Artillery drills delayed by rain at Fishers Island camp
Rain halted the 242nd Coast Artillery N G of Bridgeport training at Fishers Island delaying preliminary work before a planned Friday firing of big guns. Officers and men spent time in classrooms on hygiene and gunnery while Battery E tested Indiana aircraft gun crews. Weather also kept Hartford Adjutant General Cole from observing, and cost per shell and total firings were cited for the upcoming demonstrations.
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Fort H G. Wright
Fishers Island
242Nd Coast Artillery
N. G
Bridgeport
J-Indiantiaircraft
Behrens
George M. Cole
C N. G. Hartford
Wee
Gardners Bay
Funnel Is Cause Of Fight In Camp
A camp brawl left a man with a severe head injury and visible injuries across his body. He was rushed by ambulance to St. Vincent's hospital in critical condition, while Edgar Eifler also sought care. Police launched an investigation resulting in the arrest of Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch
St. Vincent's Hospital
Eifler
Perry
Yachtman rescues three boys adrift at sea
Three boys struggled to bale water from a small boat as waves overwhelmed their efforts. A passing cruiser saw them and brought the rowboat to Cedar Belch where rescuers and bystanders welcomed the saved and relieved crew.
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Cedar Belch
Western Electric Official Dies During Visit in Pittsfield
Charles L. Johnson of Westfield New Jersey a Western Electric manufacturing executive with offices in New York died this morning at the House of Morcy after an operation for appendicitis He was stricken while visiting his wife and four children in Candy Cour
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Pittsfield
Mass
Associated Press
Charles L. Johnson
Westfield
N. J
Western Electric Compen
New York
House of Morcy
Mr. Johnson
Candy Cour
Greenwich Man Leaves $3,000,000 To Family
Frederick Achelis, former president of the American Hard Rubber Co, died at his Greenwich Connecticut home. The bulk of his estate goes to his widow under the will filed in Surrogate's Court. Shortly before death he donated an extensive collection of etchings and engravings to Yale University.
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New York
Aomitted Press
Frederick
American Hard Rubber Company
Greenwich
Conn
Ah Achelis
Rezablandt
Yale
Four Runaway Boys Located in Day Four
Four runaway boys from this city were found yesterday. Two were in destitute condition in Stuart Florida. The others reached Norwalk and were taken into custody. Eal Wolf of 866 Howard Avenue and Joe Klein of 852 Dewey Street were located in Stuart. The Wolfe boy's father will depart today to bring him home. The Norwalk youths were Michael Coginello of 228 Hamilton Street and Frank Mucijounts of 224 Hamilton Street.
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Florida
Norwalk
Eal Wolf
Howard Avenue
Joe Klein
Dewey Street
Stuart
Wolfe
Michael Coginello
Hamilton Street
Frank
MISS DORAN DEAD, HINDU PSYCHIC SAYS
Zandra the Hindu psychic, replying to a telegram from Miss Mildred Doran's father, says Miss Doran died in a nose dive near the Tropic of Cancer with three aviator passengers Auggy Pedlar and Vilas Knope. She placed the crash at one o'clock Wednesday morning and claimed the note is not guesswork though she admits no supernatural powers.
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Seattle
Washington
Zandra
Mildred Doran
Flint
Michigan
Auggy Pedlar
Vilas Knope
India
Priest Invents Rail Safety Device Inventions by a New Jersey Priest
Appalled by 1911 tragedy that killed fourteen enslaved people in Perth Amboy Rev Joseph Stucy of Holy Trinity Church has patented sixteen railroad safety devices. His latest prevents trains from passing stop signals and auto applies brakes. Central Railroad of New Jersey purchased it. He built a basement laboratory and says he seeks to save lives, not profit.
