Boston suspect in Hartford shooting tied to Vermont escape
The man identified as Stephen Hoppe, linked to the Quincy police murder of Officer Hollis, faces multiple states seeking his custody. Reward totals exceed $2,000 as authorities connect him to Vermont and Maine prison escapes and a Worcester burglary. A Hartford inquiry focused on a woman described as his girlfriend. Hoppe, critically wounded, was hospitalized at St Francis.
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Tonnethcu
George F. Beralg
Hertford
Stephen Hoppe
Quincy
Main
Hoppe
State Penitentiary
Thomoaston
Maine
Worcester
Mass
Vermont
Atate
New York
Maine Atate
Aetokd
Hersig
Hartford
Massachusetts
George ¥. Daring
Michael F. Flering
George W Fallon
Mariford
Andrew J. Williams
Detective Bureau
St. Francis Hospital
Alfred NM
Hollie
Hollis
Hortenlis
Bergeantse
Hickey
Hopps
Farmington Avenue
Hia
Hia Activites
Ruland
Hopp
Windsor
Ann Wood Resting Comfortably After Westport Operation
Westport February report states Miss Ann Wood, fiancé of Mark R. Leffler, is resting comfortably at New York Post Graduate Hospital after yesterday’s throat infection operation. A porcelain splinter swallowed earlier caused severe pain, with doctors saying removal of the splinter from the base of the throat may not be necessary. The infection involved the gloss and intestinal passage, but hopes remain that it will pass without further complication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Ann Wood
Mark R. Leffler
Post Graduate Hospital
New York
Atwater Blames Voters for Rising Bridgeport Taxes
Former Bridgeport mayor says the preliminary tax rate of 2.28 mill would push total property taxes to historic highs. He accuses voters of ignoring warnings from Democrats and notes manufacturers also opposed reform. The piece cites tax rate projections and political blame amid city financial strain.
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Bridgeport
Fred Atwater
William E. Burnham
Democratic Party
Atwater
Chamber of Commerce
MISS POUCH DIES AFTER DOUBLE AMPUTATION
Miss Muriel Pouch a Stamford and New York debutante died at 8 05 after surgeons attempted to save her life by amputating both legs. An earlier operation removed a rib and followed a Brooklyn car collision that left her legs crushed. Parents Mr and Mrs Frederick H Pouch arrived from Stamford.
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Muriel Pouch
Stamford
New York
Long Island College Hospital
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hoapiisi
Miss Pouch
Donald Kilby
Ocean Avenue
Frederick H. Pouch
Strawberry Hill
Tos Hospital
Pine
Hurnt
N.C
Post Office Clerks Seek Pay Raise at Convention
More than 400 members and wives of Connecticut United National Association of Post Office Clerks attended the annual meeting at the Stratfield hotel with national president Christopher P. Frenciacus in attendance. J. L'Heureux of Meriden elected president for 1929, with Meriden as 1929 convention site. Attendance surpassed last year. banquet and dance followed business. Postmaster William T. Meyer received a framed resolution from Bridgeport No. 58. secrecy kept until the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher P. Frenciacus
Washington, D. C
Connecticut
United National Association of Post Office Clerks
Strat- Neld Hotel
Neator J. L'Heureux
Mr. L'Heureux
Meriden
Keep Tabs on Jack Through The Telegram
Bridgeport heavyweight hopeful Jack Delaney trains daily for his world title bout with Tom Heeney. Limited gym space blocks spectators, so The Telegram will report daily progress each morning. The Telegram’s sports editor will publish a complete story of the previous day’s training and camp gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Jack Delaney
Tom Heeney
Delaney
Telegram
Sorensen Denies All Allegations In Womans Suit
New York shop girl Blaiche W Gehring sues Petey Sorensen for 960000 breach of promise. Sorensen, Bridgeporter and bakery owner, says he will fight the charges and that all Gehring statements are false. Lawyers Nobbe Bhapira and Wilder deny the claims as the Superior court date nears.
