Tax bill signs and city officials tied to tax abatements
President signs tax measure as former city attorney William Comley testifies at a state tax hearing. Witnesses recount abatements as favors and committee talk about taking care of “good fellows” while Post Office lease ties surface. Several officials face questions as hearings move to new phase and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Comley
Liam H. Blodgett
Ormer City Tax Commission
Ethur F. Connor
Wilson
Comley
Chfford B. Wilson
Comiey
Coinley
Blodgett
Venner
Gates
Ed States Post Office Department
Connor
Turner
James A. Er
John and
Broad Streets
Post Office Department
Gett
Conas
Fed
Jey
Assessma Tawe
Gil
Thomas McCor
A. Ia DeLaney
John Bell
Yesvy
XE Delinquents Facing City Court Hearing
Tax Collec tor Edward A Drew to provide a list of personal tax deputies to James Shannon City court pro ser for adoption by the tax sub committee. Meeting with Mayor Behrens and Board o Education leaders set for next Tuesday to map out revision procedures and sub committee roles. Elmer Havens will prepare a report and Travens chairs expect quick start to the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Drew
James Shannon
F. Wiliam Behrens
Elmer Havens
Tanmios
Travense
Points Cited in Mayor's Message
Ample revenues available if all render true report of taxable property. Library board and other self perpetuating boards now existing attacked for unwise management. City bothered by too great inheritance of bonded debt. Time almost arrived for permanent legal department. Accounting educational police fire garage contract board public works health and charities departments praised. Larger golf course and extension of parks urged upon Park board.
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Public Works
Health
Charites
Behrens Charges Big Business In Tax Dodging Plot
Mayor Behrens faults large corporations in tax reporting as conspiratorial. urges city and state probes into false taxable values. He vows to show truth in annual message, stressing fair revenue without overburdening individual taxpayers. Continued on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Behrens
Wham Sehrens
Board of Aldermen
Suse
Elf
Motorcycle Crash Injures Rider On Reservoir Avenue
Mike Kovar aged 20 of Pembroke street was injured when his motorcycle hit a telephone pole on Reservoir Avenue near Chopsey Tl road. He was found unconscious, transported to St Vincent's Hospital, and later regained consciousness. The extent of injuries was not yet determined, with investigators attributing loss of control to a rut in the road. At Bridgeport Hospital, Fred Schwartzenett, 22, of Newfield Avenue, injured in a separate Connecticut avenues and Bunnell street crash, was reported in favorable condition.
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Mike Kovar
Pembroke Street
Reservoir Avenue
Chopsey Tl
St. Vincent's Hospital
Kovar
Bridgeport Hospital
Fred Schwartzenett
Newfield Avenue
Connecticut Avenues
Bunnell Street
Engineer Urges Steps to Rebuild Yellow Mill Span
City Engineer James A. Mehlroy urged quick action to reconstruct the Yellow Mill bridge which remains in poor condition and deteriorating. He noted it must be rebuilt to meet War Department standards and that a permit was issued in 1897. The matter was referred to the city attorney for action.
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Convon Council
James A. McEhoy
Yellow Mill
City Engineers Office
Mlanied
Aldermen Back Mayors Veto on Street Repair Contract
The Board of Aldermen voted 20 to 3 to sustain Mayor Behrens veto of awarding street repair work to Silliman and Godfrey. Alderman Brown argued to table the resolution. Director A. Northey had awarded the prior contract to Warren Brothers. Brown pressed for a two week table to avoid potential contract violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bektens
Silliman and Godfrey Company
Selty
Warren Brother
Public Works
A. x Northey
R. Arthur Brown
Behrens
Brown
Louis A. Kornblut
Waa
Oder
Diag
Wubert Sanford
Greenstein
House Passes Postal Salary Rise Measure
Washington June 2 A House bill providing salary increases for postal employees passed by 50 to 14 under suspension of rules limiting debate to 40 minutes. The proposal, differing from the Senate version, estimates annual cost at 66.9 million dollars with postmaster general cost at 80 million. Conference with the Senate will decide on amendments including disclosure of campaign expenditures. average raise about 300 dollars yearly for clerks carriers inspectors supervisors and assistant postmasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Post Office Committee
Senate Bf
Griesi
Aidd
Wuther
Horah
Idaho
An Exile's Gift and The Van Polanens Romance
The Bridgeport Sunday Post previews a historic serial about an exile’s gift tied to Tridgeport’s first Unitarian church and a distinguished man with a devoted wife buried in Mountain Grove. The Van Polanens romance unfolds as the next instalment in the historic use series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Unitarian
Tridgeport
Mountain Grove
van Polanens
President Coolidge Signs Tax Reduction Bill With Hopes for Revision
Washington June 2 President Coolidge signed a tax reduction bill but said it is unsatisfactory and pledged to push for a better measure next session. The plan lowers rates to 1917 levels, reduces federal revenue by about 361 million, and offers immediate relief to current year filers. It includes a 25 percent early year cut, refunds for those who prepaid, and repeals many excise taxes within 30 days. The new structure lowers most incomes under 8000 by 50 percent and reduces higher brackets, with a 1 to 40 percent surtax scale. An extra 23 percent cut is provided for earned incomes up to 10000.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Feder
Treasury
Mellon
Income Tax Cut Effective At Once
Washington June 2 The 25 percent income tax cut in the new revenue law may be applied immediately. Installment taxpayers can cut the June 5 payment by half and the next two by a quarter each. Those who paid March 16 in full will soon receive a one fourth refund from the treasury without any application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Wabash wreck leaves nine dead and twenty hurt
At Attica Indiana a rear end collision between Wabash passenger No. 2 and a freight on a siding at 43 minutes past midnight killed nine and injured twenty. Steam scalding and wreckage fatalities included several named victims. cause cited as switch not locked by freight brakeman David Terence of Peru.
