Prisoners Caught Altering Vehicle Numbers in Ford Theft Ring
Four Bridgeport men Harold Goldy Nathan Goldy Samuel Lessitz and Frank Cleary were arrested and held on bonds in connection with an interstate theft and sale scheme involving over a thousand stolen Ford automobiles. Investigators found fourteen sets of dies to stamp new numbers and evidence of mutilated engines. Up to 1200 residents statewide allegedly purchased stolen cars unknowingly. more arrests possible as federal proceedings begin.
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Bridgeport
Connecticut
Harold Goldy
Gurdon Street
Nathan Goldy
Savoy Street
Samuel Lessitz
Frank Cleary
Gilbert Street
American Auto Body
Frank Virelli
Bernard Scurley
Ipaul Lavin
Joseph PF. Morrison
Automobile Insurance Company
Nartford
Flame TE. McMahon
Automobile Underwriters’ Detective Bureau
New York City
Goldyn Brothers
Letsitz
Issidgeport
Ube
United States
Hugh J.lavery
Mena
Automobile Association
Bee
Ford
Conniceticut
Nevorisa Afie Motor Vehicles
Stratford School Board Proposes Bond Issue
Stratford Jan 10 A unanimous Stratford school board votes to seek a $300000 bond to fund a school building program. The plan includes a new high school unit, a four room Nichols Avenue addition, and purchasing lots on Lordship and near Main Street. Finance committees will meet to push legislation before the state deadline.
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Stratford
Stentford Board of Education
Lip
Hedgel
Nichols ‘Avenue
Lordship
St Main
Coleman Re-Elected President Of Fire Board
James F. Coleman was unanimously re-elected president of the Bridgeport Fire Board at the board’s reorganizational meeting. Mayor I red Atwater praised Coleman’s leadership and the department’s efficiency, noting Bridgeport has not suffered a serious fire in years. Commissioners Oliver C. Righter and Henry M. McCatheroin welcomed their new terms.
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Red Atwater
Board of
Mye Commissioners
Mayor Atwater
Coleman
Gw Feader
Ife
Finnegan
Oliver C. Righter
Henry M. McCatheroin
Naka
Fittegan
Colcman
Atwatey
Bridgeport
T Department
Widow Sues for 73000 in Breach of Promise Case
Mrs Olen De Koszeghy, 35, widow of Alex De Koszeghy, sues Max J Buechler of Ta4 Clinton Ave for breach of promise and seduction claiming he fathered her unborn child after promising marriage. She alleges he refused to marry and deceived her, filing in Superior Court for 73000 with bond set at 80000. Buechler denies the claims and awaits court action, via attorney J B Kin. A New York physician may testify about her condition.
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Max J. Buechler
Clinton Avenue
Wairfield Avenue
Murry
Olen da Koszeghy
Fairfield Avenue
Alex de Wwoszeghy
Hussars
Daniel Tf. Brennan
New York
Buechler
Oscar A. Dannenberg
J. B. Kin
Klein
de Kosseghy
Brennan
Elargos
State Revenue Forecast Cites Over 32 Million Tax Intake
Estimates released today project more than 32 million dollars in state taxation revenue for the coming two fiscal years. The report notes potential changes if appropriations rise, with a predicted surplus unlikely in civil list funds. It also cites a corporation tax drop and inheritance tax expected decline, alongside data on Connecticut corporations showing gains and losses in the last fiscal year.
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Imates
Connecticut
Stolen motor truck found on Park Avenue
A motor truck stolen Tuesday night from Hur avenue was recovered late at night abandoned on Py avenue near Chalmers Avenue. The vehicle belonged to the New System Laundry.
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Park Avenue
New System Laundry
Morehouse Parish Names 12 Black Hood Mob Members
In Bastrop Louisiana on January 10 the district court read into the record the names of 12 of the parish’s best known men as members of the black hooded mobs blamed for a reign of terror. The inquest into the terror has caused sensational proceedings and wide public fear.
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Bastrop
Gensatier
Hltle Morehouse Parish
Louisiana
Postmaster Vanishes Amid $1400 Shortage Mystery
Adrian Wortier, 56, postmaster of South Kent, disappears after a Dec 31 walk. A $1400 shortage is found in his office funds, with small sums from railroad and express companies missing. Investigators say authorities and police will join efforts if needed while Mrs. Nortier denies involvement. Wortier, described as tall with gray moustache, left home carrying no bag.
