French Offer to Yield Right to Separate Action
Paris hints willingness to join arbitration on Dawes plan defaults with conditions. France seeks new rights for payments in kind and linkage of German payments to default questions. American observers remain cautious as Dawes deadline looms and delegates push a workable formula amid deadlock and banker concerns.
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London
Associated Press
Jonleht
Germany
France
Dawes Commission
James A. Logan
Logan
Dawes
Hughes
Paris
Trench
U.S
Bile Tain
Girl Canoeist Laid To Rest Last of Seven Victims
For the first time since July 17 the seven canoe tragedy playmates lie together again. Ethel Bergquist, 14, was buried at Mountain Grove Cemetery beside her brother Walter after services at the Swedish Lutheran church on Part Avenue led by Rev. Andrew J. Okerblom. Pallbearers were friends of the siblings, and the funeral drew a solemn crowd as the final victim of the Sound tragedy was laid to rest.
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Ethel
Bergquist
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Walter
New London
Tombatones Mountain Grove
Appeal Abandoned In Car Fare Case Says Greenstein
Hartford retained traction data and figures on trolley operation. other cities lack supporting act and likely will not appeal to Superior Court from Public Utilities Commission ruling. Greenstein urged forming walking clubs to pressure the trolley company and teased former Corporation Counsel Robert F. Butler to convene city leaders.
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Henry Greenstein
Hartford
Superior Court
Public Abilities Commission
Greenstein
Jy Greenstein
Robert FP. Butler
Bartford
Pts
Tl Bisferlo
Nook
Crows Discover Abandoned Still Near Cloverton
In Clearfield county near Cloverton, a patch of tipsy crows around a pine tree led to the discovery of an abandoned still. W W J Delancky, a game protector, reported the find and the mystery of lazy cows grazing nearby was solved.
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Harrisburg
Cloverton
Clearfield County
Seth 4
Gordon
State Board of Game Commissigners
J. Delancky
Boy And Girl Drowned At Norwalk Beach Tragedy
At Norwalk and Stamford beaches two children, a 6 year old boy and a 16 year old girl, drowned while paddling in shallow water and in deep holes. Four others were rescued as divers and local fishermen aided. The Stamford boy, Ernest Molwitz Jr., and Norwalk girl Ina Frances Bates, along with two younger siblings, faced critical or survived injuries with rescue attempts ongoing.
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Ernest Molwitz, Jr
Lighth Avenue
New York
Hallowe'en Pari
Eve
Ernestine
Fiona
Stamford Hospital
Norwalk
Iga Frances Bates
Frank A. Bates
Danbury
Unlf Pasture Beach
Ina
Breather
Boy Slashing Fight Over Property Sparks Attack
In Harlem, a boy named David Silvers was slashed when a woman brandished a razor toward another person in a store owned by Christi Testo on Center Street. Testo drew a gun during the confrontation, the boy received private medical care, the woman was hospitalized, and police investigated charges including a possible assault.
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Harlem Avenue
Rosa Helline
Christi Testo
Center Street
Tutter
Petective Bureau
Testy
Silver
St. Vincent's Hospital
State evidence in Frank s case to close today
July 28 1936 Chicago State's Attorney Robert Crowe announced a mountain of evidence to seek the death penalty for Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb in the Franks kidnapping slaying. He planned to end his case as court opened tomorrow and sought to test mental responsibility via a jury. The defendants shown a different temperament in court and their confessions described stunning Franks with a chisel.
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Chicago
Robert J. Crowe
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Koeb
Robert Franks
Crowe
Robert H. Crowe
John R. Caverly
Loeb
Leopold
Clarence C. Darrow
Benjamin Bachrach
Franks
Man Shot During Riot with Klan in Worcester
Edward Bird, 37, of Leominster, was rushed to Leominster Hospital from Lancaster after being shot in the Ku Klux Klan riot. He is in serious condition and operated on. Police report a near clash in Spencer where transmitters leaving a meeting were met by anti-sympathizers. state police kept order while inquiries proceed.
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Worchster
Mass
Edward Bird
Monument Square
Leominster
Peggy Joyce Third Husband Seeks Annulment in NY Suit
New York July 29 The Countess Morner formerly Peggy Joyce the musical comedy star was served with papers in a suit for annulment of her latest marriage The former Peggy Joyce countered with a suit against Count Morner seeking 10900 for bills she claims to have paid Since last June the couple have faced rumors of discord They were seen at the Hotel Ambassador Atlantic City and later in New York The Countess alleged joint bills hotel charges clothing and personal services as part of the separation action The Count Morner affair was linked to a Chicago toothpaste firm once tied to the Countess husband who reportedly abandoned his post with the Chicago firm after marriage
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Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Peggy
Peggy Joyce
Count Morner
Miss Jones
Ambassador
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Ney
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Aad
Pepey Joyce
Chicago
Thay
Ervan
Nebraska
War Department
Franks
Pegey Jaye
Flelucbmann
Paris
Duncan
Cop
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Attoray
Explosion At Cannert Fireworks Plant Rocks New Haven
An explosion on the West Shore front near Cannert Fireworks company injures one worker from Tuangelli of Wooster Street. He is in Grace Hospital with a fractured arm and leg and skull injuries. others were at home. Cause of blast undetermined.
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West 1
Shore Front
Cannert Fireworks Company
Kalsey Avenue
Plank
Tuangelli
Wooster Street
Grace Hospital
Nose tip bitten in quarrel between husband and wife
John Alick of 362 Hamilton street bit off the tip of his wife nose during a quarrel with his 18 year old son as she intervened. He was arrested on a mayhem charge and held on $1000 bond. He was treated at Emergency Hospital.
