Civil Service Bill Faces Uncertain Path In Committee
Bridgeport legislators discuss a civil service bill to form a five member commission to examine fire and police appointments and nominate top officers. Challenger may push amendments, but many expect the measure to die in committee before adjournment. Opposition centers on retirement age changes for Fire Chief and pay increases for widows dependents.
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Hartfort
Mac Lo
aAcrevewent
Berhigeport Legistators
Crtres
Borenstis Counie
Challenger
R Bridgeport
Iites and Boroughs
Senate
William A. Redden
22Nd
Fire Board
Daniel B. Johnson
Fire and Police Department
Bridgeport
Memorial Day Plans and Local Parade Notes
Memorial Day plans include Mansfield Sprague reciting Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and E T Atkins reporting on nominating committee results. Officers listed are J W. Florian president Merwin Earl A Lindsley vice presidents E A Davis secretary Herbert Lassen assistant secretary and E H Davis treasurer. Volunteers with cars urged to assist Disabled American Veterans parade at 164 State Street. Pleasure Beach opens at noon with a matinee dance 2 to 5 PM and a night dance fete, plus a Coast Artillery Corps band concert in the picturesque grove. Bathing beach opens today with 100 new baths serving over 1,000 bathers.
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Mansfield Sprague
C. H. Sprague
Lincoln
E. T. Atkins
J W. O
Tate and Malz
Disabled American Veterans’ Association
State Street
Pasadenians
Coast Artillery Corps
Thephenic Grove
Dana Darien Named Judge in City Appointment
Reports indicate Dana Darien was appointed as judge with Max Spelke named prosecuting attorney. The record notes prior service in New York City at Mower Hospital and ties to Brantford, Columbia Law School graduate status, and World War I service in the United States past.
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Delta
Phil Amert
Erie
Mower Hospital
New York City
Duris Prudence
Max Spelke
Dara
Brantford
Dartuth
Comoman Beds
Asseenice
Jonies
Univers
Flag Day Set for June 18 in Observance
A flag day is planned for June 18 with emphasis on honoring the flag and the obligations it represents. Officials urge participation to reinforce patriotic duties and the value of national symbols.
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Wartform
Eternor Jahan
Late Bulletins Press for June Fourth War Test Support
A batch of late bulletins reports Secretary of War Dwight Davis asking governors and corps area commanders to back a second defense test on July 4. Additional items include Coolidge being asked to advise on federal budget reductions, a mine disaster in North Carolina with 40 plus deaths, and various international and local notices.
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Washington
Poting
Dwight Avis
Fairfield Avenue Widening Favored by City Committee
The Streets and Sidewalks committee urged widening Fairfield avenue between Middle and Water Streets by four feet on the north side and two on the south. Property owners claim depreciation in value and fear loss of parking. committee also proposes reconfiguring Middle street curve and directing public utilities to adjust poles and wires. A vote to present these and related resolutions to the Common Council follows a committee session.
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Fairfield Avenue
Middle
Water Streets
Common Council
Mreast Adama
Enmiel
Middle Street
Gold Streets
RR. Wunlmes
Gulf Course
Permissior
Ed R.A Foo
Mrscontiiaanen
Board of Relocation
Tharangirk
Ihe
Fred Wo Flarrisan
Joh. Porter
Alfvasio
Mann
Gilbert Street
Ase Ao
Edie
Leak Detection Trips Under Power Lines Recounted
Report notes workers using radios to locate leaks beneath high tension lines. Hinte men aged to discover, Patel Hineran and others equipped with needed apparatus make regular trips to inspect for faults.
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Eigh Teneton
Soetrde Baastisston
Patel Hineran
Land runners again active in rum trade
St Albans Vermont May 29 AP government blockade along the Atlantic coast has boosted land runners moving liquor from Canada into Vermont and New Hampshire. Forged seals and false manifests help ship carload lots past inspectors. Federal authorities widen crash drive against smuggling. 17 cars seized, 105 people penalized in May, border patrol to gain autos. Lake Champlain boats aid interception.
