Bogus Lord Beaverbrook swindler to stand trial in Philadelphia
Herman Kreuger known as Lord Beaverbrook and various aliases will stand trial in Philadelphia for defrauding Mrs Frances Kemp of 418000 in a 1922 deal. He faces local charges after extradition efforts, while details reveal his tactic of wooing neglected wives and flaunting attention in public places to gain control.
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Philapalphra
Herman Kreuger
Lord Beaverbrook
Philadelphia
Kreuger
New York
Tim
Frances Kemp
George Gibson
Kretcer
Kreuper
Gibson
Knollwood land sale lure bonds Stratford road view
In a Bridgeport style social note, neighbors chat about a 27 acre Knollwood tract along Stratfield road and Tollman Hill Road, highlighted by elm borders and rockeries. Mr. Nichols will guide tours before Decoration Day as buyers scout a prime rural-to-suburban option. Several local shops and services are described, from Meigs & Co. to Read’s shoe sale and Tricho hair removal, painting a busy city-slice lifestyle around the sale.
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Helen
Stratfield Road
Knollwood
Harold
Stratfiell Road
Tollsome Hill Road
Willam A. Nichols
Noble
Government Must Act For Farmers Declares Cummins
WashingtonMay 25 AP Senator Cummins Republican Iowa urged the corn belt relief bill in the Senate saying government aid is needed to give farmers an equal chance with other lines of endeavor. He argued against price fixing claims and noted government intervention exists in many industries, explaining that any potential subsidy would be repaid from producers through equalization fees.
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Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Senate
House
Cumming
Secretary of Agriculture
Farm Board
Federal Reserve Board
Interstate Commerce” Commission
Congress
Treasury
Cummins A
Bible Pageant Props Highlight Weekday Church School
The First Methodist church pageant on June 11 features a Bible themed stage setting with a backdrop of a giant Bible. Miss Lena C Knapp directs the pageant with Jack Webb guiding the set and James Armstead in charge of electric lighting effects. The promotion day team includes Rev T F Rutledge Beale George N McClusky and multiple committee members coordinating costumes and training.
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First Methodist Church
Lena C. Knapp
Jack Webb
James Armstead
Council of Churches
T. F. Rutledge Beale
Acheola
George N. McClusky
Mary Dion
Hazel Blakeslee
Mab 1
Beardsworth
Bertha Staples
Florence Hill
Philadelphia aims to keep dry during sesquicentennial expo
May 26 Philadelphia officials announce a federal force of 200 agents will patrol the sesquicentennial expo to enforce prohibition. Frederick F H Baird, administrator for Pennsylvania and New Jersey, says the agents will target alcohol sources and bootleggers to keeps the city arid for six months.
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Philadelphia
Frederik FH. Baird
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Baird
Expulsion Orders Reported for 7000 Chinese in Vienna
Dispatches from Budapest state that Vienna authorities have issued expulsion orders against about 7,000 Chinese crowded in the city. Police believe the Chinese are involved in circulating Communist propaganda and unrest after gathering in the Hungarian capital following expulsions from other European nations.
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Vienna
Budapest
Poace
Broadcast experiments may bring synchronized transmission
May 26 Boston AP reports at WRZ Springfield and WRZA Boston engineers have overcome heterodyning or squealing from dual transmission on one wavelength and fading has ceased in some tests. Westinghouse confirms synchronizing shows no heterodyning when two stations run on identical wavelength, but long term results are uncertain.
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Boston
WRZ
Springfield
WRZA
Westinghouse Electric and Manuufacturing Company
Automobile Club to Hold Meeting in Bridgeport
The annual meeting of the Automobile Club of Bridgeport will be held at the Chamber of Commerce office this evening. It marks the first format meeting of the rejuvenated club after operations paused since the war. The prior club last listed city automobiles for military use in 1917 and handed the list to state authorities.
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Automobile Club of
Bridgeport
Chamber of Commerce
Evangeline Booth Slightly Improves in New York
New York AP report says Salvation Army leader Commander Evangeline Booth is slightly better tonight though unchanged overall. Doctors note she remains weak and unable to take nourishment, with fainting spells and easing pain but early healing hindered by recent appendicitis and complications delaying an operation.
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New York
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Booth
Miss Booth
White Plains
Radio announcer in concert here
Local program features Norman Brokenshire, famed New York radio announcer, and the Record Boys as the Schwuebishcher Maennereaar headliners at the Pyramid Mosque tonight. Audience urged to attend for a lively evening of musical entertainment.
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Norman Brokenshire
Pyramid Mosque
Brokenshire
New York
Maennerchor to Sing at Prize Event Under Fritz Weber
The Maennerchor of 60 male voices conducts Fritz K G Weber will lead a program starting at eight o'clock. They will perform the song chosen for the June 21 prize competition in Philadelphia. Last year they won two first prizes at Waterbury for a German song and an English number. Tonight they will also perform two folk songs, one in English and the other in German.
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Maennerchor
Fritz K. G. Weber
Philadelphia
Waterbury
Engleh
Trustee requested by Mrs Ginsberg in missing husband case
Five weeks after Robert H Ginsberg, an official of Gray Line Bus Corp, vanished from the city no trace has been found. Elizabeth Ginsberg petitions Probate court to appoint a trustee to protect her and her two children's interests in Ginsberg's bus company investments with a hearing set for May 29 before Judge Frederick A Bartlett.
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Robert H. Ginsberg
Gray Line Bus Corp
Elizabeth Ginsberg
Ginsberg
Bus Company
Frederick A. Bartlett
Cansberg
Lila H Russell to Wed H Wasley Ward in Stratford
Miss Lila H Russell daughter of Mrs Dorothea Russell of 177 Seaview avenue will marry H Wasley Ward of Housatonic avenue Stratford Friday evening at 8 o clock in the Summerfield M E church. Rev Harold Clemang to perform the double ring service. Bridesmaid Eva Mae Russell, best man William Smith. Reception and supper for immediate families at the Russell home. Afterward the couple will return to Lordship Manor. Miss Russell has worked at Locomobile. Mr Ward is a Pet Milk salesman.
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Liles H. Russell
Dorothea Russell
Seaview Avenue
H Wasley Ward
T R. Ward
Housatonic Ave
Stratford
Summerfield M. BE
Harold Clemang
Miss Russell
C. H. Gray
Eva Mae Russell
Niere, Ag
William Smith
Russell
Lordship Manor
Locomobile Company
Wardla
Pet Milk Company
Final Meeting for Cle at Presbyterian Church
Mrs Roy Bowtell will preside at the final meeting of the Met club of the First Presbyterian Church tonight. A four-piece music program arranged by Walter M. Wheeler, music committee chairman, will be presented. Guests include Bill Frances Zallinger, Marjorie Bh John Sautter, Mrs Arthur Ke Margaret Sautter, Katherine rill, and W. I. Witzel.
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Roy Bowtell
Met Club
Walter M. Wheeler
Bill Frances Zallinger
Marjorie
John Sautter
Arthur Ke
Margaret” Sautter
Katherine Rill
W. 1. Witzel
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