Auto crash statistics from 1923 Connecticut records
Examination of State Motor Vehicle Department files shows eight of 22 604 licensed news operators involved in accidents in 1923. About 85 percent of the accident operators were men, with women licensed at a lower rate. The department notes many applicants had never held a license, some had licenses in other states, and stringent tests and drug checks are used before licensing.
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Evening dresses to feature bold fabrics and low decolletage
Fashion forecasters expect evening gowns this season to showcase unusual beauty with brocades metal cloths and velvets for formal wear. Low decolletage makes a comeback as convention wanes and draping bead trims fade from prominence.
Cogill's Wrind Wins Bishop Cup Race
Cogill's Wrind captures the Bishop Cup at the Mia club for the first time in five years as Minmogue Fleet and Pequonnock vie for victory. The 32 mile course culminates with Wrind finishing well ahead after Point, securing the time trophy as the field fades.
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Mia
Yester
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East End
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Pequonnock Club
Minmogue
Frank L. Cogill
Henry A. Bishop
Sound
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Arthur Howland
Hattie
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Veniulett
Mounsey
Peter Miamogue
Pequornoch
Risun
Wiliam Meyers
Herbert Slavland
Arthur Lodeni
William Stearn
Rave
Starlings
Seize Two Loads of Alleged Rum on State Roads
State police halted a car on a Connecticut highway near Southbury and arrested four men after finding 125 gallons of alleged denatured alcohol in a hidden compartment. The vehicle, traveling toward New Haven, carried 20 barrels of suspected rum. Suspects Charles Crevelle and Charles Delout of Brooklyn were detained, with others identified as James Trartate and Tony Taglater. The case follows a patrol after a high speed overtaking incident.
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Enmmty Federates
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James Trartate
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Tony Taglater- Huth Stregl
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Shite Pelicentan
John Flighrain
Southbury
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Wavi Pit
Charles Crevelle
Charles Delout
Brooklyn
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Danbury
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