Two Men Killed As Car Overturns On Slippery Hill
In Lebanon Connecticut a car skidded on a greasy hill and overturned killing Frank Pratt and James Keating. A third man, Thomas Casey, escaped into darkness. Alfred Gall, Bridgeport, was lightly injured after being struck while signaling a trolley.
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Connecticut
Lebanon
Craugh
Bridgeport
Alfred ©. Gall
Norwich
Crocker
Frank P. Pratt
James E. Keating
Thomas Casey
Inflation Spurned by French Leaders in Paris
In Paris the Finance committee of the chamber rejected any further currency inflation and postponed detailed debate on Premier Painleve's financial plan. A sinking fund was to be refined, with Painleve ready to modify details for Senate objections while keeping the core amortization plan intact.
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Paris
Nov
Painleve
Mainleve
Death claim doubts surround Dutch Anderson killing report
Rochester reports confusion surround the death of George Dutch Anderson a notorious gunman and crime figure after a Muskegon Michigan shootout with a detective on October 31. Attorney William J Baker who once represented Anderson and his jailed ally Gerald Chapman received telegrams and photos confirming the death and identification, denying earlier uncertainty.
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Rochester
New
George
Dutch" Anderson
Muskegon
Mich
William J. Baker
Anderson
Baker
Gerald Chapman
Connecticut
Chemis Clark
Wuskegon
Doctor to Tell His Own Story in Daughter Killing Trial
Dr Harold Elmer Blazer a country physician will testify in his murder case to defend killing his thirty four year old daughter Hazel. He seeks insanity as a defense and plans to describe lifelong care for his daughter and the effects of petit mal epilepsy on his mental balance. The defense insists the daughter had a soul despite claims to the contrary.
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Littleton
Cola
Harold Elmer Blager
Hazel
Dre Blazer
Mowry
Blazer
18 Months Chase Across Country Nets Jewel Robber
After an 18 months police pursuit from coast to coast, detectives captured Harry Sitamore in Kingston, N Y, and returned him to New York to face an $8,000 jewel robbery at the Notel Alamo in May 1924. Principal Behan, ex-convict, already convicted and serving 26 years, aided the crime with his wife after meeting Mrs. Johnson at dinner.
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New York
Harry Sitamore
Kingston
N. Y
Notel Alamo
Edna Jenison
Howard Johnson
Harry Behan
Behan
Johnson
Milford inmate recaptured after escape from state boys school
Clarence Wilson of Milford and an accomplice escaped from the Connecticut State School for Boys on Friday night. Wilson was found Saturday under a Berlin railroad trestle with a fractured hip after reportedly sleeping there. The companion remained at large and the pair had previously been linked to a stolen boat recovered at Pleasure Beach. They confessed to buying the boat with stolen funds from several local homes. The youths were returned to the school for treatment and discipline.
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Meriden
Clarence Wilson
Milford
Connecticut State School For Boys
Berlin
Treatmer
Clarence Wilton
Bridgeport Ona- Kee
Pleasure Beach
Tether
Strathiel
Steven
Hydrant Struck by Car Crashes at Gold and Middle
A large touring car driven by Bert Loucia of 221 Washington Avenue struck a hydrant at the corner of Gold and Middle streets last evening, breaking it to ground and flooding the area. Fire headquarters shut off the water. the sidewalk was undermined and a nearby parking space damaged. Loucia was not detained by police.
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Sorner of Gold and
Middle Streets
Bert Loucia
Washington Avenue
Fire Headquarters
Loucia
Repeal of Auto Taxes Barred by Revenue Plan
Washington relief efforts stumble as the House Ways and Means panel weighs excise rate revisions. An automobile tax repeal would trim $150 million in next year’s revenue, conflicting with the Treasury’s $307 million surplus and Mellon’s push to keep passenger car taxes while repealing tires, trucks, and accessory levies. The panel faces a clash between tax reductions and revenue preservation.
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Washington
House Wars and Means Committee
Treasury
Mellon
Fannie Crosby Home for Aged Dedicates Renovated House
More than 100 attendees gathered at 1088 Fairfield Avenue for dedication services led by Rev. BE Craft and Rev. W B McDermott. The event celebrated renovations and the home’s capacity for aged women and couples, with tours of the 18 rooms and memorial rooms listed by donors from Dwight Wheeler to Miss Bertha Bonyman, and a church quartet performing hymns.
