Floods sweep northern state as four rivers overtop banks
Massive rains inundate northern Connecticut as the Farmington Mad Still and Naugatuck rivers overflow. Homes along the Mad river and New Hartford are marooned while Torrington bridges close and highways suffer extensive damage. Officials report no deaths, but property losses run high and roads flood across Waterbury and surrounding areas.
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Connecticut
Farmington
Mad
Still
Naugatuck
Lars
Hyer
Rowley Street
Torrington Highway
Torrington
New Hartford
Winsted
Highland Lake
Housatonic
Connecticut Light and Power Company
New Milford
Trolley Firm to Remove Tracks at Oronoque
The Public Utilities commission granted permission for the Connecticut company to tear up its tracks between Paradise Green and Peck's Mill on the Stratford to South Shelton line. Bus service now covers Paradise Green to South Shelton, replacing trolley runs previously extended to Peck's Mill. A prior order to relocate tracks by Derby Road was revoked after showing a $217,000 cost.
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Paradise Green
Peck's Mill
Stratford
South Shelton
Connecticut Company
Public Utilities Commission
Trolley
Derby Road
Housatonic
Conecticut Company
Record Rainfall For November Is Measured Here
An unexpected rainstorm moved from the South and West to Bridgeport, likely setting a new November rainfall record. Official totals reached about four inches in 24 hours, with 9.09 inches recorded by 8 p.m. Heaviest rain fell between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. causing light storm damage, mainly washouts in Trumbull and Fairfield counties, and crop damage to potatoes and corn. Traffic was heavy on the Post Road yet safe, while downtown workers and shoppers faced a near standstill as extra trolleys were dispatched to move people from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
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Waterbury
Associated Press
Thomaston-Waterbury
Reynolds Bridge
Frost Bridge
Henry Schildgen
Watertown
South Main Street
Naugatuck
West Main Street
Riverside Street
Nangetuck
Bridgeport
William J. Mealta
Rocton Avenue
Trumbull
Long Fall
Fairfield
Westport
Stepney
State Street Bridge
Washington Bridge
Housatonic
Post Road
Connecticut Company
Staines
Arrears Interest and Tax Collections Reported by Tax Collector
Tax collector Howard Challenger released October and year to date figures showing arrears interest totaling 812,264.84 for the term, with total arrears collections reaching 2,400,000 and overall tax collections at 6,408,487.93 for the year through November 2. The report notes 86 percent of current year taxes collected and 50 percent of estimated arrears, with October class breakdown including current year 119,141.61 and licenses 1,089, among other items.
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Howard
Challenger
Slenth
Taft Criticizes Weak Juries At Crime Prevention Meet
Washington November 3. Speakers including former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and Chief Justice Taft urged a national crime statistics clearing house and higher quality juries at the National Conference on the Reduction of Crime. Taft proposed eliminating jurors of weak intelligence and strong emotions, while Baker pressed state data gathering and broader use of the national identification bureau. Taft called for more police, swifter justice, and stricter punishment, decrying trial delays and loopholes in criminal law. The speech referenced the Sinclair-Fair oil case delays and Baumes law criticisms as examples of reform needs.
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Washington
Newton D. Baker
Taft
Supreme Court
Baker
National Bureau of Criminal Identification
Tait
Sinclair-Fair Oil
Trumbull Probes Explosion in Home
Stratford reports Alexander H. Trumbull investigates an explosion in the Trumbull home basement that injured Miss Jane Colt, 55, a two year housekeeper. Cause under review includes possible coal gas from a nearby fire or a heating system leak. Colt heard a hissing before the blast and is receiving hospital treatment.
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Stratford
Alexander H. Trumbull
Main Street
John H. Trumbull
Trumbull
Jane Colt
Trumbulls
Misa Colt
Colt
$1000 Raised for Men Who Rescued Ruth Elder
Wheeling backers of Ruth Elder and pilot George Haldeman confirm a fund of 1000 dollars raised by admirers. The money to be distributed to the skipper and crew of the Dutch tanker Barendrecht which rescued them near the Avores. The spokesman declined to add detail.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Associated Press
Joseph, Hollayay
Ruth Elder
Miss Elder
George Haldeman
First Americans Fell In War Ten Years Ago
Paris date recalls ten years since American soldiers died in action during a German raid near Artois Lorraine east of Luneville. Sixteenth Infantry men faced a bombardment as Company F fought the raiding party. Corporal James Greshman Privates Merle D Hay and Thomas Enright were killed.
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Paris
Navy
Associated Press
Sixteenth Infantry
Artois
Lorraine
Luneville
James Greshman
Merle D. Hay
Thomas Enright
Atwater presses probe into tax collector ties
William Burnham, president of the Board of Apportionment, will investigate the tax collector's office after Atwater questioned Collector Challenger's loan company links. Atwater, a Democratic mayoral candidate, paced further allegations about countersigning checks and potential investments, while addressing Blavoulans at Lithuanian and St. Cyril's halls. Challenger faces tax debts as Behrens and Burnham deny involvement, and the inquiry moves forward.
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Wiriam
Burnham
Board of Apportionment
Fred Atwater
Howard 5
Challenger
Atwater
Lithuanian Hall
Second District
St. Cyril's Hall
Blavoulans
Behrens
Affee
Burnham Witt
Tax Board
Bays Challenger
Income Tax Urged to Aid Unmarried Persons in Hearing
The House Ways and Means committee devoted most of a session to the direct tax on individual incomes with no witness urging rate reductions. A proposal to raise the single person exemption from 1500 to 3500 was presented by the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs, led by Lena M. Phillips, Martha L. Connors, and Cornelia Adair. They argued singles pay too much tax relative to married and family heads and that many singles contribute to families or fall in lower income brackets, noting improper revenue collection. Teaac W. Frank of Pittsburgh proposed exempting philanthropic incomes and boosting the charitable deduction to 60 percent rather than 15 percent.
