Changes Mind Delays Hop for Palm Beach Flight
WANA March 28 By Associated Press Levine delays takeoff after keeping pilot waiting for four hours. Cuban secretary and officials met in the afternoon as plans shifted to fly to Palm Beach then Miami and Charleston, with a later stop at Mitchel Field. The pilot announced a night departure and denied plans for a South American flight.
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Vine
Wana
Associated
Reison
Fenie
Chris A. Levne
Palm Beach
Levine Stultz
Levine
Columbia
Lewihe
Wyoming
Miami
Charleston
Mitchel Field
Ine
South America
Evans denies klan men are Catholics
Dr Huun W Frans imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan denied charges that Klan officers were Catholic as a political tactic. He said the organization opposed A Smith for president not because of Catholicism but as a political entity while denying Catholic allegiance.
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Louis Marek
Associated Pres
Huun W. Frans
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Samuel T. Bemendetter
Munese
Stor
Klin
Lodianepelis Turd
Evans
St Louié Eneute
Ite Rock
Washington
E. McCarron
Timperta
St Louk Nnbestant
Grand Dragon
Louis
A. Smitt i
Smith
More Alcoholics At Hillside In 1927 Than Ever
A 1927 year at Hillside home saw a record 426 alcoholics treated, with 45 women among them, surpassing prior counts. Ralph A White of the Connecticut anti saloon league cites 40000 saves in ten years of prohibition welfare gains, while Welfare head Aay Thorne cites rising intake and weekend surges in admissions.
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Hillside
Covard
Division of Vital Statistics
Ralph
Connecticut Anti-Saloon League
Bev Welfare
Aay Thorne
Welfare Department
Prohibition Era Alcohol Health Debate Emerges
In the prohibition era, debates arise on alcohol’s medical role and harms. Dr. Woi, health officer, avoids comment as political issues dominate, while Dr. William H. Coon argues education and sanitary improvements, not prohibition alone, reduce deaths.
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Wiliam H. Coon
Toalth
Cuon
Worl
Standard Oil and Car Maintenance Tip
The note states Standard Oil Company owns 4,000 cars of various makes, many with 90,000 to 100,000 miles on hard service. It argues oil costs 2 percent of running, warns against inferior fuel, and urges standardizing on Socony and changing oil regularly to extend engine life and reduce repairs.
Danbury Faces Historic Tax Increase Amid Growth Push
Special correspondent reports Danbury town plans to raise its overall tax rate beyond Waterbury's 32 mills, arguing the boost is needed to maintain town and city infrastructure. Current totals run 18.5 mills town and 13 mills city, with a proposed two to three mill special tax for road building, payable quarterly to ease burden.
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Danbury
Sunvary
Waterbury
Board of Estimate
Anthony Sunderland
Massachusetts group pledges to Smith for national convention
Boston reports that a Democratic slate for delegates at large to the national convention was announced. Mayor Edward W. Quinn of Cambridge and other Massachusetts Democrats pledge support for Governor Smith of New York. The ticket names Walsh Curley Peters Cole Poky Kelly Ely MacDonald and alternates McGinn Clagg Santosusso Morrell McInerney Frye Donovan McNamara with several Boston and Lawrence figures.
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Boston
Associated Press
Edward W. Quinn
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Smith
New York
Itt
David J. Walsh
James M. Curley
Andrevw J. Peters
Charles H. Cole
W. F Poky
Edward J. Kelley
Worcester
Joseph B. Ely
Mra
Colin W. MacDonald
Charles H. McGine
Strabo V. Claggst
Joseph Santosusso
Bernard M.rrolt
Nes Elizabeth C. McInerney
Bosta
Dorothy Whipple Frye
Beon Une
James A. Donovan
Lawrence
Raymond V. McNamara
Haver- Dh
Wife fires at bandits after husband is shot
In Wildwood New Jersey Mrs Tver Fussell wife of a Rio Grande boulevard filling station proprietor stood beside her wounded husband after two masked robbers shot him. She fired two shots at the outlaws forcing them toward the Atlantic City line as the man began to recover from chest wounds.
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Wildwood
N J
Huay
Tver Fussell
Rio Grande Boulevard
Russell
Atlantic City
Phal
Cow Found With Rabies In Quarantined Herd
A cow from Carl Loose’s herd sent to Boston for testing was found to have rabies. Health Officer W Harding reports the herd is quarantined by the board of health. The sick cow died after killing other cattle, but officials have no idea how the outbreak began.
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Pranklin
Mass
Abscciated
Carl Loose
Boston
W. Harding
George Allen
Board of Health
Ribles
Congress Sticks to Business in Both Houses
Congress pursues routine business in both chambers with long speeches and multipart investigations. Senates debates on coal and farm relief, while House committees hear on immigration quotas, port and route power, and the merchant marine.
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Congress
House
Senate
Mustle Shoals
Norris
Black
Alabame
Hefilx
Alabama
Cue du Fletcher
Florida
Tost
Jflavor
Agriculture Committee
McNary-Haugen
Coolidge
John Lewis
Ayners' Union
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Mellon
Teapot Domefense
Continental ‘Trading Company
Libery Bonds
Republican National Committee
Department of Agriculture
Mexica
Wesley Sherman Buried in Stepney Connecticut
Milford reports the funeral of Wesley Sherman age fifty from Crown Street Fort Trinnabull Beach held at two pm. Rev B O Pritchett officiated with Engine Company No 2 firefighters present. Pallbearers named Flurd Finch Pennington Latham Head Wells. Burial at Steprey Conn. Survived by wife Helene and mother Mrs Hartley Sherman. Death followed two months of swallowing difficulties from esophageal closure.
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Jacph Pennington
Walter Latham
Riymond Head
Herold Wells
Steprey
Conn
Sherman
Benham Alimony Order Reduced One Dollar Weekly
Judge Ally D L Brown in Rupener court reduced the alimony for Mildred A. Benham of Bridgeport from ten to two dollars weekly to cover arrears. The order followed testimony and was contingent on Benham paying weekly to catch up forty dollars, noting her increased earnings while there are no minor children to support.
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Ally DL. Brown
Rupener Court
Willianham
Tlyetty
Jimteu
Mildred A. Benham
Bridgepat
Or Bey
Sain Richards Booth
Benham
Jilije Rbiuvi
Weely
Bethan
Mra Benham Ia
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Beecause
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Ibay State
Wesley Sherman
Stepney
Milford
Broad St
Fairfield Avenue
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the City National Bank
Main Street
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