Snyder Gray murder trial hears alibi and coercion claims
In New York on April 25 the Snyder Gray case heard Haddon Gray describe Judd Gray's alleged manipulation to join a murder, then later act with his friends. Defense lawyers argued confessions were coerced, and the state pressed on with motions as Mrs Snyder and Gray seek to shape their defenses.
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New York
Jekyll and Hyde
Henry Judd Gray
Atlle
Haddon Gray
Judas Gray
Judd
Gray
Albert Snyder
Syracuse
Harry L. Platt
Judd Ana
Judd Gray
Ita
Ruth Snyder
Henry Juda Gray
Townsend Scudder
Mra Snyder
Wagar Hagleton
Mrs. Snyder
Snyder
Dhemissal
Hz Hazleton
M S Snyder
Samuel Millard
Auml Tq
Hadden Gray
Jace
Arrests at Death of Dorothy Reynolds Involve Two Doctors
Dr Morris T Horwitz was arrested on a manslaughter charge tied to the March 15 1927 death of Dorothy May Reynolds age 18 of 1215 North avenue. The case links Dr Carl Beck to the operation and notes a $5 000 bond furnished by Horwitz’s mother. Coroner reports and Mrs Nina Reynolds describe payments and referrals amid ongoing trial in May at the Criminal Superior court.
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Morris T. Horwitz
Fairfield Avenue
Dorothy May Reynolds
North Avenue
Fannie Horwitz
Michael Arnolsky
Bureau of Investigation
William Ti. Comlcs
Dr. Horwitz
Carl Beck
East Main Street
Bridgeport
Berk
Hberts
Criminal Superior Court
John J. Foelan
Phelan
Nina Reynolds
Horwitz
MEW School May Be Named for Nathan Hale
A Bridgeport school on Cantel Avenue may be named Nathan Hale. Secretary Mrs Sadie K Loewith reported the suggestion after a special board meeting and it was favorably received. President Elmer I Havens urged presenting the resolution at the next regular meeting. A child of Mrs Loewith noted Hale as a great American hero and Connecticut native worthy of honor in Bridgeport.
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Mra
Sadie K. Loewith
Board of Education
Cantel Avenue
Xmathan Hale
Mra. Logwith
Loewich
Elmer I. Havens
Loewith
Hale
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Dorothy MacKaye Granted Continuance in Death Case
Los Angeles April 25 Dorothy MacKaye screen actress was granted a continuance unto May 2 by Superior Judge Charles Burnell to plead to charges connected with the death of her husband Ray Raymond The continuance was requested by her attorney as MacKaye appeared with her father John Mackaye on the arm She is charged with being a material witness in the case and with accessory for the fact Dr Walter Suilan is named in the docket for the defense
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Los Angeles
Dorothy MacKaye
Charles Burnell
Ray Raymond
Acosta withdraws from New York Paris flight pilot role
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Lloyd W. Hertaud are named co pilots for the Bellanca monoplane test flight to Paris with Charles Levine as sponsor. Bert Acosta, weight dispute cited, withdraws though praised for skill. Acosta remains chief pilot advisor for Columbia.
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Mineola
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Lloyd W. Hertaud
Bellanca
New York
Paris
Charles A. Levine
Bert Acosta
Chamberlin
Bertaud
White Chamberlin
M. Bellanca
Acosta
Fils
Levine
Performaece
Acoata
Columbia Aircraft Corporation
Steiber Change of Auto Bill Killed in Hartford Debates
Representative Theodore Steiber of Bridgeport backed an amendment in the House debate on a duty exempting car owners from suits by guests injured in the owner's vehicle. He clashed with Judge Samuel Hoyt and Minority Leader Citron. His amendment aimed to hold drivers liable to all guests except those soliciting a ride on the street or highway, but the bill passed.