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New York
Petey Sorenen
Edward P. Nobbe
Josegah G. Bhapira
Bekef
Blaiche W. Gehring
Woman Lets Son and Husband Die in Faith Healer Case
In Pensauken New Jersey Henrietta Johnson mother of seven faced charges after her husband died eight months earlier and her eight year old son perished without medical aid. Police ordered her committed to Camden county almshouse after an investigation found she adhered to a faith healing sect and denied medical treatment. The case ties to a Philadelphia church rites and neighbors had urged physicians but were blocked by her stance.
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Pensauken
WN. J
Associated Press
Henrietta Johnson
Camden County Almshouse
Lakeland
George W. Diehl
Pensauken Township
Diehl
Penswa~ken Township
Philadelphia
Storm Warning Issued By Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau tonight issued storm warnings with advisory at 10 pm. A southeast storm moves northeast toward the Carolinas, increasing in intensity with strong southeast winds shifting to southwest by Thursday morning from Norfolk to Sandy Hook. Warnings cover the coast north of Sandy Hook to Eastport.
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Washington
Associated Press
Weather Bureau Tonight
Norfolk
Sandy Hook
Eastpot
Carolinas
Eastport
Youth Sought as Accomplice in Burning Woman Case
Police pursue a teen suspect linked to a New Jersey arson and robbery that left a 40 year old governess dead. Investigators say the woman carried 1000 cash and 8000 bonds when she left her employer in New York. The motive appears linked to a burglary, with the body found on a road between Bernardaville and Morris after her clothing was soaked in gasoline and set ablaze. The case involves a possible transfer from New York to New Jersey. the employer, Miss Margaret Brown, had resigned and planned to move to California.
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Somervilgin
Jones
Pelles
New Jersey
New York
Misa Margaret Brown
Central Park
Bernardagilis
Poreong
Miss Brown
Myra
James
Park Gillespie
Park Avenue
California
Mcn
Gillenpis
Ferdinand J. Brown
Brown
Bernasdaviliz and
Morris
Al Smith Honored As An Ex Newsboy In New York
Governor Smith returned to the East Side for a Washington Birthday dinner at Brace Memorial Newsboys house near the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge. About 1,200 newsboys attended as the former East Side ward leader greeted them, then delivered remarks on stage amidst a band playing The Bidewalks of New York.
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New York
Associated Preas
al Smits
East Side
Brace Memorial Newsboys
Brooklyn Bridge
Washington
Governor Smith
East Ride
Milas Anna Mary Carter Dies at Ninety in Fairfield
Milas Anna Mary Carter died Tuesday in her ninetieth year and left sister Mary Elizabeth Carter, ninety two, residing at 3232 Fairfield Avenue. Funeral services by Graham Funeral Home 944 Palifieta Avenue will be private at 2 PM with Rev. Ernest J Craft officiating. Interment Oak Cemetery Fairfield. Carter native of Brooklyn, moved with parents to Fairfield shortly before 1900 and had lived with her sister at 1222 Fairfield Avenue for the past two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milas Anna Mary M. Crrler
Graham
Palifieta Avenue
Ernest J Craft
Christ Episcopal Church
Oak Cemetery
Fairfield
Mias Carter
Mary Elizabeth Carter
Fairfield Avenue
Brooklyn
Mia
Charies Carter
Two Men Escape as Car Plunges into Lamp Mortar Reservoir
Lt Fairfield reports two men escaped from a car that toppled into the Lamp Mortar Reservoir. They fled the scene before identification could be learned. The car was recovered and a license plate was found. DMV records indicate the plate tied to a 56 Elizabeth Street address.
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Fairfield
James
Department of Motor Vehicles
Kramer
Elizabeth Street
Bridgeport News Teems With Local Updates And Oddities
Bridgeport area items include Ku Klux Klan obedience to orders, mayoral tax sale blame, Borensen breach case still denied, Underwood factory at capacity, Anne M. Carter dies at 92, post office clerks planning testimonials, and Yale plans to grow undergrad numbers. Also noted are Fairfield County amputations, Niantic unitarium plans, Norwalk open letter, and statewide editorials with racing and weather notes.
