Two Marines Die as Rebels Attack in Nicaragua
May 18 AP dispatch reports American marines in Nicaragua suffered their first serious casualties since January. Corporal Anthony Fusach and Private WHE Ee were killed, Privates Achiron and others wounded lightly after a rebel attack near Leon. Admiral Latimer, commanding American forces, said a longer report would follow. The clash occurred amid a volatile Nicaraguan situation as U.S. troops protect lives and property.
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Focherd Bo Ruetanan
Vecity
Vate Marvin
Achron
Chicago
Se Savy
Euerrita Band
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Anthony J. Fusach
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Sima
Wei
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Latimer
Ivan Vamp
T. Silersen
Erin Ely Eambest
Ceil
Rex
Belien
Dave Gesciptedd
Sbrabken
Merman
Meine Corps
Bridgeport Man Electrocuted In Bus Station Incident
A Bridgeport man is killed after an electrical arc at a bridgeon station. The event involves a live electrical line passing through a steel pivot and into a man’s body, with other bystanders injured as responders remove him from the scene amid chaotic details and unclear causes. Local authorities investigate the fatal incident and its surrounding circumstances.
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Komensky
Komensky Was Stendingy
Captain Buchanan a Norwalk Native Killed in Nicaragua
Captain Richard B. Buchanan, once a Norwalk resident, was killed by Nieargroup guerillas near Ta Paz Centre in Nicaragua. His father George V. Buchanan served as Norwalk school superintendent. Richard enlisted from Norwalk and served with the Marine Corps aboard the Arkansas. He was married with three children. his wife Mrs Miriiovie Buchanan resides in Washington.
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Ta. Paz Centre
Nicrragia Cory
Norwalk
Itis
George V. Buchanan
Schooly
Rimscle
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Marine
Miriiovie
Washington
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Bo Arkansas
Tart
Nicaragus
Supposed Murder Victim Killed by Car Theory Explored
Reported on May 8 in orange as investigators reexamine the death of Sachs whose body was found on Pramo tart road. Dr Victor Wepalewski cites a second autopsy indicating a vehicle struck the man, not a blunt blow. Police noted the pockets were turned inside out and money missing, but later learned Sachs wore his watch days earlier. Nine persons questioned by the coroner as investigators probe whether theft or intoxication led to the fatal incident.
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Tris
New Haven
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Quake Street
Selinsky
Jim
Tomother
Per- Ian Yelag
Zelinsky
Doctors Demand Removal of Medicinal Liquor Limits
Washington May 16 Doctors urged abolishing legal restraints on prescribing whiskey and importing crude opium before the American Medical Association House of Delegates. Dr Wendell C. Phillips called current liquor limits a peril to medical integrity and warned Congress may bow to reform zealots. A separate resolution sought excluding heroin from crude opium and argued it aids medieval surgical practice. Delegates also backed restricting unsafe additives in cosmetics.
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House of Delegates
American Medical Association
Wendell C. Phillips
Coolidge Suffering From Slight Cold Briefed to Rest
Washington May 16 President Coolidge sent to bed after a morning at his desk due to a slight cold centered in the chest. Dr James F Cloupal said temperature and pulse remained normal and prescribed rest in bed though he planned to attend a convention tomorrow night. The illness is noted as the first indisposition in two years, blamed on bad spring weather.
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Coolidge
James F. Cloupal
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Cole
Storms Delay Paris Hop Aboard Byrd Plane America
News of three flights around the world camp ends in peace as winds force cancelations. Commander Richard Byrd plans a test flight of the Fokker America with 12 000 pounds aboard and Clarence Chamberlin and Floyd Bertaud set to fly for France in the France America Trans-Ge neral company. The plan to test instruments and a possible New York to Paris flight is delayed due to weather and dissension among crews. continued on Page Fifteen.
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Clarence Thherlin
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Paris
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Loanighe
G. Dellanes
Clarence Chansbertin
Floyd Bertaud
France
Washington
Peck
Myers
Hadi
America
Death row lovers Snyder and Gray wait in Sing Sing deathhouse
Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, once a Queens Village couple, are confined in Sing Sing’s death house awaiting execution for the murder of Albert Snyder. A police convoy carried them from Queens County jail to the prison as jeering crowds watched the motorcade speed through Yonkers and Dobbs Ferry.
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Ruth Brown Snyter
Queens Village
Ilenry Judd Gray
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Sing Sing
Albert Snyder
Queens County
Longety
Yonkers
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Cross Roads
William Cassell
Macdonald Speaks On British Visitors Jeers In U S
Ramsay MacDonald, former British labor premier, criticizes visitors who swear at American law during his American tour. He urges mutual understanding and stresses not seeking entanglements, but wants closer ties between America and Britain while recovering in New York. He plans to depart for England with his daughter Isabel aboard the Berengaria after a short hospital stay.