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ST. Albans
Atlantic
Canada
Vernon
New Hampshire
Harry G Whitehill
United States
Whitehill
Panehers
Lake Champlain
Bitter fight over highways and budget details emerge
Arguments split along roads favored by certain lawmakers as the Finance committee moves a 22.5 million appropriation for highway work to the highway commissioner. The bill directs spending on state aid roads and trunk lines, while a key issue remains a promised reduction in motor vehicle registration fees from the additional gasoline tax funds.
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Eastford
Will Mays
Big program arranged with chorus audience and taps
The event features a full chorus and audience participation with orchestra. Rev Charles A. Decker president of the Bridgeport Council of Churches will give benediction, followed by taps. The United Patriotic Societies list several posts and organizations including John J. Banville Post No 3 D A V and others.
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Charles A. Decker
Bridgeport Council of Churches
Wll
Andrew Gollinger
United Luiriotic Societies, Inc
Tlas Tlowe Jr
G. A. Barry W. Congdon Posh
Rennenig Leialis Post
Katherine McGurdy Post
A. Ta
Hamlin Is Confirmed as Judge of Circuit Court
STATE CAPITOL Hartford May 29 AP Hlvert B. Hamlin Justice of the Peace of Litchfield Town appointed by Governor Trumbull as judge of the Common Pleas court of Litchfield county was confirmed by both branches of the General Assembly today. Senate 23 to 6 and House 110 to 78 in support of the governor. He will succeed Judge Ames P. Woodruff when he leaves the bench. The session approved other measures including hospital appropriations and a banking bill.
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State Capitol
Hartford
Hlvert B. Hamlin
Litchfield
Trumbull
Common Pleas Court
Litchfield County
General Assembly
Senate
House
Hanlin
Ames P. Woodruff
Appropriations Committee
Peter 2
AlcKenna, Jr
Louis Martel
Cheshire Reformatory
McKenna
Martol
Robbins
Clarms
Supreme Court
New Milford Hospital
Sharon Hospital
Ebert B. Hamlin
Bey
Titchfield
Flo
Kamling
Shaw
Hamilin
Mercharerao
Associata
Clanton and
Killingworth
State Board of Fisheries and Gama
Former sheriff dies in New Haven at eighty four
In New Haven Connecticut on May night former sheriff of New Haven County and one of the city’s oldest residents died at his home. He was eighty four years old saying I love everybody and I don't believe I am leaving an enemy behind, his last words.
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New Haven
Conn
Unee
Shariff
Mew Haven County
Man Charged in Slayings of Two Children in Pittsburgh
Raymond Winters, 30, an interurban conductor, was charged with the brutal murders of Helen Sabo and her brother Alexander, eight, whose bodies were found in a creek. Winters allegedly lured them with candy and ice cream, then struck them, claiming memory loss. The investigation cites a possible war-related mania as a motive. The children's father and mother reacted with restraint and collapse respectively.
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Pittsburgh
Raymond Winters
Helen Sabo
Alexander
Harry Esstep
Winters
Estep
Waa
Salt Winters
Halleve
Charles Sabo
Anna Sabo
Explorers chase Amundsen search from London to Spitzbergen
Plans to load an empty ship in Liverpool for Spitzbergen and for Algarsson to fly from London toward the North Pole aim to locate Amundsen first. Norway has offered notes of support while authorities debate sending the coast guard Bear to search Arctic waters. Commander MacMillan warned Amundsen may return by foot if plans fail and noted the perilous Arctic waters. More than a third of US rubber boots are made in Massachusetts.
