Westport Bans Dogs at Compo Beach in New Ordinance
Westport adopts an ordinance prohibiting dogs at Compo Beach from June 1 to October 1 and on Sound View properties unless confined in a vehicle. The Attorney General advised the state commissioner lacks power to issue a dog ban on bathing beaches, leaving the town's local measure in question.
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AL Compo Beach
Westport
Compo
Benjamin W. Ailing
Mansfield
First Selectman
King W. Mansfield
James M. Whittlesey
Compo Beach
Whittlesey
Alling
Mysterious blue-green meteor seen moving eastward
Albany reports a bright blue-green meteor traveling rapidly from west to east last night. residents in Bridgeport and nearby areas observed a swift, football-sized object fading as it passed, with witnesses noting its rectangular shape and debris-like glow.
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Bridgeport
Alderroan
August Behl
Walewski
Delaney Paulino Bout Broadcast at Yankee Stadium Tonight
The Delaney Paulino fight will be staged at Yankee Stadium tonight and aired by WABC at stx o clock. Lou Magnolia will provide round by round narration and James Lundy will offer bout highlights between rounds.
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Delaney-Paulino
Yankee Stadium
WABC
Lou Magnolia
James Lundy
Sacco Vanzetti reprieve granted amid court action
Front page summary notes August 22 reprieve for Sacco and Vanzetti with delays in final court action. References to Governor Fuller and international pleas, plus remarks on crime prevention and public notices across multiple pages. Includes scattered local items such as a Black party, dog prohibition, and a bridgeport street streak meteor scene.
Brewery Plumbers Held in Elm City
New Haven Aug 10 By Associated Press charged with installing apparatus in a large beer brewery recently seized on Commerce street members of the plumbing firm of C. H Hofmeister and son of West Haven will be arrested and put on trial for violation of a city ordinance. City Attorney Harry 32 French said tonight. When the brewery was raided plumbing tools belonging to the West Haven firm were found there and it was believed they were engaged in installation incidental to enlargement of the plant. Plumbers engaged in such work receive as high as 25 a day, Chief of Police Philp T. Smith said. Police are also investigating the
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New Haven
Associated Press
Commerce Street
Philp T. Smith
Warhop Hurls Bears to Double Win over Albany
Bridgeport pitcher Jack Warhop, 42, delivered a double victory for the Bears against Albany here yesterday. He won the first game 5 to 3 and the second 1 to 0 in ten innings, matching the iron man feat completed by Andy Rush against New Haven. The twin wins pull Bridgeport within three games of first place.
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Jack Warhop
Bridgeport Bears
Albany
Bridgeport
Andy Rush
New Haven
Firot Place
Milford Police Tear Down Firemen Carnival Signs
Milford authorities remove signs advertising the Milford Fire Department carnival planned for August 15 on the Green. Selectman Harry Miles Merwin says police acted under a state law prohibiting signs tacked to trees or poles, while firemen note American Legion signs remain untouched. Fire Commissioner William M. O'Hara declined comment.
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Milford
Spector
William M. O'Hara
Carnival
First
Mr. Merwin
American Legion
Gren
O'Hara
Merwin
Congress 10 Vote Navy as Large as British
Senator Fess of Ohio, an administration stalwart, said on the Rushmore memorial ride that unless a naval armament conference yields a limit, the next Congress will insist on an American Navy comparable to Great Britain. He noted President Coolidge plans not to run in 1928 but doubted he would decline if nominated.
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Keystone
Associated Press
Congress
Great Britain
Fess
Ohio
Rushmore Memorial
White House
Coolidge
Moses Approves Navy Arms Race Treaty
Senator George B Moses of New Hampshire declared support for an accelerated naval buildup after the Geneva arms talks failed. He said parity with Britain in tonnage and ship caliber should guide policy and noted the President's decision to proceed with construction of cruisers already authorized by Congress. He spoke aboard the yacht Ripogenus near eastern Maine, after meeting Senator Frederick Hale.
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Portland
Associated Press
United States
Oream
George 3B
Moses
New Hampshire
Maine
Frederick Hale
Wwe
Great Britain
Jones
Rapid City
Congress
Wuder
Williams slain in China bequeathed estate to widow
Mrs Lillian Caldwell Williams sought appointment as executrix of Dr John K E Williams estate in Surrogates Court New York. She said a will named her life beneficiary with the principal to four children and valued the estate at 2100. The widow and family live in Auburndale Massachusetts.
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New York
Asociated
John KE. Witlamp
Nenk University
China
Lillian Caldwell Wiliams
Williams
Husbar
Enliven
Auburndale
Mass
Flyers Die In Ocean Race Plane Crash At Point Loma
San Diego Calif Aug 10 By Associated Press Lieutenant George W D Covell and Richard S Waggner were killed today when the plane they entered for the Dole flight to Honolulu crashed into fog shrouded Point Loma. The Tremaine aircraft was nearly destroyed. Covell of Coronado survived with his widow and two children. Waggner of North Island Officers quarters was engaged to Miss Virginia Powell of Sausalito.
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San Diego
Cal
Associated Press
Lleut
George W. D. Covell
Richard S Waggner
Dole
Honolulu
North Island
Point Lorna
Covell
Wagner
Preacher-Cop Hatfield Slain During Midnight Fight
In Southwest City Missouri on August 10, Rev W H Hatfield a Methodist minister who also served as town marshal and patrolled Us town was slain by a shotgun blast after being knocked unconscious. Police pursue four suspected robbers who allegedly aimed to rob a bank but were thwarted by the minister before entry.
