State highway bids for 206 miles of highway and bridges
The State Highway Department outlines 16 proposals for road and bridge projects across Connecticut. Bids are due by July at the highway commission office. Notable items include widening the Boston Post Road, reinforced concrete pavement in Stamford, and various macadam or concrete works in Stamford Groton Bloomfield Danbury and other towns. Berlin timing notes and July holiday closings for Greenwich merchants appear.
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State Highway Department
Office
State Highway Commission
Progress
Boston Post Road
New York State Line
Bridgeport
Stamford
Fost Road
Plainville
Farmington Road
Cook Street
Farmington
Putnam Park Road
Groton
Water Street
Mystic Port
Newington
Robbins Avenue
Danbury
Stull River
Danbury-Newtown
Milford
Indian River
Shore Road
Ridgefield
North Salem
Danbery
Norwalk
Portland
Bolton
Coventry
Easton
Daston
Round
Black Rock
Farmingtor
West Hartford
Elmwood
Newtown
Windsor
Broad Street
Washington
Roxbury
Woodbury
New American Minister Arrives in Warsaw
Alfred J Pearson presented credentials to President Wojciechowski, becoming the new American minister in Warsaw on June 27. The ceremony marked the start of Pearson's diplomatic post amid ongoing bilateral relations.
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Warsaw
Alfred J Pearson
Wojciechowski
Gov and Mrs Smith Attend Priest's Funeral in New York
Gov. and Mrs. Smith joined about 1,500 mourners at a requiem high mass for Monsignor Luke J. Tivers celebrated by Cardinal Hayes at St Andrews church. Among the attendants were 250 Night Workers association members, newspaper employees whom Monsignor Livers had aided with early masses. St Andrews had been under Monsignor Evers's pastorate for 25 years.
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New York
Jitney Players to stage three One Act Plays at Legion Field
Fairfield townspeople show strong interest as Jitney Players under American Legion George Alfred Smith post prepare four short one act plays at Legion field on July 7. Director Samuel Merwin leads a troupe that travels by automobile trucks acting as stage. cast includes Yale and Harvard Dramatic Club members with Bushnell Cheney as manager. Patronesses list prominent local women and guests, reflecting village support for this summer performance event.
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Fairfield
Legion Field
George Alfred Smith Post
American Legion
Kenneth Tusbeck
Ben Hecht
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman
Edward Knoblock
William Gilbert
Yale
Harvard Dramatic Club
Samuel Merwin
Bushnell Cheney
BD Riegel
Arthur C Womsath
Clarence R Sturges
Theodore, Visscher
Willam Watson
Nathaniel Wheeler
John Reyburn
Dutro Plumb
Thomas Lasher
Walter B Lashar
Harry
King
George Gar
A L Riker
J T Roche
G W Mittette
D A_ Glover
John Philip Sousa_ Jr
Rovert Vanderbilt
George Craufurd
Harry W Walker
Charles H Phelps
Marie Coverdale
Og I Pint
Alfred Ho Tery
J FP Opeda
S Dever ‘Warner
D If Warner
Bradford Warner
Henry A_ Renneil
Alice K Fox
Dsthe Wafarman
F F Small
Henry B Spellman
Witherbee Black
D F von Wettberg
Arthur P van Schaick
J P Holman
H § Glover
C G Roberts
William Donaldson
A B Jennings
Counsel calls for change of venue in Klan plot case
Patrick Ryan faces murder charges in the shooting of Ferdinand Downs on Long Island. In Brooklyn Supreme Court Philip Brennan argues a Ku Klux Klan conspiracy in Suffolk County influenced the case, seeking a venue change. Suffolk officials note Downs was a special policeman killed during a runners vs agents clash.
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New York
Patrick Ryan
Ferdinand Downs
Ivong Island
Philip Brennan
Ryan
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Ku Klux Klan
Suffolk County
Downs
Maughan claims only fit plane on Pacific coast
San Francisco June 27 Lieutenant Russell L Maughan declares the only modern airplane suitable for air combat on the Pacific coast is the 120 mile per hour craft now in service. He cites a 29 hour transcontinental freight flight and says a 190 mph plane is needed. he argues the nation’s air defense is inadequate and urges men to step up.
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Maughan
Pacific Coast
San Prancisco
Russell L MaUghan
Leper Missioner to Lecture in Fairfield
Miss Lu Envin of New York City, a mission worker among the lepers, will deliver a lecture on her work in the chapel of the Past Church of Christ Sunday night. The talk will be illustrated with stereopticon pictures.
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Fairiield
Lu Envin
New York City
Church of Christ
Emerson Hough Leaves Estate of $113857
Inventory filed by widow Mrs Charlotte Hough reveals author Emerson Hough left an estate valued at $113 857. The late writer known for The Govered Wagon and Fight and other novels died previously, with details of assets and beneficiaries recorded.
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Emerson Hough
Emerson Houge
Charlotte Hough
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