Macdonald hopes state aid funds may be obtained
State Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald said road development may continue despite the General Assembly’s appropriation of 10000 for two years. He hinted at undetermined future funds, discussed Southport plans to remove dangerous curves under the railroad viaduct, and noted possible delays before starting the project while authorities seek options beyond the legislature.
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General Assembly
John A. Macdonald
Bridgeport
James A. McElroy
Wiliam Behrens
Andrew Northey
Southport
Southport Park
Macdonald
Judge Farley Sentences Four In Gang Case In New Haven
Judge Eugene Farley at a special New Haven session, guarded by police, sentenced John Parlate to 100 dollars and two months in jail for striking a police officer. William Vastola received 190 dollars and six months for breach of peace. Thomas McKeon faced 100 dollars and four months, life fine on another count with suspended judgment for resisting police. Four youths charged in an attack on Policeman George Milel were discharged.
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New Haven
Eugene F. Farley
John Parlate
Willam Vastola
Thomas McKeon
Hame
Parlate
Vastala
McKennas
Farley
Porrectiqut Bat Association
Pa'ica
Po Yce
Hampton Street
Stetina
Ehig
Law and Order
George Milel
Ice wagon and horse vanish in storm on Boon Avenue
Joseph Ziukowich of 4865 Hallett Street reported his chestnut horse pulling a wagon loaded with ice disappeared yesterday during heavy rain on Boon Avenue. He had left the animal by the curb while delivering ice and returned to find both wagon and horse gone, with a neighborhood search yielding nothing.
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Joseph Ziukowich
Hallett Street
Ziukowich
Supreme Court Asked to Dismiss Evolution Action
Washington authorities urged the District of Columbia Supreme Court to dismiss Loren H. Wittner s suit against school officials charging teaching disrespect for the Holy Bible The motion set Friday for hearing and likely postponement of Wittner s complaint Four grounds were listed including missing named defendants lack of alleged injury vagueness and failure to allege facts showing disrespected teaching or improper salaries
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Loren H. Wittner
Wittner
Frank W. Ballou
W. P. Hay
Department of Biology
Coal Miners in France Start General Strike
In Sarrebourg France on July 27 a general strike began in the coal mines with no immediate reports of further labor trouble. The Sarrebourg mines lie in Lorraine about forty miles east of Nancy, a region that reverted to France after World War I.
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Sarrebourgh
France
Sarrebourg
Lorraine
Nancy
Germany
Baldwin to Act in Miners Confab
London reports Premier Baldwin will take a leading role in talks between miners and operators after a conference with a trade policy committee. Officials unofficially say mine owners may withdraw termination notices and wage proposals, signaling a path to a successful conference on Wednesday.
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London
Baldwin
Britain's Naval Program Outlined
London July 27 AP. W C G Knridgeman first lord of the admiralty outlined Parliament details of a proposed naval build up to 1940. The plan covers four Class A cruisers in the current year, two Class B cruisers next year and one more Class B, followed by annual outputs of one Class A and two Beach ships for three years. Total includes 27 destroyers 23 submarines of the P type and one fleet type plus five gunboats and various auxiliaries at a total cost of 6,000,608 pounds.
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London
W. CG. Knridgeman
The
Admiralty
Furies of storm cause city floods and telecom outage
Flooded streets and waterlogged cables crippled 600 telephones after yesterday’s downpours with inch and a half of rain in hours. Sewers overflowed at Harrison and Fairfield. trains and highways slowed. The Warren Harding High School field was torn up by the deluge, mud blanketing sidewalks as officials estimated repairs will take several days.
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Conncticut Avenue
Main Street
Stratford
St. Swithin’s
William J. Mealin
Connecticut
Union Avenues
Conecticut
Warren Harding High School
Boston
Central Avenues
Board of Education
New York Man Returns 100 Franc Note to 100000 Francs
Adam Gimbel of New York turned a single 100 franc note into 100000 francs at Deauville Casino. He then spent the winnings on gifts for several friends.
