Floods Predicted as Heavy Rain Snow Threatens Fairfield County
Heavy rain and snow forecast for Bridgeport and surrounding towns raise flood risk. Reservoirs overflow, roads flood, vehicles stall at viaducts, and emergency measures prepare to close roads. Despite two inches of rainfall yesterday, damage remains limited but driving conditions worsen with ice and blocked drains.
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Fairfield County
United States Weather Bureau
Biidgeport
Yeterday
Fairfield Avenue
Apton
Oostey Rive
Eastchestnut Fund
Mons
Vttlise
Yale Honors Bridgeport Residents in Terse Local Ceremony
A Bridgeport group honored at Yale is described in scattered notes about graduates, students, and faculty. The fragmentary text mentions Swatee Miss Margar de sae and W Shemyeodkae among others, with references to a graduate and an association of doctors.
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Ansa
Ikea
Swatee
Private School Pupils Move to Strike Over Student Voices
An Annandale area private school reports students planning a strike amid disputes over student government. The readable fragment mentions actions by pupils and responses from faculty as the debate over governance continues.
Pastor Accepting Call Requests Salary Reduction
Rev. A Ray Pouy of New York, newly called to Good Baptist Temple in Philadelphia, asks salary be reduced from 10,000 to 8,000. He notes a younger pastor should prove ability first. Rev. William D. McCurdy hints the congregation will not revise the offered salary.
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Philadelphia
Marvel 7
SAP
A. Ray Pouy
New York
Good Baptist Temple
Russell HH Cromwell
Petty
William D. McCurdy
Enigmatic 1930s News Summary From Fairfield County
Fragmented report pieces note Bridgeport and Fairfield County events including a court secretary testimony, a bishop confirming class, a new school dedication, and a pastor’s comments on non fermenting footwear. It mentions a bank receiver, a Westport incident injuring a girl, a fire damaging Westport offices, and dog warden appointment talks.
Prohibition Evangelist Attacks Dry Enforcement in Meriden
In Meriden Connecticut Rev Clarence T Wilson of Washington DC a Methodist board member predicts prohibition will stay on the statute books citing wet senators from Connecticut and New York. He says prohibition has transformed politics and homes, outlawed the liquor traffic, and created national prosperity after war while urging women to emulate virtuous male behavior.
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Meriden
Connecticut
United States Senate
Clarence 'T. Wilson
Washington
Methodist Board of Prohibition
Temptation and Morals
Wiest Methodist Church
New York
Wilson
United States
Agent Arrested as Embezzler in Greenwich Case
Gerald B. Allen, a chromatic salesman from Greenwich and Stamford, was arrested on charges of embezzlement. He was held on $38,000 bond after a Stamford search and brought to Greenwich for custody. The case includes secrecy and mentions associates in the Greenwich Trust canyons and Allen’s partner in the auto supply business.
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Ureenwich
Gerald B. Alien
Greenwich
Stamford
Sherif Harry Httch
Hey
R. Julinsern
Allen
Greenwich Trust
Alen Les
Stanford
Eugene Field Shrine Enshrined at City Church
Eugene Field the children's poet received a reverent burial at the Lord of the Episcopal church of the Glory Comforter Kenilworth with a large crowd including prominent literary figures. Judge Jesse Hollen delivered the eulogy as children gathered to honor the author of Little Boy Blue and his famed characters.
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Chivago
Eugene Field
Episcopal Church
Ilory
Kenilworth
Aml
Field
Graceland Cemetery
Itory Commforter
Zid
Jesse Hollen
Cook County Superior Court
Wield
Newspapers Defy Judge Printing Testimony in Murder Trial
Bay St. Louis Mississippi papers publish portions of murder trial testimony defying a court order. Judge Walter A. White presided as defense prosecutors argued for freedom of the press while noting violations in New Orleans and nearby cities. The case involves the deaths of A. McLem and W. Qt, with sensational coverage challenging judicial limits on publication.
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Bruxourder
Tadanabes
Constanini Lesitiner
Cyurk
Peta Eran
Whitt
Vance
Sancork County
New Orleans
Bay St
A. McLem
W. Qt
Webruar
Nur Pleayune
Storoudatt
Ginruiler
New York and London Mark 50th Birthday Talk on Phone
New York and London join in a celebratory phone conversation marking the 50th anniversary of the telephone. The first message from London to New York was relayed by wire and wireless, carried by multiple stations, with officials from the British General Post Office and American Telephone and Telegraph reporting the historic link.
