Bobby Jones Faces Chick Evans In Amateur Final
In Minneapolis on August 26, Bobby Jones and Chick Evans advanced to the national amateur golf final scheduled for tomorrow. Jones, 26 holes to beat Francis Ouimet 100 strokes under par, led with a 69 in the morning and kept others off balance with strong play. Evans edged Roland Mackenzie to reach the final, aided by a clutch 20-foot putt at the 37th and a late six-footer at 36.
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Jones
Bobby
Francis Ouimet
Atlanta
Chick Evans
Chicago
Roland Mackenzie
Washington
Chick
Evans
Bobby Jones
Baltustel
Webby Jones
Boston
Quimet
Bridgeport Republicans dispute with Gould club
A crowded Bridgeport scene reports two primary contests within the Republican ranks, with Gould opposed by a local club. Other items note conventions, tax assessor guidance, a boy struck by a car, and various regional notices across pages 1 to 12.
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Bridgeport
Gould
Fort
Southport
Hoy
Huckleberry Finn
Reformatory
Milford
Parley Votes to Block News Piracy at Geneva
Resolutions adopted unanimously at the International Press conference call for protecting news as property and urge League of Nations backing. The move follows two days of debate, aiming to secure an international agreement that news results from labor and is a common good.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Council of the
League of Nations
League
Body Found With Axe Head In Flushing Outskirts
A workman found a nearly nude male body in a Flushing Long Island thicket. Police believe the man has been dead less than 24 hours and that the head was hacked from the body with an axe. No other signs of violence were noted.
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New York
Associated Press
Flushing
Long Island
Beaton Fails in National Championship Quarters
Mrs Mallory Beaton, seven time national women's tennis champion, defeated yesterday in the quarter finals by Mrs A H Chapin after a brillant struggle. Other favorites including Miss Helen Wills won. Davis Cup elimination France defeats Japan in the finals.
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Malla Mallory
A. H. Chapin
Helen Wills
France
Japan
Sport
Schooner John A Cooney Wrecked Off Louisburg
Boston Aug 26 The fishing schooner John A Cooney twelve days out from Boston went ashore off Louisburg Cape Breton during the North Atlantic storm. Master Captain Christopher Higgins reports the vessel total loss but the crew is saved.
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Boston
Associated Press
John A. Cooney
Louisburg
Cape Breton
North Atlantic
Christopher Higgins
State offers snow fighting gear to 10 towns in Fairfield county
State Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald outlined a $1 000 000 annual appropriation plan to Fairfield county selectmen on how towns may use state supplied snow fighting equipment. Wilton and Weston accepted immediately as about 60 officials heard the procedure for securing state aid and loaned equipment. Carrying charges fall to the towns, and a new state-aid supervisor will assist road planning amid growing requests for advice and services.
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John A. Macdonald
Bridgeport
Fairfield County
Wilton
Weston
Behrens
James A. McEyre
Thomas Robins
Nor
Francis I. Nettleton
John H. Hill
Macdonald
W. E. Hulse
Hulse
Robing
Windham
Folland
Coolidge Awe at Yellowstone Gorge Perch
President and Mrs. Coolidge viewed Yellowstone Canyon from a wooden ledge perch high above the Yellowstone river, expressing wonder at the multicolored gorge. Mrs Coolidge called it the most wonderful sight, as the couple stood quietly and then approached the perilous railing with the scenic overlook.
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Yellowstone National Park
Associated Press
Yellowstone River
Republican primaries loom over Gould clash in two districts
Young Men’s Republican association backs an anti Gould effort in First District with Edward Gillane and Edward Dunphy as delegates. The club plans to endorse Gillane for alderman and believes Gould’s resignation is possible while discord grows in the Ninth District.
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Young Men's Republican Association
Republican Machine
Republican Club
Robert H. Gould
Gould
Edward P.gillane
Broad Street
Cillane
Underwood
Girlane
Hubert T Chuiy
Chia Adomea
Gillane
Cherry
Edward L. Dunphy
John Green
Dunphy
Frank L. Wilder
Etait
Man Buried Since Thursday Is Dug Out Alive
Auburn resident Fred Leneau rescued after more than 30 hours buried under timbers and mud in a 40 foot well. He was brought from the shaft to Worcester City Hospital with Dr Richard Shanahan and others nearby. Rescue teams faced cave-ins and sand runs before securing his release.
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Fred Leneau
Auburn
Mass
Associated Press
Fred Ueneau
Lonsu
Richard Shanahan
Leneau
A. B. O'Grady
Worcester City Hospital
Richard J. Shanehan
Worcester
Auto crash on John street injures four onlookers
A late night crash on John street fronting the Sheffield lunch left two men injured, one seriously, and three others unhurt. William Enablin, 25, of Highland Avenue, suffered a fractured jaw and head injuries. Fred J. Harris, 24, of Noble Avenue, had sixteen stitches for scalp wounds. Frank J. Dandrew, a sailor, was held at police HQ with Harris as police seek the car operator. The driver fled the scene, aided by a reserve guard in uniform, and had not been arrested by early morning. The wrecked sedan’s rear-end collision with a parked Underwood Typewriter Co. truck ripped off the top.
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John Street
Sheffield
Willia Enablin
Wighland Avenue
Bridgeport
Fred J. Harris
Noble Avenue
Salesman
Frank J. Dandrew
Childs
Harris
Underwood Typewriter Company
Milford Man Injured In Fatal Road Crash
John E Sullivan twenty three of New Haven was seriously hurt when his car left the Milford Woodmont road at Eels hill struck a tree and guard rail. He suffered a fractured skull and lacerations and was moved to St Raphael's hospital in New Haven in a dying condition. The accident was reported by Hall who saw the overturned car and police seek the other vehicle involved. Sullivan is brother of Policewoman Mrs. Mary Nevins.
