National WCTU Platform Rejects Canadian Liquor Plan
In Minneapolis delegates of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union debate opposing the Canadian plan to sell liquor substitute for prohibition. Abbie B Hillerman leads a strike against the clause, Georgia Cyclone Mary Harris Armor denounces the idea of bartenders in US uniforms, and the union pledges to back dry candidates and curb liquor, bootlegging, and home brewing.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Associated Frese
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Abbie B. Hillerman
Tulsa
Oklo
Mary Harris Armor
Atlanta
Georgia W C.t. U
Georgia
United States
Friends of Prohibition
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Iis
America
Union
Cliti Uens
Congress
Bridgeport police lax in pursuing stabber, cleric contends
Bridgeport news digest notes concerns over police pursuit tactics following a stabbing suspect. Also reports death of Wilber Brooks Smith after nine months in hospital, and various local court actions, civic events, and upcoming school assignments.
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MAVY
Redfern
Ashes of Sacco and Vanzetti Spark Dispute in New York
A dispute over the ashes of Sacco and Vanzetti pits former supporters against each other with Communists seeking to move the ashes for demonstrations while Socialists oppose such actions. Only a small Union Square demonstration occurred as rain kept crowds away and an undertaker in Boston claimed the ashes, held in a vault, until a $700 funeral bill is paid.
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Vanzetti
Undertaker
New York
Sacco
Boston
Union Square
Joseph Langone
Botton
Sald
Perfonr
Broder
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Wakefield, Morley and Company
Hartford
Frank T. ¥. Goon
Union
Moss
Sam
Himerit
Edward J. Hickey
Mary Donovan gets year jail in Sacco Vanzetti protest
Boston August 29 Miss Mary Donovan secretary of the Bacco Vanzetti Defense committee received a year in jail and a $10 fine in Municipal Court for inciting a riot and obstructing traffic during a disturbance outside the funeral parlor where Sacco and Vanzetti were displayed. She appealed and posted $1,100 bail.
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Boston
Associated Press
Mary Donovan
Bacco- Vanzett! Defense Committee
North End
Sacco
Vangetti
Bennett
Donovan
State House
Thayer
Mise Donovan
Vanzetti
Miss Donovan
Frank G. Lichenstein
Britannica
Standard Oil Firm Incorporated in Delaware
A charter filed in Dover for the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey creates an operating company with 200 million dollars capital to handle oil and products. The New Jersey parent also forms a Delaware subsidiary with 2 hundred million dollars to serve as an operating company for domestic manufacturing, marketing, and crude production, while preserving Carter Oil as a producing unit.
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New Unit
New Jersey Organization
Dover
Del
Associatec’ Press
State Department
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Corporation Trust Company of America
New York
Associated Pléas
New Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Delaware
Standard Oil Organization
Standard Gi
Standard Oil Company of
Hne
Standard Shipping Company
E. M. Clark
New Delaware Company
Robert L. Haig
F P. Hand
Carter Oil Company
Standard of New Jersey
Readings claim Sacco trial fair in convention debate
Massachusetts Attorney General Arthur B Reading told the National Association of Attorneys General that the Sacco Vanzetti trials were fair beyond question. He urged prompt, just criminal justice while safeguarding rights and criticized communist and socialist groups behind the case. He argued the revolver found on Vanzetti matched one stolen from a crime victim.
