Packers Eye Final Merger of Armour and Morris Firms
Negotiations for the Armour and Morris packing plants merger finished, with stock valuation arbitration reached in Florida. Secretary Wallace’s objection is said not to delay the deal as arbitration concludes and a formal announcement may come early next week.
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Chicago
Armour and Company
Morning and Company
Armour
Morrly and Armour
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase Securities Corporation of New York
James B. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicago
Florida
Forgan
Nelson Morris
Morris and Company
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Gaid
Samuel Gompers Ill With Influenza and Bronchial Pneumonia
Samuel Gompers, 75, president of the American Federation of Labor, is seriously ill in Lenox Hill Hospital New York City from influenza and bronchial pneumonia. His physician reports the condition as serious with advanced age retarding convalescence. Mrs. Gompers traveled from Washington to be by his side.
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New York
Associated Press
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Laborty
Lenox Will Hospital
W. C. Roberts
Local Post Receipts Rise While Streets Seek Repair Funds
February postal receipts reach 56997 dollars, up from 46542 in the prior February. Snow damage funds of 200000 dollars fall short. a sane woman remains confined in state asylum awaiting legal aid. Jurors in New Haven hear cases involving Goldy n Singer and Dirigibus trial charges against federal agents. Thirteen injured in a wreck at Hancock Avenue and State Street. Education board proposals Sheridan school building. local contractors oppose. Max Buechler denies $75000 heart balm action. Connecticut AF of L signs two year labor truce. bills withdrawn. Danbury nominates Fillo for mayor. Pirates loot liquor from a British liner by the Woolworth Building. Child labor reports surface. Gompers ill with pneumonia. Foreign news notes Jady Astor's parliamentary victory amid liquor sale restrictions.
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Awagan
Homer S. Cummings
Dirigibus
New Haven
Nathan
Harold Goldyn
George Singer
Hancocks Avenue
State Street
Education Board
Sheridan School
Max Buechler
Woolworth
New York
U.S
Green Room Club
Sumner
Society For Suppression
Albany
Samuel Gompers
A. F. of
Eight year old judge's son reported kidnapped
Albany March 1 police seek Leopold Minkin III son of City Judge Leopold Minkin believed kidnapped by a nursemaid after a cross-town car transfer. The group boarded an east bound Boston and Maine train joined by two men and a woman at Troy station. The nursemaid Mary Conk tings claimed New York City employment and arrival from Newburgh.
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Albany
Leopold Minkin
Bennington
Troy
Boston
Maine
Avith
Hoosac Junction
Hennington
Tallee
Sleeping illness fatal to Wallingford man
John Dsupin of Willingford died in a New Haven hospital tonight after several weeks of illness. He was admitted to the institution earlier this month.
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Wallingford
New Haven
John Dsupin
Willingford
New Haven Hospital
AEG
Grand Jury Likely Given Auto Theft Cases in New Haven
The federal grand jury in New Haven this week is believed to have been presented charges against Nathan and yFareldé Goldy and George S. Singer for transporting stolen automobiles in violation of the Dyer Act. The three men face state charges as well, with hearings set for April and May and bond conditions previously set.
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New Haven
Nathan
yFareldé Goldy
George S. Singer
United States
George Hi. Cohen
Hartford
Put
Goldy Brothers
Singer
Seratate
United State
Hugh J. Lavery
State Police
John P. Kellogg
Superior Court
Goldy
Lavery
Capper forecasts farm bloc rail rate attack ahead of Congress
Senator Capper predicts the Farm Bloc will push to lower railroad rates to move farm products cheaply and repeal guaranty rate making provisions. He calls the next Congress’ transportation question the big issue and backs broader farm aid measures including nitrate production and truth-in-lending reforms.
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Washington
Congressional
68Th Congress
Alese
Arthur Capper
Skangas
Senator Cappers
Henry Ward
Wilson ridicules debate idea for Sixth District
President Charles C. Wilson of the New Sixth District Republican party ridicules a planned debate on harmony in the district. He notes four recent primaries rejected the opposing faction and calls the abolition club debate suggestion a ridiculous harmless joke.
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Charles C. Wilson
Wilson
Police arrest fourth witness in Palumbo case
The fourth material witness, Pominick Gulna, 37, of 28 Tallett Street, was arrested charged with technical breach of peace after denying witnessing the Canizzlo store murder of Matro Palumbo on Elalett Street. Condello allegedly stabbed Palumbo. Gulna reportedly aided their entry, then left the scene frightened after Palumbo served wine.
