Jury Awards Harris 4600 in Dr Howland Love Suit
A Stratford jury awarded Jost B. Harris 4600 against Dr DeRuyter Howland in an alienation of affections suit. Trial lasted about an hour and three minutes. Both sides presented conflicting testimony over seven years of alleged romance between Mrs Harris and the physician. Judge Arthur M Comiey presided. Howland and his wives attended as the verdict was read.
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Jost B. Harris
DeRuyter Houtand
Stratford
Hare 14
Harris
Howland
Alice Thorpe Howland
Arthur M. Comiey
Hurtig
Howland i
House Urges New Arms Cut Parley
Washington March 15 The House without debate adopted an amendment to the 2740000000 new warship program urging the President to press for another international conference to limit naval armaments. The measure, sponsored by Rep Sproul Kansas, was accepted without a vote. A later bid for a final vote before adjournment was blocked by Rep Blanton Texas and the measure was carried over for disposition tomorrow. The House also approved 118 to 102 an amendment by Rep Dallinger to have eight of the sixteen ships built in government navy yards, contending fairness.
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Washington
Igy Associated Press
House
Sproul
Kansas
Blanton Democrat
Texas
Dallinger
Mrs Hopson Succumbs at Danbury Hospital
Danbury March 16 Special Correspondent Mrs Martha Hopson widow of John F P Hopson died late today at Danbury hospital Physicians attribute the death to shock after her husband’s passing about two weeks earlier Mrs Hopson was taken ill yesterday and rushed to the hospital Mr Hopson supervised the Danbury division of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Both families known in Danbury social circles and the Hopkins are prominent in local life
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Danbury
Martha Hopson
John FP. Hopson
Danbury Hospital
Hopson
Mew
New Haten
Hartford
Gueci
Fredevith
Danbury Ngols
Mass meeting in revolt against Stratford P G C
Stratford March 16 A mass meeting led by a temporary committee opposed the People's General Committee which has dominated Stratford politics for years The lone vote in support came from Councilman Layard Savacool who warned the new group may mirror the criticized P G C The hall was crowded with representation from all districts and several councilmen attended or watched from outside.
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Stratford
People's General Committee
Sterling Memorial Hall
Carlton Day Reed
Savacool
People’s General Committee
People’s General Committees
Courcilman Layard Savacool
Vernon, Morehouse
Albert Coulter
Nicholas Fedorko
E. F. Ludlow
Ludlow
Reed
Josph Hancort
Main Street
Looting Tightened as St Francis Dam Flood Victims Robbed
Los Angeles March 16 authorities report rising looting in flood wreckage from the St Francis dam break. Passes barred unauthorized entry, with relief workers needing special IDs. Geologists engineers and Deputy DA Dennison join DA Keyes to probe causes and potential criminal action after surveying Santa Clara valley ranchers.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
St. Francis Dam
E. J. Dennison
Los Angeles County
Asa Keyes
Keyes
Dennison
Santa Clara River
Burglars Loot Hartwell Brady Store Opposite Police Station
Burglars of the “gentlemen” type forced entry to the Hartwell Brady company opposite police headquarters, stealing about 700 worth of the finest clothing and 40 in small sizes. The heist, discovered by a clerk, involved forced rear then front door entries. police were alerted but details of detection remain unclear. Local officials report all touched goods were valuable wearables, including suits and coats priced up to 85.
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Danbury
Hnartwell- Brady Company
Hartwell-Brady Company
Leomard Brady
Brady
Aly
Ammons
Customs Men Indicted for Taking 200000 Rum Bribe
Detroit March 16 Four customs border patrol inspectors who left the service are charged in a federal indictment with taking bribes from two rum runners in 1927 to allow illegal landings from Canada. Indicted are James G Nevins Jos h Lantry Ray Rinkus Willis Beal a former state trooper from Maine. Rum runners Joseph Galbo and Joseph Russenl are charged as well. The case alleges 26 cents per beer case and 81 per whiskey case, with boatloads of liquor landing on U S soil. Twelve counts accuse bribe offers and officer acceptance, with offenses alleged in Feb and March 1927.
