Miners and operators split as talks stall in Hazelton
In Hazelton Pennsylvania a miners committee proposed renewed talks if operators would commit to not press for higher costs. Operators refused citing the risk of higher coal prices. John L Lewis signaled willingness to meet, demanding talks be based on fact and withdrawal of hard line statements. The operators’ chair echoed an unchanged stance, saying negotiations cannot proceed with current demands.
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Hazelton
Citizens
John H. Uhi
Wilkes- Barre
John L Lewis
Miners’ Union
Pomtion
Atlantic City
Lewis
W. W. Ingils
Glen Alden Coal Company
Scranton
Sharm.n
Two District Republican Clubs Endorse Behrens for renomination
The Tenth and Twelfth District Republican clubs unanimously endorsed Mayor Behrens for renomination and reelection, joining earlier support from the Twelfth Hebrew Republican club as well as several others. A Twelfth district resolution praised Behrens' administration for economy and efficiency and urged citizens to resist outside interference, backing his renomination and reelection. The meeting also endorsed Alderman Louis Abriola, elected to fill the vacancy after Arthur A Baker became Warren Harding High School superintendent.
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Behrens
Sealer
Weights and
Dennis Kelly
Connecticut
William Lehrens
Slub
Aldhi
Louis Abriola
Abriola
Common Council
Arthur A Baker
Warren Harding High School
Police Field Day Draws Huge Crowd on Bridgeport Island
The Bridgeport Police department held its first annual mardi gras and field day at Pleasure Beach to benefit the pension fund drawing an estimated 30 000 attendees. Highlights included a record baby show with about 600 entries won by William John Darcy and many other contests and prizes for mothers and children amid heavy car traffic and special event shuttles.
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Pleasure Beach
Bridgeport
Pension Fund
Darcy
William John Darcy
Francis G. Darcy
Noble Avenue
Connecticut
M Eline
Pelleano
J. Sisco
M.legslak
J Dagate
P. Stowe
M, Lestak
E. Kosa
W Hal Coon
B. A Lester
L. C. Spence
H. W Fleck
R. T. Beers
William
Robert Doerner
Albert Salit
Annette
Elele Dercol
Robert
William Tckev
Beatrice Luatig
Edward Porter
Verna Mae Rogers
Ruth Tinekela
James 4H. Butler
Peter Gannon
Luils
Wilfred
Dumnail
Clothier
Faye
Congress
Board of Education
William Darcy
Shipping Board
Wiliam T Fiicks
Rotary Club
Hall Iris
I Legion Assembly
New London
Bridgeport Post
Battery C
Fort Wright
Building trades strike over high school job dispute
Union carpenters painters and plasterers stay out on the Congress High School project pending a conference between Milton McDonald and the Board of Education. They allege unfair competition from non union electricians and from Peel and company for plumbing work. McDonald says Peel acts as a journeyman though a master plumber, prompting union demands to maintain a workforce. The High School electrical contract is held by Kilpatrick and Hotz while Morris has been doing the electrical work.
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Congress
Milton McDonald
Building Trades’ Council
Board of Education
Mc Donald
John A. Kinscella
S H Peel
McDonald
Kilpatrick and
Hotz
Morris
Refuses Return Of Mrs Canaday In Texas
Austin August 26 AP Governor Miriam Ferguson denied Governor Al Smith's requisition for extradition of Mrs Roscoa Canaday of San Antonio. New York accuses her of kidnapping her child from her former husband. Ferguson says she believes the mother acted under circumstances any parent might. She doubts a New York or Texas jury would convict a good mother based on her husband’s testimony aimed at jail.
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Austin
Tex
al Smith
New York
Roscoa Canaday
San Antonio
Roscae Je
Miriam Ferguson
Merguson
Canaday
Texas
Weygold Held for Grand Jury After Disruption
Frederick Weygold, 55, Louisville artist, was bound over to the grand jury after interrupting Dr John Roach Straton during a Calvary Baptist Church talk on evolution. He was charged with interrupting public worship and released on $300 bond. Weygold said the meeting should allow discussion and compared the incident to the Scopes trial.
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Louisville
Frederick Weygold
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
New York
Grand Jury
Straton
Germany
Weygold
Married Again Contests Wife Divorce Plea
Rev Mr Dumbell, once an Episcopal rector in Darien, fights his wife Anna Sherrod Dumbell in Fairfield County Superior Court over a decree of divorce and alimony. Attorneys Carter and Cressy filed notice to represent him on jurisdictional grounds. Mrs Dumbell seeks financial maintenance and child custody for their eighteen year old son. The couple married April 8 1890 and she accuses intolerable cruelty.
