Sheway Home Burglary Leaves Missed Stolen Goods
Burglars entered homes while families were away, taking cash and valuables. Willam E. Way residence at 11) Pairk Avenue reported missing trinkets, watches, and $39 in cash. Police investigated a youth suspect. another theft occurred at 243 Fair Avenue where rations were stolen from a shed.
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Willam Eway
Preslight
Ha Hathaway Manufacturing
Pairk Avenue
Lars
Finway
Dal'Mass
sOaretaker
Yinker
Gaployer
Vinci
Spruce Street
Prives
Bborhood
Wfeter Kiames Florist
Fair Avenue
Bureau
Navy justice report shows fewer desertions and offenses
The Navy Justice Department annual report to December 31 reveals a drop in desertions to 1175 from the prior year, credited to stricter recruit handling and new shipboard divisions. Offenses totaled 1,470 with 98 reaching general courts martial. most handled summarily. Plans to ease prison crowding include temporary barracks at several points and limiting harsher penalties at Mire Island.
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Washington
Navy
Mur
Con Pation Fc
Mire Island
Untold mysteries in bacteriology puzzle underworld disease links
The article notes gaps in science as researchers seek why vaccines for colds sometimes fail and why some people resist infection. It compares variable human responses to microbes and calls for understanding triggers and protections beyond current knowledge.
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Inier-The Underworld
Amusements Preview Bright Holiday Shows in Bridgeport
Amusements continues with Warderettes marionettes and Laubschet Family light up the Palace program. Baby Peggy appears in Little Red Riding Hood while Speed heads a jazz story with an all star cast. Polls Vaudeville hosts amateur night and Lazybones headlines a Maine town tale with Jane Novak and Madge Bellamy. Kan dy Brooks revue and Passing Follies headline double bill at Pelis with Randy Brooks and a novelty act by the Emirs Raymond troupe.
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Gus Blewers Jr
Speed
Berty Blythe
Ralph Ellis
Paul Ne Garon
Arthur Rankin
Willam V Mong
Poll
Santa Claus
Bridgeport
Owen Davis
Jane Novak
Madge Bellamy
Zasu Pitts
Charles Jones
Maine
Milo
Steve Tuttle
Lazybones
Agnes Fanning
Steve
Ruth
Boston
Elmer Bellister
Herif
Agnes
Peli'a
Kandy Brooks
Shar
Billy Barnes
Jack Barton
Randy Brooks
Harry Brooks
al Smith
Sheks
Charen Livenberg
Frances
Raymond Trs
Pathe
Vanishing American to debut at Lyric Sunday show
The Lyric Theatre will premiere Zane Grey’s The Vanishing American in New England, first time at popular prices. The epic follows an Indian hero’s World War involvement in 1918 France with Richard Dix and Lois Wilson leading cast, filmed at Monterey and featuring Navajo, Pueblo and Hopi participants.
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Lyric Sunday
Lyric Theatre
Zane Grey
New York
New England
Seitz
France
Presidio
Monterey
California
United States Army
Richard Dix
Wile Lois Wilson
Noah Beery
Malcolm McGregor
Lucien Hubbard
Paramount
Strachey Retires From Active Editor Seat at Spectator
London Dec 23 The retirement of St Loe Strachey as active editor of the Spectator does not end his ties with the weekly review nor alter its policy of advocating closer.
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London
A, St. Loe Strachey
The
Spectator
Anglo American relations and editorship change
Major Evlyn Wrench named editor of the Review with the English speaking union founder holding minority shares in the publication. Mr Strachey and family retain control, retiring from journalism after over thirty years with the Spectator and planning travel and literature.
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Review
Evlyn Wrench
Bandits Take $30,000 in Jewels in Brooklyn Robbery
Three armed bandits escaped with jewels worth $30,000 after seizing the proprietor at 32 Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn and binding him. A woman was reportedly at the wheel of the getaway vehicle as police investigated the case.
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NW York
Bandis
Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn
Postal workers to get first full holiday
Washington dispatch reports that the postal service campaign to mail early has led to the largest Christmas mail volume on record. Officials say the plan will ensure a full Christmas holiday for postal employees and an orderly holiday workload.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Banana Peddler Now Wealthy Man in Madrid
Madrid December 24 Jose Perez, who faced eviction for rent, won two million pesetas in the Christmas lottery. Joseph Campio, a four million pesetas winner, warns of quitting his banana ped dling business. Major prizes went to the poor. In Minneapolis, four young bandits robbed Guaranty Safe Bank, vault shelter, escaping with six to eight thousand dollars.
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Madrid
Jose Perez
Jose
Joseph Campio
Minneapolis
Minn
Guaranty
President Coolidge’s Father Given His Own Way
Plymouth Vermont December 23 AP. Townsfolk tell how President Coolidge treated his father Colonel John Coolidge. Herbert Moore recalls the inauguration era when Vermont Governor asked to bring Colonel Coolidge to Washington and the President replied Let him have his own way he’ll have it anyway.
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Plymouth
Vermont
President Coolidge
John Coolidge
Herb Moore
Mr Coolidge
Whitehouse
Colonel Coolidge
Washington
Conn Senators Leave Capital for Holidays in Hot Springs
U S Senator Hiram Bingham and Mrs. Bingham of New Haven arrived at Hot Springs Virginia with a party of friends to stay until after New Year. U S Senator George W McLean of Simsbury and Mrs McLean reached Warlford from Washington to spend Christmas holidays.
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Hiram Bingham
Mra Bingham
New Haven
Hot Springs
U_S
George W. McLean
Slimbbury
McLean
Wwarlford
Washington
Not A Big State Professor Phelps Critiques Modern Novels
Yale critic William Lyon Phelps condemns contemporary novelists as loose moralists during a tea. The exchange mocks old and new rulers, with caricatures of Mississippi talk and regional bravado, highlighting attitudes toward morality and state size.
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William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Calhoun Clay
Vicksburg
Bradder
Clay
Missssippi
White
Mississippi
Dunn town hosts world champ eye eat im prom of Lissie M Lean
In Dunn North Carolina a local event features a world champion eater who recently devoured four pigs at one sitting, including shells, showcasing remarkable appetite and speed in a town event setting.
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Dunn
N. C. Hellevest
Lissie M Lean
Ayusro
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