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United States
Ramsay Macdonald
Philadelphia
England
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Inner East Side
Lillian TD
Ward
America
Scotland Yard Men Quit Soviet House
London May 10 AF Police withdrew from the Soviet House at 8 o clock this evening after four days and nights guarding the building Arcos Ltd the Russian commercial company will resume routine functions tomorrow A large crowd watched the closing scene of this unusual raid Some days will be needed to complete the examination of the missing documents but the white document said to be of much importance which once signaled the raid has not been found Soroking acting chairman of a new protest today to the secretary Sir William Joyn demands to be informed what were the allegations on which the extraordinary raid was based what had been removed from the building and what complaints were made against Arcos Evidence obtained by the raid Home Secretary Queecioned Questioned regarding the police raid continued on Lage seventeen
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Soniita
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Suvier Haus Willi Themypel
Hungarian Society Delegates Meet at National Convention
The ninth quadrennial gathering of the Tintagevian Sick Benefics Society convened yesterday at Rakoozer Ball, with 125 delegates from across the Midwest and West. Andrew Pladnar Irteskens opened the session, delegates approved annual reports, and Treasurer Vincent Troll and Begret Thepes provided funding and membership figures. The Rakoozi society headquarters remain in Ul vily, with branches statewide and plans for continued consolidation and elections.
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Joseph Thalionas Begret
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Free Speech Abuse Punished, High Court Holds
Washington May 16 AP The Supreme Court upheld the California radicalism law targeting acts to overthrow government by force. It affirmed Whitney and Burns convictions amid questions about Brandeis and Holmes opinions. Kansas case Fiske failed for lack of proof that IWW advocated crime. states may punish syndicalism.
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Bridgeport Boy Awarded Naval Academy Appointment
Edward M. Ferguson, son of Mrs A Walton Ferguson of 109 Pembroke Street, received a Presidential appointment to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He will enter July 1 for a four year course after attending Naval Preparatory School at Hampton Roads. He is a Central High School graduate cum laude and a former varsity athlete and leader.
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Newport
Rhode Island
French Plane Found Drifting in North Sea
A drifting aircraft, bearing number W 404, is found near Kunstanton in the North Sea. Reportedly, a German steamer located the airplane believed to be French. The air ministry is examining the incident as a potential wartime loss.
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Mysterious Mansfield shooting ends in death
Wilfred Irwin of New York was shot at the Mansfield home of playwright La Cling and died at Joseph's hospital after transfusion attempts failed. Cline, held under guard, claims accident. coroner to hold hearing tomorrow at police HQ. Evidence indicates more than one shot fired and windows shattered. Irwin had fought with Cline days earlier and faced breach of peace charges.
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English golf champion struck by lightning at Open in Ireland
Miss Cecil Leitch, famed English golf champion, was struck by lightning during the British ladies open at Newcastle County Down Ireland yesterday. She suffered an arm injury but no serious harm. The brief note directs readers to the sports page for full tournament coverage.
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Levee Break Threatens Five Parishes in Mississippi Flood
May 16 dispatch reports a 20 mile levee breach on the Atchafalaya's east bank endangering five parishes west of the river. Rescue crews navigate crevasses as floodwaters advance, with boats ferrying survivors from high spots. Loss of life reported in Planchville amid widespread communication outages. engineers fear additional levee collapse along Des Ghiises threatening 50 miles of protection. Aerial survey notes 3,900 cattle affected as relief efforts intensify.
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Yale Record Banished From Elm City News Stands
In New Haven on May 18 the Yale Record was banished from local news stands by police over Derby Day satire. Police sergeant William E. B. Dwyer warned editors but made no arrests, noting the publication circulates mainly among Yale undergraduates and has drawn protests about its illustrations.
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Yale News
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Four False Alarms Scattered City Keep Fire Apparatus Busy
Bridgeport fire department faced four false alarms in forty minutes across different city sections. Fifteen pieces of equipment and over 100 firefighters responded to the calls, as police and fire officials searched for the culprits amid the costly disruptions.
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Two youths tried in car theft case near Wilton
Two of four Bruceport Borgy youths arrested Saturday night by State Policeman Leg Carroll will be tried in City Court Saturday. The others, fourteen, were sent to the juvenile court after admitting car rides and involvement with stolen vehicles. Alfred Kaplan, seventeen, student at Warren Harding School, and Donald Munson of 6 Marion Street, will appear in City Court. Frederick Thorne, fourteen, and Jerome Thorne, fourteen, under jurisdiction of the juvenile court, were also mentioned.
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Donald Munson
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