Suit Filed Against Levy Now in Prison
Jacob Levy now serving a long term in State prison for rum running is defendant in a suit for 6000 dollars brought by the National Surety Company for an alleged unpaid 3009 dollar premium on a surety bond with the government. Co defendants are Joseph G Hyatt Samuel Purdy and RE Canfield of Norwalk.
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Westport
Dug
Jacob Levy
National Surety Company of
New York
United States
Levy
Joseph G Hyatt
Samuel Purdy
This Place
RE Canfield
Norwalk
Hold engineer responsible for freight wreck
New Haven August 20 AP Full responsibility for the March 19 wreck that killed engineer Thomas P Moore and fireman William H Fish was placed on Moore in a report by Interstate Commerce Commission safety bureau Director W P Boreland. The wreck occurred in the west cut beneath the Lamberton Street bridge when Moore's electrically propelled train crashed into the rear of train HN 2 waiting for a signal. The report cites failure to obey signals and to enter the yard under control for which Moore was responsible.
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New Haven
William H Fish
Thomas P Moore
W. P. Boreland
Interstate Commerce Commission Safety Bureau
Lamberton Street
Moore
Hard fight forecast for Harrison in Fifth District
District whispers say Alderman Fred W. Harrison faces a tough primary as Fifth District Republicans consider King faction and reorganization candidates. Dwight Graves, district GOP executive chairman, says he has not announced a candidacy and would run only for the district, not a faction, if he enters. Graves notes he seeks to represent the district rather than a faction.
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Fred W. Harrison
Common Council
King
Reorganization Republicans
Dwight Graves
Harrison
Graves
Wilton Concert Saturday Night Benefit for Library
Wilton hosts a Saturday night concert at 8 oclock to aid the Wilton Library association. Marie Rosanoff and Prof. John Erskine perform. tickets selling quickly indicate strong financial success likely. Town briefs note tea service and a sale of antique items at Town Hall, with several local residents named attending events and a Norwalk women’s Republican excursion to Oyster Bay. Marie Mayes, a former Wilton girl, has completed nurse training in Brooklyn and visits Wilton.
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Wilton
Wilton Library Association
Marie Rosanoff
John Erskine
Women’s League of the Congregational Church
Misa Mary Comstock
H. Schenck
Frederica Mafer
J. C. van Henningen
Alex Schlickerman
Henry A. F. Young
Aaughter
Dudley Dakin Campbell
Marietta Hill
William H. A. Fischer
Confidence Man Jumps $500 Bail in Springfield
In Springfield Manss Aug 2 AP George W. Webber of New York, known as a confidence man, defaulted a $500 cash bail in a vagrancy case. He was arrested after an attempt to persuade Richard Fitzgerald, a plumber, to invest $13,000 in a stock deal. Two alleged confederates fled as police arrived. Webber is said to be wanted elsewhere.
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Springfield
Manss
George W. Webber
New York
Webber
Richard Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Publisher Victor Lawson Dies in Chicago at Lake Shore Drive
William Harrison Bradley and two nieces, among the surviving five, left Ridgefield to attend the funeral of Victor Fremont Lawson editor and publisher of the Chicago Daily News who died last night after a short illness of heart disease. Lawson was a pioneer journalist and prominent figure in American press.
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Ridgefield
William Harrison Bradley
Victor Fremont Lawson
America
Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
Lawedh
Chicago Daily News
Postmaster General Suspends Air Mail on Seaplane Flight
Washington August 20 AP Postmaster General New announced that air mail would not be carried from the Pacific coast on the three Navy seaplanes on their non stop flight to Hawaii. The move halts a planned mail run and affects transport to the islands.
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Washington
New
Pacific Coast
Navy
Hawai
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King and Reorganization
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