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Alexander Kim Betta Fine
Vastor
Eas
Conwel
Ay Texas Company
Department of Jusure
Indarot Waterways Trea Pd
Bob Neg Nay
Sertet Notvathal
Fiat
Ie Miealssippi Murite
New York
Fouden
London
Ae Prontton
Ste
Bridgeport Man Participates in First Trans Atlantic Phone Test
Roslin Ekins of Bridgeport joins New York and London news editors in the morning two way wireless telephone tests. Officials report clear, interference free conversations between New York and London with reduced atmospheric disturbance. Three experiments by AT and T, Radio Corporation of America, and the British Post Office aim to assess long distance telephony potential and curb cross border broadcasting interference.
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New York
Maren
Ind
Roslin Eekins
Washington Avenue
Bridgeport
Tritted Press
Aml
London
American Telephone and ‘Telegraph
Idea
American Telephone
7Iagraph Company
Radio Corporation of Amerita c
British General Post Office
Atlantic Telephone
American Plan of Waterway Urged in Washington
Secretary Dwight Davis backs an Atlantic Seaboard waterway within U S territory as vital for defense. He said the plan should be studied by the Army and Harbors Board and the River and Harbor Committee chairmen as findings are reviewed this week.
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Washington
Dwight Davis
Alantic Seaboard
Frei
Denprey
Tose Rivers and Jarburs Committee
Coronytion
Armier Rng
Army
Sngleeni
Hedson Age
Coast Guardsmen Aid Burning Vessel Incident
Coast Guardsmen aided a burning small pleasure craft near Fort Pierce Florida as two people aboard a separate sea skiff reported a missing vessel. The rough offshore wind hampered rescue efforts while the harbor search continued with assistance from coast guard stations.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Wilkins Plans Arctic Flight From Alaska In Two Weeks
Captain Wilkins leads the Detroit Arctic expedition aiming to reach a new Arctic landmass and an air route across the polar region. From Point Barrow in Alaska he will depart in about two weeks, with Amundsen Byrd Wade and other expeditions in the field. The plan features Wilkins and team using a large aircraft, aided by Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Dr. Isadah Bowman in a rigorously prepared scientific effort sponsored by the Detroit Aviation Society.
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Rush
George I
Wilkins
Alglic
Great Arctic Sea
North Pole
United States
Fle
Point Bayrow
Alagka
Amundsen and
Isworth
Richard J. Byrd
Weigh Wade
Wilkins Ties
Detroit
Detroit Aviation Soviety
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Isadah Bowman
Bank Embezzler Gilpatrick Testimony Helps Return
Gilpatrick, former bakery worker, says testimony aided clearing up numerous transactions tied to the crash at the banking institution. He had served a 15 year sentence in Atlanta for embezzlement and has been in confinement for three weeks, brought back by a writ of habeas corpus amid unresolved questions.
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Putnam
Doxsilie
Foreign legion leader killed in Morocco
Colonel Atiiken Astig, founder of the Spanish Wavelan Legion, died Friday night from wounds after fighting near Morocco. He reportedly sent a message to Premier Primo de Rivera before succumbing to his injuries.
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Morocco
Muredy
Fam
Coronel
Atiiken
Astig
Spanish Wavelan Legion
Roon
Juan
Oil Patent Worth Over Forty Thousand In Suit
In a pending New York case the government charges fraud in securing the Adams patent for cracking crude oil into gasoline. The Texas company, a major oil group, allegedly profits from processes and licenses to many firms, with potential to lower gasoline costs if the patent rights are challenged. Investigations and affidavits have been gathered for over two years as the suit nears filing.
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Sutington
Texas Company
Unicrts
Aaneriga
Patent Office
Department of Justice
Ail
Hig
Standard OW Company
Ind
The
Gasoline Products Company
Standard Oil Group
New York
Herman J. Galloway
Tant
Girl Loses Purse to Bold Snatcher
Miss Eileen Simiedjey, 21, of 642 Atlantic Street, reports a man seized her from behind on Gregory Street between Myrtle and Warren, covered her mouth, forced drop of purse and umbrella, then fled with both items after discarding the umbrella in the street.
