Windsor Rum Trade Fuels Canadian Export Boom
Lawrence Sill surveys Windsor Ontario after American Prohibition, noting $41,000,000 in exports in 1930s figures, a thriving rum running network, bank dealings, and a lax inspection system. He details the Detroit river crossovers, border smuggling routes, and the new moderation law shaping alcohol flow to U S markets.
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Lawrence Sill
Windsor
Ontario
United States
Cimadan
Rum Row
A. E. Nash
Royal Commission of Canada
Canada
Ottawa
Washington
Dineer
Rayal Mounted Police
Michigan Central
Detoit River
Detroit
Detroit River
Klenk Igland
An Americas
Gero
Quebec
Walkerville
Sandwich
Sarni
Wade
Despair turns to clear skin with Rend Soap ad
A Spokane reader reports clearing skin after trying Rend Soap and Ointment following failed remedies. The testimonial says the products soothed the skin and helped with a scalp and chapped hands, urging readers to ask their druggist for Resinol Soap and Ointment.
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Spokane
Carmel de Felice
E. 1723
Third Avenue
Suspected Slayer May Be Former Convict in New Hampshire
Manchester police linked a murder suspect to a former Concord prison inmate, Harriman, asking for fingerprints and records from a Massachusetts corrections expert. Investigators doubt whether Harriman and Taylor are the same man, seeking to verify data and identify the killer connected to Stella Kate Pomikala.
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Manchester
N H
Associated Press
Sniem
Mass
Stella Kate
Pomikala
Salisbury Beach
Euscene Harriman
Concord
Rosroel Hill
Massachusetts Department of Correction
Harrimir
Hill
Harman
Taylor
Perny
Harriman
Sullivan County
Skeleton Found Believed Indian Remains Unearthed
Workmen excavating in Lowell Mass unearthed a skeleton believed to be that of an Indian from the Wamesit or Pawtucket tribes who roamed the region in the 17th century. The skull is high and prominent, with large cheekbones and two front teeth in position.
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Lowell
Mass
Duir
Associated Press
Akeleton
Pawtucket
Automobile Tour of Bridgeport Planned by Obch Grotto
More than 20 000 visitors from New England New York and New Jersey expected for an Obch Grotto organized automobile tour of Bridgeport. The route covers major streets and industrial sites from Stratfield Hotel to Stratton Street and returns after a three hour parade through the city highlighting plants including Bridgeport Brass Co Remington Arms Co General Electric Co and Locomobile.
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Obch Grotto
New Englah
New York
New JersRie
Bridgeport
New England
Stratfield Hotel
Stratfielt
Stratfield
Golden Hill Street
Middle Street
Congress Street
Clarence Street
Kossuth Street
State Trade School
Nichols Street
Salts Textile Mig. Co
East Main Street
Bridgeport Brass Co
Holmes and Bawards
Milliston Street
Central Avenue
Bridgeport Screw Co
Habirshaw Cable and Wire Co
Bridgeport Chain Co
Barnum Avenue
Columbia Phonograph Co
Grant Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Warren Narding High School
Boston Avenue
Rumington City
General Electric Co
Bondstreet
Hillside Home
Old Mill Green
Nobile Arouud
Beardsley Park
North Avenue
Main Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Savoy Street
Wayne Street
Madison School
Brooklawn Avenue
Brooklawn Country Club
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Dewey Street
Fairfield Avenue
State Street Junction
Cornwall and Patterson
Blue Ribbon Body Co
West End
Bostwick Avenue
Harvey Hubbell Co
Hatheway Mfg. Co
Raybestos Co
Hancock Avenue
American Tube and Stamping Co
Dictaphone Corporation
State Street
Bryant Electric Co
Norman Street
la Resista Corssy Co
Railroad Avenue
Palmer Belling Co Bridgeport Hardware Mig
Bridgeport Denxidizing Bronze and Metal Co
Malleable Iron Co Cong
New Library and
Algonquin Club
City Hall
Water Street
Railroad Station
Connecticut Avenue
Stratton
Stratheld
New London Police Fight After Hearing Extortion Case
New London officials deny County Detective William Lewis was arrested after a verbal clash with local policemen at the Waterford extortion hearing. Reported to have accused Sergeant Neon Smith of siding with alleged extortionists, Lewis was excluded from the probe as investigators pursued the trio charged with shaking down innkeepers.
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New London
William Lewis
Waterford
Lewis
Neon 5
Smith
Clifton Sinclar
Charles Garvin
Garvin
Connecticut Officials Study Gypsy Moth Data
New Haven July 19 By Associated Press Dr W E Britton state entomologist with Edward F Hall of New Brittain and William A Hendrick of this city state board of control Camnice returned from eastern Massachusetts where the party studied the gypsy moth infestation to obtain data useful should the pest threaten Connecticut.
