Bridgeport school funding urged for next five years
Superintendent Carroll R. Reid warns Mayor Rebens that Bridgeport must secure about 3.539 million dollars for immediate and long term school construction. He outlines plans for five new high schools, elementary projects, and a major junior high and senior high housing program to accommodate growing student needs.
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Explosions, disasters flood pages with multiple global incidents
A sprawling front page recap reports several violent events and disasters from the era. Marines suffer fatalities after a blast while nearby fires and explosions rock New Jersey TNT stores. Other items cover thefts, political shocks, military losses, and societal crises across nations.
Express Train Kills Girl Chums At Riverside Track
In Springfield Massachusetts July 17 AP Gertrude Ruel thirteen and Pauline Jette fourteen both of West Springfield were killed instantly at 3 o clock when struck by an eastbound Boston and Albany Express train. The girls were sitting on a track by a lake where they were swimming and did not hear the oncoming train due to noise from a train moving the opposite direction.
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Pauline Jette
West Springfield
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Treasury worker testifies how he unloaded liquor
In federal court testimony Charles A. Smith described loading rye whiskey and champagne from speedboats and iron trucks onto a Belleville dock near Twenty-sixth Street and East River between 1923 and 1925. He said payments totaled 290 dollars per dump and that shipments moved to help the Dwyer whiskey trust evade Prohibition.
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Willats V. Dwyer
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Robert Scott admits guilty plea in murder case
Thicago July 12 AP three titles today Robert B Scott Ings pled guilty to slaying Joseph Maurer a 19 year old drug clerk during a 1924 downtown pharmacy robbery His brother Russell L T Scott is alleged to have actually committed the murder Prosecutors warned of a possible 14 year minimum or death sentence as Judge Gemmills urged full evidence before accepting the plea
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Joseph Maurer
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William N. Gemmills
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Globe Circlers Near New York After Air Dash
Globe circlers M A Ryans and Litton Wella arrived in Salt Lake City at 8 30 pm en route to New York start point. They aim to set a new world around the world record as they continue toward New York and the journey’s climax with others advancing on key legs.
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M.A. Ryans
Litton Wella
New York
Victoria
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Wells
Nellie Bly
Miss Bly
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Britleh Celumt
Edward Ans
Aide Says Coolidge and Weeks Tried to Aid Brandegee Debts
W Don Lundy, former secretary to Senator Brandegee, recounts an 1924 effort by John W Weeks and others to help the Connecticut senator facing financial difficulties. Weeks secretly gave funds to Brandegee's secretary to cover debts, a move discovered by Brandegee who halted further payments and asked Weeks to cover the amount with a note. President Coolidge was informed, prompting further discussion.
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Connecticut
W. Don Lundy
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William Butter
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Thig Noney
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Death of Sinclair Weeks Ends Era of Public Service
LANCASTER New Hampshire July 22 AP Sinclair Weeks former Senator and War Secretary dies after long service. Heart trouble cited as cause. Weeks sought health in South America and California before returning to New Hampshire with family. Funeral planned for Thursday at 2 PM with services likely at Sinclair Weeks home unless a church is needed.
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Monat
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Mass
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Sunday School Man and Fiancee Slain in Cicero
Chicago suburb Cicero witnessed a cab driver Ludwig Hose shot and killed after his car was hijacked by two men believed to be drug fans. They then killed Sunday school superintendent Pied Helm and his fiancee Marie Blas en route home from church for an apparent robbery. One suspect McWaine, 24, was arrested while his companion alias Addie fled. McWaine confessed the plan to get easy money and the crime, including removing Hose and the two victims. Narcotics were involved. coroner's jury sent McWaine to the grand jury for murder and sought the other suspect on similar charges.
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Cicero
Pied Helm
Marie Blas
McWaine
Ught
Joseph Chanito
Addie
MuwWaine
Jacy Ems
Mowlside
Rose
McWabe
Jace
Fein
Miss Blang
McWabne
Two youths held charged with four burglaries
After detective work two youths arrest yesterday on East Side allege confessions to several recent breaks. Francis Armstrong age 18 of Connecticut Avenue and John Rich age 60 of Newbridge Avenue are held. Armstrong faces charges for burglary at Bernstein and Brown department store Stratford and Union avenues and other sites. Rich is charged as an accomplice.
