Two Pick Man From Others as Murderer
Investigators hold Harold Israel under guard as a prime suspect in the murder of Rev Father Hubert Dahme. Two witnesses identified a youth resembling the killer running from High Street after the priest’s shooting on Main Street. Israel’s inconsistent alibi and possession of a .32 caliber revolver are under police study, with roommates’ testimonies noting sudden mood changes.
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Harold Israel
Rev. Dahme
Hubert Dahme
Stratford Avenue
Israef
High Street
Father Dahme
Main Street
Israel
Clac
Charles Zihal
Anuuunzio Cardulia
Westport Approves Police Ordinance and Budget at Town Meeting
Westport adopts a police ordinance and approves a $5,485 85 appropriation establishing the organized police department. The decision follows finance board and attorney input amid one of the largest town meetings in years. Also endorsed were schooling plans including a new high school and related facilities totaling about $190,000 plus a $25,000 donation, funded by special taxes and reserves.
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Westport
Board of Finance
Board of Selectmian
Edward Mivvut
Erwin M . Jennings Helrsman
Thamocing
Board of
Linuse
Board of Education
Pop Medford
Ienes
Tive Vets
Budget battles and tax aims loom in local news
President Burnham vows not to slash budgets to force low taxes while Works director’s appropriation is halved. Over 1.90 appeals total about 22,500 will be filed by relief board deadline. Harold Israel, ex-soldier, arrests over murder. Greenwich doctor’s divorce petition case reveals spousal concerns. Bridgeport Episcopal Men elect Tracy Lod president. Norwalk crews seek pay raises. rail land used for parking gains tentative approval. State and county items include police dispersal, eye-threatening injuries, jail hopes, and election-day splits in Danbury Democrats. National and foreign notes cover Harding investigation, DOJ scrutiny, and tax policy debates. Sports mention boxing suspensions and potential rescheduled bout.
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Burnham
Buat
Harold Israel
Norwalk
Rey Dahme
Greenwich
White
Tracy B. Lod
Bridgeport Episcopal Men's Organizat
Ion Maila
Telegraph
Railroad
Stamford
Sesean Te
Danbury
Flaston
Truman Smith
Wilton Board of Relief
Harlem
Paimela
Appeals of 22 Million Sought by Friday Night
Relief seekers from Wisconsin total 15 corporations among appeals filed yesterday. Protests against assessment increases show 1,990 appellants and about 22.5 million dollars by tomorrow night. Prior totals include 1,200 appeals worth roughly 15 million and dozens of corporations seeking relief as attorney representations trim values for Underwood, Swift, Morris, Hubbell and Hadley companies.
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Uwisesters
Board of Relief
Clifford B. Wildon
Underwood Typewriter Co
Swift and Co
Morris and Co
Tax Board Halves City Works Budget In Move To Cut Tax
The Board of Apportionment vows not to drain funds to lower taxes as it halves the Public Works budget. William Burnham and colleagues cut the department's request from 1,430,022 83 to 638,552 83 while delaying final figures. The panel aims to set a preliminary tax rate next Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. and is reviewing items such as the East Washington avenue bridge budget with a target around half of the requested amount.
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Board of Apportionment
William E. Burnham
William ©. Burnham
John A. Laverty
Daniel J. Clifford
Department of Public Works
Bernard Keating
East Washington Avenue
CLEAR WOMAN OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGE
Supreme Court Justice Young dismissed a first degree murder charge against Mia Filomena Lombardo in Rochelle. The court ordered the jury to determine if she committed the crime and the degree of homicide if any. Lombardo, mother of six, claimed self defense after Costa attacked her while she intervened in a dispute over a match between his son and an immigrant girl.
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White Plains
Supreme Court
Young To Day
Mia Filomena Lombardo
Vincenzo Costa
Rochelle
Garner Plan Backed by House Democrats in Caucus
Democrats in the House vote to unite behind Representative Garner Texas plan as a substitute for the Mellon tax bill. The revenue bill with proposed income tax rates moves to general debate with 296 votes needed for passage,. 164 of 168 Democrats approved binding.
