Generals to mark anniversary of Saint Mihiel drive
Meuse Trance, May 24 AP reports today that a Sept 13 dinner will honor the ninth anniversary of the Saint Mihiel salient breakout. General Pershing and allied leaders will attend at Aubertel chateau where plans for the drive were formed with Mangin and other officers present. The main dish will be stuffed pheasant not bully beef.
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General Pershing
Allied Armes
Yiencatles
Saint Amuhiel Salient
Maurice Aobertel
Pershing
Salient
Alberte
Marneain
Jurine
Aubertel
Former Waterbury merchant dies of heart attack
Peter P Curran 10 formerly of Waterbury died in route to hospital after a heart attack in a barber shop at 61 Cannon Street Stratford. He was a Curran Dry Goods veteran and member of St James Council K of C Cupheag Club. Survived by his wife. Funeral Friday at 8:20 am from home, Mass at St James Stratford, interment Waterbury.
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Peter P. Curran
Main Street
Stratford
Curran Dry Goods Company
Waterbury
St Vincent's Hospital
Cannon Street
A J Derkowski
St Vincent’s Hospital
H. R DeLuca
St. James Council
Cupheag Club
St. James’ Church
Train Kriels Laborer Killed In New Haven Yard
John Brady fifty two a section hand living at the Montonese labor camp was instantly killed by a south bound express train in the Crescent Hill yards of the New Haven road. He stepped from the path of one train and apparently did not hear the approaching second train on a nearby track.
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New Haven
John Brady
Montonese
Ceeer Hill
New Haven Road
Lere
Huntington Fish and Game to Restock Woods Near Derby
The Huntington Fish and Game Association voted to launch a systematic restocking campaign in the woods near Derby Acsonia and Shelton with pheasants and grey partridges. A 75 dollar appropriation was made with plans to spend more than 1000 in 1927. Announcement was made that the new Huntington Fish and Game Association trap grounds will open soon.
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Huntington
Huntington Fish and Game Association
Derby
Acsonia
Shelton
Huntington Fish and Gane Association
Bridgeport Freight Service Speeds Up Through New Haven Line
Bridgeport shippers gain parity with other CT and New England exporters as the New Haven railroad now provides a daily through train to New London and Springfield gateways. Freight cars from Bridgeport are halted at Cedar Hill for same-day classification and onward dispatch, reaching destinations the next morning.
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Bridgeport
Springfield
New London
Central Vermont
Canadian National
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Connecticut
New England
W ' Homer Pease
Manufacturers’ Associations
Bridgeport Brass
New Haven
Guy Butler
Sept. of
Cedar Hill
New York
Points Beyond
Teachers Banquet Set for June 7 in Bridgeport Mosque
Bridgeport Teachers association schedules its annual banquet for June 7 at the Mosque with over 60 school system members expected. Mayor F W Behrens will attend as guest of honor and one of the speakers. Invitations extend to Elmer H Havens, presiding Board of Education, the board, Superintendent Carroll R Reed, and assistant superintendents.
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Bridgeport Teachers’ Association
Bridgeport
F. W Behrens
Elmer H. Havens
Board of Education
Carroll R Reed
Anna M Cain
Margaret M. Disey Mas
Grace Anderson
Mary Flinter
Katherine Lyons
Eli Cbeth Sulliven
Laura Batchelder
Margaret Hughes
Besse Andres
Elizabeth Cavanaugh
Marion Slavin
Adeline Grebher
Augusta Mendel
Margaret Crer
Harvey C Went
Fred Martin
Fifteen Storrs Students Enter Theta Alpha Phi
Fifteen Connecticut students will be initiated into the local Theta Alpha Phi chapter for dramatics work at Connecticut Agricultural College. Names include B Priscilla Swan Hartford Roland Wedger Bridgeport Walter C Tong New Haven Florence Wilkes New Haven Florence Sterry Norwich Dorothy Tonkin Ansonia Cortland Sturtevant New Haven Kathryn Wilkinson Ansonia Willis Pratt Essex C W Lacaille Lawrence Mass Gertrude Palmer Middletown Cecilia Graf Stamford Grenn ER Champion Norwalk Edward Graham Norwich Emily Wicks Greenwich.
