Birth Control Speech Draws Crowd In Bridgeport Hall
Mrs. Margaret Sanger lectured at the Business and Professional Women’s club in Bridgeport urging repeal of birth control laws and creation of clinics. She argued information would reduce social ills and called for permitless appearances, despite police uncertainty and prior arrests elsewhere.
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Connecticut
Margaret. Sanger
New York
Council of Jewish Women
Business and Professional Womens Club
Liberty Building
Bridgeport
Samuel Capitman
Sanger
McKenzie to Quit As Dry Law Chief May Succeed Hyde
State Prohibition Director Harry E. McKenzie of Bethel will resign June 30 and is expected to become Connecticut’s State Commissioner of Labor, replacing W. S. Hyde whose four year term expires June 39. Governor Templeton had not appointed a replacement and was considering several candidates including McKenzie.
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Prohibition
National Prohibition
Haynes
Bethel Man
Harry E. McKenzie
Bethel
Connecticut
R. A. Haynes
McKenzie
Hawkfury
Templeton
Harry BE. MacKenzie
Fether
MacKenzie
Congdon Post Approves $22,000 Home Remodel Plan
Harry W. Congdon Post No 11 votes for immediate remodeling costing 22000 with 26000 for an assembly hall kitchen and locker room and 6000 to pay mortgage on the post home. A delegation will attend hearings in Hartford on two bills aiding American Legion including tax exemption for ex service property and Armistice Day as a legal holiday.
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Harry W. Congdon
American Legion
Pbuilding Committee
Hearny
Hartford
Egyptian Silk Week Opens With Tutankhamen Influence
National Silk Week opens as Bridgeport stores display Egyptian style influence from Tutankhamen era. Howland Dry Goods recreates an Egyptian chamber showcasing Mallinvon silks, crepes and prints including Itashanara crepe and Garden of Luxembourg. Read's notes demand for new colors, with Madras greens and Mountain haze. Silk pajama sets and sport silks trend. other stores feature novelty silks, crepes, and border paisley fabrics in vivid Oriental and Persian motifs.
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Paraoh-Tutankhamen
Bridgeport
Tut
Fallow
Howland Dry Goods Company
Mallinvon
Garden of Luxembourg
D. M. Read
Read
Smith-Murray Company
Itz
Stratfield
Sik
Veto overrides push charter changes in Washington
Washington sees the council override the mayor’s veto three times in charter revision talks. Mrs. Margaret Sanger addresses birth control, while Aldermen discuss bond issue authorization for a new East Washington avenue bridge. Nine policemen promoted to detective sergeants. Broad and Harrison street extensions debated and deferred.
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Margaret Sanger
John B. Dillon
Sixth District
Charities Board
Intense
F. P. Carroll
Hillelde
Matteo Palumbo
Cannizzio
Anthony Condella
East Washington Avenue
Broad and
Harrison Streets
Pureau
Indictments expected in Ku Klux Klan probe at Bastrop
Morehouse Parish grand jury drawn in Bastrop Louisiana as State Attorney General A V Coco plans to present evidence from January oxen hearing on kidnapping flogging and other Klan activities. He seeks 30 to 50 indictments including assault battery and murder in connection with the Wait Daniel and T Richard kidnapping and slaying last August. District Judge Odom selects J C Evans as foreman from a pool of jurors with Kiansiman noted among jurors.
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Bastrop
Associated Press
Morehouse Parish
A. V. Coco
Ku Klux Klan
Wait Daniel
T. ¥. Richard
Mer Rouge
Odom
Glass to push inquiry on General Cronkhite case
Senator Glass of Virginia plans a Senate inquiry if the War department does not act on the Major General Cronkhite retirement matter. He prepared a resolution for a Military Committee investigation, believing swift adjournment hampered immediate adoption.
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Washington
War Department
Cronkhite
Senator Glass
Virginia
Hint
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Glass
James Cuff Wins Danbury Democratic Mayor Nomination
James E B Cuff former postmaster defeated D Frank Stevens by 365 votes to win the Danbury mayoralty Democratic primary. Cuff led 1312 to 947 as 2241 of 3500 registered votes were cast, the largest primary turnout in the city. Stevens backers claimed local support in wards and other races, while Stevens indicated retirement from politics.
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Danbury
Mar
James* EB. Cuff
D. Frank Stevens
Main Street
Cuff
Stevens
Ity
John O'Hara
The
Hatmaker’s Association
O’hara
John Lauff
Henry Lepper Cuff
T W. McAllister
Charles J. Allen
Samuel Williams
Thomas J. Durkin
Stevenge Man
John W. Dunleavy
Louie Klinzing
Wth
Democratic Town Committee
Duff
Bethel Woman Celebrates 99th Birthday
Bethel's oldest resident Mrs Sarah Wakelee celebrated her 99th birthday yesterday at her niece Mrs Agnes Berry's home at 15 Hickok Avenue Danbury. Despite age she remains in good health and helps with household duties daily. Her sister Mrs Carrie Sherman of Newtown, age 93, called to offer congratulations.
