Flight Needed for Westward Europe to America Crossing
A weather forecaster says a reliable westward crossing plan is needed as pilots face longer Atlantic hops and uncertain conditions. He notes Captain Courtney may attempt a weekend takeoff with 60 plus hours of flight time potentially ahead. A meteorological conference to share ocean weather data is urged to aid ocean flying.
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Courtney
Atlantic
BC Haury
Scarr
Meteorological Service of America
France
England
Colonel Seeley Resigns as Veterans Home Leader
Colonel Seeley resigns from his post as superintendent of the Veterans Home. The governor named a new commission to oversee the home and to appoint the superintendent. Major Arthur Bennett, Bridgeport, is unlikely to become the new head. the post pays 5000 dollars with quarters. The new commission succeeds the Soldiers' Hospital board and will meet after its organizational date.
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Veterans’ Home Commission
Colorel Seeley
Holcomb
Seetey
Marcus H Holcomb
Home Commission
Arthn Bennett
Bridgeport
Saidlers’ Hospital Board
Trumbull
Mall
Rex B. de- Lacour
Stratford
de- Lacour
Courtney preps seaplane for transatlantic flight start
Captain Courtney and crew prepare the Whale seaplane at Lake Constance and Calshot for trials. The aircraft reached 127 mph on test runs with a 95 mph cruising speed and 20-21 gallons per hour fuel burn. International figures like Byrd and Chamberlin praise the attempt and arrangements for refueling in Valencia proceed for the New York leg.
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Royal Air Force
Courtney
Lake Constance
Calshot
Farbus
Gnee
WIN
Valencia
Selfast
Ireland
Associated Press
Valenci Harbor
County Kerry
Fit Courtney
New York
Newfoundland
Trudy Swims 800 Feet To Rescue Drowning Girl
Hollywood July 6 Gertrude Ederle the swimmer who crossed the channel and sought movie roles swam 800 feet at Santa Monica to rescue a nineteen year old girl in distress. Ederle who had earlier said she would retire from marathon swimming helped bring the swimmer to the beach where lifeguards assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Associated Press
Gertrude Ederie
Froday
Santa Monica
Miss Ederle
Byrd Receives Higher French Honor Than Lindbergh
Commander Byrd is made an officer of the Legion of Honor in France, higher than Lindbergh’s chevalier rank, reflecting Byrd’s aviator record and North Pole feats. Lindbergh, older and a Navy officer, receives a red ribbon. The ceremony honors and future chevalier designations for Byrd’s Atlantic party are noted amid praise for American aviators and supporters in Paris.
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Byrd
Charles A Lindbergh
Lindbergh
North Pole
Legion of Honor
Chevale
Atlantic
France
America
M. Poincare
Doumerguec
Charles Lindbergh
Levine
le Bourget
Sadi Lecomte
Clifford Harmon
Bois de Boulogne
Chamberlin
Columbia
St Louis
Balchen
Amsterdam
Fokker Company
Paris
Woman in Hospital After Attempted Self Immolation
Mrs. Elizabeth Papp, 25 Danube Court, remains in serious condition at St Vinent’s hospital following a Tuesday night attempt to end her life by dousing her clothes with liquid wax and setting them ablaze after a domestic quarrel. She suffered third degree burns over her entire body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Papp
Danube Court
St. Vinmt's Hospital
Boy Four Hurt When Struck by Car in Derby
Four year old Boy Sonoski from 10 Prospret Street Derby is in Griffin Hospital with a fractured skull after being struck by a car on New Haven Avenue last night. Driver Jerry Bella of Sheldon is held on a technical charge of reckless driving after telling police the child ran from behind a parked car into the vehicle.
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Sonoski
Prospret Street
Derby
Griffin Hospital
New Haven Avenue
Jerry Bella
Sheldon
World War Pilot Killed In Water Town Plane Crash
Baltimore born Lieutenant Catt Sack was killed when his airplane crashed near Water town New York. He was to wed Marion Hunter of New York in two weeks. Sack served in New York National Guard after engineering studies at Boston Institute of Technology. Captain Curtis Wheeler, a famed wartime flyer, also died in the crash. He had received the Croix de Guerre with palm and the Distinguished Service Cross for shooting down three German planes.