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Washington
Nov. S
Associated Press
House
Ways and Means
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club
Lena M. Phillips
New York City
Martha L. Connors
East St. Louis
Ill
Cornelia Adair
Richmond
Congress
Miss Connole
Phillips
Teaac W. Frank
Pittsburgh
Mussolini Praises Christy Portraits. Orders New Work
Rome reports Premier Mussolini is pleased with a portrait by American artist Howard Chandler Christy and has invited him to do a second. Christy will begin work on the second portrait Saturday.
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Rome
Associated Press
Mussolini
Howard Chandler Christy
Mr. Christy
High court hears woman's appeal in compensation case
Bridgeport report notes the high court hearing an appeal by a woman and her partner related to a compensation claim from injuries in a crash. The case escalates through Supreme Court review, with details on the lower ruling and potential implications.
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Bridgeport High Court
Supreme Court
Page B. Supreme Court
Hartford
Superior Court
Page
Jack" Rose
Rosenthal
Seward
B. Lashar
Red Cross
Erwants Club
Tom Curran
James Reynolds
City Hall
Bebiens
Atwater
Episcopal
Phelps Reflects on 1889 German Bicycle Tour
Professor William Lyon Phelps discusses his 1889 cycling journey through Germany. The forthcoming Bridgeport TelegramSunday exclusive recounts sights, rides, and impressions from the trip, reflecting on culture, travel, and wartime perspectives.
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William Lyon Phelps
Germany
Bridgeport
Teleziam Saunday
Naples Wedding Enchants Ancient City as Royal Ties Loom
Naples awaits a royal wedding with Anne Helen Marie and Amadeus of Savoy, drawing King Alfonso and Victor Emmanuel, plus Bourbon and Savoy branches, diplomats, and military chiefs. The event, spanning civil and religious rites at San Ferdinando and San Francesco de Pa via, aims to heal historic feuds in a grandeur-filled celebration.
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Anne Helen Marie
Apulia
Naples
Presa
Duke of
Victor Emmanuel
Benneday
Savoy
Duke of Guise
Duke of Orleans
France
Prince Henry
Bourbon and
Orleans
Amedeus
Aimonn
England
Tripol
Gabriel D'Annunzio
Aosta
Humbert
San Ferdinando
Sinclair linked with detectives at jury's probe
The federal grand jury probing the Fall Sinclair conspiracy linked Harry F Sinclair to the Burns detectives who shadowed jurors. Subpoenas ordered Burns and son to testify and all records on who paid for the jury surveillance and related funds were to be produced. A Mason Day of Sinclair Exploration was also mentioned in the continuing inquiry.
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Washington
Federal Grand Jury
Sinclair
Neil Burkinshaw
Harry F. Sinclair
Burns
Teapot Dome
Grand
William J. Burns
W. Sherman Burns
Detective
District Attorney’s
A. Mason Day
Sinclair Exploration Company
Fairfield Votes for Traffic Signal at Fairfield Center
Fairfield moves ahead with the Post road traffic signal at Fairfield Center after town meeting approves an ordinance authorizing the Board of Selectmen to regulate Post road traffic by a signaling device or constables. State Highway Commissioner Macdonald warned it would obstruct traffic. The measure passed after Town Counsel Grout advised town authority was required. Continued on Page Two.
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Fairfield
Fairfeld Center
Board of Selectmen
Fairfield Center
Selectmen
John A. Macdonald
Jonathan Grout
Bacon Wakeman
Man Shoots Wife and Her Mother in Seymour
Seymour residents report Stanley Koshus twenty six is sought on 48 charges after allegedly entering a home on Roscp street and shooting his wife in the breast and her mother in the shoulder. Both women were taken to Griffin hospital in Derby in fair condition.
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Seymour
Associated Press
Stanley Koshus
Roscpe Street
Koshus Fe
Charma
Griffin Hospital
Derby
Koshus
Beymnour
New York City
Anson
Hudkins Claims Title as Dundee Fails to Appear at Wrigley Field
Los Angeles November 3. Ace Hudkins wins by forfeit after Joe Dundee fails to show at Wrigley Field. Clyde Hudkins orders ring exit and declares forfeit money claimed. Tom Kennedy confirms Dundee’s absence and Nebraskan holds welterweight title as crowd watches in stands.
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Wrigley Field
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Joe Dundee
Champen
Ace Hudkins
Clyde Hudkins
Tom Kennedy
Hudkins
Dundee
Kennedy
Acé Hudkins
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Housekeeper
Fairfield County
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Mix
Monroe
Republican Club
Mark Sullivan
General Farmer
Vride
Fuller
Boston
Walker
Tncome
Dr. McCoy
S. Parkes Cadman
Nears
Myrtle
South Avenues
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Myrtle Court
Alood
Prospecth Street
Thomas Curran
Prederick H. Derrick
Victi
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Reynolds
Second District Republican Club
Thomas Burke
Cuitan
Nolan
Reynedis
Mullins
Scott
Redgate
Canfled Rubber Company
BBC
John E. Barton
James H. Bray
Detectives Bureau
Derick
George H. Simonds
Patrick J. Flanagan
John H. Regan
John O'Connell
A. Brodsky
Park City Hospital
Chester
Haberlin
Brodsky
Father Carrig
St. Charles Church
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Captain Regan
Lee
New York
Ludwig Lee
Selma Hennett
Brooklyn
Sarah £. Brownell
Selma Bennett
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