Fowler Soon to Join Mackenzie on Labor Board
Federal Prohibition Agent James Fowler plans resignation effective July 1 to join Harry Mackenzie, state labor commissioner, as an assistant. Edward Doolan is expected to become district head, with Anthony Manion filling Fowler’s vacancy, though confirmation from Frank Putney was not obtained.
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James Fowler
Frank T. Putney
Harry EB. Mackenzie
Fowler
Edward B Dovlan
Anthony Manian
Doolan
Prohibition
Putney
Deolan
Manion
Armament Talks at League of Nations End Without Vote
In Geneva the League of Nations temporary armament committee finished discussing Lord Robert Cecil's disarmament plan and a guarantee pact, deciding to defer a vote and seek opinions on the French counter-project from the permanent committee and powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Fane
League of Naions
Robert Cecil
League
Requin
Great Britain to Pay U S Interest Semi-Annually
London reported that Sir William Joynson Hicks said in Parliament Britain will pay interest on war debt to the United States semi annually on June 15 and September 15 each year. Principal installments are due each December 15.
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Great Britain
U. S
London
William Joynson-Hicks
The
Treasury
House of Commons
America
Merchants Decry Bad Roads in Fairfield County
In Fairfield County, merchants urge action on deteriorating roads as the Bridgeport post office orders rural and suburban carriers to report road conditions. Samuel Senior of Bridgeport Hydraulic Co and the Roads committee plans a meeting to seek state highway department aid before the touring season. The Local Retail Board backs the view as deplorable and calls for improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield County
Bridgeport Post Office
Samuel Senior
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Amber of Commerce Committee
State Highway Department
Frank D. Bell
Torrential Bainstorm Floods and Fire Hits Berean Church
A powerful storm drenched Bridgeport yesterday afternoon delaying traffic and flooding streets. Lightning struck the Berean Memorial Church at 262 East Main Street setting it on fire and causing about 290 dollars in roof damage. Three fire alarms triggered nearly simultaneously as downpours overwhelmed sewers and toppled awnings, with thousands seeking shelter as cars and streetcars stalled and floodwaters rose in blocks.
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Berean Memorial
East Main Street
Piremen
Sutefirl Avenue
Railroad Avenue
State Aire
Fairfield
Ash Creek
Bereza Memorial
East
M Street
Firmen
Churea
Coney Island Bright Lights Bond Theft Case
James Foley an 18 year old messenger for Charles Barney and Company was arrested charged with theft after claiming to have lost bonds totaling about 141000 to two strangers who had hosted him during a Coney Island excursion and dinner. Police say the securities were handed over in exchange for promissory notes and Foley admitted the scheme, with investigators noting prior losses of around 3000 in securities months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coney Island
James Foley
Charles Barney and Company
Coneysland
Prohibition official Fowler to resign as labor aide
Prohibition era intrigues unfold as Agat Fowler plans resignation to join State Labor Commissioner Mackenzie. In other charges, Roy C. Harris confesses to swindling Bridgeport merchants posing as an Internal Revenue agent. Local reports include road conditions in Fairfield County and a spate of crimes and accidents with court actions pending.
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Agat Fowler
Mackenzie
Roy C. Harris
Atlanta
Bridgeport
Internal Revenue
Fairfield County
O. Konquist
Lquor
Danbury
Jennings vRothers Manufacturing Company
Bec Hospital
United Church
Isaac Moorey Fressfier
Beardaley
Jeremiah Hulmes
Esue
Dr. Davies
Nats
Hiwanis Clu
Former local man killed on railroad tracks
Patrick McMahon, 38, of this city, was killed last week when struck by a train at Airview Put Nen N Y, according to friends. He had been a divider for 10 years and is survived by his wife, four sisters Minnie Rose Nora Wellie McMahon, and one brother Thomas. The funeral was held in Yonker last Monday.
