New London Secures Order for Five More Peru Submarines
Electric Boat officials announce Peru has awarded a contract for five more submarines to be built in New London. The R-3 through R-5 will displace 670 tons, measure 200 feet, and use two six cylinder Diesel engines. Each craft features four torpedo tubes and a 3 inch gun, with 15 knot surface and 10 knot submerged speeds, a 8000 mile cruising radius, and will be built at Ship and Engine Co. The R-1 and R-2 earlier completed performed a nonstop 2050 mile Panama run, impressing Peruvian officials.
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New London
Electric Boat Company
San Loreno Island
Lation
New London Spin and Engine Company
Colon
Paming Canal Zone
Panama
Remarkable All Bran Testimonial on Constipation Relief
A reader touts Kellogg's All Bran as a cure after 20 years of constipation. The letter claims complete relief, urges daily use, and notes Kellogg's Battle Creek origin, ready to eat bran, serving in restaurants, and availability through grocers.
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Kellogg’s
Thomas A. Bencey
Kellogg's
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Michigan
Official Resigns Post at Associated Companies
An Associated Companies official resigned at the annual meeting in New York yesterday. John Arnold, secretary treasurer since 1822, was elected to replace him. The Hartford Accident and Indemnity, Maryland Casualty, Standard Accident Insurance, and United States Fidelity are the remaining original members.
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New York
John Arnold
Lughee
Argolil
Ogi
Hartford Acclient and Indemnity Company
Maryland Casualty Company
Baltinote
Standard Accident Insurance Colony
Detroit
United States Cogua Company of
Stamford Inventor Emery Dies at 92 in Glenbrook
Albert Hamilton Emery, renowned for testing machines with national reach, dies at his Maple avenue home in Stamford at age 92 after retiring seven years ago. His son Albert H. Emery Jr continues the Emery plant. The elder inventor contributed devices used in Watertown arsenal and Bureau of Standards tests, with rail scales in service on major railroads. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 9:30 in the First Presbyterian church.
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Stamford
Albert Hamilton Emery
Maple Avenue
Glenbrook
Albert H. Emery
Mr. Emery
Mexico
N. Y
Samuel Emery
Catieine Emery
Mexico Academy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Fannie B. Myers
Westmoreland
N.Y
Emery
Watertown Arsenal
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Pennsylvania
Ilinois Central
Fort Worth man beaten by four masked assailants
Floyd Punip, 20, seamster, says four und masked men abducted him from his home at night and beat his back with a knotted rope in a secluded spot. Police sought Dunlap after his wife alerted them to his absence. Dunlap allegedly tied to recent accusations of wife beating.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Floyd Puniap
Tadiey
Potlee
Dunlap
Jecomins
Beautinz
Woman Dies at 90 with 71 Descendants in Worcester
Herminie Chaiifax, 90, widow of Edmond Lum, died in Worcester after a long illness. She leaves two children, 25 grandchildren, and 46 great grandchildren. A longtime resident of Worcester for forty years, she was connected to the Holy Family Society of Notre Dame Church.
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Worcester, Maass
Herminie
Chaiifax
Edmond Lum
Tolay
Worcester
Holy Family Society of
Notre Dame Church
Marsden Freed of Fraud Count in Madison Meeting Case
New Haven December 2 AP report says charges of illegally holding a meeting to influence voters before Madison town election were nolled. Judge Walter M. Pickett ruled Judge Arthur W. Marsden, Madison town clerk, erred in calling the meeting, calling it an honest mistake. Accompanying officials Meigs and Ackerman faced related actions, with Ackerman not appealing.
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New Haven
Madison
Arthur W. Marsde
Walter M. Pickett
Common Pleas
Pickett
Charles
M. Pelton
Marsden
Meigs
Ackerman
Boards to Honor Frank Healey at Hartford Meeting
In Hartford a joint session of the state Board of Control and the Board of Finance was held to discuss a banquet for Attorney General Frank Healey. Attendees included Jamin Alling, present at the meeting though not in an official capacity.
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Hartford
Bec
State Board of Control
Board of Finance
Stite Cauphol
Frankie
Jamin Alling
Board of Control
Board Transacts Business In Familiar Form
The record indicates the board conducted its routine sessions to familiarize Limaels with the execution of its duties. It notes standard procedures and formalities observed while handling agenda items and ongoing governance matters.
Waterbury Man Named for Federal Clerkship
Waterbury resident J. I. Jenee Belerbert is slated for a clerkship in the Internal Revenue Department offices here. The appointment comes on the recommendation of Congressman J. C Glynn and local leader E. W. Goss.
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Waterbury
Jenee Belerbert
Ievenue Department
Belerbert
J. C Glynn
E.W. Goss
Renly Hean
Stove Explodes Injuring Family in Worcester Home
In Worcester Massachusetts on December 2 a kitchen stove exploded injuring John J. Lee, his wife, and their two children Wil, Mam, and Arthur. The blast scattered hot coals and damaged the stove, with neighbors reporting the incident as the stove catching fire and spreading debris.
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Worcester
Mass
John J. Lee
Lee
Wil
Ari- Mam
Arthur
Lillian
Explosion injures family as stove blast damages home
Mrs. Lee rushed to extinguish flames from a stove explosion that burned her child and injured the others. The blast hurled stove fragments causing cuts and bruises while responders ferried the wounded to hospital. William Lovett, 72, of Oakly Cal, is noted as a veteran Salvation Army bandsman with 41 years’ service and a bass horn.
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Lee Rusind
Stova
Willam Lovett
Oakly Cal
Salvation Army
Flo
Army
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Maricopa Country
Arizona
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Wife Beater
Gang
Boards TO Honor
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Healey
Federal Post
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Fai
Silent Express
Lee’s
Toyland
Ape
Davenport
Gustom
LES Lee Bros
Main St
Liberal Credit
Windsor
Priscilla
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