Community Chest debates private to public funding shift
A Bridgeport Telegram article discusses the Community Chest financing model, noting New Haven’s growing private budget and urging consideration of transferring some activities to municipal funding. It argues private welfare work may be excessive and warns against expanding tax burdens via government-backed Chest support. It also touches on unrelated international commentary about wartime and a typographical error in a Mellon Hibben exchange.
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Community Chest
The
George W. Herger
Community Chest of
New Haven
Register
New Havven
Berger
New Taven Fe
New England
Mr. Berger
Toto
Seven Bucks and a Debt Bound Friendship
A speaker recalls a vow to not lend money to friends, lamenting lost ties as old companions come asking for coins. He notes his intention to keep a few remaining friends near for sympathy and shared moments, while refusing requests to borrow.
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James Adolphus Fitzhugh Fonts
Nungesser the fiving Frenchman and war ace
A lengthy profile celebrates Charles Nungesser, famed Allied pilot credited with 125 enemy planes down. The piece recalls his war injuries, patched skull and limbs, and continued aerial feats in peacetime. It reflects on strength amid medical scars and a village tale about virtue and success.
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Charles Nungesser
Nungesser
Reif
Editor punished for outspoken China views in Shanghai
John B. Powell editor of the China Weekly Review in Shanghai faced removal from a Shanghai club presidency and the paper was ousted from the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce after publishing remarks criticizing American interference in Chinese affairs. Powell defended free expression and said the Chinese people have a right to express themselves.
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John B. Powell
China Weekly Review
Shanghai
Chamber of Commerce
America
Lam
Powell
Shanghai Chamber of Commerce
China
Manhattan Days and Nights by Herbert Corey
In New York on May 9, Herbert Corey portraits a broke man who has endured poverty while trying to hold his life together. The narrative traces his struggles from welfare Island to street work, taxi driving, and door to door selling as his wife’s danger and fear haunt them, yet his resolve remains.
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Welfare Island
Plesicians
Sentence Sermons For Work And Virtue In Public Life
A compact, dated moral exhortation urges prioritizing effort to reach goals and reduce excuses. It links finding good in people to happiness, enforcing law to safeguard society, supporting officers to prevent trouble, protecting posterity to ensure prosperity, pleasing God to satisfy the public, and notes reformers will care for the married.
Political Pointers on pensions and armory plans in New Haven area
The report notes debates over pensions for police and fire personnel, with many officers still working in civilian roles. It quotes West Haven and Bridgeport officials, mentions a proposed New Haven armory costing about 50,000, and outlines state Capitol budget items including highway work, a new armory, and various state building projects. It also covers local campaigns, such as endorsements of Mayor Fehrens and the shift in park board terms, along with Governor Smith’s anniversary and legislative actions affecting schooling and public works.
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West, Haven
Ew Haven
Legislatire
Seleck
Frank D. Altert
New Haven
Alling
West Harven
Park Board
Mesabeara
Common Council
Stamford
Senate
Angelo M. Taanesaa
New Britain
Paonesan
Croton-on-the-Hudson
N. Y
Paonessa Frat
George
Quigley
Benjamin W. Alling
Paonessan
Gardner C. Weld
Hig
Paonessa
Hoe
Lake Pocatopaug
Huanipten
New Bi
New State Armor
Norwich State Hospital
New Britain Normal School
Capitol Avenue
Washington and
Buckingham
Startford
True School
Hartford
Hammonassett Beach
Manafield State
Sun Spots By Dr. Pra: Sun Theory of All Troubles
A satirical piece blames social ills on sun spots and jokes about tax, fashion, and health. It mocks politicians and scientists proposing sun activity as the sole cause of woes. The narrator, in a letter style, hedges between humor and critique of modern theories.
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Pra
Sax
Republican Party
In Love By Anne Cawprule Poem Fragment
Fragmented OCR styled verse uses garbled lines about summer, love, flowers, and nature. Voices evoke a romantic scene with repeated “in love” lines and scattered, unclear phrases. The readable portions suggest a lyrical meditation on affection amid seasonal imagery.
Questionable Living Arrangements and Clergy Roles in Mental Health Care
A long reader letter from Malvern, Ark discusses domestic strife over in-law cohabitation and urges prompt removal of undesirables by May 1. It shifts to critique church involvement with the insane in state hospitals, urging more clergy participation and community aid, and ends with an explanation of the biblical figure Gashmu and its modern gossiping topos.
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Boston
Maas
New York State
Asylum Ia
Nehamiah
Gashmu
Nehemiah
Sanbaliat
Jerusalem
Sanballat
Ecanda
Peopl
Rain and politics mix in 1928 election musings
The Daily Mirror considers rainfall patterns and other factors as influences on election outcomes. It discusses how droughts or wet periods historically aligned with party shifts and ponders whether current conditions, including the temperance issue, may sway voters. It notes the difficulty of predicting elections from weather and suggests other non meteorological influences may drive results.
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Washington
Jupiter Pluvius
van Buren
Willam Henry Harrison
Strang
Andrew Jackson
Covernor Smith
Cullinan to Speak at United Church
Roman Catholic attorney Cullinan will speak at the United church Wednesday night conference session in May 1931. The Junior Board of Deacons organizes the meeting with remarks by Pastor Dr William Horace Day praising Marshal and Al Smith for bringing the issue into the open.
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Thotass Sy. Cullinan
United Church
White House
1 United Church
Marshal
al Smith
Wiliam Horace Day
Weather forecast for Southern New England and Atlantic states
Weather summary covers Southern New England with a warmer trend Tuesday and Wednesday, increasing cloudiness, possible showers and thunderstorms, and cooler temperatures in Vermont by Wednesday. Northern New York and Northern New England see showers Tuesday and Wednesday with variable temperatures. A low-pressure system east of Newfoundland and a moving western storm bring rain and storms east of the Mississippi within 3 days. Winds north of Sandy Hook moderate to fresh with overcast and local rain along the Atlantic coast. Almanac notes include sunset and sunrise times and a list of cities observing the weather data.
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New England
Massachusetts Co
New York
Main
Vermont
New Foundland
Alaska
McKenzie Basin
Mississippi River
Hoys
Anantt
North Atlante Star
Copley
Atlantic States
Te Florrid
Peninsula
New Engand
Sandy Hook
South Am
Hatteras
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Atlanti
Black Island
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Duluth
Jacksonville
Nantucket
New Haven
New Orleans
New
Yakertoikorthfield
Mitteburgh
Portland
St. Louis
Minneapoln
Washington
ALLY
Telegram
Y.ieee
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Samuel C. Shaw
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