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Washington
House
Representative Garner
Texas
Mellon
Dr John F White S Wife Divorce Hearings Describe Strange Acts
Witnesses in a Greenwich divorce case testified about bizarre behavior by Bertha C White wife of Dr John F White noting acts including throwing her daughter from a bed mistaking her for a cat hurling dishes tearing hair shouting abusive language patrolling the sidewalk after leaving him attempting arson and a bid to kill her husband Drug use and excessive drinking were also alleged while the couple cites intolerable cruelty. The defendant has brought a counterclaim.
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John F. White
Greenwich
American College of Surgeons
Bertha C. White
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Isaac Wolfe
Superior Court
White
Iire
Dr. White
Priest in Pittsburgh charged with murder in woman’s death
Miss Anna McDonough was shot and killed in the study of St. Francis Xavier church in Pittsburgh. Rev Jon J. Grady, the pastor, was arrested, claiming the shooting was accidental while he cleaned a pistol found in his desk. Mary McDonough and Robert Shields were held as material witnesses.
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Pittsburgh
Anna McDonough
Jon J. Grady
Mary McDonough
Robert Shields
Ty Notica
Father Grady
Singering
Miss McDonough Stigger
Cummings Gains as Nfadoo Faces Elimination in Chicago Conference
United States Senator Samuel M Halston of Indiana and Homer S Cummings of Connecticut emerge as logical Democratic nominees suitors amid McAdoo’s push for a Chicago conference on February 22. McAdoo's camp views the move as narrowing the field and potential room for a 1924 alignment, while critics call it a staging for elimination. Cummings, backed by New England delegates and George F Mara of New York, is framed as a compromise choice palatable to McAdoo men and a stabilizing force against rival blocs.
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New York
United States
Samuel M. Halston
Indiana
Homer
Cummings
Connecticut
Democratic National Committee
McAdoo
Oper
Chicago
Rockwell
Inga
Arnot Ralston
Albert J Beveridge
United States Senate
Madison Square Garden
Homer S Cumminga
Murphy
San Francisco
New England
Halaton
Smith
Underwood
Robinson Cummings
George F. Mara
Mara
Mr Cummings
Forty Eight Indicted For Hearing Disturbances
Williamson County grand jury returned forty eight indictments after a two week session. They investigated acts of Glenn Young raid leaders and alleged illegal arrest of the foreman, plus claims of theft and assault during recent raids.
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Marion
Williamson County Grand Jury
Glenn Young
Grant Jury
Rmilds
Stamford Protest Fizzles as Officials Disperse Angry Callers
Police broke up a crowd outside the Stamford prosecutor's office after a court recessed on charges against John Seasa and his wife for alleged neglect of seven year old Finnela Allen Sessa. Prosecutor Kenealy was absent. his partner Fessenden aided officers who advised the court to delay action. He noted evidence was insufficient due to the long interval since the alleged acts. Continued on page 6.
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Nolles
Seasa
Storm Kenealy
Btamford
Bub
John Seasa
Wes
Malnstreet
Finnela Allen Sessa
Nojse& An
Matt
Kenealy
Cies
Milton Fessenden
Publisher of Late President’s Newspaper Denies Harding Sale
The Harding Publishing Company president Louis Brush and Roy D Moore deny Frank A Vanderlip’s allegations about irregularities in selling the Marion Star to Moore. Brush calls Vanderlip’s speech venomous and insists facts are in Marion County Probate Court records and Harding estate documents.
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Cleveland, O
Marion Star
Harding
Louis H. Brush
Roy D. Moore
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
Ossining
N. Y
Brush
Harding Pubishing Company
Ohio
OWS
Vanderlip
Jiarding
Roy D Moore
Senate
Vanderup
Atmit
Moore
Vanderliparks
Mr. Harding
Marion County Probate Court
Marion
Valentine Day Cards Weigh on Mail Today
Mails today are weighed down by Valentine cards as children and family members exchange anonymous greetings. The piece recalls St Valentine a bishop martyred in 271 A D and notes the day’s move from Britain to decline here, with American children enjoying the playful custom.
