Council Members Press Mayor to Explain State Police Raids
Norwalk officials demand explanation from Mayor Robins over state police raids here accusing him of knowledge. Five council members sign a letter urging a public answer at the upcoming Common Council meeting, while some choose to debate the issue in the session.
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Norwalk
Coun ‘Il
Thomas Rebing
Lear
Norwilk
Common Council
Ren
Shea Uo
Oursuers
Towers FF
Hamilton , Tl
Talmaige & Fr
Oliver Sohn
A. Mills
Uerbeert
O. Pollaki
Edward M Gang
Harry Mather
Navy Hero Receives Official Medal for Submarine Rescue
Lieutenant Hilyer Fo tearing rer resdam awarded the Navy Cross for perilous actions during the explosion aboard submarine 549 at New London Connecticut last April. Four men perished as crews battled burning wreckage and entered the compartments to save others before leaving the scene. President Moondern issued a statement urging continued effort in rescue work.
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Washington
Cnn
Leutenant Hilyer
New London
Conn
Gearing
Ohip
Moondern Estabhor
Church Leaders Attack "Xmas" Abbreviation in Christmas
In New York Dee, paumesters denounce the shortened form "Xmas" as contemptuous to Christmas. Clergymen will urge an end to the abbreviation with talks in city churches on December 12. Sponsors, including Carolyne Hayes and Bishop Wilbur Manning, back the campaign.
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New York
Dee
Tonkus Sant Mlethomekes
Chain
Carolyne Hayes
Willbur T. Manning
Caured Et Clareh
Bridgeport Buyer as total accident year in all Prac 3
A garbled Page 1 summary notes a Bridgeport buyer involved in a total accident and mentions various unrelated items including divorce suits, taxation meetings, and court actions. The fragmentary text references Woolworth, Welacear ing business, and a variety of National headlines with scattered page indicators.
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Bridgeport
Prac
Woolworth Company
Welacearing
Shepard
Statiz
Fairfielt Cousty
Speller
Darien
Stawford
Commeil
Nerwalk Nunyer
Nenan
Guily
Pacape
Washington Foller
Five quakes shake California with little damage reported
A sequence of five tremors rattled California between late afternoon and evening. Authorities reported no major property damage, though scattered shaking was felt across several counties. The quakes varied in intensity, with residents noting noticeable but non destructive shocks.
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Calif
Damag
Ulahs
Menate Intervale
Mesias
California
Aecross
Touma
Mesou
Denby Testifies He Approved Oil Leases to Doheny
Edwin Denby on the stand defends his role in the 1922 naval oil lease program. He says he bore full responsibility for the Navy leasing policy and personally approved the Tes and Doheny contracts while Albert Fall led the Interior Department. He acknowledges Senate excerpts show inconsistencies and explains lack of prior records review before October 1923 testimony.
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Washington
Dec
Edwin Dends
Hdward EL
Deedony
Albert BL Fall
Owen J. Roberts
Lis Steryn
Senate
Denby End
Harding
Reese
Interior Department
Fall
Ife
Nimarl
Trumbull Heads Florida Hunt With Connecticut Party
Governor John H Trumbull of Connecticut and Governor John W Martin of Florida departed the Connecticut executive mansion for a hunting trip in Florida. A party included Connecticut officials Robbine B Stoeckel and Vredere A Walesti along with Weury Roraback. Trumbull praised Florida hospitality as the group left.
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Hacksonville
Dee
Joh Oh Trumbull
Connecticut
John W. Marti
Florida
Weury Roraback
Republican State Contract Committee
Robbine B. Stoeckel
Vredere A. Walesti
Menagor
Wish and Game Commission
Connncticut
Joruda
Trumbull
Polke's Car Stolen Then Recovered Shortly After
Hank Palke reported his automobile stolen from near his home at 773 State Street. The car was located abandoned on Nahels Street minutes later and returned to the owner, who was at headquarters when the find was confirmed.
