Bathing Beauty Contest At Pleasure Beach Draws 5000
Fully five thousand persons witnessed the bathing beauty contest held by Pyramid temple during its ceremonial session at Pleasure Beach Saturday night. Betty Welby won the first prize, a large silver cup, for Miss Bathing Beauty, with Rose Weine taking second. About thirty entrants competed, and judges included visiting temple potentates and Hartford’s Mayor Norman C. Stephens.
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Pyramid Temple
Pleasure Beach
Furst
Betty Welby
Barnum Avenue
Potentate Willam
Norman C Stevena Hartford
Sphinx
William F Parker
Conrad Dyckman
Kismet
Albert Schur
Salaam
George Sharpe
Palestine
Tohn M Hawley
William Brown
William Cortes fCoiro
Tristo
Ed Kennedy
Phylis
Man Held for Threats in Child Adoption Case
New York July 19 AP arrested at a rendezvous with his intended victim Philip Seger twenty one has been charged with attempted blackmail and sending threats to Edward W Browning a millionaire realter seeking a child to adopt for his foster daughter Dorothy Sunshine Browning. Segal allegedly sent letters demanding 50000 and threatening to shoot Browning and the child. an unsigned note warned of a future payment. Detectives trapped him at a Broadway subway entrance where he took a bag of papers from Browning and was seized.
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New York
Philip Seger Twentyone
Edward W Browning
Dorothy Sunshine Browning
Seigel
Browning
Times
Detectures
Mert Seigel
Broadway
Two Connecticut Men Get Military Medals
At Camp Devens Massachusetts on July 19 Brigadier General Malvern Hill Barnum awarded deficiency and marksman ship medals to ROTC students from 11 New England colleges. Recipients include Edwin W Nelson Hartford Conn James C Follette Townsend John R Kuhl Storrs Conn and Ard Earle K Johnson Cranston R I.
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Camp Devens
Mass
New England
Malvern Hill Barnum
O Officers Training Corps
Edwin W . Nelson Hartford Conn
James C Follette Townsend
T John R Kuhl Storrs
Conn
Ard
Earle K Johnson Cranston
College Without Faculty Starts Probing Quakes
Boston reports describe the Engineering Economics Foundation a campusless college on Beacon Hill gathering and disseminating earthquake hazard knowledge. It aims to reduce destruction by up to 75 percent through research on cities and services, teaching to the public, and publishing bulletins and reports for national safety planning.
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Boston
Engineering Economics Foundation
Old Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill
Cranoinfesson
Foundaion
United States
Ife
Ita
Publc
Death by own action suspected on Kawern Steamship
Boston reports the discovery of a blue serge suit and straw hat on the Kawern Steamship deck after arrival from New York. Officers believe a passenger jumped overboard during the night. S Glover of New York had claimed stateroom 282 but did not appear. Police questioned several passengers with limited information.
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Boston
Kawern Steamship Company
Hner
New York
New Yorks
Steam engines in airplanes predicted by experts
Cardiff July 195- AP The Institute of Mining Engineers heard Dr John Haldane predict steam engines will largely replace internal combustion engines soon in planes and cars with engines and boilers lighter and smaller. Sir John Cadman added oil is a passing phase and coal would regain prominence tomorrow, shifting industrial use away from oil.
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Cardiff
John Haldane
Institute of Mining Engineer
Haldane
John Cadman
Exhibition Taxed Not Delivery Is State Contention
Hartford July 19 The state argues the recent film tax law targets exhibition not delivery, taxing the film itself as property while regulating its use in interstate commerce. American Feature Film Co and Fox Film Corp appeal for injunctions, claiming the tax on exhibitors is unconstitutional and vague, with counsel urging the court to limit the law’s reach and uphold due process.
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Hartford
American Feature Film Co
Fox Film Corporation
New Haven
Arthur L Shipman
United States District Court
Isto
Connecticut
Shipman
General Assembly of
United States
Tax
Patrolman Lynch Arrests Two Men With Guns
Patrolman Daniel Lynch stopped a sedan on Fairfield avenue Sunday morning and arrested two youths at gunpoint. Police say revolvers and two blackjacks were found on them. The men, Samuel Smith age 23 of 313 Myrtle avenue and Frank Putrho of 62 Fiske street Fairfield, are held on $1900 bonds each.
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Daniel Lynch
Fairfield Avenue
Samuel Smith
Myrtle Avenue
Frank Putrho
Fiske Street
Fairfield
Wet bath problem solved by black patent leather box
A dubious note claims a solution to a wet bath problem involving a black patent leather box. The item is described as hat-box shaped and lined with rubber, suggesting a protective container used in a damp setting.
Counts His Pennies
Dr. C. W. King of Bridgeport promotes affordable dentistry with low prices for fillings gold crowns and bridge work. He advertises a featherweight plate comfortable fit and open office for free examinations promising a square deal to working people at 1116 Main St.
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C. W. King
Bridgeport
Main St
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Gulf Refining Company
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