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Fannie Crosby
Fairfield Avenue
BE. J. Craft
Christ Episcopal Church
William BR. McDermott
Washington Park M. B
People's Presbyterian Church Quartette
Jesus
Roderick J. Mackenzie
Rose Mackenzie
Lacey Ann Ludwig
Orville Bector
Mildrad
Bertha Bonyman
King’s Daughters Circle
Puannie Crosby
R. W. Rhoades
Mt Vernon
Martha Room
George W. Maxwell
Boston
Federal seizure reported of two-masted schooner Lincoln
Customs officers in New York area seized the schooner Lincoln in Long Island Sound off Stamford with 500 bags of alleged liquor valued at 15000. Four crewmen, who claimed only vinegar aboard, were captured after the patrolling squad posed as bootleggers. No dockside unloading in Connecticut indicated.
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Wattefield County
Customs
Long Island Sound
Lincoln
Customs Service
New York
Stamford
Connecticut
Lighter and Barge Aground off Silver Beach Mystery Deepens
A lighter and a barge grounded on a Sandbar near Silver Beach 106 feet offshore Milford last night. No crew found aboard though a resident saw three men leave the lighter in a rowboat around 7 am. The cat was removed and both vessels remain submerged as tidal conditions hinder towing. Authorities will inspect cargo and file a report.
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Silver Beach
Milford
Specelal
Crandall
Milford Harbor
Cars Stolen to Order by Hartford Thieves
Hartford police outline a Connecticut wide car theft ring that steals cars to order. Investigators say the operation uses salesmen who take customer preferences, with a central hub near Springfield. Ring reportedly averages about 800 cars annually, with several linked to Connecticut and Hartford, as authorities vow to smash it this winter.
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Hartford
George Lohs
Joseph F. Harrison
Auto- Mmobile Insurance Company
New England
Lochs
Harrison
Springfield
Mass
der. Herrison
Connecticut
Teaders
Inquest Today Into Athlete John Callahan Death
A coroner's inquest will be held today at the County Court House into the fatal automobile accident that killed John Callahan, a Grashe football player, near Orland Street and Wallfeld Avenue after 7 PM Saturday. Motorman Michael Scanlon was arrested on a manslaughter charge and released to the trolley company superintendent, with details of the crash and injuries to companion Stanley Jacobowskie.
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Orland Street
Wallfeld Avenue
John Callahan
Colorado Avenue
County Court House
Michael Scanlon
Beach Street
Frank Kibling
Stanley Jacabowskie
Gilman Street
Florida land may provide revenue for Army homes
Washington, Nov. 8 AP Secretary Davis urged Congress to approve a military housing program funded in part by proceeds from Army real estate sales including Florida. He warned of the Army housing crisis with thousands in temporary shelters, flimsy stables for horses, and shacks for hospitals and nurses, noting 950 fires last year costing over 7.4 million dollars and diverting training time to maintenance.
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Washington
Army
Davis
War Department
Congress
Florida
Tlawali
Panama
Fort Benning
Blaze in Candy Store Caused by Ammonia Leak
A fire at a candy store on Middle Street at 11 54 yesterday was caused by leaking ammonia from Chemical No 1 at fire headquarters. Martins answered a still alarm for a fire in the Tane Collectionary store on Elm Street. The blaze was extinguished before any damage occurred.
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Middle Street
Martins
Tane Collectionary
Elm Street
Mussolini Seeks Crushed Italian Masonry Amid Plot Crackdown
Premier Mussolini outlines fascist aims in an interview after police round up plot leaders and accomplices behind an assassination and government overthrow attempt. He praises harmony between employers and employed and lauds American and English Masonry while charging readers of the Italian press.
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Universal Hl Service
OME
Mussolini
Vascist
Chigi
Italy
Beatio Munnolini
Pinchot decries bootleg permits as treason claim urged
Governor Gifford Pinchot condemned permissive handling of alcohol permits in Philadelphia, blaming Prohibition officials Haynes and Blair for thousands of lawbreakers. He warned a treasonous push may arise to undermine enforcement and shift toward lawlessness, citing the Eighteenth Amendment’s betrayal by Washington leaders and a possible winter confrontation over order.