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Joseph Stucy
Holy Trinity
Perth Amboy
N. J
Szuchr
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Mexican Bandits Wound American in Undisclosed Attack
Report notes two American victims wounded by Mexican bandits. Details of the assault and arrests are pending. Diplomatic representations via Mexico City are planned, supplementing prior notes from Vice-Consul Ives as actions by authorities are evaluated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Ives
Two Men Injured In East Main Street Crash
Two men were injured in a crash at Shelton and Fest Main streets. John Blanor and George Simko were the drivers, with Abe Ledaver arrested by Motorcycle Officer Harold Beardsacith for reckless driving and no operator's license.
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Shelton
Fest Main
John
Blanor
Arctic Street
George Simko
Steuben Street
Abe Ledaver
Nobile Avenue
Harold Beardsacith
SONS OF ITALY TO PEN CONVENTION HERE ON SUNDAY
The annual state convention of the Sons of Italy of America will convene at Pleasure Beach Sunday through Tuesday, drawing 100 delegates from 100 lodges and 15,000 Connecticut members. A Bridgeport City band concert and fireworks open Sunday evening at 7, with headquarters at the Inn Building.
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Order of the Sons of Italy of America
Pleasure Beach
Order
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Dele
Michael Alteri
Elzebeth Martucci
The
Stella Lodge
Stamford
Michael Angelo Russo
Middletown
J. J Costanzo
M. D
M. Alters
Pleasure Beech
Behrens
Seven Gables Shore House
Luigi Mathiero
J. J. Costanzo
Michael Alter
Joseph Cubelli
Sons of Italy of America
Flood Control Endorsement Denied by Association
In St Louis on August 24, WG Streett of Camden Arkansas and F D Benke of Memphis deny that the Mississippi Valley Flood Control association has endorsed a comprehensive flood control program. Streett says his prepared report was approved by the association’s legislative committee and will go to the full body for final action. Telegrams confirm the denial of a general endorsement. The report was discussed at a Mississippi River commission hearing here after meetings in major river cities.
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ST. Louis
Associated Press
Mississippi Valley Floor Control Association
WG. Streett
Camden Ark
F. D. Benke
Memphis
Flood Control Association
Streett
Association
Beneke
Mississippi River Commission
Mississippi River
Man Questions Mayor In Closed Tax Office
In New Haven on August 24 an irate taxpayer declined to trust Mayor Johnn B Tower. The city hall closed for a half day for the annual outing, and a man asked where to pay taxes. The mayor offered to accept the money and mail a receipt, then identified himself as the mayor before hurriedly leaving with his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Associated Press
Johnn B
Lakefront Hotel Destroyed by Massive Explosion
Syracuse dispatch reports a mysterious explosion leveled a lakefront hotel in Ontario, causing extensive damage late yesterday. Authorities and responders rushed to the scene to contain the blast and assess casualties as investigators begin tracing the source of the detonation.
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Syracuse
Assometra
Mes Lake
Ontiaio
Elks Host 300 Children On City Outing Today
Bridgeport Elks lodge will entertain over 300 crippled and orphaned children today with an automobile trip to Seaside Park and Pleasure Beach. Welfare chief Angus P Thorne and a committee led by Exalted Ruler William Lounsbury organized the event, with Thomas Keegan greeting the children at Seaside Park for a noon meal. About 200 Elks from Bridgeport lodge will attend the opening of the new Elks Home in West Haven, to be dedicated by Exalted Ruler John F Malley of Springfield.
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Bridgeport
Seaside Park
Thomas Keegan
Pleasure Beach
Funl
Bridgeport Lodge of Elks
Elks
West Haven
Rand
John F. Malley
Springfield
Infantile paralysis toll rises in New Haven area
New Haven health officials report one death from infantile paralysis and five more cases under observation. The dead child is 11 year old Pala Strauss, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Strauss of New York, who summers at Fort Trumbull Beach and was taken to New Haven hospital as pains were diagnosed. Only one confinement originated in New Haven and the rest are from nearby towns.