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Patrick McMahon
Airview Putnen N. Y
Myr
McMahon
Minnie
Rose
Nora
Wellie
Thomas McMahon
Yonker
Swindler Harris Confesses To Fleecing Merchants
Roy C. Harris, 55 years old, formerly of Bridgeport, admits posing as an Internal Revenue collector and swindling Connecticut merchants of about 4000. He was sentenced to two years in Atlanta federal penitentiary and may face Connecticut authorities after completing his term. Government agents say Harris also claimed a false motive linking to a NYC murder case.
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Roy C. Harris
U. S. Penitentiary
Theederal
Atlanta
Lranistal Avenue
Connecticut
Barris
Collector of
Internal Revenue
Robert O. Eaton
Hartford
Harris
Ian Buffalo
Joseph B. Elwell
New York City
Former Alderman Isaac Moorey Dies After Lingering Illness
Isaac Moorey a Bridgeport businessman and former Dominion Council member died at his home 476 Gordon Street after a long illness. Born in England he ran a grocery and served as Demo alderman for the Eleventh Ward before retiring six years ago. He leaves three sons George Horace and Ernest and a daughter Mrs Joseph Tson. Funeral and burial arrangements will be announced by the family.
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Jeaac Moorey
Bridgeport
Dominion Council
Gordon Street
Mr. Moorey
England
Mast Main
Ann Streets
Demoalderman
Dusiness
George
Horace
Ernest Moorey
Jozeph Tson
Utah Earthquake Tops Dishes Breaking in Logan
June 7. A tremor struck Logan Utah with rumbling shocks. Many dishes broke and pictures were dislodged as residents reported the quake lasting moments in their homes.
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Utah
Logan
Clair
Elephant Blocks Bloomfield Road After Carnival Stay
A carnival elephant parked on Bloomfield road near PULASKI TA causing a de tour. The animal, part of a carnival show for five weeks, refused all attempts to move it with a tractor and trainer, wrecking one machine. Early morning it slipped a chain, wandered eight miles, and stopped again blocking traffic and the county hay crop.
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Pulaski, Ta
Bloomfield Road
Court Plan Will Aid Civilization Says President
President Harding urges joining the World Court to stabilize civilization without ending American independence. In a public letter to Bishop Gailor he argues US participation would be its largest feasible contribution to world stability while preserving national advantages. The message favors active international engagement over isolation.
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Washington
Harding
United States
Shomas ¥_ Gailor
Tennessee
National Council
The
Protestant Episcopal Ghureh
Hucope
Bishop Gailor
Calers
Bayon
Original Owners Found for 26 Recovered Greenwich Autos
State police traced 26 seized automobiles in Greenwich to their rightful owners and will release them on June 12. While 17 cars remain in custody, many vehicles have already been returned or are tied to insurance claims. Legal tangles loom as buyers from thieves risk losses. estimates suggest around 400 such cars exist in the area.
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Greenwich
Goldy-Singer
Frank Vireili
Gevenwich
Wity Nald
Texal
Perford
New Berlin Note Seeks Parley on German Reparations Plan
Washington dispatch reports Germany offers to produce data on its capacity to pay and to accept an impartial international verdict. It outlines guarantees including state railways and assets, gold bonds of ten billion marks, and annual payments amid a broader plan tied to Germany’s economy and industry. The note argues reforms and conferences as the path to settlement.
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Norwalk
Naval Academy
Yadley-Mosely
Lew Haven
Br. Schofield
Danbury
Fantor
Myukes
Eeihardt Brewers
Aeartfeld
U. S
Germany
Garmain
Mortenge
German reparations plan sparks cautious Allied notice
Washington officials received an official German note via Ambassador Wiedfeldt outlining a reparations approach that favors direct consultations with those who will receive payments. The proposal aligns with U S preferences for a businesslike handling of the Ruhr issue and hints at conferences among interested nations. The State Department kept details private though copies circulated at the German embassy. Observers see the insistence on direct government dialogue as a potential advance toward formal talks.