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Chicago
Washington
France
United States
Mitchell to resist court martial with broad defense
Willan Mitchell and his legal team plan to fight the accusation that the War and Navy departments are incompetent by presenting witnesses and government documents. Nearly a hundred witnesses have been gathered and the defense aims to keep the trial focused on the specific charges while challenging the administration's aviation policies. The prosecution is expected to challenge the admissibility of broad evidence as officials warn against expanding the trial beyond the case.
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Carys Colone
Willan Mitchell
San Antonio
Texas
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Navy
Mitchell
Frank R. Reid
Miinoia
Sherman Moreland
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Reid
Mr. Reid
Confessed Slaver Faces Trial For Murder In Newark Case
Harrigan W. Noel, who confessed to the kidnapping and slaying of six year old Mary Daly and Raymond Pierce of Montclair, will stand trial for murder before Judge Edwin C. Caffrey in Passaic County. The state seeks first degree murder with the electric chair as penalty. Defense claims insanity. expert witnesses to support reduced responsibility. Jury selection expected to be lengthy. over fifty newspapers to attend.
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Bk.c
Harrigan W. Noel
Mary Daly
Raymond Pierce
Montclair
Fierce
Budge Edwin C Caffrey
Daly
Passater County
Noel
William A. Wachenfeld
Essex County
Dix Woel
D'Alola
Wachenfeld
Overbrook Hospital
Pierce
D'Aloia
Nee
Caffrey
HINGES MANAGER DIES ON LINKS AT NEW HAVEN
C Spencer Richardson 47, manager of Hincks Brothers and Company's New Haven office, collapsed and died on the Meadow Brook Country Club course in Hamden while playing golf. Medical Examiner G H Justin attributed the death to heart trouble after Richardson left his partner mid game. Richardson had lived in New Haven for about nine years, previously based in New York with the Russell Sage Foundation.
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New Haver
C. Spencer Richardson
New Haven
Hinecks Brothers and Company Investment Bankers
Meadow Brook Country Club
Hamden
G. H. Justin
Richardson
Phillip Brill
Hincks Brothers and Company
New York
Russell Sage Foundation
Macri counsel speaks at jail in New Haven juror update
Five jurors were chosen for the second trial of Olympia Macri charged with the murder of John Bagnano in New Haven. Remaining panel members and second panel jurors to be called, with only male prisoners on site aside from Macri. Koletsky, her lawyer, visited and spoke at a prison service. Mrs Whitney plans to attend Tuesday. Macri’s baby to be brought in tomorrow. state officials returned from New Haven after weekend talks.
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Litchfield
Olympia Macri
John Bagnano
New Haven
Joseph Koletsky
Miss Macri
Miss Mack
Koletsky
Frank H. Turkington
Arnoy A. Alling
Clarence I. Barton
Stanley Gianella
New Ilaven County
Girl Is Injured Walking on Milford Turnpike
West Haven, Nov. 8. Mrs. Jeannie Sweet, eighteen, was knocked down by an automobile while walking on the Milford turnpike near Hilltop garage and was taken to New Haven hospital. She suffers bruises but no fractures. The car was driven by Olaf Warm, a New Haven carpenter, traveling toward New Haven. Mrs. Sweet was walking with her mother Mrs. Welen Stanwicka and Miss Janet Sranwickka, who were not injured.
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West Haven
Jeannie Sweet
New Haven Hospital
Milford Turnpike
Olaf Warm
New Haven
Sweet
Welen Stanwicka
Janet Sranwickka
Five Women Dead in Hotel Room in Hibbing Minn
Five hotel employees were found dead in a Hibbing hotel room today from possible poisoning or asphyxiation after a gas jet was left on in the kitchen where the women had been drinking from small glasses. The victims include Ells Kuusisto, 35, owner. Ide Hardy, 35, tenant. Mary Herasing, 25. Mrs. Mary [surname incomplete], 35. Katherine Green, 25. The bodies were found by Kuusisto’s nine year old daughter who notified neighbors after failing to enter the room. An inquest is to be held tomorrow.
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Hibbing
Minn
Abe
Ktohen
Ells Kuusisto
Ide Hardy
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