City mayor backs police policy and health merger plan
Mayor Behrens, in his annual Common Council message read by the clerk, praises the Police Department’s record, defends administration for consolidating health and welfare services, and supports public safety goals while endorsing higher teacher pay and departmental autonomy. The address reflects a proposed merger and calls for continued efficiency in city governance.
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Behrens
Common Council
Police Department
Board of Police Commissioners
Ciriliang
Alfred W. Burdick
Mavor
Arthur F. Connor
International Police Chiefs
Windsor
Ontario
Remington Wins Federal Award in 1919 Damages Case
Washington reports the United States Court of Claims awarded Breach of contract damages totaling 1 770 022 for Atlantic Conveyor supplying the Shipping Board with crude and fuel. Remington Arms Company of Bridgeport Connecticut received 646 828 in a case tied to a 1917 contract for bell cartridges. The govern ment argued costs were not taxable as implied by Ninth Circuit.
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Washington
Associated Press
Taree
United States Court of Claims
Atlantic
Shipping Board
Lnte
Connecticut
Clalminr
New York
Dargue Plane Damaged After Fence Collision
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on June 6, the Wells airpane of Major Herbert A Dargue struck a fence after a near flawless landing. The craft sustained damage but no injuries were reported to Major Dargue or crew.
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Uniontown
Sime
Associatec Press
Wellaire
Herbert A Dargue
Wes Hroken
Msjor Marcury
Penniag Ec
Columbia Was Going to Vilna Mystery Flight Hint
The London Evening News speculates that the American trans Atlantic Columbia may have aimed for Vilna, hometown of Charles A. Levine's father, describing the potential return as dramatic. The piece portrays a return of a boy to his father's town in a millionaire air journey.
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London
iBy Associated Press
Columbia
Vilna
Charles A. Levine
London Evening News
Ea & Millionaire
Land of Fortune
Mayor Authorized to Name Body on Airport for Git
The Board of Aldermen, after a mayoral message on city airport acquisition, authorized appointing two of three to study feasibility. Resolution by Sidermin Fred W. Harrison adopted. The mayor cites aviation progress, non-stop flights, and air routes as urging urgent action to establish a local airport to keep Bridgeport among progressive cities.
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Board of Aldermen
Behrens
Lim
Sidermin
Fred W. Harrison
Charles A. Lirdvergh
Treasury surplus to exceed six hundred million dollars
Secretary Mellon announced the current fiscal year’s treasury surplus would top 600 million dollars after the Boston and Maine railroad credited 827,677,604 to the treasury. The credit, made during government control, was processed through the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston and will raise the surplus and revise prior estimates.
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Washington
Associated Press
Mellon
Treasury
Boston and Maine Railroad
Federal Reserve Bank
Boston
Livermore Bandit Aims for Bridgeport After Jail Break
Arthur V. Gibson also known as Arthur Barry and Arthur Cummings Tuade fled from the county jail by sawing a lock plunger, climbing to the attic, and lowering to ground with a rope. He confessed to involvement in the Jesse L. Livermore Jewels robbery and is wanted in Bridgeport for breaking jail on November 19, 1922 while serving a sentence for assault connected to the fatal April 13 1922 Schwaben hall shooting.
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Arthur V. Gibson
Jesse L. Livermore
Bridgeport
Peter Wagner
Parallel Street
Gibson
Arthur Barry
Arthur Cummings
Wagner
Schwaben Hail
Main Street
Barry
Joseph Porter
LeRoy R. Gregory
Malin Street
Worcester
Mass
Porter
Bride Disappears and Is Found Insane in Suffield
Mary Kowalczyk, 17, failed to appear at her church wedding to Thomas Kosc e linous in Suffield. The girl later told a detective in Hartford that she sent for William Montarch, who runs a shop at 184 Sheldon Street, Hartford, and was taken there. She attacked a Hartford detective with a breastpin at the police station and attempted suicide in her cell.
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Suffield
Associated Press
Mary Kowalczyk
Thomas Koscelinous
Hartford
William Montarch
Sheldon Street
Montarch
John J. MacSweegan
Trans Atlantic Flight Narrative Echoes In Early Reports
Fragmented newspaper clippings describe early transatlantic flight news, Lindbergh mentions, and aviation terms. The page references Page 2 and Page 1 items include test flights, town mentions, and scattered notes on aviation events, law and local memorials.
