Ex-German ships must sail under American flag
The war department favors selling former German liners only if they operate under the American flag and buyers agree to return them to the government in a national emergency. Brigadier General Hines testified to the Senate commerce committee that the army has equipment stored for refitting these ships as transports if needed and that bids were opened by the shipping board but held up by a war department protest.
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Washington
War Department
Senate Commerce Committee
Hines
Army Transport Service
Army
Shipping Board
Wilson
Naw
Hog Island
Siberia
Buford
Hango
Finland
General Hines
Pacific
Panama Canal
Three Icebound Vessels Reach Open Sea After Thaw
Three of seven steamers trapped in the harbor by heavy ice broke free yesterday as a thaw limbered the sound. Tugs Mastiff and George A. McCaffery and freighter John B. E. Colling led the departure amid fog and warmer air. Barge No. 15 of Hartford & New York Transportation, beached off Power House Creek, remained stuck and damaged. No. 10 tows Spar tan to free it. efforts ongoing. About 1,190 tons of soft coal for the New Haven road may unload at Bridgeport if barges can reach the pave road dock at Henry Street.
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Waekrong
Yasterday
Mastiff
George A. McCaffery
John BE. Colling
Barga No. 15
Hartford
New York Transportation Company
Power House Creek
iNo. Lo
New Haven Road
New Haven
Bridgeport
Henry Street
Hartford Saloonkeeper and Bartender Fined
Jacob Blum was fined 200 dollars and bartender Felix Manilla 100 dollars by Judge Alexander W. Creedon in police court for selling liquor unlawfully at the Blum ex-saloon Saturday night. The pair faced additional federal proceedings after a raid with defense arguing dual state and federal trials. Both men posted 1000 dollars bond for U S District Court action on February 24 in New Haven.
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Hartford
Jacob ‘Blum
Felix Manilla
Alexander W. Creedon
Blum Place
Blum
Manika
Samuel Rosenthal
Connecticut
Manilla
United States
Corbett
Alm J
United States District Court
New Haven
Justice in Villas monopoly on robbery described
Washington observes Francisco Villa reserves all rights to robbery and loot. Henry JH Knox, a New York mining engineer, testifies before the Senate committee that Villa imposes rough justice by closing saloons and levying payments on the population to fund his cause. The Caranza government also seeks new levies amid ongoing demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Becausa
Francisco Villa
Senate
Henry JH. Knox
New York
Knox
Mexico
Villa
Carranza
New Jersey Attack On Day Law In Court
In Trenton on February 8 Judge Rollstab heard arguments for Christian Peigenspan a Newark brewing firm seeking to block Volstead act enforcement in New Jersey The defense contends the prohibition amendment lacks governing rules asserts it is legislation rather than valid constitutional change The New Jersey Anti saloon league sought leave to file a brief but the plaintiff opposed noting it would delay the case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N.J
Rollstab
Christian Peigenspan
Newark Brewing Corporation
New Jersey
William D. Guthrie
Delihu Root
New Jersey Anti-saloon League
Aliens Granted Naturalization In Superior Court
Judge Joan Keeler presided as 63 applicants were admitted to naturalization and citizenship. Four petitions were dismissed and 15 continued for study or depositions. Naturalization proceedings continue today and tomorrow for civilians, with army veteran cases set for next Tuesday. About 250 soldier and 400 civilian applicants remain to be acted upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan &. Keeler
Pruperior
Noted Negro Orator at United Church Tonight
Rev. Edward F. Goin of Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church New Haven will speak at United Church at 7 45 this evening on The Thinker and Ebony Rodin’s Le Penseur interpreted through the Negro Problem in Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Goin
Dixwoell Avenue Congregational Church
Colored
New Haven
The
United Church
Mr. Goin
Rodin
le Penseur
Connecticut
Honorary Legion Membership Forbidden Says National Officers
Indianapolis February 3 National officers of the American Legion stated honorary membership is forbidden by the constitution following protests against a Milwaukee post admitting heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. The action was announced after letters of protest reached national headquarters.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Staning
Milwarkes
Jack Dempsey
Scouts to Hold Father and Son Reunion Evening
Scouts and their fathers will gather for a supper and camp reunion in the High School Pupils lunchroom Wednesday night at 6 30. The event marks the tenth anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America and is hosted by local scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Taken to Philadelphia in theft case
Salvatore Saccarelli of 9 Hallett street and Julia Lucarini of 37 Hallett street were re-arrested on a Philadelphia authorities complaint for theft of 430 dollars from the woman’s husband and were taken to Philadelphia yesterday for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Salvatore Saccarelli
Hallett Street
Julia Lucarini
Wilson Narrowly Escapes Influenza Illness
Washington report states President Wilson caught a cold and narrowly avoided influenza. Rear Admiral Grayson said precautionary measures limit access to the President. The president is steadily improving and can now speak unassisted on the White House second floor.
