Trial Ends In Triumph For Accused Girl
Olympia Macki, acquitted after a second trial, expressed happiness to be free with her baby and thanked loyal friends and supporters. Her attorney Joseph Koletsky called the verdict a vindication of the jurors and Olympia. Remarks from friends in Connecticut and Milford greeted the verdict as she prepared to move to New Haven with her child.
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Dec
Olympia Macki
Joseph Koletsky
New Haven
Olympia
Koletsky
Miss Mack
John 4. Davey
Iate
Joseph A. Whitney
Arnon A. Alling
Young Mother Freed After Second Trial in Palace Theatre Killing
Olympia Macr acquitted of murder for shooting John Bagnese in the Palace theatre lobby in Wi Haven on February 26. Jury deliberated just over an hour and forty minutes before the verdict. the defendant received a ovation leaving court. She plans to return to New Haven with her infant and counsel Joseph Kolet sky. The crowd at the courthouse showed strong support as the retrial concluded.
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Olympia Macr
John Bagnese
Palace Theatre
Wi Haven
New Haven
Joseph Koletsky
John
Davey
Ferre
Mary Todd
Todd
Luyey
Torrington
Toremge , Goon
Jipy
Roads of County Yield Rich Booty in Drive
A Tuesday raid across Fairfield County nets eleven arrests including one woman and a Dudley, Mass official. Eight cars and large quantities of alcohol are seized as state and local police target bootleg runners with seizures in Ridgefield Danbury Stamford and Darien. Suspects include David Leahy Haram Wilbur Benjamin Schwartz and Sophie Herschkowits among others. Continuous operations yield hundreds of gallons of alcohol from multiple vehicles.
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Mass
Fairfield County
Danbighs
Porter Stannard
Tucker
Stidgefield
David Leahy
Haram Wilbur
Benjamin Schwarts
Boston
Wilbur
Leahy
Schwartz
Smiler
Wilbin
Polarmen
Sophie Herschkowits
Brooklyn
New York
Gseu
Anotter
Meyer Crake
Dorchester
Mas
Stamford
Willam BP
Devoe
Neighbors Fight Spurs Police and City Council Probe
A $5,000 slander suit in Superior Court reveals a local feud involving the police board president, a dentist, and city officials. The case follows a Bridgeport Herald report about pheasant hunting next to Dawes property, and references a detective inquiry into property damage and possible involvement of a dog raid by unknown parties.
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Board of Aldermen
Board of Education
Seamel Dawe
Jacob Hagobian
Avenua
Newell Jennings
Superior Court
Dawe
Bridgeport Herald
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Mr. Deane
Br. Hagebrain
Coolidge Seeks Tax Cuts and Labor Powers in Message
President Coolidge delivered a written annual message to Congress outlining tax reduction plans and continued calls for power to end coal strikes. He urged strengthening aviation safety fines, curbing the Shipping Board, and reducing merchant fleet control.
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Wee
Congress
Coolifye
House
Senate
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Harding
Dootiaxe
Ways and Means
Air Board
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Coal Commission
Coal Commission: Advivea
Shipping Board
Stage and Movie Warfare Looms in New York
A dramatists guild meeting in New York aims to curb what critics call a movie producer octopus. Authors anticipate a royalty probe and plan to widen the controversy beyond Fox deals as theatre managers seek a path through the dispute. Key figures cited include William Brady and A. T. Woods, with broader comments from Gene Buck.
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Dramatists’ Guild
Pubstic
Pletars
Graus
Wiliam Brady
bin O A. TH. Woods
Brock Perverton
Ddarry Fraxee
M. Beck
Thomas Broadbrat
Buck Clatlines
Fox
Gene Buck
Ber- Flan
Woman Chief of Day Enforcement Urges Severity
Attorney General Sargent and aides present the Justice Department annual report to President Coolidge urging heavier penalties for prohibition violators and broader statutes. Mrs Willebracht calls for quicker handling of liquor cases, higher penalties, and more judicial staff, while federal judges push against conspiracy charges in enforcement. Continued on Page Two.
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Coolidge
Congress
Sargent
Hig
Department of Justice
Mate Walker Willamandt
Attogney
Willebracht
United States Attorney
Worker Burned In Boiler Room Fire
Jearza Schwartz, 40, of 246 Beardsley Street, suffered serious burns to his face and arms when sparks from a waste pile ignited in the boiler room of the Automatic Machine Company at 113 Mast Washington Avenue yesterday at 3 p.m. He was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital in fair condition. Fire department arrived and extinguished the blaze with no damage to the showroom. A separate incident at Harrison and Film involved Mijas Barnum driving a Jitney bus owned by George Bevins, with damage to the car.
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Beardsley Street
Automatic Machine Company
Washington Avenue
Schwartz
St. Vincent’s Hospital
George Bevins
Acadia Street
Harrison
Bridgeport Orphans Fare Dinner Aims For World Peace
More than 469 Bridgeport residents attend a Golden Rule dinner at Hore Stratfield on Tuesday December 15 led by the Near Relief committee to promote universal accord. The event mirrors similar gatherings in Geneva Stockholm Paris and Beirut and supports the International Golden Rule movement endorsing world peace through humanitarian action hosted by local leaders including Marcus H. Ackoom and George W. Wheeler.