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Hartford
Theodore EF. Steiber
Bridgeport
Samuel Hoyt
New Haven
WiMam L
Citron
Middletown
Steiber
Hin
Bridgeport News Highlights On Local Donations And Courtroom Actions
Bridgeport report details Kivanians donating $300, a £200 repayment claim, and a meeting with officials. It covers a court upholding a doctor’s status, a driver charge faced, and a large high school accident with a student seriously injured. Also mentions legislature debates, grant news, and local civic events across multiple pages.
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Bridgeport
Routhayte
Ae Anbyteet
Bassick Jnotur High School
Dows
Atreet
Legislature
Pairfield
Smith
Episcopajlang
Nicholanfasion
Beldgeparter
Wakeman
Mra Soyver
Gray
Leares Nila
Acoata
Chamberlain
Bert
New Orleans
Congress
Bethlehem
Paris Courte
Myers
Lottery check arrives after winner's death in Albany
The estate of Matthew Kiernan received a $15,3149.79 check from a cashier in Albany after Kiernan died of a stroke. He had been notified he was the winner of a baseball related award, leaving his heirs to collect the prize posthumously.
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Ellicottville
Matthew Kiernan
Albany
Kiernan
Vanderbilts Seek Divorce in Paris After 19 Years Apart
In Paris, Mrs. Vanderbilt and her husband Mi. Vanderbilt filed divorce petitions after 19 years of estrangement. She charges denial of access to his Paris home. he claims her coldness and distance. The split, long anticipated in New York society, unfolds as a countersuit and counterclaim. Continued on page nineteen.
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Paris
New York
Vanderbilt
Virginia Fair
Senator Fair
California
Southey Elected Architect for New Bassick Junior High
The Board of Education elected Ernest G. Southey as architect for the new Bassick Junior High school at a six minute meeting. John G. Stevens tallied nix votes for Southey, others abstained, and Southey was declared elected without opposition. Plans include a trip to Elizabeth New Jersey to inspect a school and prepare preliminary drawings and estimates for bond approval.
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Board of Education
Ernest G. Southey
Bassick
J. Murray Johnson
Imer H. Havens
John G. Stevens
Teller
Stevens
Southey
Hevens
Unm
Leonard Asheim
Mre
Udle R. Leewith
Asheim
Beardsley
Winaneclral Advisory Committee
Episcopalians Defend Al Smith Against Religion Bar
Arch Deacon Walter D Nimbrer and Deacon Morehoure of Shelton urge voters to judge Al Smith on his record as governor not his Catholic faith. They argue religion should not bar political life and that church and state must stay separate. Acheson adds he would vote for Smith if he proved good, regardless of religion.
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al Smith
Walter D.numbrer
Roxbury
Trinity Episcopal
Arery
Morehoure
Af Shelton
Archdeacon Humphray
Tiisiop Acheson
Princeton Head Foresees Peace In Harvard Speech
In Cambridge Massachusetts Princeton President Hibben preached a free government and citizen duties while avoiding mention of the Harvard athletic break. He said the Cambridge invitation will foster understanding and amity and recounted meeting Princeton and Harvard men during the severance period.
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Cambridge
Mats
John Grisr Hibben
Princeton
Godkin
Harvard
Saunders Theatre
Hibben
University
Princeton Alumni Association
Harvard Corporation
State to speed road hardening by faster concrete
Announcement by Highway Commissioner John A. MacDonall reports Connecticut highway department tests aimed at shortening concrete curing from 20 days to 14. Rapid hardening would allow opening reconstructed roads to traffic sooner and reduce detour costs, with earlier experiments showing a chemical additive boosts strength. A summer study will reexamine cement sand and crushed stone ratios to further shorten curing.
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John A. MacDonall
Connecticut Highway Department
Trafefic
Highway Department
Connecticut
Rilehway
Flood relief unity eyed for next Congress
Memphis April 2. Senators urged extraordinary session if needed to move flood relief and refugee resettlement. Washington April 28. Both parties plan flood control measures for the next session, aiming to deter Mississippi Valley floods via storage reservoirs on headwaters and hydropower plans. President Coolidge backs cross party cooperation, Curtis and Mellon discuss dam projects to curb floods.