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Mr. Dumbell
Yucatan
Howard Mo Dumbell
Darien
Anna Sherrod Dumbell
Carter and
Cressy Stamford
Dumbell
Dumbel
Fairfield County Superior Court
Referee Attacks City Prosecutor Over Interference in Case
In federal bankruptcy court yesterday an extreme dispute arose over a motor truck linked to Samuel J. Klair of Blair Plate Glass. The truck, valued over $2,000, is held in the custody of receiver Paul Goldberg, while creditor John L. Carpenter seeks return of the vehicle amid Klair’s bankruptcy proceedings and disputed notes.
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Bridgeport
Samuel J. Klair
Blair Plate Glass Company
Middle Street
Gome
John L. Carpenter
Harrison Court
Klahr
Carpenter
Kight
Paul Goldberg
Special session sought over Connecticut film tax law crisis
Owners of 165 Connecticut movie houses planned to urge Governor Turnbull for a special legislative session to address the impact of the New York backed film tax law. Distributors plan to evacuate New Haven exchanges and ship films by parcel post, risking immediate cuts for smaller theatres while larger venues may continue briefly under current contracts.
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Haven
Connecticut
John Turnbull
New York
Colony of Film Exchange Ofiices
Hay
Motion Picture Owners of
New Haven Film Board of Trade
Boston
Fim Board of Trade
Joseph W Walsh
Hartford
Connecticut Theatre Owners Association
Walsh
Theatre Men of
L. M. Sagal
Crippled Veteran Called Faker Is Sent to Canada
Eugene Moussett a Windsor Ontario native and World War I veteran who says he was crippled in service was deported to Canada after an investigation. He claimed to have a 609 acre Alberta farm and to be traveling from New York on foot, singing for a living. Assistant Superintendent Morrissey ruled Moussett a faker.
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Eugene Moussett
Patreximent
Canada
Alexander F. Morrissey
Stratford Avenue
Kossuth Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Mounset
Windsor
Ontario
Stamford
Alberta
New York City
Morrissey
Mousset
Married again and other notes fielded on Page 1
Summary of multiple brief items including Rev Mr Dum contesting first wife's divorce plea and various local notices, elections, school meetings, and public events. It catalogs police, civic, and sports highlights across pages 1 and 7, with remarks on district endorsements and upcoming hearings.
Moonshiner Arrested Escapes Police Shots in Easton
William Nemeth formerly of Fairfield was arrested in Easton for illegal liquor production at the Beardsley homestead on Kline road. After a raid, Nemeth and a companion fled on a car as a state trooper clung to the vehicle. A pursuit by officers resulted in a crash and continued escape into nearby woods. Officers seized three stills, two gallons of cider brandy, and cider. Nemeth posted $500 bond to await Easton court. Burr remained at large.
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H B Wing
Cief
Redding
Woodmont Vetera
Stamford Yacht Club
Massachusetts
Danbury
Charles Wheeler
Stratford
Fairfield
Westport
Page
Milford
Republican Town Committee
Canaan
Moonahiner
Easton Homestead
Chrysler
Virelli
Easton
William Nemeth
Trumbull
Nemeth
Burr
Beardsley
Kline Road
Frank Virelli
Nemeth Ang We Omerman
Charles Myatt
Myatt
Bigelow
Bridgeport
Hanford Bigelow
Howard F
Three Killed Eight Crown During Storm
Ottawa dispatch reports three deaths in New Brunswick and Quebec during a late day storm. Four youths sheltering under a tree were killed after it fell on them. Names Maximin Watour Joseph Gallant and James Richards are listed among the dead. Two others drowned when a boat capsized near Quebec City. Albert Mathiet Romeu Tremblay and Emmanuel Laberge died, while Joseph Clouthier survived.
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Ottawa
Ont
Atérm
Moncton
Maximin Watour
Joseph Gallant
James Richards
Quebec City
Albert Mathiet
Romeu Tremblay
Emmanuel Laberge
Toseph Clouthier
Roosevelt friend to speak today at Liana Club meeting
Leo KH Miller traveler and writer from Stratford, once closely compared to Theodore Roosevelt on major expeditions, will speak at the Liana club noon session at Stratford hotel. His talk is titled Anecdotes of Theodore Roosevelt. Dr Hack Frederick Chandler, chemist from New York City with a Stratford summer home, died at Hartford Hospital tonight of kidney trouble at age 88 after a decade of illness.
