Heat Wave Grips Country With Record Temperatures
Waterbury reports temperatures over 100 as Bridgeport and the region endure a severe heat wave. Beaches filled while humidity climbed near 78 percent. factories eased workers’ strain. Two deaths linked to the heat reported in Stamford and Cos Cob. a man attempted suicide on railroad tracks in Judley Street and was rescued.
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Bridgeport Brass Company
Seaside Park Pavilion
Fairfield Beach
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Judley Street
Vincent Whit
Welfareng
Stamford
Cos Cob
Dominick Foglia
Fitey
Lindley Street
Uneeda
John O'Connell
Hillside
Judge's Daughter Freed In Auto Case At Andover
Andover July 21 AP Alice Yeomans seventeen daughter of Judge Edward M Yeomans was arraigned for driving without a license but Justice Cand Jur or George T Fart ruled there was not sufficient evidence to convict. Yeomans family requested chambers hearing and an appeal was planned. She was arrested June 22 and held an operator's license from Massachusetts but not issued in this state due to her age.
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Andover
Alice Yeomann
Edward M. Yeomans
Mra Keiton
George T. Fart
Is Yeomans’ Familys
Ohe
Miss Yeomans
Massachusetts
Heat in Kentucky Hatches Six Chicks
Extreme heat in Morgan General area reports six eggs hatched in a poultry house. The six chicks are healthy and antiverminal measures to be sold with those hatched by incubators and hens.
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Kentucky
Morgan Finald
Greenbers
Byrd Receives Sword in 100 Degree Philadelphia Day
Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd, famed for leading Arctic flights, was presented with a sword in Independence Square as Philadelphia marked the hottest day of the year with a 100 degree thermometer reading. Mayor Kendrick conducted the gift ceremony with Floyd Bennett and Lt. G C Neville in attendance.
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Philadelphia
North Pole
Richard E. Byrd
Independence Square
Weather Bureau
Kendrick
Floyd Bennett
Byrd
G. C. Neville
Funeral of Andrew 3 Cooper and Dry Goods Co. head
Funeral services for Andrew Cooper are reported with the Howland Dry Goods Co. head to or held tonight and a burial set in Chindelyhla, page references indicate multiple society items and local notices.
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Andrew
Cooper
Howland Dry Coods Co
Burhu
Chindelyhla
Hemlocks
Ono
Fetefield
Stratford Bank
Stradford
Frank T. Putney
Stratford U.S. BP
Coast Guards Suspend Officers Over Liquor Bribes
Commander William J. Wheeler announced that at least 20 Coast Guard personnel including several officers were suspended after admitting they accepted bribes of 200 to 1000 dollars to allow liquor to land at Long Beach near Barnegat Inlet. One captain admitted transporting eight cases of whiskey across Barngat bay. Names were not released and in one case an entire station’s complement was suspended with replacements drawn from others.
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Toms River
N. J
William J. Wheeler
Coast Guard
Coast Guards
Long Beach
Barnegat Inlet
Barngat Bay
Wheeler
Coolidge Popular Belief Tied to Farm Aid Plan
Senator Fess, after meeting with President Coolidge, says next Congress will push agricultural reform along sound economic lines, opposing crop price fixing. He notes no West protests against tariffs, stressing farming product sales are largely domestic and eastward purchasing power supports tariff protection.
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Paul Smiths
N. J
White House
Senator Fess
Republcan
Ohio
Congress
McFess
Des Moines
Iowa
Coolidge
Fess
White Pine Camp
Octogenarian driver held for fleeing crash in Bridgeport
John L. Oberly, 80, of 36 Myrtle Avenue, the oldest motorist ever to face City Court, was arrested on a charge of evading responsibility after a crash on April 22 that injured two men, Edward Walleradorf and Matthew Geig. Officer Joan Brennan identified Oberly, who was found nearby and released on bond of 206 dollars.
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John L. Oberly
Myrtle Avenue
Joan Brennan
Oberly
Northay 2
Nue
Normay Street
Harold Sherwood
Edward Walleradorf
Matthew Geig
Ohirly
Teachient Ohberly
Bridgeport
Four Campers See Eleven Die in War Canoe Capsize
Lindsay Ont July 21 Four exhausted campers told of seeing eleven companions sink after their war canoe capsized in a squall on Balsam Lake. The group set out from a St James Cathedral camp at Torente for Coboconk to gather supplies. Surviving campers said the vessel struck a heavy wave near Carnegie Point, tipping and trapping all aboard.
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Torente
Hading
Coboconk
Carnegie Point
Gull
Putney Accusations Shake Local Prohibition Office
Washington July 21. Alleged irregularities in the office of Deputy Federal Prohibition Administrator Frank T. Putney Hartford Connecticut are being investigated by Treasury Department officials. Dr. Yochelman of Bridgeport says the office charged physicians fees for issuing permits and that many in good standing could not pay. Senator Edwards calls the alleged extortions hush money and urged a full investigation.
