Hurricane toll in Bahamas swells as ships seek port
From Nassau August 2 The hurricane's toll grows as crippled schooners bring refugees into harbor and the death list rises overnight. Reports say 400 missing and known dead, sponge fleets feared lost, while the sloop Doris from Exuma Key arrives with wrecked homes and homeless residents. Four women and five men on the Beuta are lost, others perished from the sinking and wrecks. Crops destroyed and storm damage widespread across the Bahamas.
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Bahamas
Associated Press
Nassau
Mornis
Doris
Exuma Key
Rutal
Alberta
Androsis
Tainted Wedding Cake Poisons 20 in Chicago
Twenty eight people were poisoned in Chicago by tainted food at a wedding. Eight others, including two women and six children, were poisoned by tasting a bean found in a basement. Tony Manrillo and his family were among the victims. the wedding ceremony honored Amico Manrillo. Doctors said all would recover.
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Chicago
Tony Manrillo
Manrillo
Amico Manrillo
Danbury Jews to Open New Center
Danbury plans a formal opening of a Jewish Community Center at 3d West Street with a Wednesday evening dance and meeting in the former Frederick A. Hines homestead. A chapel will be built in the rear by Hewlett Construction Co of Bridgenorth to seat about 300 people for social and religious activities.
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Danbury
Aug
West Street
Frederick A. Hine
Hewlett Construction Company of
Bridgenorth
Frontier Raids May Trigger Balkan Tensions
London Aug. A Jugo-Slavian minister of war ordered troops to pursue Comitad i on Bulgarian soil, a move described as a de facto declaration of war against Bulgaria. Belgrade reports say Comitad i raids from Bulgaria prompted protests to Sofia, which received no reply before the Jugo-Slavian order to act against the Comitati.
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London
Bulgaria
Belgrade
Comitad i
Sofia
Bulgarut
Comitadii
Comitadi
Columbia Erects Italian Culture Home at College
New York August 2 A cornerstone will be laid August 5 for the Casa Italiana at Morningside Heights to stand beside Columbia University. The Italian born project, cost about 300000, will showcase Italian art and architecture with gifts promised from Italians worldwide and a dedication honoring Saint Francis of Assisi.
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New York
Old
Italy
Morningside Heights
Casa Ittaliana
Columbia University
America
Victor Emanuel
Francis
Piior
Assisai
Franciscans
Bullard Named to Connecticut Industrial Survey Council
Stanley H. Bullard of Bullard Machine Tool company is named to the Connecticut council of the New England conference to supervise a special study of industrial commercial and agricultural conditions. Other members include Kent Hubbard Joseph Alsop E G Buckland and Ernest Rogers among several leaders. A. E. Heath Onthank of the U S Department of Commerce was sent to conduct the survey at the council’s request. The report aims for completion before the second New England Conference in Hartford November 18 and 19.
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Stanley H. Bullard
Bullard Machine Tooll Company
Connecticut
New England
Kent Hubbard
Manufacturers’ Association of Connecticut
Joseph W. Alsop
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Growers’ Association
E. G. Buckland
New Haven Road
E. 0. Gross
Waterbury
H. C. Knight
S.ne Telephone Company
Wilson H. Tee
N Haven
Ernest FE. Rogers
Connecticut Chamber of Commerc
Elijah Rogers
Southington
Henry Trumbull
Plainville
John M. Waddams
Torrington
Tsadore Wise
Hartford
A. E. Heath Onthank
U. S. Dept. of Commerce
New England Council
New England Counci
Outhank
Remington Arms Workers Enjoy Pleasure Beach Picnic
Nine hundred Remington Arms employees attended a club outing at Pleasure Beach on Saturday. Executives present included J B Smiley president, BE Brennan vice president, Col J E Herrmann works manager, C W Tilmann cutlery department head, and E B Bowers. After a war lunch, picnickers joined amusements, athletic events, and a swimming contest with $100 in gold prizes. Miss Cetta Nevins won $19 and Miss Anna Moran $5 in the beauty contests. committee members were G E Ingraham, J O’Rourke, Thomas Hunkerford, Frank Arnold, Dave Murphy, Bernard O’Connor, Robert Howard, Albert Gully.
