Amherst Leader Resigns Refuses Professors Pay Until June
Amherst Mass June 19 Dr Alexander Meiklejohn resigned today as president of Amherst College after trustees and faculty deemed it inadvisable for him to continue as administrative head. He declined the trustees judgment but agreed to leave on leave of absence for one year until June 1924. The board announced his resignation and published letters between Meiklejohn and George A. Plimpton, noting alumni and faculty criticism of his liberal policies while he would remain as professor of logic and metaphysics.
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Amherst
Mass
Alexander Metkiejohr
Amherst College
Meiklejohn
George A. Plimpton
Plimpton
Col
Prohibition Crackdown on Long Island Bootleg Scene
New York reports federal agents plan a Long Island campaign after two wild bootlegging episodes. A Greenport clash between eight deputies and about 60 rum runners ended with trucks delivering nearly 600 liquor cages to New York. A Baldwin battle between bootlegging factions saw police seize liquor and four men.
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Greenport
L. L
Baldwin
New York
Associated Press
Long Island
Sherif Amza Biggs
Suffolk County
Biggs
Smith
Riggs
Ernest Martin
Westbury
John Monahan
Joseph Kelbacher
Ne York
Davis
Stronsthold
Yale Alumni Reunions And Commencement Events
Alumni gatherings at Woolsey Hall and Haven Green mark Yale commencement preparations with classes attending in the afternoon. A campus procession and graduation events are planned, following the alumni meeting.
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Woolsey Hall
James WM
Cellege
Haven Green
Hewitt University
Harding Man Wins in Minnesota and Michigan
In Minnesota A B Williams a Hgtsle Creek manufacturer won the third Michigan district seat in a special election defeating Claude S Carney by 325 votes. In St Paul Governor J G Preus led Oscar Hallam by 16 078 votes in the U S senatorial race with returns from 3514 of 4320 precincts. Nomination seen as support for national administration.
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Detroit
A. B. Williams
Hgtsle Creek
Michigan
Claude 3S. Carney
Kalamazoo
ST. Paul
Minn
J. 4. Q. Preus
Oscar Hallam
Supreme Court
Preus
Harding
Noted Actress Weds Playwright at Greenwich Inn
Titan Campbell Cooper, actress from a famed English family, wed Lia Bernhardt, playwright, in Greenwich Inn near Greenwich, June 13. The ceremony was conducted by Jualicn of Peace, with a large group of relatives, colleagues, and performers from New York and touring productions in attendance.
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Greenwich Inn
Greenwich
Titan Campbell Cooper
Lia Bernhardt
New York City
Jualicn of Peace
Albert 4
Mead
Pickwick Armas Hotel
Violet Mamphbell Cooper
Ethel Barrymere
Joan Drew
Ernest Mehrer
Violet Carper
Anthony Cooper
Milas Gretta Wamphell Gunper
Alexander Porterfield
Rotary
Benjamin Korieh
Sidney Bernhardt
Mins Marra
Travere
Worte Way
P States Air Service
Lava Fears Loom as Etna Lava Flows Toward Linguaglossa
Mount Etna eruptions push lava toward Linguaglossa with 40 yards per hour advance. New lava beds threaten Randazzo Bronte and nearby towns as six new craters open. Evacuations grow tense as peasants cling to homes and vineyards amid suffocating ash and smoke.
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Italy
Mount Etna
Linguagiossa
Lingbalossa
Randazzo
Bronte
Etna
Franscasula
Castiglione
Giardini
Fume Fredo
Java
Fight for Staff to Hail Volcano
London reporting that Linguaglassa townspeople carried in procession the staff of St. Esidia believed to halt Inve. Castiglione residents marched to Tinguaglassa and seized the staff to save their town. Military forces were dispatched as a bishop arrived and assumed control of the staff.
