Five Die In Gale That Swirls Snow Across New England
A historic gale drenched New England with heavy snow and wind, killing five people across multiple states. Alonzo Waltz of Everett died amid efforts to reach his station, a man drowned near Hampton, a Chester brakeman was killed by moving snow, a taxi driver died in Connecticut, and a Portmouth driver perished in a crash. Delays and accidents mounted as trains slowed, cars stalled, and visibility dropped while the storm lingered through the night.
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Boston
Central
Alonzo Waltz
Everett
Statens Rouse
Hampton
N. H
Waldge
Hampton River
Albany
Chester
Marshan
Conn
Portamouth
No 162
Blio
Newneland
Plymouth
Cape Prover
New England
Stattons
Mrs Carson Skips Race For Vaudeville Tour
Mrs Carson announces she will not compete in the race and plans a twenty week vaudeville tour starting in New York. She will be followed by a fifteen week tour across eastern and southern states with her two children remaining in Bridgeport under Mrs Carlton. The Catalina channel race attracts many long distance swimmers and will include both men and women on January 15.
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Carson
New York
Lemington
Maretv
Bridgeport
Carlton
Willam Wrigley
Catalina Channel
Will Tate
Disabled Vessel Aided By Cutter Monhegan
The schooner Bruce A. Stone, which lost its anchors and sailed during Friday’s gale along Massachusetts coast, was towed today by the revenue cutter Monhegan. The Monhegan did not state its final port. the vessel drifted Friday night 45 miles south of Nantucket Lightship and sent distress signals before Acushnet was forced to head to New Bedford for repairs.
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Boston
Bruce A. Stone
Masssachusetts
Monhegen
Monhegan
Nantucket
Acushnot
New Bedford
Fairfield County Conquers Storm in Transport Delays
A flood of local reports notes transportation delays and several road and trolley incidents in Fairfield County. The New Haven to Danbury line ran on time while multiple automobile and trolley accidents disrupted city traffic. One pedestrian was injured, another treated for a knee laceration, and emergency crews responded to a series of minor crashes as police logged several calls.
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England ‘Transportation Company
New Haven
Danbury
Tly City
Anq
Klay Ib
Michael Vascos
Koval Avenue
Manargency
Monanees Svenningsen
Siateods
Morvog Steel
St. Vincerte Ospital
Fann
Rae
EB Inn
Wasuineton
Foi 1
Traliey Vg
Traliey
Snow Deepens In Newtown Halting Morning Services
A light blizzard in Newtown brings four inches of snow by 5 p.m. halting churchgoers, with slow traffic and hazardous hills on state roads. State highway crews clear Snake Hill to Mount Pleasant as few accidents are reported. Weekend guests and travels noted for local residents amid winter conditions.
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Newtown
Epecian
Sis
Jna
Newtown Bee
Church Ain
Chang
Willam C. Johnson
State Highway Department
Hili
Mount Pleasant
Rose
William H. Kennedy
Irving Shaw
Mile Hin
Wileh Inelief
Washington, D CT
Richmond
One Dead as Storm Sweeps New Jersey
Newark AP reports a deadly New Jersey snow storm causing flight and rail delays of 30 to 60 minutes. An 18 year old, Tamlt Wendler of Brooklyn, died when his car skidded and overturned between Bound Brick and Somerville. a companion was injured.
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New Jersey
Newark
N. der
Wendler
Brooklyn
Brick
Somerville
Storm 18 Causes Three Deaths in Buffalo NY
Winter storm in western New York today caused three deaths including Kenneth Vereb and Melvin Brittenham who were killed in a collision between a trolley car and an automobile. George Jones of Buffalo died from exposure after the wreck.
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Bufe'alo
N.Y. der
New York
IGE Locks Boats Blocked in Lake Waterway
A large ship jam on the St. Marys River traps 155 vessels valued at over 50 million dollars, with about 2 000 sailors marooned. Efforts by the steamer Sainte Marie to create a clearing lane progress slowly, as ice and shifting channels hinder freeing ships bound for Canadian and U S ports. Some vessels near Keweenaw Day danger from reef and weather, while supply runs rely on overland horse transport. food and coal shortages loom.
