Education Board Clerk Dies After 44 Years Service
Asahel J Wright longtime chief clerk of Connecticut state board of education died of heart failure after climbing stairs to his third floor office in Hartford. Born 1854 in Foster Rhode Island, he served since 1883 and was the second longest serving Capitol employee. He leaves three nephews and one niece. vacancy to be filled by Dr A B Meredith upon return from vacation.
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Hartford
Associated Press
Asahel J Wright
State Board of Education
Capitol
George Scoville
Wright
Wright Des
Frank D. Rood
Charles D. Hine
Killingly
Capitol Hil
Foster
R. I
Benjamin W. Wright
Lucy Wells Wright
Conn
Howell Wright
Cleveland
Ohio
Cecil Wright
Glens Falls
Nathan Wright
Providence
Flyers to Start Trip Around World
Detroit August 18 Associated Press Witlom Bron and Edward F Senice plan to take off from Ford Airport in the Stinson-Detroiter monoplane The Pride of Detroit for Old Orchard Maine as the first leg of their around the world flight One more day of tests and the aviators hope to start eastward ultimately reaching Harbor Grace Newfoundland where a special runway is being built for the take off to London England They aim to return to Harbor Grace about 15 days after departure
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Detroit
Associated Press
Witlom
Bron
Edward F. Senice
Pride of
Pardy and Griffing Buy Plant of Defunct Connecticut Brass
T J Pardy of Bridgeport and E Griffing of Danbury bought the plant and property of the defunct Connecticut Brass and Manufacturing company for 78000 dollars through J B Johnson of Waterbury. They say the purchase is a real estate investment and they are selling machinery. The company entered receivership in September 1918 and was ordered sold May 2 to settle with creditors.
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T J Pardy
Bridgeport
E. Griffing
Danbury
J B. Johnson
Connecticut Brass and Manufacturing Company
Waterbury
Legion Auxiliary Growth Reported at Danbury Convention
In Connecticut 4120 members in 45 units of the American Legion Auxiliary show a gain of 394 members from the previous year. A banquet for about 400 followed by a reception and dance capped the afternoon. Governor John E. Trumbull and Henry McNider are listed to attend a veterans meeting tomorrow, with Trumbull to address Rotary at noon.
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Danbury
Associated Press
American Legion Auxiliary
Connecticut
May E Crook
Legion End Auxiliary
Green
John E. Trimbull
Henry McNider
Govanor Trumbull
Rotary Club
Connecticut Patents Issued August 15 1927
A list from Wooster and Davis Bridgeport details issued patents in Connecticut dated August 15 1927. Names include Julius Blenzinger Fairfield assigned to The Max Ams Machine Co Bridgeport seaming machine and Joseph H Cohen Bridgeport electrical device with manufacturing aspects. Other assignees cover The Max Ams Machine Co The Austin Organ Co Reynolds Soring Co Pitney Bowes and Underwood among many.
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Wooster and Davis
Bridgeport
Julius Blenzinger
Fairfield
Max Ams Machine Co
Joseph H. Cohen
Paul H. Lange
Paul H Lange
John T. Austin
Austin Organ Co
Hartford
Arthur Carling
Reynolds Soring Co
Jackson
Mich
Hiram P. Maxim
Maxim Silencer Co
Theodor S. Cole
Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co
New Haven
Frederick E Green
Greist Mig Co
Faoor
Robert F Ashbrook
Waterbury
Louis Brush
Greenwich
Island Sakhalin rich in oil and mineral deposits
The Sakhalin Island, split between Russia and Japan, holds vast oil across Russia’s northern half and coal and timber in the Japanese portion. The region’s history includes shifting sovereignty, treaties, and evolving settlement as both nations eye development.
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Washington
Associated Press
Sakhalin
Russia
Japan
Baku
Caspian Sea
European
National Geographic Society
Siberia
America
Nagasaki
Mitchel Field Aerial Lighthouse Lights 180 ft Tower Beacon
At Mitchel Field New York a 180 foot water tower was converted into a lighthouse for aviators. A powerful neon fog beacon installed at the peak emits a red continuous flash believed to reach nearly 100 miles in clear air and will be tested to gauge fog visibility. The beacon was intended for Junker planes from Dessau Germany but will remain as a permanent aid.
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Mitchel Field
Associated Press
Army Airport
Junker
Dessau
Germany
Boy Hiker Falls Asleep In Hammock In Manchester
Edwin Kinney, seventeen, arrives in Manchester while hitchhiking home to Pawtucket R I after seeing New York on a tight budget. He follows directions toward Pawtucket road then falls asleep on a porch hammock at Dr George May's home. Chief Samuel C Gordon wakes him and takes him to the police station where he receives guidance and breakfast before continuing his journey.
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Manchester
Associated Press
Edwin Kinney
Pawtucket
R. I
New York
George May
Edwin
Samuel C. Gordon
May
Lindbergh Receives Shortened Omaha Welcome Program
Omaha Neb Aug 18 By Associated Press Colonel Charles A Lindbergh who has been dined and entertained to the limit during his national air tour will find a welcome gift from the city when he arrives August 30 The present will take the form of a good night s test for the flying Colonel Acting Mayor John Hopkins announced that the reception program here has been arranged to allow banks to retire at 9 p.m.
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Omaha
Neb
Associated Press
Charles A. Lindbergh
John Hopkins
Lindbergh
France May Cut Force in Germany
London reports a potential French troop reduction in the Rhineland as part of Locarno policy negotiations with Britain. Germany awaits reductions under the agreement, with guesses of 6,000 to 10,000 French troops and about a 10 percent cut for the British occupation force. The Foreign Office declined to comment on the notes or talks.
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France
London
Associated Press
Great Britain
Rhineland
Neary
Germany
Foreign Office
Post Office Inventory Passes Inspection in Bridgeport
Inspectors completed the Bridgeport Post Office stock and equipment inventory last night. Acting Postmaster William T Moyer signed the receipt for forwarding to former Postmaster Arthur F Connor at Moosehead Lake. Inspectors Ralph B Edmunds and assistants F X Reilly Frank Mulvey and Edward Courter found everything in satisfactory order.
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Bridgeport
William T Moyer
Arthur F Connor
Moosehead Lake
Post Office
Paost
Mgster Meyer
Ralph 8. Edmunds
Boston
F. X. Reilly
Frank Mulvey
Edward Courter
Deer plague hits Manchester harvests and orchards
In Manchester Gilead section residents including A C Foote complain of deer depredations. They report deer destroying clover crops and pastures and say pelts or produce from damaged trees do not compensate for losses from seeds and grafted fruit trees.
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Manchester
Associated Press Km
A C Foote
Gilead
Messrs Foote
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Russell Mig Co
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Red Star Applances, Inc
Stamford
Arthur H. Pitney
Mesne
Pitney-Boyes Postage Meter Co
J W Ogden Eesg
Pitney-Bowes Postage Meter Co
Abbott P Brush
Vesse A B Smith
Underwood Typewriter Co
Yson and
W R Hastedty Mesne
Thermos Bottke Co
Norwich
Horace H Raymond
Stanley Works
New Britain
Edmund A
Tinte-Marks
McKesson & Robbins Inc
Metropoltan Body Co
Bidgeport
National Pipe Bending Co
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Antonia O & C Company
Ansony
Webpoinge ChKrefe Beverages Limited
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Kurile Islands
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