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New Haven
Associated Press
Pala Strauss
Joseph Strauss
New York
Fort Trumbull Beach
New Haven Hospital
Crime prevention drive urged upon Moose by official
Philadelphia August 24 Associated Press a comprehensive plan for crime prevention was presented to the supreme lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose by Rodney H Brandon supreme secretary and grand Regent. He urged action to protect 500000 underprivileged children with religious training education school and trade work replacing the home when broken. Albert H B Ladner Jr of Philadelphia elected supreme prelate EM Stafford of New Orleans named supreme dictator James F Griffin of Boston named to alumni association.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Supreme Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose
Rodney H. Brandon
Mooseheart Legion
United States
New York City
New Orleans
James F. Griffin
Boston
Alumni Association
Firms Must Refuse Man All Payments New York
August 24. All corporations in which Walter Scott Roberts holds financial interest are restrained from paying him money until he repays 19000 alimony to his wife Carnett May Roberts, per Supreme Court Justice Callahan order. Roberts fled to Pennsylvania to dodge sequestration, allegedly shifted holdings via dummies after a July 1926 separation. Mrs Roberts claims he transferred wealth about 10,000,000 to former secretary Gertrude Warnken, who is also cited in the divorce suit.
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New York
Associated Press
Walter Scott Roberts
Carnett May Roberts
Supreme Court
Callahan. Roberts
Pennsylvania
Roberts
Gertrude Warnker
Miss Warnken
Split in Sacco Vanzetti sympathizers groups reported
Boston August 24 The Boston Advertiser says a split has occurred among Sacco Vanzetti sympathizers. The Sacco Vanzetti Defense Committee, formed seven years ago to defend the executed radicals, diverges from the Citizens National Committee for Sacco and Vanzetti, hastily organized by the jailed intellectuals in the case’s closing weeks.
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Boston
Associated Pess
Boston Advertiser
Sacco-Vanzetti
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
Citizens National Committee For Bacco and Vanzetti
Fire Destroyed £100,000 of Tobacco in Windsor
Windsor August 24 A fire swept through a Sumatra tobacco company yard destroying sheds and their contents worth over 100000. The blaze started from cinders blown by a brisk wind from a charcoal drying fire. G F Griffin Simsbury manager says the loss is fully insured.
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Windsor
Sumatra Tobacco Company
G. F. Griffin
Simsbury
Tobacco Company
Ford Sells $280000 Highway Contract for $1
Boston August 24 Henry Ford became a road contractor today. He receives $0.09 from Massachusetts for 8490 feet of highway costing 280000. The new highway will be part of the Boston Worcester post road near Mr Farm s Wayside Inn.
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Boston
Mass
Henry Ford
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston~ Worrester
Mr. Farm
Wayside Inn
Princess Lovenstein Wertheim Flight Plan Reported
Bristol reports Princess Lovenstein Wertheim was due to depart with a planned flight. Details are unclear due to damaged copy but indicate an official schedule involving a royal party and potential security considerations.
Journeymen Barbers Vote to Close Labor Day Shops
Local journeymen barbers voted to keep all union shops closed on Labor Day September 6. More than 100 members of the International Journeymen Barbers union attended a Metal Trades hall meeting and endorsed the action to establish a precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvatore Abriola
Metal Trades
Abriola
International Journeymen Barbers' Union
Waterbury Drug Clean Up Ends Failing Decoy Plot
Waterbury lawmen report a failed federal narcotics clean up as Benny Freeman aged 46 of Vine Street allegedly used a decoy sting to keep $20 paid by a New Haven narcotics squad. Freeman was arrested on federal charges after being brought to New Haven for trial. He previously faced an assault with a knife charge linked to a fight on Abbott Avenue with Richard McCarthy, who survived knife wounds but could not identify Freeman.
