Trolley Crash Hurts Man On Park Ave Injuries Reported
A trolley car struck an auto on Park Avenue near Laurel and Washington at 8 PM last night injuring Martin Kane of 2221 Elm Street Stratford. Kane suffered a probable left shoulder fracture and head injuries and was taken to St Vincent's Hospital. Ambulance delays drew criticism as police note one city ambulance and hospital doctor serving calls.
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Martin Kane
Elm Street
Stratford
Park Avenue
Laurel Avenue
Washington Terrace
Kane
St Vincent’s Hospital
Los Agitas
Peetore
Am&le
Foster Aiggare
Joseph Ambrose
Chester E
Bern
Bridgeport Hospital
Boon
George Fisher
Bridgehospital
Accient
Patrick O'Leary
Silll
Stratfield
Kanets
Massachus
Pairfield Firemen Ban Police Clause
Fairfield town meeting sees volunteer firemen block police protection in a proposed fire ordinance. A special committee will revise the proposal with input from four fire companies and reconvene Monday evening to plan a new measure for later town meeting consideration.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Center
Tunxis
Tanlac Promises Relief From Indigestion and Gas
A vintage advertisement touts Tanlac as a remedy for indigestion gas and stomach pains. It claims long use restoring health for dizziness constipation torpid liver and fatigue with a promise of refund if it fails. The copy emphasizes herbal roots and barks meeting pharmacopoeia standards and urges purchase from a local druggist.
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United Skates Pharmacopoeia
Lopat Appointed to Fairfield Clerkship
John Lopat of Howard Street Fairfield, long a Fairfield post office substitute, has been appointed a clerk at a salary of $1.00 a year. Postmaster William H. Gould reports the appointment as of March.
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Fairfield. Tarch
John Lopat
Howard Street
Fairfield
Willam H. Gould
Postmen honored for fairness and leadership at Bridgeport dinner
Postmaster William T. Meyer and former postmaster Arthur F. Connor were praised by postal employees at a Bridgeport dinner in the Odd Fellows building. Speakers lauded their humane treatment of subordinates and Meyer's independent appointment, with Mayor Behrens pledging new post office quarters.
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Wiliam T. Meyer
Arthur F. Connor
Bridgeport
Odd Fellows
Broad and
Gilbert Streets
Meyer
Behrens
Charles Brierly
New Haven
James W. Geddes
New Haven County
William H. Hay
Calvary Episcopal Church
E. W. Crowe
South Norwalk
Lincoln Taylor
Stamford
James L. McGovern
Times-Star
William Tongee
Walter Locke
John Hanley
Odd Fellows Lodges
Monsignor McGivrey
John Toohey
Post Office Servce Council
Hoover Enters Indiana Primary For 33 Delegates
Reported move shows Hoover entering Indiana’s Republican primary for a share of the 33 delegates bound for Kansas City. Friends in Indiana and elsewhere debated whether to press him to enter or stay out, with advisers weighing political risks and potential effects on Ohio and national prospects.
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Kansas City
Hoover
Hoosier
Indiana
Cheseer
Ohio
Canton
Youth Hurt in War Game Wound Treated at Emergency
Thirteen year old Joseph was injured during a playful war game when a vivive pistol sparked a wound on the east side yesterday afternoon. He received three stitches at the emergency hospital from Dr. Agustina Sainmarino and was discharged soon after.
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Joseph Tames
Agustina Sainmarino
Four youths arrested in statutory charge case in East Bridgeport
Four youths were arrested on statutory charges involving a 14 year old girl in East Bridgeport. Albert Malafronti, Leo Violette, and Joseph Gotta were held on bonds of 2000 each after confessing to the police. Gotta had prior arrests for breach of the peace and related cases. The girl identified the men after authorities were alerted by her mother.
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Moy
East Bridgeport
Albert Malnfronti
Mallett Styper
Herbert Liggins
Leo Violette
Myrtle Avenue
Walter L. Auger
Thomas M. McNamoura
Joseph Gotta
Edwich Street
Gul
Miles Street
Bureau of Investigation
Malafronti
Gotta
Violette
Rievids
Gotto
Ted Day
Stratford
Six burglaries reported to police yesterday and last night
Police investigated six burglaries including a Park Street theft of two pocketbooks totaling 70, Pembroke Street pocketbook loss of a dollar plus beads and an aquamarine ring, Crescent Avenue entry with three trunks opened but nothing taken, Bristol lunchroom safe tampering with 24 taken, Morris Mirsky harness shop break in with an alarm clock taken, and Main Street Goodle Shop break in with 16 cash two shirts and a brown cap stolen.
