Sinclair Won’t Disclose Private Business Deals
Former Interior secretary Fall and Harry Sinclair faced a Senate Public Lands committee session examining private business transactions linked to Mammoth Oil, Hyva Corp, and related entities. Questions about stock dealings and company structures were objected to, with Sinclair promising to provide data at a later meeting.
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Washington
Dei
Senate
Harry Sinclair
la Follette Oil
Senate Public Langs
Sinclair
Mammoth Oil Company
Sinclair Consolidated Company
Mammoth Oil Syndicate
Hyva Corporation
Albert 5
Fall
Interior Department
Hia
Health
Pall
Sinlair
Rhe la
Follette
Attorney General Seeks Access to Packers Records
A U S District Court petitions mandamus to compel Cudahy Packing Co Wilson Swift to allow access to their books and records by the Secretary of Agriculture. The firms must answer by January 23 with hearings to be scheduled later.
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Packers
Uwicagd
Corl Rite
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Edwin A. Olsen
United States District
Charles L. Swanson
Secretary of Agriqulture
Packers and Stockyards
Sretary of Agriculture
Swanson
Arcumenta
League asks American to conduct inquiry
The League of Nations secretariat cabled an invitation to Charles Beecher Warren, former American ambassador to Japan, asking him to serve as president of a proposed neutral commission to investigate the controversy between Lithuania and Poland over the Baltic port of Memel.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations Secretariat
Charles Beecher Warren
Americaa Ambasesdor
Japan
Lithuania
Pohaid
Holzer Reappointed to Park Board for 8 Years
Holzer was unanimously chosen to succeed himself for an eight year term on the Park Board. The vote followed a meeting yesterday afternoon in the mayor’s office with Mayor Willum Behrens presiding. Commissioner Fowler was elected to the board in 1918 to fill the unexpired Warner term and is nearing the end of a nine year stint. Commissioner Eduotschi Jr. nominated Holzer for reelection, seconded by Commissioner Wesley P. Bayes, who praised Fowler’s long service and the board’s constructive work.
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DbDlip
Holaer
Park Board
Iayor
Willum Behrens
Ffolver
DeVer H. Warner
Holuer Tor
Wesley PB. Yayes
Comminsionen
Boundary quarrel stirs Salt Water and River Fishermen
A New Haven hearing over inland water licensing drew grizzled deep sea fishermen and inland anglers in a clash led by Field Superintendent F W Sabb. Debates centered on where salt water ends and freshwater begins as required by the 1925 Fish and Game Act. Continued on Page Two.
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Telegram Star
New Haven
Aunremacy
F. W. Sabb
State Board of Fisheries and Game
Bellannta
Connecticut
Stade
Education Board Sets Route to Fill $30,000 Deficit
The Board of Education ordered financial secretary John Wynkoop to seek $26,000 from the Board of Apportionment and Taxation to cover fuel costs for the current year, with Wynkoop slated to appear before the tax board this afternoon. The budget totals $4,894,044.63, $163,812.13 over the tax board’s limit for 1924-25. Additional funding requests target the State Trade School, regular teachers’ salaries, fuel, evening schools, and janitors’ salaries, while plans for a new Warren Trading High School include a $400,050 issue and several site and building alternatives.
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Board of Education
Yestersday
John Wynkoop
Board of
Wynkoop
Tax Board
Lome Stone
Vitam Gehrens
Warren Tratding tWigh
French airship Dixmude sighted in Sahara reports
A garbled telegram claims the French airship Dixmude was sighted yesterday south of Salad Ain Balan in the Sahara. The message says the vessel was moving southward with a light, and authorities hope its arrival at a safe landing may be possible with the commander and crew keeping the fire under control.
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Grearine
Izmaude
Salad
Ain Balan
Sahara
Ui. Com
Former Wife of Jonathan Godfrey Remarries in New York
Estelle Mudgee Godfrey aged 29 who left her husband in Bridgeport last March 24 wed Prenton Sturgis of Chicago in a ceremony at a Bristol Rhode Island home yesterday. The divorce suit followed a long separation after her August 22 1919 marriage to Jonathan Godfrey of Bridgeport. The Rev James Dew Wolfe Perry performed the service as a gathering of relatives from several states attended. Godfrey said he believed the breakup was not caused by separation.
