Slayers of Franks Boy Find Prosecutor Funny
State's attorney denounces crime as "really funny" as he delivers his opening address. Parents of the slain boy identify clothing and describe disappearance. Prosecution outlines the plan, execution, and the nude body found in a culvert.
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Frank
Prosecutor
Leopold
Rupert Franks
Losh
Loeb
Caverly
Criminal Court
Cook County
Robert H. Crowe
Crowe
Collie
Boston
Newport
Diplomats grapple as Dawes loan talks stall in London
London July 23 delay grows as bankers and French politicians spar over guarantees for a German loan under the Dawes plan. Mellon, Lamont and Nor man pressed for a written pledge while Paris seeks political assurances. mediation by Kellens and Theunis aimed to unlock the deadlock amid reluctance from both sides to yield.
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London
Associated Press
America
Mellon
Germany
Foreign Office
Macdonald
No.10
Mr. Macdonald
Thomas Lamont
Montagu Norman
Robert Kindersley
Frinch
Dawes
Herriot
Kellens
Theunis
Six in Fight At Seaside Park Halts Traffic
Six people were arrested after a fight near the Seaside Park pavilion yesterday afternoon drawing hundreds of bathers and halting traffic on Barnum Boulevard for about 15 minutes. The motive was unclear, but all six showed injuries. They were released on $30 bond each at the Third Precinct. Names listed include Millie Rosenbaum, Tessie Ferna, Conello Ferna, Hymen Dodelan, Isadore Breslen, and Sadie Season.
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Gix
Pathing Pavilion
Seaside Park
Barnum Boulevard
Aparlt
Third Precinct
Millie Rosenbaum
Fairfield Avenue
Tessie and
Conello Ferna
Grand Street
Hymen Dodelan
Bosten Street
Brooklyn
Isadore Breslen
E. 17Th Street
New York
Sadie Season
McHenry Avenue
Get-Rich Wallingford Scheme Nets $3,500 Loss
Greenwich reports Sebastian Steck believed two strangers could double any money in two hours using a machine. He loaned them his $3,500 in cash, guarded it all day, and upon opening their device found a wooden box with cloth and only two one dollar bills plus a pile of old paper.
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Greenwich
Wallingford
Sebastian Steck
Steck
Employe O
Focal Belt and Nut Company
Nexrby
Less speeding at corners urged to curb Bridgeport crashes
Bridgeport police traffic chief Captain James Waller urged speed controls at street intersections and stricter enforcement of a 20 mph excess rule near tight housing. He criticized driver education and called for more police, better intersection lighting, painted lane guides, and holding parents partly responsible for children at busy corners.
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Bridgeport
James 4. Waller
Police
Lions Club
Stratfield
Walker
Thad
State Motor Vehicle Department
Oty Court
Falls Hole Pool at Redding Fined for Private Bathing
In Redding Edgar Fellows summoned State policeman Edward Keating to stop bathing at Falls Hole, arresting Albert Shapiro of New York who runs two summer camps. Shapiro was fined one dollar and costs for trespassing as Falls Hole pool draws visitors from Bethel Bridgeport and nearby towns, with cues to stop using private property.
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Redding
Ole
Falls Hole
Edgar
Fellows
Edward Keating
Albert Shapiro
New York
Topstone
Shapiro
J. Blanford
Bethel
Bridgeport
Godillot Dismisses Bradley Charges In Town Court
In Westport on July 23 Judge Godillot dismissed charges against Attorney Edward B. Bradley relating to fees paid to himself as prosecutor. Spectators jeered and clapped as the three hour session unfolded with Bradley’s counsel urging dismissal on grounds of lack of criminal conduct.
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Bradley
Godillot
Wilton
Methodist
Saugatuck
Newtown
Westport
Edward B. Bradley
John
Godilot
Paul Connery
Edward M. Grout
Federal and State arrest in Stamford liquor case
Connecticut authorities pursued James Feeney of Stamford and Leslie Olmstead of Norwalk for liquor law violations after a raid seized $23,000 worth of havers at Warry Hoyt shorefront cottage. Keeler signed warrants. Keeney bond set at 5000 dollars and Olmstead at 2500.
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Connecticut
James Feeney
Stamford
Leslie P. Olmstead
Tatrfield
Havers
Warry Hoyt
Shorefront
Criminal Superior Court
JB. Farle Garlick
Supreme Court
John E. Keeler
Keeney and Olmstead
Frank Virelli
Scully
Keeler
Daniel Hickey
Daniel Keogh
Norwalk
Peeney
Suparter
Olmstead
Grooms’ Gifts Reflect Clergy View On Marriage
A dozen Bridgeport clergy recount odd gifts and payments after weddings. One man had his garden plowed by the groom, another got a hat switch for his wife, and several received worthless checks. The piece offers a cleric’s unusual take on marriage.
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Bridgeport
Hinds
Seven Youthful Canoeists Die in Basin Disaster
A weeklong search ends with six bodies recovered and one missing from a group of seven youths who set out from St Marys by the Sea last Thursday. Ethel Bergquist, 44, is identified among the recovered at Branford. Alva Anderson, 14, was found by fishermen six miles from Branford near Clarks Yaland. Alva Nordquist, 13, was found off Westbrook, identified by a father after police were notified. Clinton Nordquist, 12, found in grass near Ash Creek. Florence Hegson, 16, recovered near Sea Side park after two teachers sighted the body and alerted officers. The search resumes for the final victim as authorities recount each recovery.