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Hank Palke
Soy Wancock
Tural
State Street
Nahels Street
Lawyer Who Turned Rum Pirate Gets Nine Months
New York reports Max Pham, once a lawful attorney, faced piracy charges tied to a bath tub party on the ship Lema. Prohibition agents described a revelry with champagne and rum aboard the vessel. He faced sentencing, with further actions pending.
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Clarence Darvon Aris
Uitee Womer
Wilson
Telly Court
Broadmay
All
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Conway
Nhe
Ktery Page 1
Bath
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Ayit Tor
New York
Max Pham
Op East
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Olgie
Phary Ani
Nun
Lments
Rilu
Salm's Honeymoon Expenses Paid by Bride Confession
Count Ludwig Salmloogstraden testifies in a separation case, admitting his marriage to Maillivenk Rogers Blindard failed to yield date recollection and detailing how an American heiress funded his lifestyle. His testimony was heated as counsel pressed financial details and motives amid a tense courtroom scene.
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York
Ludwig Salmloogstraden
Maillivenk Rogers Blindard
Ted
Driver in Fatal Accident Sentenced for One Year
Waler Lush pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal Main Street crash that killed Willium Oater and injured a trolley rider. Judge Alfred C. Baldwin imposed a one year jail term, citing young drivers' disregard for others' safety amid conflicting testimony and witnesses.
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Ton Avenue
Alfred C. Baldwin
Criminal Superior Court
Senteme Tydee Haldwin
Lush
Main Street
Willium Oater
Trad
Sant Main Street
Wester
Trask
Bts
Iroster
Phix
Jugoslavs urged to hold temper amid disarmament talks
Geneva dispatch reports Britain urges slowing progress toward an international disarmament conference to avoid insufficient prep. French delegate notes progress in Geneva studies and a draft convention might be submitted. In Belgrade, tension grows over Italy Albania pact as Jugoslavs refuse to quit the League without a treaty-violating action by Italy.
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League of Nastions
Rivement Cenferaniee
Chaenbrrlain
Great Britain
United States
Dee
Euroone
Jugoslavia
Italy
Veacon
Belgrade
van Hallan
Albania
Jugoslav
Ilengarien
League of Nations
League
Car Hits Trolley. Lineman Killed in Noroton Accident
A Connecticut Light and Power lineman, William Waird, 33, was killed when his car collided head-on with a Noroton trolley near Gardiner Street Noroton Stamford. Fellow worker Louis Bender was also thrown from the car but escaped with a head gash. The crash occurred as Waird attempted to pass another vehicle driven by Georg Hammond of South Norwalk.
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Dee
Speelatt
Norwalk
Noroton
William Waird
Connecticut Light and Power Company
Louis Bender
Church Street
Westport
Banvl
Alec
Truley
Amother Auto
Weller
Bramford
Baird
Nok
Theo
Sogh O'Elocs
Boston Post
Norotan
Oopposite
Parliament Opens Today in Canada
parliament opens in Ottawa amid temporary government shakeups as the MacAramie King ministry faces shifts in the House of Commons and a Conservative-led Senate, with the session opening under calm expectations despite upheaval.
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Canada
Nutawa
Erlinge
Ts Bota
Erytan
House of Commons
Labor
Senate
Aif
Bern Podice
Police plan records room at headquarters
Clans are underway at police headquarters to establish a records bureau in the clerk room. Carpenters will install partitions to separate offices, consolidating department records from three floors into one location to ease access for officials and staff.
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Board of Police Commissioners
Wlanagan
Taraie
Federal expenses rise by 16.5 million from last year
Washington reports formal preliminaries for the new session as Congress aims to push key budget measures. The budget requests nearly four billion dollars in appropriations for the coming year, with a 16.5 million increase over the current year driven by higher Civil and Spanish War pensions and related costs.
