Holdup Victims Stories Differ In New Haven
New Haven police sought two bandits after a holdup on the Derby turnpike near Chestnut Ridge. Moiria Feldman and Miss Margaret Maguire gave conflicting accounts. Feldman says they were robbed and she was kidnapped, while Maguire says she was forced to accompany the bandits but not mistreated. No clear descriptions were given. both victims described masks and guns.
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New Haven
Moiria Feldman
New Heaven
Margaret Maguire
Derby Turnpike
Chestnut Ridge
Feldman
Gil
Miss Maguire
Campbell Avenue
Leicester Street
West Haven
Orange
F C
Spey
Tyler City
Beebe
Miss Maguires
Feldmans
West
Hover
Maguire
Kerrick death blamed on sinful Hollywood probate
May 23. The slaying of film cowboy Tom Kerrick was described by Mrs Sarah Kerrick the widow as accidental and the result of conditions in sinful Hollywood in closing arguments to the jury. Maycock attorney for Mrs Kerrick said the fatal shot came during a scuffle for a gun at a drinking party attended by the defendants at the Kerrick home.
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Los Angelles
Tom Kerrick
Tor
Sarah Kerrick
Hollywood
Kerlicks
WC Maycock
Mra Kerick
Cowboy
Kerlick
Indiana Governor Urged To Seek Dry Law Change
Indiana Attorney General Gilliam asks Governor E Jackson to back amendments to the Wrightkone dry law. He cites use of whiskey for his wife’s illness and argues stricter enforcement is needed before any more loosening. EB Schumaker of the Anti-Saloon League notes medicinal whiskey lacks benefits vs pure grain alcohol. Gilliam recalls procuring whiskey for his son’s treatment and the governor’s similar need during his wife’s pneumonia.
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Indianapolis
E Jackson
Arthur L Gilliam
Schumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Giliam
Edwin Hale Wealthy Chemist Ends Life in New York Hotel
Edwin Hale a wealthy retired chemist and former Columbia professor killed himself in his Hotel Gotham suite, with authorities noting he had bought a gun for a Vermont trip and suspected the shooting might be accidental. Hale studied at Case School of Applied Science and gained national renown as a research chemist, later working as a consultant and opening offices in Springfield and Hartford. His work on reclaiming gun ore aided an improved electrolytic process.
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New York
Edwin Hale
Columbia University
Gotham
Medical Examiners
Willis W Hale
Champion Electric Company
Cleveland
Hale
Vermont
Case School of Applied Science
Hite
Yola
Kansag
Springfield Ill
Hartford Con
Hartford
Obituary notices for several local figures from St Michaels and Sacred Heart churches
Funeral services were held for Mary Cummings at St Patrick's and for Mary Sloane at Sacred Heart, with high masses and committal rites. Others include Minnie Rasmussen, Sadie Blake, Lena Albus, Edith Kremer, and William Salamon, with details of residences, church services, pallbearers, and cemeteries noted.
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Mary Sloane
Bridgeport Hospital
Fanstela Avenue
Sacred Heat Church
R F Moore
Patrick Dolan
James Killian
Nntrio
Theresa O Brien
Charles Ogren
William Chew
Edith Kremer
Black Rock Avenue
Stephen Fish Sherman Yeetar
St John’s Church
Takeview Cemetery
William Salamon Wilam Salamon
News Avenue
St Johns Nep
Silovakt Church
Se Michaels Cemetery
Preacher Held After Window Peeping Case In City Court
Rev Harold Ironfield, 82, of 946 Hanover Street, claims a devilish urge led him to peep into Mrs Nash and Miss Mildred McKare at 183 Hanover Street. Patrolman Kiernan later arrested him as he watched a kitchen window. Bond set at $500. exam by Dr Diefendorf ordered. Ironfield, active in city pulpits, had spoken on faith and politics across several churches.
