Britisher killed by China snipers shocks Shanghai
In Shanghai a Briton was killed and a companion Mary Duncan wounded by Chinese snipers as tensions rose over foreign presence. The incident drew U.S. and British attention, with officials cautious about responses amid ongoing debates on foreign intervention and labor conditions in China.
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China
Lancashire
AM. Samuel
Overseas Trade Department
Shanghai
Shang Thai
Samuel
Washington
W. W. MacKendle
Mary Duncan
Canton
State Department
Peking
Peking Legaions
Chang Tso Tin
MacKennll-Duncan
Meetings Tonight in Bridgeport Fraternal and Civic Groups
A list of meetings and lodge gatherings in Bridgeport tonight includes Konckapotanauh tribe at 0 BR Main, Mithra lodge KR of P at 1250 Main, Calanthe Temple Pythian Sisters also at 1250 Main, Pequennock lodge IOOF at 087 Broad, and several other fraternal and civic organizations such as Carpenters and Joiners, Immediate Relief Association, Purity Shrine, White Shrine of Jerusalem, Fire District Republican Club, Seaside Hive Ladies, United Typographers, and Masonic and Benevolent orders with various addresses across Main, Elm, Broad, Cannon, and adjacent streets.
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Bridgeport Rifle Club
State Armory
Main Street
Mithra Lodge
KR. of P
Calanthe Temple
Pythian Sisters
Pequennock Lodge
Broad Street Carpenters and Joiners
Elm
Immediate Relef Association
Broad Street
Bridgeport
Ds OU
Cannon Street
Purity Shrine
White Shrine
Jerusalem
Fire District Republican Club
Pare Street
Seaside Hive Ladies of the Macpembees
Aren Street
United Typaes Therme of America
Temple Blazerhood
Congregational
Braj Israel
Park Avenue
Americus Tent
Kroshts
the Maccabees
Lord Queensbury Granted Divorce from Ex Actress
The Marquis of Queensberry received a divorce decree from Justice Hill for wife Lady Queensberry Irene Richards amid accusations of misconduct with Sir James Dunn. The couple wed in 1917 after her stage work at the Gaiety and later disputes arose over Dunn, with details of separations and travel cited as grounds. Sir James Dunn, a Canadian lawyer born 1874, is linked to the case as the woman’s confidant and later partner.
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London
Marquis of Queensberry
Justice Hill
Lady Queensberry
James Dunn
Black
Gloucester Terrace
England
Scotland
Marquis
Dunn
Deauville
Sir James
Lnear
Ladly Queensberry
Lve
Templeton
Jimmie
Harry Herbert Skinner
Skinner
Paris
New Brunswick
Gertrude Patterson
New Haven Road Forms Bus Firm
New England Transportation Company, a subsidiary of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad, plans motor bus service across Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and New York with initial operations in Bridgeport. Arthur P Russell serves as president with a 1 million dollar capitalization and officers named including Eugene J Phillips and Charles H Knight. The firm will study routes and purchase a bus fleet while the railroad expands by using gasoline rail cars on selected lines to supplement passenger and freight needs.
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Russell
New York
Bridgeport
Hee
T .He
Sridgeport
Musvyell
New England Transportation Company
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Yorks
New York, New Haven
Eugene J. Phlilips
Providence
Arthur P Russell
Hingham
Benjamin Spock
New Haven
Eugene J Phillips
Charles H. Knight
O. Barker
AB Clark
R.H. Palmer
FS. Hobbs
Midland Division
New Transportation Company
New Han
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Vile
Dassenger
East Side Row Fatality Attributed To Assault
A man died from injuries after an assault on East Main Street near East Washington Avenue. Police detained several riders linked to a local gang but released them after questioning. Witnesses fear retaliation and offer few identifiable details. Medical Examiner H R De Luca will perform an autopsy as investigators pursue leads on the melee.
