Administration Seeks Power to Seize Coal in Shortage
MARTFORD Jan 17 Authority to seize fuel wherever found during the acute coal shortage and to requisition rail lines locomotives freight cars trolley lines and motor trucks is proposed for the state fuel administrator. The bill also imposes heavy penalties for obstructing distribution and requires dealers to sell on administrator orders. The emergency would end by governor proclamation.
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Connecticut
ETAA
Architects Seek Change to Building Rules at Main Street Site
Carl Reck and Leonard Asheim appeared before the fire committee seeking a modification of the building code for a proposed two story building at 1040 1042 Main Street. Reck cited expiring lease and material shortages due to railroad embargoes, asking permission to use substitutes for steel and other components.
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Carl Reck
Leonard Asheim
The
Common Council
Main Street
Reck
Watson Bank
Hoa
Jane's
Formaiy
Beck
President Harding Improves After Grippe Episode
Washington reports President Harding, confined to his room with a grippe, shows signs of improvement. He spent the day mostly in bed and retired early, with his physician not needing to visit before rest. Officials hope rest and relief from official duties will aid his recovery.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Sawyer
Courts to Probe His Charges Says Hannon
The article reports S M Hannon Boston insurance adjustor asserts a federal court will handle whether Bridgeport policemen acted as commission agents for thieves soliciting buyers for stolen cars. Police commissioners may press Hannon to testify, but cannot force his appearance, with the matter to be fully argued in court.
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Bridgeport
S.M. Hannon
Boston
Board of Police Commissioners
Hannon
Philo C. Calhoun
Han
Hannon Repreboard
Effort to speed court appointments blocked in Hartford
In Hartford a House action blocked the effort to expedite the appointment of Arthur M. Comley as judge and Ralph T. Beers as deputy judge of Bridgeport City Court. The resolutions, moved in the Senate, were tabled by the House and sent to the judiciary committee, delaying the process amid claims the rules could not be suspended. The outcome rests on Senate concurrence or recalendar timing.
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Hartford
Jan
Arthur M. Comley
Ralph T. Beers
Bridgeport
House
Senate
Frank L. Wilder
Judiciary
Nickerson
Yrouse
Buckley
116 Year-Old Woman Dies in Lakeville Mass
Mrs. Mary A. Sabinas died at her Lakeville home in her 116th year. Born in Ireland in 1807 she came to America at age 12 and lived in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. She reportedly never stayed in bed due to illness, once ignoring a physician's influenza prescription in 1918.
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Lakeville
Mass
Mary A. Sabinas
Ireland
America
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Rep Cunliffe Dies From Pneumonia In New Haven
John Cunliffe Jr a representative in the General Assembly from Mast Haven and a Judiciary committee member died at New Haven Hospital after a brief illness. He fell ill last Sunday and was taken to hospital where an operation was performed. Pneumonia developed in recent days.
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New Haven
John Cunliffe, Jr
General Assembly
Mast Haven
Judiciary Committee
New Haven Hospital
Cunlffe
Pyemmonta
William Barnes Weds in Greenwich
William Barnes of Albany New York, a Republican leader, married Maude Mero Battershall of Larchmont New York in Greenwich. The ceremony, in Judge Stephen L. Radford’s office, was witnessed by Clifford Fiero. Justice Mead noted Barnes waived the five day rule for marriage applications.
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Greenwich
Willam Barnes
Albany N. Y
Maude Mero Battershall
Larchmont
N. Y
Stephen L. Radford
Clifford Fiero
Petce
Albert
Mead
Radford
Barnes
State promises to name hooded kidnapers today
Bastrop La January 17 officials promise to begin naming men involved in the Walt Daniel and Richards kidnapping on the night of August 24. Attorney General A V Coco after a staff conference said the state would soon charge those believed responsible with kidnapping torture and murder.
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Bastrop
Walt Daniel
Fom Richards
A. V. Coco
State of War Report Denied by Germany
Berlin officials denied plans to expel French subjects from Germany while a London dispatch claimed Berlin aimed to establish a practical state of war against France by ejecting French civilians.
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Germany
Berlin
Associated Press
Lnstaight
London
France
French to Cut State Forests on Rhine
Paris January 17 Associated Press reports that the French Belgian and Italian governments ordered immediate work on state forests on the left bank of the Rhine as a penalty for Germanys timber delivery default, following the penalty commission decision from December.
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Paris
Associated Press
Rhine
Germany
penAuition Commission
Railroad committee to quiz operating officials over rotten service
Hartford January 17. A Connecticut General Assembly railroads committee called the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad service intolerable and rotten. They authorize a bill to compel the company to show cause for poor service and to summon operating officials for immediate improvement to a decent standard.
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Hartford
Committee On Railroads of the
General Assembly
New Haven
Senate
DePeyster
Portland
House
Howard FP. Dunham
Wethersfield
Smith
Avon
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Leonard J. Nickerson
Education Board Can't Aid Girl Graduates
Twelve high school graduates face a costly path to Danbury for normal school training with no funds available. They must travel about 150 dollars yearly or forfeit a teaching career as Bridgeport faces transportation and capacity constraints with the nearby normal school closing. Principal James Moore notes changes last year to broaden training reduce future hardship.
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Danbury
Board of Education
Alfred A Fones
City Normal School
James Moore
Bridgeport High School
Greenwich Village hiding place of Columbia student
Agnes Glaire Rogers an 18 year old Columbia student and cousin of playwright Eugene ONeill was found in a Washington Square rooming house seeking atmosphere in Greenwich Village. Police had searched since her mysterious Monday night disappearance. She was taken to her aunt’s Riverside Drive home. She carried a portable typewriter and $9.61.