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Harold Ironfield
Hanover Street
Swedish Congregational Church
Mra A Nuashs
Nash
Mildred McKare
P Kiernan
Rover S Onfield
Kiernan
Tronfield
Ralph Heers
A R Diefendorf
The
Christian Union
Rte
Montreal Typhoid Warning Issued for Visitors
Hartford dispatch reports Commissioner Stanley H Osborn urged all travelers to Montreal to immunize against typhoid fever before traveling and to avoid milk there due to ongoing illness. He cited a Montreal epidemic and said many carriers remain and precautions are essential.
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Hartford
Montreial
Stanley H Osborn
Montreal
Leive
di Osborn
Osborn
Cop's Fist Stops Robber Near Broadway Jewel Heist
A brief Broadway jewelry store robbery ended quickly when Patrolman Abe Martin of Minneapolis stopped the fleeing thief by striking him with his fist. The suspect, a 20 year old newsboy, shattered a storefront window with a brick wrapped in paper and carried a tray of diamond rings as he ran down John Street before being caught.
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New Lork
Broadway
Wall Street
Abe Martin
Minneapolis
Five Essays Named For Doyle Prize Contest Winners
Wayne Comer Jeannette Gibson Whit Kenneth Lovette Francis Merilit and Florence Sherman selected as top five for the Doyle Prize contest at Warren Harding High School. Morris Goodruff named alternate with the subject Our New Navy.
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Warren Harding High School
Board of Education
Wayne Comer
Jeannette Gibson
Whit Paderewski
Poland
Kenneth E Lovette
Theodme Roosevelt
Francis J Meriliit Tfewift
Americ
Flance Sherman
Hull House
Morris Goodruff
Navy
Bingham's son faces Yale controversy over appointment
New Haven May 23 iAP Yale corporation declined to reappoint Edgar M Woolley to a faculty post after his resignation as coach of the Yale Dramat ic association. The family rejection of reappointment triggered protests from Charles T Bingham president of the Dramatic association and son of Beniton Wram Rinham, published in The Daily News.
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New Haven
Yale Corporation
Edgar M Woolley
Yale
Woolley
Yale Dramatic Association
The
Daily News Todiw
Charles T Bingham
Dramatic Association
United States
Benito Wram Rinham
H. Wales Lines to Erect New Wesleyan Building
The contract for a new Wesleyan University dormitory was awarded to Hater Hill Lines of Meriden. The 104 student housing project will replace Observatory Hall, torn down, and is funded by Henry I Harriman of Boston in honor of Nauter G Harriman, class of 64. The dormitory is expected to be ready for occupancy early next spring.
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Middletown
Hater Hill
Wesleyan University
Ro Wiles Lines Company
Meriden
Observatory
Harriman
Henry I Harriman
Boston
Wesleyan Board of Truster
Nauter G Hhiiiman
New Sweaters of Wool and Rayon at 4 95
Wool and rayon sweaters advertised for 4.95 with new patterns in plain, striped, and checked colors. Also features smaller striped designs at 2.98 and cost details for various neck styles and plus patterns.
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Kerrick
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Putnam
Andrew Tucker CO
Post Road
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Richard C. Keeton
State St
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Reununiye
Indiana
Mary Cummings
Mary
James Cummings
Charles Atraet
St Patricks Church
M J Thompson
C A Hosey
John C Lynch
Mary K Meenan
Masa
Lillian Kehoe
God
LA No 10
Catalpa
Ivy Grove
Pequonnock
John Sullivan
Martin J Byan
John Lyman
Patrick ‘Vierney
James Saunders
John Flanagan
St Michaels Cemetery
Minnie Rasmussen
Minnie Inge
Katrina Rasmussen
Jens Rasmussen
Union Avenue
Lawrence Ritsmusen
Buthers
Willan. Whippslund
Stamford
Jens Krogelund
Derma
Myr Kirsten Jensen
Denmark
E M Nielsen
Park Cemetery
Sadie Blake
Robert A Blake
Stepney
August G Hauke
Stratford Avenue
Lakeview Cemetery
Lena Houm Winsperger
Lena Albus
Henry Kollmannaperger
Park Street
Puneil Sevices
Challes Church
Doyle Prize
Bingham
Rockwell & Cos
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Mitch White
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