Easton Residents Meet Over Zoning Radio Bid
Easton residents plan a second town meeting next Saturday to consider a zoning program tied to a proposed 10 watt radio station WI8C from Bridgeport. The issue centers on preventing broadcasting near homes and shaping town ordinances to bar such operations. Candee faces a $150 judgment plus costs in a separate attachment connected to land deals.
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Easton
Wi8c
Bridgeport
Candee
Sport Mill
Board of Appeals
Selectmen
Howard L. Shaft
Boardman and
First
Jacob 3B
Klein
Harold D. Feuer
Worcester
Mass
John H. Candee
WICC
Charles B. Marsh
Republican Town Committee
Hia
Bridgeport Broadcasting Station
Gorge Beera
Alander
Beers
Coats
Little Girl Refuses Rockefeller Dime in Irvington
In Tarrytown New York on July 16 a seven year old girl named Paddie Randal refused to take a dime offered by John D. Rockefeller after church services at the Second Reformed Protestant Dutch Church. Rockefeller pressed the dime into her hand but she declined with dignity and returned the coin to his pocket. The event drew attention as a moment of polite defiance from the granddaughter of neighbor Robert A. Patterson.
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Tarrytown
Associated Press
John D. Rockefeller
Paddig
Randal
Irvington
Robert A. Patterson
Rockefeller
Paddie
Mr. Rockefeller
Jaggenheim
Ixsar Foams
Mae Pisds
Washington
John J. Rockafeller
New York
Battery Park
Hama
Sing Sing Jin
Atate
Allatin
Bam Nme
Teathers
Tone
Cameline Vanderbilt, Jr
Reno
Nevada
Pate T Fi Company
Huntington
Berets Tao Bay Ty Apnaer
Hathyan
Dage
Iqarn Man
Westport
Danbury
Tosani
Bridgeport Meeting Aims to Halt WICC Revocation
Fusion residents plan another gathering to oppose a zoning ordinance related to WICC. The edition mentions various local items including police injuries, military detachments, and public notices, with sporadic references to city and statewide events.
Bridgeport Diet Course Offers Fat Reduction Guidance
Dr. Frank McCoy presents a course on reducing fat with today’s article. The piece outlines methods under a leading diatician's leadership and invites readers to begin today with others in his class.
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Frank McCoy
McCoy
Byrd Grows Ill After Banquet Then Meets Prince of Wales
Commander Richard Byrd, fatigued by constant receptions, is ill with probable ptomaine poisoning but still meets the Prince of Wales in Rouen. Byrd and crew visit a war cemetery at Le Touquet before heading to Cabourg and Vere-sur-Mer for greetings and to return clothing loaned during the Atlantic ascent. They will sail on the Leviathan from Cherbourg on Tuesday.
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Rouen
France
Associated Press
America
Richard Byrd
le Touquet
Prince of Wales
North Pole
South Pole
Byrd
Annapolis
B. B. Howard
Cabourg
H. A. Gibbons
Rottman Wanamaker
Vere Sur- Mer
Vere Sur-Mer
Cherbourg
Guards absolved in drowning cases at Ossining NY
New York July 10 by Associated Press Commissioner of Correction Elen exonerated Sing Sing prison guards who prevented prisoners from rescuing two canoeists who drowned in the Hudson near Ossining July 4. He noted no disorder or sincere rescue intent by prisoners and said one loud rescuer could not swim. The canoe capsized 900 feet from shore in rough water. authorities doubted a successful rescue. The bodies of George A Schaumburg and Archibald Franklin, both 19 and Bronx residents, were later recovered by Interstate Park Police.
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New York
Associated Press
Commissioner of Correction
Elen
Sing Sing
Hudson River
Ossining
Kiel
Rescoe
Fort Lee
N. J
Bing Sing
Interstate Park
George A. Schaumburg
Archibald Franklin
Bronx
Woman Fractures Leg After Tree Fall in Home Incident
Mrs Rose Ritz, 37, of 7 Whittier Street, was rushed to Bridgeport Hospital after a cherry tree branch broke causing her to fall from the tree in her yard. She suffered a fractured left leg and was treated by the Emergency hospital ambulance crew.