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John Alick
Hamilton Street
Alick
G O P District Leaders to Be Revealed Today
Announcement of the Republican Town committee personnel by Town Chairman Alfred W. Burdick and Vice Chairman Bridget A Lester is expected at a 9 o clock morning meeting. Lester has chosen most districts. Burdick aims to name leaders for all districts except the Fifth and Ninth where Maloney and Sheridan chair.
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Republican Town Committee
Alfred W. Burdick
Bridget A. Lester
Migs Lester
Burdick
Bofth
Nifth
John F. Maloney
Richard Sheridan
Matuney
Sheridan
Fred W. Harrison
HB. N. McCathran
Board of Fire Comissioners
Maloney
Hoa M. Nichols
Joseph Street
Fannie I
Crosby
Aby
Mary T. Lynch
Orkney Islands Prepare For U S Flyers Arrival
Kirkwall ready to welcome the American flyers arriving tomorrow. Gasoline, oil, and rafts stockpiled, towboats with repair crews at Houton Bay ready. A cruiser serves as headquarters and wireless weather station, with a banquet planned and a reception by local officials. An Italian aviator Locatelli will follow later.
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Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Associated Press
Houton Bay
Teeland
Greenland
Locatelli
Rosetta Duncan Trial Opens With Theater Audience Support
Rosetta and Vivian Duncan, comedians, faced a Cicero policeman at Evanstown theatre in a case arising from a Fourth of July arrest of Rosetta's brother. She testified policemen beat her and her employer during the altercation, while police and witnesses disputed the events amid crowded attention.
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Chicago
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Vivian Duncan
Comedienes
Evanstown
Cicero
Rosetta Duncan
Beig
Charles Willag
Ang
Bimegelf
Rosette
Qther
Rhea
Governor Bryan Questions Defense Day Plan
Washington July 24 The War Department says Governor Charles W Bryan of Nebraska drew extraordinary inferences from a clear document in criticizing Defense Day for September 16. The department notes Bryan had expressed willingness to cooperate, while White House officials say President Coolidge will not likely reply. The statement asserts Defense Day assembly of National Guard units and civilian volunteers is voluntary and not mobilization.
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Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
War Department
Bryan
Seventh Corps
Coolidge
White House
Frederick J. Libby
National Council For Prevention of War
Defense
Assembly of National Guard
Department
Neraska
Bryar
National Guard
Resignation of Bresnahan Likely in Fall Action
Dr. John F. Bresnahan resignation as superintendent of Bridgeport Hospital will not be acted on before the September quarterly meeting of the hospital executive committee and directors. Sumner Simpson, president of the hospital corporation, said any consideration would probably occur then. Bresnahan has not commented and declined to discuss his future plans, stating he does not care to discuss the matter.
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John F. Bresnahan
Bridgeport Hospital
Sumner Simpson
Hospital Cornoration
Simpson
Mayor to Probe Alderman Brown Charges Today
Mayor William Behrens will investigate allegations that Alderman Arthur Brown received 198.04 dollars last September from Antonio Magssetta for tax payments, kept the funds, and failed to repay until June 19. Brown denies the affidavit contents now with the State Tax Commission.
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Antonio Magssetta
Inez
William Behrens
Grown
William T. Blodgett
William T. Blodgett. Various Resolutions Adjusting Maspotta
Brown
Bootleggers Kill Two Dry Officers
Wilmington report says deputies U S Marshal Lilly and City Prohibition Agent Leon George were killed in an ambush near Brunswick county. Their auto was found two miles from town with both officers shot at close range and a police dog dead. A posse of fifty officers armed with pistols searched the area after a witness reported 26 to 35 shots.
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Wilmington
N.C
Phoenix
Brunswick County
Onight
U. S
Lilly
Leon George
George
News Summary Appeal abandoned in trolley fare crease
A dense page of briefs details assorted city and regional items. Highlights include a public notice on trolley fare policy, a mayoral inquiry into charges against an alderman, a hospital superintendent resignation noted for fall action, and multiple accident and political items across Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford, Greenwich, and surrounding towns.
King Cleared in Stock Transfer Case by High Court
The Supreme Court of Errors upholds King’s acquittal on fraud charges tied to Bridgeport and Danbury Electric Railway stock. Justice Wheeler writes for the court, declining to find error in the trial judge’s handling of the 1996 shares valued at nearly $200,000.
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John T. King
Bridgeport
Danbury Electric Railway Company
Supreme Court of Errors
George W. Wheeler
King
Supreme Court
Wing
Shateg Ap
Allyn R. Brown
General Assembly
Bridgeport’ and
Danbury Electric Rallyway Company
Auto Crash on Long Hill Road Wounds Two
Two people were seriously injured when a car driven by Joseph Zwerding of 718 Pembroke Street Bridgeport struck a tree after leaving the road nearburyophs place The 14 year old boy passenger was ejected and suffered lacerations while Zwerding sustained a severe scalp wound Six stitches were required and Constable Emil T Berger investigated at St Vincent s hospital and the scene
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Westport
Stamford
Norwalk
Bridgeport Baler and
Long Hill Road
Brookfield
Wollester
Weston Follies
Greenwich
al Creek
Fairfield
Sysel Lem
Caroline Ruute-Rees
Wong Hill
St. Vincent's Hospital
Joseph 4Werding
Pembroke Street
Bridgeport
Buryrouphs’ Place
Zwerding
Warl Lewis
Monroe
Persona
Swerding
Emil T. Berger
Bandits Rob Highland Bank Stirring Heist Report
Three bandits robbed the First National Bank of Highland this afternoon and escaped with between seventeen and twenty thousand dollars. They forced assistant cashier Karl Malan and two bookkeepers along with a woman to the floor while taking cash from drawers, then compelled Malan to unlock the vault for additional money.
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Highland
Nalional Bank of High
Karl Malan
Malan
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