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Deauville
France
Adam Gimbel
New York
Casino
Gimbel
Timothy Pearce of Long Hill Dies
Timothy Bartholomew Pearce a 91 year old Long Hill resident and longtime Arcanum lodge member died yesterday at his son's home. He was a retired piano and organ tuner and maker. The Arcanum lodge has a funeral planning meeting tonight at 47 Broad Street. Funeral is tomorrow at 2:30 PM from August G. Baker Funeral Chapel with burial in Lakeview Cemetery. Survived by Elizabeth his wife three sons William F Peace Arthur Peace and Thomas H Peace. three daughters Mrs James Parlinson Miss Elizabeth Peace and Mrs Ethel Ward. two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Timothy Bartholomew Pearce
Arcanum Lodge of Odd Fellows
Long Hill
Arthur Peace
Main Street
Arcanum
Broad Street
August G. Baker
Stratford Avenue
Lakeview
Elizabeth
William F. Peace
Danbury
Long Hil
Thomas H. Peace
Prgeport
James Parlinson
Ridgeport
Elizabeth Peace
Deep River
Conn
Ethel Ward
New Rochelle
Radio Automobiles Run Amuck In Fifth Avenue Traffic
An unoccupied radio moving car steered by a telegraph key in another vehicle zigzagged through Fifth Avenue traffic in New York on July 27. It narrowly avoided collisions, slammed into a parked car near 47th Street, and careened toward a candy shop window before the inventor regained control. He blamed a nervous radio operator for the mishap and called the experiment a success, though police warned him to conduct future tests away from crowded areas.
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New York
Lvomobile
Fifth Avenue
47Th Street
Lady Grace Mackenzie In Jail Escapes Work
Tampa July 27 Lady Grace Esme Mackenzie once Mrs Frank T Jennings of Columbia S C is jailed in Hillsborough County for passing a worthless check unable to post 500 bond since Thursday night She had a cell mate Theresa House wife of an alleged robber who broke jail earlier She claims drafts rather than checks were given and blames her former husband for troubles. Bray the Tampa realtor who reported the incident says the matter involves multiple checks and lacks funds.
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Tampa
Fla
Grace Esme Mackenzie
Frank T. Jennings
Columbia
S. C
Hillsborough County
Lady Grace
G. E B. Bray
St. Louis
New York
Theresa House
Grace
Ale
Bray
Bryan Conflicts Evolution In Collier's Weekly
William Jennings Bryan delivers last formal utterance on evolution titled The Bible is good enough for me in Collier's Weekly. He argues evolution theory is dangerous to society and that viewing man as a bundle of inherited traits from brute ancestors cripples reform efforts.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
Collier's Weekly
Leonard Darwin
Charles Darwin
Bryan
Federal inspectors plan daily brewery checks in New England
Boston July 27 The federal prohibition forces have announced a move to stop real beer production by granting daily inspections to 18 breweries in New England. Breweries in Boston Lowell Lawrence Springfield Providence Epacennes New Haven Hartford will be inspected daily. Bridgeport had no word on the proposal last night and may apply only to the Eckart brewery.
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Boston
New England
Borton
Lowell
Lawrence
Springfield
Providence
Epacennes New Haven
Hart~ead
Bridgeport
Eckart Brewery
Shenandoah Leaves for Fleet Maneuvers
The Navy cruiser Shenandoah departed at 7:30 PM for Norfolk Virginia to participate in fleet maneuvers. The voyage initiates a new sequence of training exercises with the fleet, as announced from Yakdhirst.
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Shenandoah
Yakdhirst
Norfolk
Governor Trumbull Attends Electrical Convention
Governor Trumbull departed Hartford Sunday evening for Association Islands on Lake Gniarto to attend a convention of electrical men. He planned to return later in the week, possibly Thursday.
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Hartford
Trumbull
Association Islands
Lake Gniarto
Auto Fire Report Near Ridgewood and Beechmont
Smoke spouted from an automobile on Ridgewood place near Beechmont avenue yesterday afternoon around 5 34 causing a still alarm. Engine 12 and Truck 6 responded to the call with firefighters arriving promptly. The report is incomplete with several garbled terms.
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Ridgewood Place
Beechmont Avenue
Minuiee Jnias
Italian Senator Warns Britain Menaces Italy At Sea
Count Antonio Cippico, fascist Senator, told a Williams College audience that Britain’s control of the Mediterranean endangers Italy’s life. He linked Wilson’s freedom of the seas to safeguarding peace and warned that the Suez Canal route remains vulnerable. He urged timely steps toward a just settlement among nations and criticized perpetual peace rhetoric from British politicians.