Willis Appointed as New Assistant States Attorney
Loren W. Willis of Bridgeport, educated at Yale, was appointed to become assistant states attorney to succeed Judge Elect EH Earle Garlick. Born June 1 1893, he rose through local law firms and served in the Court of Common Pleas. The notice notes his marriage in 1918, two children, and a track of professional advancement. Continued on Page Two.
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Loren W. Willis
Yale Law School
Willis
Lyla Gregory
Bridgeport
Wilkis
Spottswood Bowers
Charles E. Williamson
New York
Wilks
Williamson
Clarence ©. Lister
John J. Walsh
Norwalk
Frederick W. Huxford
Court of Common Pleas
Huxford
Wrestler Forced to Post 5000 in Cash to Avoid Throwing Matches
Chicago reports state lawmakers plan to repeal the wrestling act after a hearing on the boxing and wrestling scene. Wrestler William Demetral testified he risked 5000 dollars and a quitclaim on his Chicago home to guarantee not to throw two matches with Ed Lewis, alleging a trust exerting control over opponents and events. The session adjourned with further testimony anticipated, while broader calls to regulate the sport rose.
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Chicago
Associated , Press
Wrestling Trust
Clinois Athletic Commission
Claud Rew
Harrisburgh
Wiliam Demetral
Strangler) Lewis
Cleveland
Illinois State Athletic Commission
Denetial
2 ‘Trust
Chinese Move 10 End War Excludes Communists in Pact Talks
Correspondent reports Marshal Chang Tso Lin and allied leaders negotiate a peace pact among northern and southern Chinese factions while excluding Communism. The talks name Chiang Kai Shek and Yen Hai Shan as moderates, with demands to expel Soviet advisers from Hankow and to hand power to a people’s conference if successful.
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Peking
Associated Press
China
Chong Tso-Lin
Chang Tsa-Lin
Chang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Yen Hai
Chang Tsy-Lin
Yellow River
Chang Tso- Lin
Nationalista
Shang Tso-Lin
Kuomintang
Hankow
Chang Tso-Lin
Michael Borcain
Chang ‘f'so-Lin
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chang Teo-Lin
Ship cuts cables cutting Portland phone service
An oil tanker named I Co White ripped through Vaughan's bridge cables near Portland Maine causing a long disruption in wire communication. The damage severed a major toll line with 352 pairs and two additional lines leaving about 2 000 subscribers without service across local and long distance exchanges. A temporary outage halted telephone connections in the city.
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Portland. Me
Associated Press
Portland
I. Co. White
Vaughan
Recat
Caplea
Planes to resume search for missing Nungesser and Coli
Quebec authorities order immediate resumption of search by a third plane along the north coast. The expedition will head to Nataghquan to join the damaged‑engine craft, then scout for several days. The Blanc Sablon area in the Lawrence tower was surveyed by the second expedition, covering about 6000 square miles.
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Montreal
Que
Asiated Press
Quebec
Nungeeser
Colt
Nataghquan
Quebe
Blanc Sablon
Lawrence
Lindbergh Honored as He Returns Home by Memphis Voyage
Additional honors came for Charles A Lindbergh as he travels home aboard the cruiser Memphis after his New York to Paris flight. The Smithsonian awards the Langley medal to him and Missouri Governor Baker promotes him to colonel in the National Guard flying service. The Navy plans a salute with the Los Angeles dirigible escort and two air mail pilots will greet him as the Memphis nears Washington with ceremonies to follow.
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Washington
Associated Press
Charles A. Lind ‘Bergh
Atlantic Ocean
Memphis
New York
Paris
Smithsonian Institution
Langley
Ihs
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Glenn H. Curtiss
Gustav Eiffel
Lindbergh
Potomac
Air Mail Service
Shirley J. Short
Harmony Trophy
Harry G. Smith
Air Mail
Hammond
Tee
Penn
New York Aviators Stranded Near Berlin After Fog
Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine faced fog and headwinds after departing New York in the Columbia. With dwindling fuel they landed near Kottbus and Eisleben delaying plans to reach Bertin. Officials rushed a propeller to aid repairs as they hope to fly tomorrow and meet the German embassy in Berlin.
