Connecticut Republicans Split Over Women Jury Bill
Hartford May 2 Twelve Republican senators joined Democrats in voting against rejecting a bill allowing women to serve on juries. The measure, urged by the Connecticut League of Women Voters, was tabled for calendar and printing and could face Senate action Tuesday. Senator Wilder defended rejecting the bill while others urged amendments.
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Telegram Star
Hartford
Judiciary Committee
Roll Call
War & Measure
Connecticut, League of Women Voters
Senate
Arthur F. Fils
Judiciary
Thomas F. McGrath
Waterbury
Doty
Trail in kidnapping leads to Ogdensburg New York
Verner Alexanderson six was abducted from Schenectady New York on Monday. Police traced the trail to Ogdensburg after a local garage owner reported two men who resembled the suspects used and stored a car there. The car was owned by an Ogdensburg man.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Verner Alexanderson
Ogdensburg
Iker
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Kent Cries for Justice As Probe into Death of Youth
Kent reports deepen mystery in death of 19 year old Fred Carter, nephew of the late Gov Charles B Andrews. Miss Jennie Barker, who reared him, is isolated with guardian Miss Mary Hatch, resisting all contact. The case arouses public demand for investigation while officials refrain from comment.
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Kent
Fred Carter
Charles B. Andrews
Jennie Barker
Mary Hatch
Carter
Mary A. Carter
Andrews
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Watson Building
New Jersey
Medicil
W. M. Barnem
Miss Barker
Housatonic
COS COB WOMAN WINS COUNTER DIVORCE CASE
In Cos Cob, Ethel Kemson, plaintiff, faced a counter suit by Lewis Thomson. Referee Milton A. Shumway recommended a decree in favor of Thomson on claims of cruel treatment, while custody of two children goes to the father. Alimony was denied. an attachment on Thomson’s property stood unconfirmed.
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Lewis
Shum Z
Small Girl Is Painfully Injured in Auto Accident
Three were injured yesterday in automobile accidents. Rita Cullen, eight, of 178 Gregory Street, suffered a broken collar bone and shoulder blade at five when knocked down by a car driven by Volderauer of Warfield. A companion was injured and a bicycle rider lost control on Fairfield Avenue Seeley Street. Gray, age unknown, threw to pavement and suffered skull injuries. Charles Carlie of Lexington Avenue injured on Middle Street. A delivery vehicle incident on Vourllind Street caused further damage. James Wickferd of Davemore was driving a motor truck involved in the final crash.
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Rita Cullen
Gregory Streat
Racst Volderauer
Grasmere Avenue
Warfield
Warren and
Gregory Streets
Peliue
Airfield
Waa
Relligion
Fairfield Avenue
Seeley Street
Carl Kungert
Ade Lerrace
Gray
Cy Hams
Interdeck
Charles Carfile
Lexington Avenue
Middle Street
Fred al
Njured
Gold Street
Witthy Arl A. Watversitort
Valet Street
Steen
Trathine Field Avenue
Down Street
Greote
WH. Frazer
Courtland Etter
Aldecar
Wats
el Fab
Mall Dantee
Asa
James Wickferd
Il Davemore Survel
Bridgeport council wary of tax hike as public works debated
Bridgeport faces a crowded agenda with appeals against widening Middle Street, calls for a sugar boycott, and tense police and fire board politics. Officials weigh budgets while crime and labor issues surface, including a missing person alert and the arrest of a purse thief released from state prison.
Bridgeport Baseball Club Faces Sellout Threat for Subscriptions
Bridgeport based franchise in the Eastern League faces loss of support with a plea for $100 subscriptions from business men and manufacturers. Club president Clark P. Lane Jr warns the franchise may be sold to another New England city if local backing does not improve. Chamber of Commerce backs moral and financial aid as attendance at local games rises but profits remain lean.
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Bridgeport
New England
Clark P. Lane
Elty Cor
Elty
Chamber of Commerce
Rhe Tenia
Stanlay
Teane
American Chain Athletic Association
Aleady
PLS
Lane
Newfield Park
Gene ‘Anns
Buffalo
Philadelphia Nationals
Albany
Hartford
Lund
Pew
Bill Skit
Ray Crimes
Ray Grimes
Steuffer
L Blas
New Tiven
Contrias
Acme
Fairfeld County Midals
Supreme Court
Licenae
New Maven
Neighbarhood
Connissioners
Rum Fleet Exits New Jersey Shore Under Cover of Darkness
High lands New Jersey reports fleets leaving the coast as the British tanker Warslava and a yacht resume steam and depart unseen. A government cutter halted a small unidentified steamer en route to the sea, prompting other fleet vessels to head to sea or return to their anchorage at night.
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Highlands
N. J
Associated
New Jersey
Gen
New City Court Policy Succeeds in Eradicating Rum Trade
Bridgeport enforces a strict policy with police cooperation to halt liquor sale and consumption. Arrests mount as drunkenness cases reveal suppliers. Joseph Niedrziewski of 538 Main Street identified as the liquor source and placed under arrest. Additional suspects and witness requests follow as court actions proceed.