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Stir Marie
Mich Dee
Sant Marin
St. Marys River
United States
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Sainte Marie
Canadian Pacific
Ste. Marie
Uut
Leas Wevere
Saulte Ste. Marie
Wood
Upper Peninsula
Keweenaw
City
Bangor
Maytham
Point Isdicelle
Storm stormstorm blamed for brakeman death in Massachusetts
Springfield mass dec 1 ap the blinding snowstorm that swept new england today is believed to have indirectly caused the death of frank i war k thirty three of springfield a boston and al bany brakeman and father of three who was killed when struck on the head by a low bridge near chester while atop an east bound freight train his father william war k died about nine weeks ago the storm brought near zero temperatures and damaged autos pipes and traction service delays and jammed trolley and train operations across the region
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Springfield
Mass
New England
Frank II
Wark
Boston and
Albany
Eldlorer
Almot
Chester
William Wark
Firemen Battle Stubborn Blaze Amid Storm in City
Amid bitter cold and heavy snow, rescuers battled for three hours to contain a stubborn fire that destroyed the dye house of the Premier Gwent company. The wooden structure burned, with firefighters facing difficult conditions and an undetermined cause.
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Jiawtirhet
Shu
Canal ice locks vessels in New York canal
Albany New York December 5 seventy five boats are trapped on the Erie and Champlain divisions of the barge canal due to unusually cold weather and a heavy early snowstorm. Forty boats are tied up between Utica and Schenectady on the Erie division while twenty are moored at St Johnsville and may not be released until spring. Twenty five boats are wedged at the Tower end of Lake Champlain near Whitehall. Ice breakers cannot pass. Captain Thomas B Farrell, canal commissioner, said the float is blocked by ice and snow.
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Albany
N. Y
Champlain
Thomas B Farrell
Canals
Utteg
Schenectady
Erle
St. Johnsvile
Tower
Chamntard
Whitehall
Comle Tno
Carlier
Farrell
Storm warning issued as coastal region braces for northeast storm
The Weather Bureau issues storm warnings for coastal Delaware and Nantucket areas. A disturbance over Ohio moves northeast with increasing intensity. Strong east winds expected tonight north of Nantucket with snow likely. warning covers Delaware breakwater and Nantucket this afternoon.
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Aviso
Delaware
Nanturket
Nottheast
Hastport
Ohio
Nantucket
Meriden Taxicab Executive Dies at Wheel
Megor White forty vice president of the Meriden Yellow Taxicab Company died of heart trouble at the wheel of a taxicab late Friday shortly after delivering a passenger at the railroad station. He had worked steadily to maintain service under heavy demand and had been with the company twelve years.
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Meridh
Megor White
Meriden Yellow
Railroal
Buaine
Cartoonist Weds Wife No. Four in Odd Scandal
A satirical note says the cartoonist will wed wife number four with no honeymoon. They plan six months in Paris followed by six months in New York. His recent divorce from Carlotta Monterey came in March amid temperament clashes, after earlier wives Maris Jennings Barton and Anne Barton.
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Paris
New York
Carlotta Monterey
Carlotta
Maris Jennings ‘Barton
Yost
Anne Barton
Stamford Man Dies of Heart Attack
Stamford resident Henry Ley forty seven collapsed on the Boston Post road while helping to haul a boat from the water. He died en route to a hospital in the car of a passing motorist. Dr Ralph W Crane medical examiner ruled the death due to heart distress. Ley is survived by his widow.
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Stamiford
Henry Ley
Boston Post Road
Ralph W. Crane
Leyia
Strike-breaker arrested in theft in Danbury
Dee Danbury Police arrest 24 year old strike-breaker George Caugle of Danbury Power and Light Company on a charge of theft for allegedly stealing a watch. He is being questioned by State Police in connection with robberies in Redding and Bolton. He was released on $500 bond and will be tried in City Court tomorrow morning.
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Danbury
Dee
George Caugle
Answner
Danbury Power Vm Light Company
Redding
Bolton
Fire Rips Long Branch Church, Home Destroys Block
A severe blaze in Long Branch New Jersey destroyed a church and a nearby rectory while causing extensive damage to surrounding buildings. Strong winds and heavy snow hampered firefighting efforts as investigators began assessing the scene for the cause and totaled losses estimated around 200000 dollars.
Sleigh Bells Bring Cash to New York Carriages
In Central Park on a snowy day, cabbies with sleighs profited about $26 an hour. Robert Simpson, 74, said he paid $3 for his sleigh and expects $100 daily while the snow lasts.