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Police Department
Herbert Batcheller
Park Street
Dominick Virrell
Pembroke Street
Sebastino Padunn
Crescent Avenue
Bristol
Barnum Avenue
Morris Mirsky
Kossuth Street
Goodle
Main Street
Murder Is Charged To Dr Guilfoyle In Homicide Case
The trial featured a Grand Jury masking witnesses by numbers to conceal identities, drawing added interest from two young women shielded as No 3 and No 9 and Mrs Julia Way. Testimony referenced a double shooting at 691 Maple Avenue on January 14, with other unrelated items noted in a lengthy meandering report.
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Edward J. Hokey
Grand Jury
Julia Way
UW Colonial Street
Auto Is Stolen From Stratford Street Location
An automobile owned by a local resident on Main Street, Stratford, was stolen from Maiden Lane between 8 and 9 o clock last evening. A blue sedan with registration F BEOT was reported to police, but no trace had been found as of early today.
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Main Street
Stratford
Maiden Lane
Pnlice
Luis Mung
Six Alarms Firemen Respond to Multiple Small Blazes
Bridgeport firefighters battled six small fires with three belt and three still alarms. Fires included a rear yard blaze on East Main, a grass fire near 129 High Street, and grass fires on Palisade Avenue Central Avenue and Salem Street near Main. Earl Porter, son of Grace L. Porter of 168 Pacific Street, died in San Antonio, Texas, reported yesterday. his father George Porter died in an auto crash years ago.
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Bridgeport
East Main
High Street
Chemical Co
Chemical Co. 4
Palisade Avenue
Chemical No. 3
Central Avenue
Hawley Avenue
Main Street
Salem
Main
Roosevelt Street
Earl Porter
San Antonio
Texas
Grace L. Porter
Pacific Street
George Porter
Ambulance Calls Reported For City Yesterday
Four ambulance runs were logged at the Emergency Hospital between 8 AM and 6 30 PM yesterday. At 3 PM Chopyey Hill road Klein Weir aged 41 was treated for alcoholism and moved to Hillside home. At 4 45 PM 13d Garden street Ersuime Csech 33 was taken to St Vincent's hospital for observation at Dr Nichols request. At 6 20 PM 28d Harral Avenue Harold Cromwell 9 was transported to St Vincent's for medical care at Dr Nichols request. At 6 20 PM 269 Fairfield Avenue Charles Piling 57 fainted from a torn hip joint after a snap felt on alighting from a train. he refused hospital care and was treated on scene.
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Chopyey Hill Road
Klein Weir
Agostino Bammartino
Hillside Home
Garden Street
Ersuime Csech
Sammartino
St. Vincent's Hospital
Charles Nichols
Harral Avenue
Harold Cromwell
Nichols
Fairfield Avenue
Charles Piling
Benson Road
Fairfield
Skater Margaret Bordesh Fractures Arm in Rink Accident
A sixteen year old, Margaret Bordesh of 315 Bostwick avenue, fell at a Main street roller skating rink and fractured her left arm. She received temporary care at Emergency Hospital from Dr. Chester E. Haberlin and was transported by city ambulance to Bridgeport hospital at 8:30 PM.
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Margaret Bordesh
Bostwick Avenue
Chester E. Haberlin
Bridgeport Hospital
Teapot Dome Bonds Sold Told to Probers
Witnesses including William V Hodges of Denver testified that Teapot Dome bonds were sold and that there was no record of 1924 contributions by the Republican National Committee. M J Pessin said the American Association of Foreign Language Newspapers was bought for political purposes, listing Mellon and others among stockholders. testimony tied bonds to figures given by Will Hays and Upham, with further details on contributions to various campaigns and figures tied to the 1920 and 1924 periods.
