Loot Stolen From Warner Home Not Found by Search
Professional thieves entered the De Ver H. Warner residence at Greenfield Hill Friday night and stole rings watches a gold mesh bag with $40 in cash and $4000 in minor jewelry. Police believe the robbers operated between 2 and 3 AM Saturday. detectives deem it a professional job with no other missing items found. Attempts to recover the haul within 100 miles yielded no results.
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de Ver H. Warner
Greenfield Hill
Wariner
Warner
Bullard Co Demonstrates Success Of New Mechanics Classes
Bullard Machine Teal company reports its instruction plan for aspiring mechanics a success at the Broad street plant. Sam Davis leads 26 students with growing enrollment as trainees receive pay while learning and progress from general to chosen trades, moving toward productive work in four weeks.
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Bullard Machine Teal Company
Canming
Inber
Samueol W. Davis
Broad Street
Davis
The
City Savings Bank
Board Two Finds 40 Of 48 Class 1-A Eligible
The second 25 percent of questionnaires shows more than 40 of 48 men likely eligible for Class 1-A, a sharp rise from the first group. Most were aliens. examinations and third-quarter results loom, with many in Classes 2 3 and 4 to be reviewed for non essential occupations. Major John Buckley notes Bridgeport gained 308 Class 1-A men from deferred classes during June 17 week.
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John Buckley
Hartford
Bridgeport
Board One
Boardour
War Labor Hearing Postponed to July 15
The wage hearings before Judge Hannan of the War Labor Board were continued to July 15 at 10:50 AM. Both machinists and manufacturers agreed to delay to present statistical data on cost of living changes and wage fluctuations over the past three years to reach a final wage award.
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Hannan
War Labor Board
Postal Clerk to Be Arraigned Tomorrow
Charles A. Sheridan, 25, of 407 William Street, will be arraigned before United States Commissioner Hugh J. Lavery tomorrow afternoon on charges of rifling the mails. He is out on $500 bond after a trap set by post office authorities. Sheridan allegedly opened and took marked money from a test letter mailed by Inspector Calvin amid months of missing money reports at the local post office.
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Charles A. Sheridan
William Street
Post Office
Calvin
United States
Hugh J. Lavery
Sheridan
Express Truck Crushes Worker Injures man in Bridgeport
Edward Bloom of 79 State Street was struck when a 40 pound Express Truck toppled onto him. He suffered a crushed foot and was taken to Emergence hospital then Bridgeport Hospital where Dr Matthew Foley treated the injury and his wife at work in the office received the incident report.
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Edward Bloom
State Street
Bridgeport
Bloom
Adams Express Company
Emergencey
Matthew Foley
Bridgeport Hospital
Trolley Company Secures More Cars for Cold Season
Bridgeport officials press Connecticut headquarters in New Haven for additional closed cars ahead of a likely busy winter. Competition for new cars remains tight as firms swap to government contracts, with Lake Torpedo Boat, Bullard Machine Tool, and Housatonic Ship Building aiding production. The new pay as you enter cars aim to improve service across Bridgeport lines.
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Bridgcort
Connecticut Company
New Haven
Bridgeport
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Black Rock
Bullard Machine Tool Company
Housatonic Ship Building Company
Stratford
Vollmer Drives Sheriff Race in Norwalk Area
William Vollmer's nomination by the Democrats for county sheriff triggers busy campaigning by Sheriff Simeon Pease supporters. Pease backers interview voters in small towns while Vollmer promoters target Bridgeport South Norwalk Norwalk and Stamford, leveraging Vollmer's long South Norwalk residency and police chief tenure.
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William Vollmer
Democratic Party
Simeon Pease
Pease
Vollmer
Bridgeport
South Norwalk
Norwalk
Stamford
More Police Protection Is Provided for Parks
Residents near Seaside Park welcomed improved police coverage after complaints about disturbances. A signal box near the playgrounds will allow officers to ring in, with Motorcycle Officer Byrnes patrolling Seaside Park from noon to five and seven to eleven p.m., Motorcycle Officer Hennessey at Beardsley Park during the same hours, and Truant Officers Halpin Finn and Grossarth stationed at Old Mill Green Seaside Washington Parks from two to ten p.m. daily.
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Seaside Park
Byrnes
Hennessey
Beardsley Park
Halpin, Finn
Grossarth
Old Mill Green
Seaside
Washington
Soldier’s Last Goodbye Seeks Andrew Sedlack in City
Private Jack Bradley of Fort Slocum requests help locating his old friend Andrew Sedlack. Bradley asks that Sedlack contact Bradley at Fort Slocum, N.Y., so they may say farewell before Bradley leaves. Bradley notes he is ready to depart and wishes to see Sedlacek before he goes.
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Andrew Sedlack
Jack Bradley
Fort Slocum
Andrew Seedlack
Vriveie
Ward
Briggs Son Promoted to Captain in Ordnance Department
Lieut Roger Briggs is advanced to captaincy in the Ordnance department of the National Army. He is stationed at the Redstone Pa plant of Hemington Arms company after leaving the Officers' Reserve. His father Warren Briggs and Stratford–Weatogue connections are noted.
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Warren Th. Briggs
Roger Briggs
Ordnance Department
National Army
Young 88
Reddystone
Hemington Arms Company
Stratford
National Service
Weatogue Country
German Couple Arrested for Seditious Utterances
Gustave V ht and Theresa Voight, both registered Germans in the city, were arrested Saturday by Department of Justice Agent Lane for seditious utterances. Voight worked at Himann Baking Company and lived at 222 Prince Street. They were transferred to Hartford to await case disposition, Voight in county jail and his wife at the House of the Good Shepherd.
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Gustave
Theresa Voight
Department of Justice
Lane
Voight
Hisemann Baking Ecompany
Prince Street
Hartford
County
House of the Good Shepherd
New Freedom For Enemy Aliens At Altens Parks
In response to inquiries sent to the Department of Justice Bureau at Washington, it is announced that enemy aliens including men women and children may have the freedom of parks and other public squares for 14 hours a week from noon to 7 o'clock p m Saturdays and Sundays during July August and September. In Bridgeport they may visit only Beardsley park during these periods.
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Department of Justice
Burenay
Weington
Oelock
Bridgeport
Beardsley Park
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Fairchild
G. W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc
Main St
Button-Helmn
Private Bradley
Sedlack
Lanp
Hiowland
Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
Cannon Street
Wigeport Down
Mondlay
Howland Dry Goods Company
Doan
Guichess
Ernest M. Butler
C. W. King
Jet
C.Y. King
Fairfield Ave
Sagal
Th & Telephone
Atlantic
Federal Reserve System
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