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New Haven
Asselated Press
W. E. Britton
Edward F. Hall
New Brittain
William A. Hendrick
State Board of Control
Camnice
Massachusetts
Haitian laborers shot by marine in Haiti incident
In Port au Prince on July 19 a U S Marine MP shot and killed a Beitian laborer mortally wounded another laborer and slightly wounded a woman. The marine faces court examination tomorrow as accounts differ on the cause. Marines are serving in Haiti with an armed constabulary formed in Ital.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Astoriated Press
United States
Ital
U. S. Marine Corps
Indictments in Alabama flogging case name seven defendants
Seven men were indicted by the Oneonta grand jury for participation in the June 26 flogging of Calloway, a Oneonta farm youth. Named were Eugene Dels, L E Clayton, Chester Clayton, Clifton Clayton, Peter Carlyle, Dr L S Finnell, and an unnamed man. Bonds set at 9000 for kidnapping charges and 500 for assault and battery. Calloway said he was bound to a tree and lashed by masked men at a rural church after supposedly attending services while intoxicated.
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Oneonta
Ala
Associated Press
Deff Calloway
Farm Youth
Eugene Dels
Tarrant City
L. E. Clayton
Chester Clayton
Clifton Clayton
Peter Carlyle
L. S. Fiizell
Finnel
Callaway
Statute Board Starts Revision In Hartford Meeting
The six member commission to revise the General Statutes met at the state capitol with Chairman Fred A Scott presiding. Each member will handle sections and revise all related public acts, reporting for advice. Questionnaires to lawyers will wait until autumn, while members work individually from the Capitol office in room 50.
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Hartford
Associated Press
Fred A Scott
Barry
State Capitol
Commission
Senate
Scott
County Prisoners Face Extradition Report
Requisitions for the extradition of two alleged criminals were approved by Governor Trumbull. A writ directs the Fairfield County sheriff to turn over Frank Poindexter, wanted in Portsmouth Virginia for grand larceny, to J. W. Guild, Virginia agent. George Shillico, charged with grand embezzlement in Florida, is to be delivered to Fred H. Dowling, state agent. A second warrant places Fairfield County resident Shillito under arrest in Greenwich.
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Fartford
iBy Associated Press
Trumbull
Wri
Farfield County
J. W. Guild
Virginia
Frank Poindexter
Portsmouth
Apest
Greenwich
George Shillico
Three Connecticut guard officers commissioned by governor
Hartford July 19 Governor John H. Trumbull signed three commissions for the Connecticut National Guard. John DeLorenze of New Britain becomes first lieutenant of infantry with Co H, 189th Infantry. Ashley Griffin of East Hartford is made first lieutenant of ordinance with the state staff corps. George F. OBracky of New Haven becomes chaplain of the medical corps with the service company, 116th medical regiment.
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Hartford
Connecticut National Guard
John H. Trumbull
John DeLorenze
New Britain
DeLorenze
Co. H
189Th Infantry
Ninele
Ashley Gritfin
East Hartford
Mace
State Staff Corps
George FO Obracky
New Haven
116Th Medical Regiment
French Catholics Push Plan to Refuse Church Contributions
Rhode Island Franco American leaders announced a Sunday plan to stop all church contributions and pew rents until Bishop Hickey changes policies. The move, backed by 1,000 Franco parishes, targets at least 22 parishes and arises from lawsuits alleging parochial funds were diverted to build Catholic high schools without parishioners consent.
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Woonsockert
FR I
Rhode Island
Diocese of
Providence
Elphege J. Daignault
Deignault
William A. Hickey
Daignault
Trout Leaping to Curved Death from Lightning Strike
The Burlington Fish Hatchery reports about 100 young trout killed or deformed after a weekend electrical storm. Superintendent Titcombe says spines bent in L shapes and blackened skins appeared as fish were shocked by a nearby lightning flash, possibly conducted through water via a tree root. Recovery and death toll details follow from hatchery staff.
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Burlington
Titcomb
Inett
Pena
New Bedford Suffers In Lightning Storms
Lightning struck in several areas of New Bedford and surrounding towns. The isolation hospital building was damaged with a demolished chimney and two holes in walls. A barn in North Dartmouth was burned to the ground. A mast on a catboat near South Dartmouth was struck, knocking a worker, Antone Solger, unconscious.
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New Bedford
Mags
Associated Proes
City
North Dartmouth
Rr South Dartmouth Narine Railway
Antone Solger
Blackmail Case Continuance in Fall River District Court
Louis G. Bernier youthful editor of a weekly political tabloid faced an alleged blackmail charge. The case was dismissed for technical defects and a new complaint drawn, with continuance granted until August by agreement. Bernier had been linked to a $1,000 payment.
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Pall River
Mass
Associated Press
Louis
G. Bernier
District Court Today
Elm City Police Capture Prowler
New Haven July 19. John Assen deida was taken into custody as the suspected prowler who entered the bedrooms of several women last night and the two nights prior. His bail was set at 1,000. He gave a name but is unknown to police.
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New Haven
John Assendeida
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Body of Laws
Rhode Iland
Walter E. O'Hara
Fall River
Bernier
Elm City
Main and Fairfield
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Davis Household
Sewing Machine Department
Ic Sale
Brunswick
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