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Wanamaker
New York
Texas
Hays
Michigan
John H. Evans
Masons
Bridgeport
Detroit
Associated 2Rtss
Bilbery
Customs Border Patrol
Hynors
United States
Canada
Rinkus
Willis Beal
Maine
Joseph Galbo
Joseph Russenl
Detroit River
Forever
Giolitti Battles Mussolini Reform in Italian Chamber
In Rome on March 16 Giovanni Giolitti the 84 year old former premier opposed Mussolini’s government bill for parliamentary reform. The chamber adopted a Fascist electorial law de facto creating a single national constituency. Only Giolitti and Marcetta Soleri voted against alongside two allies, while Giolitti’s long career as a Liberal stalwart was noted. The veteran deputy, 86, has chaired the chamber for decades and spoke amid interruptions.
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Giolitti
Rome
Associated Press
Giovanni Giolitti
Chamber of Deputies
Grand Council
Italy
I T
Gioletti
Marcetta Soleri
Minnster of War and Finance
Giolett
Mussgnursere Abet
Guolith
Fesclat
Horatio
Fremier Marsolini
Giolitt
Supreme Order of Annunziata
Wanamaker Will Gives Two Million For Boys School
Rodman Wanamaker's will directs continued Wanamaker department store operations in Philadelphia and New York under seven trustees led by Whisman L. Nevin. The estate valued at about 875 million will benefit heirs and the business. The notable bequest provides 2 million to establish the John Wanamaker Free School of Artisans modeled after the Williamson Trades school for Boys at Media, Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Rodman Wanamaker
New York
Wanamaker
John Wanamaker
Nevin
Rodman
University of Pennsylvania
John Wanawaker
Whenu
Dismiss Love Suit Involving Ex Postal Employee
Mary F. Whitemore once of Mount Vernon New York and now Bridgeport resident asked White Plains court to dismiss a $100000 suit for violation of affection filed January 11 1926 by Henrietta M. Johnson Mount Vernon New Jersey. Whitemore claims no prosecution has occurred and the judge reserved decision. Also New Haven reports George Platt a former postal worker arrested for stealing a mail truck with registered mail from New Haven hospital. he admitted taking 124 dollars of the mail and spending 95 on a diamond ring found on him. He faces a $5000 bond and upcoming hearing.
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Mary FP. Whitemore
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Bridgeport
White Plains
Henrietta M. Johnson
Beechman Road
Jobson
New Haven
Associated Press
George Platt
JB Walme Street
Post Office
New Haven Hospital
Ernest LaBrake
Connecticut Fat Rendering Company
Wear Haven
Platt
Baees
Alcor Lomorrow
Helng
Plat
Latest report on Hinchcliffe false flyers still lost
Greenville Maine March 11 The report that William A Cole postmaster of Kokaijo saw an unidentified plane northwest at dawn was denied by Cole who told deputies he neither heard nor saw the craft Investigators traced rumors linking the missing Hinchcliffe monoplane to the sighting but search by woodsmen yielded no aircraft Moosehead Lake region ice is solid and conditions are rough for any landing authorities caution about trusting rumors amid the trans Atlantic search.
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Greenville
Associated Press
Wiliam A. Cole
Kokaijo
Adelbert J. Rogers
John Dye
Moosehead Lake
Uwinehliffe
Washington
Maine
Four Die in Blast at Hercules Powder Plant
Four men were killed and a fifth injured when three explosions ripped through the Hercules Powder Company plant in Valley Falls Vermont. The blasts shattered windows 20 miles away, damaged nearby towns, and the plant superintendent was injured by a falling telephone. Authorities attributed the first blast to a repair spark. the others followed from similar sparks.