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Senate
McKinley
House
Coolidge
Garner
Texas
Texan
Treasury
Port Office
Spugget Bureau
Costa
Woolworth Declares 9% Stock Dividend on 65 Million
Woolworth company board approves a 9 percent stock dividend on 65 million dollars of capital stock as Bridgeport stores and other branches boost annual business. J W Woolworth began in Lancaster Virginia in 1879. now the largest five and ten cent store chain with annual commerce over 250 million dollars. Dividend payable details follow in the report.
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Twyourge
Bridgeport
BR. W. Woolworth Company
Woolworth Company
J. W. Woolvert Company
Tancaster
Danbury Trolleymen Strike Pickets to Hit Streets
Danbury labor leaders announce tomorrow’s peaceful campaign to picket streets. Striking trolleymen to establish banners urging union members to refrain from riding the Danbury Power and Transportation Company routes in an effort to pressure the company during the dispute.
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Dankbury
Dee
Danbury
Danbury Power and Transportation Company
Central Labor Union
Lomnorrow
Police To Erect Information Booths For Newcomers
Two information booths will be erected soon by the police department to aid new arrivals. One at Stratford and Connecticut avenues and the other at Fairfield Avenue and State Street. Officers will staff the booths day and night to provide first hand city information to the public.
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Stratford
Connecticut Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
State Street
Police Department
Darrow Urges Violating Prohibition Law At Nation Dinner
Clarence Darrow told a Nation dinner in New York that the eighteenth amendment and Volstead Act should be repealed by public civil disobedience. He derided dry supporters as Puritan zealots and urged Americans to violate both measures. Major William E Wright joined him in a sharp critique of prohibition as applause rang and attendees largely opposed prohibition.
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New York
Clarence Darrow
Fifth Avenue
William
Wright
Inehot
Pennsylvania
Cowanis Aterid
Durvow
Gen. Gant
Youth Falls From Shaft at Plant, Dies in Hospital
A 19 year old worker at the West Find plant of the Columbia Griphoplane company fell down an elevator shaft and was found unconscious at the foot of the shaft. He was rushed to St Vincent’s hospital with a fractured skull and was living with his aunt at 48% Gregory street.
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James Beni
Gregory Street
St. Vincent'a Hospital
West Find
Columbia Griphoplane Company
Iie
McAllister
Prentice Rockefeller Kin Earns Honors as Working Student
John Rockefeller Prentice, a self supporting Yale student and grandson of John D Rockefeller, gains praise for his Brillian academic progress and oratory. He was named a Ten Eyck prize finalist and received the Hasan scholarship for character and leadership while juggling work at a switchboard, hospital, and summer camps.
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Rockefeller
Gains
NW Laven
John Rockefeller Prentice
Yale University
Jolotn 2D. Rockefeller
New Maven
Binwell
Yale
Os Lin
Prine
Tam Hasan
Premles
Tn" Ak
Yaa
Hoxton
Yulcang
Hine
New Haven, Hospital
Maine
Mnakes
Enforcement Cost Sparks Treasury Bill Fight in House
The House debated the annual Treasury and enforcement appropriation with pro and anti dry factions clashing. A Republican push to raise the secret-service and enforcement budget faced opposition from Gallivan and colleagues, while a provision to fund a Federal Alcoholic Board drew support from farm groups. Debate centered on assistant secretary Andrews and the use of funds for undercover agents, with votes expected to resume Friday.
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House
Treasury
Office Departmente
Birs
Gallivan
O?chusette
Cullen
Gun
New York
Thesmittee
Vance Pennsylvania
Tinkham
Sachuactts
Atsistant
Tary Andrews
Galivan
Lans
Representative Black
Et At
Department of Ture
Andrews
Democrat
Massachusetts
Andrewa
Engine Derailment Delays Main Line Near Milford Bridge
A freight locomotive derailed between Milford and the Meton Bridge delaying the main line for about an hour. The freight, bound from Wat to New Haven, blocked the tracks until a local wrecking crew moved the steam engine. No injuries were reported.
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Meton Bridge
Wat
New Haven
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