Brewery Trial Witnesses Describe October Beer Truck Incident
Witnesses testified about a truck loaded with beer entering the Eckart Brewery yard on October 18 and being seized by state police. Testimony covered street conditions on Lindley Street, barricades, and who drove the truck later observed by other workers and inspectors.
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Wiliam
Sneider
Mmrfeld Avenue
Marsh Brothers
Finnegan
Cindey Street
Capital Avenue
Alexander
Mekat Brenery
Leferty and Hurley Contracting Company
Lindley
Lindley Street
Jacob Kiein
Finnexan
Klein
James Finnegan
Alexander and
Pheas Freier
Thinsday
Imd
Eckert Brewery Company
Slade
Clark
Eckart Company
Convuction Crew
Comley
Furth
Comiey
Capitol Avenue
Jury Convicts Miller of Fraud in Impounded Stores Scheme
The jury convicts Miller of fraud over $7.6 million from the sale proceeds of impounded American Metal company stores. Evidence shows a substantial fee partly reached Midland National Bank, while records on fund credits were reportedly burned. Proceeds of Liberty heads accounts traced to Miller’s banking brokers. Jurors set a record for deliberation, then broke it during the trial with an 71 hour standoff.
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American Metel Company
Daugherty
Miller
Midland National Bank
Washington Court House
Harry Daugherty
Liberty Heads
Strat Teial
Federal Building
Arg
Letters Found After 34 Years Revealed in Mixed Fragments
Fragmentary OCR shows a tale of letters recovered after decades. The text mentions Mrs Wales, an address search, and a box with unstable contents, while the writer contemplates delivering the letters if possible and identifying addressees amid unclear names and dates.
Uruguayian Flyer Remains Missing in Transatlantic Hunt
Uruguayan flyer Tadeo Larrea Borges and his two companions vanished after departing Casablanca on a trans Atlantic attempt to Montevideo. French Spanish and Portuguese wireless stations and a multinational fleet including ships warships seaplanes and planes search the Moroccan coast and adjacent inlets. No trace yet reported and aviation circles remain cautiously optimistic about a possible rescue.
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Madrid
Marea 4
Tadeo Larrea Borges
Casabanca
Marocca
Norning
Montevideo
Senate adjourns with radio commission nominees pending
Congress adjourned with thirty eight presidential nominations including two for the Radio Commission awaiting Senate approval. Caldwell of New York and Bellows of Minnesota died in committee. their seats go over without prejudice. President Coolidge likely to recess appoint Caldwell and Bellows.
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Washington
Radio Commission
Senate
Congress
O H. Caldwell
New York
H. A. Bellows
Minnesota
Senate Interstate Commerce Conmission
Coolidge
Calwell and
Bellows
Commission
It N
Caldwell and Bellows
Five Sailors Die As Ship Splits On Reef
The Old Harbor and Navset crews battled flames and rigging as a ship buckled and wrecked. Two men died instantly and three clung to wreckage for hours before being carried away by surf and current near the bar.
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Old Harbor
Navset
Spanish Vessel Burning at Sea Near Washington Maru
Four destroyers from New London were ordered to rush to the Cort Etter after a distress SOS from the Spanish steamer. The burning ship was reportedly seen 70 miles distant as the Washington Maru moved toward it while the Inez Roosevelt and Haitian steamer Winterindil aided in the rescue.
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Washington Maru
United States
Inez
Roosevelt
Cabo Twatteras
New London
Cona
London
Cuast Guild
Stegner Cron Etter
City Ab
St Chad
Hang
Fedo Sc
Bridgeport Senate action on city court and pension bills
Senate debate on a Domestic Relations court for Bridgeport follows a House approved plan to merge new judicial units. Senator Cubelli pushes two pension measures for firemen and police with varying disability pay, while one bill awaits a March 16 hearing and another may be folded into a broader city pension study. The Westport Judgeship bill advances under a suspension of rules, appointing John F. Godblot.
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Cubelli
Bridgeport
Judges
Shaw
Lne
Cabelli
Spon
Senate
Westbort
John F. Godblot
Ring Sought in Probe of Murder in Middletown
Police investigate the death of David C. Dudley found in woods near Middletown with two head wounds. Dudley, last seen in Meriden last October, allegedly wore a diamond ring and carried money that are now missing. State police and local authorities search the area as snow may conceal tracks. coroner L A Smith plans an inquest and awaits cooperation from Meriden officials.