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Danbury
March
Sarah Wakelee
Bethel
Agnes Berry
Hickok Avenue
Mia Wakelee
Carrie Sherman
Newtown
Palumbo Murder Witnesses Deny Knowledge at Inquest
Witnesses testifying at the inquest into Matteo Palumbo’s stabbing deny knowledge of the motive. Condello and Mrs Lucy Cannizzio lie in hospital as the coroner continues hearings. accounts vary on who wielded the knife during the Sunday fatal incident at 26 Hallett Street.
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Matteo Palumbo
Hallett Street
John Phelan
Anthony Candello
Lucy Cannizzio
Palumbo
Condella
John Santoro
Logan Street
Farizzo Casao
Joseph Cannizzio
Condelly
Samuel M. Garlick
Patumbo
Antonio Voccolo
Detective Bureau
Cannizzio
Waterbury man tied to disappearance of Veronica Stokes
Veronica Stokes, 13, vanished from Lynn after leaving Waterbury with a Waterbury man linked to five elopements. She was found in Lynn working as a nursemaid for a widower, earning eight fifty a week while grieving her mother's death. Authorities weigh actions against the Waterbury man as Veronica shelters from public scrutiny.
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Waterbury
Stokes
Lynn
Veronica Stokes
Mass
Connecticut
Veronica
Newark
N. J
Bridgeport
Hartford
Naugatuck
Boston
Jennie
Morris Street
Veroonica
Jennie Stokes
City Council Overrides Mayor on Charter Vote Standoff
The Bridgeport Council overrode Mayor Atwater's vetoes three times, pushing charter amendments and a 60 percent voter approval rule through despite objections. Departments renew staff, including Angus Pp. Thorne, with William McDonald getting a raised salary. Dr. Carroll’s Hillside internship and a domestic nurses training plan were debated, funds approved, and a greenhouse project tabled.
Thomas Lennon College Teacher Dies in Brooklyn Hospital
Thomas J. Lennon, 28, professor at St. John's College in Brooklyn, died last night at St. Vincent's Hospital after an operation. He had been ill for weeks. He was widely known in the city and mourned by a large circle of friends. Survived by his mother, three brothers Attorney Lawrence Lennon, Jamey and John Lennon, and two sisters Mrs Jamey McHiroy and Miss Catherine Lennon.
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Thomas J. Lennon
St. John's College
Brooklyn
N. Y
John E. Casserly
Washington Terrace
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Aldermen Back East Washington Ave Bridge Plan
Alderman William J. Lavery introduced a resolution urging a new bridge over East Washington Avenue. The measure, adopted unanimously, says the old structure was torn down and a replacement is needed to ease traffic and aid trade. Council will seek General Assembly authority to issue bonds for funding.
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Charles A. Templeton
Howard Challenger
Common Council
Hogan
Horan
General Assembly
Hegan
Bridgeport
Towt Committee
Challenger
Ralph T. Bers
Venes
Alfred E. Veness
Gerald A. Fitzgarald
W. Brady
William Buckley
Frederick A. Meade
Isue
East Washington Avenue
William J. Lavery
Aldermen
Ife
Congress Street
Hartford Lawmakers Weigh Sanatorium Site Bill and Brooks Hearings
Hartford reports that committees refuse withdrawal of the McCook Crescent Beach infirmary bill allowing the tuberculosis commission to condemn a site for a seaside sanitarium. The session also schedules hearings on the Brooks bill disqualifying A B Meredith as secretary of education, prison inmate transfers to the state farm for women, workmen’s compensation proposals, a World War veterans bonus, and related measures.
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Hartford
Legislative Committee On Humane Institutions
Charles
Manwaring
Eastlyme
McCook
Crescent ‘Beach
Tuberculosis Committee
Anson T. McCook
Appropriations Committee
State Infirmary
Brooks
Education
A. B. Meredith
Judiciary Committee
Military Affairs Committee
Hogan Retracts Quotation On Soldiers' Field
Alderman Hogan corrected himself at a Council session stating the Soldiers Field price was not three times the assessment. He noted the assessed valuation at 23 000 and argued the Board of Education overpaid, buying land nearer town and calling for athletic grounds beyond the high school project.
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Board of Apportionment
Soldiers Field
Hogan
Board of Education
Acairing
East Side
Auto dealer Lepsitz accused in Allentown theft scheme
Elite Auto Body of Allentown sues Samuel Lepsitz for 10732.64 after buying used cars claimed misrepresented. Lepsitz fled the city and bonded out on auto theft charges. Elite seeks 15000 in damages as attachment records show 1921 1923 date span and recent related arrests.
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Samuel Lefsittz
Samuel Elite
Elite Auto Body Company
Allentown
Lefsitz
Salem Street
Elite
Lessitz
Dr Richard Bohannan Dies in Stamford Home
Stamford March 5 Dr Richard Lee Bohannan a well known physician of the city died yesterday from heart trouble in his 73d year He served as president of the Foxhill Hunting Club of Connecticut He was born in Matthews Courthouse Virginia and educated at Chesapeake Academy and New York University Medical College He is survived by a widow two daughters and three brothers
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Stamford
Mar
Richard Lee Bochannan
Foxhill Hunting Club
Connecticut
Matthews Courthouse
Wig
Chesapeake Academy
New York University Medical College
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Board of Aldermen
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William McDonald
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