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Williamstown
Mass
Britain
Mediterranean
Italy
Antonio Cippico
Institute of Politics
Wilson
Atlantic
Gibraltar
Sues Canal
Cippico
Suez
India
East Africa
Australia
New Haven Woman Heads Commission
Miss Mary B. Holmes of New Haven elected president of the new cosmetics and cosmology commission appointed by Governor Trumbull. Mrs. Margaret Sullivan of Hartford serves as secretary and treasurer with Mrs. Katherine Crowley Hayes of Bridgeport as the third member. The body, the first state panel entirely of women, met with Attorney General Frank Healy and Health Commissioner Stanley H. Osborn to discuss licensing rules for beauty parlors and applicant examinations.
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Hartford
Mary B. Holmes
New Haven
Margaret ©. Sullivan
New Commission On
Trumbull
General Assembly
Katherine Crowley Hayes
Bridgeport
Board of Examination
Frank Healy
Stanley H. Osborn
Capitol
Mrensen
Commission
Snig Fous
Commoner’s Body Will Rest With Military Heroes
William Jennings Bryan lies in Dayton as plans form to move his body to Arlington for burial. Mrs Bryan leads simple rites with an oncoming funeral train passing through Chattanooga Knoxville Roanoke and Lynchburg toward Washington. Bryan’s daughters and son hasten to join their mother with final earth burial expected Friday.
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Dayton
Tenn
William Jennings, Bryan
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Bryan
Cumberland
Richard Rogers
An Ha
Chattanooga
Southern Railway
Knoxville
Bristol
Roanoke
Lynchburg
States
W. J. Bryan, Jr
Los Angeles
Richard Hargreaves
Ruth Owen
Bryan's Last Speech to Be Released Today
PAYTON Tenn July 27 The final address of William Jennings Bryan will be released to newspapers tomorrow afternoon in Tennessee It was prepared for the Scopes trial and was twice delayed by court events and Bryan's death before plans to publish it for public imprint and distribution could be carried out.
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Bryan Ad
Tennessee
Griffiths chief legatees in four Lounsbury wills
Four of Governor Phineas C. Lounsbury's five wills name William H. Griffith and wife Sarah E. Griffith of Bridgeport as primary legatees. Dr. Alice Rockwell, disinherited grand niece, was never mentioned in any light revealed will. The 1904 will gave the entire estate to his wife. later drafts adjusted stock bequests and trusts for William Sherwood, with marriage wills of March 16, 190? maintaining similar provisions.
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Phineas C. Lounsbury
William H. Griffith
Sarah E. Lounsbury Griffith
Bridgeport
Alice Rockwell
Lounsbury
Myra
Mr. Lounsbury
Jennie W .Lounsbury
Mr. Lognabury
Griffith
Wiliam L. Sherwood
Stratford Police Chief in Tiff Accuses Prosecutor
Stratford July 27 Special report a heated discussion between Prosecutor William J McGrath and Police Chief Willam BR Nichols over whether the town court should be guided by police. Cahill of Bridgeport was tried on DUI reckless driving and evading authorities after an Academy Hill crash. The judge denied police testimony and fined Cahill 25 dollars plus 10 63 for reckless driving. two other charges dismissed.
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Stratford
William J. McGrath
Willam BR. Nichols
James F. Cahill
Bridgeport
Aquor
Academy H
Ralph Johnston
Cahill
Edwin Hall
Main Street
Thomas C. Coughlin
Harry Harford
McGrath
Cughlin
Nichols
Mc Irath
Coughlin
Nichola
Two Suspects Arrested in Aged Spinster Murders
Police in Nashua New Hampshire report the arrest of two men amid the investigation into the murders of Helen and Georgianna G. aged spinster sisters in Hudson. One suspect, Frank Gitte of Somerville Massachusetts, was intercepted near the city outskirts while traveling toward Lowell. the other man remains unnamed. A statewide hunt continues for the killer linked to a $2,500 reward and a possible earlier escapee from Concord State Hospital.
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N. H
Helen
Georgianna
Hudson
Frank Gitte
Somerville
Maas
Lowell
Robert Baird
Demae’ Triog Pappanikrios
Concord Stata Pital
Daylig
Samnvestigate
Fleet Officers Banquet for Arrival of American Fleet
Melbourne guests including ministers and leaders attended a formal banquet at Parliament House hosted by the Commonwealth government. Premier Bruce welcomed the visitors as more than 170000 had boarded ships over the weekend. President Coolidge sent greetings praising peaceful cooperation and mutual understanding to sustain world peace between Australia and the United States.
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Jay
United Fleet
Parliament House
Monwealth
Australian Life
Bruce
Coolidge
Grestign
Australia
United States
Pacific
Fed
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