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John H. Regan
Detective Bureau
de Falles
Usagi
Masaine
Aguinlt
East Main Street
East Washington Avenue
DeFelici
H. R. de Luca
Gilson Appointed Assistant Adjutant General
Hartford June 18 Governor Trumbull named James W Gilson of Hartford as assistant adjutant general of the Connecticut National Guard for two years from July by the governor. The appointment, with colonel rank, fills a vacancy left when earlier staff appointments were made. Zeigfeld In Movies S: Los Angeles June 13 Florenz Zeigfeld the stage producer signed a five year contract to supervise a slate of pictures for Paramount Pictures, announced by Famous Players-Lasky headquarters.
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Hartford
James W Gilson
Thiaty
Connecticut National Guard
Trumbull
Bingham
Zeigfeld
LOS_ ANGELES
Famous Flayera-Lasky Picture Corporation
Floren Zeigfeld
Sea of Pictures
Paramount
Warren Harding School Appointments and Resignations
The Warren Harding system announces 21 new appointments including Nelson Gordy Warshaw and Alice Halpin to Warren Harding High and Congress High posts with salaries from 1900 to 2500. Two teachers, Mabel Sherman and Margretha Anderson, resign end of term. Additional hires include night school and Americanization staff, department heads at Congress High, and a mill room addition plan flagged as impractical. An Indigenous flag proposal from De Mulay is accepted. events include Civic Militant Training camp enrollment talks and NEA conference deputy director appointment.
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Warren Harding
Nelson Gordy Warshaw
N. Y
Central High
Jesse E. Beans
Alice Halpin
Middlebury
Congress High
Robert Clark
Central Avenue
New Haven
Warren Harding High
Mr. Clark
Devonagh School
Mary L. Latimer
Gananoque
Ont
Anna K. Morris
Truro
Maas
Shelton
Dorothy E. Meyer
Linbrook
N.Y
Granville Lee Edwards
Westybrook
Waltersville
Jeesa E. Beans
Warre
Harding John J. McFartiud
Mde
William 8. Coley
Jane C. Wright
Elizabeth McNamara
Alan
Littha E. Benson
Ruth S. Barton
Frederick M. Armstrong
Congress Highway
Leonard Ashelin
Indianapoli
Warren Harding High School
de Mulay
Council Approves Fight On Ripper To Renovate Plant
Six aldermen submitted 11 more streets for paving to City Engineer MsElroy yesterday. The grand list of street paving grows as the city selects nonbond street additions for pavement. Aldermen from several districts added streets such as Farnfield, Overton, Tesing, Hawley, Island Brook, South Main, Allen, East Main, Harris, Clarence and Park, bringing total to 72 streets listed for paving.
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MsElroy
Henry Koehler
William Ard
Overtian Street
Tesing Avenue
Hawley Avenue
Island Brook
Wiliam
Cannon
Harry Doty
Thomas Keating
Louis A. Abriola
East Main
Harris
Clarence
Park
Crowley Receives Board Thanks For Heroic Act
Patrolman Edward J. Crowley Jr of the Third precinct saved a runaway wagon from a Mitchel Dairy by stopping it at Maplewood and Wood Avenues as schoolchildren crossed. He was slightly injured and had previously been commended by Captain John O Connell for valor. The Police Board approved a vote of thanks at a late-night meeting.
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Edward J. Crowley, Jr
John O'Connell
Crowley
Mitchel Dairy
Maplewood Avenue
Wood Avenue
O'Connell
Hell Back in Apostles Creed Debate at Synod
At the Augustana Lutheran Synod convention in Minneapolis the use of Hell in the Apostles Creed was debated. Last year Hades was substituted to align with the American standard Bible. Three conferences petitioned to restore Hell to the creed.
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Minneapolis
Augustana Lutheran Synod Convention
Synod
Bridgeport Council Adopts Special Meeting and Policy Debates
Bridgeport city council calls a special meeting to discuss local powers and a recreation site purchase at Pembroke and Cedar streets after a petition by about 2,409 students from St Mary's Franklin and Wintersville schools. The body also addressed parking on Gold street, animal control rules, firefighter costs, land purchases for a state trade school, and numerous tax abatements and legal settlements.