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New York
Agnes Glaire Rogers
Collumbia
Agen O'Neill
Washington Square
Greenwich Village
Willian? B. Rogers
New London Conn
Riverside Drive
Agnes Claire Hielman
Trogers
Two Women Arrested On Charge of Burglary
Mrs. Joseph Mellitt of 142 Osborn Street identified a woman on a jitney wearing her stolen clothing from January theft. Lorraine Negy 21 of Devon admitted the burglary and accused Mamie Archer of 94% Wordin Avenue as an accomplice. Police recovered hats, skirts, a kimono, gowns, and men's trousers. Negy and Archer are held on 500 dollar bonds.
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Mrrs
Lorraine Negg
Devon
Joseph Mellitt
Osborn Street
Bostwick Avenue
Lorraine Negy
Main Street
Mellitz
Trafic
Hennessey
Negy
Jennings Engaged to Wed New York Socialite Prentice
Announcement of the engagement between Miss Kate De Forest Prentice of New York and Benjamin Brewster Jennings of Fairfield. Jennings, Yale 1920 graduate and Navy veteran, is linked to notable New York society circles. Prentice and her family are longstanding Colony Club members with ties to Southampton and Bernardsville.
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Kate de Forest Prentice
John H. Prentice
Sixty-Ninth Street
New York City
Benjamin Brewster Jennings
State
Representaive
Oliver Gould Jennings
Fairild
Jennngs
Yale’ University
Navy
Annie Burr Jennings
Funniholme
Fairfield
Prentice
Ritz-Carltan
Carolyn Prentice
Southhampton
Bernardsville
N. J
Stamford Millionaire Dies in Gotham Hotel
Theodore R. Hoyt of Stamford dies at the Hotel Weylan in New York City after an early morning incident. He was a bachelor, son of Oliver Hoyt, longtime Leather Co. executive, and led the Boston branch for 20 years. A Wesleyan graduate, he founded Stamford’s Woodway County Club and belonged to the Stamford Hunt Club and Suburban Club.
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Stamford
Theodore R. Hoyt
Woodway County Club of
Stamford Hunt Club
Suburban Club
New York
Movie Actress Freed Says She Was Framed
New York January 17 Queen of moving pictures Jane Hansen, also identified as Juanity Hansen, was discharged on narcotics possession charges and said police framed her. She claimed past addiction and persecution by police, insisting she must live right and asking why authorities continue to bother her.
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New York
Tadtiy
Jane Hansen
Juanity Hansen
Moving Picture Star
Ahe
Miss Hansen
Pollor
Larkin Irish agitator pardoned by Governor Smith
James J. Larkin, Irish radical sentenced to five years for criminal anarchy, was pardoned by Governor Smith. The governor said there was no evidence of intent to incite violence and that the offense was essentially a misguided opinion after the war. Larkin had served over two years and was released from Sing Sing, expressing gratitude.
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Albany
James J. Larkin
Sing Sing
Smith
Larkin
New York
Ossining
N. Y
James J. Larkini
Sing, Sing
French Authority Halts Mine Requisition Plans in Ruhr
The French economic mission in Essen reports a shift to using already mined coal and surface stock for France. Paris signals no immediate mine requisitions due to a lack of German technicians, while planning arrests of magnates and enforcing customs measures.
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Essen
Germany
Simon Preside
Paris
Ant
United States
England
Ruhr
Gener
Collals
Thatlard
Poincare
Stern
Geru
Tjir
London
Hugo Stinneshes
Englang Fee
Assemblymen Given Choice Seats in House
Bridgeport's representatives received choice consideration in the assignment of seats in the House today. W. P. Kilpatrick and Adolf Lederer were placed in seats 142 and 143 immediately behind judiciary row where Leader Bucke and the judiciary committee sit, from which most of the directing of House procedure is handled.
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Bry Flegroom
Hartford
Bridgeport
House
W. PF. D. Kilpatrick
Adolf Lederer
Judiciary
Bucke
Judiciary Committee
Coroner Issues Findings in Two Fatal Accidents
In Winsted Connecticut coroner Samuel A Herman exonerates William Fy Marsh and Lena F P Northrop in two deaths. The December 7 incident led to Lena Northrop's death and Carl Larsen is also exonerated in a separate accident involving a team and two motorcycles.
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Winsted
Conn
Samuel A. Herman
William Fy
Marsh
New Milford
Lena FP
Northrop
Alex Caner
Carl Larsen
Russia Mobilizing to Aid Germany Reported by Times
London January 17 The Right correspondent of the Times says reliable sources report the Russian Soviet government has decided to mobilize five year conscripts to assist Germany if Germany resists French action.
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London
The
Times Aay
Germany
W E Hatheway Elected Clerk of United Church
W E Hatheway was elected clerk at the 227th annual joint meeting of the United Congregational Church and Ecclesiastical Society held last night in Gilbert and Broad Streets church parlors. Officers elected include H W Smith treasurer S P Price collector and Rev William H Bartlett Sunday school superintendent.
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Congregational Church’ and Ecclesiastical Society
W. J. Hatheway
United Congregational Church and Ecclesiastical Society
Gilbert and
Broad Streets
H. W. Smith
S. P. Price
O. S. Brothwell
William H. Bartlett
L. T. Warner
D. Beach
Beers
M. Garlick
C Shaw
Sherwood
H. D. sim_ ponds
Smith
C. N. Worthen
Board of Benevolence
M. Hawley
B. Curtis
R. S. Hincks
HW. B. Merwin
H. W. _ Walker
W. M. Wheeler
Clesiastical Society eMeers
Ceck
W. K
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the Sunday Post
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G. Lee
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