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St. Valentine
Claudius II
Rome
Aurelan
Great Britain
United States
France
Hughes Opposes Japanese Clause In Immigration Bill
Secretary Hughes told Representative Johnson the Johnson immigration proposal to exclude Japanese immigrants is inconsistent with the 1911 treaty and should be dropped. He urged keeping the Washington conference gains, proposing Japan be treated on the same quota basis as other nations and applying the abroad certificate plan to Japanese nationals.
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Washington
Hughes
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
State Department
Japan
Attorney General Daugherty Faces Senate Inquiry
Washington February 14 The Attorney General Daugherty reports to the President and Senate on war fraud case handling while a broad Senate inquiry into the Department of Justice is proposed. Senator Wheeler introduces a resolution citing failures to press prosecutions and seeks to empower the Judiciary Committee to probe all department affairs. The measure was laid on the table at the sponsor's request and may be resumed later. Daugherty earlier sent a response to the resolution.
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Harding
Vanderlip
New York
Jatter Fa
Strawn
Pomerene
Senate
Louis H. Bush
Marion Star
Department of Justice
Wheeler
Montana
Daugherty
Cummings Rooms
McAdoo
Democrate
Hughes
House Democrats
O'Conner
Shipping Board
Davis
Joe’ Cannon
Hingis
Coolidge
Ralston
Indiana
Germany
Alatus Jeaye Bersin
Paris
Fisher Ody
Sterling Exchange
Indor
New England
Leon Waichi
Madison Square Garden
Baieto Villa Marigers
Beavre
Pennesslvania
Daughest
Department of Justce
Department of Justice Affairs
Senate Judiciary
Daughert
Relation severed by State Dept with Honduras
The United States has cut diplomatic relations with the Honduran government after three political factions failed to reach a peaceful agreement to restore constitutional government. Rebels led by Tabureto Cartas are advancing toward Tegucigalpa, Lambrano 25 miles from the capital, per cable advices from San Salvador.
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State Dept
Honduras
Washington
Associated Press
United States
State Department
New Orleans
Tabureto Cartas
Lopez Gutierres
Lambrano
Willes
Tegucigalpa
Capitel
San Salvador
August Coello
Honduran
Legation
Radio Manners and the Golden Rule feature
The Bridgeport Sunday Post will feature a 184 article on the Golden Rule in radio etiquette. Doc Goldsmith, a noted radio expert, warns that some enthusiasts lack radio manners and offers remedies for those unmindful offenses.
Injection of Late President's Name in Oil Scandal
Sensational report alleges an injection of the late president's name into an oil scandal. The piece hints at a lip subtitle and claims a prominent author is subpoenaed at once. Further details appear unclear due to fragmented text.
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V:lip
Ment
Bainbridge Colby Named in Oil Scandal Inquiries
Washington dispatch reports Bainbridge Colby, former secretary of state, named in oil investigation tied to Colombian treaty and cabinet nominees. Senate probes oil interests and Teapot Dome era ties as Attorney General and Standard Oil testimony loom.
Engagement of Jessie Reed and Russell Griswold Volt
Chicago February 13 Edward Kaum show manager announced the engagement of Jessie Reed and Russell Griswold Volt. The pair were described as a wealthy family connection with Miss Reed being the daughter of a well known family. The announcement follows Miss Barrymore’s marriage history and divorce in prior years.
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Chicago
Jessie Reed
Follley
Russell Griswold Volt
Ethel Barryman
Edward Kaum
Misa Reed
Reed Camwell
Caswell
Neat Cole
Miss Barrymore
Mey
Barrymore
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Pomer
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Silas H. Strann
Atlee Pi
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Benator Oil
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Standard’s
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