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William V. Hodges
Denver
Republican National Committee
Hodges
Upham
National Committee
Continental Bonds
M. J. Pesain
New York
T. Coleman DuPont
Delaware
William Boyce Thompson
Chicago
Orhn F. Prost
New Yor
American Association of Foreign Language Newspapers, Inc
Pessin
Mellon
Swift and Company
Armourt and Company
Willi A! Hays
Trepub- Nean National Committee
Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Oi} Reserve
Hays
Pullensie
Patten
Cook County
Chicago Wheat Commissioner
Frank O. Lowden
Hilnais
Leonard Wood
Herbert Hoover
F. H. Rawson
Obituary notices from Stratford and Bridgeport area
A long obituary column lists multiple deaths including Hannah Weisman Mira of 869 Madison Ave and Stepney, survived by four daughters and a son, with a funeral at 1 PM from 869 Madison Ave. Other notices include Katherine Kaplavka of Shelton, Irene Warren of Bridgeport, Herbert H. Shaw of 181 Bradley Street, Laura Vopre, Earl A. Porter of Stratford, Evie August Akerfelt, Spyridon A. Jemapete, Kevin Sayre Meyers, Italla Bisetri, John Mozza, Matilda Roy, and Catherine Moran Dalley, detailing funeral times, residences, and burial sites in Stratford, Fairfield, Milford, and surrounding cemeteries.
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Hannah Weisman
Mira
Stepney
Madison Avenue
Tile Moscovitz
Mia
Minnie Frankel
Norwalk
Lucy Brauder
George Weisman
Hebrew Sick Benefit
Irene Wii
Irene Warren
Bridgeport
Joseph R. Glark
West River Street
Milford
Delocis
Fair Haven
Herbert H
Herbert H. Shaw
Bradley Street
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
George M. Geisel
Lakeview Cemetery
Shaw
Safety Crater Company
Vivian
Muriel
Louis Gass
George Gosselin
Fletcher Lewis
Wiliam Cody
Edward Christing
Norman Goodwill
Evie August Akerfelt
Evie August Akerfelt Reed
Philemon Street
Stratford
Hts
Ingeborg Akerfelt
Selman
Anna Akerfelt
Heman Fr. Reisslz
West End
Henry X
Kevin Sayre Meyers
Newark, N. J
Huis Adelphi
Washington Avenue
Fessee
Mevere
Willian Horace Day
Mousala Greve
Meyers
Mya
Mingaret Meyirs
Lervly
Still Born Baby Saved After Rescue Apparatus Test
An attempted resuscitation of a stillborn infant used a newly acquired emergency device with hydrogen and oxygen tanks. Dr Mason notified the fire department and a medical muzzle breathing apparatus was applied to the infant. Within minutes the baby breathed normally and showed signs of life after the device operated.
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Mason
Fire Department
Rush
Labwleater
Post Office Buildings Should Plan for Growth and Light
A post office expert warns builders to choose large sites and design for future expansion. A Minneapolis example shows a quadangle layout allowing multiple added stories without relocating. Portmaster Firman stresses ample light and avoiding crowded adjacencies to high offices.
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Firman
Minneapolis
Minn
Firmen
Paxstate
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Pairfield
Ori
Grea Punter
Fay Vadgnetoce
W. Grote
Sho— Mats
Taniac
Ahlhive
Lopat
Meyer and
Connor
Plas
DR. Guilfoyle
Liverpool
Iender
England
Wandrine Yountity
Ivenetio
Merewerty
Fifth Avenue
Barbara Monell
Kenneth Wilson Glaze
Daught
Monell
Probers
Katherine Kaplavka
Shelton
Tiie
Buggetts Lane
St. John’s Greek Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Laura Vopre
Stephen and
Stella Voore
Lamp Mortar Rock
St. Stephen's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Earl A. Porter
Church Street
Union Cemetery
Mr. Porter
Jol Porter
Frank Porter
Danbury
Stratford Bawing Alieys
Spyriton A. Jemapete
Spyridon A. Jemapete
State Street
Lee Avenue
Liberty Street
Italla Bisesti
Dewey Street
St. Raphael'’s Church
8. Michael's Cemetery
John Mozza
Stratford Avenue
Matilia
Roy
Matilda
John B. Roy
Gilman Street
Arlington Cemetery
Abiington
N. J
Catherine Moran Dalley
Catherine
Morten Dalley
Funere
Mullins, Scott and Redgate
Golden
Tireet
St. Charles’ Church
St. Michael'’s Cemetery
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