Graduation at St. Peters Parochial School Danbury
Eighty eight members of the St Peter’s Parochial School class in Danbury received diplomas in a Sunday ceremony led by Pastor Rev Michael J O Connor. Principal Father James J Kare announced honors as Rev Frances P Keough gave the sermon praising prayer, courage and duty. Speakers cited Lindbergh and religious devotion as guides for the graduates, who lined up for diplomas, benediction, and an organ solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s Parochial School
Danbury
St. Peter's School
Michael J. O'Connor
P. Rikapastor
St. Peter's
James J. Kare
Bewa
Wether O'Connor
Leo M. Finn
Meg
Francis R. Keath
Brit
Utelis
Father O'Connor
Father O'conner
Lindbergh
Tennyson
Longfellow
Spe
James 3. Kane
Francis P. Keough
James Coughin
St. Joseph's Parish
P. R
William J. Conam
St. Peter's Parochial School
J. J. Kane
M. J. O'Connor
Italians of city honor girl singer at banquet here
About 225 representatives honored Miss Viet Piccirillo In at a banquet at the Gables Inn Milford. Piccirillo, daughter of Mr and Mrs Orfeo E Piccirillo of West Lintwpreet, will study four years at St Cecilia academy. An elaborate program featured solos and tributes as she pledged to sing for Bridgeport upon her return in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Piccirilo
Gables Inn
Milford
Orfeo E. Piccirillo
West Lintwpreet
Rome
Ital
St Cecilia Academy
Sc. Bifta
Esteon
Issenvol
Kanesee
Bridgeport
Pasquele Akietiedigd
Aid
Ervilio Insieilo
Michels Altieri
Flora Juliano
Piccirillo
Misa Juliano
Aghes Karns
Rimpianto
Tacelli
Cavalleria Ustreana
Mascagni
Luigi Mainiero
Flovivilla
Verdi
Antonio Altieri
Enrico Pi
Leonardo Russ Altisti
Nicola Memoli
Becky Volpe
Michele Lego
Michele Bactoppt
Joseph A
Local Naval Reserve to Start Crust Early Next Week
Fleet division No. 40 of the U S Naval Reserve, from Bridgeport, will man USS Charles No. 242 on August 13 for a two week annual cruise. The ship will first go to Newport for maneuvers, then to the Maine coast area for large drills with about 40 other torpedo boats. Bridgeport crew will replace about half of the regular crew and may fire four inch guns under merit inspection. Officers include Commander Leonora and Lieutenants Davie son Daly and Alfred Kormblut.
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U. S. Naval Reserve
Ranc
Bridgeport
Charlies
Destroen
Charles
Union
Newport
Mate
Maine
Alies S. Leonard
Flee
Sain.t
Leonora
Jfew
Leonard
L. H. Davieson
S. F. Daly
Alfred Kormblut
New York Banker Fled After Crash Charged
Maurice Minton a 30 year old banker gave his Brooklyn address 35 Clarke Street was arrested in Milford for evading responsibility He posted 100 bond for city court appearance after being brought back to the city by Detectives Voceoa and Dalwig Mrs Lillian OBrien of Harriet Street reported a car driven by Minton crashed into her auto on the Yellow Mil bridge and sped away A witness recorded the license plate enabling his arrest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Minton
Clarke
Brooklyn
Milford
Tony Voceoa
Willam Dalwig
Lillian O'Brien
Harriet Street
Mil Bridge
Man Loses $58 From Pockets While Asleep
Two thefts totaling 470 were reported to the detective bureau. John Cole of 3139 Park Street Peekskill N.Y. reported 868 in taxes taken from his trousers while he slept at 209 State Street. Mrs. Gus Miller of 84 West Avenue reported 92 stolen from her home in the second theft.
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John Cole
Park Street
Peekskill
State Street
Gus Miller
West Avenue
Man Pleads Home Use Fined As Rum Seller
Greenwich June 29 A L Bostoe of Simwich tried to prove to Judge James R Mead that he and four others had been making liquor for personal use. Police found seven gallons of distilled liquor seventy-five gallons of mash and seventy-five bottles of home brew at the Bosrne place. Rosco fined $100 and costs for keeping liquor and for keeping liquor with intent to sell.
