Diamonds Hold Steady Prices Despite New Mines
New York December report from UVrelcer and Company timber says diamond output declined from 773103 carats in 1925 to 732000 last year while prices rose about LW percent in six months. Edwin J Case notes scarcity of some classes and advises against panic selling despite new South American finds. Diamonds long term value shown to rise due to controlled production, rising purchasing power, and demand in luxury goods and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edwin J. Case
Uvrelcer and Company
Fifth Avenue Jewel
Ase
South America
Jass
Europe
Golconda
Radical students clash in Amoy as cops killed
Reports from Amoy indicate radical student forces gained city control aided by soldiers. Foreign ships lingered offshore while authorities shifted from Marshal Mun Chuan Fang loyalists to Cantonese troops. Detectives aiding in arrests were killed as the civil governor fled, and Cantonese troops entered in strength.
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Amoy
Ching
Dee
Foochow
Saledt
Mun Chuan-Fang
Bukten
Sun
Cheshire Scene of Fatal Crash
On the Cheshire Milldale highway near here a head on collision between two cars killed Henry Perry age 65 of Baker street Winsted and injured his daughter Mrs Amelia Hurd also of Winsted who was not seriously hurt. The drivers Franklin Hurd and Jacob Rogers were held on bonds for appearance at New Haven with charges of reckless driving and operating without a license respectively.
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Cheshire
Henry Perry
Baker Street
Winsted
Amelia Hurd
East Mountain Avenue
Frank UN Hurd
Jacob Rogers
Hamlin Street
Middletown
Cheshire-Milldale
Nety Haven
Franklin Hurd
Houghton 10 Come Home for Holiday
London dispatch reports American Ambassador Alanson Houghton plans to return home for Christmas with his two daughters. He sails on the Leviathan December 14 and expects to be back in Corn ink, N. J., in January, expressing loneliness for his wife and hometown.
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London
Dee
Alanson
Houghton J
Cornink
England
Toxaemia and Partola Cure Promised in Candy Form
An old text outlines toxaemia or puro intoxication caused by bowels’ waste poisons spreading through the body. Symptoms include headaches fatigue sleepiness dyspepsia bad breath and coated tongue. The remedy promoted is Partola a peppermint candy claimed to cleanse the system sweeten the stomach and renew energy, with regular and double boxes priced 30c and 60c.
White Owl Seen as Fairy Bird with Vulture Heart
Fairfield County game warden Charles Disbrow warns the snowy owl is a threat to partridges pheasants and other game. He notes increased sightings across Connecticut and urges study and possible legislation to curb the bird as a protected species. He cites rabbits as the owl’s favored prey and calls for collected stomachs and specimens to inform state biological efforts.
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Charles Disbrow
Charles B. Disbrow
Fairfield County
Connecticut
Owl
Titcourh
John W. Titcoimh
State Board of Fisheries and Game
State Board of Fisheries and Gane
Commission
Disbrow
Sunday Post
Mr. Dish
Charles FR. Disbrow
Bridgeport
State Patriots Guard Grave of Groton Battle Martyr
A Groton cemetery holding Colonel William Ledyard’s grave and other Revolutionary heroes is fading due to vandalism and funding gaps. The Ledyard Cemetery Association calls on Connecticut residents to fund preservation efforts, finish paths and avenues, and protect the tomb and stones for a potential 1931 sea centennial observance.
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Groton
William Ledyard
Fort Griswold
Battle of
Ledyard
of Connecticu
Mre
Phebe E. M. Gardner
Groton Heights
Willam Ledyard
D. A. St
Colonel Ledyard
Michelle
C*hesters
Averys
Representative Anthony Plans Rest from Congress Return
Washington December 5 CAP Representative Anthony of Kansas, ranking Republican on the Home Sparens etigné committee, will not permit his return to the capital for some time after Congress opens. The Kansas representative is of Tucson Arizona.
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Washington
Anthony
Kansas
Repebicun
Chatrimay
Congress
Tucson
Ariz
William Nesbit Backs Game Preservation Drive
William Nesbit of New York, secretary of the National Committee for wildlife, backs Dr. Hornaday’s warning against wholesale slaughter of birds, urging reduced hunting to save migratory birds. He cites declining birdlife, calls for periodic or seasonal bag limits, and endorses a 1913 style reduction to protect deer, ducks, and geese amid growing hunter numbers.
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William T. Hornaday
Connecticut
Willam J. Hornaday
Stamford
New York Zoological Association
Sunday Post
Hornaday
United States
Try
William Nesbitt
Broadway
New York City
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co
New York
National Committee of One Hundred
America
Dr. Hornaday
Congress
DLS
Diehl Appeals Ban May Be Lifted
Washington Dec 6 AP The suspension of Captain John Diehl of the steam ship City of Rome may be lifted as Dickerson Hoover supervising inspector general of the Federal Steamboat Inspection service has the matter. After a Boston local board suspended Diehl and mate Timothy L Dreyer the period was set at two years but an appeal lingered with no court action yet. naval board still has it under consideration.