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Memphis
Tenn
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Robinson
Arkansas
Washington
Coolidge
Curtis
Mellon
Cabinet
Mississippi
White House
Curie
Passigse
Atlantic Flyer Falls Into Sea Near Brazilian Coast
Brazilian hydro airplane commanded by Jono de Barros on a Porto Praya to Santos mission crashed into the sea ten miles off the Brazilian coast. The Angelo steamship rescued the crew. the plane landed with damaged propellers and was later reported afloat by wireless. The flight from Genoa to Santos aimed for a nonstop crossing of the South Atlantic.
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Rio DE Paneiro
Brazil
Porto Trava
Cape Verdes Islands
Jono de Barros
Angelo
de Barres
Lieut. Negras
Newton Braga
Mechaniclan Vasco Cinquini
Porto Praya
Genoa
Italy
Santos
South Atlantic
Levee Break Plan Sparks New Orleans Tension
In 1863 New Orleans braces as a planned emergency breaching of a levee to save other areas prompts fear of flood. Officials led by Marcel Garlaud and Hoover prepare a controlled cut at a distant site while civilians anxiously discuss evacuation and the fate of the lower Mississippi delta.
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Orlmane
Apeni
Crescent Bend
Epponite
Marcel Garlaud
New Orleans
Tary Hoover
Coolidge
Jaden
Army Engineers
James L
Frons
Red Cross rushes flood area to head off plague
In Memphis on April 28 the Red Cross and seven state health officers planned vigorous actions to protect over 200000 homeless in flood regions. Dr William R Redden warned of the greatest peacetime health problem, urging sanitation, vaccination, clean water, and rapid relief as smallpox measles typhoid and other diseases loom. A 62000 nurse staff and relief fund over 2 million dollars were noted as available.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mieatsaippi Valley
American Red Cross
Wiliam R. Redden
Red Cross
America
Diveass
Nfe
Kentucky
Arkansas
Tilmoit
Missouri
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Recéen
Redden
Henry M. Baker
Relief For
Nureeg
Liberal radio policy announced by NBC president
New York April 28 AP Merlin Hall Ayelsworth, NBC president, announced the company’s liberal radio policy at a symposium before the ACLU. He condemned both unchecked speech and censorship, asserting radio’s role as the freest communications medium serving Protestants, Catholics, Jews, and all sides of major issues.
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New York
National Broadcasting Company
Merlin Hall Aylesworth
American Civil Liberties Union
United States
Aylesworth
Mrger
Fuller Veto Stands as Massachusetts Assembly Is Pro rogued
Boston January 28 Governor Alvan T Fuller prorogued the Massachusetts Assembly after failing to override his veto of a gas tax bill. The session approved 383 acts and 4% resolves while clashing over rates reform and a $50,060,000 Metropolitan water supply bond. The period saw extended regulator powers, new public safety measures, and a revived state commerce bureau.
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Fuller
Assembly
Boston
Annuil
Massachusetts
Alvan T. Fuller
Ware
Swift
Enfield
Public Utilities Commission
Lfe
Commission On Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Easton Residents sue over blocked road closing damages sought
The Bridgeport Hydraulic pany is named defendant in actions filed yesterday in the perlor court by Mary Dui and George B Kachele, both of Easton. Damages of 10000 are asked in both cases. Plaintiffs say a road linking Easton to Narrows Inlet was blocked by the company, cutting off their access and harming property value. They contend releases of all claims on part of landowners were not properly handled.
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Bridgeport Hydraulic Pany
Perlor
Mary Dui
George B. Kachele
Easton
the & Ae Company
Throab
Cupid Unshaken by Flood Marry in Mississippi Delta
Cupid was not drowned by flood as a wedding proceeded amid rising water in Greenville Mississippi. George Crittenden wed Hebe Smythe yesterday in a river town church that stood safe above the floodwaters. The ceremony was performed by a rector in the flooded delta region near the Mississippi farm community.
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Cupid
George Crittenden
Hebe Smythe
Greenville
Miss
United
Missiusipa
Delta
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