Westport divided over one way street plan
Westport debates a proposal to convert East Church Street from State to Elm into a one way eastbound thoroughfare with south side parking only. Residents favor two way traffic or no parking. merchants push for improved downtown parking. Town to consider road contractor claims on Weston road bill and continue ordinances at a special meeting.
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Westport
Eall
East Church Street
State
Elm Streets
East Church
Edward B. Bradley
State Street
Main Street
Sulman and Godfrey
Bridgeport
Weston Road
Cross Highway
King W. Mansfield
First Selectman
Pullman and
Comley
Mansfield
Silliman
Board of Selectmen
Compo Beach
Mary Crewford
Compo Life Guard
Compo
Comactbeac’s
Frank Dayton
Mary Crawford
Fairfield County Auxiliary
American Legion
Paris
Donald Crawford
Hell
Danbury
Official Defends Amateur Angler at Hartford Convention
Hartford August 8 William Adams Connecticut commissioner of fisheries defended the ordinary fisherman saying the masses care more about catching common pond fish than trout or bass He urged stocking ponds with pickerel perch and other species and proposed state control of breeding ponds to better stock streams Delegates from more than twenty states plus Mexico and Canada attended the opening of the three day American Fisheries Society convention and will tour Burling ton hatcheries before adjourning.
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Hartford
William Adams
Connecticut
Commissioner of Fisheries
American Fisheries Society
Adams
Mexico
Canada
Burlington Hatcheries
Dawes Teases Role as Political Lieutenant in Toronto
Vice-President Charles G. Dawes says he is only a lieutenant who need not know politics as long as his captain is alive. He spoke before leaving Toronto after the Buffalo Bridge opening. Dawes and Mrs. Dawes then headed to Little Current and Manitoulin Island for the next several days.
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Toronto
Ont
Associated Press
Charles G. Dawes
Buffalo-Bridgeport Peace Bridge
Dawes
Dawes With Mrs. Dawes, C. BE. Sibley
G. Barnley
Little Current
Manitoulin Island
Stratford Bride Mary Ellen Sherwood Wed in Stratford
Stratford Congregational church hosted the wedding of Mary Ellen Sherwood daughter of Mrs Martha Sherwood to Charles Reynolds Griffin of White Plains New York. Rev Armin George Wong officiated. The bride wore white crepe with lace and orange blossoms and carried bridal roses. Attendant was Alice Sherwood sister. best man Llewellyn Wood. Ushers included Robert Travis Lester Wallington James Siems Jr and Chelsea Burr Sherwood. A reception followed and the couple left for a White Mountains and Maine trip.
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Stratford Congregational Church
Mary Ellen Sherwood
Martha Sherwood
Stratford Avenue
Charles Reynolds Griffin
White Plains
Stratford
Armin George Wong
Misa Alice Sherwood
Llewellyn Wood
Forest Hills
L. I
Robert Travis
Lester Wallington
James Siems Jr
Chelea Burr Sherwood
Sherwood
White Mountains
Maine
Samuel Harris
Arthur Stack
Temple Court
James Hughes
Austin Yard
Main Street
William Walker
Madison Avenue
Bridgeport
Bessie Morris
Old Post Road Inn
Brookfield
Keating
James Love
North Avenue
Love
Huntington Car Plunges Into Farmill River
Huntington August 8 A sedan driver misjudged the distance and plunged into the Farmill river at the Huntington and Mill streets corner. The car was salvaged and towed to Bridgeport with no injuries. Local social notes follow on visitors, construction, thefts, and community events including a Farmill River Grange picnic and town happenings.
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Huntington
iBy
Mill Streets
Farmill River
Bridgeport
Frank Lucas
Carrie Labelt
New York
Waverly Street
Frank Tuma
Booth’s Hill Street
Rhode
Blast victim held in death of aide in Stamford
Forty seven year old Canillo Trachilto of New Haven was brought to Stamford from St Raphael's Hospital to face manslaughter charges in the death of Joseph Pangano of New Haven. The Associated Press reports the event occurred in August and stems from a blast incident.
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Stamford
Associated Press
Canillo Trachilto
New Haven
St. Raphael's Hosptal
Joseph Pangano
New
Death hearing looms over New Haven burn victim
The July 22 explosion at a still allegedly owned by Trachito left Haven fatally burned. Trachito survived initial burns, later found with severe injuries in a room at 11 New Haven, and was released from hospital. He was slated to testify tomorrow at a Deputy Coroner Henry C. Stevenson hearing on Pangano's death.
Bonds posted for Kita in city court appearance
Kita posted bonds of 8000 dollars for his appearance in city court later. The damage from the Stillwater road stilt explosion was estimated at 30000 dollars.
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Kita
Stillwater Road
Mystery cities spark debate in thriller author remarks
London August 8. Frank L. Packard, writer of The Miracle Man and other thrillers made into films, says mystery crook stories belong in New York Paris or London and do not feel right in other cities. He favors these three as proper settings for crime tales.
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London
Associated Press
New York
Paris
Frank L. Packard
Local Woman Drops 5000 Feet In Plane
Mrs. Robert R. Ferrett wife of Bridgeport Towing Co. president survived a 5000 foot plunge when a European plane engine cylinder blew out en route from London to Cologne. She had toured Europe since mid June visiting Wynigen Rotterdam and London before the forced landing.
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Robert R. Ferrett
Robert
F Ferrett
Bridgeport Towing Co
London
England
Cologne
Germany
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Bridge Street
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Canton Avenue
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Commo Rond
Stone
Percy Anderson
Roosevelt Road
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Inytewood
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Olive J. O'Connell
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Raymond Farm
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Norwalk
Boston
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Elm Street
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Charles R. Griffin
Howard Needham
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Windsor Avenas
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Highland Avenue
Waterbury
Freeman Avenue
Douglas F. Linsley
Maple Street
Linsley
Jack
Barnum and West Avenues
Lordship Aviation Field
Dare Devil’ Johnson
Lieut. Wright
Conkitn Aviation Company
Johnson
John Licchtenberg
Holmes Street
Howard Nash
James Langdon
Toy Rainville
Charles Serre
Raymond Chaffee
Percy Boulton
France
Coates
Walter Wolfertz
Frank Lichenberg
Edward Abbott
Charlies Nichols
Minor Avenue
Wu- Ham Tuttle
Nichols
Robert E. Phelan
West Avenue
Orange
Joseph FE
Petesk
South Main Street
Lodi
William §. McGrath
Rose Savary
Julius Panda
Everett B. Sniffen
First District
Quoits
Misa Adeline Baldwin
Shelton
Kurt Zeisler
Huntington Street
Frank Olmstead
The
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Harry Cur
Tsa
Mohegan Street
James Wilson
Fifth Street
Derby
Hanford G. Wilson
Aide
Frigidaire
Electric Utilities CO
Fairfield Ave
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G. W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc
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