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Worlds Work
Sue
Wheeler
Stack
Baltimore
Associated Press
Catt J. Sack
Curtis Wheeler
Watertown
N. Y
Marion Hunter
New York
John T. Sack
Soc
New York National Guard
Boston Institute of Technology
Two Women Slain in Suspected Gang War Outbreak
Police report two women killed in a likely gang feud at a home. Victims, Mrs Dubois and Miss Grenville, were found shot at close range with powder burns. A taxi driver and passenger, identified as A E B Beck and Charles M Hutchinson, found the bodies after driving to Miss Grenville's residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Dubois
Pall-Doheny Bribery Trial Likely Delayed to Fall Term
An old friend denies involvement in leases as the Pall-Doheny bribery indictments await trial. Proceedings may be postponed until after the Fall and Harry F. Sinclair cases on conspiracy relating to Teapot Dome naval oil reserve leases to Sinclair's Maramoth company.
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District of Columba Supreme Court
Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Sinclair
Maramoth Oil Company
Man Held Then Released In Phantom Stabber Case
A man who claimed to be Alex Johnson was detained by Derby police as a suspect in the phantom stabber case but was released after detectives from this city arrived and found he did not match the stabber’s description. The inquiry followed the stabbing of 14 year old Anna Kutawics of Ansonia last Thursday night. Detectives Curry and Simon traveled to Derby to pursue the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Johnson
Derby
Asa
Johnson
Anna Kutawics
Ansonia
John P. Curry
George Simon
Child Recovers After Poison Incident In Fairfield
Irene Smith a two year old from 7 Mason Street Fairfield was discharged from St Vincent's hospital after drinking a few drops of poison used by her mother to end her life Tuesday afternoon The father will take the child home A funeral for the mother is set for tomorrow afternoon at Grahams Funeral Home 644 Fairfield Avenue with burial in Lakeview Cemetery
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Irene Smith
Mason Street
Fairfield
St Vincent’s Hospital
Grahams Funeral Home
Fairfield Avenue
Lakeview Cemetery
Delegates Picked for Police State Session
Twelve delegates were elected at a meeting of the State Police Association. The convention will be held in New Haven on August 17. Elected were John Browne president, Captain John Lyddy, Lieutenant James Bray, Detective Sergeants John P el Walter Auger, Thomas Moloney, Patrolman William Fyne, and Frank Lee, J Cassidy, Thomas Reid, Thomas Meehan, John Ericksen.
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State Police Association
New Haven
John Browne
John Lyddy
James Bray
John P
el Walter Auger
Thomas Moloney
Wiliam Fyne
Frank Lee
J. Cassidy
Thomas Reid
Thomas Meehan
John Ericksen
Hartford Traded From New Haven To Wilkes-Barre
Bruce Hartford, infleteer of the New Haven club of the Eastern League, has been sold to the Wilkes-Barre club of the New York Pennsylvania League, the announcement said tonight.
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New Haven
Associated Press
Bruce Hartford
Wilkes-Barre
New York- Pennsylvania
Adcox Involves School Heads In Eclectic College Frauds
New Haven dispatch reports Dr Robert Adcox of St Louis testified at a Connecticut hearing on nine more appeals about buying and selling high school equivalents used for entry to Missouri medical and dental colleges. He named county superintendents and state examiner Sachs as suppliers, and described credit card schemes to bypass exams, with Dean Briggs and others implicated in a wide network across Missouri Connecticut and Ohio.
