Son Drove Car In Trumbull Crash Father Testifies
George M Brelsford testifies Ettel Teeney’s father that Milton Brelsford drove the car at the Trumbull church crossing. The collision with a two engine train occurred as Milton failed to stop the car. Brelsford recovering, says son acted to avoid the train.
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Ettel Teeney
John J Phelan
Irving Studd
Public Utilities Commission
Hrelsford
Danbury
Brelsford
Mary Heneghan
Milton
Warren
Brelaford
Bridgeport
Bella
George Channing Miler
Percy Gardner
Highland Avenue
Stratford
Raymond Burgesna
Gardner
Warship Ordered to Guard Honduras After Ceiba Revolt
The U S government dispatched a destroyer from Bluefields Nicaragua to Ceiba Honduras to protect American interests after a revolt aided by penitentiary prisoners and soldiers last Wednesday. A truce restored order through American consul Evans, but fears of renewed trouble persist.
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Washington
Bluefield
Nicaragua
Celba
Honduras
Site Department
Ceiba
Transul Evans
Retired Cop Mulcahey Dies at New London Home
Richard J. Mulcahey sixty six retired New York police officer died at his Quaker Hill home Sunday from heart disease after a lengthy illness. Survived by a widow and one sister he retired from the NYPD twenty two years ago and had lived here many years.
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New London
Richard J. Mulcahey
New York
Mulcahey
Georgetown Record Sharp Earthquake Shocks Campus
A sharp earthquake was recorded by Georgetown University’s seismograph beginning at 8 47 p m lasting about two hours The maximum shock occurred between 9 01 and 9 03 p m Director Tondort placed the epicenter as 2 500 miles from Washington
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Washington
Georgetown University
Tondort
City Planning Advocate Urges Executive To Guide Growth
Concord consultant Gayland C. Cumming urged Bridgeport to appoint a city planning executive who would supervise and sanction all city improvements. He said a permanent planning office should centralize decisions, work with the mayor, and ensure all proposals fit the overall plan. He cited Chicago as a model where planning education helped public buy-in.
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Cumming
City Plan Commission
Chicago
Bridgeport
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Lawyers Guard Polls Amid Election Precautions
About two hundred members of the Chicago Bar Association were accredited as special attorneys for the county election board to deter fraud and disorder at polling places. Police will patrol with squad cars and shotgun units between precincts, each car carrying a county court representative. Volunteers will be stationed in four wards, notably the Twentieth, where prior disorders and fraudulent registrations were reported.
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Chicago
Chicago Bar Association
County Election Board
Alao
Precin
Bar Association Velimteera
French Village Haircut Price Spark Sparks Small Strike
In Les Baux near Avignon sixty residents stage a shave and haircut strike over barber price rises from one franc to three francs. The barber cites monthly cuts as sufficient while villagers insist on frugal visits and vow to starve him into submission until Christmas.
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Nice
Les Baux
Avignon
Barbor
Cabaerrera
French Observances Mark All Saint's Day Across France
In Paris and across France, graves are being decorated to observe All Saint's Day today. Tomorrow, commemorations shift to memory of the departed, as mourners honor the dead.
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Paris
France
Morrow
Two City Nurseries Overcrowded Prompt Charity Meeting
At the Associated Charities monthly gathering in Hall Home Settlement, officials reported that the Main Street and Frank Miller nurseries are at capacity with many children refused admission. Reports noted crowded facilities, average incomes of families served, and a call for sweaters. Representatives from Bridgeport nurseries planned to attend the national day nurseries meeting in New York City in December.
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Associated Charities
Hall Home Settlement
W. H. Griffitth
Clarenee King
Community Chest
Nureriles
Main Street Nursery
Frank Miller Nursery
Carl Voster
Howard Simpson
Harvey Hubbell
Mainstreet Day Nursery
Frank Miller
Malin Street
Prank Miller Nursery
Frank Miler
DeVer H. Warner
Lall
National Federation and New York Association of Day Nurseries
McAlpin Hotel
New York City
Bridgeport Nurseries
Modern Robin Hood in Chicago Ends With Subduing Shootout
Nov 1 Chicago story of Charles Mosher who robbed the National Waist Co to fund supposed aid for poor families. He demanded money, shot by manager Lang and fled into a meat shop where employees subdued him. A $900 bank deposit was cited as proof he did not spend the funds himself.
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Chicago
Charles Mosher
Sherwood Forest
National Waist Company
Masher
Mosher
Maeger Lang
Meteor Flywheel Lands Near Men At Tar Towng
Men working at a bank in the south end of the city on Saturday afternoon were startled when a large object, believed to be a meteor, landed nearby and sprayed sand for hundreds of feet. The object turned out to be a missing flywheel from a sav ing machine being operated a quarter mile away.
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Torrington
Rity
Chinese Embassy to Present Century Old Encyclopedia
The Chinese delegation in Geneva says the government will present to the League of Nations library the complete Chinese encyclopedia, reputed to be over 100 years old. The gift underscores China’s cultural heritage and the League’s growing historical collection.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Chines
League of Nations
Woman 83 Dies in Meriden After Long Illness
Mia Sarah Congdon Munger Lines, eighty three, wife of H Wales Lines, died at her home in Meriden after a long illness. She is survived by her husband, daughters, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Meriden
Mia
Sarah Congdon Munger Lines
H. Wales Lines
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