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Chamberlin
Columbia
Berlin
Tion
Clarence BD
Chamberlins
Charles A. Levine
New York
Belhofer
le Bourget
St. Louis
Europe
Lavine
Eisleben
Hlinge
Kottbus
Bertin
Chamberlin Hopen
Lufthense
Pia
Atlantic Flyer
Kotthus
Chambertin Kile
Flood crest shifts through lower Mississippi valley
Flood conditions ease in parts of the central Mississippi basin as the crest from April and May recedes toward the sea while new high water areas linger in the Tensas and Atchafalaya basins. Louisiana expects no new rise. rehabilitation plans proceed with weather service assurances. In New Orleans, a separate report notes a June flood update and ongoing relief efforts. In Boston, 6000 Christian Scientists attend the First Church annual meeting with overflow crowds and speeches by church leaders.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Atchafalaya River i
St. Louis
Gulf
Arkansas
Misatasippi
Tensas
Atchafalaya
Louisiana
Werther Bureau
Tensas Basin
Atachatfalaya
Bayous Deslaisee Levee
McCrea Crevasse
Atchefalaya
Sugar Bowl
Morgan City
Boston
First Church of Christ, Scientist
A. B. van Getrand
Bertaud criticizes Chamberlin Levine flight navigation
Cleveland air mail pilot Lloyd Bertaud, once slated to fly the trans Atlantic leg with Clarence Chamberlin, says the Chamberlin Levine flight was sloppy and wobbly in navigation. He notes Lindbergh’s navigation was superior and says extending the trip a few hundred miles does not change that view.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Associated Press
Lloyd Bertaud
Cleveland Air Mail
Clarence Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Bertaud
Lindbergh
Europe
Kidnapping Flight Ends In Love Escapade Says Airdrome Affair
Los Angeles authorities accept the incident as a love escapade not a crime after aviator Charles La Jotte shoots into the air with Mina Noreen Burke aboard at Ryan Field San Diego. Miss Burke aided by La Jotte’s plan, while Dr John Steen was asked to inspect the plane tail and was dismissed from the scene.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
Mina Noreen Burke
San Diego
Charles la Jotte
Miss Burke
la Jotte
Ryan Field
Verday
John Steen
Mes
Frank Lloyd
Firman
Lloyd
Twenty
Palms
San Bernardino Mountains
Coast Range
Colorado Desert
Burke
Declared Columbia Unlugk Levine Flying Across Atlantic
Charles A Levine, financier of the Transoceanic flight, recounts a perilous journey from Cottbus Germany to Bertin and Berlin, detailing fog, detours, high winds, and an emergency landing near Eisleben after traveling 4400 miles in 48 hours versus Lindbergh’s shorter time.
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Teniron
Uhambertin
Chambery Waite
Tetle
Ering
Bertin
Biery
Chraveriin
River Busted
Herla
Doge Lindberg
Howe
Golatel
Berlin
Jack of Gaa
Eisleben
Lufthansa
Brin
Lindbergh
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Remington
Government Court of Claims
Dargue
Livermore Bandit
Arthur Gibson
Fairfield County
Bride
Detective
Pin
State Hospital
Trans Atlantic Flight
Auiyet
Wolfe Tuday
Theda
Fosseria
Teagne
Catn
St. Rose Parish
Wealport
Eran Crenan
Nassing
Ian Iz
Tari
Whitnes
Millonains
Garantes
Delunion
Lage 3
Coat Holding
Delaware
Thrigon Cu
Pulive
Exnoe Te Montiteev
Gich
Penes
Wil
Atrongert
Albento-Jugosley Uresk
Exptaland
League of Nations
Kedda
Wall Weather Report
Minesa and Pinance
Flyckss
Netqware
Tudison Eeu
Isenee
Beara
Springfield
Anit
Wittazield
New Haven
Cirates
Cuba
Netiouri
Migdmaker Prendei
Garlick
Lorin W. Willis
Whitney
Lewis
Payne Whitney
Finley Peter Dunne
Samuel Adams
Clark
Eugene Hale
Mr. Whitney
Long Island
Frank 8. Hollins
Elmer D. Gault
Clara L. Weithas
Harry Payne Whitney
St. Germans
Helen Hay Whitney
Joan Whitney Payson
Mauhasset
Long Itland
John Hay Whitney
Tso-Lin
Borodin
Anes
Nungesser-Coli Hunt
Kimes
Oklahoma
Pawhusea
Okla
Here
Matthew Himes
Pawhuska
Red Carter
Carter
Hominy
Oklo
Kimea
Langley Air Medal
Missouri
Tempelhofer Field
Gety
Tempelhofer Eirdrome
Umbla
Levine
Ican
Vonburg
Mississippi
Christian Science Church
Cottbus
Germany
Bergh
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