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Harry White
E. L. Pickett
Hoostck River
Schaghticoke
Bennington
Shoftsbury
Poultney
Troy
Mechanicsville
Poestenkil
HAYS SPECULATED IN OIL ACCOUNT SHORT PROBERS TOLD
In Quebec speculation reports on missing college student Frances Smith surface via Bellevue convent lines. A St John family member and Massachusetts detective head to Quebec. James M. Martin of the railroad corroborates a girl’s Mon treal visit, with other officials expected. Washington reels as Teapot Dome ties surface. James P. Connery testifies Hays was about $100,000 short, with Sinclair bonds used to balance party debts.
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Hays
Quebec
Associated Press
Frances &J. John Bimith
Bellevue
New York
Miss Smith
Canada
St. John
Joseph Daley
Massachusetts
James M. Martin
J. K. Wilkinson
Canadian Pacific
Montreat
Chicago
Sinclair
Consolidated Oil Company
Sinclair Liberty Bonds
Republican National Committee
Senate Teapot Dome
James P. Connery
Connery
Hayp
Jim
Senate
Mays
Mass Securities
Inter
Smelat
Heys
Nye
Dako Chaiman
Kidnaping of RCH Hotel Man Sparks $10,000 Ransom Demand
James E. Hall, 54, wealthy hotel and cafe proprietor, was abducted from his Grosse Pointe home by two gunmen. Police received anonymous tip that James L. Shumway, local soft drink chain owner, was also being held for ransom. The case ties to a recent wave of extortion crimes. Hall's wife prepared to pay the $10,000 ransom against police advice.
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Detroit
Mich
Associated Press
James E. Hall
Grosse Pointe Village
James L. Shumway
Shumway
Harvey E. Watson
Hall
Mr. Hall
Yotice
Trapped in Bedrooms Two Are Burned to Death
PHILADELPHIA Pa March 16 Trapped in their bedrooms after their home in South Philadelphia had caught fire tonight Harry Hendricks sixty five and Jacob Liskosky seven were burned to death while policemen firemen and neighbors attempted to rescue them The boy s mother is in a critical condition in a hospital with a fractured skull sustained when she escaped from a second story window She also was burned severely The fire is believed to have been caused by defective wiring.
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Philadelphia
Harry Hendricks
Jacob Liskosky
Elephants Escort Nancy Miller to Hindu France's Palace
In Roombay India on March 16 Miss Nancy Ann Miller, an American girl, arrived in Barwani for her marriage to Tukokiao Holkar, ex Maharajah of Indore. An ornate elephant procession accompanied by 600 retinue members marked the wedding eve as crowds watched the lavish ceremony preparations and palace decorations. The unlikely romance began in the United States and moved to Paris, with Holkar noted as a diffident figure within Orientals and Europeans circles.
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Nancy Ann Miljer
Mussolini
Nancy Miller
France
Rombay
India
Amidat Shay Oriental
Nancy Ann Miller
Barwani
Tukokiao Holkar
Indore
Ovemaharaal
Miley Ve Devi Sharmi
Sion
Pringe
America
Senators Back Borah Refund Drive in Washington
Two Republican lawmakers joined Senator Borah of Idaho in supporting a fund of 6160 to repudiate a 1933 campaign deficit attributed to Harry F. P. Gl clair as lessee of Teapot Dome. Senator Cutting of New Mexico wrote a check for 1914, Senator Goff of West Virginia wired 1000 for 160 donors, while Senator Borah cited the fund’s moral obligation. Contributions poured in from across the country as the Idahoan pressed for repayment measures despite modest first day support.
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Washington
Associated Press
Senate Borah
Idaho
Harry FP
Gl Clair
Teapot Dome
Cutting
Mexico
Goff
Republican
West Vaginia
Borsh
Idahoan
Costes and LeBrx Sail for Japan on Way Home
Contained in a dispatch from San Francisco the French airmen Captain Costes and Lieutenant Commander Joseph Brix sail aboard the Korea Maru bound for Japan. The pair will visit Yokohama and plan a goodwill flight to Paris via French Liaison, Italy, and China, completing a record flight from Pontoise.
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San Francisco
Die
Costes
Joseph Brix
Japan
Castes
Pans
Yokokaura
Italy
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