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Remington Arms Company
Remington Club
Pleasure Beach
J. B. Smiley
BE. Brennan
J. E Herrmann
C. W. Tilmann
E B. J. Bowers
Cetta Nevins
Anna Moran
G. E. Ingraham
J. O'Rourke
Thomas Hunkerford
Frank Arnold
Dave Murphy
Bernard O'Connor
Robert Howard
Albert Gully
Chinese Bandits Hold Catholic Missionary
Rev. Ernest Cunningham of Cambridge, Passionist missionary, was captured by Chinese bandits in Hunan last Friday and remains missing, according to messages relayed through the State Department and the order's headquarters in Hoboken New Jersey.
Danbury to Replace Trolleys With Buses on Sept 1
Danbury Power and Transportation plans to replace the streetcars with motor busses on September 1. City officials aim to recover part of a $20,000 city debt for concrete between rails. The company seeks $400,000 in six percent bonds and 5,000 no par value shares to finance the purchase and related improvements.
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Danbury
Aug
Ely
Danbury Power and Transportation Company
Street
West Wooster
William Streets
Bethel
Lnder
Public Utilities Commission
Danbury Power and Teartion Company
Ander Jor
Danbury and Bethel Street
Power and Transportation Company
Phan
Coroner names new medical examiner in Norwalk
Coroner John J. Phelan has chosen Dr. William W. Tracy as medical examiner of Norwalk to replace the late Dr. Samuel Huntington. Phelan, away on a three week vacation, will have deputy Henry C. Stevenson handle investigations in his absence. He completed an inquiry into the death of George Gilbert of Van Zant Street Norwalk who was electrocuted at work as a hammerman during an inquiry in Norwalk City Hall Saturday afternoon.
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John J. Phelan
William W. Tracy
Norwalk
Samuel Huntington
Phelan
Bridgeport
Henry C. Stevenson
George Gilbert
van Zant Street
Norwalk City Hall
Growth through better service in photo dept says club
The talk emphasizes growth by improving service and offers Lustre Prints on heavy paper previously costed extra. Now all prints are made on heavy paper at no extra charge. Printing and developing film are just one department, though the principle applies to every unit. This is service talk No. 7.
Defendants Face Trial in Dwyer Rum Case
New York Aug 2 The second defendant group in the William V Dwyer 40 million rum ring goes to trial next Monday Federal Judge Mack directs. Five defendants including William Gallagher missing His $10000 bail forfeited and ✕. warrant issued for his arrest The others are Tony Cassino Samuel Patterman Charles Snow and Jacob Aaron.
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New York
William V. Dwyer
Mack
William Gallagher
Tony Cassino
Samuel Patterman
Charles Snow
Jacob Aaron
Bandits Steal $3000 Payroll at Cushman Senz Inc
Two bandits masked and armed with revolvers held up Cushman Senz Inc payroll staff in New York. The manager and eighteen employees were lined up while the other two searched the cashier’s cage and escaped with $3000.
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Cushman Senz, Inc
Bakers
Poison liquor kills 700 in New York last year
New York AP report quotes J W Quillen chief chemist of the bureau of internal revenue stating seven hundred people died in New York City from poison Aquor last year. He notes bootleg whiskey warnings as pre-prohibition whiskey dried up by 1924 and denatured alcohol appeared in 1925 with wood alcohol traces found.
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New York
New York City
J. W. Quillen
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Quillen
Three Hour Quake Recorded in Italy
An earthquake lasting three hours was recorded on the seismograph at the observatory in Farnza Italy. The center reportedly lay about 9,000 kilometers away and the report came from Prof. Raphael Ben Jandi's facility.
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Italy
Farnza
Raphael Ben Jandi
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Tanglepoot Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Columbia
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Bridgeport, Connecticut
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