Henry Ford narrowly survives deliberate crash in Detroit
DETROIT March 30 AP Henry Ford lay in hospital after a larger car allegedly forced his Ford coupe off Michigan Avenue bridge into a 16-foot embankment. Witnesses Ern est Wilhelm and Carl Mekovitz saw the plunge and reported the incident to Dearborn police. Doctors described contusions, a concussion, and transient blood in urine and sputum with recovery expected. investigators consider it a possible deliberate attack.
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Mich
Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
Michigan Avenue
River Rouge
Abed
Detroit Jet Press
Ford
Wren
Elm Street
Elma Street
Rouge River Bridge
Hopeoner Ford
Rouge River
Ernest Wilhelm
Carl Mekovitz
Pearhorn
Mgr. Ford
House River Bridge
Dearborn
Chinese Salvation and Labor Strife Highlight Page One
A Cantonese leader warns of a general strike as Chinese and Japanese tensions flare. Reports note Nanking sanctions and shifts in concessions while American and British contacts navigate regional unrest. Page 1 coverage also references strikes, legislative debates, and a train crash tragedy, with ongoing international and domestic implications.
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Nanking
Charmcetiada
Lomton
Chen
Shangasi
Bridgeport
Dune Hill Base
Menares
Clothier
Mintrial
Stanley Y. Beac
New York
Veeranaul
New Haven
Pilice Sock Hin
Offiver
Municipal Court Move Sparks Heated Hearing in Hartford
Hartford March 30. The Joint Diary Committee halted its Bridgeport hearing to oppose a bill creating a municipal court for small civil and juvenile cases. Proponents led by Senator Hull and Attorney Mika argued the need to relieve the present city court. opponents warned of overreach and lack of dignity in justice trials. The measure plans a $6,000 judgeship and $2,000 clerical post, with aims to replace some functions of the city and juvenile courts and justices of the peace.
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Hartford
Judiary Committee
Bridgeport
Robert H. Gould
Samuel Reich
Mibert O. Hull
Gaza Mika
Joseph Cubelli
Charles Weingarten
Arthur M. Marah
David S. Day
Law Sirm
Marsh
Hull
Mika
Justices of ‘ Peace
Pergzons
Walcott Backs Governor Plan For State Manager Board
Hartford March 30 Senator Frederic Walcott Norfolk chairman of the finance committee endorsed a governor called special session to create a state managerial board to supervise department finances and boost efficiency. He said the plan, supported by Governor Trumbull and the state Chamber of Commerce, could place Connecticut ahead in wartime administration. The address urged a week or two session to develop the plan.
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General Assembly
Cons Trai
Mane
Frederic, Walcott
Norfolk
Legislative Commission On Finance
Farmers’ Association of One
Walcott
Trumbull
State Chamber of Commerce
Union
Stanley Beach Inheritance Suit Opens In New York Court
The case, filed by Jennie Gasper of New York, questions Stanley Y Beach's competence to receive trust income after his father Frederick Beach created a fund in 1914. Justice Peters presides as wife and relatives in Stratford seek a conservator, citing alleged moral turpitude and an eighteen year old marriage. The 1926 income around $5000 remains tied to ongoing probate actions.
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Beneh
Stratford
New York
Oneaume Fron
Burt Pide
Jennie Gasper
Frederick Beach
Stanley
Wales
Supreme Court
Peters
Stanley ¥. Beach
John Smith
Thestratford
Beach
Mate Doughtdy
Sears Ghd
Liquor Delivered to Exclusive Clubs of City Says Simpson
Bridgeport clergyman Rev Charles W Simpson accuses liquor delivery to exclusive city clubs. He claims a Cadillac transports liquor to these clubs and urges police action, endorsing editorial calls to identify and shut down more speakeasies.
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Bodge
Charles W. Simpson
Bridgeport Dry Cruagher
Tetegran
Four Die As Big Coal Blast Hits Emrenfeld Mine
Three hundred miners faced a terrifying blast at the Pennsylvania Coal and Cook company mine in Emrenfeld. Four men died in the explosion while many others survived, with rescue teams and inspectors sifting the shafts to determine the cause believed to be a runaway trip breaking a trolley wire igniting coal dust.
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Emrenfeld
Pennsylvania
Nine No
Pennsylvania Coal and Cook Company
Net
Tte
Theas
Ehrenfeln
Zer
Radio Conditions Need Uplift Urged At Hearing
Washington report outlines needed overhaul of the national broadcasting system within months. The American Engineering Council panel says policy changes would be hard after initial system establishment but must plan for eventual integration. Labor, industry, and public voices push for consumer benefit over private profit while debated topics include reducing frequency separation, simultaneous broadcasting, station spacing, and time division.