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Mra
Rose Ritz
Whittier Street
Bridgeport Hospital
New U S Plane Has Machine Guns in Turrets and Bombs
A Curtiss Condor fighter bomber with six machine guns in four turrets and capacity for 2,400 pounds of high explosive bombs will undergo flight tests at Mitchel Field. The aircraft, powered by two Curtiss motors, carries radio and camera gear and has a 700 mile radius at 105 mph with full load. Lieut Eugene Batten of McCook Field is named pilot for the test.
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U. S
New York
Associated Press
Mitchel Field
James E. Fechet
Aasistantcoref
United States Air Corps
McCook Field
Dayton
Ohio
Eugene Batten
Fatal fall on Roton Point coaster near Norwalk
Santo Briowatrigo of 248 Steinway Avenue Astoria was hurled from a speed ing roller coaster car at Roton Point Amusement Park at 3 20 p m and died at Norwalk Hospital at 6 10 p m. His fiancée Miss Bella Vagonalli watched as the ride ended in tragedy. Local officials said the car had been inspected four weeks earlier and that Briowatrigo stood up in his seat before the fatal plunge.
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Norwalk
Santo Brlowatrigo
Steinway Avenue
Astoria
Roton Point
Mise Bella Vagonalli
Bell Inland
New York
Briowarrigo
Neville Bayle
Miss Vaganalli
Connecticut
Boy Drowns at Samp Morter Reservoir During Family Outing
Seven year old John W. Haring of 731 Main Street died in Samp Morter reservoir while his parents fished nearby. He reportedly lost balance and fell about 30 feet to a steep bank, his hat found at the slip leading to the water. The body was recovered an hour after the 2 PM incident. medical examiner Dr. William H. Donaldson ruled accidental death. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 PM in the Charles L. Dennis and Son funeral home with Rev. Joseph A. Racioppi officiating.
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John W. Haring
Main Street
Samp Morter
Fivat
Haring
N. Buckingham Company
Anna F. Haring
William H. Donaldson
Fairfield
Charles L. Dennis
Fairfield Avenue
Joseph A. Racioppi
St. John's Church
Vanderbilt Junior to Seek Divorce
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr has gone to Reno to begin divorce proceedings from Rachel Littleton Vanderbilt after two years of separation. He cites no personal rancor, says his family supports separation and notes several Vanderbilt divorces in recent years. The article also mentions aviation news about the Dornier Napier Whale flying boat at Calshot Naval Flying Base and Captain Frank T Courtney.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Hamne
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Reno, Ney
Rachel Littleton Vanderbilt
Hig
Vanderbilt
Paris
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Virginia Fair
Calshot
England
Frank T. Courtney
Courtney
Atlantic
Dornier
Pisa
Italy
Elephant and Trainer Die as Train Hits Circus Beasts
A Chicago Aurora and Elgin passenger train crashed into circus elephants being moved from Aurora Illinois grounds. The collision killed trainer Ane Ara Stickwell and a circus elephant, injured six others, and caused a stampede through Aurora with riders and staff thrown and two passengers hurt. The elephants were recaptured after a two hour chase, with Cheerful Gardner concussed and his wife ejected from her perch. Fred Wells and Edmont Welsh of Logansport Indiana were among the injured.
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Chicago
Associated
Aurora
III
Aneara Stickwell
Springfield
Fred Wells
Edmont Welsh
Logansport
Ind
Bather Fails To Return After Swim At Sayim Rock Bathhouse
In Sayim Rock a bathhouse proprietor reports missing Mr. Parvych of 69 Franklin Street New Britain believed to have swum and not returned. A suit belonging to a man of that name is at the bathhouse, and the owner did not come back at closing.
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Saw Haven
Associated Press
Sayim Rock
Parvych
Franklin Street
New Britain
Hse
Match in Gasoline Burns Boy Thirteen in City
A playmate tossed a lighted match into gasoline, burning Thomas Smith, 13, of 509 East Main Street, on yesterday afternoon. Firemen responded to a small blaze at the home and extinguished it with chemicals. Smith was taken to St. Vincent's hospital via motorcycle officer Daniel Plerroy and others, with first degree facial burns and later transferred to Emergency hospital.