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New York
Central Park
Stern
Robert Simpson
Uhies
Speeding Lovers Drown When Car Dives Into Water
In Plymouth Massachusetts a young man and a girl died when their car sped off a road into Little Pond near Plymouth Center. The wreckage was found with the gear in neutral and the emergency brake off as divers recovered the car and bodies after days of search.
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Plymouth
Littl Pond
Sarah Swift
Chiltonville
Antonia Thomas
North Plymouth
Plymouth Center
Thomas
Bari Tt
Manning Appeals for Jewish Relief
In New York at St John the Divine Cathedral a joint meeting of Jews and Christians of Catholic and Protestant faiths urged support for the American Christian fund for Jewish relief. Bishop Manning presided calling the gathering unusually significant as the first in the cathedral for the Jewish people. He noted 5,000,000 Jewish dependents facing hardship and urged broader American help beyond Jews alone. Major General John E. O'Ryan praised the Christian principle of the old rule in aiding stricken brethren.
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New York
St. John the Divine
American Christian Fund For
Wiliam T. Manning
Bretheren
John E. O'Ryan
Thieves pose as plumbers and steal furs in Lancaster
Thieves, posing as plumbers in full view of 50 hotel guests, looted the Stauffer and company store across a narrow alley. They fled in a car with 69 fur coats valued at over 17 thousand dollars, after extinguishing danger lamps at an excavation to mislead onlookers.
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Lancaster
German Sailors Refuse to Abandon Grounded Totile
Miquelon December 5 AP reports German crew aboard the steamer Totile refuse to leave as the ship runs aground on Langlad’s south coast amid 4 southwest winds and storm threats. Marine experts fear possible destruction but say salvage could save the vessel with proper gear and fair weather.
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ST Pierre
Miquelon
APY
Totile
Langlad
Captan
Tolia
Finatea
Threatens Nurse. Inmate Arrested After Knife Incident
Miss Margaret Carpan, a nurse at Hillside Home, was threatened by Edward Burnese, forty two, who attempted a drunken assault with a pocket knife. Burnese, of 402 Poplar Street, was arrested at the Second Precinct on drunkenness and breach of the peace charges after Superintendent Myron Murvin filed the complaint. The nurse was uninjured.
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Margaret Car- Pan
Hillaide
White
Frenay
Eduard Burnese
Poplar Street
Wie
Batrolman Town
Myron Murvin
Princess Blamed For Separation In Unclear Russian Colony Tale
In New York, Princess Ouchtomsky is blamed for a separation. she runs a hand-painted gown shop opened over a year ago. Baron Tarnow, who has kept a low profile, has avoided the Russian colony and remains hidden.
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Princess Ouchtomsky
Baron Tarnow
New York
Congress Opens Session Today With Formalities Ahead
Congress opens the 1920 session amid tax reform demand as both houses prepare formalities. A joint committee will notify the President and read the annual message. new members take oaths in the Senate and House. President Coolidge plans to deliver the message later, with adjournments in memory of late Senators Cummins and Fernald.
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Senate
Congress
White House
Coolidge
Wilson
Harding
Capitol
House
Joint Committee
Albert B. Cummins
Taws
Bert M. Fernald
Maine
Arthur BR. Gould
David W. Stewart
Iowa
David J. Walsh
Massachusetts
Madden
Appropriations Committee
Treasury and Post Office Department
Interior
Agriculture Department
Hartford business man dies at 58 in city
Thomas F. Garvan, prominent Hartford businessman former president and treasurer of P. Garvan Inc paper stock dealers, and influential in aviation, died at St. Marys Hospital at 58. He held posts with Minerva Automobiles Inc New York Trans Atlantic Radio Products and Geb and Gravan Yarn Co. He served as secretary of Bradley Fireproofing and directed Riverside Trust Hartford. He owned Florida real estate including St Petersburgh Miami and West Palm Beach and once owned Burnside Tissue Mills in East Hartford.
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Hartford
der I
Thomas F. Garvan
P. Garvan, Inc
St. In Hospital
Stolen Car Collides With Taxi In City Crash
Eugene Dyer reports his Rapid Tax company car was hit by a second vehicle whose occupants fled. Russell W. Mette says his car was stolen after police checked registrations. Both cars were badly damaged and two men were in the speeding auto traveling north on West avenue.