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Eilen
Atlantic Street
Gregory Street
Myrtle
Wigonteins Avenue
Warren Street
King Will Return, Federal Officials Feel Confident
Federal officials say John King, former Republican committee member from Connecticut now in Paris, will return to testify in indictments against Colonel Thomas W. Mier and others. He was allowed to go to Paris by U.S. Attorney Minery Buckner of New York, with safeguards to ensure his presence when needed.
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Washington
Marcel
Department of Justice
Ifly
John King
Connecticut
Paris
Thomas W. Mier
King
United States
Minery Buckner
New York
Nis
Woman Patient Fatally Struck Near Westport Sanitarium
Miss Rose Lodwol, nineteen, a Westport Sanitarium patient from Brooklyn, was fatally injured when struck by a westbound train near the Miramar Inn, Green Farms. She wandered from the sanitarium about six hours earlier and was found on the tracks by a Westport mail carrier, then taken to Norwalk hospital in critical condition.
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Westport
Rose Lodwol
Beeoklyn
Norwalk
Miramar Inn
Green Farms
Jess
John Hull
Westport Mall
Norwalk Hospital
Sueld
Frank D. Roland
The
Sanitariam
Brooklyn
Jie
Padwel
Thea Saittirium
Eli
Firebugs at Work in Hartford Fires Alarm Residents
March 7. Two separate incendiary fires believed set by maniacs were discovered near Exchange Corner in central Hartford. A five story building at 2 State Street and a three story building at 86 Main Street were damaged. Smoke spread into an adjacent shop. Edwards Fur store sustained heavy loss though insured. Police launched investigation led by Chief Moran with Detective Sergeant Neete and Acting Detective Daly on the case.
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Hartford
Exehaige
Ubecliv
Edwards
Tae
Moran
Polis
Charles J. Neete
Charles Daly
Actress Blanche Dunhar Dies in Hollywood
Blanche Dunhar a thirty year old film actress formerly with the American Film Company at Santa Barbara died in Hollywood after a heart trouble attack. She was the wife of actor David Punhar of the pictures.
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Hollywood
Calif
Blanche Dunhar
American Film Company
Santa Bavbara
David Punhar
Pola Negri Says Trial Betrothal to Valentine May End in Marriage
Pola Negri, in a March 7 Los Angeles Times report, says she and Rudolph Valentino may wed only if their "trial betrothal" proves their love. She calls the arrangement a business-like test and plans a Berlin trip in May to pursue films, noting marriage would be contemplated only after a time.
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Pola Negri
Valentine
Angielns
Los Angeles
Limes
Hether Tha
Rudolph Valentine
Willa
Weiress
Imad
Lutus
Supreme List
Mies Negri
Miley
Bowker Clothing Plant Fire Damages Bowker Stock and Interior
An early March blaze in Mulford Massachusetts caused about 28000 dollars in damage to Bowker Clothing Company stock and interior. The fire affected the lobby and adjacent offices on Main Street, with authorities and fire crews responding to the scene.
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Mulford Mass
Bowker Clothing Company
Main Street
Germany Faces League Admission Setback in Key Conference
Geneva dispatch reports a secret conference among Briand, Chamberlain, Stresemann, and others failing to reach accord on Germany’s entry to the League of Nations. Spain and Sweden are cited as potential veto players as tensions rise over Europe’s security framework.
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Karl WH. von W Tegand
Geneva
League of Nations
Vary ‘Dervelde
Sven
Germany
Frey Slow Jeng
Austen Chamberlain
Spain
Ariand
Paris
Calinet
France
M. Briand
Hertion
Haisvenain
Iemend
Luther
Etresemenmgenada
League
Iummond
Ta Rai
Siil
China
Sweden
French Ministry in Turmoil As Doumergue Considers Briand Successor
Unsettled French ministry amid franc depreciation and urgent financial demands. President Doumergue must name Briand’s successor tomorrow as cabinet cohesion teeters. Possible candidates include Herriot, Simon, Poty, Cadkenx, Thane.nimeter, and Peret, with party realignments debated in the Chamber of Deputies.
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Briand T
Nucce
Daoly
Briand
Suluden
Doumergue
Boalwut
Ie Yeader
Bromist Herrioty
Aymiond Poty
Joseph Cadkinx
Fom
Noe Thane
Raowh Peret
Presida Ity
Eh Chamber of Deputies
Mot Tkely
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Chiriea Trur Wien
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Mark Marke
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Little Boy Blue
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H. Roslyn Ekins
American Plan OF Waterway
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Memtcy Board of Control
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