Miss Macri's Troubled Expression Noted In Trial
New Haven May 7 Two witnesses for the state testified they saw Olympia Macri talking with John Bagnano for over an hour before she shot him on Feb 26. The defense pressed for details on whether Bagnano carried a revolver while Macri appeared subdued in court. The trial for first degree murder continues beyond this week as more testimony is expected.
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New Haven
Olympia
Mack
John Bagnano
Bagnano
John Coggins
Poli Theatre
Miss Macri
Arnon A. Alling
Post
Goggins
Crnes
Mr. Koletsky
Great Britain pushes to exempt warships from arms control at Geneva
At Geneva the British delegate Aubrey Smith urged removing warships from the arms control category, arguing publicity over sales suffices. Japan and Italy backed the proposal. France, Brazil, Hungary, Poland and China considered it. Theodore Burton proposed a new clause banning international traffic in poison gas for war purposes, drawing broad support before referral to experts.
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Geneva
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
Theodore LE. Burton
Ohio
France
All
Brazil
Hungary
Poland
China
Aubrey Smith
Conference
Tenteht
Hubbell Heirs Seek Legal Advice on Church Site
Over 25 of Amos Hubbell’s heirs met at Harry W. Walker’s home to decide how to dispose of the Bread and John streets property formerly the First Congregational church site. A three member committee was named to obtain a legal advisor and secure court order with trustee signatures relinquishing claim to the property.
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Amos Hubbell
Harry W. Walker
Algonquin Road
Bread and John Streets
First Congregational Church
Congregatione
Mwalf
Broad Street
Congregational Church
Rocky
Church Society
French Outposts Surrounded by Rifflin Troops
Paris reports indicate Rif tribesmen trap French columns near Djebal Bibane and eastward as air supply and water drops by ice aid small garrisons. Tense trench fighting may prolong the Morocco conflict, stirring political questions at home.
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Paris
Morocco
Colombat
Djebal Bibane
Freydenburg
Posta
Organas
Ouergia
Quotidian
Radical Socialet Coalition
Rift County
Abd-e-Krim
Girl Bootlegger 18 Fined in Greenwich Court
Miss Eleanor Burke 22 of Boston was fined 150 dollars and coats. Har J Gohen 20 of Dorchester was jailed 60 days and fined 260 dollars for transporting liquor. Six gallons of wine and 200 bottles were found in the car. Judge Mead noted equality, and the prosecuting attorney cited leniency.
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Greenwich
Eleanor Burke
Boston
Mass
Har J. Gohen
Dorchester
Mead
Mist Burke
Macri Brother Breaks Probation in New Haven
Tos tph Macri 13 brother of Olympia Macri now on trial for murder was arrested on a warrant charging violation of probation. He had been arrested December 18, 1924 on a charge of idleness by his father who ordered work and reporting to the probation officer, with the last report January 6 of this year.
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New Haven
Tos
Tph Macri
Olymia Macri
John Bagnano
Macri
Joseph Macri
Helpless Babies Starve at New York Baby Home
District Attorney says a woman running an East 86th Street baby home may face homicide charges. Helen Geisen Volk held on 85,000 bail amid reports of12 deaths in one month and multiple complaints by mothers. A former nurse described cruelty while a father recounted a misplaced infant.
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New York
Helen Auguste Geisen-Valk
East 86Th Street
White
Geinen-Volk
Geisen-Volk
William Angerer
Manhattan
Bridgeport Bond Reports Delayed Amid Tax Bill Fight
Hartford May 7 report says Bridgeport seeks 806000 Yellow Mill Creek bridge bonds and 500000 of 700000 pavement bonds may be withheld until after the Ripper tax bill battle is settled by the Legislature. Mayor I W Behrena leads a supervisory committee including Wilbert Sanford Henry A Bishop Waldo Bryant and others.
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Telegram
Hartford
Bridgeport
I. W. Behrena
Yellow Mul Creek
Wilbert Sanford
Aldermaine Board
Henry A. Bishop
Library Board
Waldo C. Bryant
JH Bryant Electric Company
Wred A. Strong
Dibrany and Park Boards
D. Fairchild Wheeler
Bridgeport Land and Tithe Company
Franklin Cogill
Cotter and MacKenzie Company
Appointment of Democrat Urged by GOP Leader
Hartford May 1 There are no registered Republican lawyers in Derby Judge Alfred C Baldwin told the judiciary committees to urge the appointment of William F Healey as judge of the city court Healey would partner with former Congressman Patrick B O Sullivan Baldwin said both Healey and his opponent Joseph D Sheehy had supported the Republican party The hearing will be continued Tuesday for further testimony
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Hartford
Derby
Alfred C. Baldwin
Judiciary
Sheehy
Democrats Reconcile For City Campaign Unity
Democratic leaders in the Ninth district end factional fighting after a harmony meeting. George M. Coughlin, Francis P. Dunigan and Lawrence J. Gill ally with John A. Cornell to avoid primary battles, boosting a united front for the Mayoralty campaign.
Explosions Hit Brooklyn House. Police Probe Bootleg Feud
Police in New York probe a bootleg feud theory after two blasts wreck a Brooklyn house in the Sheepshead Bay area. One person killed and five injured, hospitals alerted for any injured suspects. Frank Spinelli, owner of the ruined building, was arrested on burglary charges amid the chaotic scene.
