Officials Read Two Salary Sets in City Debates
City Auditor Garrity seeks legal opinion on whether to pay ripper law salaries or alderman fixed salaries. City Attorney Delaney pushes council action to set a new payroll scale, while outside tax collectors Neary and Finn face uncertain status under the ripper law. Checks due July 16 may be paid under protest or further court action.
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Walter W. Garrity
A. L. DeLaney
General Assembly
Board of Apportionment and Taxation
Common Council
DeLaney
Board of Aldermen
Tax Board
Garrity
Ripper
Ming
Russell Neary
Frank Finn
Roner” Board
Harry H. Pritchard
William E. Burtham
Tam Board
Edward. U. Kelly
DeLaner
Fin. and
Neary
German exchanges cease operation in Berlin and major cities
The Berlin stock exchange closed today with the Bourse committee citing government delay in enacting definite regulation and a desire to protest the Reichstag's action on aid and new holders of paper mortgages. Frankfurt, Cologne, Hamburg, Dresden and Hanover followed Berlin's lead. The move aims to deter dumping of securities and pressure the government to propose concrete policies.
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Berlin
Reichstig
Retchmag Committee
Frankfort
Cologne
Haarburg
Dresden
Hanover
Hersin
Idz
Seme Mises
Jilain
Ust
Man Reports Theft Held on Burglary Charge
Ray Johnson twenty two of 637 Barnum avenue reported a suit of clothes stolen from his yard and was arrested by Lieutenant James Bray and Sergeants McCullough and Foster on burglary charges at 1081 Pembroke Street. Johnson allegedly entered Louis Lavacool home, a local bowler, and fled through a bathroom window dropping a bank book. He is held on a $1,000 bond.
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Siendberg
Barnum Avenue
Illas
Sverdbere
Hartford Suspends Movie Tax Law Pending Court Decision
Connecticut suspends enforcement of the new motion picture tax and censorship law while a federal court considers its constitutionality. Operators must keep exact film records. no tax collection yet, arrests for nonpayment to proceed if law upheld.
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Hartford
William H. Blodgett
United States District Court
Healy
Arthur L. Shipman
John J. Sprain
New Haven
Connecticut
Failiee
Benedict M. Holden
Mr. Simpson
Roger, Coddard
Thatcher
Wickershant
Splath
Bidgett
United States
Tixtriet
Criminal Court
England to Keep Soviet Ties Parliament Told
Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain will not sever diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and will not surrender extraterritorial privileges in China. Labor MPs pressed on policy toward Russia and Shanghai, while Chamberlain said there is no conflict of opinion with Kellogg.
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Britain
China
London
Theoviet
Austen Chamberlain
House of Common
Russia
Rusela
Kellogg
Chamberlain
Commission of Treaty Powers
Shanghai
England
Rockefeller Birthday Observed With Golf and Cake
John D. Rockefeller celebrates his eighty sixth birthday at Pocantico Hills estate. He plays golf in the morning and hosts a family dinner with grandchildren. A surprise band arrives to provide a concert in the mansion due to rain. A second organ concert follows before he retires for the night.
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Parry Own
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantica Hillis
John D. Rockefelter, Jr
Rockefeller
New York
Tarrytown
Russians Battle Polish Frontiersmen Near Post 504
Warsaw reports 29 Russian soldiers crossed into Poland near Post 504 and fired on frontier guards, repulsed with one seriously wounded. Minor attacks on adjacent posts are frequent. authorities have arrested more than 200 Soviet emissaries in eastern Poland in recent days.
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London
Rap
Reuters
Warsaw
Russia
Poland
Baroness Dies in Suspected Love Tragedy in New York
New York July 8 Baroness Helen Zur Muehlen a Texas beauty wealthy American heiress leaped to her death in an uptown hotel after despair over an unrequited love and thoughts of a marriage to a Dutch millionaire in Java. Authorities ruled death from injuries due to a fall and no homicide. Sir E Victor Sassoon and Mrs J P Walen, closest intimates, sailed with her aboard the Berengaria as questions mounted about her final motives and a farewell cable to her husband. A farewell party for eight preceded the tragedy with tensions over her travel plans and possible departure on the Bedengaria.