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Eugene Dyer
State Street
Rapid Tax! Company
Grand Street
Russell W. Mette
Dover Street
Pyer
West Avenue
Man Arrested After Accident Near Detective Maloney’s Home
Michael Varnelli age twenty seven of 83 Holister Avenue was arrested yesterday on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. He struck a parked car at Connecticut and Union avenues in front of Detective Sergeant Thomas Maloney’s house and was locked up at the Second precinct in default of $200 bond.
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Michael Varnelli
Holister Avenue
Varnelli
Connecticut
Union Avenues
Thomas Maloney
Detective Slain While in Slumber in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Luther Bishop a State Bureau of Investigation operative killed in his sleep by an unknown assailant who fled in a car. Bishop helped track notorious gunman Al Spencer and had served in various peace officer roles in the Southwest. He was shot seven times. his wife heard gunfire through an open window.
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Oklahoma City
Okio
Dec
Luther Bishop
Asassin
Bishop
State Bureau of Investigation and Identification
al Spencer
Oklahoma Hills
Southwest
Roy St Louis
U. S
4. T. White
Government Bureau of Investigation
Jersey Too Wet Dry Head States Jersey Too Wet
AP reports Captain Jease J Thompson former Prohibition Administrator of New Jersey says bootlegging persisted despite top officials, with only three trusted agents among 16. He alleges agents were used as political tools and that many cases remained untried, leading to mounting backlogs.
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New York
Dee
Jease J. Thompson
New Jersey
Thompson
Prohibition Department
Roy A. Waynes
Wesleyan Student Report Recommends Sex Education
Wesleyan body approves that the subject of sex and eugenics be fully covered in a science course as part of a broader student educational survey. The committee urges honors courses, a Harvard like tutorial system, and broader curriculum changes including a general science course for non specialists. A student ballot Tuesday will gauge undergraduate opinion while a plan to limit varsity participation per athlete is proposed with collaboration among Little Three schools.
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Middletown
Wesleyania
Pirley
James L. McConaughy
Wealeyan
Wesleyam
Amherst
Williams
Harvard
New Britain Bus Driver Robbed Again at Gunpoint
For the second time in a week a Burratt street jitney driver was held up at gunpoint. Today he lost 16 dollars after a prior incident last Thursday netted 39 dollars. In the past week four holdups have occurred in New Britain, including the Bristol theatre payroll theft.
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New Britain
Burratt Street
Thesday
Bristol Theatre
Wife Driven Out Husband Arrested in Snow Assault
Steve Laske of 144 Columbia street was arrested early this morning on complaint of his wife Annie. She charged that he assaulted her and drove her from the house into the snow. He was held on a charge of assault and breach of the peace at the Third precinct station.
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Steve Laske
Columbia Street
Annie
Third Precinct
A Witch of Salem to Have Chicago World Premiere
The Chicago Civic Opera stages A Witch of Salem on Wednesday night, an English language work by Cadman with libretto by Eberhart. directed by Henry G Weber, this American premier contrasts Puritan Salem with 17th century and new world themes through vibrant rhythms and Irish flavored melodies. Charles Hackett leads the cast as the American tenor in a production highlighting national artistry and bold musical choices.
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Chicago
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Melle Richmond Eberhart
Land of Sky Blue Water
Henry G. Weber
Mr. Weber
Charles Hackett
New England
Cadman
America
Brandon to Face Day Law Charges in Alabama
Governor W. W. Brandon and eight others including a negro servant face trial for violating state prohibition law over a raid on McQueen hunting camp near Bay Minette. Sheriff Bay Minette Baldwin county says they will be brought if they fail to appear. Brandon cites prior commitments and will not attend.
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Mobile
Ala
Dee
W. W. Brandon
Alabama
Tomorow
McQueen
Magnolia River
Stuart
T Bay Minnetta
Baldwin County
Expeu
Brandon
David BR
Castlemen
William Castlemen
Louisville
Addison Jr, Smith
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Atticus Mullin
Montgomery
Joe Seth
Carl McCormick
Jack Daniels
Birmingham
Charles J. Anderson
Graves
Whi R. Reed
Jackson
Tenn
Memphis
Bec
Alisbama
Nay Minetti
Associated Press
Charres
Bay Minette
Mauer
Elks Memorial
Minetta
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Maloney
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