Judge Decrees Forfeiture Of Seized Rum Ship Downe
Hartford June 14 The United States District Court, based on the Supreme Court ruling in the Underwriter case, decreed forfeiture of the American vessel Downe and its cargo of 500 cases of whiskey. The Downe, registered at New York, was seized beyond the 12 mile limit in April 1925 by Coast Guard vessels. Attorney John T. Berry, representing owners, consented to the forfeiture after reviewing the decision.
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Hartford
Asaoeiaed Press
United States Supreme Court
Ed Wha
Thomas
Tates
United States District
George H Cohen
Downe
Coast Guard
Niles Grouth
Montauk Point
United States District Attorney's Office
New York
Downs
John T. Barry
Norwich
Supreme Court
Forfeltre
Four Bridgeport Men To Attend Yale Class Reunion
Four Bridgeport men will attend the Yale class of 1807 90th anniversary in New Haven with headquarters on the Hotel Taft roof. The local members are Robert Hincks Fred Curtiss William F H Comley and Dr F W Pyle. The field day at Brooklawn Country Club includes golf tennis swimming and water sports with plans for a dinner at the Black Rock Yacht and Lawn Club.
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Bridgeport
Yale
New Haven
Taft
Robert Hincks
Fred Curtiss
Wiliam FH. Comley
F. W. Pyle
Brooklawn Country Club
Robert 8. Hincks
Black Rock Yacht and Lawn Club
Lameheon
Veteran Fails of U. S. Citizenship in Rhode Island
Louis LaMarch an 83 year old Civil War veteran from Saint Marieville who settled in Valley Falls Rhode Island signs a flag day tribute. He learned after decades in the United States that he is not a citizen and must await three months before taking allegiance. He served in the Sixth New Hampshire Infantry Virginia and was mustered out in 1865. He later lived in Quebec before returning to Rhode Island where three of his children were born. He sought citizenship after learning the truth at the federal building.
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Providence
R. I
Associated Press
Louis LaMarch
Valley Falle
Hvlng
Hs Army
LaMarch
St. Marvue
Sixth
New Hampshire Infantry
Virginia
Quebec
Hine
Rhode Island
United States
Oxford's multifaceted mayor speaks on town governance
Mary JOES OXFORD discusses local administration and leadership. L. M. McCammon of Oxford notes his roles as mayor station agent telegrapher hotel owner and a notable longtime figure shaping the town's affairs.
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Oxford
L. M. McCammon
Ads Must Relate Truth to Succeed at Local Club Talk
Miss Ina K. Pitner of the Christ in Science Monitor addressed the Bridgeport Advertising Club after the weekly luncheon at Stratfield yesterday. She urged ads relate to truth to succeed, discussed editorial abstacles, praised editors like Joseph Athole and Laura Wiley, and noted monitors publish only a fraction of daily telegraphic copy while stressing newspapers avoid fear-driven reporting.
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Bridgeport Advertising Club
Stratfield
Ina K. Pitner
New York
The
Christ In Science Monitor
Pitner
Alr
Jen
Joseph Athole
Wancunker's
Laura Wiley
New York Times
Advertising ethics and press standards discussion notes
A speech by Miss Pitner urged dignified news coverage and factual advertising to build reader confidence. She cited the Peaches Browning case and noted many papers avoid sensational crime details. Dietz inquiry spurred talks of a Community Chest committee for next year’s work.
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New York
I. H. Corbit
Edwin J. Ynoch
Carl F. Dietz
Community Chest
Mass Executions Reported Across Soviet Russia
A Warsaw dispatch to the Daily Express reports mass executions across Soviet Russia amid anti-Soviet agitation. Joraslaweki of the Cheka is said to have arrived in Kharkov on a mission to crush counter revolutionary activity. Moscow reportedly tightens security with state of siege anticipated, foreigners leaving, and officials curbing travel and press censorship.
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London
Soviet Russia
Warsaw
Daily Express
South
Russia
Joraslaweki
Cheka
Soviet Secret Police
Kharkov
Ruthleasivg
Reuter
Moscow
De Pinedo Plans World Circle Flight From Madrid
Italian aviator Commander Francesc De Pinedo met Madrid officials as guest of the government and said commercial air travel between the United States and Europe is nearly impossible now due to insufficient gasoline capacity. He will return to Barcelona, then depart Thursday on the final lap of his four continent flight to Rome, and plans a world round trip next year in a special Ibán machine. He added that transoceanic hops are harder from the United States to Europe due to fogs.