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Bridgeport
Stratfield
Beblaepart
Inser
Hekl
Universal Acco
Atention
Corlidge
Neta
Io Watertury
Hel Conbo
Stata Ehuipiia
International New Vest Asseriation
Cieneva
Switzerland
Wronen
Wie
Forsace Day
Humund
Wolfe
Rohnert A
He Ho Tivewen
H. W. Fleck
Nicholas Armdrtopegus
Td Lone
Daniel Telek
Cheater C. Marshall
Fo Sierman
George W. Wheeler
Genry FE. Kelly
Frank J. Jenhan
George FE
Crawford
Ro McDermott
Arrest of Artist Model Spy Stuns France
Paris reports a spy scandal involving artist model Marcel Monseil accused of feeding union secrets to Britain. Arrests also include three young English publishers and Oliver Philips. the model allegedly hid notes and invisible ink in a corset bone while attempting escape from the Riviera to Paris.
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Det. S
France
Marcel Monseil
Mouet Ryom
Great Britain
Adulf Quickman
Wilian Fischer
Lionel Wiet
Versailles
Marcel
Riviera
Oliver Philips
Mother and Babe Die in Stamford Gas Tragedy
Special report from Stamford notes Angelina Gentile wife of Frank Gentile and her one year old Frances died from accidental gas asphyxiation in their home. Four year old son survived after gas flooded the stove area. Neighbors alerted by Lucy Gentile discovered mother and infant in bed with a cat dead nearby. A boiler of cuties and open stove contributed to the fatal gas flow.
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Angelina Gentile
Frank
Gentile
Liberty Street
Frances
Ann Ung
Tcen
Lucy
Tae
Memorial Park
Ned
Alby Tome
Ando Pairfield County
Unng
Tlson
New Milford
Merritt
Milford
Senators tied on LaFollette controversy in Senate committee
The Senate Committee on committees debated briefly to classify Senator Robert M. Taft of Wisconsin as a Republican in committee assignments. After a heated hour and a half session the panel referred the issue back to Republicans. Voting: 8 to 4 with several members absent, including McKinley.
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Senate Committee of Committees
Robert M. Tatkolte
Wisconsin
Labotlette
Watson
Kentucky
Oregon
Wallaworth
New York
Moses
New Hampshire
McKinley
Tineds
Edwards Offers Ell To Nullify Volstead Law
In Washington the Senate and House debated repeal or modification of the Volstead act. Senator Edwards of New Jersey urged repeal and legalized sale of four percent beer, while Senator Edge proposed 2.76 percent beer and relaxed medical liquor limits. Bills were sent to the judiciary committee for consideration.
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Dec
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New Jersey
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Judiciary
Pinchot Urged to Seize Mines
Washington dispatch reports President Coolidge urging broader powers for the executive, commerce, and labor departments to handle coal mine crises. Rep Griffin introduces a resolution for temporary federal control of coal mines and distribution in emergencies. Rep Berger telegraphed Gov. Pinchot urging seizure if operators refuse terms, citing Roosevelt precedent.
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Dec
Congress
Coolidge
Commerce and Labor Departments
Griffin
Democrat
New York
Emergencx
Victor Berger
Sax Sialist
Wisconsin
Tinehot
Pennsylvania
Roogtvelt
Democratic insurgents claim majority in Connecticut party fight
Dee Jlartiporn leads insurgent bid to reorganize the Democratic party in Connecticut with forty votes needed to gain control. Maward G. Duran of South Manchester says he will head the campaign at New Haven. State central committee races end with seventy seats. Irrevocably pledged opposition targets Spellary of New Haven and Walsh of Meriden.
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Dee
Margle
Democratic Party
Connecticut
Br. Maward G. Duran
South Manchester
Uso
New Haven
Thomas J. Spellary
National Committee
James J. Walsh
Meriden
Ler
DeBussey Elected Meriden Mayor In Republican Victory
In the recent city election in Meriden Ves Ta DeBussey, grandson of the town’s founders, won the mayoralty by 194 votes over Democrat Henry T. King who has served three terms. Republicans captured three of five wards and two GOP candidates were elected to the board of education, giving four Republicans to one Democrat on that body.
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Dy Rap
Bien Foelty
Ves Ta DeBussy
Rho
Lines
Henry T. King
Board of Education
Neighbors and town officials in Bridgeport tangled over a wander
A chaotic Bridgeport page item outlines legal actions and investigations involving police, the Board of Education, and Common Council after a resident named Dawe faced a $5,000 suit. Hagoblan heads to trial amid municipal scrutiny as officers seize cars and rations in a county-wide crackdown.
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Board of Education
Dawe
Auit
Wander
Hagoblan
Hoaus
Weild
Posee
Julius Franchi Ig
Kive
Golden Rule
Aktermain Baird
Prison Sentence for Bridgeport Restaurant Gunman
Leon Mitchell, of Bridgeport, was sentenced to two to five years in state prison by Judge Edwin C. McKenson in Criminal Superior Court after pleading guilty to carrying a concealed weapon. He shot night manager Ju WE Franchi during a dispute over a “combination sandwich” at the Water and Go Street restaurant on October 18, gravely wounding Franchi and leaving him crippled. witnesses offered diverging versions of the event.
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Edwin C. Mckenson
Criminal Superior Court
Jinoon
Leon Mitchell
Bridgeport
Ju WE Franchi
Water and
Go Hui
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Franchi
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Mitchell ¢i
Frege
Sardonic
E. Earle Garlick
Dali
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