Red Cross Faces Greatest Flood Task Across Mississippi Valley
A Bridgeport Red Cross letter describes the massive relief effort for the Mississippi valley floods, started in April and affecting hundreds of thousands. It notes 293,605 refugees still in camps or communities, a fleet of 1,000 craft, and $16 million raised with $15 million spent by local chapters. The effort spans federal agencies, state and local governments, and agricultural finance programs to provide outright relief and loans, with Red Cross budgeted for camp maintenance, supplies, cattle and feed, and medical care.
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American Red Cross
Mississippi Valley
Bridgeport
Py James L Hleser
Red Cross
Bee Cross
We7
Bert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Secretaries of War Treasury, Navy and Agriculture
James Leeper
Red Croas
Red Central Committee
Siek
Tela
Nother Charley Ross in Los Angeles
June 5 By Associated Press The Times reports John W Brown ill at general hospital with a disease and states that Brown told an interviewer that he was kidnapped by Ross more than 50 years ago. Brown says he kept silent to guard his mother's honor and alleges he was kidnapped in 1874 by his foster father William Henry Brown after Mrs Ross refused further contact.
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Los Angeles
Associat ! Press
the Times
John W Brown
General Hospital
Ita
Ross
Rango
Philadelphia Brown
William Henry Brown
Addy Master Shoots Youth in Alabama
A local golf course incident in Alabama ends in a fatal shooting as caddy master W H Derrick claims self defense after a four year old Negro caddy allegedly drew a club and charged him. Eugene Harris died of his injuries while Derrick and authorities dispute the confrontation and the motive.
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Addy
Alabama
Inted
Eugene Harris Twen
Gland Park
W H Derke
Ala Junes
Vid R Steven
Harris Rad
Derrick
Elm City taxi driver held after defective meters found
New Haven police began inspections of city taxicabs on their first day and found defective meters on one vehicle driven by Ruggers who sought to amend the city fare ordinance. Ruggers was arrested and remained in city court, with proceedings set to continue in June.
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New Haven
Associate Press
Ruggers
Itera Ruggers
Bay State Police Seize $10,000 Liquor Plant in Wareham
In a wartime raid on the South Wareham Korp homestead, local police confiscated a distilling plant valued at about $10,000. Chief Elwell H. Smith led four patrolmen and three special officers to the scene, finding an elaborate setup with large boilers, vats, piping, and a cellar to attic cooling system. No liquor was recovered and no arrests were made.
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Wareham
Moss
Associated Press
Korp
Homestead
South Wareham
Elwell H. Smith
Atll
Illinois probes will call boxers in graft inquiry
Chicago June 5 The Illinois State Legislative committee investigating graft in boxing and wrestling vows a thorough probe. Subpoenas for New York men who accused the Illinois Commission of a raw deal total eleven. Wrestler Bill Demetral is slated as the first witness at tomorrow's hearing as charges of promoter influence loom.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Ilinois State Athletic Commission
Illinois State Legislative Committee
John P. Devine
New York
Illinois Commission
Jim Mullen
Athletic Commission
Mullen
Bill Demetral
Sixteen year old Lakatos arrested on Danbury road
Andrew Lakatos a sixteen year old from Gray Plains district New Town was arrested Friday night by Deputy Sheriff Morris D Beers after an examination of his small truck on the Danbury road showed six gallons of alleged wine. He was charged with transporting and brought before Judge P H McCarthy who released him on bond furnished by his father. A trial is set for Friday night at 7 o clock. A raid on the Lakatos home by the deputy sheriff and state trooper failed to reveal liquor. The raid followed multiple complaints to local and state police. The Senior Prom at Newtown Academy was held at the Castle with faculty students and guests from out of town. The castle shone under a sky lit by stars as General Rochambeau and his French troops camped nearby during their march to join General Washington more than 150 years ago. The prom committee included Thomas Owl A W Lindquist Edward O'Brien and Louis J Mattiello. The Yale University Orchestra of New Haven provided music for the dance which lasted late into the night.
