Waterbury Mystery Man Found Decapitated in Woods
Children berry picking in Mill Plain woods find a decapitated, handless, badly decomposed man. Authorities suspect murder or suicide with birds or animals possibly stripping the body. A local plumber James F Costello is found in a pocket, with a typewritten but illegible bill. Detectives search for identification and origin of the body.
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Waterbury
Mill Plain
James F Costello
William F. Keegan
Woman Injured When Car Struck at Myrtle and Gregory
Miss Mary Balpz twenty one of even street was thrown from Petro's car at the corner of Myrtle avenue and Gregory street yesterday evening about 6 30 pm. She suffered head injuries but was not in serious condition at St Vincent's Hospital. Petro's machine was struck by a car driven by James Brudeau of 6 Myrtle avenue causing the crash. Brudeau was speeding and witnesses described a fast rate of travel. Skid marks extended 27 feet. Brudeau received a summons and may face reckless driving charges.
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Mary Balpz
Vite Leonelad Avenue
Petro
Myrtle Avenue
Gregory Street
St. Vincent's Hspital
Jares Brdeau
Miss Bajor
Briden
Neek
Will
Norwalk Child Stricken By Infantile Paralysis
Norwalk July 29 Dr Perdue city wealth officer reports a child of Mr and Mrs Morris Smith of Soul Man Street suffering from infantile paralysis. The case is not considered alarming and wage levels in the region are noted as normal.
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R. EL Neubrzar
Norwalk
Dr. Perdue
Linne Fon
Morris Smitowtz
TZ Soul Man Street
Perdue
Fire at Norwalk home burns despite distant water
A Norwalk fire destroys a house near Calf Pasture beach owned by William Taylor, with $3,000 damage. Firemen could do nothing as the nearest hydrant was a half mile away while a passerby released two horses from a shed. the house, unoccupied, was insured.
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Norwalk
Calf Pasture Beach
William Taylor
Carl Beers
Republicans Open Campaign for 1926 Congress
In Swampscott Massachusetts the 1926 GOP push kicked off the national campaign to control Congress. President Coolidge attended the Essex event with Governor Fuller urging re-election of Senator William Butler, chairman of the Republican National Committee, to back the administration’s policies. Congressman A Platt Andrews spoke at the gathering.
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Swampscott
Maas
Congress
Coolidge
Essex
Coolidge Motomee
Northeast
Palin
Kat U
Winston opposes graduated tax for corporations
Acting Secretary Winston issued a letter to a correspondent declaring that reducing federal income taxes to a maximum 25 percent is possible from a revenue standpoint and that a 20 percent top surtax is the highest suitable at present. He reaffirmed Treasury support for abolishing inheritance taxes.
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Washington
Winston
Treasury
Georgia defeats bill prohibiting evolution theory
Georgia House of Representatives voted down an amendment to the general appropriations bill that would bar any teacher from receiving salaries if they taught theories of origin of man contrary to the Bible. The vote was decisive with the noes prevailing. Representative Lindsay criticized the University of Chicago as a source of new theories.
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Georgia
House of Representatives
Lindsay
University of Chicago
Bikes Spark Multiple City Road Accidents In Hartford
Fifteen year old Anthony Wornes was thrown from his bicycle and badly bruised after being struck by a car driven by Fred H. Peterson at Courtland and State streets. Peterson said two boys on bicycles cut in front of him causing the collision. The boy was treated at home by a private doctor. In another incident Miss Anne Shilepsky was hit by Paul V. Smith at Stratford avenue and North street injuring front of their cars. No injuries reported. A bus operated by Pridgeport Auto Transportation Co was rear ended by Joseph Regensburg driving a truck at Fairfield and Sherwood avenues. no injuries.
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Anthony Wornes
Summer Street
Courtland
State Streets
Fred H. Peterson
Peterson
Solaz
State Street
Courtland Street
Anne Shilepsky
Butler Ave
Paul V. Smith
Stratford Avenue
Korth Street
Seossuth Street
Smith
Vincent Martina
Brill Street
Pridgeport Auto Transportation Company
Fairfield Avenue
Sherwood Avenue
Joseph Regensburger
Bostwick Avenue
West End Bottling Co
Committee to Fight Increase in Commutaion Rates
A committee on organization led by Judge Van Auken was chosen by delegates from Long Island Westchester county and New Jersey to oppose a possible 20 to 40 percent rise in commutation rates. The 40 percent hike set to begin August 1 would affect New York State riders on the New York New Haven and Hartford line. Jersey and Long Island increases were not yet announced.
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New York
van Auken
New Rochelle Corporation
Long Island
Westchester County
New Jersey
New York, New Haven
Hartford
New York State
Jersey
Two Killed as Airplane Crashes Near Philadelphia
In an early morning crash near Philadelphia two men died when a Pitcairn airplane fell. Black, twenty two, and Roger Bispham, nineteen, both of Woodmont Pennsylvania, were killed. Bispham was not a passenger in Black's aircraft. The craft tipped into a side slip from about 75 feet.
