War tales from Lithuania front told at Civiten luncheon
William D Rosencrantz of Bridgeport recounted wartime exploits on the Lithuanian border in 1918 and 1919 20, describing German officers, Soviet forces, and American cigarettes that opened frontier access. He noted Lithuanian troops under his command, frontier battles, and later Soviet policy shifts including gold payments for tractors as investment protection.
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Balkan
Lithuania
William D Rosencrantz
Bridgeport
Civiten Cub
Resercrantz
Rosencrants
Behr
Rosencrantz
Rosencran
Yale University Press
Russia
Balkans
New York
Rosencraatz
Girl Typists Win Wide Prize At Gregg Contest
New York August 23 Associated Press Detroit Commercial High School in Detroit Michigan with 45 entrants posted an average typewriting speed of 797 words a minute to win the 1927 competent typist contest conducted by the Gregg Writes. First prize went to Eleanor Hardy of Detroit Commercial School with a speed of 1108 words a minute. Gertrude Sullivan of Providence RI took second with 110.3 words.
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New York
Associated Press
Detroit Commercial High School
Detroit
Mich
Gregg Writes
Eleanor Hardy
Detroit Commercial School
Gertrude Sullivan
Providence
Doheny May Develop West Texas Oil Lands
Officials of the Pan American Petroleum Corp denied that the Doheny interests had definitively decided to enter a West Texas development program. They said El Doheny would return to his office from a Texas trip and that a decision on operations in that field might be made today.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
Pan- American Petroleum Corporation
EL Doheny
West Texas
Wall Street
Doheny
Texas
Man Missing When Boat Reaches Dock
W B Thomas of Boston was reported missing from the steamer Providence upon docking in Fall River from New York. The coat and here were found in his state room. He is believed to have ended his life by jumping overboard.
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Fall River
Mess
Associated Press
W B Thomas
Boston
Providence O
New York
Board Fails to Name Successor to Gary
United States Steel holds weekly finance committee meeting with James A Farrell presiding. Officials say only routine business was transacted and a chairman to succeed the late Elbert H Gary was not appointed, the matter left to the next meeting as several members were traveling or out of town.
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New York
Associated Press
United States Steel Corporation
James A. Farrell
Europe
Elbert H Gary
Woman Found Buried in Cellar as Police Seek Son
Chicago August 23 The body of Mrs Mary Ann Hill fifty five was found buried under the brick floor of the basement at Streator Illinois home her estranged husband led to the discovery An autopsy shows a pistol bullet pierced her brain A search for her son Harry Hill twenty two traced his movements to a Chicago friend where he stayed last night He disappeared after telling a friend he would go to a bath shop authorities expect an inquest tomorrow
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Chicago
Associated Press
Harry Hill
Streator
William Brydges
Mary Ann Hill
H C Hill
Young Hill
Brydges Brydges
Co-eds Must Drop Smoking at Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio Wesleyan University enforces strict rules for incoming students. Co-eds are barred from smoking and need parental permission to dance. Dances outside the city are forbidden and cars must stay home. Students may be withdrawn if they improve during the year. President Hoffman sent notices to prospective students urging compliance.
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Delaware
Ohio
Associated Press
Ohio Wesleyan
John W Hoffman
Hoffman
Mayor's Secretary Named In Malice Suit
New Haven August 23 Arthur C Graves secretary to Mayor John B Tower and E Steinhart secretary treasurer of the Greenwich based American Beauty Squad company were named defendants in a $25000 malicious prosecution suit filed by Karl C Jursek a third party in the company The action stems from Jursek s August 11 arrest in Greenwich on embezzlement charges which were dismissed by Judge James E Brinckerhoff The writ identifies Graves as secretary and treasurer and Steinhart as president of the company formed in 1925 after Jursek gave up his squad rating business to become manager of Greenwich company with a third interest
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New Haven
Associated Press
Arthur C. Graves
John B Tower E . Steinhart
American Beauty Squad Company
Greenwich
Karl C. Jursek
American Beauty Squad
Jursek
James E. Brinckerhoff
Samford
Graves
Steinhart
Trursek
Informaton
Mt Carmel
Pequot Yacht Team Reaches Bayside Midget Final
Pequot Yacht club crew of Southport Navigator J W C Bullard Jr Paul Rennell and John Schiotth qualified for the midget final at Bayside Yacht Club in Long Island Sound after a day of races. Cedarhurst American and Larchmont clubs joined four entrants in the elimination series with weather permitting a final today. The Scodil Cup, now in its fourth year, is held by Bay Shore Club.