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George H- Manning
Washington
Federal Prohibition
T. Putney
Hartford
Connecticut
Laider Yobleman
Coleman Street
Bridgeport
Prohibition
Treasury Department
Edwards
Yochelman
Edward I. Edwards
New Jersey
Wards
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Col Roebling Dies Builder Of Brooklyn Bridge
Colonel Washington Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge and president of the Sohn A. Roebling Sons company of Trenton, died at his home in Trenton at age 39. His death ends a 14 year project marked by many handicaps and followed his study of European bridge techniques. The Brooklyn Bridge, completed in 1883, was then the longest suspension bridge in the world and a landmark of engineering achievement.
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Trenton
N. J
Coronel Washington Roebling
Bwlder
Brooklyn Bridge
Sohn A. Roebling Sona Company
Europe
Seven Appeals Set By Board Of Appeals For Zoning Hearings
Public hearings on seven appeals from zoning restrictions were scheduled for next Wednesday at 3 pm by the Board of Appeals. The group met in Major Behrens' office to review applications for relief, including Frank Tietelman’s case aided by Henry Greenstein. The Fleishman Yeast Co seeks a small office with space for six cars on Grové Street near Fairfield Avenue, spanning business and residential zones with 10 and 36 feet setbacks. The plan cannot proceed without ordinance relief due to mixed zoning. Carol Baron represents Nathan in two-zone property matters.
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Board of Appeals
Behrens
Frank Tietelman
Henry Greenstein
Fleishman Yeast Company
Grové = Street
Fairfield Avenue
Carol Baron
Nathan
Death Doctor Hansen Bails Out in New York
Dr John Leo Hansen thirty one arrested in New York on a death charge tied to Edith Green. He posts 4000 bail in general sessions court after pleading innocence and offering to return to Boston to face extradition. Bail reduced from 25000 at request of Suffolk county official as he commits to voluntary return.
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New York
Boston
Edith Green
John Leo Hansen
St I&ious
T. O. O’brien
Suffolk County
Mays
Hanson
Bank Funds Used in Bucket Shops Probe
Fulton County solicitor general Jane W. Rooken announced that evidence of fictitious transactions and use of bank funds for bucket shop speculation is being disclosed by the investigation into Bankers Trust Company. The probe notes large sums diverted to benefit the bank and certain officials, as bankruptcy closures hit over 80 small banks in Georgia and several in Florida.
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Northwest
Eee
Etste Sanis
Coronel Loebling
Clyt
Dutkter
Brooklyn
Beldge
Ates
Georgia Trust Company
Tellight Inn
Atlanta
Jane W. Rooken
Fulton
Solicitor General
Bankers Trust Company
Georgia
Florida
Thas
Bank
Mayor Denies Plot to Kill Minister in Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Tex. July 21 AP Charges of a conspiracy to kill Rev. J. Frank Norris were made and denied as county grand jury probes the slaying of D. E. Chipps, a wealthy lumberman, by the minister last Saturday. Norris said new evidence showed Chipps visited his First Baptist Church office as part of a feared deep raid to take his life, while Mayor H. C. Meacham denied any conference in Norris office about an attack.
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. Frank Norris
County Grand
D. E. Chipps
de. Norris
Chipps
First Baptist Church
H. C. Meacham
Norris
Reilly
Norra
Searchight
Dempsey to defend title vs Tunney in Chicago in September
World heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey will face Gene Tunney in a ten round title bout at Soldiers Field Chicago in September. Promoter Tex Rickard announced the date as September 11 or 18 after meetings in Chicago, with a gate split of fifty five percent to the fighters and a charity contribution of 110000 to the Chicago fire and police fund.
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Waterbury
Hartford
New Haven
Yankees
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
Tex Hickard
Jack Denpsey
Gene Tunney
Jutiny
Damien
New York Boxing Board
Jack Dempsey
Tex
Rickard
New York
Gene Sormile
Dempsey
Ilinois Boxing Commission
Soldiers Field
Grant Park
Richard
Normile
Boxing Commission
Tunney
Dempser
Hendersonville
N. C
Colorado Springs
Colo
Sfons
Chicago Fire and Police
Soldiers
Two Bathers Cut by Glass at Seaside Beach
Amid intense heat at Seaside park and Pleasure beach, thousands sweltered as two bathers stepped on broken glass and suffered foot lacerations. One man required artery repair and was taken to Bridgeport hospital, while Agnes Pitt, six, of 46 Smith Street, and Charles Zak, nineteen, of 43 Bradley Street, were treated there.
