Sechde
Detroit
Atorium
Tormosa
Oll Company
Meredith
Carles
Mexles
Pancrea
Dr. McCoy
Copelant
Parken Cadman
BU Sands
London
U. S
Irving Fieher
Puge
Motorcyclist Hurt In Crash Near Milford
Alphonse Vuolo 19 of New Haven sustained critical injuries after his motorcycle collided with Harold Egan’s car at the Milford turnpike junction. He suffered a fractured skull a dislocated hip and possible internal injuries and was taken to New Haven hospital. Egan is being held for investigation by Orange constable St. El Stevens.
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New Haven
Alphonse Vuolo
Harold Egan
Sylvan Avenue
Waterbury
Fairlea Farm
Milford
Vuolo
Egan
St. EL Stevens
Orange
EM Mix
He Stole Her Money and Beat Her in Hidden Turmoil
The Bridgeport Post excerpt by Lyle Hamilton portrays Molly Brownell reflecting on a friend's abusive marriage. Both women confront their own failings as they navigate strain in their relationships and the Brownell couple's troubled dynamic.
Children in plane unharmed after gear loss at flight takeoff
Five thousand spectators watched as a Bellanca monoplane lost its left landing gear after takeoff from Curtis field in Mineola New York. The craft landed on Mitchel field after an hour of attempts to repair the strut, narrowly avoiding disaster with two young girls aboard. Clarence D. Chamberlin and a mechanic tested the plane with signals from seven follow planes warning of danger.
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Bert Acosiz
Paris
Eloyse Levine
Grace Jonas
Hlovse
Charles 4. Levine
Grace
Talph Jo
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Chamberlin
Bellanca
Arisi
Hamberish
Roosevelt Field
W. J. Rogemullen
Mitchel Field
Nine Die In Briggs Detroit Fire At Paint Shop
Detroit April 24 AP nine are known dead from the Briggs Manufacturing paint shop fire yesterday with rescue crews uncovering an unidentified body in the ruins. Six of thirty seriously injured died in hospitals today and two more died shortly after admission. Firefighters battled flames overnight as crews continued debris searches. Payroll checks partly accounted for all but a few missing workers. Known dead include James Gilan Harry Mason Ovid Shaw William Henderson Rose Hixon John Goodstich and Andrew Wilkerson with one unidentified man.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Auto Body Makers
Wiles Mpany
Shome
James Gilan
Harry Mason
Ovid Shaw
William Henderson
Rose Hixon
John Goodstch
Andrew Wilkerson
Paintings to be tested at Sing Sing prison
The therapeutic value of art in reclaiming integrity and character will be tested at Sing Sing prison this week. Nineteen paintings by old masters are loaned for six weeks by Corona Mundi International Art.
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New York
Sing Sing Prison
Corona, Mundi International Art Cantegronniversitie-initiay
Macdonalds Daughter Speaks in His Place at New York Rally
Isabel MacDonald daughter of J Haneay MacDonald, Britain’s first Labour prime minister, arrived in New York to speak at a Century Theatre mass meeting while her father recovers in Philadelphia hospital. She urged that the Labour cause in England will regain momentum and praised the Jewish Daily Forward for aiding American labor.
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New York
Isabel MacDonald
Downing Street
J. Haneay MacDonald
England
Philadelphia
Century Theatre
Bis
Sina
Forward
Fornward
Bridgeport Church Drive Aids Flood Widows In Area
Churches across Bridgeport mobilize funds for flood widows and relief in surrounding areas. Multiple notes reference church leaders, relief efforts, and community appeals as towns respond to widespread damage and displacement.
Radio station cuts off Berger speech in New York
In New York on April 24 AP reports Station WIZ halted Representative Victor Berger speech during the 30th anniversary celebration of the Jewish Daily Forward. The stop came as Berger criticized capitalism over press radio and schools. About 2000 attended at Century Theatre. Forward editor Abraham Cahan leads the socialist paper.
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New York
Victor Berger
Socialit
Milwaukee
Wis
Bornard
Tod
WIZ
Forward
Century Theatre
Warward
Abraham Cahan
McCormick Weds Secretary in Secret Elopement
Cyrus A. McCormick head of International Harvester wed Chicago secretary Alice M. Holt in Dublin New Hampshire last Friday in a discreet ceremony attended by close relatives. The couple, reportedly sailing for Europe soon, kept details private as Chicago New York society reacted to the unexpected union and McCormick’s second marriage following the death of his first wife in 1921.
