Croker Defends Action By Son In Property Split Case
Richard Croker former Tammany leader testifies in New York City court defending his son Richard Croker Jr suit over forty nine shares of Wabash railroad stock alleged given in error during 1917 property split when Croker married his Indian bride. Father says he has implicit confidence in his son and kept possessions in a joint safe deposit box with limited detail on stock transfers.
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New York
Richard Croker
Tammany
Richard Croker, Jr
Croker
Myer
Harold Nathan
Ireland
Richard, Jr
Guarantee Trust Company
West Forty-second Street
Andrew F Friedman
New York Giants
Equitable Company
Broadway
Labor Convention Ends With Short Session Here
The Connecticut Federation of Labor wrapped up its thirty-sixth annual convention after a brief morning session. Delegates voted not to send representatives to the national Denver convention. Ira M. Ornburn will attend independently. A chaplain opening the convention passed after debate, while the 192% date for Stamford ahead was announced for next year.
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Connecticut Federation of Labor
Denver
Col. Mondar
Ira M. Ornburn
State Federation
West
Federation
Stamford
Nurse's Bath Fatality Ends in Tragedy at Vienna Clinic
Remorse over a hospital death led 26 year old nurse Ottilie Sora to turn on a boiling bath for patient Frank Kusa in Professor Nichs clinic. After a scream from another ward she returned to find Kusa dead and then killed herself by leaping in front of a train.
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Vienna
Ottilie Sora
Miss Sora
Nich
Frank Kusa
Tous
Beardsley Park Fourth Americanization Meeting Planned
Final plans for the Americanization exercises at Beardsley Park on July 4 will be discussed at a 4 o clock Chamber of Commerce meeting. The Junior Chamber of Commerce Americanization committee and about 200 citizens from various foreign groups will join to plan outreach and participation.
Shipping Board To Have New Life
The article profiles Mr. Lasker as a printing magnate turned shipping board leader with a strong record in distribution for automobiles and accessories. It notes the board's shift to exporting US surplus goods, predicts renewed success, and recalls Lasker's liberalism and political activity with Hiram Johnson and Harding.
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Mr. Lasker
Yalker
Lasker
Shipping Board
United States
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Harding
City playground instructors named by Gahan in city list
Superintendent Pierre V. Gahan announced the appointment of 23 instructors for city playgrounds for July and August following an individual examination. The list includes ten young men and features names such as Madelina Callahan, Anna Akerell, Kath erine Murphy, Helen Roth, Lillian Weldon, Ethel Hull, James Burns, Walter Stapleton, Jasper Knox, William Hamm, Edward McCullough, Math erine Morris, Sadie Fitelson, Genevieve Stone, Horace Gledhill, John Malocco, Jack Maher, A D Mehegan, and Otin Sauer.
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Pierre V. Gahan
Board of Recreation
Madelina Callahan
James Street
Anna Akerell
Harlem Avenue
Holna J. Calhoun
North Avenue
James Burns
Connecticeut Avenue
Walter Stapleton
Sanford Avenue
Jasper J. Knox
Sedgwick Street
William 4. Hamm
Smith Street
Edward McCullough
Matherine D. Morris
Jude Lockie
Willow Streat
Sadie Fitelson
Genevieve Stone
Park Avenue
Horace Gledhill
Lordship Manor
Girl Injured as Barn Door Falls on Maryland Child
A barn door fell on six year old Mary Doke while she played in a yard near Hanover Street and Wordin Avenue. She sustained a fractured leg and head abrasions, was treated by Dr J F Walah and moved to St Vincent's hospital. Her condition was reported not serious.
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Mary Doke
Hancock Avenue
Hanover Street
Wordin Avenue
J. F. Walah
Mimergency Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
Woman Bound Over For Theft Of $200 In City Court
Catherine Chamber, aNegress from Highland Avenue, bound over to the Criminal Superior Court in a $1,000 bail after pleading guilty to stealing $200 from Julius Talott on Arch Street. She met the victim, obtained the money, and returned part of it before arraignment in city court.
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Julius Talott
Highland Avenue
Catherine Chamber
Criminal Superior Court
Jalenti
Arch Street
Sha
Willard and Williams Headed to Dallas for JCs Convention
Willard secretary of the Bridgeport Junior Chamber and Williams will depart Saturday for Dallas Texas to represent Bridgeport at the United States Junior Chamber convention to be held June 16 to 18 Willard will sit on the National Council after being elected councillor for the local junior chamber Earlier both organizations secured one councillor in the national council with Willard chosen for the post
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Co. A. Willard
Junior Chamber
Cammeres
G. KR. Williams
Dallas
Texas
Bridgeport
United States
Mr. Willard
National Council
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