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Lions Club
Yellow Mill Pond Bridge
UC Stratford
Nue
Sapala
Feeney
Olmsted
Sheen
Saorer
Blodgett
Tin Bridge
Ash Creek
Alva Andarton
Branford
State
Fairfield County
Alva Anderson
Clark’s Island
Ethel Bergquist
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea
Rudolph Bergquist
Seaside Avenue
Charles Anderson
Lee Avenue
David A. ‘Pox
Albert Noraquist
Gad Bisworth Street
Westbrook
Edward V. Cassidy
Clinton Nordquist
Florence Hegson
Thomas F
Boy Killed After Falling From Bridge Into Water
Edwin Sobovich five of 1152 State Street died after being knocked from the Disworth street viaduct into Ash Creek by a New Haven Road train. He was dragged from the water by passerby William Wargo who witnessed the accident. Coroner John J. Phelan to conduct an inquest today. motive given as the boy attempted a shortcut and climbed the viaduct.
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State Street
Disworth Street
John J. Phelan
Tin Bridge
Warso
Suly
Campire Stack
Staries
Charlevoix
Hhe Street
Ernest Linwood
Ding
Morey
Mia
Louis Morey
Minnie Lehigh
George Lehigh
Lehigh
High
Wesleyan Mo
Front Sea
Mather
Scott Morey
Gas wells catch a fire near Fort Collins
Fort Collins Colorado July 23 The Mitchell gas well near here exploded into flames last Saturday night and burns fiercely today The well is about 18 miles north of town and owned by the Union Oil Company of California The tank and fire are visible from Port Collins The well had earlier flowed between 20 000 000 and 26 000 000 cubic feet daily before the fire started and the flow now remains undetermined.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Mitchell Gas
St Ated
Port Collins
Tnien Company of
California
Funeral Today for Ernest Peterson and Drowned Siblings
Funeral services are held today at 2 PM for eight year old Ernest Peterson of 36 Midland Avenue one of seven children who drowned in Bound. Rev Ode Okerholm of Swedish Lutheran Salem Church Park Avenue will lead the service. Interment follows at Mountain Grove Cemetery. Funerals for Clinton Nordani st Alva Nordquist Walter Berquist and Florence Benson are planned for tomorrow at the Swedish Church with burial at Mountain Grove. Ethel Bergquist’s body has not been recovered.
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Midland Avenue
Ode Okerhlem
Salem Church
Park Avenue
Mountain Grove
Clinton Nordanist
Alva Nordquist
Walter Berquist
Florence Benson
Ail
Mowntain Grove
Alvan Anderson
Ethel Bergquist
Trains Hit Truck Carrying Picnic Party Killed Twelve
Toledo Mass July 28 Twelve persons die when a New York Central passenger train collides with a truck load of picnickers at a grade crossing near Oak Harbor Ohio. Officials say eleven killed outright and nineteen hospitalized. driver failed to see the fast train. The outing party was from Attica Ohio returning from Locust Point woods.
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Toledo
Mass
New York Central
Oak Harbor
Ohio
Here
Attica
Onio
Locust Penn
Oak Hare
Truck helper killed by fall from truck in Waterbury
John W. Garrity aged 67 died in a Waterbury hospital from a fractured skull after falling from the back of a truck where he sat on a desk. He leaves a wife and eight children.
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Waterbury
John W. Garrity
Heipar
Sudtannsa
Lordship Road Improvement Brings Mixed Reactions
Lordship residents report faster traffic after local road improvements, praising some fixes yet complaining of noise and speeding. A volunteer vigilance group will report speeding cars to police for prosecution, reflecting community tension over changes and safety concerns.
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Lordship
Believers Four Others Missing In Sound Steamer Wreck
The Boston liner Boston at Newport, R I, grounded near Flat Rock with thirty passengers, four confirmed dead and four missing. Coroner and the ship company pursue a full passenger list amid confusion over misidentified travelers and incomplete records.
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Flat Rock
Yellow Mill Bridge Blocked by Heat At Stratford Avenue
Expansion of the Yellow Mill bridge on Stratford avenue in heat delayed traffic for hours. Automobiles rerouted, trolley riders walked across, pedestrians allowed on the span, and a crowd bound for Pleasure Beach was delayed. Fire hoses sped cooling the ironwork as officers controlled the scene.
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Yellow Mill
Stratford Avenue
Tragedy in Blava Theatre Crowds Cause Rush Dead
In Vera Cruz on July 23 a moving picture film caught fire causing a panic in the Blava theatre. Twenty children were trampled to death and seventeen injured as spectators fled toward the exits. The exact tally remains uncertain while galleries teemed with young viewers.
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Vera Cruz
Ase Childsociated
Death sentence in French court for Shattuck robber
Paris July 23. Alphonso Gabriel Mouroy was sentenced to death after being found guilty on 42 counts including a 1922 robbery of Albert R. Shattuck's New York banker home. The jury added 10,000 francs damages to Shattuck. Mouroy’s attorney seeks commutation by President Doumergue.
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Paris
Associated Press
Alphonso Gabriel Mou
Roy
Triah
Albert R. Shattuck
New York
Yuarterday
Bump causes injuries to playing boy at firehouse event
At Fire House No 3 on Norman Street two boys collided during play. Eleven year old Robert Mulligan of 82 Alsace Street sustained severe lacerations to the right eye requiring five stitches and medical care from Dr Sekerak at the Emergency Hospital.
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Fire House No. 3
Norman Street
Robert Mulligan
Alsace Street
Sekerak
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