Department to count mail costs for rate readjustment
The Post Office Department will count mail to measure average handling costs for potential rate or contract changes. The study runs Sept 21 to Oct 20 in selected cities and covers all four classes. Officials estimate postal costs about 100,004,000 yearly with sap revenue near 66,000,000, aiming for self sufficiency and possible rate increases.
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Washiington
Post Office Department
Omitials
Monsress
Petition Seeks Sewer Lighting and Grading on Weber Street
Residents on Weber Street petition Roma of Health for city action to accept the street and install a sewer system lighting and grading amid reports of flooding and overflowing cesspools causing odor and access problems for eight to eighteen families during wet periods.
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Roma of Health
Weber Street
Health Officer 1
Puweasent
Cartman Council
Howard Dunbar
Man from Worcester Identified as Rum Runner Suspect
Joseph de Josques of Worcester a church goods dealer was arraigned in Boston for removal to Vermont where he is indicted for conspiring to smuggle liquor from Canada. Swanton inspectors identified him. co-defendant De Witt Russell also from Worcester has served a jail term and may testify at Friday’s hearing.
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Boston
Joseph de Josques
Worcester
United States
Haynes
Vermont
Canada
Swanton
de Witt Russell
Former guard and inmates held in prison drug probe
Charles V. Morgan a former guard and three Soyiy mensing prison inmates were held in $6,000 bond on drug peddling charges inside the facility. Inmates Bennie Bernstein, Hugh Fisler, and James Contardi faced narcotic and related counts as part of an inquiry tied to the death of highwayman Nathan Kessler who officials said obtained narcotics in the prison. Walter A. Clark testified about purchasing habit forming drugs at a dollar per dose.
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Philadelphi Antuly
Charles V. Morgan
Soyiymensing Prison
Bennie Bernstein
Hugh Fisler
James Contardi
Walter A. Clark
Nathan Kessler
Local Ambulance Corps Leaves for Two Weeks Training
The 108th Ambulance Corps of the Connecticut National Guard departed by their own ambulances and motor trucks at 4 AM for Camp Devens for two weeks of intensive training. Forty-two men under Captain John G Booe and Leon V L Roberts left for the camp to receive instruction from efficient officers and return better fitted for their local corps duties.
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Connecticut Naional Guard
Camp Devens
John G. Booe
Leon VL Roberts
Probate Court Finishes Hearing on Merritt Will
Judge Milles closed the probate hearing to determine Dorothy Merritt’s mental capacity and undue influence claims related to her will. The case centers on a marriage contract claimed by Helm and contested by the deceased’s sisters as executrices of a roughly $200,000 estate.
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Paul L. Milles
Uelson
Dorothy A. Merritt
M Merritty
Aplin Fielm
New York
Melm
Daniel C. Merritt
Merritt Exing
Pound Ridge
N. Y
Helm
Ticlr
Miller
Florence Stamet
Telm
Edna Merritt
Adna
Edna
Florence
Anty
Eana
Dorothy Merritt
Taylor
A. S. Geduldix
Bridgeport Factory Workers Plan July 14 Excursion
The Bridgeport brass and other city factories join in the largest excursion to New York departing Saturday July 14 at 1 pm. Three special trains will carry workers, some with special cars, organized by the Bridgeport Brass Company Athletic Association. Workers from most city plants will join, each bringing personal entertainment plans for arrival.
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Bridgeport
New York
Wham
Athletic Association
Bridgeport Brass Company
Sale of Wills & Co. Properties Confirmed in Detroit
The sale of Wills & Co. properties in Marysville Michigan, motor car maker C. H. W. Co., to Kidder Peabody and Co. of Boston for 750000 dollars was confirmed today by Judge Charles Simons in federal court. The Boston bidders announced a reorganization plan with new capital after the receiver’s sale.
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Detroit
C. H.W Company
Marysville
Amich
Kidder, Peabody and Company
Boston
Charles Simons
Nat Om
Immigration inspector on trial for taking bribes
New York July 6. Leonard a former immigration inspector at Mill Island was placed on trial before Federal Judge Fitzhenry on indictments accusing him of accepting bribes to permit aliens to enter without required examinations. He faced two bribes of 50 dollars each.
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New York
wWi
Leonard
Mill Island
Fitzhenry
Cunarders to sail to Soviet southern ports
New York July 6 North Atlantic steamship lines connect with Soviet Russia including Odessa and Novorossiysk in southern Ukraine. The Cunard line announced in May that direct connections have been established, the first such North Atlantic service to do so.
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New York
North Atlantic
Stuthert
Soviet Russia
Odessa
Novorosyisk
Ukrainia
Cunardine
North Atlantic Steamship Line
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Wissner
Main St
Baxk
Logal Ambulance Corps
Smali Boy
Chambray
Merritt
New Jersey
Sale OF Wills & CO. Properties
Smith=Murray Co
Fairfield Ave
Women’s & Men’s Umbrellas
Vachette Jy
The
Smith-Murray Co
Horsman
Ives
Radford B. Smith’s Dollar
Broad St
N. Buckingham & Co., Inc
State ST
Post and Telegram
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