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Madrid
Associated Pres
Francesc du Pinedo
United States
Europe
Wil Retur
Barcelona
Girl swimmer drowns in pond at Carver Massachusetts
Carver Mass June 14 Miss Margaret Alden 22 daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore H Alden of Campedito drowned yesterday afternoon in Coopers pond where she had been swimming with her brother Stewart Her brother left her on a raft and upon turning found she had disappeared
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Carver
Mass
Associated Presa
Margaret Alden
Theodore H Alden
Caimpedito
Cooper’s Pond
Stewart
State Mutual Life elects Chandler Bullock president
Worcester June 14 Chandler Bullock vice-president and general counsel of State Mutual Life Assurance Company was today elected president succeeding Burton H Wright who had led the firm for 17 years.
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Worcester
Mass
Associated Press
Chandler Bullock
State Mutual Life Assurance Company
Burton H. Wright
Wright elected chairman. Bullock named bank director and bank leader
Wright was elected chairman of the board and of the finance committee. Bullock serves as a director of the American Trust Company in Borton and Merchants' National Bank of Worcester, and as president of Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank.
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Wright
Bullock
American Trust Company, Borton
Merchants’ National Bank of Worcester
Tthe Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank
Fuller Interviews Vanzetti Jurors in Bridgewater Case
Governor Fuller continued the Sacco Vanzetti inquiry by interviewing the eleven jurors who found Bartolomeo Vanzetti guilty of armed attempted robbery at Bridgewater. Vanzetti, sentenced to death for murder in South Braintree, is also serving a lengthy term for the Bridgewater offense, tried in Plymouth.
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Boston
Associated Pres
Fuller
Sacco- Vanzetti
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Bridgewater
Vanveld
Micola Sacco
South Braintree
Plymouth
Civil War Veteran Dies at 101 in South Boston
Press John Connors of Washington Post G. 4. R. in South Boston dies at his home aged 101. Born in Ireland, he joined the U S Navy before the Civil War and took part in the Battle of Mobile Bay before a long military career.
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Boston
Associated Press
John Connors
Washington Post
South
Ireland
United States Navy
Mobile Bay
Poincare Wins Confidence Vote in Parliament
Paris readers report the Chamber of Deputies backed the Poincare government with a 383 to 160 vote, rejecting the Socialist counter project for national military organization this afternoon.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
Socialist Counter Project
Prisoner bets judge jury would acquit him in Worcester
Michael Cashman of Worcester pleaded guilty to drunkenness in Superior Criminal court and received two months in the house of correction. He offered to bet Judge Arthur F. Butterworth that a jury would acquit him, forfeit six months in jail if he lost. the wager was accepted and he was led away to serve the sentence.
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Worcester
Mass
Associated Press
Michael Cashmar
Superior Criminal Court
House of Correction
Arthur F. Butterworth
Cashman
Police disperse left wing furriers strike crowd
In New York on June 14, 115 policemen dispersed downtown crowds of striking furriers and arrested 150 men and women on charges of disorderly conduct. Tony lines led the march as steel helmets were worn for protection against police clubs amid rain.
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New York
Associated Press
Tony
Ackroyd Wins Divorce by Amending Custody Claim
John H. Ackroyd of this city secured a decree of divorce yesterday in Superior court before Judge John R. Booth in an uncontested action against Dorothy Folsom Ackroyd of Los Angeles whom he married February 5, 1910 and who he claimed deserted him June 20, 1922. The docket day had listed a contested action but the contest was withdrawn when Ackroyd amended his complaint to seek custody of two minor children, who remain in the mother’s custody.
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John H. Ackroyd
John R. Booth
Dorothy Folsom Ackroyd
Los Angeles
Ackroyd
Textile Terms and Prices From a Cloth Goods List
A fragmentary catalog notes fabrics such as radium silk rayon crepe de chine georgette satin and Canton crepe with scattered figures like two dollars and forty octets. The readable bits suggest a sale or price list for drapery and wardrobe materials.
Silk Fabric Price List From A Local Market
The listing shows various fabrics and prices including Black Silks 289 Sport Satin at 150, Radium Silk 82.00, Charmeuse 200, Oriental Jap 2.00, Crepe de Chi 2.50, Georgette 3.00, Satin Crepe 32.00, Bengaline 36 inch by 6 inch by 4 inch. Items labeled with material and cost across a dense catalog.
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Mary
Christian Science Monitor
Miss Pitney
Monitor
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Japan
Steiger Poole Company
Main and Fairfield
Fashion of New
Atlantic
BAY State Banker
Vanzetti
Loverty Drug Stores
Hindle Pharmacies
Las
N. McNamara
Foulard
Belding
MC Calligis
McCall
Evers
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