Bridgeport Tax Fight Briefing With Governor Beset By Secrecy
Hartford May 27 Hy Telegram Staff Reporter Two of four Bridgeport appoints to press for a repeal of the ripper tax bill meet Governor to urge action. Officials report the governor sought privacy, not promising a veto or support. The session lasted about 45 minutes with no clear indication of the executive stance on the measure.
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Hartford
FF. W Behrens
Bridgeport
Trumbull
Hay
Frank D. Bell
Bridgeport Finance Advisory Board
George EB. Crawford
Bridgeport Mwhamber of Commerce
Spehreng
Edward 8. Willett
New
Edward JD
Kells
Oor
Pssenger
Thomas A
New Haven
Priiy
Edke
Kelly
Wally
Gove
William H. Flodgett
Arlageport
Wiliam F. Enurnham
State Central
Ant Apportionment Board
Tta Lemently
Coolidge Chides Boston Woman Tale At White House
STAMSPORT May 26 Hiram Bingham sponsor for a new President Coolidge tale. A Boston woman, presented to the President at a White House reception, claimed she possessed something highly desired. The President replied laconically that she will never get over it.
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Stamsport
Hiram Bingham
United States
Connecticut
Coolidge
Bingham
White House
Beaton
Washington
Elinor Wylie's Divorce Probe Alters Residency Claim
The divorce probe against Elinor Wylie questions her Rhode Island residency. Bristol investigation found no evidence she lived there, while New York records show a year there before February 1928. Witnesses Shirley King and Lilian Redding claimed Bristol Highlands and West Barrington but may be fictitious. Benet and his wife linked to Miss Elinor Wylie could not be located in Darien.
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Bristol
New York
Shirley King
Lilian Redding
Bristol Highlands
West Barrington
Benet
Elinor Wylie
Darien
Bill Lost in Legislative Deluge Over Charities Reform
Farthroad May 2 The Cities and Boroughs committee moves to report a new bill replacing the four year term for Charities Superintendent Angus P Thorne and renaming the Charities department as the Department of Public Welfare The bill stalled after missing yesterday with clerk ordered to prepare another for Senate action likely tomorrow Support comes from Bridgeport city administration while opposition rests with Senator William A Redon of the 9th district The move aims to remove the stigma of the name Charities department and sever it from political poll ties
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Farthroad
Cities and Boroughs
Charities
Angus P. Thorne
Charities Department
Department of Publies Wells
Howart Challenger
Bridgeport
Senate
Tommorrow
Willian A. Redon
Giat Digtria
Manaura
Pollias
Charlies Department
Legislature Plans Two Extra Sessions
Hartford reports two additional sessions set for Friday and next week to clear backlogged bills. The secretaries announce the sessions follow weeks of debate on reforms and calendar clean up. The medical topic remains tied to health department revocations and policy reviews.
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Hartford
Mont
Church split threat deepens over birth of Mary doctrine
The Presbyterian General Assembly clashed with New York clergy over the virgin birth and required affirmation of confessions. A protest signed by ministers across several states argued the ruling violates church constitution and empowers Roman Catholic authority.
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Xtramen Fundamentalists
Clarence Howard Macartney
Enaladelphia
General Assembly
Presbytery of
New York
Charles B. Swartz
Eigen
Canadana
Assurting
McCartney
High Court
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Erdman
French support Morocco policy debated in parliament
In a May session the French assembly pressed for Morocco policy amid a government defense. Communists interrupted with interpellations denouncing imperial aims, while a rightist coalition defended Marshal Tuareg and Moroccan resistance. The debate continued with little chance of a government defeat.
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Iself
Morocco
Toerran
Democrats Open Campaign On Ripper Tax Bill At Meeting
Alderman Hogan urged Democrats to center next campaign on the ripper tax bill, forbidding any Democrat from joining the taxation commission. He questioned who is to blame for the tax situation and urged exposing those guilty of misconduct if identified. U S Commissioner Hugh J. Lavery and other speakers supported taking a clear party stand on city issues at the Sixth District Democratic club gathering.
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Wellam Fl. Hogan
Democratic Club
Taxation Commission
William H. Blodgett
Hoga Blodgett
Hogan
Bridgeport
Hogant
U. S
Hugh J. Lavery
Tie
John A. Cornel
John J. Aeg
May ask U. S. to help Austrians
Karl H. von Wiegan d reports from Berlin that Vienna’s chamber of workers and employees urged the Austrian government to appeal to the United States for immigration relief. They seek admission for about 6,000 starving workers unable to find jobs, proposing Austria pay travel and provide funds for initial months in Linz and Styrian areas despite sanitation programs.
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Karl H. von Wiegand
Berlin
United States
Vienna
Anatria Ling
America
Austria
Linsteat
League of Matin
Meetings Tonight At Local Lodges And Societies
A list of meetings is shown for numerous lodges and societies including Charity lodge 610 Union av tenna Alpha vicole and Brotherhood of America 1212 Broad street. Also noted are Morning Star lodge 6 8 of B ViskS Main street and Mital Publishers 37 Main street with multiple other groups and halls across Broad Cannon Washington and Main streets.
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idAncoln
Larles
State Street
Blenda Lodge
Cannan Street
Larren Lodge
Bread Street
Slynet
Court
Liberty Bell
Order of the Gehien
Knights of Pythias
Patrfield
Spreer
Ridgeport Lodge
Pridgeport Eile
Stale Inury
Grant Lordship Company Right to Run Busses
The Public Utilities Commission told counsel for the Lordship Railway Company that a certificate permitting substitution of bus service for the trolley line will be granted early next week. The route will run express between the Plaza and Stratford town line with a Mesa Express to Town Vine terminus and fare ten cents, weekly family tickets under five cents per ride. The line, once independent, used power purchased from a Connecticut firm. negotiations for new buses begin, service to start in the summer once Lordship Boulevard repairs are finished in about one to ten days, attorney J T Hubbard says. The number of buses depends on demand, with supply to meet it.
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Lordship Railway Company
Mesa
Town Vine
Plaza
Stratford Town
Cara
Lordship
Hollister Avenue
Stratford Avenue
Lnes
WHS
Connecticut
Lordship Bugs
Lordship Boulevard Ia
J. TL
Tubbard
Lordship Rail Way Company
Hubbard
Rial for Officer by Police Board
Patrolman Lawrence M. Farrell remained suspended after a hearing by the discipline committee chaired by Commissioner Frank Anderson. The committee reported to the board, and Farrell will likely face trial based on the findings at next Monday’s regular meeting. He appeared in uniform without his badge.
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Lawrence M. Farrell
Police Board
Frank Anderson
Ana
Farrell
Farrell to face grand trial after constables’ inquiry
The report shows Capt John O Connell of the Third precinct station and Farrell were called as witnesses after a confrontation with a woman whose husband is said to have assaulted him. Farrell declined to testify, preferring commissions to speak for him. Commissioners later advised the board to consider a grand trial, but it was learned they could not justify such action at that meeting.
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John O'Connell
Farrell Cer
Farre
Woman Claims Innocence in Husband's Death
In Plat Isburg, N.Y., Mrs. Bessie Farr asserts she was forced by authorities to confess to her husband s death and pleads not guilty. She says fear and coercion influenced her admission and that she loved her husband despite years of abuse.
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N. FY. Bia
Bessie Farr
Peanus
Mark
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