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Texas
New York
Helen Zur Muehlen
Java
Banjon
Berengaria
England
E. Victor Sassoon
Sassoon
J. P. Walen
Walen
Irs
Mia
Cewell
Bedengariaay
Victor Sassoon
Tony Genna Shot After Break With Silence in Chicago Gang War
Chicago gangland chaos continues as Tony Genna, 29, of the Genna gang, is killed by two gunmen outside a grocery in Little Italy. He broke the code by naming no shooter before dying, while police hunted a man named Cavaliere and held several Bee Nae associates amid a broad crackdown.
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Chicago
Tony Genna
Tony
Michae Tony
Angels Genna
Genna
Little Italy
Inn Hospital
Jony
Cavaliere
Bee Nae
Kam Genna
Powers Form Alliance for Settlement of U. S. Debt
Paris reports the European League of American debtors is forming with France Belgium and Italy in leadership roles. M Vanderville discussed disarmament and security pacts with Briand while focusing on a league to unite European debt negotiations. Belgium’s Antwerp sail charter plans to negotiate a U S debt settlement aligned with France and Italy to face the United States.
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U. S
Briand
France
Belgium
Italy
Paris
European League of American
M. Vanderville
Ruhr
Antwerp
United States
Barn Loft Fire Sparks Suspicion at Michael Ford Barn
Chief Bearnairy called the loft blaze at 7 Main Street suspicious in origin. The fire quickly extinguished after a chemical truck arrived at 10 19 p m, causing minor damage to hay and a 4 ton of carriage equipment. Another alarm on Housatonic avenue followed a calcium lamp explosion, with Carmen Neutchell present and recall four minutes later.
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George Bearnairy
Michael H. Ford
Chist Beardsley
Housatonic Avenue
Carmen Neutchell
Retired Teachers Board Approves 2% Allowances
Hartford AP reports the state teachers retirement board approved 2 percent retirement allowances for members. The standard age of retirement is sixty five, with average monthly allowances of 42.43 dollars. The oldest approved retiree is eighty, with a fifty six and one half year service record. The pension reserve now totals 10 668 433.66 dollars after adding 168 052.96 for 25 new retirees, sustaining payments under insurance tables. There are 189 teachers on the retired list.
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Hartford
State Teachers’ Association
State Teachers’ Retirement Board
Judge Arrives in Dayton Ready for Scopes Trial
Dayton Tenn July AP judge John R T Raulston arrives to preside at the Scopes trial set for Friday on the legality of teaching evolution in Tennessee schools. Defense lawyers Clarence Darrow Dudley Field Malone and Arthur Hays plan to arrive, with William Jennings Bryan Jr en route. John Scopes' father travels from Paducah to attend, while defense counsel view Bryan's Dayton Progressite speech as a challenge to test the theory on trial.
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Dayton
Tenn
John R. T. Raulston
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Clarence Darrow
Dudley Field Malone
Arthur Garfield Hays
Chattanooga
John Randolph Ness
Mr. Bryan
Dayton Progressioe Club
Dr. Neal
Bryan
Contracts Signed for New Central Library at Lower Cost
The library board president and the building committee approved contracts reduced by about 9.7 percent from the original low bids for the new central library. General contract H Wales Lines Co Meriden bid 395.22 for plumbing and heating 37 450 and 44 100 electrical 26 811 and 27 258 totals cited. Changes cut costs by eliminating burning equipment and using terrazzo flooring instead of marble on hallways. Delays due to condemnation actions for extra land carry weather and risk clauses protecting the board.
