Adopting Fairy Tale Meets Real Life in Long Island
In New York on Aug 4 AP reports six year old Mary Louise Spas, daughter of poor Bohemian parents from Astoria via Prague, was chosen by millionaire realtor Edward A. Browning as sister companion for his other adopted daughter Dorothy Sunshine Browning. Mary Louise, now Mary Louise Browning, will live in Browning's Kew Gardens home. Browning kept parents’ address private, saying they came to America 15 years ago.
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Mary Louise Spas
America
Mary
Edward A. Browning
Kew Gardens
Long Island
Dorothy Sunshine Browning
Browning
Astoria
L. I
Pregue Hohemia
Ake
Senate forecasts World Court plan fate in next session
Two foreign relations leaders Senator Lenroot and Senator Swanson warned that concessions to irreconcilables would ruin World Court approval. They avoided naming opponents while aligning with Pepper’s stance and accusing rivals of misrepresenting the Senate mood. They argued compromises would risk Democratic defeat of ratification.
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Coolidge
Senate
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Lenroor
Wisconsin
Swangon
Virginia
Pepper
Pennsylvania
League of Nens
Lenroot
League of Nations
Hodgarrriers Strike Tangles Hiring In Construction Fight
Laborers and carriers stay out to press union recognition and a minimum wage demand of 65 cents an hour. Contractors Hewlett company Murp ent and Snnx report enough laborers recruited to fill positions, while strikers insist builders like WF Charles have offered terms but workers remain out until an agreement is reached.
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Pardy
Hewlett Company
Gradual State Policy to End Pollution Unveiled
Hartford Aug 4 AP a policy of gradual elimination of stream pollution based on the best available methods that will work with least harm to industry is to be adopted by the new state pollution commission. The plan forbids pollution of undisturbed waters and directs municipalities to build and upgrade sewage facilities to treat waste before discharge. Commissioners Walcott and Kimball voiced the policy with Gov. Trumbull, urging prompt action and citing national neglect and earlier tough laws as steps toward correcting abusive pollution.
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Hartford
State Pollution Commission
Frederick Walcott
Norfolk
George Kimball
New Britain
Charge cashier misused $800000 in Carnegie Trust case
John A Bel, former Carnegie Trust president and noted financier, was charged in Pittsburgh with embezzling about $800 000 of bank funds. An Alderman hearing was set for Friday on 14 counts. Bel, freed on $25 000 bail posted by his son and attorney, was not arrested by warrant.
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Pittsburgh
John A Bel
Carnegie Trust Company
Banka
Patrick Cawley
Cawley
Stats Bank Nz
Bell Banks
Fret Nationa
Carnegie
Employer Sought For Murder in Walnut Creek Fire
A warrant charges Charles Henry Schwartz, vice president and general manager of Pacific Cellulose, with the murder of an unidentified charred man found in the plant ruins at Walnut Creek last Thursday. Schwartz has been missing since the explosion and fire, but officials doubt the burned body is his. Rodriguez, a Portuguese laborer, disappeared the night of the blast and may be the person earlier thought killed.
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Martinez Cal Auguat
Charles Henry Schwartz
Pacific Cellulose Company
Walnut Creek
Clyde Ward Bchwartz
Bcchwartz
Rodriguez
Scopes Defender Seeks Court Injunction Over Tennessee Law
Dr John R. Neal files in the Eastern District of Tennessee seeking a temporary injunction against enforcement of the anti Evolution law. Named defendants include Governor Austin Peay Attorney General Frank Thompson and Solicitor General A T Stewart. The petition argues the statute violates the federal constitution and recounts the efforts to pursue an education centered on science.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Eastern District of Tennessee
John T Scopes
Robert P Wilson
Rhea County
James
John R. Neal
Scopes
Dayton
Austin Peay
Frank Thompson
A T Stewart
Ahea Conry Circuit
George W Rappslye
Commuter’s Raise Justified By New Haven Officials
New Haven railroad issued a statement from Benjamin I Spock explaining the 40 percent fare increase approved by the Public Service Commission. He cited removing five years of unjust Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut discrimination and avoiding confiscatory rates while addressing commuters’ bond burdens and urging public understanding of the reasons behind the fee rise.
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Nyack
N. Y
New York
Hartford
New York State
Public Service Commission
Benjalmin I Spock
Spock
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Asua
New York Public Service Commission
Five Men Employed Not Entitled To Schneider Award
The Connecticut Supreme Court rules Leopold Schneider of Norwalk cannot claim workers compensation after a dynamite blast injury. It finds Raymond and Davenport real estate dealers did not employ more than four workers on any day before the incident, vacating a $12 weekly award and medical expenses.
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Raymond
Davenport
Beach
French Girl Fails to Swim English Channel
Mile Sion, a French girl swimmer, failed to complete the English Channel crossing near Dover. After 13 hours 30 minutes in the water, she quit within about 1.25 miles of Dover due to cold water and rising tides, setting a newwomen’s submersion record despite not finishing. Weather initially favorable, but rain and adverse tides hindered her final push.
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Crews Eliminated in Junior Races at Stamford
Stamford Aug 4 Special Four of ten crews in the Long Island Sound junior championship at Stamford Yacht Club have been eliminated. Knickerbocker beat Seawanhaka Corinthian twice by margins of 2 minutes 21 seconds and 1 minute 64 seconds. Stamford defeated Larchmont in two races by 7 44 and 8 15. Cedarhurst and Huguenot eliminated Bayide Riverside crews, with Huguenot defeating Indian Harbor in the first of several races. Remaining crews: Cedarhurst Huguenot Knickerbocker Pequot Indian Harbor and Stamford.
