Mathematician Wins $1000 for Profound Theory
Cobrenatr An 3 D L Kaon of the University of Chicago received a $1000 prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science for a significant mathematical contribution. Dr Charles N Moore of the University of Cincinnati praised the work as a broad mathematical theory with special cases in vector analysis and quaternions, likening its importance to the Ricci Levi-Civita circle foundational to Einstein's relativity.
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Ricci
Levi Civita
Officer Palmer reassigned to First Battalion fame regiment
In today’s orders from the adjutant general’s office First Lieutenant Courtland A. Palmer of Battery A 1924 F A is relieved of duty and assigned to headquarters First Battalion fame regiment.
Sheldon B Thorpe 84 dies in North Haven
Sheldon B Thorpe aged 84, a war veteran and local historian, died last night in North Haven from heart trouble. He served in Company K, 18th Connecticut Volunteers in the Civil War and resided in Sheldon Brainard Thorpe noted as a town historian.
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North Haven
North Night
Shelton
Brainard Chorpe
Ale
Company K
Lbth
Connecticut Volunteeers
Tech Students to Visit Giddgeport Factories in March
Massachusetts Institute of Technology students will visit Giddgeport factories in early March. General Electric and Bullard Machine Tool are the inspected sites. The students will spend a week touring major industrial cities and their facilities. Reception arrangements are underway. Also, Rev Elmore McNeill McKee, former Waterbury curate, became rector at St Paul’s Episcopal Church starting January 1 and will preach next Sunday.
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Giddgeport
Aovices
Chamber of Commerce
General Electric Company
Bullard Machine Tool Company
New Haven
Elmore McNeill McKee
St. John's Church
Waterbury
St Pau’s Episcopal Church
Three Committees of Council Hold Sessions Today
Three city committees meet this afternoon and tonight. Chairman Howard F Bryant calls the Public Works committee to 4 oclock to review petitions for gasoline tanks and nations. The Claims committee meets at 7:30 in the county chamber to hear taxpayers for statements and other matters. City Attorney A L Delaney meets the Ordinance committee at 8 to discuss council taxation and taxi cab ordinance duties.
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Claims Committee
Couty Chamber
Henvy
A. L. Delaneys
Ordinance
Common Council
Lodge to Speak Monday on Soviet Recognition
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts Republican leader announced he would address Soviet recognition in the Senate next Monday and a general discussion is expected to follow.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
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Cobb Declares Innocence But Refuses Texas Surrender
Irving Cobb, a writer, said he is innocent of charges connected to a Texas hunting trip and refuses to return to Texas to face the game-law violation accusations raised by the Houston warden. He stated he will not surrender or submit to further proceedings in Texas.
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New York
Irving Cobb
Houston
Texas
Mutual Savings Bank
Fairfield County
Sanitarium Seeks Injunction Over Local Kennels
Greenwich residents seek court action to stop Helen Hotchkiss Ehlerson from obtaining a dog kennel on Stanwich road near Blythewood Sanitarium. The $1,006,000 facility sits in a residential area and houses about 25 to 90 dogs, which complainants say disturb patients and nearby homes. No damages are requested.
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Bydewood Sanitarium
Greenwich
Blythewood
Plaint
Stanwich Road
Edinburgh Holds Man as Fugitive from Penal Colony
Police in Edinburgh believe they have Eddie Guerin in custody, the infamous escapee from Devil's Island. The notorious crook, linked to a 1901 $30,000 Foxpress heist in Paris, fled to the mainland after four years, later entwined with Chicago May.
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Scotland
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Devil's Island
French Guiana
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Quein
Chicago
Foxpress Company
Paris
London
Charles Smith
Smith
Dartmoor
Southampton
England
America
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Guerin Brittin
Bristol Police to Probe Drowning Rumor
Springfield dispatch says Bristol Conn police will investigate a rumor that Mias Manila of Forestville drowned herself between last Saturday night and Tuesday. Joseph Lastarza of West Springfield claims intimacy with Manila and alleges her body was found in New York. Authorities deny receiving any drowning report and await confirmation.
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Mass
Bristol
Antonio
Manilla
Lastarza
New York
Doubt Robbery Motive in Thompsonville Case
SUFFIELD Conn Jan 4 The motive of robbery in the death of Victor Rogalski of Thompsonville was weakened by Hartford detective E E Hickey reports a watch found on the body Yet the Springfield Mass Medical Examiner Dr F L Jones says Rogalski was murdered Deputy Sheriff George Creer continues inquiries after Rogalski deposited more than 300 dollars in a bank the day before he was found in the road.
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Conn
Victor Rogalski
Thompsonville
Here
E. E. Hickey
Hartford
FL Dx Jones
Springfield
Mass
Rogalski
George Creer
Flogalski
Gerado Forms Cabinet for Chile Government
Santiago Chile January - Aguirre Gerado a former financial councillor to the Chilean embassy in the United States has formed a cabinet with himself and the interior minister as premier. The move signals ongoing strife between President Allessandri and the Senate. Other ministers named include Amando Jaramillo foreign affairs, Vincente Adrian war, Col Ewing justice, Domingo Duran finance, Darique Zanartu industry and public works, Prieto.
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Chile
Aguirre Gerado
United States
Allessandri
Senate
Amando Jaramillo
Vincinet Adrian
Col Ewing
Domingo Duran
Darique Zanartu
Prieto
Mercury mystery in Waterbury milk from Azzo family
Police report two mornings of milk left out at 89 River Street contained a substance believed to be mercury. Chemists analyze the substance while samples go to the city laboratory and the State Board of Health labs. Family members are listed as suspects in the inquiry.
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Waterbury
Fihano Azvo
River Street
Rite Board of Health
Azzo
Youth Dies After Coasting Accident
In Pristol on January 3, 17 year old Joseph Poro ski died from an cerebral hemorrhage after colliding with a double runner being drawn uphill on Chestnut Street. He was initially rendered unconscious, revived, and walked home before the hemorrhage proved fatal. His father Felix Poroski resides at 57 Chestnut Street.
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Joseph Poroski
Poroski
Chestnut Street
Felix Poroski
Blanton Introduces Drastic Prohibition Legislation
Jan 3 in Washington Rep Blanton of Texas unveils a package of resolutions aiming to remove government officials who violate the Eighteenth Amendment and to expel such violators to their native countries as foreign diplomats. The measure also calls for transporting, possessing or dispensing liquor in defiance of law and authorizes use of the army, navy and national guard to enforce prohibition.
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Rep Blanton
Texas
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Army
Navy
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