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Central Library
Trenry A. Bishop
Library Board
H. Wales Lines Company
Meriden
William H. Clark
This City
Arthur D. Plass
Kitty Bransfield Hurt In Accident In Waterbury
Waterbury July AP. William E Kitty Bransfield manager of the Waterbury Baseball club Charles Cullen and James McLaven officers of the Painters Union of Worcester Mass escaped probable fatal injuries when their machine was struck by a five ton motor coach Cullen suffered cuts and bruises Bransfield had facial cuts and injuries to his left arm and shoulder McLaven sustained a broken rib and nose
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Waterbury
William E
Kitty" Bransfield
Charles Cullen
James Mclaven
Painters’ Union of Worcester
Mass
Cullen
Bransfield
Melayen
Hail Stones Five Pounds in Weight Kill Two Persons
A Minneapolis hail storm on July 8 killed two people and injured at least 26 as wind and hail tore a pavilion roof at Lake Harriet. Stones four to six inches across and weighing four to five pounds smashed windows, dented iron coverings, and shattered glass and plaster in nearby homes and vehicles.
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Minneapolis
Lake Harriet
Detective shoots escaping prisoner on city streets
A detective shot an escaping prisoner wanted on a bad check charge. Several gunfire incidents are reported as authorities pursue the suspect, with tense city street dialogue and updates on the case.
Bride and groom wed after guard protects bride
Catherine F Hoffman 17 and Daniel P McKay of Staten Island married at Borough Hall St George after a policeman guarded the bride overnight to deter rival suitor George Lesky. Lesky, jailed in $2000 bail on abduction charges, allegedly kidnapped the girl and held her in a Bronx apartment for ten days before the June 16 postponement. The ceremony proceeded without incident today.
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New York
Catherine F. Hoffman
Daniel PF. McKay
Staten Island
Borough Hall
St. George
George Lesky
Lesky
Bronx
One Shot Halts Breaker in Hospital Thefts
Le Wolff of Buffalo New York, thirty two, was shot by Detective Sergent Frank Holbrook mid arrest in Bridgeport afternoon rain. The bullet lodged in his left thigh and he survived, taken to Bridgeport Hospital in guarded condition. Wolff had earlier fled after resisting arrest near Main Street offices. a pursued umbrella clash led to the wound. Police trace the suspect to Newfield building and Fairfield Avenue station. He had used fake checks and a $40 worthless note with a City National Bank tie. a Flummer Typewriter Exchange purchase linked to the suspect. The case suggests broader criminal activity across cities.
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le Wolff
Buffalo
N. Y
Sergeng
Frank Holbrook
Bridport Hospital
Hothi Fauna
Wolff
Newfield
Main Reeets
Pese
Holbrook
Fairfield Avenue
Ming
Pimij
Frag. Wolff
Bridgeport
City National
Schenectady
F. Plummer
Flummer Typewriter Exchange
Wis'reet
Wet pavements trigger citywide crash spree
Weather doug rain left slick streets as three collisions occurred across the city. At 2:30 two cars collided near 2nd Jane streets injuring no one. a sedan driven by Samus Srupka struck a tree and fence after turning left on Jane. Morris Marsison’s vehicle rear ended a truck near Matin Street and Baggh Washington Avenue, with all drivers uninjured. A parked coupe on Fairfield Avenue was hit when a sedan driven by Voooke W Onofsky skidded into its rear. both cars saw minor damage and no injuries.
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Jane Streets
Samus Srupka
Terry Find
Joseph A. Neiry
John Atreat
Jane At
Xo Street
John Rascoa
Faligtt Atreet
Morris Marsison
Maplewood
John BE
Bronx Avenas
Tia
Matin Street
Baggh
Washington Avenue
W. A. Westlake
Fairfieldvenue
Fairfield Avenue
Courtland Green
Velick
Voooke W
Onofsky
Waterbury
Onotsky
Surush
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Webster Howe Company
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Scopes
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