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Mattro Palumbo
Canlasio
Elalett Street
Pominick Gulna
Tal+ lett street
Offing
Fin Dov
Remel Anthony Condelio
Palumbo
Condello
Canizzlo
Otlina
Otting
We Lys
Gaming Machine and Liquor Seized in Raid
Patrick Butler's lunchroom at 125 fxogsuth street was crowded with Ihnetreon patrons when detectives raided the place yesterday. A large gaming machine and a gallon of alleged liquor were found. Butler faced $400 bond for liquor and gambling law violations.
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Patrick Butler
Fxogsuth Street
Ihnetreon
Investigation Bureau
Butler
Finds Boys Dead Under Ice, Hands Clasped
In Groton a search party found five year old James Cade and Francis Batch beneath the ice at the bottom of a quarry pool. Both were found upright with hands clasped, suggesting they clung to each other while exploring the icy area. A hole showed where they fell into six feet of water.
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London
James Cade
Francis Batch
Groton
Tts
Cummings Silent On Charges Against Agents
State's Attorney Homer says no bar Grievance Committee inquiry is being pursued into assertions by Cummings about government officials and bootleggers. Fairfield County Grievance Committee members say no unethical practice complaints have been filed and will not investigate without a formal charge.
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Homers
Cummings
Edward Dirigibus
Fairfield County
Dirigibus
Westers Day
Sanford Stodd
Stoddard
False Alarm At City Fire Box Triggered Swift Response
Firemen were called to Wairfield avenue and Norman street on a red alert at box 21% that turned out to be a false alarm. The crank, who has previously set ten fake alarms, is believed responsible for the latest incident.
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Wairfield Avenue
Norman Street
Lady Astor Defies Tories in Liquor Bill Victory
Lady Astor wins a sensational House of Commons vote on a liquor bill, 338 to 56, with solid Labour support. She aims to shield youths, especially girls, from alcohol, insisting her measure is not prohibition. Admiral Gaunt and Sir F Banbury opposed, citing moral and social concerns and breezy critique.
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Hondon
Lady Astor
House of Commons
Labor Party
Guy Gaunt
Garden of Eden
Petter Place
America
Frederick Banbury
Bank Loan Evidence Tied to Illegal Rum Ring in New York
Marcel W Testimony indicates New York banks loaned 669000 for liquor purchases from distilleries using withdrawal permits, alleged stolen from Harald office. Testimony given at trial of Hart and Thather defendants on Volstead Act violation. Assistant Federal Prohibition Commissioner James B Jones testified as surprise witness.
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New York
Marcel W
Phagd
Harald To
War Jiart
Hart
James B. Jones
Greenwich Lawyer Detained Over Stock In Wife's Case
Josephine Duncan Dyer obtained a court order in Superior Court on her pending divorce petition against Leonard Huntress Dyer. She seeks custody of a minor child and alleges stock certificates worth up to 78,000 dollars for 1918 1919 1920 were diverted to the wife. Dyer testified about income from patents and losses in 1922 and anticipated similar losses this year.
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Greenwich
Josephine Duncan Dyer
Leonard H. Dyer
Leonard Huntress Dyer
Greenwich Patent Lanyer
Indian Trainor Yachy Club
Wells
Attornney Homers
Dyer
Massachusetts
Gummings
Ful
Lle
Ha Jeter
Lys
Ross
Rum Ring Exposé Sheds Light on Bootleg King
State's Attorney Homer S. Cummings presents a sensational statement detailing the basis for convicting the so called King of the Bootleggers. The expose centers on a vast rum trafficking operation that shook Fairfield County roads.
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Fairfield County
State
Homer S. Cummings
Complete List of Persons Hurt In Trolley-Jitney Bus Smashup
A casualty list tallies thirteen injured in a collision between a jitney bus and a street car at Hancock avenue and State street at 6 last night. Names include Anthony Caser the bus driver, Bertha Toth, Nicholas Baldino, Michael Bodo Jr, James Petra, Anthony Kocsamy, Mary Pelley, Paul Nagy, Anthony Veres, John Kantor, Patsy Demiller, and Thomas Baker with varying head, facial, and limb injuries. Treatment occurred at St Vincent's and Bridgeport hospitals with several listed in serious condition or observation.