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Washington
Wilson
Grayson
White House
Seventeen Missing After Southern Train Wreck
A Missouri Pacific Mathez Monroe passenger train derailed at Clayton Junction near Shreveport Louisiana. Fifteen black passengers, fireman C BR Castell and expressman Sam McCallum of Monroe Iowa are reported missing after the wreck into the Texas river.
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Shreveport
Mathez-Monroe
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Clayton Junction
Texas River
C. BR. Castell
Sam McCallum
Monroe
Revolution in Honduras Forces Rebel Leaders to Retreat
Managua Feb 3. A fresh revolutionary outbreak in Honduras led by Don Alberto Mombreno, former vice president, and Doctor Natario Soriano, has been defeated by government forces. Rebels retreat toward the Nicaragua frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honduras
Managua
Nic
Don Alberto Mombreno
Natario Soriano
Nicaragua
Honduran President Inaugurated After October Victory
General Rafael Lopez Gutierrez was inaugurated as president of Honduras yesterday following his electoral victory in October. The ceremony took place amid national observance in San Salvador with officials from Honduras and neighboring nations in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
Salvador
Rafel Lopez Gutierren
Republic of Honduras
One of trio in alleged graft case gets bail
Daniel D. Gardner of Detroit, arrested in a federal probe into defrauding the government by misappropriating Liberty engines at the Locomobile plant in Bridgeport last August, posted a $5,000 National Surety bond and was released from Hartford jail to await the federal court on the fourth Tuesday in February. Captain Harry S. Tiery and Charles A. Wirth of Bridgeport remain jailed in Hartford unable to post bond. Gardner had telegraphed his wife and his Detroit uncle to assist him after arrest.
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Hartford
Daniel D.gardner
Detroit
Bridgeport
Bastford
Harry
Tiery
Charles A. Wirth
Gardner
Ambassadors Approve War Guilty Note List
Paris on February 3 the council of two ambassadors approved the draft note to Germany and the list of persons to be extradited by the Allies. The note and list will be handed to the German representatives at once and neither will be made public here. The council also discussed Holland’s reply regarding the surplus.
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Paris
Germany
Lst
Council of 2
Holland
Buckley Named on Apportionment Board
Mayor Wilson announced the appointment of W. H. Buckley to fill the vacancy caused by Edward W. Harrall's resignation. Buckley, formerly in the grocery business and then with the Mullins Scott and Redgate undertaking firm, joins the board. In Mexico, influenza has reappeared in epidemic form in Chihuahua, Chihuahua state, and Nuevo Leon near the U S border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mexico City
Chihuahua
Chahuhu
Nuevo Leon
United States
August Westberg Sought by Local Authorities
August Bernhard Westberg, last heard from on a farm near the city, is being sought by Monard Carpenter of West Kingston R. 1. Carpenter has contacted local authorities asking them to locate Westberg.
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August Weiestburg
August Bernhard Westberg
Monard Carpenter
West Kingston
R. 1
Carpenter
Westberg
Two Coaches Derailed by Broken Rail in Vernon
A broken rail on the Hartford Willimantic line derailed two coaches of the westbound train from Hartford near Bolton Vernon this morning. No injuries were reported.