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Bridgeport
Willian Murray
Brooklyn
Westerday Marings
Tepu Mudge Willam Jr. Buckley
Joseph Niedriewski
Main Street
Niedriewski
New German Note Breaks Deadlock Faces British Opinion
London reports that Germany’s fresh note to the Entente is seen as a push to restart reparations talks, aiming to restore the status quo quickly. Paris factions call the terms preposterous, viewing the plan as reopening Versailles and risking a loan failure with a neutral commission decision.
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Germany
Marquis Altzon
House of Lords
Ruhr
France
England
Ems
Hughes
Paris
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Berlin
Versaile
Bridgeport Radio Alarm Seeks Missing Litchfield Girl
Bridgeport radio station broadcast an alarm to aid in finding Miss Elizabeth Coit, a 22 year old daughter of the National Bank of Litchfield president, missing since Monday. Descriptions cited striking blue eyes and eyebrows, with clues traced from Montclair New Jersey to Danbury and Waterbury areas. The broadcast urged public assistance and provided receivers in several regions.
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Litchfield
Aid County
Elizabeth Coit
Montclair
N. J
Danbury
New Jersey
National Bank of Litchfield
A. J.P
Bro Varlton Weidenhammer
Park Avenue
Bridgeport Hiudielab
Tom
Mias Coit
Mandaie Brisyer
Grand Central
Atti
Boas
Berkshire
Explosion at Russian factory kills about 100 officials report
Moscow offices report an ammunition factory blast in the government of Turа Russia. The Venteat News bulletin lists Malinikett and many military officers among the dead and includes three members of the local soviet.
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Tura
Russia
Moscow
Malinikett
Snviet
Starving Crank in Attempt on Life of J. D. Rockefeller Jr
A starving silk worker, George Murad, 30, from Canada, pressed a knife and needles on J D Rockefeller Jr as he exited his West Fifty Fourth Street home. He followed, protested by Rockefeller, and was subdued by police after resisting arrest and taken to Bellevue Hospital, claiming he sought work not harm.
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J.D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York City
New York
Greenwich
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
West Fifty-Fourth Street
George Murad
Canada
John de. Rockefeller Sr
Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Rockefeller Mansion
Murad
Muy
Sveral
Rockefelter
Fifth Avenue
Sion
Lie
Bellevue Hospital
Former convict charged with stealing purse in city
Eugene Berger of 413 Barnum avenue, released from state prison four months ago after a three year sentence for factory burglary, is charged with robbing Mrs Mary Sheehan on Lafayette street near West Liberty. Sheehan chased the thief, aided by Dr Edward L McGovern, and police recovered the purse and items. Berger, found with about $32, denies the offense as investigators weigh circumstantial evidence.
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Barnum Avenue
Berger
Mary Sheehan
Lafayette Street
Lafayatte Street
West Liberty Street
Ladly
McGovern
House Rds
Broadreset
Court Street
Strucd
Sheehan
Torrington Man Digs Up Skeleton in Yard
May 2 A skeleton was found several days ago by Eugene Curtis on the farm in Northfield. The remains were in an adult condition and appeared to have been there about three years.
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Eugene Curtis
Tle
Northfield
Ad&l
Dr E George Payne To Address Mass Meeting
Dr F George Payne of New York University leader of the safety movement will speak at tonight's mass meeting of civic societies and city and state agencies to discuss the accident situation. Officials and club leaders including Commissioner Robbins B Stoekek Mayor Atwater Police Commissioner Fire Chief Dennis E Johnson and representatives from Rotary Kiwanis Lions Change Engineers A B chemical Society Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers' Association will attend by invitation of the Safety Council. Dinner opens the meeting at the Algonquin at 7 p.m.
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F. George Payne
New York University
America
Robbins B. Stoekek
Motor Vehicle Department
Atwater
Philo C. Calhoun
Denis E. Johnson
Rotary
Kiwanis
Liona
Hemical Society
Chamber of Goat
Merce and Manufacturers
Avacheon
Safety Council
Women leaders urge sugar boycott of Bridgeport schoolchildren
Mus Ella G Fleck and Mrs Frank H Riley announce plans to petition the Board of Education and Parent-Teacher associations to launch a sugar boycott among Bridgeport students. They cite tariffs and cost increases as the cause, and say the movement is growing with support from local women's clubs and teachers associations. The effort follows a New York pledge by schoolchildren to avoid sweets to aid housewives and sweet suppliers.
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Democratic Women’s
Charce
Education Board
Parent-Teacher
Price
Ella G. Fleck
Frank H. Riley
Democratic Women's
Bridgeport
Board of Education
Newthr
Riley
B. Everett Cart’ Meht
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Temocraft: Club
New York
Gowlig
Jeremiah Holmes
Cereat Teacher Association
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