Armistice Day Holiday Favored by House in Hartford
Hartford February 23 Armistice Day moves to legal holiday status as veterans groups back the bill. Senate actions include a rejected wage bill and restored citizenship for several individuals. House and Senate debate motions on public work wages, lashings for wife beaters, and various state and municipal measures occupy the day.
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Hartford
House
American Legion
Manufacturers Association
Senate
Committee On Labor
Wheeler
New Haven
John Edward Pring
Bridgeport
Nicholas Fagan
DIN
Motion Picture Commission
Department of State
Insurante Companies
Hall of the
Ameri
Polic
Meriden
Department of Factory Inspection
Meriden Court of Common Council
Marine Nn
Norwich City
Spain
Judiciary Committee
New London
State Board of Fisheries and Game
Keney Cove
Scouts Find Old Army Musket at Valley Forge Site
Roy Srouta and companions on their annual Valley Forge pilgrimage uncovered an old military musket and human bones in a cave near the 1777 78 encampment. Dr W Herbert Burke of the Valley Forge Historical Society calls the find of utmost historical importance and vows thorough investigation.
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Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Washington
Smeé
Roy Srouta
Pennsylvania
W. Herbert Burke
Wreckage Found as Vessel Believed Lost Near Boston
Indications that a lumber laden vessel was lost off Boston during the weekend storms were confirmed when Coast Guard destroyer Ericson located an abandoned lifeboat without a name and hundreds of bundles of laths scattered across the sea. The Kathleen Conrad, a British rum schooner, was abandoned after taking fire and left a helpless hulk at the same vicinity.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Ericson
Kathleen Conrad
Arson Penalties Bill To Get Hearing In Hartford
Hartford readers were told three arson penalty bills will be heard by the Legislative Judiciary committee. The session follows an executive meeting and a large Thursday calendar featuring Willimanite Sprague and Norwich judgeships. The arson measures include a model law adopted in 11 states and backed by the Fire Marshals Association of North America.
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Hartford
Legislative Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Willimanite
Sprague
Norwich
Theodore KE. Stelber
Bridgeport
Ha Fire Marshale’ Association of North America
National Board of Fire Underwaters
Palmer, Retired Naval Commander, Dies at Ventnor Home
Commander J Edward Palmer U S Navy retired died suddenly at his Ventnor home following a heart attack He was 65 and survived by his widow A Goldsboro North Carolina native he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1883 served on ships and shores including World War I era as engineer officer at Portsmouth New Hampshire Funeral services set for Saturday with interment in Arlington National Cemetery
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Atlantic City
N. J
J. Edward Palmer
U. S. Navy
Ventnor
Palmer
Goldabora
N. C
James Edward Palmer
Naval Academy
Portsmouth
N. H
Arlington National Cemetery
Mayor visits 101 year old woman on her birthday
Belvasy Maine reports Mayor Foster C Small congratulated Mrs. Sarah Ellen Stewart on her 101st birthday and made a future appointment for him as physician on February 23 next year. Stewart, longtime clubwoman, has recently lost use of her leg and sight. She received widespread greetings from across the United States.
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Belvasy
Foster C. Small
Sarah Ellen Stewart
Stewart
United States
Stilt Worth $100000 Liquor Plant Raided by U S Agents
In Tomahawk Wisconsin on February 22 a $100,000 liquor operation supplying Milwaukee Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Madison and other cities was raided by a dozen officers twelve miles northeast of town. Five men were arrested after overpowering attempts to reach a fortified stock of shotguns rifles and pistols.
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Tomahawk
Wis
Milwaukee
Chicago
St Paul
Minneapolis
Fireen Fing
Askosh
Madison
Here
Hartford and Middlesex lawmakers hold brief hearings on judgeships
This afternoon, Hartford county legislators and Middlesex county members issued notices. Six committees met with short hearings while members attended a governor's reception at the state library. The Senate and House concurred in appointing judgeships, naming Shelton Joseph Shapiro as judge and John N. Binsbaugh as deputy.
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Hartford County
Middlesex County
State Library
Senate
House
Shelton Joseph
Shapiro
John N Binspbaugh
Pair Sentenced to Six Year Terms on Girl's Testimony
John DeGunte and Lews Kaplan both twenty two of Danbury were sentenced to six to ten years in State's prison each after a jury conviction on three counts of statutory violations. Pacifi, Dee Gunte, and Kaplan’s co defendant Beatrice St Jacques faced related charges and penalties as witnesses.
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John DeGunte
Lews Kaplan
Danbury
Criminal
Ista Wolfe
Nichols Street
Pahquioque Avenue
James Pacifi
Pacifi
Dee Gunte
Kaplan
Beatrice St. Jacques
Pee Gunte
Paciti
Criminal Court of Common Pleas
Hynor
de Gunte
William H. Comley
Ruly
House of the Good Sheperd
Henry Wilson
Ned
DeGunte
Pair
Pen
Kupmn
DeConte
Adelphia
Robert DeForest
Wilson
Deforest
Owen Burns
John Jackson
Bridgeport
Edward M. Hil
Fairfield
William Doran
Greenwich
Winfield S. Baxter
George 8. Reindel
New Canaan
Harry Rider
Norwalk
Clifford Banks
John H. Cooke
M'dgefield
Wilam M Smith
Stamford
John A. Elwood
Wantport
George Adams
Weston
Sues Woman Charged With Fraud In Acreage Case
Maude Dutton Lench of Yonkers sues Stamford resident Silver for 320000 damages in Superior Court claiming misrepresentation of acreage in Riverside and condition of heating system in a house bought January 1, 1926 for 50000 via Stamford brokers KL Tratch. Alleged facts include actual acreage 3 4.4 and exploded boiler pipes and frozen radiators. property said to be padlocked under federal seizure.
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Maude Dutton Lench
Yonkers
New York
Riverside
St. Louis Silver
Stamford
KL. Tratch
Recruiter Details Local Army Corporal From New Haven
Corporal John Brown of New Haven has been detailed to Bridgeport for the United States Army recruiting station. He reported to Sergeant Jesse James at 35 Fairfield Avenue yesterday morning. Brown has served over three years and is on his second enlistment. His home is New Haven, where he has been stationed for the last year.
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John Brown
New Haven
Bridgelert
United States Army
Brown
Jesse James
Fairfield Avenue
Army
Jan Hin
Weatfield Firemen Assist In Maternity Case
Westfield Massachusetts February 23 AP The fire department’s duties extend beyond fires and rescues as the headquarters pumper aided in starting the respiratory apparatus for the newborn child of Mr and Mrs William Horace The father is not a firefighter The operation proved successful
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Westfield
Mass
William Horace
New York Approves Jenks Liquor Bill
Albany N Y Feb 23 The Assembly today unanimously reported the Jenks bill making a person who sells poison liquor that causes death guilty of first degree manslaughter The measure also penalizes distilling denatured alcohol carrying five years imprisonment and a $6000 fine The debate referenced state prohibition enforcement and included Democratic Codey committee support.
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Albany
Assembly
Maurice Bloch
Codey Committee
Bingham Proposes Insular Committee Plan
Senator Hiram Bingham backs a joint Congressional commission to study insular administration. The panel would include three Senators and three Representatives to evaluate consolidating insular matters under a single bureau and propose organizational reforms. Also notes a Wisconsin seizure report fixing a large alcohol production operation.
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George H. Manning
Washington
Hiram Bingham
Congressional Commission
Senate
House of Representatives
House
United States
Connecticut
United Insular
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