Leader in reform of 1924 denies charges of arson
Westport December 23 A dapper editor once fierce against crooked politics faces arson charges after a Sunday fire destroyed his home. He is jailed in $9,000 bond for a January 3 town court hearing amid a widening political battle with editor Harry Sherwood defending him. The case centers on claims by a housed caretaker and inconsistencies in the editor’s accounts as investigators probe motive and insurance angles.
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Reform
Westport
Joh D. Lawson
New York
Frederick M. Salmon
Wherry
Vermer
Lawson
Edward B. Bradley
Harry R. Sherwood
Westport “Standard
Standard
Edward M. Grout
Jol Adams Thayer
John Held, Jr. Clare
Lowen Balcoem
Rose O'Ne'l
George Wright
Robert L. Lambdin
Percy Anderson
Ernest Fuhr
J. Ok Reh
English
Katharine Stewart Lawson
Joan F. Godillot
New York City
John A. Doland
Charles J. Quigley
Stanley T. Jennings
Belcctman King W. Mansfield
Lawton
Austin Wakeman
Edward T. Bradley
Prin Lawson
Madison Avenue Tavern
Pronete
Min Willan
P. Kirk Ated
Mir Mansfield Haltsay
Starnd
Salmon
Repu
Bridelow
Wakeman
Mwei
Edward Co
Pres
Colimbuc
Met
Ayres
Srwood
Selecten
Mansfield
Nash
G CO. P
Agale
Francis P Drvintean
Unesete
Diacuss
Jenet Hee
Imperial Avenue
Adams
Renin
Dunnigan
Adequa
Otter
Lawron
South Norwalk
Westport Bank and Trust Company
Rand
Auction Bridge: Dealer and Partner Declare Under Pass Rule
Reading an auction bridge problem, South with Dealer and partner bids one No Trump after an opponent pass. North overcalls two Spades, major takeout type hands discussed. The analysis weighs takeout strength, lead implications, and potential for a five or six card Major, with Ne Trump delivering defensive and declarer options.
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Dye
North
South
Oline
Cisik
West
Donations From School Pupils Aid Bridgeport Needy
Central High marked Christmas holidays with Donation Day as alumni joined students for a benefit assembly. A student play The Perfect Gift was staged, led by Miss Julia Farnam and Alvin Brew, while donations of food and coal were gathered for the Salvation Army, totaling cash, goods, and numerous canned items.
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Central High
Julia C. Farnam
Alvin ©. Brew
Moore
Alfred Jennings
Salvation Army
John H. Dioethe
Mario DiSesa
Thomas McG
Bertel
Rita Beloin Steen
Lucy Ryan Holzer
Donald Por
William Soda
Mauslide Sprague
Gordon Taglor
Thomas Walt
Vorls Canner
Ea Komorgis
Vera Houston
Mildred Carlson
Victoria Cormii
Kilan Dirk
Marie Dibesa
Cecelia Finn
Wilma Haversceak
Eleanor Hay
Julian Kitvo
Ruth Kramer
Isabel Lesjewicz
Helen Mahoney
Gladva Morgan
Anna Peterson
Grace Pisanell
Estelle Reilly
List of names in local social note
A long roster of individuals listed in a social or community notice includes Jamin Goldberg Mildred Cedunis Elsie Deacon Harold Hoffman Rose Garden Brooks Lillian Ny gin Ruth Harrison Rose Mayall Mildred Pelstelis Antony Pruckner Rudolph Gresser Doris Ueck Alice Bock Anna Rapoport and many others with no additional event details provided.
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Jamin Goldberg
Mildred Cedunis
Elsie Deacon
Harold Hoffman
Rose Gardenbrooks
Lillian Nygien
Ruth Harrison
Rose Mayall
Mildred Pelstelis
Antony Pruckner
Rudolph Gresser
Doris Ueck
Alice G. Bock
Anna Rapoport
Maurice Kazin
Mildred Zunmer
Marian Beck
Henry D’otler
Ronald Cooper
C. Draper Rankin
Francis Donnelly
Louisarvas
E. H. Walder
Borthy Setton
Mary Doller
Elmer Henry
Waitin Wendell
Marion Whysh
Howard Danpar
Robert Stenstrem
William Porter
Barbara Lord
Charlee Wheeler
Angel McKnight
Marjorie Stestrem
Ruby Hall
Dorothy Zenda
Anne Wilson
Margate McLaughlin
Patty Merwin
Mary Henderson
Kathryn Ginane Wilson Seney
Douglas McLean Heline
Farquakes Explained by Smithsonian Report on Earthquakes
In the eighty first annual Smithsonian Institution report Dr. William H Hovrs discusses earthquake causation in the Eastern United States. He argues the deep seated reason is the continuous loss of heat from the earth interior into surrounding space, causing volume reduction and a shrinking interior core and cooling shell of rock toward stability.
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Smithsonian Institution
United States
William H Hovrs
Apple Structure Shrinks In Winter Loss Of Water
A fragment notes how an apple’s interior loses water in cold weather causing volume reduction. The passage hints at the fruit still serving a purpose despite the shrinkage, reflecting observations on natural changes in winter.
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Tate
Bourne Mills Laday Declares Semiannual Dividend
Plant pays 1.5 percent of total wages to 560 workers at Bourne Mills textile plant in Fall River for the period May 28 to November 19. The dividend rate drops from 2 percent last Christmas. News by Associated Press from Dec 23 in Massachusetts.
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Fall River
Mass
Associated Press
Bourne Mills Laday
Mosquito Fish Curb Malaria Vectors Across Islands
A Smithsonian Institution paper notes the mosquito fish as an efficient carrier terminator of malaria vectors. Dr Starr Jordan helped introduce the species to Hawaii, where it became abundant and reduced malaria mosquitoes. The text also comments on Mexican children and dirt floors, reflecting garbled context.
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Smithsonian Institution
Starr Jordan
Jordas
Hawaiian Islands
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