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Washington
Sid Nn
Federal
Radio Comiittee
American Engineering Council
Francis St. Austrel
Iewa Listenera League
Haward M. Nockles
Chicago Federation of Labor
WCFU
Chicago
Organized Labor
Alfred N. Goldsmith
National Broadcasting Company
Fire Here Threatens Block On Fairfield Avenue
Fire last night gutted a basement area in a four story block at Fairfield Avenue and Broad Street. Firemen halted a blaze of unknown origin, limiting damage to about 406 dollars to the cellar and a vacant store area formerly Giovan’s gate shop. Crowds gathered as firefighters battled the flames, with the story continuing on another page.
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Fairfield Avenue
Broad Street
Louin Weichler
Weidilch Brocers Manufacturing Company
Giivan
Uate
Rippler Amendment Killed in House by Ledger Reporter
Hartford March 30 old records show the Rippre RUL, two years old, aimed at tax control in Hingeport Juway, was decisively killed in the House. Chairman John Lynch of the Chiles and Boroughs committee reported unfavorably citing tax assessment issues in Heidgeport. Lyne and the BIW had been withdrawn.
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Hartford
General Assembly
House
John Lynch
Chiles and Boroughs
Heidgeport
I. Lyne
BIW
Vice Consul Shot by Ex-Resident Here
Pasquale De Cieco vice consul in New Haven since 1921 was shot in his office yesterday afternoon by a man believed to be Giovanni D Augila, a former resident now sought by police. A sawed off shotgun caused wounds to the head and eye. D Au stille fled as detectives cordon off East Bridgeport in a citywide hunt with houses guarded through the night.
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Hallan
New Haven
Giovanni D’augila
How
East Main
Hamilton
de Crece
Bt. Raphael
James Ramweny
Mast Bridgeport
Aumtio
East
Bridgeport
Han
D'Ausiilo
Uice
D'Austile
de Cicco
Mistrial Ordered in Eames Suit
In New Haven yesterday afternoon Judge Alfred C. Baldwin ordered a mistrial in the case of Dorothy Braham of Milford versus George M. Eames, general manager of Singer Sewing Machine, Bridgeport. Braham seeks $39,000 for facial disfigurement and injuries from a drunken driving crash on January 18 1924 near Stratford. Eames contends negligence is unfounded and has paid $696 for medical bills.
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Alfred C. Baldwin
Shuperior Court
New Haven
Benjamin B. Slade
Dorothy Braham
Milford
George M. Fames
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Bridgeport
Slade
Miss Braham
Rockwell and Company
Eames
Ding
Cronoque
Stratford
Dham
Suilman
Comley
Elanies
Cantonese Warned by Japanese Admiral Amid Rising Strikes
In Shanghai and Hankow reports say Eugene Chen is set to press for early surrender of foreign and French concessions. A Japanese official warned Cantonese forces of drastic steps if they attack foreign ships or settle workers refuse to quit. The unrest spreads with strikes, anti foreign activity, and US and British naval movements increasing tension along the Yangtze.
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London
Eugene Chen
Shanghai
Daily Mall
Percival Phil de
Chen
Nanking
Chang Kai-Shek
Chang
Hanhka
United States
Stroyer
John D. Ford
Manila
Ting
Japan
Britain hardens stance over Nanking killings report
London reports Britain will pause concessions until Nationalist authorities prove order. Foreign Secretary Chamberlain told Parliament uniformed soldiers were behind Nanking disorders and considered steps of response. Observers note growing Anglo American cooperation in Far East and Britain’s resolve to keep Hong Kong.
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London
China
Great Britain
Downing Street
Haakow
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Far East
Britain
Hongong
Japan
Italy
Tientsin
Nanking
Chang Kai-Shek
United States
Gould Referred as Fabius of the Bar in Hartford Hearing
Hartford March 30 A clash between Bridgeport lawyers arose in a Judiciary Committee hearing on a proposed Municipal Court for Bridgeport. Attorney Arthur M. Marsh mocked Robert H Gould calling him a Fabius of the bar while Gould favored the bill as speeding small court business.
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Bridgeport
Judiciary
Park City
Arthur M. Marah
Robert H. Gould
Marah
Gould
News Court
Marsh
Faubius
Quintus Fabius
James Alan
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