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Middletown
David C. Dudley
Dudley
Meriden
Twiga
L. A. Smith
Eli Mix
Sindley
Mix
Smith
Maine Town Firm on Boy's Wedding
A Maine couple navigates a romance as a boy and Thelma press toward marriage. The boy declares love and readiness for a license while Maine lawmakers in Augusta debate a bill setting a minimum marriage age of sixteen with parental consent required, possibly delaying the union.
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Maine
Thelma
Jie
Baxem
William
Hyers
Augusta
British concession given to Chinese
Shanghai dispatch reports Kiukiang on the Yangtze River transferred to Chinese authority under a Chen O Malley agreement with British Charge O Malley and Cantonese foreign minister Gene Chen. The Hankow pact followed by talks on Kiukian follows anti foreign violence that drove foreign residents from both cities.
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London
Shanghai
Exchange Telegraph
Kiukiang
Yanrtse River
O'Malley
Minnstr
Buegene Chen
Hankow
Klukiane
Sturges Property Sale Refuted in Pending Legal Fight
Mrs Henry C Sturges seeks to void a 22 acre Mt Plain Riverhurst tract sale to Benjamin J Plotkin claiming misapprehension over agent status of George Kish The contract dated February 15 provides 500 at signing and a mortgage backed balance with a five year payoff Plotkin stands firm saying the Wakeman firm is not his concern and intends to complete the deal pending court action
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Henry C. Sturges
William H Comey
Pullman and Comley
Benjamin J. Plotkin
Mt Plain
Riverhurst
Plotkin
H. R. Elwood
Sturges
Clara Flint
George Kish
Bacon Wakeman
Bacon Wakeman and Son
Mr. Plotkin
Henry Kulberg
Mil River
Old Kings Highway
Kulbers
North Pine Creek
Provisional and Open End Property Sale Controversy
A contract draft states the seller Mrs Sturges executrix shall release encumbrances on the lot and allow unrestricted development while final closing is set for on or after June 1 at Bacon Wakeman and son in Fairfield. Mr Plotkin and witnesses Kish and Carroll sign. Plotkin recently faced another suit over a Benson and Varlow lot. The McGarrys initially conveyed but then refused, leading to a settlement.
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Bacon Wakeman and Son
Fairfield
Sturges
Plotkin
George J. Kish
Mary Caroll
Benson and Varlow Ready
John and
Mae McGarry
George Kish
Wakenan Dem
McGarrys
Mr. Plotkin
Policeman Dies Rescuing Mother and Baby in Fire
New York March 4 AP a policeman Harry J Farrell gave his life today in a failed effort to save a mother and her baby during a fire in a five-story Spring Street tenement. Firemen found the officer dead on a stairway with the baby in his arms and the mother’s charred body nearby. The blaze began on the ground floor and cut off access to upper floors as crews conducted rescues.
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New York
Harry J. Farrell
Spring Street
Grieved by Pal's Death Spurs Suicide Note Links
Atlantic City dispatch reports Arthur Shaw twenty found dead by his own hand after leaving notes to his mother and to Nicholas Cartranbane. Shaw lamented he could not live without his pal John Cartranbane twenty six, who was murdered Sunday night. The notes reveal Shaw planned to join John in death and used a rear hanger to trip the shotgun trigger.
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Atlantic City
N. J
South Seaville
Arthur Shaw
John Cartranbane
Shaw
Nicholas Cartranbane
Bay
John
Tax Assessor to Meet Taxpayers in City Hall Friday
The Tax Assessor will be in the Council Chamber City Hall Friday Evening March 11 at 7 30 to meet taxpayers and listen to comments on front foot values of sections 6 7 8 comprising land from the viaduct to the Sound and from the Pequonnock River to Stratford line.
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Council Chamber
City Hall
Sound
Pequonnock River
Stratford
Congress Adjournment Kills Farm Aid Bill
A March 4 report from Washington notes that an adjournment of the 6th Congress at noon signals the end for the McNury-Heugen farm relief bill. The piece hints at President veto options and the fate of farm relief advocates amid looming political moves.
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Congress
Washington
McNury-Heugen Farm
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