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Leo KH. Miller
Stratford
Theodore Roosevelt
Brazil
Liana Club
Stratffert Hotel
Miller
Hartford
Austin
Hack Frederick Chandler
New York City
New Hartford
Flartford Hospital
Coolidge Sets Debt Terms Based On Ability To Pay
Britain sets a standard for refunds as President Coolidge says debt settlements with France and Italy should hinge on their ability to pay. He states terms need not mirror Britain or Belgium and that the capacity to pay principle should guide all refunding deals. He notes France and Italy may present reasons for more liberal terms than Britain to the American Debt Commission.
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Swampscott
Mass
United States
Coolidge
Great Britain
Belgium
White House
France
Italy
American Debt Commission
Congress
White Court
Washington
Chinese Tongs Avenge Blood in Nationwide Shootings
Chinese tong war erupts with gunfire killing and wounding men in Boston and other cities. Reports name Hip Sing and On Leong tong factions, with victims including Yee Yip and Ho Kee, amid warnings of retaliation and renewed blood debts since March armistice talks.
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New York
Jmen
Boston
United States
HL Yen Ung
Hip Sing
Yea Yip
On Jtong
Joseph D. Growiey
China
Yee Yip
Ho Kee
Leongtong
Pittsburgh
Shing San
Tha Hip
Ruhr Turned Over to Germans After Four-Year Occupation
Düsseldorf August 25 AP The Ruhr region is handed back to German control by French and Sengian troops ending a four year occupation intended to force reparations. No disturbances or public partings occurred as the area resumes civilian life. A few Waterways Commission members at Duesseldorf Ruhort and Duisburg remain hospitalized.
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Puesseldorf
Ruhr
Germany
Waterways Commission
Duesseldorf
Ruhort
Duisburg
Bankrupt Clothier Claims Title As World’s Champion Unlucky Man
Isadore Shapiro former owner of four menswear stores in Stamford explains his ruin to Referee John Keogh in bankruptcy court. He says three robberies gutted stock, intruder in skylight slashed clothes, and his wife ran off with a partner taking proceeds and $1,800 in bank funds. Debts total $16,984.67 and assets $5,418.37. A Stamford woman connected to the case was jailed six months but paroled, support for her children cited.
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Isadore Shapiro
Shapiro
Pacific Street
Stamford
Joe
John Keogh
Cour
Siz Mmner
Danbury Canaan Bus Route Sought by New England Transport
Hartford Aug 26 AP The New England Transportation Company seeking state route rights to operate Danbury to Canaan about 60 miles with two branches to Cornwall Bridge and New Milford Hearings set in New Milford November 10 on these applications and others for routes in western Connecticut The firm would run Beaver Brook Center Brookfield New Milford area via multiple towns along 42 mile corridor Separate applications list motorists from Torrington Winsted and Canaan for other routes The company already operates one line in the state }
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Hartford
New England Transportation Pany
Bus Line
New York
New Haven
End Trod Railroad Company
Hes Tte
Ho Utilities Commission
Danbury
Cinson
Cornwall Bridge
New Milford
Canaan
New England Ution Company
New Laitera
Howard Preston
Franker
Torrington
William Trewater
Winsted
Air State Company of Winsted and Coons
Mangland Transportation
Beaver Brook
B Center
Brookfield
New Mi
Boardman's Bridge
Guayle Kent
West Wall
Lyme Rock
Falls
Cornwall
Cornwall Center
Wil
Kent
Roe
Milton Cow
Bulldge
Ored Ale
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Levis
William John Darcey
Peel
Mrs. Canaday
Keogh
U. S
Deal
Motion Picture Distributors
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Fairfield County
Bishop Slattery
Abey
Harg
Han
Pope
Hylan
Smith
Sulzer
Business and Finance
Foreign Affairs
Waterbury
Hillies
Panthers
Giants
Reds
Pirates
Braves
Carda
Cubs
Athletics
White Sox
Tigers
Texan
Collegiana
Deera
Crown
Roosevelt
Britain
TONGS
NEW Blood
Bankrupt Clothier
Danbury-Canaan
Souger
Applon
New, Milford
Ane Company
Ri Brane
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