Arrests in 1922 murder case shock Somerville
Willie Stevens and Henry Carpender surrendered to state police on murder warrants related to the 1922 deaths of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. They pleaded not guilty at arraignment, were committed to jail without bail, and a hearing was set for 10 o'clock the next morning.
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Mills
Stevens
Hail
Judge Cleary
Stevena
Carpender
Joan J. Lamb
Somerville
New Brunswick
Grace Robinson
New York
Eawin Fld
Robert Conway
Hall
Teo Opera
Wille Stevens
Seal Seen Swimming in Connecticut River
Hartford August 12 Members of the Board of State Park and Forest Commissioners sighted a seal in the Connecticut river while inspecting Selden Neck Lyme. Secretary Wilking said the head of a gray dog appeared before diving, and a guide noted it was a seal. Officials explained a school of seals from Long Island Sound sometimes ventures upriver as far as East Haddam Bridge.
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Hartford
Board of State Park and Forest Commissioners
Connecticut River
Selden Neck
Lyme
K. HH. Wilking
Gong Island Sound
East Haddam
Bridgeport merger delays stir amid minority stockholders
A small faction of Bridgeport Area stockholders blocks a planned merger with Bridge Port Concern while fears of a weak board and market reaction surface. Local legal counsel and directors weigh options as the dispute heats up.
Prosecutor Receives Delinquents List For Arrest Warrants
Tax Collector Howard S Challenger delivers twenty four names, twelve men and twelve women, of personal tax delinquents to the prosecuting attorney this morning. Warrants will be sought for the arrest of the delinquent. Names were picked at random from a longer arrears list as part of ongoing tax collection efforts.
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Howard S Challenger
Kellogg to seek aid as U S ambassador aids jailed Mexican citizen
Secretary Kellogg plans White House talks with Coolidge on Mexico issues as Ambassador Sheffield intercedes for jailed American 3 H Grande of Los Angeles. Kellogg will meet Knights of Columbus leader J J Flaherty and discuss church dispute with President Calles. The case and land law negotiations loom during his White Pine camp trip and Plattsburg appearance.
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Washington
Augusta
State Department
Mexico
Kellogg
White Pine Camp
Coolidge
Sheffield
3. H. Grande
Los Angeles
J. J. Flaherty
The
Knights of Columbus
Philadelphia
Order
United States
Calles
Legin
Mexico City
White House
Plattsburg, N.Y
Capitol
Department
Grande
Mexican Archbishop Del Rio Faces Arrest Threat
Mexico City reports the possible arrest and trial of Most Rev. Del Rio archbishop amid government probes into an interview allegedly given to an American newspaper. The Interior Ministry cites a constitutional ban on clergy critiquing Mexican laws. Catholic committees may include five municipal appointees and five Catholics, replacing prior entirely municipal members.
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Mexico City
del Rio
Mexico
Ministry of Interior
Ona
League Th
Rockefeller Nephew Fined as Smuggler Aboard Yale Student Trip
J Sterling Rockefeller twenty year old son of the late William G Rockefeller and a grand nephew of John D Rockefeller was fined 476.20 for an attempted tariff violation while traveling with Yale students in steerage. Officials attributed the act to bravado and said someone on board may have misled him. George M Powny of the Rockefeller estate paid the fine and defended the youth as a good kid with no real fault.
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Rockefeller
Yale
York
Aus
Sen
J. Sterling Rachpeler
Wieham G Rockefeller
John DD Rockefeller
Rockefeller Hne
George Im. Powny
William G. Rockefeller
Barkefeller
Whittemore Hanged After Maryland Penitentiary Escape
Richard Reese Whittemore, leader of a notorious crime ring, was executed at Maryland Penitentiary in Baltimore for the murder of guard Robert H. Holtman. He refused to plead, spoke briefly of farewell, and faced the trap with a faint smile before the hood and drop ended his “million dollar crime” career.
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Candy Kid
Million Dollar Bandit
Maryland Penitentiary
Baltimore
Associated Press
Richard Reese Whittemore
Tura Moraine
Robert H. Holtman
Maryland
Whittemore
Charles Shaw
Aen Bigga
Fixes
Dairyman in Guilford linked to sore throat outbreak
In Guilford and nearby towns a wave of septic sore throat cases has been traced to a dairy worker. Harris Fienberg of Brooklyn faces arson charges over a Main Street blaze in 1924, with potential state’s evidence and possible pardons discussed in Bridgeport. Reports note mild cases in Madison Clinton Sachem's Head and Leete's Island, with two New Haven hospital deaths and the germ being hemolytic streptococcus.
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Shial Liberty
Harris Pienberg
Keep Street
Brooklyn
Main Street
Connecticut
State Board of Pardons
Criminal Superior Court
Frederick &. Groehl
New York City
Gerald Chapman
Bridgeport
E. Earle Garlick
Groehl
Menberg
Fienberg
Hirsch Berliner
Criminal
Guilford
Madison
Clinton
Graham
Wellman
Sachem's Head
Beeches
Leete’s Island
Calvin M. Leete
New Haven Hospital
Millard Knowlton
State Department of Health
Page Teo
Financial writer Mason held on stock fraud charge
New York August 22 AP Al leged to have committed stock frauds totaling about 100000 Campbell Mason a financial writer from Manhattan was held on 25000 bail on grand larceny charges Hartford warrants issued December accuse Mason of embezzlement with chief alderman and pollen leader named as victims Police report Mason arrested while attempting to cash stocks with a companion escaping authorities The case links Mason to securities dealings in New York and Hartford with losses ranging up to 3500 to 10000 reported by police officials
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New York
Campbell Mason
Manhattan
Hartford
Specffc
Mason
Pauling Rosle
Mann
New York Federal Reserve raises rediscount rate to four percent
The New York Federal Reserve rediscount rate was increased from 3.5 to 4 percent, forming a uniform 4 percent bank rate nationwide. The move follows a surge in borrowing, stock market activity, and tighter credit conditions, with NY discounted bills totaling 190 million dollars in August and a drop in reserve ratio to 79.5 percent.