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Vernon
Bolton
Hartford-Willimantic
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Hartford
Hart
New Britain Health Officer Delays Influenza Case Report
Dr Henry T Bray United States public health officer and longtime head of the New Britain board of health withheld his two week influenza case report citing distrust of publicity. He resumed by announcing 127 cases this morning, admitting the delay but anticipating little prospect of prosecution under state law requiring daily new case tallies.
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NEW Rbiritain
New Britain Board of Health
Henry T. Bray
United States
Board of Health
Bray
Stratford man fined for threatening girl with revolver
Arthur Osterlind of Stratford was fined $50 and costs by Judge Gartlett in City Court yesterday on a charge of threatening a girl. He was arrested Monday after witnesses saw him drag a girl from Cannon and Broad streets to Cannon and Courtland streets and threaten to shoot with a revolver.
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Cannon
Broad Streets
Courtland Streets
Hae
Arthur Osterlind
Stratford
Gartlett
Osterlind
FE. J. Crowley
Arthur Kemrigan
Cannon Street
Broad and
Cannon Streets
Courtland Street Incident Ends With Officer Disarming Suspect
A fragmentary report notes a confrontation on Courtland Street where a suspect was disarmed after followed by Kerrigan and a couple. Officer Crowley was summoned to the scene and removed Osterlind from danger.
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Kerrigan
Courtland Street
Crowley
Osterlind
Boy Scout Conference Opens Next Tuesday Evening
National Field Scout Leader R Ny Berry will open the patrol leaders conference of the Boy Scouts of America next Tuesday at 7 30 in the basement rooms of the East Side public library at Jane and Kossuth streets. Following the conference there will be a course of instruction by the scout patrol leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Ny Berry
Boy Scouts of America
East Side
Jane and
Kossuth Streets
Sone
Raid at Meriden cafe yields whiskey in safe
Internal revenue agents raided the Bixbee House cafe on Railroad Avenue Meriden Feb 3. John Konarske said they found two bottles of whiskey in a hidden inner safe compartment. Konarske was arrested and held for a hearing before the United States commissioner in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden Cafe
Meriden
Enue
Bixbee House
Railroad Avenue
John Konarske
Onarske
United States
New Haven
Railroad wreck derails 31 cars in Vermont spill
In Newport Vermont on February 3 a freight train on the Boston and Maine line derailed after spreading rails. Thirty-one cars were derailed or piled down an embankment but no crew members were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Npwport
Boston & Maine
Health Dept Reports Births and Deaths for 1929
Figures submitted by Dr. W. H. Brown show 4 516 births and 2 124 deaths reported to the Health Department during 1929. Data released yesterday details the year’s totals and reflects population trends in the city.
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Health Department
W. HL. ‘Brown
Packard Car Design Highlights Lasting Quality
The Packard car is built to endure through fine workmanship sound engineering and top materials. It explains why Packards remain durable amid changing fashions and protect the owner’s investment from volatile trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packard Company
HE Packard
Woolen profit cap set at sixteen percent in New York
Arthur Williams, federal food administrator, declared a sixteen percent maximum profit on woolens today. He cited Binder and Hyman, who earned $1.85 per yard on 1,272 yards bought at $3.65, with twenty four hours to repurchase the goods after the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur Willams
Federal
Willams
Binder and Hyman
Polish Republic to Honor U S Aviator
Paris Feb 3 The Polish Republic plans honors for Lieutenant Edmund P Graves of Boston Mass a Kosciusko Aerial squadron member killed at Lemburg on November 22 last according to a Warsaw dispatch dated January 12.
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Paris
Edmund P. Graves
Boston
Mays
Kosciusko
Lemburg
Warsaw
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Bellans
Skat Co
Hartford, Conn
Harbor
United Church Tonight
Legion Forbidden
Spres
Daniel D. Gardner
Buckley
William
New Britain
Lilbrary
Tye
Avery
Packards
Packard
Packard Motor Car Company
Blue Ribbon Garage, Inc
Cannon St
Fairfield Ave
Karm Terminal Company
Barnum
Polish Republic
U. S
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