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Milford
John E. Sullivan
Dixwell Aventy
New Haven
Milford- Woodmont
Eel's Hill
Sullivan
St. Raphael's Hospital
Jeremiah B. Sullivan
Willam Verdi
Hall
Woodmont
Eel’s |All
Milford Hospital
Mary Nevins
Sacco Case Spurs Move Against Death Penalty
Police raided the Workers' Party headquarters last night and 16 men and women were arrested. After questioning by federal immigration and justice officials, all but two were released. the two remain held on charges of violation of hamiliation laws amid the broader protest against capital punishment.
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TRUST
Associated Press
Workers’ Party
Federal Immigration and Department of Justice
Auto Bandits Hold Up Two Couples Near Ridgefield
Four bandits in a high powered sedan held up two couples in Brandyille near Ridgefield late last night. They robbed the two men of 60 and escaped in their car. The victims’ identities were not learned and no reports were filed at daybreak. The robbers were armed and stopped the car carrying two men and two women. the women were not robbed.
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Brandyille
Ridgefield
Rioters Attack U S Consulate in Cherbourg Amid Sacco-Vanzetti Protests
In Cherbourg a furious mob of Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers attacked the American consulate as mounted gendarmes and soldiers clashed with rioters. Firefighters fought to push back the crowd while a barricade of coal wagons was stormed. One man reported killed, fifteen rioters arrested. Americans nearby were rescued in Mexico as tensions spread.
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U. S
Bacco- Vanzetti
U. 8
Cherbourg
France
Mexico
Sacco-Vanzett
Bacco-Vanzett
New York
Boston
Associated Press
Sacco-Vanzetti
Sacco Parade to Pass State House
Plans for the funeral procession for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti have been revised to pass the State House and Boston Common. Limited to 200 participants with no band to avoid city permits, the cortege departs from the North End at 2 PM Sunday, with Rose Sacca and Luigia Vanzetti in the first carriage and defense committee members and sympathizers following amid partisan placards.
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Boston
Associated Press
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
State House
Boston Common
Sbacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
North End
Rose Sacca
Luigia Vanzetti
Defense Committee
Bacca
Vanzetti
Bacca-Vanzetti
Plane of Redfern Sights Brazil Route Amid Silent Flight
Historic report outlines Paul Redfern’s monoplane Port of Brunswick on course from Brunswick Georgia toward Brazil. Wireless rumors placed him 300 miles east of the Bahamian area, with 44 hours of radio silence and routes over the Caribbean as ships and islands watched for sighting.
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Redfern
Brazil
Bayhama Islands
Rio
Georgia
Bahama Islande
St. Petersburg
Fla
Brunswick
Besh
Bahenia Islands
Islenda
Dutch Guiana
Porto Rico
Caribbiah
St. George
Grenade Island
Tengo Island
Frederick C. Redfern
Benedict College
Columbia
Guiana
Macapa
Amazon
Recife
Pernambuccé
Rio de Janeiro
Reci
Fein
Massau
Fin
Glynn Islebee
Redferns
Wea
Bahamas
Caribbean Sea
Memorial service at sea for lost flyers planned near Hawaii
San Francisco citizens organize a sea memorial for six men and one woman missing after the Dallas Spirit flight. The Matson liner Maui will halt 700 miles west of San Francisco on Sept. 16 for prayers and flower offerings as naval search continues over vast ocean areas.
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Ban Francisco
Associated Press
Dole
San Franisco
Matson
Maui
San Francisco
Hawaii
Oakland
Del
William Erwin
Dallas
Tex
A. H. Eichwaldt
Hayward
Cal
Dallas Spirit
Vilas
Knope
Jack Prost
Gordon Scott
Erwin
Alvin Eichwaldt
R. H. Jackson
Pacific Battle Fleet
Here
Omaha
San Francisco-Hawaii
Newtown Youth Known as Huckleberry Finn Sent to Reform School
A 14-year-old boy living in the Monroe and Newtown area, nicknamed Huckleberry Finn, was captured after weeks in the woods. He confessed to stealing candies pies cokes and cigarettes from Monroe residents and was sent to the State Reformatory in Meriden until age 21, with possible early release for good behavior. The case followed a tip from a night telegraph operator and culminated in a Thursday afternoon hearing before Justice Marquie Curtiss.
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Newtown
Huckleberry Finn
Monroe
Huck
Morris French
First
William Telly
Menilsen
Albert Rasmussen
Kelly
Morris D. Beers
Stepney
Blanket Meadow
Marquie Curtiss
Burgier
Hattertown
Plane ready 10 start globe hop from harbor grace
Perfect weather greeted the flight of the monoplane Pride Of Detroit as it landed at Harbor Grace after a 1000 mile hop from Old Orchard Beach Maine. Pilot William Brock and ward F. Chice reported clear skies and high visibility along the Atlantic coast as the craft attempted a world circle speed record.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
Associated Preas
Fig
Pride of
Detroit
Old Cherd
Maine
Circle Globe
Atlantic
William 8. Brock
Ward F. Chice
Old Orchal
Youth Slew Mother Jury Decision Streator Case
A coroner's jury in Streator ruled that a local youth, Harry Hill, shot and killed his mother Mrs. HC Hill, whose body was found buried in the basement of their home. The panel recommended the youth be apprehended and held for the grand jury on a murder charge.
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Associated Press
Harry Hill
Streator
HC. Hill
Young Hill
H. Hill
Tomigl
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