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Adrian Wortier
South Kent
Hig
Ralphn Eamunds
Fairfield
Litchfela
Nortier
Sumor Ig
Oman
Danbury
Gaylorsville Rayroad
Wartier
Slowlde
Russian-Yiddish stage star becomes U S citizen
Jacob Ben Ari, a Russian actor who rose from the Yiddish theatres of the East Side to Broadway fame, today became a citizen of the United States, marking a milestone in his celebrated career.
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Nw Yootis
Jan. Ih
Jacob Ben Ari
Jase
United States
Roraback's Machine Deals Stinging Blow To Sea
Hartford dispatch reports a political shift as the upstate Republican alliance and Bridgeport factions clash over committee assignments. Senator Howard S. Challenger and Representative W. P. D. Kilpatrick, Bridgeport veterans, receive minor Senate and House roles despite expectations for major posts. Challenger leads the school fund panel, a nominal post given the 1931 lack of meetings, hearings, and reports, amid broader intra party tensions and city power struggles.
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Hartford
House
Senate
Howard S. Challenger
W. P. D. Kilpatrick
Bridgeport
Bridgeport G Co. P
Upstate
Challenger
Kilpatrick
Chalanger
Liv Gly
School Fund Committee
Perpetual School Fund
Connecticut
Western Reserve
Paris Reacts as U S Deploys 50,000 Troops
Paris responds to a rapid American government action deploying 50,000 troops to support an invasion force. The move places Allied forces under a large command structure with counselors coordinating international efforts amid tensions.
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Paris
Germany moves to seize Ruhr and plan Rhineland occupation
Germany informs Paris that France and Belgium will seize Ruhr assets Thursday while severing diplomatic ties. Belgian and French troops advance. French officers prepare billets and occupation controls. Generals Allen and Foch prepared to command, with a Rhineland Republic proposed under French protection.
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von Paris
France
Belgium
Ruhr
Iron Pais
Brussels
Occupied
Xenly
Bave
Linder
Rhineland
Ramburg
Rhine
Foch
France and Germany Move Toward Ruhr Action
Paris announces France Belgium and Italy plan joint action in the Ruhr with troops tanks and engineers ready. Germany recalls ambassador and sets up guard as the hour of mobilization approaches amid tense border developments the French premier Poincare to speak in parliament tomorrow
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U. S
Rhine
Germany
Ruhr
Paris
Associated Press
France
Tassen
Wyench
Poincare
Belgium
Italy
Sarding
Thhineland
Salian
M. Pointware
Simon
Duesseldorf
Degoutte
Woman says mercury poisoning accidental near New York merchant
Mrs Pflager, 40, of 86 Pequonnock street, Mir Anne Coakley Pilager, told police at St Vincent hospital she took mercury tablets by mistake while suffering a migraine. She denied intent to end life, saying she swallowed it thinking aspirin. Doctors later considered recovery possible. Divorced from George Pflager of New York, she had a daughter age 18 and has been staying at the Morehouse Hotel since December 4 with Miss Faust. Her sister expects the poisoning was accidental.
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Hich Toride
Morehouse Hatel
Pequonnock Street
Mir Anne Coakley Pilager
St. Vincent’s Hospital
George Pfilager
New York
Pflager
Morehouse Hotel
Miss Whithaust
Vgiend
Coue to Treat Sing Sing Prisoners in New York
Unne Coue, famed exponent of autosuggestion, accepted an invitation to work with inmates at Sing Sing and Clinton prisons. He told State Senator William Tove he would be glad to help prisoners aid their return to the road of righteousness. Date of visit not fixed.
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New York
Unnle Coue
Sing Sing
Clinton
William Tove
Brooklyn
Expediency Official Explanation for Expected Landings
A brief field report notes an official explanation labeled expediency regarding expected landings or arrivals of American forces at home around February 5. The phrasing suggests bureaucratic rationale behind troop movements or return timelines without detailed troop numbers or locations.
Ambassadors Notified as Rhine Troop Withdrawal Ordered
American troops ordered home from the Rhine with White House aims to show disapproval of German policy. The transport St Mihiel will sail Friday from New York to repatriate about 40 officers and over 1,005 men, with General Allen directing the withdrawal. Ambassadors and allied officials were informed by the State Department.
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Ashington
Associated Press
Rhifs
United States
Ferrus
Harding
Hughes
Weeks
France
Germany
Rhine
Europe
State Department
War Department
Allen
Tran
York
St. Mihiel
Auto Suggestion in Harmony With Medical Science-Cone
A historical text argues auto-suggestion aligns with medical science and could become a key curative tool for physicians. It traces psychology from Charcot and Bernheim to Bergson, noting shifts from cynicism to a brighter philosophy and the潜 subconscious, with continued implications for physical and moral well being.
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Tego
Charcot
Salpetriere
Liebrault
Bernheim
Nancy
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