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Hancock Avenue
State Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Anthony Caser
Swanson Avenue
Stratford
Morris Street
Michael Bodo, Jr
Bertha Toth
Buswick Avenue
Nicholas Baldino
Crescent Avenue
Anthony Kocsamy
Anthony Veres
Pine Street
Mary Pelley
Bird Street
Bridgeport
John Kantor
Spruce Street
Patsy Demiller
Thomas Baker
Fairfield
Danbury GOP Nominates A Homer Fillow for Mayor
Danbury March 9 Special A Homer Fillow garage owner and former state representative was nominated for mayor at a Republican caucus defeating S Ward DeKlyn 160 to 43. Fillow previously GOP nominee ten years ago. Nominations on the Republican ticket for the March 264 contingeity election include City Clerk Charles E Anthes renominated City Treasurer Tornest H Bailey renominated City Auditor George H Stotton defeating Charles Baxter 151 to Go City Sheriff Vincenzo Torcasa renominated Alderman First Ward William Hoyt renominated Second Ward Councilman Thomas A Settle renominated Third Ward Alderman John Serre renominated Councilman A A Baker renominated South Ward Councilman LE Keating renominated.
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Danbury
Mar
A. Homer Fillow
S. Ward DeKlyn
Fillow
Repubican
Charles E. Anthes
Tornest H. Bailey
George H
Fire battles save yachts in North London Harbor
In North London Harbor five crews battled a blaze that started in a large house owned by John C. Gears. Firefighters confined the fire to the house, with damage estimated at $6,000, while several renowned yachts including Cytheren, While-A-Way, Halcyon, and Lite Narada were briefly endangered.
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N. London
Cytheren
Whith Starkness
Harry Payne Whitney
Yale
Halcyon
D. Wilcox Flint
Lite Narada
Henry Walker
John C. Gears
Jeidex
Sone Degred
Soldier Barracks at Fort Meyer Swept by Flames
Fire swept the enlisted barracks at Fort Meyer Virginia near the Potomac tonight. About 109 men were quartered in the building. all escaped safety as troops from the fort and volunteers from nearby towns aided Washington firefighters in confining the blaze. The reservation adjoins Arlington Cemetery.
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Washington
Mareh V.bire
Fort Myer
Virginia
Grand Jury Adjourns in Hooded Band Probe
The Morehouse Parish grand jury adjourned late today until Monday with indications the investigation into hooded bands operations in the parish would be concluded Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Bastrop
Associated Press
Morehouse Parish
Postal Receipts Show Large February Increase in Connecticut
Bridgeport postal receipts for February rose 22.48 percent from 1924 to 1925, totaling 56,997.90 dollars, with Waterbury also posting a strong gain to 28,299.26 dollars. Both cities ranked high among fifty industrial centers for increases, with only a few cities reporting larger gains.
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Washington
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Connecticut
Post Office Department
Sacco Weak and Tired After Twenty Third Day Fast
Dedham March 3 Nicola Sacco was weak and tired tonight at the end of his twenty third day of fasting according to a jail attendant He has lost fourteen pounds since his punishment began Another postponement was added to the list of delays after the 1921 murder conviction of Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti with hearings for a new trial laid over for one week at the defense counsel's request.
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Dedham
Nicola Sacco
Bacco
Bartolomea Vanzetti
Jitney Bus Clash With Streetcar Injures Dozens Near Hancock Avenue
A crowded jitney bus bound for supper collided with a Norwalk Bridgeport streetcar on Hancock Avenue at 6 PM. Thirty or more passengers were hurt, thirteen hospitalized, as debris and shattered windows filled the scene near the Hungarian Reformed Church. motorman Estabrook and driver Anthony Tos er are reported, with speed readings around 8 to 10 mph. The accident prompted a large police and hospital response as witnesses described a violent, airborne crash and a chaotic rescue effort.
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Anthony Toser
Swanson Avgenue
Stratford
Hancock Avelnue
Iving Estaprook
Slate Street
Frank L. Kibling
Connecticut Company
Norwalk
Hikedica
Joseph Baker
State Street
Estabrook
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Agriculture Department
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Jady Astor
Buenance
Armour-Morris Packing Companies
Henry Lord
al Lincoln Motor, Co
Dunder In
Kid Kaplan
Brooklyn
Tavéy
Sacred Hearts Wit
Goldy ‘Brothers
Ting
Capper
Kansas
Laborite Party
Tory
The
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Danbury G. O. P
Ward DeKlyn
N. London Harbor
Soldier Barracks
Fort Meyer
Sacco
Michael Bodo Jr
Norwalk- Bridgeport
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