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Philadelphia
Black
Roger Bispham
Woodmont
Pitcairn Lying
Geld
Bispham
Seeking Husband but Arrests Wife in Domestic Case
Police from the Fourth precinct executed a warrant at 130 Tairview avenue extension for Edward Gynowicz on a charge of assault. His wife Sophie Gynowicz was found with a still and arrested for unlawful manufacture, later jailed on $300 bond. Edward Gynowicz was later detained on $100 bond after being seen leaving the home. Neighbors Stephen TabeDansky allege a quarrel led to a recent assault involving the couple.
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Patricx
Tairview Avenue
Edward Gynowicz
Gynowicz
Sophie Gynowicz
Parrotman
First Precinct
Polica Yala
Mr. Gynowicz
Stephen Tabedansky
Three Killed One Hurt As Hotel Is Held Up
Four masked robbers attempted a daytime hold up at the Drake hotel on lake shore drive Chicago. A battle with hotel detectives and police left two robbers and the hotel cashier dead, another wounded, and a fifth suspect fleeing with about $10,000. A taxi chase through Lincoln Park ended with one gunman killed in a basement by officer Charles Keefer.
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Chicago
Drake Hotel
Lake Shore Drive
Rehhar
New York
Jack Holmes
Eric Nelson
James‘ardy
McCurdy
Acros
Trafic
Yecona
Feceiyon
Willam Jennings Bryan
Washington
Georgia
Secretary of Treasury
Campaign For Control of Congress
Massachusetts
Berry
Woods
Waterbury Woods
Bridgeport Bank Hearings Set By State Commission
State Banking Commission in Hartford to hear proponents of the Black Rock bank project this today. Other items note Mrs. Splitters estate valued at 945000 with will filed, registrars to start voter enrollment for primaries on August 7, and various local notices on taxation, police appointments, and public events across Fairfield County.
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Bridgeport Black Rock Bank
State Banking Commission
Hartford
Splitters
Burnham
Myrtle Avenue
Gregory Street
State
Fairfield County
Fairfield
Greenfield Hill Club
Derby Court
Grange
Newtown
Stamford
Girtia
Norwall
Love
Norwalk
Drops 80 Feet Back Is Broken Stamford Car Plunge
July 9 Stamford routings report William Olmsdeii of 24 Tremont Street Cos Cob is in a critical condition at Greenwich hospital with a broken back and other injuries after a car plunged through the rail on the Mianus river bridge to the river bed thirty feet below. Lim Schneider was flung onto the river bank and rescued by passing motorists. Ulmppelger, returning from Stamford, drove down Riverside hill when a rear tire blew out causing the heavy touring car to jump the sidewalk and fall into the shallow water.
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Stamford
William Olmsdeii
Tremont Street
Cos Cob
Greenwich Hospital
Tis
Mianus River
Cng Cob
Limschneider
Fasaing
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt Recovers After Appendicitis Operation
Newport R I July 29 AP Very cheerful and getting along as well as could be expected at this stage says physicians of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Willem K Vanderbilt Operated on yesterday for appendicitis at Beachmound Vanderbilt summer residence here she appears to have recovered entirely from the shock of the operation doctors said
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Newport
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Willem K. Vanderbilt
Beachmound
Vanderbilt
Gregory 10 School Law Body Gets New Appointment
Hartford July 29 AP Governor Trumbull announced the appointment of State Senator Frank W. Gregory of Norwalk to the commission on revision and codification of school laws to replace Judge Alfred Baldwin of Derby who resigned. Gregory was Senate education committee chair in the last General Assembly. The governor also named James Lambert Desnan to fill the Southington town court vacancy after Judge H D Fitzpatrick resignation. Both are interim appointments to the next General Assembly session.
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Hartford
Covernor
General Assembly
Release Petition For Meads From State Insane Hospital
Concord New Hampshire July 29. Albert and Meade Chicago lawyers petition to move Robert T Meads former Dartmouth student from the State Insane Hospital to a private institution is under consideration by the governor and executive council. Reports of denial are false. Meads faces 15 to 20 years for the slaying of Henry E Maroney on the eve of the 1920 commencement amid alleged liquor amügelling conspiracy.
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Concord
N. H
Albert & Meade
Chicago
Robert T. Meads
Dartmouth
State Insane Hospital
Executive Council
Secretary of State
Young Meads
Henry E. Maroney
Bryan Funeral Arrangements Move Forward in Washington
Tentative plans for William Jennings Bryan funeral were announced in Washington as his body traveled from Dayton Tennessee. Services will be at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and Arlington National Cemetery with simple proceedings, subject to Bryan widow approval, while Mononer followers prepare to grieve.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Dayton
Tenn
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Bryan
Arlington National Cemetery
Ripper Board of Apportionment Pledges Best Tax System
Bridgeport’s Ripper Board of Apportionment and Taxation will seek the best taxation system available. President William B. Burnham said the board will not focus only on the Linder plan but will visit Cleveland New York Buffalo Newark Cambridge and other cities to study their tax systems. All members except Anker Kyhne who is in California attended a meeting at Burnham’s home to discuss recent fact finding. The gathering was informal and no formal action was taken.
