Supreme Court to settle selectman election dispute in Old Saybrook
The Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors heard Pratt v. Denny regarding the town of Old Saybrook first selectman race. The case questions whether the Superior Court should override the moderator's result without a ballot recount after a miscount in the Republican and Democratic columns.
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Nartfpord
Supreme Court of Errors
Frank S. Pratt
Edwin C. Dickenson
Superior Court
Austin Denny
Old Saybrook
Austin HH. Denny
Charles King
Frank
First Selentman
Denny
Tadze Dickenson
First Selectman
Pratt
Tenny
Fratt and Denny
Portugal Quake Cracks Houses in Southern Portugal
Reports from central and southern Portugal say a Sunday night quake shattered many houses and caused panic. In Lisbon the tremor was felt only lightly, but a subterranean roar spooked residents who fled to fields. The Lisbon Observatory notes the quake lasted 3 minutes 12 seconds and ranked at the fourth degree on Seibert's scale.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Lisbon Meteorological Observatory
Seibert
Prison Sentence for Russek’s Clerk in Two De Games
Stephen Hirschenhein assistant controller at Russek's Fifth Avenue fur house admitted misplacing forty thousand dollars of his employer's funds in two de games. He was sentenced today to serve from three years and three months to eight years in prison.
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New York
Stephen Hirschenhein
Russek's
Fifth Avenue
Fur House
Increased Beauty If You Want It
Bold ad claims a French Process Cream named MEL LO GLO will renew facial skin after one application. It urges readers to buy at all toilet goods counters and asserts the product increases beauty.
Youths Try to Force Girl to Drink Iodine in New York
In New York on March 2 Margaret Heathington a fifteen year old schoolgirl was attacked by two youths on 73rd Street as she stood near passers by. They tried to make her swallow iodine. She was badly burned about the lips and face but fought them off and escaped to a neighbor's apartment. Ambulance surgeons reported her condition not serious despite great pain. Parents heard the scream but arrived too late.
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New York
Mar
Margaret Heathington
73Th Street
Margaret
City Salaries Yet to Be Settled by Court Ruling
Legal question hinges on council power to raise salaries fixed by charter since 1917. Attorney Thomas M Cullinan reviewed a Supreme Court decision on ripper official salaries. The issue concerns mayoral pay between chartered 3000 and ordinance 6000, affecting several city officials.
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Common Council
Thomas M. Cullinan
Supreme Court
Charter
William F. Connelly
Lawrence J. Gill
Massachusetts moves to tighten crime laws in 44 measures
A Joint Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature held hearings at the State House on March 2, presenting more than 44 measures to strengthen justice administration. Governor's recommendations were reviewed, Attorney General Benton outlined a plan to enforce current statutes, enact needed laws, and form a permanent civic committee to study crime trends and issue periodic recommendations.
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Boston
APA
Massachusetts Legisature
State House
Pul
Judicial Committee
Benton
Bill to Aid Cuban Cigars Opposed in House Hearing
Washington March 2 AP Opposition to the Green bill that would permit mail shipments of Cuban cigars under 3500 units was voiced before the House Ways and Means committee. Charlies Dushkind for the Tobacco Merchants’ Association said Congress already granted tobacco tax relief and the Cuba postal agreement ties passage within 18 months. Producers from Connecticut North Carolina Virginia and Florida joined the tobacco manufacturers in opposition.
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Washington
United States
House
Ways and Means Committee
American Tobacco Organizations
Charlies Dushkind
Tobacco Merchants’ Association of the
Congress
Cuba
Connecticut
North Carolina
Virginia
Florida
New Britain men handed to Hartford detectives in gambling case
Two New Britain men John Swierezinski aged 22 of 226 High Street and Leo Felukowski 32 of 88 Hartford were turned over to Hartford vice squad officers Godfrey and Henaghan by New Britain authorities. They will be arraigned in local police court Wednesday on charges of conspiracy to defraud and gambling. Suspect Felukowski formerly resided at the Avon hotel in Hartford and is accused of fleecing John Sie of Windsor Station 31 of $1,500 at the local hotel two weeks ago.