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Washington
State Department
Dri Otto Wiedfeldt
Seeupatics
Ruhr
Elion
Fermens
Berlin
Impa
Germany
Patromimy
Currency Repudiation Would Cure European Ills Expert Declares
New York expert Jeremiah Wrenks told the National Monetary Association convention that partial currency repudiation is the only policy to save European governments and industries after postwar collapses. He urged devaluation in Austria Germany Hungary and Poland to restore currency purchasing power and warned against rapid inflation in Germany.
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New York
Jena
Europe
Jeremiah Wrenks
New York University
National Monetary Association
Austria
Germany
Hungary
Poland
England
Teller Vanishes Prompting Bank Run in Maynard
Maynard Mass bank customers rush to withdraw funds after teller John Garlick vanishes Saturday. The Maynard Trust Company reports a possible $5,000 shortage covered by bond and deposits of about $76,000 today. President George H. Creighton says the incident is not serious as investigators review accounts.
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Remington Arios
George
England
L. S
N. V- Raid
Shriners Flack
Maynard, Maas
Ban Teller
Coney Ixland Bright Felts
Trinity Church
Horporniloti
New York
Ely
Prt
Siquord ‘Porcini Wittelo Thal Saytiga Banks
White House
Maynard
Mass
Maynard Trust Company
Depo
George H. Creghton
The
Trust Company
Thos Costigan Dies Sudden in Fairfield
Thomas Costigan a longtime Bridgeport contractor died suddenly at his home at the corner of Broadbridge and North avenues Stratford after an indigestion attack. He was ill overnight and died about two hours after being taken to a hospital. He leaves a widow two sisters Mrs Barnard and Mrs McBride of Bridgeport and two brothers Michael and James of Stratford. Funeral from his late home Saturday at 8 30 and St James at nine burial in St Michael's cemetery.
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Thomas Costigan
Bridgeport
Broadbridge
North Avenues
Stratford
Costigan
Peter Barnard
Daniel McBride
Michael
James
Bridgesart
Avelock
St. James
Will . Michael's Cemetery
Wisconsin Solons Renew State Prohibition Enforcement
Madison June 7 Associated Press The Wisconsin Assembly today voted 47 to 43 to renew the state prohibition enforcement statute. An earlier attempt to kill the bill failed by the same margin.
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Madison
Wisconsin Assumbis Today
Consolidated Exchange Men Pool Funds to Aid Members
Eleven firms from the Consolidated Stock Exchange that failed for about 15 million dollars helped seventeen firms raise 102000 for relief. District Attorney Banton said former staff of McMasters and Co and William Sitkworth testified. The fund covered nearly all debts, with the balance paid to customers seeking stock on margin. Names and amounts of contributors were disclosed including McKente, Fuller, Kotler Bremer, Rabiner, De Aguery, Raynor Nicholas, Mosher, Ruskay, Howell, Wales, and Bobmidt.
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New York
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Banton
R. H. McMasters and Co
William
Dhal
MacMasters
Birkworth
Grand Jury
MarMasters Company
Sideworth
E.om. Puller
Mm, Pubes ,& Company
Fugler
Tany
Wes
Ww. H. McKente & Company
M. Fuller & Company
Kotiler
Bremer& Company
Scott & Stumps
J. G. Rabiner & Company
M. B
J_.V. De Aguery
Raynor Nicholas and Truesdale
Mosher and Wallace
Ruskay & Company
Howell and Wales
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Manson
Prohibition Enforcement
League OF Nations
P. O
Berean
Fairfield Avenue
Federal Revenue
Elwell
Isaac Moorey
Cupid
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Hughes
Wiedfeldt
Paris
Brussels
Rome
Tokio
Jenks
Pepe
BAY State Bank
Wisconsin
N. Y
Consolidated Exchange Men
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