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Pequot Yacht Club
Southport
Bayside Yacht Club
Long Island Sound
J. W. C. Bullard
Paul T. Rennell
John Schiott
Pequot Boys
Bayside
Indian Harbor
Bay Shore
Wadawanuck
Pequot
Scodil! Cup
Bay Shore Club
J. W C. Bullard
P. T. Rennell
J. Schiotth
Cedarhurst
Herrick
F. B. Cox
Arthur Exins Stars In Vaudeville Sketch
Local theatregoers applaud Lieut. Clayhorn Simpsons bass solo in Nancy Gibbs sketch Dear Little Rebel at Polls Palace. Arthur Exins Bridgeport High School graduate of 1924 son of Rev. G Herbert Ekins recalls his early stage success in Countess Marleze and the Washington run with Dear Little Rebel. The Nancy Gibbs company heads to Hartford after tonight, Exins aiming for larger stage roles.
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Lieut
Clayhorn Simpson
Nancy Gibbs
Poll’s Palace
Lieut. Simpson
Arthur Ekins
Bridgeport
G. Herbert Ekins
Newtown Congregational Church
Ekins
Countess Marleze
New York
Nancy Gibbs Company
Washington, D. C
Exing
Hartford
Porto Rico Tobacco Men Band for Sales
Porto Rico tobacco farmers organized for planting and marketing their crop complete arrangements for additional credit to enable orderly marketing of the remaining forty percent. The local market remains low as buyers worry farmers cannot finance operations, delaying purchases. This year marks the first full year with a considerable number of growers organized for planting and marketing.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
iBy Associated Press
Bathers seek repeal of neck to knee swim rule in Beverly
In Beverly Massachusetts Bathers press to scrap the 1874 ordinance that bans bathing above the neck to the knees. Town commissioners hear a petition to permit a decent and comfortable swim before summer ends.
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Beverly
N. J
Associated Fress
Bathera
Maryland Casualty Company Head Resting After Operation
John McGinnis president of the Maryland Casualty company from Ellicott City Maryland is resting comfortably at Orleans County Memorial Hospital Newport Vermont after an appendicitis operation. Physicians report his condition as promising and he and his wife were touring New England when he fell ill and was taken to the hospital Friday with the operation performed last night.
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Newport
Vermont
Associated Press
John ©. McGinnis
Ellicott City
Maryland Casualty Company
Orleany County Memorial Hospital
New England
Trolley Fare Boost Put Off For Month
Boston August 23 The State Public Utilities commission postponed the effective date of Holyoke Street Railway new rate schedule from August 31 to October 1. The 25 percent fare increase was filed by the company.
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Boston
Associated Press
State Public Utiities Commission
Holyoke Street Railway Company
Volcano Eruptions Seen Off Alaska
Seattle dated dispatch reports Bogoslof Island in the western Aleutians rising from the sea to 18, 17968 feet and erupting with fire and smoke as Danish consul Henning Plaun details. He describes the island afire with roaring sea lions nearby while observers note a pattern similar to past eruptions at Bogoslof and Fire Island.
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Seattle
Wash
Associated Press
Bogosiof Island
Aleutian Islands
Henning Plaun
Ust
Siberia
Plaun
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
C. A. Jagger
Ha~waii
United States Survey
Jagger
Bogoslof
Fire Island
Uniform laws for states depend on education
Buffalo Wyoming August 23 The 87th annual meeting of the national conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws opened with a business session where George B Young ofMontpelier Vermont urged education of the legal profession and the public to the value of uniform statutes He noted many lawyers oppose uniform laws and that subjects with irreconcilable differences are often excluded from uniformity The conference will discuss public utilities act sale of securities act negotiable instruments flaw inheritance tax law and an amended acknowledgements act
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Buffalo
W Y
Associated Prose
United States
National Conference of Commissioners On
George B. Young
Montpelier
Young
Americaan Bar Association
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Arthur Exins
Bridgeport High School
Porto Rico Tobacco
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Beaverette
Hudson Seal Coats
Kolinsky
Nutria
Rockwell & Co
Wain Street
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