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Bridgeport
Page L. Wilber Brooks Smith
Milford
Buckingham
Bridgeport Pike
Milford-New Haven
Stoddard
Felt Ball
Joan T. Xing
National Guard
Torrow
America
Italy
Sons of Italy
McCathron
Fairfield County
Easton
Newtown
Ansonia
Huntington
Acore G. O
Connecticut
Washington Hughes
Hoover
Mark Sullivan
W.cc. T. U
Express
Girl
Detroit
Germany
England
Constantinople
Atlantic
Levine
Columbia
Drouhin
Sacco-Vanzetti
Sacco
Vanzetti
Bay State
Sacto-Vanzetti
Harvard
Nashville Society
U. S. Army
Mexico
Iyers
Navy
Recfern
U.S
Censer Central-American Press
Juvenic Legion
France
Mickey
U. S. Steel
General Metors
General Electric
Bears
New Haven
Hillies
Senators
Pontes
Albany
Lou Gehrig
Yankees
Athletics
Red Sox
Giants
Cubs
Helen Wills
Betty Nuthall
Pincus Suverberg
Ruby Bradley Box
Teature
Beseh Jcard
Buffalo
WN. Y
Associated Press
Arthur K. Reading
Massachusetts
National Association of Attorney-Generals
Trian
Borough of Woodmont Elects Officers
Milford, Aug. 29. Elections held at Woodmont over the week end resulted in the reelection of Werner Gutenberg and Robert Dixon as burgesses. Charles Merwin Edward Donovan and Edward Nefchke were elected to replace John Hall David McKenzie and Hugh Kennedy. J. Cattinj and David McKenzie who ran for office were defeated. Willard E. Green reelected warden. Poll 128 votes. Trubey W. Doolittle elected clerk and Verson N. Boothby treasurer. William Smith and William Louis elected auditors. Fenton Sweeney sheriff. John Churchill moderator. William Dunbar teller. Elmer Hall Edward Porter checkers.
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Milford
Associated Press
Woodmont
Werner Gutenberg
Robert Dixon
Charles Merwin
Edward Donovan
Edward Nefchke
John Hall
David McKenzie
Hugh Kennedy
J. Cattin J
Ofee
Willard E. Green
Trubey W. Doolittle
Verson N. Boothby
Willian Smith
William Louis
Fenton Sweeney
John Churchill
William Dunbar
Teller
Elmer Hall
Edward Porter
Detroit Plane Successful in Hop to Germany and Constantinople
Windsor Ont August 25 The weather aided Phil Wood and Duke Schiller in a trans Atlantic attempt aboard the Royal Windsor. Sir John Carling’s plane failed to clear fog over Lake Ontario, staying aloft five hours, while Canadian rivals faced heavy fog and mountain haze en route to England.
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Detroit
Germany
Constantinople
England
Sir John Carling
Windsor
Ont
Associated Press
Phil Wood
Duke” Schiller
Royal Windsor
Sir Joan Carling
London
Eng
Wood
Schiller
Lake Ontario
Terry Tully
James Medcalf
Brock
Petrait
Harbor Grace
Scehlee
John Darling Wes
Cromlin
Kingston
W Brooks Smith Dies in Hospital After Illness
Wilber Brooks Smith a retired street operator and world traveler died in Bridgeport General Hospital after nine months of confinement and four major operations since his last European trip. Born August 2 1864 in Port Byron New York he was 73. Continued on Page Two.
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Wilber Brooks Smith
Goelack
Bridgeport
Mr. Smith
Port Byron
N. Y
Invisible Chinese Empire in Tong Murder Case Debate
State’s Attorney Alcorn described a faction calling itself the invisible Chinese government as trying to thwart punishment for Chin Lung and Soo Hoo Wing in a Manchester murder case. Bam Ong Jing is sought for release as a material witness. bond was set at 50 000.
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Bam Ong Jing
Hugh M. Alcorn
Chin Lung
Soo Hoo Wing
Manchester
Alcorn
Sam
Supreme Court
Edward W. Broder
Newell Jennings
Levine Steals Columbia Flies It Alone to London
London Aug 29 Charles A Levine piloted the Columbia from Le Bourget to Croydon announcing plans to hire an aerial chauffeur to reach America. He sought a pilot willing to risk weather and a solo transatlantic attempt, saying Drouhin slow and unready. He offered 190000 francs to Drouhin to pilot or dissolve partnership.