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Linguaglassa
St. Esidia
Inve
Castiglione
Tinguaglassa
Rome
Mrs Godfrey Granted Divorce in Paris Court
In Paris June 16 a divorce decree on abandonment grounds was granted to Mrs Batelle Mudge Godfrey wife of Jonathan Godfrey of New York and Paris. The couple married in 1919 at Bristol RI and separation followed due to incompatibility and distance. Godfrey, a millionaire linked to the State Tuberculosis commission, is abroad visiting relatives after leaving for Europe a month ago.
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Paris
Mra
Stelle Mudge Godfrey
Jonathan Godfrey
New York
Bristol
Mr. Godfrey
Brooklawn
State Tuberculosis Commission
Batelle Mudge
France
Fuller and M'Gee Given One to Four Years Each
In General Sessions Judge Nott imposed determinate sentences from one year and three months to four years on Edward M Fuller and W Frank MeGes, partners in the bankrupt bucketing firm JM Fuller & Co amid New York's buckt shop scandal. The firm failed for 6,000,000.
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New York
Nott
Edward M Fuller
W. Frank MeGes
JM. Fuller & Co
Fuller & Co
City to Welcome 300 Eastern Fire Chiefs
Bridgeport hosts the first annual New England Association of Fire Chiefs convention opening at 2 30 this afternoon at the Stratfield hotel. Fire chiefs from Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and Connecticut arrive after noon and will be greeted by local officials. Visitors will tour to the Stratton then hear welcomes from Mayor Atwater and President James Colesman of the Fire Board. The event includes officer nominations and reports, with continued coverage on page two.
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New England
Pellee
Siegmund Loewth
George Churchill
Manicipa
Joseph Neisner
Day
Rooney Yelt Hospital
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New Haven Yacht Club
Templeton
Lewis
Right
Winter
Manufacturers’ Association
Stratford
Stratford Education Board
Bennett
Danbury Selectmen
New Fairfield
Westport
Saug~avuck River
Easton
Clark
Greenwich
James J. Healy
Bacon Wakeman
Fairfield
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Tempta
Ito
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Metre
Bridgeport
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Mhade Island
Connecticut
New England Association of Fire Chiefs
Stratfield Hotel
Maenr Atwater
Fn Snaale
Ineal Frament
Banter Johnson
Anleta Ay. Meloy
Thomas
Rue
Joseph Freyler
Stratton
Mrod Atwater
Ars
Alf Water
Dia Rce
James Po Colesman
Johnson
Theodore A. Glynn
Ruston
Fire Commission
Woherty
Kiwanis, Linns
Rotary
Chamber of Commerce Oo
Oteers
Secretars
W. C. Hearn
City Heat Kills Child Amid Heat Wave
Extreme heat sweeps Bridgeport as five year old Mildred Bender falls two stories from a Main Street fire-escape and dies at St Vincent's Hospital. The thermometer hit 95 degrees, the hottest day so far this summer, with a cooler breeze arriving after midnight and sprinkling trucks battling the heat downtown.
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Bridgeport
Main Street
Mildred Bender
St Vincent's Hospital
Department of Public Works
Harding to Leave on Western Tour This Afternoon
President Harding will depart Washington this afternoon on a historic two month journey across the continent to Alaska Canada the Pacific coast Panama Zone and Porto Aileo. The Arctic visit marks the first presidential trip to Alaska driven by his long held dream to study regional issues firsthand.
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Washington
Harding
Alaska
Canada
Pacific
Panama Canal Zone
Porto Aileo
White House
Daugherty's Location Not Yet Found, Says Wife
Mrs Draper M Daugherty told reporters in New York that Stamford Sanitarium officials have located her husband who fled the Connecticut institution last Sunday. Daugherty, son of the U S attorney general, was committed there weeks ago and the staff said they know where he is but do not plan to act.