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York
New York Federal Reserve Bank
New York
New York Bank
Veteras Reserve Rer
Realian
Iscount Rite
Flooded cellars and closed streets from heavy rainfall
Bridgeport endured major property damage and traffic disruption as a storm dumped 1.66 inches of rain. Telecommunications lines suffered faults with 400 twin cables and 50 pair cables damaged leaving about 400 subscribers without service. A lightning strike ignited a barn in East Norwalk, destroying it. A boy, Walter Niedwieck, aged eleven, was struck by a car in near darkness amid slick roads.
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Bridgeport
William Mella
Southern New England Telephone Company
Worth Main Street
North Avenue
North Main Street
Stratford
Bridgeport Exchange
East Norwalk
West Norwak
J. Wallace Marvin
Pine Hill Avenue
Marvin
Blevehat
Walter Niedwieck
Bears Face Grays in Crucial Eastern League Series
Bridgeport Bears begin a three game series with the Providence Grays in Providence to close the gap in the pennant race. A single game today and a doubleheader tomorrow set the stage for a decisive run fueled by new players Bill McCarren Waddy Marphe Johnny Jacobs. Van Alstyne or Eingmann expected to pitch as the teams chase a tie for first.
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Bridgeport
Acharte Body Corporation
BridgePort Concern
Creatta
Raintell
Tzray
Providence
Twc
Fienberg
Water Company
Cought
Ratiro
Housatonic River
Marden
Bridgeport Bears
Grays
Beours
Billl McCarren
Waddy MarPhee
Stortstep
Johnny Jacobs
Bears
van Altsyne
Eingmann
New Traven
Tale of Leopard Routed By Poodle Makes Jersey Owner Scott Indignantly
RED BANK New Jersey August 22 Oliver W Holton owner of a ferocious wild leopard at large after a week of hunts denies the report that the animal was driven from a Keanesbury farmhouse by a pet poodle in a slanderous canard.
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Leopard
Poodle
Scott
Red Bank
N. J
Oliver W. Holton
Keanesbury
General Motors declares 50 percent stock dividend
New York Aug 12 AP Directors of General Motors authorize a 50 percent stock dividend on common stock and 1.75 cash quarterly disbursement per share. Outstanding common shares rise toward 9 million. annual common-dividend needs would be about 63 million if the 7 dollar rate remains. Earnings for the first half exceed United States Steel, signaling strong outlook.
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New York
General Motors Corporation
Fisher Body
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
United States Steel Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Steet
Wall Street
Tara
Entor
Thue
General Motors
Andrews Seeks New Day Board
New York Aug 12 AP Immediate organization of a bureau of foreign control in the prohibition department to direct enforcement of international liquor agreements may be set up. Brigadier General Lincoln C Andrews announced that the work could include sending prohibition agents to foreign ports. He returned after reaching a liquor smuggling agreement with British officials and met with United States Attorney Buckner at the University Club.
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New York
Prohibition Department
Lincoln C. Andrews
Andrews
EngHsh
University Club
United States
Buckner
English trade unions bankrupt says Wilson
Middlesbrough Aug 12 AP J Haverack Wilson president of the Seamen's Union told a meeting here that nearly every trade union in Great Britain is bankrupt from the recent general strike He said hundreds of thousands of men had declared they would pay more money to their unions
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Middlesbrough
Eng
J. Haverack Wilson
Seamen's Union
Great Britain
Denaturing plan eyed to thwart bootleg alcohol
Washington Aug 12 AP Officials said a stronger denaturing method for industrial alcohol is to be devised after a conference with Frank Dow acting chief of prohibition and James M Doran chief chemist The aim is to add a substance more effective than gasoline to ruin the beverage for bootleggers while remaining harmless to legitimate use The solution to this enforcement challenge will be studied by government chemists under Assistant Secretary Andrews and the prohibition division.
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Washington
Frank Dow
James M. Doran
Prohibition
Winston
The
Treasury
Andrews
Rescued miners recount prayers in gloom for six days
Five miners trapped 150 feet underground in the Hudson Zinc mine near Salem Kentucky describe a days long vigil of prayer and faith after a wall collapse cut off their exit. Roy James urged the group to write their story as they waited, with one survivor indicating they felt saved by divine aid as rescue crews finally reached them after 1.3 hours of exposure and hunger.
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Salem
Hudson
Randolph Cobb
Kentucky
Roy James
George Cantiller
Ha Wateon
A. B. Wilson
Rando
James
Wil Son
Castiller
Cobb
Associated Press
Wilson
Roy
Pray¢ Cobb
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England
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Willie Stevens
Carpenfier
Hirother
Freine
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Nation Muat
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Connerina
Conwan
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Norwalk
Western
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Radeon
Stonts
Jacoba Delven
Albany
Sea Haven
Yankees
Loreland
Dempsey
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U. S
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NEW Day Board
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