1927 Grand List Shows Tax Valuations Increase
Tax assessor William F. Connelly reports the 1927 grand list totals 260,601,233 in the First District and 264,932,404 in the Second. Bonding list rises by 1094,600 from 1926, with taxable property up 12,806,214. Adjustments and notices will follow as the board finalizes revisions.
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Wiliam F. Connelly
Suger
Wittle Sheares
Board of Relief
Connelly
Venterday
Cheryme
Smydiens
Seanor Connelly
Tis
Tan
Itelier Board
Milford Man Struck by Car Near Inn Dying in Milford Hospital
Milford Feb 1 Special Cable correspondent James Welle tonty-t te a former employee of Seven Gates inn is dying in Milford hospital after a collision near the inn. He suffered multiple fractures and possible skull and internal injuries after being struck by a car driven by 18 year old Shernar A Wiley of 91 Lewis Street Stanford. Wiley was arrested but released on bail.
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Milford
James Welle Tonty-T Te
Seven Gates Inn
Shernar A. Wiley
Lewis Street
Stortford
Milford Preparatory School
Wella
Lawrence Casillo
Bridgeport
Briggeport-New Haven
Casillo
Wells
Carleton
Tunney to Address Phelps' Class On Shakespeare
Widespread report indicates Crewe Luc has accepted invitation to speak to Phelps’ students on Shakespeare with Professor WEMam Lyon Mietys coordinating the session. The event aims to illuminate Elizabethan drama and its modern relevance for the class.
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Tunney
Phelps
Shakespeare
Vale Dt TE Wits
Crewe Luchey
Syamaplon
Tony
Wemam Lyon
Addrese Nix
News Summary Lae inyes out thee hanes upg store burg
A garbled page wide summary cites multiple items: a store burglary estimate over $200 and a $49,000 assessor’s report. a transfer deed. deaths from refrigerants. a theater transfer. and various notes on local events, court matters, military topics, and sports.
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Asgessor
Weelston Reserve
Sais
Girl who eloped in boy's guise returns home
Seventeen year old Marjorie Seward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J Seward, is back in Bridgeport after a thwarted elopement with John Kronus. The pair left January 18 to marry and were found in Albany where she was nabbed while disguised as a boy and attempting to pawn her clothes. Kronus, believed to be nineteen, has not returned. No action against Kronus has been determined.
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Marjorie Seward
Ernest J Seward
Fairfield Avenue
John Kronus
Ninetesn
Pembroke Street
Albany
Central High School
Bridgeport
Kronus
Jain
Marjorie
Thestee
Senate Passes Jones Bill Expanding Merchant Marine Control
Senate backed the Jones bill to expand the U S merchant fleet under government control despite strong opposition from Coolidge administration allies. The measure passed after a year of debates over ownership and sale of merchant ships with votes reflecting deep party divisions and calls for permanent state control.
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Washington
Annaciated
Coolidge
Senate Today
Wills
Ohio
Senate
Ring
United States
Jones
Muther
King
Shipping Board
Yorthian Bhi
Hoover Endorsed by His Own State Dry Prohibition Review
Mrs Ella A Boole national president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union urged candidates to take a dry stand. She rated Coolidge and Lowden as dry on policy while Borah Curtis and Dawes were mixed or undecided. In the Democratic column she warned that nominating Governor Al Smith would be a wet victory.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Ella A. Boole
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Boole
Hoover
Sentor
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Wadeworth
New York
Nicholas Longworth
Dawes
WCTU
al Smith
Ohio Mayor Acquitted Seeks Clash With Bossy Gillis
In Cleveland on January 3, the newly elected mayor of Islandale village says he is ready to take on Bossy Gillis after being acquitted of robbery and placemade charges. The judge dismissed the case when key witness John Bourne failed to appear, clearing the way for the mayor to face Gillis in ongoing political rows and local tensions.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Asw
Ated Press
Tom
Mrnia
Ltandale
Neats
Leney
O Malla
John Bourne Igre Lin
Loss of School Prize Darkens Hickman Past and Friends
Hickman Kansas City high school era is recalled as friends recall a somber mood after a contested loss for a school prize. Deposition testimony shows the defendant, once a top student and National Oratorical contestant, grew embittered and withdrew from activity after a failed bid, with family strain and depression cited as factors in the troubling period.
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A P
Alee
Tekema
Guru Buck
Arkansed State Hospital
Thomas Diekinen
Kansas
Morave
Lon John Fol
Schoolerule
Hiekman
Wap Pretuird Ag
Central High School
Kansan
Murder Trial Shifts To Second Degree Plea In Caruso Case
New York January 31 1924 A court case involving Francesco Caruso centers on a plea for second degree murder after a new trial was granted following a death attributed to a doctor Pendola. The jury selection began yesterday with the defense seeking a second degree verdict while the district attorney pushed for first degree. If convicted of first degree, the death penalty applies. second degree carries 20 years to life.
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Arour Rea
Francesco Carusa
Lee
Kn Br
Casper Pendol
Tila
Caruse
Mueier
Wis
Apereals
Ife
Caruso
Pr. Pendola
Inier
Smith President to Meet Doctor on Missing Student Case
Northampton Massachusetts January 91 The Smith College president William Allan Neilson announced an appointment with Dr Lydia Horton a Boston psychologist to study Frances St John Smith missing since January 13. Police reports of sightings were groundless and a Paradise Pond search continued with no lead.
