English Blizzard Halts Life Across Kent and Wales
London dispatch reports the fiercest blizzard in years paralyzing England and parts of Wales. Airplanes and armor aided relief efforts as several villages near Kent faced isolation, and food dropped by parachute aided distant communities. Floods and heavy ice strained transport while coastal and Channel ports suffered further delays and diversions.
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London
Associated Press
England
Westerham
Neigh
Kent
Ipshire
Ous Valley
Europe
Imperial Always
Rad
Folkestone
Dover-Calais
Channel
English Channel
Metropo
Transylvania
Switzerland
Rocks Change Says Geologists at Convention
Geologists at the annual convention challenge the idea that rocks are permanent. Dr Stephen Richard of Mary’s College argues rocks are not fixed but composed of chemical elements that can alter under changing surrounding conditions. Professors Miller Smith Chadwich Williams and Groutas of Minnesota cite examples where rock behaves like a liquid, with cream rising and sediment sinking, observed in formations across California and New York and Minnesota.
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Cleveland
Drc
Asso- Press
Stephen Richard
William J Miller Smith
George H Chadwich Williams
Frank F Groutas
Minnesota
California
New York
Minneso
Rewington Man Dies After Auto Crash In Hartford Area
Henry F Campfield of Newington dies from injuries after his car wrecked with a Beerg automated vehicle on 69 Mill Street New Haven near Wells Road and the Ber Turnpike. His wife suffers a fractured pelvis and other injuries, daughter Catherine escapes uninjured.
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Hartford der
Henry F Campfield
Newdington
Beerg Automate
Iain Ramos
Mill Street
New Haven
Governor seeks fugitives return from York and Ohio
Governor Trumbull dispatched requisitions to York and Ohio governors for the return of John Hpigng wanted in New Haven for lack of support and David De Leo sought in Hartford for non support.
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Martford
Associat
Trumbull
York
Ohio
John Hpigng
New Haven
Ueft Gad David de Leo
Hartfadder
250 Cases of Beer Captured in Raids
Raiding officers under Stanton L Briggs seized 240 cases of beer and about a glass of bottles of assorted liquors in two saloons. Octave Caron and Ernest Viau, saloon keepers, were arrested and held for Jan 3 before US Commissioner Earl Mathewson. Concentrated beer, bottling outfits, and other contraband were found stored in a vault after transport in three ten ton trucks.
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Willimantic
Associated Press
Stanton L Briggs
Prohibition
Connecticut
Octave Caron
12Th Tbe
Main Streets
Greeneville
Ernest Viau
High Street
Baltic
Earl Mathewson
Norwich
Caron's
Viaus Place
Viau's
John W Monif
Enforcement
Juveniles Detained for Animal Kills Near Beardsley Park
Six thirteen year old boys armed with Christmas BB rifles killed and injured birds and other wildlife near Beardsley park. Officers of the State Humane Society rounded them up yesterday. The juveniles admitted guilt and were released into parental custody after severe reprimands.
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Beardsley Park
State Humane Society
New Traffic Signal Lights Opened at Major Bridgeport Corner
Commissioner Oppel switched on five light sets at the Madison Washington North Washington Main intersection at 10 am yesterday. Police officials Wheeler Flood and Booth attended the ceremony as the new six direction control system debuted as an experimental installation likely to be adjusted for conditions.
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Richard Oppel
Police Department
Madison Avenue
Washington Avenue
Main Street
Bridgeport
Charles A
Wheeler
Thomas M Flood
William Booth
Bridge Commission To Meet Next Tuesday
The Yellow Mill Bridge commission will hold its regular monthly meeting in Mayor F William Behrens office next Tuesday at 4 oclock. The agenda includes regular business, bill approvals, and a progress report on the construction by Consulting Engineer Edwin J Buegler.
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Yellow Mill Bridge Commission
Witola
F William Behrens
Edwin J Buegler
Eight Bridgeporters Summoned for Two Courts in City
Eight Bridgeport residents are summoned to appear in the Superior Court on Tuesday January 3 and the Criminal Common Pleas Court on Thursday January 5. Named for the Superior Court are Christian V Johnson Richard V Green Alfred J Knapp Isaac Turney Edward Bates Everett Taylor Darien George H Merwin Homer B Sturges Hanford W Lyon Fairfield William J Darrah William Anthony Fred G C Drebck Kahn Greenwich Otto Bernhardt R M Colt New Canaan BET Hook George Parke Matthew Carroll Newtown Charles D Taylor Mansfeld Scudder Lester K Warren Norwalk John P Hough William A Cook Shelton James F Harrison Maurice J ONeill Louis 8 Regent Stamford John McGrath Charles Bower Pred Booth Stratford Donald Crawtorn R H Gagg Robin G Sherwood Westport. Summoned for the Criminal Common Pleas Court are Frank P Farrell Sydney H Dibble Danbury E L W Curtis Joseph K Whitcomb Allison Hull Fairfield Charles A Moore Joseph Wessels Greenwich CA St John Theron Lyon New Canaan Orrin N Mille William Turner Newtown Fred A Lockwood Rupert M Tenny Norwalk Christopher Bellmer James S Fleming William J Berges.
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Perior Court
Edward Bates
Everett Taylor
Darien
George H. Merwin
Homer B. Sturges
Hanford W Lyon
Fairfield
William J. Darrah
Wiliam Anthony
Fred G C. Drebck~Kahn
Greenwich
Otto Bernhardt
R M
Colt
New Canaan
BE T Hook
George Parke
Matthew Carroll
Newtown
Charles D Taylor
Mansfeld Scudder
Lester K. Warren
Norwalk
John P. Hough
Wiliam A Cook
Shelton
James F. Harrison
Maurice J O'Neill
Louis
Regent
Stamford
John McGrath
Charles Buwer
Pred Booth
Stratford
Donald Crawtorn
R H Gagg
Robin G Sherwood
Westport
Crimi_nal
Common Pleas Court
Frank P Farrell
Sydney H. Dibble
Danbury
E L W Curtis
Joseph K. Whitcomb
Allison Hull
Charles A Moore
Joseph Wes
Local Names Linked in Stratford and Westport Areas
Stamford, Peter P Curran and Hugh Morrison, Stratford and Augusta Discher, Walter P Marvin and Oscar Peterson of Westport.
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Stamford
Peter P. Curran
Hugh Morrison
Stratford
Augusta Discher
Walter P Marvin
Oscar Peterson
Westport
Man Admits Setting Four Buildings Fire in Bangor
Bangor Maine December 39 By Associated Press Leslie A Hinds 21 admitted to police he set fire to four buildings to see them burn The fires caused aggregate losses of 75000 He was held in 20000 bonds for the Grand Jury arraignment on four counts of statutory arson Arthur L Thayer said pleas would be entered and steps would be taken to commit him to Bangor Brete hospital for mental observation
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Bangor
Maine
Associated Press
Leslie A. Hinds
Twentyone
Arthur L. Thayer
Bangor Brete Hospital
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Superior Court
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Vassar Union
Vassar
Lumber Jackets
J. Johnson & Sons
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