Shanghai Situation Serious
Washington reports a deeply serious Shanghai crisis with indications the unrest will spread beyond the international settlement. Consul General Cunningham estimates about 59,600 Chinese workers on strike plus cotton mill labor, American and Italian bluejackets landed to protect order, and British ships expected. the scene includes anti foreign sentiment and violence amid a broadening disturbance across several cities.
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Washington
Shanghai
State Department
Cunningham
Eee
Referveeency
Bhasozhai
al Shopa
International Settlement
Rema Ned
Henesy
T C McMartin
Imond More
N Mills
Forlgren
Peking Canton
Chow
Sasking
Tsing Tao
Hhden
Man Jailed for Kicking Nag That Often Kicked Him
Canales Kruszoski Stamtod owned a horse that repeatedly kicked him over years. After one provoked moment last April he kicked the horse and was jailed five days and fined $100 in Criminal Court. The judge noted the human motive amid the unusual case.
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Canales Kruszoski
Bruazosht
Frederick W Hartford
Criminal Court of Common Deal
Biusrosk
Prosentor
Lorin W Wills
Plans Surprise Mobilization For National Guard
Hartford reports Governor Truman plans a surprise Connecticut national guard mobilization as a defense test later in the year. No Fourth of July test. officers will receive sudden orders, with troops at assigned points, to measure readiness and state preparedness.
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Hartford
Connecticut National Guard
Trumibull
Connecticut
War Department
Governors Office
Govenor
Planes to pursue Amundsen relief mission announced
Oslo announces Lieutenant Lutzown Holm as control officer of a Norwegian expedition to search for the missing Amundsen Ellsworth party. The venture will use Dr Charcot’s expiring ship and French assistance to reach the polar area after the Spitzbergen departure on May 21.
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Oslo
Norway
Lutzown Holm
Amundsen Ellsworth
Kings Bix Spitzbergen
Dr Charcot
Smundsen Elsworth
North Dole
Osia
Coolidge Warns Jingo Talk Could Spur War
President Coolidge warned against jingo talk and urged peace through reason, backed by broad military preparedness to defend national liberty. He addressed 488 United States Naval Academy graduates, praising duty, ambassadorial citizenship, and unified defense obligation. Admiral Louis McNulton presided as superintendent, with Secretary Wilbur and Gov. Ritchie among attendees.
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Annapolis
Coolidge
United States Naval Aauden
Navy
Harry EB. Hubard
Baltimore
Louis McNulten
Wilbur
Ritchie
Maryland
Gounda
McNulton
Washington
Everett Sanders
Adolphus Andress
Naval Alter Arm of Defense
Modern Witch Fined for Spirit Invoking in Court
Mire Vitale, 57, was fined under section 854 of the general Statutes after admitting she accepted fees for communing with spirits and invoking unseen powers. Judge Frederick Wo Huxford heard testimony that some residents believe she could conjure spirits, while Vitale claimed she prayed to God at clients’ request to cure illnesses.
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Cargilhe Itate
Bridgeport
Mire Vitale
Frederick Wo
Huxford
Criminal Court of Common Pleas
Esterday
Vitale
Mratale
Golfers Tie in Open Play Brooklawn Women Triumph
Leo Diegel and Willie MacFarlane lead after 36 holes in the National Open at Worcester with 141s. Francis Gallett and Al Espinosa close behind as Jones Hagen Sarazen and Quimet stay in contention. Ciuci of Bridgeport far back. Women’s state golf at Waterbury links sees Brooklawn pair Reycroft and Bishop reach final rounds. Bishop defeats Austin 7 and 6 and Reycroft advances on Maxwell default.
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Leo Diegel
Willie MacFarlane
Worcester
Miss Bishop
Mrs. Reycroft
Waterbury
Francis Gallett
al Espinosa
Jones
Hagen
Sarazen
Quimet
Henry Ciuci
Bridgeport
Brooklawn
Mis
Reycroft
Georgianna Bishop
Mis WG Reycroft
E.day Roth
George Austin
Hartford
SDS
Porter
New Haven
Priscilla Maxwell
Co E Chapman
Sworcester
Mass
East
Middlewest
Worcester Country Club
Bobby Jones
Walter Hagen
Gene Salazen
Francis O1jmat
Ig Little
Cyril Walker
Engiewood
NM J
Progress Show Program Today at Bridgeport Kiwanis Club
The program opens at 7 30 p m with a performance by Harvey Hubbell and his band then the St Cecilia Singing Society performs followed by Clifford Mason cornetist and the Home Sweet Home band. Doors list admission fees and schedule for the evening.
