Officers Reach Destination At Rivers Junction
Fairfield county's officers of the 4th Infantry Reserve army United States last night pitched camp at the junction of the Shepaug and Housatonic rivers five miles above Bennet's bridge after two days marching from Bridgeport. The two weeks camp and training is annual for reserve officers. They traveled by cart roads and avoided automobiles. Colonel Rex B. Delarour led the party. They will study map making and military subjects under Colonel John B. Shoeffel and Captain RE Sawyer. The officers sleep in army tents and cook with camp utensils while on duty.
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Army of the United States
Shepaug
Housatonic
Bennet’s Bridge
Bridgeport
Rex B. Delarour
BR. Co
Macy
Russ
Huntington
Tor Lake Zoar
From & Cslock
Lake Zoar
Delacour
John B. Shoeffel
U. S.A
Frost Loses Suit for Fire Insurance in New York
Charles Frost, jailed in Connecticut for conspiring to burn his auto factory, had filed against three fire insurers. The New York Supreme Court dismissed the case as Frost’s counsel appeared unprepared. Frost insured his building in 1928 for 75 000, then its destruction led to lengthy investigations and Frost’s prison term. Three alleged co-conspirators were previously sentenced to one year each.
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New York
Associated Press
Charles Frost
Connecticut State Penitentiary
Supreme Courts
Frost
Bethel
Conn
Connecticut
Whitey Friedman Nerd Tsuacson
Harry Cohen
Supreme Court
Driver Held Blameless in Milford Turnpike Fatality
Milford July 13 Special Cor respondent reports charges against Philip J Moore of 497 Ora street New Haven were lifted after Moore was exonerated in a Milford New Haven Turnpike death of an unknown man struck by Moore's car on June 27 Coroner Ell M absolved Moore of blame and accepted the explanation that the man ran in front of the car.
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Milford
Philip J. Moore
Ora. Street
New Haven
Moore
Milford-New Haven
Ell M
G O P Group Weighs Backing Bridgeport Postmaster Burdick
The Republican organization contemplates backing Burdick for Bridgeport postmaster as Connors term ends July 1928. Connor resigns August 18 1927 amid a political fight with J Henry Roraback and John T King. Connor has led Bridgeport GOP since 1926 and chairs ties to Bankers Capital Corp New York and Connecticut.
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Hartford
George M Eames
Board of Park Commissioners
Willis F. Hobbs
Ripper Board
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Senate Committee On Post Offices
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Charles F. Greene
Frederick J. Wetstine
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Jeremiah Donovan
Norwalk
Republican Town Committee
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Dial
South Carolina
Edge
New Jersey
Moses
New Hampshire
Lock
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Newfield Bank & Trust Co
Elm City Cripple Kills Self By Gas
In New Haven a familiar but obscure man named "Robert" aged sixty plus, known for crutches and shoe laces, died by gas in a boarding house room. The body showed rigor, no money or clues to identity, found after the odor prompted discovery. he had been seen last late yesterday and took his own life to escape health and poverty.
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New Haven
Aasociated Press
Robert
Gray
Timber Falls From Stratford Avenue Bridge
A bridge on Stratford Avenue was lowered after noon yesterday when one end dropped ahead of the other. A grinding crash and splash followed as a section fell into the Monnock River. Suules ordered one side lifted and found the missing plank had come loose from wooden strips beneath the bridge.
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Monnock River
Suules
Bertaut Chooses Hill for New York Rome Flight
New York July 13 Associated Press reports Bertaut announced a non stop air mail flight to Rome with John Pete Hill as co pilot and navigator. Bertaut takes radio duties while Hill, 42, tall and 165 pounds, brings 6 000 hours in the air and a record of not leaving his ship. The prize pessimist has been discovered in Pennsylvania. He had him ho insured agewist bung slauck by comets.
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Associated Presa
Bertatni
Rome
John Pete Hula
Cleveland
Ertaud
Hil
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Bertaud
Hill
Pennsylvania
Women Seek Equal Rights Appeal to Coolidge at White House
A National Women's party delegation from Portland Maine and Charleston South Carolina meets President Coolidge, urging support for a constitutional amendment extending equal rights to women in social, economic, political, and other fields. They cite marital earnings, custody rights, and jury service as ongoing inequities across states. Anita Pollitzer leads the group with Edwin Rehn and Clarence Dunbar invited to luncheon.
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Associated Press
National Women's Party For Equal Rights
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Portland
Maine
Congress
National Women’s Party
Colorado Springs
White House
Senatr Curtis
Kansas
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Susan B. Anthony
Mies Anita Pollitzer
Charleston
S.C
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Gecrets
Maryland
Clarence W. Dunbar
Providence
R. T
Shrime
A. A. Rehn
Minneapolis
Europe Needs Aid as Lloyd George Appeals to US
London July 13 David Lloyd George urged America not to cut itself off from Europe as he received over 100 Americans from the American Institute of International Affairs led by Dr. Sherwood Eddy. He said Europe has endured a terrible ordeal and needs help to regain sanity and disarmament progress.