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Seaside Park
Pleasure Beach
Bridgeport Hospital
Agnes Pitt
Smith Street
Charles Zak
Bradley Street
Wealthy bachelor Elliott Stellingworth found dead in Bay Shore
Bay Shore New York July 21 AP wealthy bachelor Elliott Stellingworth was found dead in his apartment with a rifle beside the body. Coroner Moore ruled death by self action noting he had been dead several days while guardians had sought to conserve his large estate. The body was found when a constable forced entry to serve papers in a civil suit. Meanwhile in New York Hillyer Hawthorne Straton son of Rev John Roach Straton declared at ordination exams the world is going plumb to Hel. Examiners recommended him for ministry despite questions about sanctification.
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Bay Shore
N. Y
Elliott Stelingwarth
Moore
Stellingworth
Bin
Pawers
New York
Hillyer Hawthorne Straton
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Swinton
Cooper Funeral Is 10 Be Held Tonight
Funeral services for Andrew Montgomery Cooper longtime vice president of Howland Dry Goods will be held at his home 195 Brooklawn avenue tonight at 8 o clock Reader Talbot of the Christian Science Church will officiate The body will be taken tomorrow morning at 7 06 to Philadelphia for burial in West Laurel Hill cemetery There the Knights Templar service will be exemplified He died suddenly at his summer cottage in Fairfield Beach after a cerebral hemorrhage Officials note his death will close Beth Howlands and the Smith Murray company for the day.
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Andrew Montgomery Cooper
Howland Dry Goods Company
Brooklawn Avenue
Reader Talbot
Christian Science Church
Cooper
Philadelphia
West Laurel Hill
Knights Templar
Girl Sneezing Almost Constantly for 28 Days Puzzle to Doctors
BRISTOL Tennessee July 21 Miss Dorothy Haker fifteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Haker of Bristol has sneezed over 26000 times in 28 days. Her unusual illness has puzzled nine prominent physicians at King Mountain Memorial hospital where she has been a patient for the period. The case appears to be a nervous malady causing continual sneezing and has drawn increasing medical interest.
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Bristol
Tenn
Dorothy Haker
Sam Haker
King Mountain Memorial Hospital
Poincare to form new cabinet for France
Paris July 11 Raymond Poincare former president and premier to organize a national ministry uniting multiple parties to rehabilitate French finances after Herriot government defeat 289 to 287. Doumergue asks Poincare to consult leaders and draft a cabinet while De Monzie pushes Morgan loan balance transfer bill through parliament. Herriot resigns as his policy failed.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
Republic
Edouard Herriot
Chamber
Doumergue
France
M. Poincare
Poncare
Polit
Herriot
M. de Monzie
Bank of Trance
Finance Committee
Senate
M. Herriot
French Bank May Suspend Payments Prompting Market Drop
New York July 21 stock market fell from early gains as Paris reports suggested the Bank of France might suspend payments to the government to avoid exceeding note circulation. The franc weakened then stabilized after officials clarified the measure applied only to government payments, not central bank solvency.
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Cottoy
Bank of France
Iseuea
New York
Paris
Wee c
Red Grange Named in Divorce Suit
Los Angeles July 21 AP Harold Red Grange football star named in cross complaint by Charlen A Taylor Beverly Hills oil man in answer to divorce suit filed by wife Clarice Taylor. He allegedly left Hollywood movieland after dispute over affair claims she praised Grange called him a wonderful boy rode with him sat on his lap kissed him and arranged a hotel meeting despite husband’s objections.
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Naval Station
Red’ Grange
Ronm
Los Angeles
Harold
Red) Grange
Charlen A. Taylor
Beverly Hills
Clarice Taylor
Grange
Moton Picture Colony
Hollywood
Wheaton
Ill
Mov
Taylor
Fall of Herriot Cabinet Sparks Paris Uproar
Paris July 31 AP The Herriot cabinet fell 250 to 237 in the Chamber of Deputies after a brief existence. Outside, police restrained a several thousand strong crowd that hooted the premier as deputies debated and the nation faced uncertainty about a new government led by M. Poincare or Palncare coalition options.
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Paris
Alexandre Millerand
M. Herriot
Wife Uses Bottle To Floor Husband In Street Attack
Charles Dotey forty five of 40 Warren street was struck on the head with a milk bottle by his wife last night. He was left with a bloodied forehead and walked to the street for help. An ambulance took him to Emergency hospital for treatment and police questioned both. no charges were filed.
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Charles Dotey
Warren Street
Dotey
PD. M. Howe
B& Neighbor
Leopold Seeks University Course While In Prison
Nathan Leopold, serving a life sentence for the Bobby Franks murder, wants to take an extension university course to study Abyssinian languages. Prison officials say there is nothing to prevent it if he can obtain the course from a university.
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Leyden University
Reach
Poincare
National Union
Putney
Isidor Yochelman
Col. Roebling
Death Doctor
Tex Rickard
Soldiers’ Field
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Straton
Howland Co. Head
POINC
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M. Millerand
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M. Doumergus
Succe
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M. Abherard
M. Palncare
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Quai D'Orsay
Rue Bourgogne
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Miister
M. Doumergue
Leopold
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