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Chicago
Cyrus A. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Misa Alice M. Holt
Dublin
New Elampshire
McCormick
Harvester Company
Farn
Misa Hall
Eric Weld
Brookline
Mass
Europe
Elizabeth Sterrett
Jeremiah BP. Holt
Mr. McCormick
Harriet Hammond
Harold F. McCorm
Ith Rockefeller McCormick
Ganna Walsky
New Hamshire
New York
Fister
Harriet Bradley Hammond
Chi
Waterbury Boy Cornetist Dies After Fall From Roof
Amasa McIntyre, a Negro cornetist with the Salvation Army band, died at 4 10 p m from a fractured skull after falling from a roof near his North Main Street home at 11 a m He was 14 and active in Sunday School and band activities He planned to attend a Brookside Home concert this afternoon and had just finished a band rehearsal last night
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Waterbury
AP Ammasa McIntyre
Salvation Army
North Main Street
Amasa
Slaney McIntyre
Salvation Ary
Maste Tie
Jesus
Brookside
Tie
Army
Opening of First Radio Parish of America in Portland
Governor Brewster presided at City Hall for the first anniversary of the First Radio Parish of America. Messages from governors and church leaders were read as 17 Portland area clergymen led a prayer of consecration. The event highlighted Maine’s 200,000 youth and a global 360,060,000 schoolchildren connection to the radio parish.
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Radio Parish of
America
Portland
Ralph C. Brewster
Radio Parish
City Hall
Aram J. Pothier
Rhodesland
Huntley WN. Spruiding
New Hampshire
James M. Curley
Boston
8. Parkes Cadman
Brooklyn
Federation of Education
Maine
Mirati
Howard O. Hough
James F .Albion
Brunswick
Brewster
New England
Flood Toll Tops 100 as Mississippi Delta Fences Fail
Huge flood across nine states devastates Mississippi and Arkansas, with more than 100 dead and 15,000 marooned in the delta. Relief officials urge boats and food, while new levee breaks flood tens of thousands of acres and drive evacuees from Concordia and New Orleans area camps.
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Missisippi
Arkansas
Mississippi Delta
Winterville
Greenville
Misa
Mississippi
Red River
Helena
Ark
Wickshire
Louisiana
Concordia
Parish
New Orleans
Baton Houge
Diamond
Twenty three drown in Winterville flood shelters
Green ville Mississippi April 24 Twenty three white women and children seeking refuge in a house at Winterville five miles north of here were swept to their deaths. The report raises area deaths to 29 and a Delta total likely well over two hundred. Military rule and relief efforts mobilize to host up to 10 000 people with camps on levees and tents planned to shelter all.
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Greenville
Mies
Winterville
Here
J. S Allen
Army Engineer Corps
Allen
Delta
A. G. Paxton
178Th Field Artillery
Mississippi National Guard
Churches Join In Flood Aid Drive Quota Increased
Bridgeport churches and surrounding towns mobilized in a Red Cross flood relief drive after a Washington telegram raised Bridgeport’s quota from 10 000 to 14 000. Exec secretary Miss Amelia Wenderoth said the need is urgent as more than 765 000 are homeless. Contributions were already received and funds can be sent to Red Cross offices or the branch treasurer.
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Wvorth
Bridgeport
Red Cross
Washington
American National Red Cross
Walter B. Lashar
Brideaport
Amelia J. Wenderroth
Ridgeport
Huntington
Trumbull
Newtown
Easton
Nichols
Wenderoth
Lewst
Calvin
Uolidga
Lashiar
Staples
Bradford D. Pierce, Jr
Frank T. Greples
H. Willard Fleck
Spectai
Hoover to Direct Relief in Flooded Area
Henry M. Baker says flood relief director will meet Secretary Hoover in Memphis and chart a plan before Hoover surveys the Mississippi region. Food clothing and camp facilities are moving in as about 15,000 people are marooned along the delta with thousands more refugees en route from Louisiana and the delta. The Wabash steamer assisted in rescuing hundreds along a levee as mumps appear among the refugees in Mississippi.
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Miemphis
Tenn
Henry, M. Baker
American Red Cross
Hoover
Washington
Hoovey
Mississippi
Baker
Kurry
Vicksburg
Miss
APY
Mississippi Delta
Green
Greenville
Louisiana
National Park
National Guard
Army Engineers Warn Residents Near Levees Flee
Army engineers warn residents along the Mississippi River levees to flee as floodwaters advance. Destructive flows sweep crops livestock and homes in Mississippi and Arkansas while authorities rush sand and rock to reinforce dykes. Refugees evacuate Concordia and Vidalia with major towns like Vicksburg and New Orleans feeling the impact and water moving toward Louisiana.
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Louisiana
Atreuma
Alppi
Concordia Ixh
Vidalia
New Orleans
Diamond
Fair's Landing
Ark
Helena
Brunswick Circle
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Army Neers
Memphis
Arkansas
Mineissippi
Stopsing
Greenville
Delta
Arcola
Holla
Yazoo and
Sippi Valley
Greenville under voluntary military rule amid flood evacuation
Greenville Mississippi is under a voluntary military rule after most women and children evacuated as flood waters threaten the city. About 10,000 people are displaced nearby with 6,000 African Americans expected to stay on the levee in a tented camp. Major A. C. Paxton of the Mississippi Guard has been placed in command to direct defense and relief efforts.
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Greenville
Mississippi
Jim
Red Cross
Leven
Memphis
Tenn
Miss
Low
A. C. Paxton
A& Field Artillery
Muississippi Guard
Tala
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