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Hartford
New Britain
Godfrey and Henaghan
John Swierezinski
High Street
Leo Felukowski
Avon Hotel
John Sie
Station No. 31
Windsor
Scaffold breaks. two men killed in Brooklyn incident
New York on March 2 reports two workers, painter Frank Hedrick of New York and mason Peter Vecch of Brooklyn, were killed when a wooden scaffold sunport failed at the third floor level of a building under construction in Brooklyn.
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New York
Bronklyn
Frank Hedrick
Peter Vecch
Brooklyn
Hearing Called to Settle Brewster Street Project
The Board of Appraisal scheduled a March 9 hearing on the Brewster street route grade and building from Fairfield avenue to Black Rock harbor. Property owners will present claims for damages if any as the city revisits a plan dating to 1819 and tied to a bridge approach to connect Black Rock with Fayerweather gland.
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Brewster Street
Fairfield Avenue
Funcher's Dock
Black Rock Harbor
Black Rock
Fayerweather Gland
Common Council
Board of Appraisal
Isegal
United States Housing Corporaton
Yankee Division Men Meet Coolidge at Washington Banquet
President Coolidge hosted luncheon with three former Yankee Division generals in Washington for the annual Yankee Division club banquet. Also pictured with veterans including Edward, Sherburne, Kerille, Eastman and others.
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Yankee
Coolidge
Washington
Coolidge Hag
Clarence R. Edwards
John A. Sherburne
William A. Kevile
Massacusetts
Logan
Twenty-Sixth National Guan Division
Dist
Edwards
Sherburne
Kerille
Hummel Seeks Birth Proof in Inheritance Battle
Henry Hummel of Portland Missouri seeks a share of Abe Hummel’s estate in London by proving he is the late lawyer’s natural son. Affidavits from two witnesses allege Miss Leila Farrel, once an actress, bore him. nurse testimony cites Mrs. Hummel with a child at Hummel’s home. The petition plans to file in Surrogate’s Court as the contest opens.
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New York
Henry
Henry Hummel
Leila Barrel
Prince Carol May Head to Riviera Amid Health Fears
Former Crown Prince Carol of Roumania reportedly may travel to the Riviera with sources at the Roumanian legation citing uncertain reception in London due to his mother Queen Marie. He is said to be in poor health after a period of illness. Edward C. Gere, longtime editor of the Daily Hampshire Gazette, died at his Northampton home after seven weeks with valvular heart trouble. Gere served over 40 years with the paper and as a Northampton State Hospital trustee.
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Paris
Carol of
Roumania
Europe
Riviera
Roumanian
Carol
London
Marie
Northampton
Mass
Edward C. Gere
Daily
Hampshire Gazette
Gere
Northampton State Hospital
Gas linked deaths of two lodgers in Southend
Boston report says two lodgers, a man about 30 and a woman about 38, were killed by gas in a Southend lodging house. The couple registered as Mr and Mrs C Eimerson of Lawrenco. The man was found dead. the woman died later after remaining unconscious. Gas jet wide open as officers searched for clues.
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Boston
Southend
C. Eimerson
Lawrence
Edward Johnson
Rev Craft Attacks Earl Carroll and Countess Cathcart
Rev Ernest J Craft of Christ Episcopal church condemned Earl Carroll and Countess Cathcart as he addressed the Civitan club at Stratfield hotel. He called Carroll a scoundrel and urged sweeping him out to sea while accusing Lady Cathcart of exploitation and noting government concealment about the affair. He linked Mussolini and a German press boycott to broader world events.
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Countess Cathcart
Earl Carroll
Ernest J. Craft
Christ Episcopal Church
Civitan Club
Stratfield
Carroll
Rev. Craft
Cathcart
Ugi
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