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Liverpool
Spitzbergen
Algarsson
London
Sptthgen
North Pole
Pole
Alaska
Amundsen
Washington
Cassociated Press
Coast Guard
Bear
North Arctic
Roald Amundsen
Treasury
Pular Reggions
Seattun
Arctic Ocean
Dutch Harbor
Aleutian Islands
Arctic
Greeland
MacMillan
Portland
Associated Press
Capa Colimbia
Donald R MacMillan
Portand
Comommander MacMillan
Cape
Polar Sea
Volar
Peary
Arctia
Apeaker
United States
Sailors Observe Memorial Day Off Cape Hatteras
Sailors off Cape Hatteras face a fierce Memorial Day at sea as a 2000 ton steamer struggles toward landfall amid green and grey combers. The crew endures cold, wet decks and freezing spray while awaiting dawn and solemn ceremonies ashore.
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Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Seven Seas
New York
Combers
Mumory
Dar
Deeper River Dredging Planned For Industrial Growth
A public hearing on dredging the Housatonic River to enable barge shipping drew prominent figures from Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford and New Haven counties. Advocates cited cheaper electricity and factory sites, with Devon and Bridgeport firms backing dock development and river access to attract industry and reduce coal costs. Local officials from Milford, Stratford and Derby echoed support, envisioning two dock sites and broader industrial expansion if federal dredging proceeds.
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Virginia
Pennsylvania
New England
Wairfield
New Haven
Hawford
Housatonic River
Robert Crosby
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
New York
Bridgeport
Stratford
Milford
Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Bratford
New Jersey
Crosby
A.J. Hansen
Bridgeport Engineers’ Club
Adan Sallig
Devon Improvement Associatory
Devon Trust Company
Devon
Kiril Hunter
Charles FE
Wheeler
Donali Sammis
Connecticut Liget and Power Company
R. Mites Beard
Selectmen
Milford Chamber of Commerce
Simon Lake
The
Lake Torpedo Company
Thidgeport
George H. S.tanton
Derby Gas and Electric Company
A. PS Appleware d
Hartford Miedris Light Company
Powell
Hotel
Clark
Housatonic Navigation Committee
Winer
Harris Bo Farris
Potatuck Vatehead
Rube Snow
Poatatuek Vateheu
A. J. McNeshy
Gull Refineiug Company
Linton Lake
Poy
Bridgeport engineers and officials hear river dredging plea
A Derby Derbyshire style hearing closed as Rev Maylor of the First Congregational Church urged river dredging on the Housatonic to restore navigation. He cited historical boats and government spending to justify funding for keeping the river open.
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Derby
First Congregational Church
Ww. F. Maylor
Progress Week Opens With Public Concerts in New England
Progress Week unfolds with a public concert in New England where crowds may not smoke inside the tent. Police and fire officials under Superintendent Flanagan will enforce strict order. The Bridgeport Marine Band performs a full program featuring Sousa marches, Verdi arias, Donizetti overtures, and selections by Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini, with intermissions and a late evening program listed.
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New England
Firmen
Flanagan
Oday
Bridgeport Marine Band
New York Hippodrome
Sousa
Herald
Fele
Bolto
Thomas
Sperry
Ratwhosky
Wallacey
Kosby
Ight
Paradis
Vienna
Suppe
Ula
Verdi
Ione
Petretta
Lucia di Lammera Moor
Donizetti
Pyutpurry
Eranani
É Hucsant
America
Baptist Minister to Speak in Stratford
Rev E E Gates secretary of the Connecticut Baptist convention will preach at New Covenant Baptisy Stratford tomorrow night at 730 There will be a special meeting Beginning the first Sunday in June the Sunday evening service will stay at 8 o clock instead of 730
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E. E. Gates
Hartford
Connecticut Baptist Covention
New Covenant
Stratford
Meetings Tonight Across City Venues
Court Nathaniel Wheeler and F of Aw convene at 1987 Broad Street while Scandia lodge meets on Woods Avenue. Maintenance employees gather at 847 State Street and Nutmeg encampment at 1067 Broad Street.
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Nathaniel Wheeler
Broad Street
Scandia Lodge
A. O
Woods Avenue
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