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Estelle Mudgee Godfrey
Sam Jonathan Godfrey
Holt
New York
Yeateyday
Prenton Sturgis
Chicago
Als City
Godfrey
Mothey
Bristol
I. L
James Dew Wolfe Perry
Rhode Teland
Tyronda
Brietol
R. 2
Mr. Godfrey
Bridgeport
Adm
Farley Ready to Resign as Chief of Ship Board
Chairman Varley announced Farley would withdraw his nomination from the Shipping Board after a Senate adverse report. President Coolidge would accept the withdrawal, and Farley said he would resign within days if unqualified. The Commerce Committee previously found him unqualified and the situation prompts a recess appointment continuation.
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Farley
Ship Board
Slington
Varley
Cooidge Hart
Senate
Parley
Senate Commerce Commission
Oriey
Comte
Great Lakes
T. V. O'Connor
Buffalo
Ne. Farley
Tasign
Tridin
Turing
Yale professor and author Dr H B Wright dies in Oakham
Dr H B Wright a Yale professor and author died at his home in Oakham after a hemorrhage. The 47 year old scholar earned degrees at Yale and studied in Berlin and Grenoble. He taught Latin history Greek rhetoric and Christian methods at Yale and published numerous historical and philosophical works. His wife Nira Josephine and other family survived him.
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Oakham
Mars
Henry Burt Wright
Yale
Jung
Tie
Man Haves
Monss. P
Martha Elizabeth ¢Burt
Wright
Ugarea of
Doeder
Philoxouls
University of Berlin
Germany
Sid
Grenoble
Pranes
Stephen Merrill Clement School of Divinity
Ife
American Mhistorich
Connecticut Academy of Arts and
Bclencex
American Society of Christian History
Hei
Nira
Josephine Lente
Thousands to Lose Chance on January 4 Car Plates
The Fairfield County area clears 1928 car plates with 600 a day processed at the Hartford office. Authorities warn no grace period and immediate prosecutions for using 1928 plates after New Year’s Eve. Local offices close on holiday New Year’s Day. weekday hours resume 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Fairfield County
Ofichkils
Hartford
Motor Vehicle Department
Wil Ie
Fram & A
Eurhion
Bridgeport to Armageddon Diary of Sgt L Barlow
A diary by Sergeant L Barlow of the Isl2nd Ambulance Company in the Yankee Division chronicles peril and adventure from Toul to Verdun and the Meuse front. The wartime diary promises publication of a wartime view starting December, detailing dangers and observations from the front.
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Isl2nd
Toul
Verdun
Meuse
L. BR
Dick) Barlow
Tynienbuck
Attempted assassination shocks Japanese leadership amid crisis
Washington reports Advices from Tokyo state the attempt on Prince Regent Hirehite was foiled. Secretary Hughes cables Tokyo praising the Regent's escape and expressing relief to the Imperial government as the President deplores the act and stands with Japan.
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Washington
Doc
Tokio
Hirehite
Wan Ielowsd
Cablegrama
Searccury Trughes
Toklo
Pelacr
Miexigan Rebels Capture General and 300 Cavalry
Report from Vera Cruz states General Lusaldy Cardenas and 300 cavalry were taken prisoner by revolutionary forces. General Buenca’s wing routed federal troops under Lazaro Cardenas, with the remaining column fleeing to safety as the western front reported a decisive victory against Obregonists.
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Miexigan
Vera Cruz
Lusaldy Cardenas
Sla
Tebels
Rafael Buetna
Hytradys
Irapuate
Cuanajaan
Bueina Wea
Worique Lutrads
Obregon
Michonean
Rad
Advancius
Extradition Preparations In Auto Theft Case
State's Attorney Ey Earle prepared extradition actions for Joseph LiWens, held at Tombs New York City, charged with automobile theft. Labane formerly ran Rathoad Auto Exchange in Ratroad Avenue Greenwich with Howard A. Stepheny. Labane arrested in Brooklyn. Bridgeport police pursue Stephen Tenpers You noted as a fugitive after bond jump.
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Rawlgut
Altormey Ey Earle
Larne
Joseph LiWens
Tombs
New York City
Nota
Labane
Rathoad Auto Exchange, Inc
Brooklyn
Frank Virelli
Bridgeport Po- Hce
Stephen Tenpers
Fire call engages department over stove blaze
A puzzling distressed call prompted Fire HQ to dispatch the Chemical Company No. 2 to a suburban kitchen fire last night. The blaze was reportedly contained with fast action and a staged response, with responders noting a stove ignition and swift suppression before extensive damage occurred.
