British Capture Pettigoe From Republican Forces On Border
British troops supported by infantry cavalry artillery and whippet tanks stormed and retook Pettigo on the Ulster border from Irish Republican Army forces who entered on May 30. Two Pettigo columns pressed toward Belcoo with heavy patrol activity along the line as Free State protections tightened. Sinn Fein captures reported later in Pettigo, with many Republicans captured. one motor driver casualty on the northern side.
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London
Associated Press
Ulster
Pettigee
Free State
Irish Republican Army
Reith
Belfast
Porder
Crere
Pettigos
Sobo
Yas
Pettiaor
Fermaugh County
Pettigon
Betiek
Prrrigod
Boa Island
Necemla
Belleek
Pendora
Pandora
Operations Begin On Extensive Scale In Belfast Border Battle
Military actions at the Fer ynaugh border involve several thousand troops with artillery and armored cars. Troops move from Endskilies toward Belleek while gunboats patrol roads. An amphibious landing occurs on Be a Island near Lough Erne with over 200 soldiers crossing to Enniskilles area in a sudden move.
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Ferynaugh
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Phernalla
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Roscoe
Magheramena Castle
Bion Fein
Bea Island
Lough Erne
Tix Enix
Upter
Ainn Fein
Enniskilles
Kesh
She Mala
Chicago Mosquitoes Trigger Fire Alarms Across city
On June 4 Chicago fire crews raced to two alarms believed to signal fires at St Michael Roman Catholic church and Zion Baptist church. Mosquito swarms, thick as smoke, forced firefighters to advance hoses but no flames were found.
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Chicago
St. Michael Roman
Zion Baptist Church
Masked Bandits Loot Hat Factory In New Milford Robbery
Four masked bandits entered the New Milford Hat company early this morning binding and gagging the watchman in the boiler room. They secured about 9 pounds of fur valued at roughly $1600, carried away in a motor car. The elderly guard was freed then recaptured while the robbers continued to search the plant. he was found hours later. Danbury authorities alerted. Deputy Sheriff Hasford and state police are handling the case.
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Alent
New Milford Hat Company
Ransek
Danbury
Sherif Hasford
Nd- Mee
Despondent Stratford man attempts gas asphyxiation
Stratford police believe domestic troubles drove Joan Teslys of 173 Burritt avenue to try self death by illuminating gas. He was found unconscious on the floor with a gas tube in his mouth, treated by Dr. Robert E. Phelan and rushed to Bridgeport Hospital after a Stratford ambulance removal. His wife reportedly left him weeks earlier and may be living in Jane Street Bridgeport.
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Stratford
Joan Teslys
Burritt Avenue
Teslys
Bridgeport
Robert E. Phelan
Jane Street
Tessya
Lewis
Paelanwen
Teslya
Westratford
Brageport Hospital
New Jersey Bank Commissioner Dead in Somerville
Special Deputy Bank Commissioner Larue Brefenvergh died in Somerville New Jersey at 67 from pneumonia. A renowned state bank examiner, he had been involved in the affairs of the defunct Mutual Trust company of Orange for two years.
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N. J
Larue Brefenvergh
Pneumoniz
Bredenbergh
Mutual Trust Company of Orange
Russian envoy to quit post on June 30
Washington dispatch reports Boris Bakhmeteff will retire as Russia’s ambassador to the United States, after notifying the State Department that he will no longer represent Russia. The exchange with Secretary Hughes focuses on embassy funds, liquidation costs, and ongoing negotiations, with Sergei Ughet to continue as financial attaché.
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Suns
Boris ‘Bakhmetett
Peudo Ruselin
State Department
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Rushesland
Mellon
Treaancy Department
Senate
Borah
Idaho
United States
Rae Risstau Greensfey
Joan Sets
Treasury
Kerensky
Melton
State
Bakhmetefft
Serge Ughet
Bakhmeteff
Hughes Ag
Borth
Senate Department
Secretar
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Tortuara
Rudelan
State Departments
Smith Case May Bring Investigation Request
Bridgeport police and Massachusetts detectives pursue the Smith case as reporters note a possible investigation. The troubled matter involves Leslie's weekly and a combined publication history tied to a legendary 1881 collector. Officials caution the case remains speculative with no confirmed leads.
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Massachusetts Bondings Company
New York
Leslie
United Stats
Howard
Smith
Es-Cox Intehy & Hungerots
Lesviels
Sen
Casa St
Gouletti
Polsteg
Ward's Wife to Be Grilled by District Attorney Today
White Plains reports detectives probing the Peters death inquiry focus on James J. Cunningham, held as a material witness. Cunningham alters his story about the Ward home shooting in New Rochelle. Subpoenas target Lulu Barrows Amy Mild and others. grand jury action planned to compel testimony or risk contempt.
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Peters
White Plains
James J. Cunningham
Walter 3. Ward
Clarence Peters
Cunningham
Waffray
New Rochelle
Eeker
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lWwara
Lulu Barrows
Amy Mild
Maida
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Tomorrey
Habeas Corpua
Tacay Cunningnam
Atrest
Philadelphia
John Cienzo
Cienzo
Jackson
Ward Homt
Dundinsham
Tonteht
Jack the Speeder
Rescue Runaway Horse After We Plunge on Tracks
Milford June 4 a runaway horse dashed along Prospect street toward Soundelitt and the Gulf. Edward Caskell 16 rode it but was thrown to the ground. The horse narrowly avoided trains at the railroad embankment and river trestle before being captured by Fire Commissioner W M O Hara and placed in a veterinary ward.