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Skidueport Crowes Dlaye
Bridgeport
Ku Knux Klan
Imperial Wizard
Atwater
Peter Borensen
Connor
Meyer
State
Fairfield County
Muriel Pouch
Stanford Society
Yale
Third College
Wnndergraduaton
Kien
Norwalk
Tamford
Hefilo Kilent
Jetter
Alabama Atatesman
Yolo
Wes
New Haven
Lockhart's Car Crashes into Ocean at 225 MPH
Indianapolis driver Frank Lockhart narrowly escaped death when his Stutz Black Hawk Special spun out at 225 miles an hour during a world speed record attempt on a Daytona Beach speedway. The car plunged into the surf, was righted, and Lockhart survived with facial lacerations and shock. His wife fainted in the crowd as observers pulled the wreckage from the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Fin
Associated Presby
Frank Lockhart
Indianapolis
Beach Speedway
Lockhart
Relonse
Belete
Crown
Claude
Yale plans third college to aid undergraduates
Yale President James Rowland Angell disclosed at Alumni University day that a faculty committee has studied relief for undergraduate crowding by creating a third college and the Sheffield Scientific School. He noted endowment funds were over-subscribed and five year budgets need adjustment to fund salary increases and staff expansion, with actions underway since January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale
James Rowland Angell
Sheffield Scientific School
Angell
Norwalk Lawyer Dies After Washington Dinner
Norwalk lawyer Joens T. Dunder of Light Dunber and Quinlan died suddenly at home after returning from a Washington supper at the Norway Methodist Episcopal church where he played George Washington. He was 47, previously active in Norwalk governance including the Board of Education and Norwalk M C A. His death followed a prior similar attack and the exact cause is not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joens T. Dunder
Light, Dunber and Quinlan
Norwalk
Frank Sennett
Wilton
Robbins B.stoeckel
Newtown Avenue
Morwalk
Washington
Norway Methodist Eptecogal
George Washington
Stebleau
Dunbar
Education of
Norwalk ¥. M. C. A
Signis Club
Yale Alumni Hear Plans for Library
Yale graduates at the fifteenth Alumni Day hear university librarian Andrew Keogh unveil plans for a vast new Yale Library to cost about seven million dollars. The 830 foot square structure would rise 16 stories, hold 3 million volumes with extension space for 1 million more, and seat 2000. it includes seminar rooms, research stalls, private collections, lounges, and study alcoves, with completion likely by 1930. Col Charles A. Lindbergh lands near Detroit on a personal visit, declining to discuss purpose and signaling a retreat from public life. He is accompanied by notable figures from aviation and business, and a possible aviation conference with Edsel Ford is rumored.
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New Haven
Yale
Echeered
Andrew Keogh
Plana
Keogh
Newbrary
Gol. Lindbergh
Automobil
Col. Lindbergh
Harold BM. Bixby
Louse Chamber of Commerce
Wiliam B Robertson
Curtis - Robertson Aircraft Corporation
Henry H. Knight
St. Lous
Japanese Election Deadlock Nears Final Count
Tokyo feb 33 The two major political blocs appear split as official home office returns show Seiyukei government with a slim lead by three seats while vernacular papers warn the outcome remains uncertain until all votes are tallied.
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Tokyo
Associated Preeg
Japan
Byrd’s South Pole Flight Plans Near Completion
Commander Richard E. Byrd announced from Boston that he has nearly finished plans for his pole flight. He expects his party to depart New York on September 10 and not return for at least eight months, possibly a year and a half.
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Boston
Associated Press
Richard &. Byrd
South Pole
New York
Aviator Bert Hinkler completes England to Australia flight
Bert Hinkler, Australian aviator, finished a solo England to Australia journey, claiming five air records including fastest England to Australia, longest solo flight, and fastest England to India. He landed at Port Darwin on February 22 after starting February 7, with no engine trouble and celebrated by locals.