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Aly Stevely
Rome
School Board Defers Hygenist Salaries Budget Fight
The Board of Education declined to include 35,612 dollars for dental hygienist salaries in the proposed fiscal year 1923 25 budget. After long discussion and a three to two vote, the item was rejected, with safety payments to hygienists authorized only if matched by supervisor and special teacher salary funds. The dispute shifts back to the Board of Health amid tense objections from board members and supporters.
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Board of Eication
Hygiene Corps
Th Board of Health
Hygientats
Alice S. Scrutt
John ¥. Caldwell
Will F Martin, Sr
Elmers
TI. Havens
Fannie I. Crosby
Murray Johnson
Smith
Caldwell
Caldwell Did Not Vote. | Mrs. Crogby
Fire injures seven as lumber yard razed in Louisville
Seven people were injured and the lumber yard, plus 38 nearby structures, damaged in a large blaze in Louisville. Firefighters and company officials battled the flames, which forced evacuation of several nearby sheds and homes. Two workers at a plant were initially reported missing but later accounted for.
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Louisville
Bes
Highton
Gro Ct
Vughes and Company
Virga
Fairfield House Looted in Bridgeport Area Theft
A December report states a Fairfield residence at Unquowa and Sturges roads was looted of nearly all usable items. The house, owned by H. Bromelin of 13 French Street Bridgeport, formerly belonged to the Sturges family. Window panes trim work and porch glass were taken, with the loss estimated around several dollars.
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Fairfield
Sturges
Belle
Oy H. Bomeeln
French Street
Bridgeport
Grocer Samuel Spaller Jailed for Liquor Testimony Refusal
Hartford December 27 Samuel Spaller owner of a grocery store was ordered jailed for an indefinite period after refusing to testify in a liquor case. Judge Creeden cited contempt as Spaller’s attorney noted the defendant acted on his beliefs. Darling had leased a garage for liquor storage, and over in Massachusetts a related case led to a 9 year sentence for aiding delivery of alcohol linked to fatal incidents in 1919.
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Hartford
Samuel Spaller
T Grocery
New Fark
Creeden
Spaller
Bones
Spatler
Jacob Schwolsky
Massachusett, Whit
Chicopee
Holyoke
FIGHT AT BEDSIDE OF DYING MOTHER
New Haven Nec 27 A suval'and Morris Hurowits brother and sister charged with breach of the peace after a violent dispute at the bedside of a dying mother in the Jewish Home For The Reed The mother pleaded for her family to remain with her as her condition worsened and a nurse was called.
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New Haven
Nec
Aasuval
Morris Hurowits
Brotherland
Pbreach
Reed
Toam
Sara
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M’lean
Interior
U. S. Court
League
American
Holzer
Philip L. Holzer
Fisheries Board
Stratfield
Chisiktradés i
Christmay Trac
Hulie
Percy Anderson
Mia
Eleanor Bartram
Ira Warner
Robert Frincks
Laurence Cornwall
Chiitman
Volten Ant Cipriana
Jayce
Education Board
Hygiene Department
Harding
Caldwell, Walker
Beckwith
Elon
Fasternngineering Co
John Stress
Herbert J. Ximson
Main Street
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Rnz
Dixmude
Jonathan Godfrey
Preston Sturgis
Paris
Estelle Godfrey Sturges
Coolidge
Palmer
H. B. Wright
Leics Legent
Goto
Gen. Cardena
Aolool Board
lUmestone
Armon
Benoit Tar
Philip J. Wotwer
Kiwanix Club
Kiwane
Hain Frolig
Nee
Louis Panteur
Yale University
Stepney
Trumbull
Easton
Monroe
Nichols
Ward McAllister
Miece
Sen ‘York
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Toe
W. B. Wright
National
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Ramacene
Dlale Jengey
Ree Tay
Dea
Wit
R Charman Varley
Shipping Board
Fothergill Calix
Squareherges
Tibane
Denet
Thor Duath
Mixs Bs Phillips
Sen Tors Seaks
Mirohite
Lyceary
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Ourezon
France
Middle States
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Capy
Uo Paddock
Gorman Wilson
Hank Kiegaile
Yankees
Wilson
Des Moines
Vale
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Avnerisa i Olympias
Finland
Stratford Legion
Norwalk Tech
Health Dept
Fairfield House
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