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Milford
Edward Caskell
New Hasven
James ‘Maher
Indias River
W. M. O'Hara
Young Cashel
Du Pont Magazine Blows Up Building at Gibstown
A four story magazine at the Du Pont Powder Company in Gibstown exploded today, destroying the building and damaging windows in town. About 200 pounds of nitro glycerine were stored there. no injuries to workers were reported.
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DU Pont Magazine
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du Pont Powder Company
Millionaire baker held on charges in Peters case
John Cienzo, a Philadelphia suspect, is held with four bullets in his arm and faces a further hearing Friday. Police say no definite link to Clarence Peters homicide is proven, though Lt Belshaw believes he may be involved. Cienzo was wounded and hospitalized after arrest.
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Philadelphia
Joan Stenge
Hern
Clarence Peters
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MSN
LV JO Wof
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SF Ait
Baker
Nowpla
Prim Sear
Clenno
Belshaw
Yequad
Peters
Slayer of Perfect Lover Hopes For Death In City Hospital
Peggy Beal nurse from Springfield Indiana and Dayton Ohio who attempted suicide after killing Frank Warren Anderson a war veteran and department store welfare director yesterday will recover according to doctors at City hospital. Anderson who boasted of conquests and loved no woman was said to be the perfect rover. Police noted a late night telephone call in which a woman asked for Mr or Mrs Anderson and the hotel clerk recounted the slain man’s body being present. Beal wished death but now shows signs of recovery despite the tragedy and the man’s body awaits directions from relatives in New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Peggy Marie Beal
Springfield
Dayton, O
Frank Warren Anderson
City Hospital
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Peg
Paolice Itdar
Arcerson
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Helaut
South Seas
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Sean
Georgia G C P Chairman Suspected in War Contracts Fraud
United States Commissioner Hitt issued a warrant for J H Phillips chairman of the Georgia Republican State Committee, accusing him of fraud in a government surplus lumber contract connected to Phillips & Stevens. The case ties to postwar contracts and alleged government debts exceeding 1.95 million dollars, with no proceedings begun yet.
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United States
Hitt
J. H. Phillips
Republican State Committee For
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Freud
Tomlgne
Phillips
Phillips & Stevens
Als P
Chelr
Woodruff
Michigan
Republicag
House
Phillips & Stevens Atill
Heartbroken kin hold vigil beside coffin after train death
The body of a famed college football star is to be buried in Worcester, as relatives deny accidental death claims. Court records note the late hero had $700 in cash at home, none of which was found. Deputy Sheriff Edgar Perry of Westport reported last night that the final witness before the war hero and federal tax agent Joseph Courtney died beneath an express train last Thursday night. The inquiry supports accidental death over murder.
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Courtney
Edgar Perry
Westport
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Tov
Courtrey
Bernard Preiss
South Norwalk
Court Ney
Timta
Phelan
Shariff Perry
Yeaters
Prehas
Westebound
Gion
Preuss
Alsa
Ade
Rie
Perse
Ph ‘Jan
Werbey
Asalatr
Perry Ta
Captain Courtney Remembered On Memorial Day Death
Memorial Day mourners, led by Captain Joseph P. F. Courtney, gathered at Worcester and St. John's cemetery after his death in an accident near Westport. His mother Mrs. Courtney and sister Mrs. Hodsdon stayed by the flag-draped casket, while investigators review inquest testimony about possible intoxication claims and a fatal train incident before his burial planned with family rites.
Rich widow flees as groom waits for minister
The case centers on Mrs Sophie Carroll, a wealthy Syracuse widow, and J Herbst a restaurant owner who planned a marriage. A note forbidden the ceremony was delivered and Herbst vanished after a scene at their Syracuse home. Carroll, heir to nearly a million, remains missing with authorities tracing her whereabouts.
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N.Y
Lit
J. Herbst
Syracuse
Proprieto
Sophie Carroll
Aden
Herbst
Germany
Carroll
Willam J. Carroll
Utica Bleyele
Nia
Tier
Adirondack
Mutua
Yaroukh
Child Dies After Go Cart Falls Into Bonfire
A ten year old girl, Mary Sarbilll, died from severe burns after tumbling from a baby carriage into a yard bonfire at 179 Fine Street yesterday afternoon. She crossed into the flames as neighborhood children watched, the carriage overturning and her clothes catching fire before bystanders could pull her free.
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Fine Street
Mary Sarbilll
St. Vincents Hospitaly
Bee
Milford Man Arrested After Family Altercation
660 Downe Street New York City resident Tyaltne Mt Taney of Milford was arrested Saturday night by Milford police on breach of the peace charges following an altercation with relatives after arriving from the metropolis. Maloney released on $50 bond for appearance in town court. He was visiting family at Paverside Park when greetings turned into a dispute prompting police action.
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Milford
Tyaltne Mttaney
Downe Street
New York City
Metropolis
Maloney
Mongay
Paverside Park
Jed
Drews
Plumb Arrested After Disturbance at Pleasure Beach
Harold B Plumb of 77 Warren Street was arrested at Pleasure Beach on a charge of creating a disturbance while intoxicated. He was held on $200 bond for appearance in City Court this morning.
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Harold B Plumb
Warren Street
Pleasure Beach
Explosion on Villa France Steamer Kills 90 Near Paraguay Frontier
In Buenos Aires the steamer Villa France carrying about 100 excursionists on the Barang River exploded amid boilers and gasoline cargo. More than 80 died as flames engulfed the craft. a mass of fire halted rescue efforts. Fewer than 20 of all aboard are believed saved.
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Buenos Aires
Villa France
Barang
Paraguay
Censors Relent in Milford Revoke Neck to Knee Rule
Milford authorities will not enforce bathing attire restrictions this year as police board members say no drastic action will be taken. The summer season begins soon with expectations of more liberal swimsuits while public decorum remains urged for both men and women in resort areas.
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Milford
Loriglaturg
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