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Greenwich
Bostoe
Simwich
James R. Mead
Bosrne Place Sud
Rosco
Keeplig
Seid
Yale drama student suspended sentence for theft
Howard L. Phillips former Yale Graduate art student received a 120 day jail term suspended after guilty plea on theft charges. Continued for mental health treatment, his case involved reviews of his habits and alleged late night activities with theater choruses.
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New Haven
Associated Press
Howard L. Phillips
Yale
Phillips
Philadelphia
Department of Drama
Brillant
New York
Farley
Manitoba approves beer by the glass in Bracken era win
Manitoba voters return Progressive Premier John Bracken to power for five more years and approve beer by the glass in licensed establishments. Conservatives gain 15 seats while Labor picks up nine, undermining Independents who hold one seat and contest two others. The House shows eight independent members.
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Winnipeg
Mar
John Bracken
Conservative
Labor
Almoners to Control $100000 Charity Fund
Boston June. A fund of 155263 from the will of a crippled Boston woman who aided the poor but refused support to ardent charities will be distributed by Henry J Binney and Francis I Bowles, trustees. Judge Crosby of the Massachusetts Supreme Court entered a decree authorizing continued charitable work by Mrs. Whitney, who died in 1886. Her will, made without a lawyer, established the fund.
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Boston
Association Press
Henry J . Binney
Francis I. Bowles
Mary D. Whitney
Crosby
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Eastman Kodak To Pay Record Dividend To Employees
Eastman Kodak will distribute a record dividend totaling 2,947,410.08 dollars on July 1 to 15,279 employees, with 12,699 in the United States and 3,680 in foreign countries. It marks the sixteenth consecutive dividend and the largest in company history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Associated Press
Eastman Kodak Company
Grace's Flight Delayed by Strong Kauai Headwinds
From Mana Hawaii on June 28 AP reports Richard Grace, famed Hawaiian aviator, delaying his planned hop to the mainland as headwinds persist. Grace rested through the afternoon awaiting better winds to resume the voyage.
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Mana
Island
Kauai
Hawaii
Associated Press
Richard Grace
Hallywoort
Grace
Officers Plan 10 Furnish Rooms for Guardsmen
At a meeting of the 242nd Coast Artillery officers in the State Armory a committee was authorized to spend 1 500 for furnishings for four recreation rooms for guardsmen. The plan was discussed by Lt E E Teed Lt F G Darcey Lt E Thompson and Capt R Watt with Lt Commercer H Bassell of Hartford guest of honor. An invitation was read for a July 4 beach party at Fort Trumbull by Capt Alvin C Smith.
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242Nd Coast Artillery
State Armory
Coast
Connecticut State Guard
Jamess
Alvin C. Smith
Battery E
Milford
Fort Trumbull Beach
L. E. Evans
L. Block
L C. Heidger
F. E. Frederickson
R. Watt
Co. W. Edds
C. 4A. Smith
Philip Hurley
R. ¥. Moore
E. EB. Reed
F. G. Datecy
LR. Peterson
P. Morehouse
C. N. Hungerford
J.T. Efford
W. G. McGregor
R. A. Coe
Haley Assigned to Capital Post
Rapid City South Dakota June 29 By Associated Press James Haley veteran secret service man who has been assigned to guard Mrs Coolidge was recalled today to Washington to assume a new post There he will replace John J Fitzgerald who has served as Mrs Coolidges guardian since she entered the White House Fitzgerald will take the new post with Mrs Coolidge in Washington Haley’s departure follows a recent promotion
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Rapid City
S. D
Associated Press
James Haley
Secret Service
Vanderbilts Fail to Bless Daughters Wedding
Tenry Cassaway Davis and Grace Vanderbilt married in two ceremonies in New York and left for Toronto on their honeymoon aboard a New York Central train. The couple departed without parental blessings from General and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who offered a brief unspecific statement at the Vanderbilt home as the newlyweds began their secluded marriage.