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C. W. Lacaillade
Lawrence Mass
Gertrude Palmer
Middletown
Cecilia F Graf
Stamford
Grenn ER
Norwalk
Edward Graham Norwich
Emily Wicks
Greenwich
Engineer and Firemen Die in Train Collision at Ingleside
On May 24, the Virginian Railway passenger train No 3 collided with an electric motor near Ingleside. Engineer Aldrich and Fireman O'Neil were killed. several passengers injured as the westbound train from Norfolk to Charleston collided with the coal-hauling motor.
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Princeton
Virginian Railway
Ingleside
Here
Norfolk
Charleston
Aldrich
O'Neil
Burglars Steal Lead From Paint Warehouse
Burglars stole 39 hundred pounds of white lead from the Ginsberg and Port paint warehouse at 238 Adams Street Tuesday night. Police were notified yesterday. Detective Sergeant William Foster leads the probe. The thieves rolled 39 kegs of Dutch Boy white lead onto a platform and hauled them away by truck. No suspects yet identified.
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Ginsberg
Port
Adams Street
Wiliam Foste
Churchill Blames Strikes for British Budget Deficit
Winston Churchill, chancellor of the British Exchequer, cites 1928 general and coal strikes as the cause of a budget deficit near 27 million pounds. Britain imposes higher taxes on tobacco, matches, ties, and wine to cover the shortfall while U S taxpayers enjoy a surplus.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States
France
Churchill
Great Britain
Paving Plans Hinges On Northey Job Outcome
City officials say further penetration pavement work this summer depends on Northey finishing the Sylvan Avenue paving. Mayor Behrens noted the administration watches the project. If Northey supplies cheaper pavement per yard, the program may shift to other streets or be done in house rather than by contract.
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Public Works
Northey
Sylvan Avenue
Behrens
Sylvan’ Avenue
Mayor Runner-Up in Fishing Contest at Moosehead Lake
Mayor Behrens finished second in a municipal fishing championship held at Moosehead Lake where Mere won over a week. The mayor landed a 22 inch salmon and several trout, holding lead until a Sunday challenge by John G Stevens and Alderman Fred W Hatrteon who went out to catch a fish six inches longer.
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Mayor Behrens
Moosehead Lake
Mere
John G Stevens
Board of Education
Fred W Hatrteon
Common Council
Knights of Columbus Patron Night at Poll's Lyric Theatre
Park City council Knights of Columbus will sponsor performances of Maid in Bridgeport by Simon Neary and Lovenberg Sisters at Poll's Lyric Theatre on Friday and Saturday to benefit St Patrick RC Church Bridgeport. Friday night's program is dedicated to the Knights with a special theatre section for them. Saturday's show honors Holy Name societies of city Catholic parishes with a reserved section.
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Park City Council
Knights of Columbus
Maid
Brideport
Simon Neary- Lovenberg
Poll’s Lyric Theatre
St. Patrick's
R C Church of
Bridgeport
Knights
Holy Name Societies
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ST. Miariel
Chateau
Cattain Maurice Aubertel
Peter J. Curran
Kriels
Carter
Leverty Drug Stores
Hindle Pharmacies, Inc
J. N. McNamara
Fish and Game Body
Storrs
Theta Alpha Phi
State OF Treasury
England
U. S
Steiger Poole Company
Main & Fairfield
VEL. Noble
TEL. Noble
Innannety
Salmon — Stevens
S. Wurzel
John
Jewelers
Amichaeh&gmpany
Stratfield Hotel
Opticians
Cretonnes
the National Textile Coq
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