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Attica Ind
Freght
Paul Wo
Pauley
Wecatuy
Li Mis
Abbie Wollowu
Toledo
Phillips
Detroit
Trabbi
Trabbi ‘T Goldberg
Broadway
New York
Walter L. Mirehell
St. Lou
Qeo
Ge W. Bouchard
Peru
Ind
Harry Eician
St. Louis
George i Meckmo
W. HH. Eckard
David Hi. Terence
Ron
Senate approves measure curbing labor of children
The Senate approved a constitutional amendment to empower the Federal government to limit regulate or prohibit child labor under 18. The House already passed it, and it now goes to the states for ratification. Vote stood 81 to 23, surpassing two-thirds. Enforcing power shared by federal and state governments. Senators Brandes and McLean voted for the amendment.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Brandeges
McLean
Local hospital head wed to Ridgefield man
Mrs Kathryn A Budds, superintendent of Englewood Hospital Bridgeport, wed Irving B Holmes at Congregational church parsonage Ridgefield. Rev Hugh Shields officiated with no attendants. They will reside in Ridgefield where Holmes runs a chicken farm and soon depart for a short trip to New York state.
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Ridgefield
Kathryn A Budds
Englewood Hospital
Bridgeport
Congregational Church
Irving B. Flolmes
Hugh Shields
Holmes
New York State
Fairfield Collects $250 000 On New List
Fairfield tax records show almost $260,000 collected by Tax Collector Clara Slint as the deadline for penalty-free payment closed. Mralink noted that May began strong, with higher collections than in recent years, and the office saw a surge of residents paying taxes in the final days.
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Fairfield
Clara
Mralink
Postponed Stratfield PTA Officers Election Noted
The Stratfield Parent Teacher Association postpones its annual officers election from tomorrow afternoon to Friday after noon due to circus day. Children’s work will be on exhibition for parent inspection at Lincoln School during the meeting.
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Atrateicglm
tRy
Stratfield Parent-Teacher Association
Lincoln School
Anonymous note hints foul play in Thorne death
A state police inquiry opens after an anonymous letter questions Joel Wolfe Thorne's death as potentially foul. Coroner hearings set for Thursday in Brewster to determine responsibility, amid reports of Thorne's recent divorce and a blocked funeral for Marvy Casey Thorne.
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Thorne
Ridgefield
Joel Wolfe Thorne
Millbrook
Boyce and
O'Brien
Browater
Brewster
Leo Micksy
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Here
Mary Casey Thorne
Balle
Third “Avenue
New York
Robert Cleaver
Putnam County
Brewater
John J. Phelan
Fairfielg County
Oasis
Marvy Casey Thorne
Dutch Reformed Church
Lake Submarine Property Sold to Realty Man
The Lake Torpedo Boat company sold 118 submarine yards, land, buildings and equipment at Seaview Avenue. Bridgeport Land and Title Co. holds as trustee for a real estate operator who may auction the acquisition. Buyer unnamed. sale price believed over 200000. Lake will continue in business by contracting other yards.
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Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Seaview Avenue
Bridgeport Land and Title Company
Lake Company
Karr
Philadelphia
Beaview Avenue pliantsSiman Lake
Hiv Entoy
Connery
Bridgeport Mayors Plotstirs Tax Fight Amid City Debates
City officials face pressure over tax policy as mayor speaks of larger business interests and a plan from his sub-committee awaiting council approval. Coroners, police probes, and lawsuits weave through reports of municipal battles, finance, and local civic events across Bridgeport and Norwalk with multiple mentions of officials, judges, and community leaders.
Bakery Fire Probe Continues at Beechwood Avenue
Police and fire officials press ongoing inquiry into the bakery blaze at 700 Beechwood Avenue. Incendiary origin suspected as investigators, led by Captain John H. Regan and Chief Daniel K. Johnsen, work to uncover definite clues and determine the cause.
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Jacobs and Weiser
Ransom Letter Traced in Car
Chicago June 2. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, sons of millionaires and notorious murderers, were jailed as the state begins the lengthy case against the two. A new clue emerged when a ransom letter to Jacob Franka was found in a Michigan Central car, tying them to another crime. The brothers, both 18 and college graduates, faced the first steps of judicial proceedings, with courtroom maneuvers and legal warnings from their counsel. The sensational case continues to unfold as authorities seek to link the defendants to additional crimes and await trial outcomes.
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Chicago
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Millionares
State of Illinois
Loeb
Leopold
Mey
Weeley Westbrook
Charles Ream
Frream
Ofice
Robert Franks
State's Attorney's Office
Ream
Rhémir Reams
Clarence Darrow
Benjamin Bacharach
State
Crane
Hughes
Freeman Louis
Tracy
Melville L. Wolf
Wolf
Crowe Heaving
Jacob Franka
Michigan Central
Slander suit filed against church men seeks damages
Nicholas Viantos, former Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church president, sues George Molones for slander in Bridgeport Superior Court claiming a December 3 1922 church meeting statements falsely accused him of misappropriation of funds causing reputational and trade harm. Molones defends that his remarks were true.
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Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Bridgeport
William H. Matthis
Nicholas Viantos
Contedtioytore
George Molones
Viantes
Viantos
Molonea
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