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New York
Draper M. Daugherty
Stamford Sanitarium
Stamford
Conn
Daugherty
United States
Templon
Alpheus Winter
Iocal Manufactures’ Association
Th Governo
Tion
As 3
Winter
Mr. Winter
H. Lewis
Ford
Lewis
Vege
House
John Buckley Hartford
Charles E. Wheeler
Wilder
Sen
General Assembly
Hay
O’ Dill
of Control
Board of Finance
Jamendment
Geneva
Board of Control
Chamber of Commerce Workers Meet Friday
The Chamber of Commerce workers session will be held Friday at noon at the Bika club. Cotoni George TV and Woods will preside as the organization plans a Monday start for a membership drive and expansion program to strengthen Bridgeport socially, commercially, and civically.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bika Club
Cotoni George TV
Woods
Chamber of Commeme
Bridgeport
Hundreds Pass Corpse Believed Asleep In Meriden
Crowds moved past a doorway where a man lay dead, thought to be sleeping for hours. The body was later identified as Henry Met Kouphie, 35, of 29 South Thirst Street. Death was attributed to natural causes per the medical examiner.
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Meriden
Wik Oetack
Henry
Kouphie
South Thirst Street
Governor to Veto Pollution Measure
SPECIAL TO TRE TELEGRAM Waterbury June 19 Gov Templeton announces veto of anti pollution bill citing drastic provisions and likely harm to many businesses across the state The veto draws mixed reactions with manufacturers praising the move while supporters call it a mistake and oppose the measure's exemptions for municipalities and state institutions
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Mrs. Lewis
Wilder
TRE
Waterbury
Templeton Anno
U S Collects Tax on Bootleggers Incomes
Hartford reports the Internal Revenue bureau has taxed illicit incomes of two major Hartford bootleggers, Joseph Palazzo of Hayshape avenue and John Kaila of 32 Spruce street. Collector Robert O Eaton announced the move, marking the first instance of bootlegger income taxes in the state.
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Hartford
Internal Revenue Bureau
Joseph Palazzo
Hayshape Avenue
John Kail@a
Spruce Street
Robert O. Eaton
George Churchill May Be Named New Municipal Garage Head
Rumors swirl as the Municipal Garage Commission plans a 9:30 AM meeting to appoint a new superintendent to replace Joseph Neisner. George Churchill, an existing garage employee, is eyed for the post amid salary increases and prior disputes, with insiders noting Churchill’s expertise as a mechanic and eligibility under the council ordinance.
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George Churchill
Municipal Garage Commission
Joseph Neisner
City Hall
Meing
Municipal Garage
Garage Commission
the Connell
Welarler
Churchill
Neisner
Nelsner
John Timmons
Timmons
Common Council
United Church Pastor Improves After Operation
Be Willem Norwes Dax pastor of the United Congregational church was operated on at Roosevelt Hospital in New York yesterday. His condition was reported as satisfactory last night. Dr Day assisted by Dr Peek performed the procedure.
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Willem Norwes Dax
United Congregational Church
Wit
Roosevelt Tospital
New York
Day
Peek
Motorcycle Collision Injures Teen Rider on Scofield Avenue
Stanley Beers, 632 Bostwick Avenue, sustained a compound fracture of the left leg and a facial laceration after colliding with a car on Scofield Avenue. He was taken to St. Vincent’s hospital for treatment. Beers’s motorcycle was extensively damaged. the car, driven by John Fuecilla of RA Middle Street, was only slightly damaged.
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Scofield Avenue
Stanley Beers
Bostwick Avenue
St. Viscents Hospital
Beeriv
John Fuecilla
RA Middle
Bank officers held after shortages in Wichita and Waynesboro
In Wichita Phillip A. Di cashier of the American State Bank was arrested on a charge of misusing funds and released on $15,000 bond after a nearly 1,500 shortage surfaced. In Waynesboro Charles H. Coover secretary treasurer of the crepe company bank was arrested on embezzlement charges of 1,000 dollars. he confessed funds were moved through speculation, but depositors and stockholders are protected as he posted bail and turned over 37,000 of his own property to balance books.
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Wichita
Kane
Tage Associated Press
Phillip A. Dicashier
Kanels
Waynesboro, Fa
Charles H. Coover
Teasurer
Waynesboro ‘Crepe Company
Waa
Charles A. Gi
Bank Uoover
Coover
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