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Australia
Croydon
England
Port Darwin
Astrala
Associated Press
Bert Hinkier
Australa
Lindbergh
France
Hinkter
Naval and Military Club of
Melbourne
Commonwealth
Bert Hinkler
London
India
Rome
Hinkler
Lloyds
De Wolfe Siblings Hurt In Meriden Car Crash
Miss Mary DeWolfe sixty of Bridgeport and Henry Whiteworth thirty of Meriden sustained minor injuries in a head on collision on the Meriden New Haven highway in Meriden yesterday afternoon at 6 30. Both were kept in Meriden hospital. A New Haven truck skidded on trolley tracks into Miss De Wolfe's brother Aubrey De Wolfe's car. The truck overturned and De Wolfe’s car front was badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary DeWolfe
West Avenue
Bridgeport
Henry Whiteworth
Jackson Street
Meriden
Meriden-New Haven
Meriden Hospital
New England Specialty Company of
New Haven
Whitworth
Underwood Plant Running at Full Capacity
The Underwood Typewriter plant in this city is operating at full capacity, manufacturing portable typewriters at 30 machines per hour for a nine hour day, according to plant manager Frederick A. Conerd. A New York statement said all Underwood-Elliot Flaher plants are operating at capacity with a typewriter boxed and shipped every 45 seconds during the nine hour shift.
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Underwood Typewriter
Frederick A. Conerd
New York
Underwood-Elliot Flaher Company
Underwood
Crosses Blaze Seven Towns as Klans Gather in Bridgeport
Klansmen burned crosses in seven towns across Connecticut after a rally led by an imperial wizard banning masks. In Bridgeport area, flames appeared on Brooklawn pond and near the Lawn Country Club, with reports of two men seen at midnight. The Klan announced no masks after February twenty second and urged members to attend meetings without regalia. Local officials noted the temple in Bridgeport was occupied and that no admission references were confirmed.
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Piery
Veven
Connecticut
Ku Klux Klan
Dearee
Lawn Country Club
Bridgeport
Pairfield
Ku Klux Klien
Bridgeport Kis
Brosd
Atreata
Odd Association
Yen
Te Bo Hava
Associated Press
Klan
Mlux Kien
H. W. Evans
Imperial Winerd
Nineteen Hundred and Eigne
Kisnaman
Ana
Knights of the Great
Knights of the Great Forest
Bridgeport Cross
Brooklawn
Avenues
Stratfield Road
Neigh Gram
Lerge
Leeds spans cont to meet wife in New York
Report notes B Leeds met Princess Zanis in New York despite quarantine, using chartered plane to cross the West Coast and connect to a train, while reporters discuss Duchess Anastasia. Details are fragmented and unclear due to OCR quality.
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New York
Fed
Ed Pree
B. Leeds
Zanis
Quarantina
Sen
Wes Dons
West Coast
Chicago
Querentine
Pust
Leste
Dhe
Maes
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Vermont Prison Hospital
Bennington
Proctorsville
John D. Greenberg
Aline
Bridgepure
Shemaelees
Konok
Republican Party Land
Sauy
Stamford Society
Rccent
State Branch
Clerks’ Organization
Jack
Sorensen
Baker
Weather Bureau
Child
AL Smith
N.Y
Detroit
Dog
Master
Alexandria
Kaplen-Mays
Young McAulliffe
Donahue
Matty Skans
National
M. C. A. Raog
Ocean
Daytona
Racer
Falnis
Washington PA
Jesse T. Dunbar
Bennett
Associated Presa
Charles A. Lindbergh
Louie
Selfridge Field
Here
Thomas (. Lanphier
Army First Pursuit Group
Buffalo, Noy
Byrd
Aubrey DE Wolfe
Evi
Stageant Ki Burns
Brooklawn Grounds
Kiana
Knights of Great
Ileeds
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