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Levine
Columbia
London
Drouhin
Croyden
America
le Bourget
Paris
Charles A. Levine
Croydon
al Ministry
United States
Atlantic
mikAt
Mysel
Maurice Drouhin
Bridgeport Clergyman Protests Police Over Phantom Stabber
Rev Edward Nason McKinley, Trinity Episcopal Church, voiced strong protest that Bridgeport police fail to stop the so called Phantom Stabber. He questioned police efficacy and urged louder public demand as the city endures two years of stabbing cases with twenty three victims including Isabelle Pelskur. Police inaction and potential identification doubts are cited as alarming.
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Edward Nason McKinley
Trinity Episcopal Church
Isabelle Pelskur
Bridgeport
Indictments Dropped for Two Dead Defendants in Tax Case
Federal court discharged 122 true bills as dead defendants prompted nolle prosequi. John T. King Connecticut Republican official and labor leader Robert P. Brindell died in 1926, removing charges though other narcotic and prohibition indgments were pursued. The King case linked to American Metal co and a claimed $100,000 bribe for expedited seizure shares. The blast on the yacht Maraval injured four as it prepared to sail to the Grenfell Mission from Sydney New South Wales. Byron Sellers and four others suffered burns. explosion likely from a backfire into a gasoline tank. The Maraval, 91 feet, briefly left its berth before the blast.
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New York
Associated Press
John T. King
Republican National
Nolle
United States
Charles H. Tuttle
King
Harry M. Dougherty
Thomas W. Miler
American Metal Company
Societe Suisse Pour Valeurs de Metaux
Sydney
Labrador
Grenfell Mission
Byron M. Sellers
Melville
Mass
Harriet Houghtering
Winnetka, Jr
Grenfell
Margaret Pierce Haversford
Mark Stone Stewart
Rockland
Maine
Seller
Ilaw
Americans Brave Flight to Constantinople After Munich Stop
Munich welcomed American flyers William A. and Edward F. Schlee as they left Belgrade behind and eyed Constantinople. They praised the trip, thanked Bavarian hosts, and planned a rapid 11- to 12-hour leg with an intermediate rest at Munich, hoping to reach the Turkish capital by evening.
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Schlee
Brock
Belgrade
Munich
Count Arco
Thanea
Hofbrau
Muni
Ike
Asid Schiew
London
Bel
Constantinople
New Foundland
Lufthanse
Bagdad
Orient
Sylvia Travis Injured in Milford Automobile Crash
Two Fairfield youths were slightly injured in a Milford crash as Virginia Travis Wakeman twenty of Meadowbrook Road Fairfield drove and collided with Clare Wilson forty nine of Montclair New Jersey. Sylvia Travis Wakeman seven years old of Mil Hill Road Southport was a passenger. She suffered bruises and was treated at Bathford hospital and released. The parties settled the claim for damages.
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Milford
Fairfield
Virginia Travis Wakeman
Meadowbrook Road
Misa Sylvia Travis
Mil Hill Road
Southport
Wakeman
Misa Trans
Clare Wilson
Way
Montclair
N. J
Mega Haven Turnpike
Golden Hill
Clark
Mias Travis
Baitsford Hospital
Tha. Orm US of
Cous
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Voc. T. U
Vanzett
NEW Standard Oil Firm Incorporated
Pair
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Reading
Vannetti
Charlestown State
Webster Thayer
Borough OF
Canada
Tully
W. Brooks Smith
Tong
Aix
Edward N. McKinley Coast Guard
Join
Washington
Paul Redfern
Brunswick-repent
Warner
Naval Aviation
Coast Guard
Florida
Paul J. Warner
Brunswick
Brunswick- to-Brazil
Paul J. Varner
J.T. King
I$ Nolle
Federal
Hotem
Wiliam
Edward F. Schise
Mattyner Chamberlin
Leving
Brock and Schiee
Lufthansa
Aerial League
Charles B. Curtis
Sie
Sylvia Travis
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