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London
David Lloyd George
America
Europe
United States
American Institute of International Affairs
Sherwood Eddy
Lloyd George
New Haven Republicans hold second annual club outing
More than 4,000 Republicans gathered at Lichthouse Point Park for the New Haven Young Men's Republican Club outing. Lieutenant-Governor J Edwin Brainard attended the event with several dignitaries including Col Robert O Easton United States Marshal Jacob O Walter and Postmaster Charles W Birely as discussions on political prospects continued informally.
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Barber Pleads Not Guilty of Murder
Amesbury Massachusetts July 13 AP George BE H Taylor barber and folk line dance contest winner pleaded not guilty here today to the murder of Stella Kale a young Lawrence girl whose body was found on Salisbury Beach June 6 He was remanded to jail without bail Taylor was brought to Bals-Dury yesterday from Vermont where he had been arrested at Hyde Park after a search of five weeks.
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Mass
George BE. H. Taylor
Stella Kale
Lawrence
Salisbury Beach
Taylor
Bals- Dury
Vermont
Hyde Park
Sewell Challenging Scott's Consecutive Games Record
Cleveland Indians shortstop Joe Sewell, at 27, trails Scott's 307 game streak and must play every game from now to mid 1930 to possibly surpass the former record. Sewell, one of three Sewell brothers from the University of Alabama, joined Cleveland in 1920 after Chapman’s death and has built a reputation for sharp eyes and steady effort.
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Scott
Menscre Scott
Joe Sewell
Cleveland Indians
Elance
Joe
Indians
Chapmanes
Scotts
Sewell Brothers
Rmoajor Reagues
University of Alabama
Vaudeville Round Leads Poli’s Program With The Wreck
Amusements besides Joey Whalen’s Amateur Frolic at Poli’s Vaudeville theatre today feature De Mar and Lester and Their Beautiful Girls in a musical revue in all scenes. Jim McLaughlin and Blanche Evans present Not Now. Anthony and The Newmans offer a novelty act. A romantic drama The Wreck stars Shirley Mason and Malcolm McGregor, with a daring storyline of a tiny woman and handsome suitor amid danger.
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Poli
de Mar
Lester
Jim McLaughlin
Blanche Evans
Ben Ryan
Arhur Thornton
Sam Carlton
Anthony
Accordion Wizard
Newmans
Shirley Mason
Malcolm McGregor
EW BILL AT PALACE LOu TELLEGEN GREAT LOVAR
Lou Tellegen stars in The Princess From Hoboken at the Palace with Edmund Burns Blanche Mehaffey and Ethel Clayton in the cast. A comedy number and vaudeville bill feature Kerr Weston Revue and a Five Balaba novelty. Jones Jones Foley Massimo and Wheeler Wood appear in Tidbits.
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Hoboken
Palace Theatre
Lovar
Tellegen
Edmund Burns
Blanche Mehaffey
Ethel Clayton
Wil R. Walling
Aggie Harring
Chas. McHugh
Sidney D'Albrook
Theo Kosloff
International News
Gus Meyers Jr
Kerr & Weston
Dorothy Woods
Bert Weston
Jim Cassidyt
Balabanov Five
Royal Petrograd
Moscow
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Massimo
Acme of
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Russian Choral Group Scores At Majestic
The Russian Orthodox church choir of Bridgeport with a balalaika orchestra performed on the Pali Majestic stage in a joint program with The Black Diamond Express starring Monte Blue. Led by Col Luke Bakoota, the chorus of 42 voices, once formed under Cezar Nicholas, drew praise for a well received choral display as the romance unfolds with a plot of love, rivalries and a bridal train.
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Bridgeport
Monte Blue
Luke Bakoota
Cezar Nichollas
Bakoota
Pleasure Beach recreation draws thousands daily
Pleasure Beach park offers afternoon and evening recreation with bathing, lunching, dancing, and amusement rides on Pleasure Island. This week the grand dance palace hosts a ladies night with free admission except Saturday and Sunday. Capt Julien Webster and the Bay State Aces provide nightly dance music from notable venues and radio.
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Grand Dance Palace
Julien Webster
Bay State
Rosemont Ballroom
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Windsor Woman Sues For Children's Custody in Hartford
After four years of litigation in Massachusetts courts, Doris Campbell Holeworth of Windsor seeks exclusive guardianship of her two children in Connecticut. Her husband Wayne C. Holsworth, a landscape gardener now living in Buffalo, N Y, fiercely contests the custody bid.
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Hartford
Massachusetts
Doris Campbell, Holeworth
Windsor
Dedham
Mass
Connecticut
Wayne C. Holsworth
Buffalo
N.Y
Bertaud Aims To Break Three Aerial Records Nonstop Rome Flight
New York July 13 An Associated Press report says Lloyd W. Bertaud air mail pilot plans to fly Old Glory nonstop from New York to Rome to set three aviation records. The journey would cover about 4,600 miles, with a water distance near 4,000 miles, surpassing the Maitland Hebenberger hop by roughly 700 miles.
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New York
Associated Press
Lloyd W. Bertaud
Air Mail
Rome
Europe
Bertaud
New Britain Probes High Gasoline Prices
New Britain Mayor Weld appointed a committee led by Ralph Ben son of the chamber of commerce to investigate why gasoline costs differ from city to city. The mayor did not claim local charges are unjustified, only that prices may be cheaper elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Weld
Ralph H. Benson
Chamber of Commerce
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