Statewide gas discount offered for state owned cars
Hartford December 29 An annual saving estimated between 50900 and 9000 will be possible through a discount arrangement by Edward F Hall commissioner of control and finance and a major oil company representative. State departments may use the discount though not required. The plan covers 759 vehicles and includes credit cards and a list of stations. Bills will be sent to the capitol and paid by the comptroller, eliminating petty funds for fuel. The highway and banking departments have signified plans to use the discount.
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Hartford
Associated Press
Edward F. Hall
Control and Finance
Hall
Comptrolner
Comptroller’s
Highway Department
Banking Department
Hale
Ornithopter Seen as Flying Ship of the Future
COCOA Fla December 29 The Associated Press reports George R White is secretly testing an ornithopter on an Atlantic beach. The device resembles a giant white crane and, with wingspan about 25 feet and a 40 mph top speed, claims potential for economical short aerial travel. White, a former army aviation instructor, says improvements and control are the key to flight.
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Cocoa
Fla
Hy Associated Press
George R White
Atlantic Beach
White Hs
White
Rndor
Brooklyn
Boston Institute of Technology
New York
George R. White
Florida
Three kinds of intelligence claim at psychology meeting
Dr N A Moss of George Washington University outlined abstract social and mechanical intelligence at a convention in Columbus. He cited social intelligence as key for politicians and businessmen and noted Henry Ford as a mechanical example while warning tests mix psychology with pseudo science. Dr W Johnston of Mellon Institute criticized such tests as eight to fifteen percent effective and argued tests measure limited variables rather than true intelligence.
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Columbus
Associated Press
N A Moss
George Washington University
American Psychological Association
Henry Ford
Moss Teld
New York
Dr . W. Johnston
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Bankrupt Broker Echoes Ponzi Scheme Claims
New York reports Herman W. Booth former stock broker expelled from the stock exchange and filed for bankruptcy last fall used customer funds as purported profits on stock trades. An auditor said profits were fictitious and losses totaled at least 872000 between 1926 and 1927 with creditors pursuing more than 2 million in claims. Booth testified assets amounted to 400000 at the hearing.
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New York
Des
Associated Preas
Herman W. Booth
Charles Ponzi
Booth
New York Btock Exchange
Orphans Fund Deposited by 53 Children at Local Bank
The Protestant Orphan Asylum children deposited 325 Wednesday at Commercial Bank and Trust. Local donors and bank cooperation, with Mrs Alexander McNab as house committee chair, started each child with a 1 account last summer. After depositing, the group was treated to lunch. Albert Wotiemain president and W S Cinths of the American Bank and Trust spoke.
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Orphan Asylum
Commercial Bank and Trust Company
Alexander McNab
House
Asylum
Childen
Albert Wo Tiemain
Cinths
American Bank and Trust Company
Police warn New Year revelers to avoid liquor
Police will maintain a strict watch for liquor violations and drunken driving on New Year Eve. A special unit will curb vandalism and loud conduct as New Haven Dairy Company faces changes from a merger affecting Bridgeport and Fairfield County. A separate note mocks a common proverb about health and geography.
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Reveles
Lquor
Charlies A Wheeler
New Years Celemants
Ex-cop and lawyer jailed for shake-down fraud
Porsgland Moline reports former police mapped and James H Davidson, a local attorney, were sentenced to Atlanta Penitentiary for a year and a day. Keogh convicted of impersonating a federal officer and Davidson for aiding in a transaction that induced Leslie B Fowles to hand over 2000 dollars to a party in a contrived partnership.
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Porsgland Moline
iBy
Michael R Keogh
Mapeda
James H Davidson
Atlanta
Wmem
Leslie B Fowles
West Enfield
David
Fowles
Woman Sues Bridgeport Over Icy Sidewalk Fall
Lillian Komartaky Boozeimeny yesterday filed suit in Bridgeport Superior Court seeking 7500 damages from the city after an icy January 11 fall on Fairfield avenue between Clinton and Colorado avenues worsened to concussion and impaired the right eye.
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Lillian Komartaky
Boozeimeny
Bridgeport
Alteger
Superior Court
Fairfield Avenue
Clinton and
Colorado Avenues
Localce Cream Plant Will Be Unchanged
Despite an ongoing merger between Eastern Dairies Inc and New Haven Dairy, Bridgeport reports that the Localce Cream Plant will remain unchanged while details are finalized.
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Eastern Dairies, Inc
New Haven Dairy Company
Bridgeport
Sheriff Refuses To Pay For Fur Coat Repairs Halted Sale
An announced auction of a man’s fur coat by Sheriff Mortis Hochhuser was halted when the furrier refused to release the coat without payment of a $50 repair bill. The coat, tied to a New Haven County embezzlement case, remains with the furrier as the dispute blocks the sale.
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Aheriff
Haa
Mortis M. Hochhuser
Third City Hall
Barke
Devon
New Haven County
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Knabe
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Hardman Upright
Gilbert Apartment
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M. Steinert & Sons Co
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Johnson Bldg
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Charles A Morris
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