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Northampton
Mass
Associated Press
William Allan Neilson
Smith College
Lydlara H. Horton
Boston
Frances
John Smith
Horton
St. John Smith
New York
Miss Smith
Paradise Pond
Amherst
Willam H. Martin
South Amherst
Frances St. John Smith College
Joseph V. Daley
Hlanley Washburn
Daley
Trade School Fight Ends in Danbury
Danbury voters met in January to decide the future of the state aided trade school. About 200 residents attended as officials called the meeting to order and moved to table a petition to terminate the contract. The town plans to continue operating the school as before rather than taking over full operation.
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Danbury
Trace School
STALU
Woovas
Danbury Eigh School
State
Army to maintain 118 750 men and air corps expansion
The War Department seeks 430,666,900 for military and 8,000,000 for non military activities to sustain an army of 118,750 with aviation expansion. Assistant Secretary Davison told the Moore committee the air program is being carried out as far as possible. The backlog includes plans for 1,308 aircraft with a shortfall of 37 bombardment planes and a contemplated ammunition replacement program.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
House
Davison
Army Aviation
Ander
Moore Appropriations Committee
Department
War Department
Aft Corps
Davis Bn
Altott
Fort Wright Alone Continued Coast Defense Posts
New London January 31 Fort H G Wright at Fishers Island is listed among eight coast defense posts to be used by the War Department. Fort Michie Fort Terry and Fort Wright remain under caretaker control in the Long Island Sound area. Fort Mansfield has been sold for shore development. Fort Trumbull abandoned earlier and currently under Treasury and Coast Guard academy, while Fort Griswold remaining a historical bulwark turned over to Connecticut.
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New London
Associated Press
Fort
H.G. Wright
Fisher Island
Long Island Sound
Mace
Congressional Committee On
Long Hill Man Leaps to Safety as Fire Destroys Home
Yopeka Kansas January 31 In a dramatic rescue a Long Hill man escaped a blazing home by leaping to safety through flames. Firefighters battled the intense blaze as smoke and embers filled the night sky, with neighbors briefly aiding before landing safely away from the inferno.
Fire at Long Hill depot destroys home. family left homeless
Ernest Gordon, 40, narrowly escaped a two story blaze that engulfed a Long Hill residence near the depot at 2:30 AM. Firemen from Twenty feemen department and local units battled the flames. the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company property burned, cause undetermined. Gordon, his wife, and seven children lost everything. He escaped in sleeping garments, aided by a neighbor and bystanders.
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Ernest Gordon
Manett
Gordon
Gordyan
Kitchn
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Tomy
Flremwen
Putney
Uie
Bridgeport
DM Bead Company
Ernest Shertamti
Sama
H. Muller
Lindbergh Lands On Virgin Islands Golf Course
Presidental entourage declares 21 guns for Colonel Lindbergh as he completes another leg of his goodwill tour landing at a Virgin Islands golf course. Crowds cheer wildly in Belize and Charlotte Amalie as a procession forms and officials greet the famed flyer.
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Flandres
Mevan
Halgs
Lindbergh
St Thomas
Virgin Islands
Ndbergh
Eniirs
Thomas
America
Mpas
Arival Uebin
Spirit of
Belize
British Honduras
Virgin Island
Waldo Evans
Islands
Charlotte Ama
Another Theft Count Placed Against Pair in New Haven Case
Delbert Coonce and Fret Lovel of 598 Pembroke Street were arrested in New Haven after confessing to multiple burglaries in Bridgeport Westport and Norwalk. They admitted breaking into Frank A. Corbin s New Haven house on Orange Street in December taking a radio set a 300 min coach and expensive gloves. They also entered Theodore Taylo s Weston home on the Post Road but found nothing. Total loot recovered amounts to 4300.
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Fret Lovel
Pembroke Street
New Haven
Bridgeport
Westport
Norwalk
Frank Virelli
Coonee
Lovel
Frank A. Corbin
Orange Street
Theodore Taylo
Post Road
Weston
Coolidge and Lindbergh Photos Shown Then Broadcast by Radio
In Sewark New Jersey the faces of Col Lindbergh and President Coolidge were played on a phonograph and broadcast from WOR, captured by receiving sets around the metro area. The test mirrors WEAF's mayor photo stunt, using records to store likenesses for later airing, enabling instant morgues of pictures for quick broadcasts. Austen G. Cooley led the experiment with twenty listening posts, the farthest in upstate New York, Garden City Long Island.
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Sewark
N. J
Associated Press
Col Lindbergh
Coolidge
WOR
WEAF
Walker
Permiadio
Austen G. Cooley
New York
Garden City
L. 1
Fire Drives Out Three Families
Fire of undetermined origin swept a store at 1133 Stratford avenue and forced three families to flee apartments above. Over $3,000 in medicines ruined. Fire alarms housed at Barnum Avenue and Stratford Avenue summoned gang from Newfield and Barnum stations. No one seriously injured. tenants evacuated. one family son Leslie and others unharmed aside from smoke exposure. Continued on Page Two.
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Stratford Avenue
Sixth Street
Newfield Avenue
Atavion
Bartber
Barnum Station
Barnum Avenue Rationtion
Toth
Algor
Frank E. Ficketh
Ind Hames
Stratford Nne
Trolman al Smith
Couht
Thomason
Leslie
James
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