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Washington
John Diehl
City of
Rome
Dickerson N. Hoover
Federal
Steam-boat Inspection Service
Boston
Diehl
Timothy L. Dreyer
Die
Former Danbury Mayor to Lead 192nd Field Artillery Battery
Captain Anthony Sunderland, once Danbury mayor known as Dunnery’s Dying Mayor, will take command of Battery D, 192nd Field Artillery, in Danbury on Monday. He succeeds Major George J. Schoen, promoted and assigned to command the Second Battalion. Schoen, head of Danbury police, is the state’s youngest police chief and youngest major in the Connecticut National Guard.
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Danbury
Sperial
Anthony Sunderland
Dunnery
192Nd Field Artillery
George J. Schoen
Sunderland
Danbuery
Connecticut Coast Artillery Corps
Curtiss Flying School
Schoen
Connecticut National Guard
Norwalk
Trinity Teachers Need Raise, 1S View
Hartford report highlights reforms at Trinity College to improve teaching methods and student evaluation. President Ogilby cites studies to replace lectures and traditional exams, address freshman dropping, and reward promising students. Planned year aims include higher faculty stipends and new full time psychology and fine arts positions.
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Hartford
Trinity College
Remsen B. Ogilby
Congress High Notes at Central High School
Congress High Notes reports a Friday assembly hosted by Miss Mary Galihve with science class updates. Students prepare for December 8 distributions as term exams in geometry algebra and commercial subjects concluded last week. University of Pennsylvania guests led a lively program featuring Penn men Paton Miller Shyrock Parsons and Boeckler with performances and a talk on Penn admission standards.
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Congress Cugn Sonoomadlo Club
Mary Galihve
Congress
Central Sign
Mask and Wi Club
University of Pennsylvania
Edward Caldwell
James C. Moore
Floo. W. Paton
Albert G. Miller
Raymond Shyrock
Harold Parsons
Charles Boeckler
Paton
Dr. Miller
Penn
Shyrock
Aakir
Pennsylvania
Iboya
Trolley Car Kills Man at New London
New London December 5 AP Charles Fe Heabin of Somerset Pennsylvania was struck by a trolley while crossing the street last night and was instantly killed. It required lifting the trolley with a jack to remove his body. J L Wilcox operated the trolley.
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New London
Charles Fe, Heabin
Somerset
J. L. Wilcox
Shuster outlines 1948 Philippine independence plan
W Morgan Shuster, former Philippine commissioner, proposed a staged path to independence ending in 1948. He urged two native Filipinos as governor and vice governor in 1928, a constitutional assembly by 1943, and a treaty framework to establish the Philippine Union with U S Senate ratification.
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New York
Philippines
W. Morgan Shuster
Philippine Commission
Islands
Foreigh Policy Association
Hotel Astor
United States
Struster
United States Senate
Local man opens law office in Bridgeport area
William Dorkin, Bridgeport High School class of 1921 and Boston University Law School class of 1925, has opened offices with Attorney Ernest Cappotz in the Security building. Dorkin is noted in local school athletic circles and wore Bridgeport High regalia. at Boston University he was varsity bus and boxing squad member and is a Tau Delta Phi fraternity brother.
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William Dorkin
Bridgeport High School
Boston University Law School
Ernest Cappotz
Porkin
Boston University
Tau Delta Phi
Miss Frese's Tea Room Empire and Connecticut Farm
Miss Frese operates the Vanity Fair Tea Room Building at 3 East 38th Street with Miss Jean Carson in charge and an office building at 33rd Street and Madison Avenue. A Connecticut model farm supplies seasonal vegetables and fresh flowers daily for year round tea room tables. Dishes famed there include Johannah's chicken and pumpkin pies.
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Miss Frese
Vanity Fair Tea Room
East 38Th Street
Miss Jean Carson
33Rd Street
Madison Avenue
Connecticut
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Houghton
Mr Disbrow
Mitchell Street
William Mitchell
Cemetery Association
Mitchill Street
Calonel Ledyard
Golenel Linyard
Phebe WM. Gardner
Representative
William Nesbit
William Neshit
Trinity
Central High
Shertle
Ida L. Frese
ISS
Colonia Tea Room
Vanity Fair
Frese
Ada Mae Luckey
Colonia
Fifth Avenue
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Folly Farm
Miss Presa
Johannah
la Touraine
Queen Pxdenwooop
Urdielwoor Studios
Sao Paulo
ST An
Brazil
E. J. Budler
Quinby Co
Atlantic Ave
le Touraine
Coffea
Bisasa Prin F
Piainiy
Oor
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