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Stamford Yacht Club
Long Island Soums
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Larchmont
Bayaide Yacht Club
Janfi Riverside Yacht Club
Cedarhurst
Huguenot Yacht Club
Indian Harbor Yacht Club
Pequot Club
Helen
Lins Bedford
Steck Leads in Senate Fight in Iowa Recount
Washington August 4 AP A gain of 259 votes for Daniel Fy Steck the Democratic contestant in Iowa Senate race conceded tonight by the Brad Hart supervision after recounts in 29 counties show 379 more votes than the state auditor had reported with Steck gaining 49 votes in unofficial tallies Official tabulation then listed Steck 117147 Brookhart 116983 contested votes 474 for Steck and 1550 for Brookhart noted in the recount and challenges across counties.
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Daniel Fy Steck
Bradhart
Senate
Iowa
Steck
Brookhart
Roraback Declines Aid to Anti King Group Alliance Effort
Bridgeport report notes Roraback expresses sympathy but refuses to aid the anti King group alliance. Other fronts include a blinded man denied compensation, ongoing hodcarriers strike with contractors hiring replacements, and a youth robbed by a gagger.
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Roraback
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Lim
Carpenters’ Union
Stoeckel
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Fairfield County
Bethel
Cuba
Donald Green
Wallingford
Governor to hold second county detectives conference
Hartford Aug 1 AP Governor Trumbull announces a second conference on including county detectives in the State Police. The meeting will be in the governors office at the Capitol on Monday Aug 10 at 10:30 am standard time. He directed all state s attorneys to attend to continue the plan following the previous session.
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State Police Department
Capitol
Monda
Trumbull
Cort Arrested as Alimony Slacker Wins Divorce Here
New York report describes John Idwara Cort, husband of actress Maude Fealy Cort of Newark, held in contempt for $575 alimony arrears. Bond forfeited. Cort ordered to answer wife’s charges in New Jersey. Mrs Cort previously ran a Newark stock company and contested a Connecticut divorce later reversed in Bridgeport. Cort is said to be in California.
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New Jersey
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Scott's Effort to Escape Gallows Foretold by Jury
In Chicago on August 4 AP reports five alienists testified Russell Scott is mentally deficient with paranoia and delusions. Jail guards said Scott claimed innocence and refused psychiatric exams. The defense faced curbs on family history and insanity development testimony as the case heads to the jury Thursday.
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Coal Conference Breaks Off Anthracite Wage Talks
Bridgeport Republicans who met with J Henry Roraback in Hartford report the alliance between the state organization and the Bridgeport reorganization is uncertain. The group aims to organize by districts, with Primrose and Price stating no definite bond or financial aid was agreed. A kickoff meeting set for next Thursday at Odd Fellows Hall will elect permanent officers and plan the primary campaign.
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Believe strike inevitable as coal talks collapse
Atlantic City August 4 AP Negotiations over the anthracite wage scale ended with a motion to adjourn sine die after the joint committee failed to reconcile miners demands. United Mine Workers president Joan L Lew said workers regret the operators refused to negotiate on a factual basis, signaling an imminent strike.
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Atlantic City
N. J
C. J. Golden
United Mine Workers
Joan L. Lew
Samuel D. Warriner
Lewin
W. W Inglis
Three Fires Destroy Partially Built Danbury House
At Peace Street overlooking Oll Mill pond a partly finished house owned by Herbert Conklin was destroyed by fire. Conklin suspects a prior land-buyer provoked the blaze. Furniture and house damage total about 1500 dollars. His wife and children were in New Jersey. he had been ill and slept fitfully before waking to the flames. He escaped in night clothes with only the clothes on his back.
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Aear
Herbert Conklin
Peace Street
Oll Mill Pond
Conklin
New Jersey
Man Dies While Saving Two Pet Dogs at Railroad Tracks
Walter Myers of Rosedale Queens was killed when he ducked under Ocean Avenue gates to rescue two Heaton bull puppies struck by a moving Long Island railroad express. The dogs escaped to the far side. a gatekeeper, Joseph Castalla, grabbed Myers but he broke free and attempted the rescue.
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Walter Myers
Rosedale
Queens
Ocean Avenue
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Myers
Mysra
Ford Buys Ships for 4 708 000 in Scrapping Deal
Washington August 4 The Shipping Board awarded Henry Ford a sale of 260 vessels for scrapping at 4 708 000. The vote favored Ford 4 to 1 with Commissioner Benson opposing. Ford intends to salvage engines for propulsion in his plants and use other equipment in manufacturing. The offer was the highest and deemed legal under the Merchant Marine Act. A second bid of 1 374 009 by the Baltimore company was rejected and later withdrawn.
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Henry Ford
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Benson
Chal Oconnor
Li Haney
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Palmer
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Balttimore Company
Deport Stamford Alien for Crime Declared Deportation
A Stamford man named Theodore Kundig was deported under an immigration law for aliens convicted of crimes after claiming a year in prison and a later attack on a Stamford girl. the girl’s earlier testimony was retracted, affecting the conviction.
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Dew
Stamford Conn
Theodore Kundig
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