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Bridgeport
William BH. Burnham
Cleveland
New York
Buffalo
Newark
Cambridge
Anker
Kyhne
California
Mr. Burnham
New Britain
Burnham
Boy Killed While Playing Baseball in Torrington
Fourteen year old John Sullivan son of Mr and Mrs Michael Sullivan of Grove Street Torrington was killed when struck by a car driven by Joseph Miechna while playing a street ball game near his home He did not hear a warning signal and was crushed under the front wheel He died at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital after being rushed there.
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Torrington
John Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
Grove Street
Joseph Miechna
Michael
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Guards questioned in insanity probe before Scott execution
More than fifty guards at Cook County jail were examined at the States attorney office as part of the insanity probe into former Canadian financier Russell Scott. The findings aim to show he has not become insane since fifteen months in custody for the murder during a hold up. The state and defense planned for the sanity hearing before Judge Joseph B. David next Monday.
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Chicago
Cook Cowry
Russell Scott
Scott
Aarty Clerk
Jalemats
Joseph B. David
Robbery Motive Said in Slaying of Two Sisters
In Nashua New Hampshire on July 2 a man from near Hudson admitted robbery as the motive for the slaying of sisters Helen and Georgiana Gills aged springtime residents near their home last Thursday Sheriff John T. Oawd and Hillsborough officials said they no longer believe a maniac killed the sisters.
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Nashua
Trouble In Pacific Forces Allied Unity says Lloyd George
Former British premier Lloyd George warned in London that any Pacific Ocean trouble would see Britain and the United States aligned. He opposed a long term naval buildup, calling the program wasteful amid national distress. The House of Commons debated shipbuilding, Ramsay MacDonald urging cuts that failed 276 to 184, with Churchill avoiding further comment.
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Great Britain
United States
Pacific
Lloyd George
Baldwin
Tal
London
L George
Britain
Tia
England
United Si
Lioyd George
Tig
House of Commons
Erulher
Ramsay Macdonald
Winston Churchill
Cellor
Exchequer
Mussolini May Face Ulcer Surgery Soon
Paris reports in diplomatic circles that Italian Premier Mussolini may undergo a duodenal ulcer operation soon. The plan calls for secrecy until a satisfactory recovery. prior strict dieting failed to heal the ulcer, prompting surgical consideration as Mussolini grows stronger.
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Paris
Mussolini
Italy
Premior
Foreign Office
Messaggero
Miss Maczacs Slashed Twice in Norwalk Night Attack
Miss Rove Maczacs of Madison Street was slashed on her right cheek twice by two men as she walked home from a shop on Railroad Avenue. A maroon car with two men pressed close, then fled after she cried out. A taxi driver carried her home. injuries described as superficial. A female neighbor reported a suspicious car, the plate given as S-SuLs leading to Komar, owner listed by registry, who had moved weeks earlier.
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Norwalk
Miss Maczacca
Madison Street
Railroad Avenue
Franklin Street
Steve Lengyel
Victoria J Taxi Company
Ihome
George Fawcett
Headquar Ars
S-Suls
Komar
Believed Basle Murdered Woman Identified as Mary Bowes
In Basle Switzerland police found a woman’s body near Goetheanum with a fatal wound. Believed to be Mary Bowes, about thirty, the police say the sapers suggest origin from Turkey. No arrests have been made.
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Basle
Switzerland
Mary Bowes
Goetheanun
Terkeey Cathevarnia
Passer of Checks Accuses Another of Checks
Clarence Ensign and George Ensign, both in their early twenties, were arrested on charges of passing forged and worthless checks in several city stores. Ensign, who is on probation, allegedly cashed multiple checks drawn on the Commercial Bank and Company and signed by Mary B. Dalley. He admitted passing checks at Schine’s and Snyder Bar, with one case involving a $20 payment and another for $1.88 in groceries, while claiming a third forged check in another incident. Further investigation was ordered.
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Clarence Ensign
Boston Avenue
Georgeens
Boston
Cleména
Ensign
Clemens
Newven
Schine
Stratford Arenas
Nathan Gelfand
Baraumhoe
Polles
Snyder
Fairfield Avenue
Snyder Pany
Commercial Bank and Company
Mary B. Dalley
Car Abandoned Ten Days Found in Norwalk Yard
Police identify a car found in a local hotel yard as belonging to Charles Hammer of Yonkers New York. The vehicle, parked for ten days, was reported stolen on July 19, and a note dated July 23 prompted a police inquiry.
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Norwalk
Tention
Charles Hammer
Yonkers
N. Y
Gatolen
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Recreation League
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Mrs. Mallory
Stashright
Miss Vanderbilt
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Ripper
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