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Citiens
Bridgeport
Republican Party
St. Mary's
Franklin
Wwntersville
Pembroke
Cedar Streets
George KE. Halt
Willam Meyer
Alfred TW. Burdick
Board of Education
Sterling Street
State Trade School
Samuel Renta
John Corso
William P. Hopkins
Delaney
Elzabeth Johnson
Wilmot Avenue
Orange Street
North Avenue
DeLanay
John JT Donovan
Will
Frederick FH Downs
William P Downs
Ex legislator Byron Gallup dies in Wyoluntown at ninety
Byron F. P. Gallup, a former member of the General Assembly from eastern Connecticut, died at his home in Wyoluntown today at age ninety. The longtime public figure was widely known in the region for his years of service and local involvement.
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Wyoluntown
Byron FP. Gallup
General Assembly
Connecticut
Connecticut Mobilizes National Guard for Defense Test
Hartford reports a surprise mobilization of the Connecticut National Guard for a defense test ordered by Governor Trumbull. About 80 percent of 4,160 militia reported to mobilization centers within four hours. Cities including Stamford Norwalk Danville Putnam Willimantic New Britain Manchester New London and Hartford documented varied turnout while Meriden Norwich Waterbury and other towns reported near full strength. Governor praised the display of readiness as a model for emergency mobilization.
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Evans
War Department
Cits
New Haven
New London
Norwalk
Hartford
Connecticut National Guard
Trumbull
Connecticut
Department
Tom
Meriden
Meriden National Guard
Trumbeul
169Th Infantry
At & O'Click
State Armory
Sanuel A. Butler
Council Erupts Over Crossing Board Appointment
A public notice lists voters and signatories backing a crossing board proposal amid disorder. Names span numerous Carson Street residents and local clergy, indicating broad community involvement and tensions surrounding the decision.
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Misa Duncan
MacKenzie
Electricity Department Bn
Colum
Domei
Lord Queensbury
Baronet
NEW Haven Road
Plant
Couinmant
Gilson
Council
Sapapesa
James H. McCullough
Gold Street
McCullough
Lincoln Hotel
Wheeler Company
Board of Health
John H Tague
Fire Preventive Bureau
Claims Committee
Ter
DeLiney
Cerk Burdick
Harold C. Welditch
Arch Street
Joseph Feltinell
Ininriss
Pettinelli
Emn‘oyverdt
Gabbage
Fed Wirh TL Buckingham
Peter Trawe
True's Theatre
Dawe
Dawa
Tran St
Clarence N. Hungerford
Stamford
194Nd Field Artillery
Greenwich
Town Hall
a_cilery
Kelran Harford
Pattek H. Lyden
Joseph Roseman
Charles D. Potter Iuieutenant Wood Beeghley
George Rich
Green Wich
George M. Hill
Frank Reichert
Harry Morrell
Eric Mtt Knight
Walker Mitchell
Albert McCullough
102Nd Field Artillery
Edmund Preece
Joseph Lockhart
Combat Train
Darbie
Danielson
1W2nd Field Artillery
E. L. Darbie
Putnam
134D Division
Willimantic
New Britain
1$2Nd Artillery
Crmy
Manchester
169Th
Elm City
102D Regiment
1024 Regiment
114Th Regiment
Naval Reserve
Torrington
Ernest EB. Novey
Edwin P. Manteuffle
Waterbury
National Guard
102D Infantry
Jamess. Hurley
F. A. Oberlin
Bece
118Th Medical Regiment
Norwich
Ap) Ad
Italion
192D Artillery
Connecticut Natival* Guard
Incal
Batalion
Middletown
Joseph
Lawson
Harald L Burr
H ED Larham
Carson Street
Henry ©. Dyer
the Nativity Church
Lawrence
Smith
Naretha C. Quilty
Grace Smith
Carson Streets
Lersy Barnum
Lalla M Barnum
Mirs
Hilma Begelapiker
Josephine Begelapiker
Alice Sterbinky
Anna
Wilmot A. Aldersteeve
Wiliam Kopp
W & McLaughlin
CBC McLaughlin
Michael Repsao
C. Marabura
John Smeturne
Daniel Menesky
G Bipay
Flo Wrth
Amanda Wirth
Joseph Berry
Rifith Jones
E. M. Eagen
L. M. Hagen
John Selenke
Andrew Ciluto
Mra. A. Voyn
By Aled W.M Cann
Mr. McCann Sayez
Alec
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