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New York
Sheensnead Bay
Brooklyn
Frank Spinell
Real Tennessee style biscuits lure air chiefs to Eva
Major General Mason Patrick and Captain St Clair Streett landed near Eva Tennessee after darkness halted their Memphis to Nashville flight. Mrs. Holland hosted a late supper and the officers ate again at dawn before resuming their journey. The episode revealed to local residents who later learned the visitors were high ranking air service officers.
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Eva
Tenn
Associated Press
Tennessee
Mason M. Patrick
United States Army Air Service
St. Clair Streett
B . Holland
Memphia
Nashville
Jennessis River
Streett
Norwalk School Executive Feted At Dinner
George V. Buchanan, former Norwalk superintendent, received strong support at a testimonial dinner held at the Royal James Inn. Prominent locals praised his academic career while supporters, including two opposing school board members, spoke. Judge John Walsh presented a watch to Mr. Buchanan as community goodwill, with the Norwalk High School orchestra providing music.
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Norwalk
George V. Buchanan
Royal James Inn
Wiliam J. Tracy
Jess Dunbar
Buchanan
C. J. Finn
St. Mary's Church
Mes
R. Ma. Clausland
John H. Light
C. PF. Lewis
Trinity Church
Samuel Roedner
John Walsh
WH. ‘Iacobs
South Norwalk Congregational Church
Mr. Buchanan
Walsh
Norwalk High School
Thatcher resigns from hospital board and Fitch’s Home
Captain John I. Thacher of Hartford has resigned from the Soldiers' hospital board and as a trustee of Fitch's Home for Soldiers and Sailors citing ill health. He served in the Civil War with the Twentieth Connecticut Volunteers, enlisting August 21, 1862, later involved in signals at Hartford and in the victory’s aftermath. He was an officer with the Connecticut Fire Insurance Company.
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Trumbullus
John I. Thacher
Soldiers’ Hospital Board
Fitch's Home For Soldiers and Sailors
Thacher’ Tern
Ialy
Twentieth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
Barlord
Roberts
Lee
Old State House
Hartford
Germany
Thavhep
Lam
Connecticut Fire Insurance Company
Newfoundland Legislature Ends Long Session
The Newfoundland legislature, in session since February 11, was prorogued by Governor Sir William Allardyce. Major acts include seals redistribution on the legislative highway, abolition of income tax, a $1,000,000 dock project, a $1,000,000 hotel funded by private concessions, and $2,000,000 for highway construction. Future plans include woman suffrage.
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ST. Johns
Associated Press
Wiliam Allardyce
Legishighway
Strikers Return to Work at Abpa Han Welfe Garment Plant
Seven hundred workers of Abpa Han Welfe and Company will return to work Monday morning after a three week strike ended by arbitration. The firm conceded to reinstate previously discharged needle workers and the wage dispute of six months ago will be settled by two arbitrators from both sides.
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Abpahan Welfe and Company
Sprucentree
Pew
Ripper tax changes would shift Bridgeport finances
Hartford May 7 under revisions of the ripper tax the bill reports favorably in the House committee would place virtually all Bridgeport finances under the upstate faction with the governor appointing key officers and the mayor limited to appointing three of seven contract and supply board members salaries listed at 7500 dollars for several posts and 3000 for a clerk the measure also provides for six year terms and staged appointments to phase in control by upstate interests.
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Telegram
Hartford
Legislative, Cities and Boroughs
House of Representatives
Covennes
Ups
Board of Contract and Supply
Bridgeport
Ome Henehtor
Board of Contract and Ply
Louisa J. Reilly
Upatate
Board of Contract & Supply
William Blodgett
Cities Boroughs Committee
David S. Day
Aney John A. Cornell
Birport
Board of Ralties
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Hubbell Heirs
Abd- El-Krim
Rabat
Lywutey
French Morocco
Marshal Lyautey
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Dar Ben Karrich
Odul el Karfa
Rio Martin
Wad Lau
Oued Laon
Los Angeles
San Juan
Porto Ries
United States
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Ripper
Bill
If Coughlin
Dunigan and Gill
Cornell
George M. Coughlin
Francis P. Dunigan
Lawrence J. Gill
Ninth District
John A. Cornell
Eighth District
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Dunigan
Gill
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Atwater
Coughlin
Democratic Party
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John J. McGuinness
William Hogan
William J. Moran
William J. Moran Amd
Michael Small
Francis Y. Dunigan
Joseph J. Devinu
Joseph FP. Wieler
James Gruty
Air Chie
Patrick
Captain Streett
Sampleport
Post Road
Missing Chief
Westport
iWhite Hayes
Courtland
Drakes
Joseph Adams
Hayes
BernardsScully
West Road
Edard D. Matcheon
Thomas Gilormino
Naugatuck Avenue
Devon
Vega
John Gchenkows
Grand Street
Wegal
Joesph Fuchs
Glendale Avenue
Porchester
N. C
Reckess
Benjamin Silver
Easton
Harold B. Hammond
Clinton Avenue
Jon
Raymond Moreno
Stamford
Moad
Usted Norwalk School
Thatcher
Hospital
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