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Francis Armstrong
Connecticnt Avenue
John Rich
Newbrig Avenue
Armstrong
Pickett's
Stratford
Union Avenues
Charles Ballantine
Central Avenue
Revere Street
Newfield Taunch
Stratford Avenue
Rich
Andrews to Arrive in England for Prohibition Talks
London July 12 British officials prepare for conferences with General Lincoln C Andrews chief of the US prohibition enforcement service who will arrive tomorrow to seek greater co operation in curbing trans Atlantic bootlegging and rum running. No new liquor treaty expected as a result. Efforts aim to exchange information tighten contact with running rings and ensure cutters access to British waters. UK pledges cooperation including limits on smugglers transfers to British flag and prosecutions for false declarations.
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C(ap
Lincoln C. Andrews
Prohibition Enforcement Service
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Canada
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Foy
Deave
Walsh
Ha Ins
Cigarettes Stolen From Lunch Room Burglary Report
The Welfare lunch room on Madison avenue owned by Joseph Krosik was burglarized for the weekend. Entry was gained by forcing a rear window. Thieves escaped with six cartons of cigarettes and two boxes of cigars. Two White Rose Bakery workers had their clothes stolen Sunday. William Whiteman and Charles Mates changed into old clothes and had their suits sent a short distance from their work when stolen.
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Joseph Krossick
White Rose
Willian Whiteman
Ttoplar Street
Charles Mates
Harehit
Fairfield
Debts and Defiance as Coolidge Stance Sets Tone
President Coolidge rejects retrial of French debt terms despite mass meetings and calls for relief. Senate timing, state department notices, and banker warnings frame U.S. firm stance. Reed Smoot and Mellon weigh in as Paris protests debt settlement amid global loan anxieties.
New blast threatens remaining magazines at Lake Denmark
Disaster news from Dover New Jersey reports flames rekindling at Lake Denmark amid shifting winds. Relief efforts coordinate with Army Navy and Red Cross as identification of dead proceeds and rehabilitation plans for distressed refugees progress.
Bravery Amid Ruins At Chateau Thierry Explosion
Dover New Jersey July 12 AP The Lake Denmark ammunition chapel near Chateau Thierry suffered a devastating TNT and high explosive shell explosion. Seventeen dead were reported with many missing as fire and powder danger halted searching. Marines from Quantico and sailors from the arsenal moved in to recover bodies, with thirteen found and parts of four others recovered. Authorities described a battlefield scene with guards, Red Cross, Salvation Army relief, and strict access while the search continued.
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George W. Botts, Jr
Richmond
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T. R. Buchanan
Red Cross
Citizens’ Committee
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Quantico
Chateau Thierry
Parla
Salvation Army
France agrees to fund British debt in London talks
France and Great Britain sign an agreement to fund the French war debt after a day of high level talks in London. French finance minister M Caillaux and British chancellor Winston Churchill meet with treasury officials to draft terms, kept confidential until tomorrow. Caillaux warns the franc may fall further but is pleased with the reception and Churchill's cordiality. France to pay 4,060,000 pounds in the current financial year, with gradual steps to follow.
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The
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Paris
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New Britain Man Wires He Is Safe
New Britain New Britain July 12 AP Paul W Moreaux of the city marine named in the Dover explosion list is safe and sound He wired his mother Mrs Augustine Moreaux who lives here that he was in Atlantic City and would send par oIers later
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Paul W. Moreaux
Marine
Dover
X. J
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Atlantic City
Sailors Rescue Captain After Typhoon Appendicitis Operation
In June the steamer Edenton under Captain Kraus suffered acute appendicitis. The President Adams launched a lifeboat through a southwest monsoon in the Red Sea to transfer the stricken captain for an appendix operation. Surgeon Dr J P Whey oversaw care at Tort Maid before the operation, as storm oil was burned and the rescue carried out amid fierce seas.
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