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New York
Associated Press
Tenry Cassaway Davis
Miss Grace Vanderbilt
New York Central
Tornanto
Corneius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
General Vanderbilt
Newspaper Woman Rescues Drowning Girl at Shore
In Witbrook Connecticut Katherine O'Brien 12 jumped from a drifting rowboat mistaking signals and faced drowning. Pauline Merwin a newspaper woman observed the struggle and rushed to rescue using a rowboat despite wind and tide. The girl stayed afloat with a paddle until Merwin reached her and saved her.
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Witbrook
Conn
Associated Press
Katherine O'Brien
Pauline Merwin
Grace Coolidge Creek Urged For Black Hills Stream
South Dakota's lone female legislator asked the body to name a Black Hills creek after Grace Coolidge. Representative Mary E. Kotroba introduced a resolution praising the president's wife and proposing the stream formerly called Squaw Creek be renamed "Grace Coolidge Creek."
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Pierre
South Dakota
Black Hills
Vanderbilt Heiress Weds Young Engineer in Secret Ceremony
Grace Vanderbilt, heiress to the late Henry Gassaway Davis estate, married Henry Gaseaway Davis in a private ceremony at the Municipal Building and a later service at the Little Church Around the Corner. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. spoke of the haste and parental opposition. In New Haven, Dr Ralph F Long denied knowledge of a high school certificate bearing his name offered in evidence during medical license appeals.
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New York
Grace Vanderpilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Henry Gaseaway Davis
Henry Gassaway Davis
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Davis
Heeman
Henry Howell Armstead
J. J. McCormick
Grace
British Columbia
Vanderbilt
New Haven
Kansas City
Kas
Ralph F. Long
Terryville
Connecticut
Long
Pat Willam P. Sachs
Robert Adcox
James W. Carpenter
State Board of Health
Reynynu C Prisytic
Danielson
Bridgeport Pair Marry in New York City
Rose P. Vogue and Herbert L. Ginsberg left Bridgeport planning to attend Dr. Sidney Reibeck’s Brooklyn wedding. The couple instead obtained a marriage license of their own and departed for New York, with family unsure of their plans.
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Rose P. Vogue
Herbert L. Ginsberg
Bridgeport
Sidney Reibeck
Brooklyn
Mr. Ginsberg
Gureau to wed in city chapel by clerk McCormick
Miss Vogue daughter of Mr and Mrs Morris Vogue has taught in Wallingford Conn. Mr Gineberg is in duals neas with his father at 574 Howard Avenue. Electric railways carry about 44 million passengers daily with half served during four hours.
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Gureau
Cepity
Joseph J. McCormick
Miss Vogue
Morris Vogue
Wallingford
Conn
Gineberg
Howard Avenue
United States
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Marion Rita Brennan
William Keeler Bubinson
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Freda Josephine Buzard
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John Joseph Capellaro
Wiliam Henry Capellaro
Kenneth Justin Clarke
John Walien Cenner
Mary Elizabeth Coyle
Edward Joseph Crotty
Betty Rogers Cuff
Joan Paul Dekker
Salvador Francis Dudbelia
Denis Eugene Durkin
Robert Myles Durkin
Donald William Dyer
Margaret Elizabeth Faulkner
Catherine Gullotti
Russell Joseph Gillott
James John Ginty
Josephine Christine Gryncewicz
James Denis Hanlon
Mary Dorothy Haveran
Mary Josephine Hayden
James Patrick Hennessey
Genevieve Mary Henry
Edward Francis Henry
Gladys Louise Holmes
Amelia Cecilia Jesionowski
Bessie Mary Keating
Walter James Keating
Raymond
William Edward Tobin
Mary Frances Walker
Ralph Edward Ward
Loretta Veronica Welch
Grace Helen Wixted
Geraldine Margaret Young
Victoria Piccirilo
Puritan and Perfection Oil Cook Stores
Standard Oil CO. OF
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American Hardware Stores Inc. Cor
Fairfield Ave
Middle ST
Newsrarers Achve
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Standard Oil CO
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