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Thomas Smith
East Main Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Daniel Plerroy
al. Kreman
Aareo Yes
Higgins Shot Down in Dublin Free State Leader Killed
Kevin O Higgins known as the strong man of the Irish Free State was assassinated in Dublin as he walked to mass. Three gunmen shot him from a car and escaped. He died after expressing forgiveness and saying he died for his country. Police found no trace of the killers.
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Higgins
Free State
Dublin
Ireland
Associated Press
Kevin O'Higgins
Irish Free State
Michael Collins
Black Rock
O'Higgins
Free State Council
Justice and Foreign Affairs
Orain
Booterstown Catholic
Eamon Fleming
Ministry of Finance
John MacNeil
Forrmer
Education
Fleming
Kevin
Reserve Officers Start Camp March from Bridgeport
Thirty-eight officers of the 418th Infantry Reserve Army begin their two weeks encampment, marching from Bridgeport at 8:30 this morning. Colonel Rex B. DeLacour commands, with Col. John B. Schoeffel and Capt. B. F. Sawyer assisting. The unit disperses into groups for a military problem, camps at Junxe hoar and the junction of the Housatonic and Shepaug rivers, returning to Bridgeport by July 21 with officers from Bridgeport and Stratford among the group.
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418Th Infantry
Waterbury
Washington Avenue
East Washington Avenue Bridge
Junxe Hoar
Housatonic
Shepaug
Theawa
Bridgeport
Leo Julian Meyer
J. F. Penfield
Lewis Robseno
Edward Egmont Schaefer
Stratford
Rex B. Delacour
Waterbury Man Found Dead in Hotel Room
Charles Regan, fifty five, of Waterbury was found dead in his room at the Colonial hotel 162 East Main Street this morning. Medical Examiner Dr. A A Crane is not prepared to state the cause tonight but Regan is believed to have died a natural death after recent illness. He has sisters in New Haven Ansonia and Springfield Massachusetts.
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Waterbury
iBy Associated Press
Charles Regan
Colonial Hotel
East Main Street
A. A Crane
Regan
New Haven
Ansonia
Springfield
Mass
Boy Scout Rescues Drowning Man and Disappears
Waldo Bigelow a fifteen year old Boy Scout rescued Royal L Woodward thirty nine from drowning at the private pool of E Terry Smith in West Hartford He administered artificial respiration until George R Chapin from Hartford Electric Light arrived Bigelow then disappeared to golf with two friends Miss Elizabeth Rhodes and Woodwards five year old son were in the party Woodward was revived after more than an hour and taken to Hartford hospital where he was reported comfortable.
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Artford
Associated Press
Waldo Bigelow
Troop 12
Boy Scouts of America
Royal L. Woodward
Sunset Farm
West Hartford
E. Terry Smith
George R. Chapin
Hartford Electric Light Company
Bigelow
My. Woodward
Elizabeth Rhodes
Young Bigelow
Chapin
Woodward
Hartford
Modes
Dina
Failure of Nava Parley Looms as British Insist on Cruisers
Geneva July 10. Britain demands seventy five cruisers totaling about 468000 tons, risking a rupture at the Tripartite Conference. The American delegation, led by Hugh G. Heall, aims to limit cruiser tonnage to 400000, while Japan seeks 350000 to 600000 tons, as Britain argues for strategic needs.
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Setice Boardiuys
Higgins
Pagel
Vantare
Naval Conference
Looma
America
Ely
Igeon
Anna Te Hop
Frenen Ace
Fconrh
American Politica
Journatinn
Cruser
Osd
The
Tripartite Aan
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Bridgeman
British Admiralty
Cilbaon
Biltien
W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
Associated Press
Ges Ova
Americana
Jaya
Hugh G. Heal
Giteon
Britain
Great Britain
Geographicel
Neevta
United
United States
Omahs
Camegrave
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