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Southwest City
Associated Press
W. H. Matfield
Hatfield
Two cops cleared after police board trial verdicts
Patrolman John O Connell of the Fourth precinct and Special Officer James Foley were found not guilty of neglect of duty and drunken conduct respectively. The board cited insufficient evidence against O Connell after an executive session and seven witnesses backed Foley’s sobriety, with a precinct lieutenant supporting the defense.
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John O'Connell
James Foley
Board of Police Commissioners
O'Connell
Faley
George L. Benedett
Foley
Columbus Park
Police Knock Out Plainclothes Man in NYC Battle
A plainclothes detective, William Burns, 26, on reserve duty over the Sacco-Vanzetti case, fired at a suspicious man after a store window was shattered by his shot. Uniform officers, failing to recognize him, beat him with night sticks, leaving him unconscious and requiring hospital treatment for a possible skull fracture. His identity was confirmed when his police shield was found.
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Discipline Committee
O'Connell
William Kelly
Park Street
Kelly
Michael Belinaki
William R. Wolfe
New York
Associated Press
Sacco-Vanvetti
Wiliam Burns
Burns
Is Brother
Ordained Minister Lacks Local Charge Cannot Marry Here
Hartford August 10 An Associated Press report states Rev J G Martin of New London an ordained minister with the American Board for Foreign Missions is not qualified to perform marriages in Connecticut because he is not in actual charge of church work. Attorney General Alling ruled that Section 5267 requires a minister actively in charge of ministry in this state or another U S state to wed, and that mere Canadian citizenship or furlough status does not alter the rule.
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Hartford
Associated Press
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
J. CG. Martin
New London
Benomin W. Aling
Martin
Alling
Ietzenstup
Marwin
Gener
Supreme Court
United States
Connecticut
Respite granted for Sacco Vanzetti Madeiros in death row
Warden Hendry announced a reprieve to August 22 for Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Celestina Madeiros at Charlestown State Prison. Guards reduced as news spread and officials planned formal statements from Governor Fuller Supreme Court Justice Holmes and others.
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Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Celestina Madeiros
Hendry
Vanzetti
Sacca
Madelron
Death House
Cherry Hill
Beaupre
State Police
State House
Mounted State Constabulary
Crowley
Fuller
Justice Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Anderson
Arthur D. Hill
William Reed
Governor's Council
T. Beaupre
Sacco
Vangetti
Madrid Socialista Suspended Over Sacco Vanzetti Telegram
The Madrid newspaper Socialista has been suspended for eight days for publishing a brief New York telegram about the Sacco-Vanzetti case. Censorship in Spain bans any news on the case, while the American embassy and consulate in Madrid remain under police guard.
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Heniaye
France
Associated Press
Madrid
Socialista
New York
Sacco-Vannotti
Spain
Granite cutters strike in Quincy protest in sympathy
Granite cutters in Quincy Massachusetts walkout in sympathy with Sacco and Vanzetti. Strike vote taken last night. union headquarters closed as executive committee met. A mass meeting was planned for the afternoon with police organized for crowd control.
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Quincy
Mass
Associated Press
Sacco
Vanzetti
Natio
Granite Cutters' Union
Amasa
Dorothy Parker Ejected From Bay State Prison
Dorothy Parker, a New York post, was forcibly ejected from the Massachusetts state prison office after being heard using the prison telephone to reach the Sacco Vanzetti defense committee. She had gained admission by claiming to represent a New York weekly paper and was pulled from the booth and escorted off the grounds.
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State Prison
Charleston
Mass
Associated Press
Dorothy Parker
Post
New York
Sacco- Vanzetti Sense Committee
Parker
Defense Committee
Sacco and Vanzetti Await Death Yet Get Reprieve
The condemned radicals Sacco and Vanzetti were told a reprieve until August 22 while Judge Sanderson weighs a bill of exceptions. Gov. Fuller granted the delay as demonstrations sparked police actions in many cities. Supporters including Dorothy Parker and John Dos Passos protested, while embassies worldwide increased guard.
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Associated Press
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Sanderson
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Fuller
WSOM
Debs Memorial Fund
Margaret Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
New York
Dorothy Parker
John Dos Passos
Marguerite Tuck
New York Civic Club
State House
Boston
Bomb explodes in Basel street car injuring sixteen
In Basel a street car explosion injures sixteen persons, one seriously, as police suspect Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers were behind the blast. The incident occurred late at night at a Basle street car station. Police investigate motive and perpetrators.
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Berne
Switzerland
Associated Press
Street Co
Basle
Sacco-Vanzetti Sympane ii Sline
Respite Granted in Sacco Vanzetti Case as Court Action Proceeds
Governor Fuller and the executive council granted a 12 day respite until August 22 for Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Celestine Medeltos to allow court review of writs and appeals. Justice Holmes and Judge Anderson denied the writ in a joint statement, while Attorney General Reading described the ex parte hearing and decision.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
George W. Anderson
United States Circuit Court
Aang Arthur J. Remains
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Commonwealth
Executive Council
Sacco
Vanzetti
Madeiron
Imige Sanderson
State Supreme Court
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Anderson
Justice Holmes
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Arthur D. Hill
William G Thompson
Flias Field
Supreme Court of the United States
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Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo van
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Thompson
Hhey
Thayer
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