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Waterbur
Associated Press
Benny Freeman
Vine Street
Freeman
New Hhaven
Nile
Waterbury
New Haven
Preeman
Joseph P. ‘Stevens
Henry L. Johnson
Detective Bureau
New
Abbott Avenue
Richard McCarthy
Orange Street
Dyal Shooting Prompts Conflicting Accounts In Georgia
In Jessup Georgia Ernest Dyal a prominent McRae man was shot dead by W B Aycock Wayne County chief of police claiming self defense Aycock and railroad agent J W Kenny say Dyal drew a gun while Aycock was on the scene Aycock is jailed on murder charges awaiting a preliminary hearing Mrs Dyal wife of the slain man is described as prostrated by the tragedy
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Jessup
Associated Press
Ernest Dyal
McRae
Dyal
Ruth Finlayson
Cheraw
8. C
W. B Aycock
Wayne County
Here
Aycock
J. O
J. W. Kenny
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Kemp
Shooting case details update in unarmed husband claim
The shooting case showed no new information beyond the assertion that the husband was not armed. Sheriff Mattox noted that a search of Dyal's machine found no suspicious contents or reason for the sudden stop Aycock described just before the shooting.
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Mattox
Dyal
Aycock
Lydig's Bankruptcy Suit Settled by Court
New York August 34. Rita H De Acosta Lydig society leader and former wife of the late W E D Stokes settles bankruptcy case after Judge Wineslow confirms creditors composition of 40 percent. About 50000 involved per Walter Ernst attorney for Mrs Lydig and C C Parmer trustee in bankruptcy. Lydig filed voluntary petition April 6 listing liabilities of 23005 14 and assets of clothing furniture and sundries not evaluated.
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New York
Assocated Press
Rita H. de Acosta Lydig
W. E. D. Stokes
Wineslow
Walter Ernst
Lysiig
C. C. Parmer
Tilson to Visit Site of Boulder Dam Project
Representative Tilson of Connecticut, house majority leader, said he accepted an invitation from the Imperial Valley Irrigation District to visit the Imperial Valley and inspect the proposed Boulder Canyon dam site, planned for after September 3. The trip, announced in Washington, includes a look at the 5 dam concept and related irrigation plans.
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Washington
Associated Press
Tilson
Connecticut
Imperial Valley Irrigation District
Imperial Valley
Boulder Canyon
Norris for President Boom Opens in Nebraska
Lincoln Aug 24 Petitions to place United States Senator George Norris on the Republican presidential preference ballot in Nebraska will be filed with the secretary of state, announced by A Sorensen Lincoln attorney He said Norris more nearly than any other candidate represents the middle west on farm relief prohibition tariff reform federal taxation monopoly regulation and foreign affairs A Norris for president committee of 50000 is being organized he said
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Associated Press
United States
George Norris
Nebraska
A. Sorensen
Benater Norris
Middle West
Norris
Beluge
Auto Runs 59 Miles on a Gallon of Gas
Automobile engineers claim a universal device cuts gasoline use and improves engine performance. An tested claim shows 59 miles per gallon with quicker pickup and easier starts. E Oliver offers a free device and a money making opportunity to distribute locally, with potential earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Oliver
Milwaukee
Wise
Ady
Pleasant Treatment for Varicose Ulcers
An easy method to relieve varicose ulcers is to prepare a solution of Sylpho-Nathol one teaspoon in a quart of hot water and apply a moist dressing. This stimulates parts, hastens granulation, reduces inflammation, and eliminates odors. Obtain Sylpho-Nathol at all dealers.
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Funnel
Parc Our
Western Electric
Miss Doran
Priest
East Main ST
Rumford
Sons OF Italy
Mississippi Association
Man
Lake Hotel
Panaysis
Sacco Defense
R&port
Ford
Bay State
Bristol
England
Adsoctatedt Press
Pubitehed
Princess Lovenstein- Wertheim
Mage
Tim
Coperte Thyovat
Bride
Young Georgia
Norris For President
Magon
and Sunday Post
Barnum
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