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New Haven
Associated Press
Missouri
Robert Adcox
St. Louis
Connecticut
Adcox
Adcox and Sachs
United States
Dean Briggs
St. Louis College
Sachs
Briggs
William H. Feldman
Morris Burstan
Max Feldman
William Feldmen
Bridgeport
Samuel L. Lerner
DeWitt Clinton High School
New York
Fordstama Medical College
Middlesex College
St Louis College
Middlesex
Lerner
Massachusetts
Frederleck Waite
Cleveland
College of Physicians
Parish Medical College
Dean Briegs
Walte
Watte
Waite
Campo
Lilienthal
Levy Lerner
Mowera
Trinity Church
Trinity College
Hartford
Baltimore Medical College
University of Maryland
Cambridge
Mass
Eclectic Board
Such & Net
Carpenter
Mariana University
White Lea
Board of Examiners
Hair
Femae
Boston College of Physicians and Surgeons
Boston
Black
State Commissioner of Health
Bleck
Haty
St. Louis Rovers
Mhetsti Medile
Physicians and Surgeons of
Kansas City
Hal
Cemno
A. B. O'Krefe
Cammo
Jouls Betnuss Redstray Caldwell
James BE. Mary
Bridgenort
Frtectic
Mrnical
Board of Censors
Connecticut Eclectic Association
Conner Slahotzky
Mower Campo
Roy Long
Burstan
Baby Lives After Five Foot Plunge
Danbury report details 2 1/2 year old Jenn Burns daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Burns of Durant street suffering a fractured skull after falling from the second story porch while watching other children on the pavement below. Doctors attended and the family hopes for recovery.
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Danbury
Jean Burns
Joseph T Burns
Durant Street
Jenn
Local zoning board grants multiple two and three family dwellings and garages
The Zoning Board approved several applications in a session amid disputes over three family houses in B residence zones. Ernest Southey and John McDermott questioned the propriety of such homes. Granted permits include Samuel Frincipe two car garage on Madison avenue Cari Nelson porch extension 485 City View avenue William Nicklas three family house Essex and Horace streets John Duck three family house Bradley street John Ulbrick two three family houses Scofield avenue east of Fairfield Avenue and Crowther street William McLaughlin one car garage Woodrow avenue Peter Rupersana five car garage Carrie street Joseph Doria one addition to a five car garage 242 Pequonnock street Andrew Mittal three family house Wayne street Daniel Puccilli four car garage Charles street Joseph DAgostino additional four car garage 1828 Main street
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Packard Company
Cudlline Company
McNeil
Ernest G. Southey
John McDermott
Samuel Frincipe
Madison Avenue
Cari A. Nelson
City View Avenue
William A. Nicklas
Essex and
Horace Streets
John Duck
Bradley Street
John Ulbrick
Scofield Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
Crowther Street
William McLaughlin
Woodrow
Japan Sides With U S On Cruisers In Talks
In postwar naval talks Britain seeks a high cruiser strength to secure essential trade routes. The United States favors a 400000 ton maximum and questions Britain’s plan to approach 600000 tons. Delegations clash over who bears responsibility if talks collapse, with U S officials highlighting congressional funding and shipbuilding capacity.
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United States
Great Britain
Britain
America
Congress
Hugh Gibson
Hilary P. Jones
Westport Adopts New Expedient Ordinance
Westport adopts a new ordinance to be financed by residents, with strict enforcement of restrictions on out-of-town cars along the road between the pavilion and the cannons. Town Prosecutor Stanley P Jennings promised action to attendees at the meeting. Harry R. Sherwood was elected moderator. William P. Clark and other leaders proposed to strike all provisions save Section 8 on parking along the town side, but the amendment failed. Only P Bradley of Owenoke Park spoke in favor at the April 21 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Stanley P Jennings
Harry R. Sherwood
Willian
PB. Clark
Town Plan Commission
Republican Town Committee
Vay Camep P Bradley
Owenoke Parit
Post Office Fund Given to Danbury Hospital
Danbury July 6. Three post office workers revealed that 8700 grew to 1040 when the latter amount was turned over to the Danbury hospital building fund. The 700 from the original post office fund sat in the bank 20 years before being donated. The Danbury hospital building, priced at 250000, has been oversubscribed by 10 with more contributions received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Danbury Hospital
Pitet Building Fund
Post Office
John F. We
W. E. Mai
W. F. Tomlinson
Danbury Artillery Plans Reunion on July Anniversary
Danbury July 6 By 51 Correspondent The Coast Artillery corps eighth company met here to vote for a reunion on the anniversary of its entrainment to Wright on July. The company comprised Danbury men and pledged to hold the gathering on the occasion.
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Danbury
Eighth
Comps Ox Coast Artillery Corps
Union
Wright
Thia
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Frank T. Courtney
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Clarence D. Chamberlin
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Gure
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Fokker
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