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Harvey Hubbell
Clifford Mason
Acolo
St Cecelia Singing Society
Ciford Mason
Home Sweet Home
Bridgeport Kiwanis Club
Beckwith Dies Noted Bridgeport Editor at 49
Edavin Merton Beckwith forty nine of 29 Vine Street Telegraph editor of the Bridgeport Post died after convulsions and heat trouble at St Vincents hospital. He leaves a wife Harriet Gindron Beckwith and two daughters Eleanor Beckwith and others. Funeral tomorrow at 1:30 from home with Rev L M Marshall officiating. Burial in Meriden. Beckwith was a veteran newspaper man from Waterbury to Bridgeport with work in Waterbury Meriden New Haven and Hartford papers. Born in Winsted he served in editorial posts in several papers. He was a Spanish American War veteran.
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Edavin Merton Beckwith
Fortynine
Vine Street
Bridgeport Post
St Vincents Hospital
Post
Harriet Gindron Beckwith
Marsden
Herbert Lee
New Haven
Beckwith
C Marshall
MFE
Meriden Sunrday
Waterburt Meriden
New Hatan
Waterbury
Winsted
Swan Prepares to Zone City in Bridgeport
Herbert Swan, zoning expert, surveys Bridgeport to establish eight to ten zones designating four districts as business or industrial areas. The plan aims to boost development while drawing lines to shield residential districts from industrial intrusion.
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Swan
Herbert Swan
Bridgeport
Lightning Strikes Barn in Newtown
June 9 Newtown special report: lightning set fire to Georg Mayer’s barn in Paestire district shortly after five. The barn, containing five tons of hay two moving machines and a reaper, was almost destroyed before firefighters arrived. Damage about 300 dollars, only nine covered by insurance. The barn lay a mile southwest of the farm, and volunteers traveled long miles to reach the scene.
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Newtown
Georg Mayer Paestire
Francis Hyde Bangs to Wed Mrs. Peabody
Francis Hyde Bangs, Yale English instructor, and Mrs Grace Allen Feabod of Riverside Drive secured a marriage license in York on June 3. Bangs, 32, is the son of humorist John Kendrick Bangs. Mrs Peabody, previously married to financier George Peabody, obtained a divorce in 1911.
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York
Francis Hyde Bangs
Yale University
Grace Allen Feabod
Riverside Drive
Toda
Tune
Mr Bangs
John Kendricks Bangs
Mra Peabody
George Peabody
Stephen Peabody
Wain Paven yeara-Jabom
Progress Week Reaches Midpoint at Seaside Park Tent
Bridgeport hosts Progress Week with 26000 souvenirs to date and thousands more to come. Clifford L Mason will perform as the cornetist, joined by the St Cecelia society chorus and the Malvey Wubbell band. The Kiwanis club organized the program with Sopranos and Altos listed, and Mlle C C Marshall will direct and accompany at the piano.
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Seaside Park
Clifford L Mason
Pyramid Shrine
St Cecelia Society
Malvey Wubbell Bard
Kiwanis Club
Pogram Singers
St. Cecelia Society
Hazel Dalton
Frederick Fish
C Flather
Esteh
Garrush
Fred- Tacey
Paul Menocugh
Mollie Daley Gyren
Kirby Confesses to Killing Girl in Lake Maranacook Case
A man named Kirby confessed to murder and arson in the Lake Maranacook killings. He detailed shooting Miss Aida Hayward and her aunt Mreamma Teans, then setting a fire at the Hayward cottage. He described taking the younger woman to the Gray Cottage, binding her, and returning to commit the murders. He spoke to County Attorney Southard under guard after eight hours with a Boston newspaperman.
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Harry A Kirby
Frank A Southard
Aida Hayward
Mreamma Teans
Hayward
Lake Maranacook
Winthrop Kirby
Gray Cottage
Hayward Cotage
Gray
Kirby
Boston
Tuin- Ley George Castle
Kenebeck County
Southard Kirby
Heat Wave Grips Northeast Death Toll Rises
Western states brace as heat wave spreads eastward with temperatures near 90 and forecasts of rain by Saturday. Reports from New York and nearby cities note dozens of deaths and hundreds of prostrations from heat, including an inmate’s fatal collapse aboard a liner.