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Newtown
Andrew Lakatos
Graya Plain
Mount Pleasant
Morris D Beers
Danbury
Lakatos
P OH McCarthy
McCarthy
Newtown Court
Castle Hill
Rochambeau
George Washington
Raymond J Kwaenik
Charles 8 Coles
Nellie D Mansfield
Bangor
Maine
Thomas Owl
A. W Lindquist
Edward O'Brien
Louis J Mattiell
Yale University Orchestra
New Haven
Minister Scores Rich Men Who Hoard Wealth
New York June By Associated Areas Rev Dr Minot Simons of All Souls Unitarian church told his congregation today that men who amass great fortunes and withhold wealth from society are condemned. He said wealth is a social product and no one becomes rich alone, urging a broader sense of responsibility.
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New York
Minot Simons
All Souls Unitarian Church
Bis
Simons
Chamberlain Wears Bandage After Crash
Sir Austen Chamberlain British foreign secretary wore a bandage over a temple cut after a motor accident in Whitehall Square. He left for Aix les Bains with Lady Chamberlain and will attend the League of Nations council in Geneva. The crash occurred when a woman stepped into the path of his car. no serious injury reported.
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London
Associated Press
Austen Chamberlain
France
Aix Les Bains
Lady Chamberlain
Geneva
Leagues of Nations Council
Whitehall Square
Bir
Austen
Westminster Hospital
Yale Promotes Three to Become Full Professors
New Haven June twenty seven Yale University announces 27 faculty promotions and appointments. Three associate professors rise to full professor: Clyde M Hill in secondary education Edwin H Lockwood in mechanical engineering and R Seldon Rose in Spanish. New Emily Sanford professor of English: John M Berdan. Several assistants advance. five promoted from instructors. Kenneth Scott named assistant professor of Latin. Dr HH led Missouri junior high school moves. Jerome Davis Trask and others named associate or assistant professors.
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New Haven
Yale University
Clyde M Hill
Edwin H. Lockwood
Robert Higgin
R. Seldon Rose
John M Berdan
Emily Sanford
Jerome Davis
Otto Faelton
James D Trask
Willard Booper
Edwin J Fischer
DeForent von Slyck
David E. Owen
Sidney M. Newhall
Albert FF. Hill
Kenneth Scott
University of Wisconsin
State Teachers’ College
Springfield
Missouri
Vermont
Lockwood
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rose
Oswald J C Rose
Geneva
Madrid
Vienna
Munich
Paris
Bordan
Sorbonne Paris
Yale
Polytechnic School of Detroit
Charlton M. Lewis
Chauncey B
Tinker
Sterling
Alde
Grenfell
Jerome Davie
Wilfred Grenfell
Labrador
Y. M
Russia
America
International Church World Movement
Russin
West Virginia
Trask
Yals School of Medicine
Soper
Rockefeller Foundation Commission For
France
Nelson H Brooks
Yale College
Conn
Robert B Dodds, Jr
Georgis School of Technology
Wabbaseka
Ark
Joseph D Bennett 2d
Meeteeste
Wyo
Harry R Rutlin
Rutland
Sidney Painter
New York City
Samuel F Will
University of Virginia
University of Indiana
Marc Denkinger
University of Geneva
Harvard University
Andrew R Morehouse
Attherst College
Herbert W Best
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Louise G. Canham
University of North Dakota
School of Nursing
Bertha M Davis
Presbyterian Training Hospital
Teachers College
Columbia University
Mae D McCorkle
University of Washington
Lulu Powley
Connecticut Training School
Fairfield Constable Returns Abandoned Car to Owner
Constable H R Edwood of Fairfield traced ownership of an abandoned coupe found on the Post road to Joseph Salomer of 310 Claremont Avenue Newark New Jersey using New Jersey license E 39372. Edwood has notified Mr Bolomer and will return the vehicle to its rightful owner.
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H R Edwood
Fairfield
Motor Vehicle Department
State of
New Jersey
E W. & Pickett
Joseph Salomer
Claremont Avenue
Newark
N. J
Elwood
Bolomer
Man Who Fired First Confederate Shot Dies
Colonel Henry Saxon Parley of Laurens South Carolina credited with firing the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter died in New York yesterday at his daughter's home. He was eighty eight years old.
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New York
Associated Press
Henry Saxon Parley
Lauren
South
Caroline
Fort Sumpter
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