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New York
Land owners lose bid to block new gas station
Judge Newell Jennings refused to issue a temporary injunction to stop Mexican Petroleum from building a gas station near Maiden Lane off Stratford Avenue. The move would block a reputed highway affecting nearby property owners George E Crawford and Isaac T Banks, who sued City of Bridgeport and the company. No hearing was held. further evidence is to be presented later.
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Newell Jennings
Mexican Petroleum Company
Maiden Lane
Stratford Avenue
Board of Benefits and Damagea
Common Council
George E Crawford
Isaac T Banks
City of
Bridgeport
Petroleum Company
Jennings
Turigen Jennings
A LL DeLaney
Clix
T William Camles
Carl Foster
Pet Toners
New Yorker Kennedy Todd Dies at Greenwich Residence
Kennedy Todd of New York and Greenwich, aged seventy two, died at midnight in his summer residence at Sound Beach Arden. Funeral tomorrow at Great Chantry Church in New York City. Todd owned Todds Point, with a long banking and railroading career starting in 1879 with J. S. Kennedy & Company. He leaves wife Mine Howard Cotter Todd, whom he wed in 1882, and had lived in Scotland before returning to the United States. He was active in banking, railroading, and a member of clubs including the Metropolitan Civic, Knickerbocker, and Centucesluhe.
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Green Wtich
Kennedy Todd
New York
Greenwich
Fnoch
Arden
Sound Beach
Great Chantry Schurch
New York City
Todds Point
Howard Cotter Todd
Todd
Glasgow
Scotland
United States
J 8S
Kennedy & Company
Oaco
Metropolitan Civic
Knickerbocker and
Centucesluhe
Eq Torkaly
Jilted Suitor Tries to Wreck Sweetheart's Car
Raymond Howard a Mineola commercial aviator was held on $2000 bail for grand jury action on second degree assault. He allegedly rammed his car into the vehicle carrying his former sweetheart Irene Truesdell who had just married Perry Gordon in Greenwich. Mrs Joseph Susskin, a Garden resident, was seriously injured.
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Hempstead
Raymond Howard
Mineola
Gueetheart
Irene
Truesdell
Greenwich
Connecticut
Perry Gordon
New York
Joseph Susskin
Labor union praise for amended workmen compensation act
T J Egan of Bridgeport, legislative agent for the Connecticut Federation of Labor, hailed the session outcome as a step toward higher benefits. He noted the new cap of 21 dollars weekly and pushed for 24 dollars, plus a 50 percent wage replacement goal, and praised the one day off in seven law for women in mercantile jobs. He cited labor wins on factory inspector staffing and small loans, and described defeats of anti union and moving picture operator bills as significant protections for workers.
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Hartford
T J Egan
Bridgeport
Connecticut Federation of Labor
Egan
Taft
Labor
Mr Egan
Billa Vr
First Drowning of Year in Stamford
The first drowning of the year in Stamford occurred when Adam Lipinski ten 123 New Street, who had been fishing with his father, was found dead in the canal. Police recovered the body near the city dock after hours of searching with grappling irons. The cause of the fall is not known.
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Stamford
Samford
Adam Lipinski
New Street
Milton Hendricks
Frederick Ley
Wartime Secretary Weeks Undergoes Gallstone Surgery
Secretary of War John W Weeks underwent gallstone surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital on Thursday. A hospital bulletin said he had a satisfactory day and was resting easily as he recovers. The brief note issued from Boston offered no further details on his condition or the expected recovery timeline.
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Boston
John W Weeks
Maasachusetta General Hospital
Session adjourns as Hartf ord General Assembly ends
The 1925 Connecticut General Assembly adjourned sine die at 3 40 p m after a heated session marked by cheers, interludes of song, theater like pageantry and light mischief. Governor Tru bill delivered a parting message as the House and Senate wrapped up routine business and adjourned amid a crowded, overheated chamber.
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Hartford
General Assembly
America
John H. Trubull
S! House
Sheriff Lassoes Horse With Belt in Strathfield Incident
Special Deputy Sheriff John Poulter halted a runaway horse driven by the animal’s fear of motorcycles on highways near Strathfield. Officer Fuller assisted as the horse charged through lawns before tiring on Churchill Road. The horse, haltered and clock-tagged, is being held at Mrs. E. M. Knapp’s barn on Valley Road awaiting owner identification.
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Stratfield
Strasdt
John Poulter
Fuller P
Tome Fuller
Churchill
Buena ‘Vista Road
E M Knapp
Pune
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