Vermont to Call Special Session for Flood Relief
Vermont's emergency board recommended to Governor Weeks a special legislative session to consider flood relief measures. The board, the first since 1993, signaled likely action after year’s end as data for relief polices is gathered. Dartmouth volunteers aided salvage in White River Junction amid extensive flood damage.
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Vermont
John E. Weeks
State Emergency Board
Fuat
Wade Keyes
Reading
Frank E. Langley
Barre
Jasper Thomas
Belvidere
Guy Boyce
Proctor
White River Junction
Tartmouth College
Hanover
X .H
Connecticut River
Ernest Martin Hopkins
Roland E. Stevens
Red Grass Committee
Ing
Wnree
Siaam
Promyy
Keteller
Nelnon A. Rockefeller
Sohn D. Rockefeller, Jr
Red Cross Forest
Cornell
XPS
Gaya Therry
Maassachusetts
Connecticut
West Springfield
Winnoski Valley
Northampton
Memorial Hall
Garnet
Armistice dance features trench scenery in Bridgeport
Highlights include a Kiwanis club session on judging good music, funeral services for William H. Christianson, a near miss at an auction by Schine, rising potato prices due to floods and cold, and a flood relief special session in Vermont. Also noted are a barge overboard rescue, a new auditorium for Devon school, and various local notices across pages 1 through 28.
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Bridgeport Trench
Legion Armistice
Kiwanis Club
Wiliam H. Christianson
Schine
Federal Examiner of Civil Service Commission
New Junior College
Empringham
Nets
Norwalk
Father Shugrue
Sacred Heart Church
Hillside
Darien
Fairfield County
Bartford
Sayles
State League of Women Voters
New Haven
Dahl
Stratford
Devon
Opera
Milford
Fairfield
Vermont
Dartmouth
White Plain
Calvary Baptists Church
King Ben
House of David
Court
Largest submarine in world launched at Portsmouth yard
The V-4, touted as the largest submarine in the world, was launched at the Portsmouth navy yard at 12:80 p m. The ceremony featured Mrs. Philp Mason Sears daughter of Rear Admiral William D. MacDougall christening the vessel in the presence of Governors Spaulding and Brewster U S Senator Moses and numerous naval officers.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Associated Press
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Philp Mason Sears
William D. MacDougall
Navy Yard
Weasel
Spoken drama taxed as theater tax hurts stage profits
At the House Ways and Means hearings actors managers and club representatives urged repeal of the 10 percent theater ticket tax on 75 cent and up seats and other levies. They warned the decline of spoken drama as tax rules for clubs cigars and wine are kept.
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Washington
Associated Freas
House
Ways and Means
Ite
Atege
William A. Brady
New York
Babe Ruth
Gene Tunney
Frank Gillmore
New York City
Equity Associations
Texas
Ligon Johnson
International Theatrical Association
Treasury
Gilbert Miler
Henry Clay Anderson
Bowling Green
General Motors Declares Record Dividend Payout
General Motors plants a year of earnings with a regular quarterly dividend of 1.25 a share and an extra 2.50 on common stock, totaling 65,250,000 for the year. Preferreds add 145,849,000 in dividends. Payable February 1 to holders of record January 9.
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New York
Associated Press
General Motors Corporation Today
Ats
Torkhold
Brakeman Killed as New Haven Engine Boiler Explodes
A boiler explosion on New Haven Engine 3325 near Grove Beach kills brakeman Philip McCormick and seriously injures engineer B L Sprague and fireman Wrightington. The train of 66 cars, carrying 3000 tons, was en route to New Haven at 40 mph. Sprague escaped to report the accident after McCormick fell beside him. Traffic was tied up for over an hour.
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New Haven
Saybrook
Associated Press
New London Hospital
N.Y
H. Rsroud
Grove Beach
Philip McCormick
Axty
East 140Th Street
New York City
B. L. Sprague
Williiam Street
Wret Haven
Wrivington
Chatham Street
McCormick Wes
Fred
Sprague
McCormick
Wrightington
Kira
Westbrook
Sacred Silence Marks Armistice Day Across City
Armistice day will be observed with two minutes of silence starting at noon while stores and factories stay open where possible. Mellow bugle taps will be heard from Main and Fairfield avenue as Alpheus Winter notes the observance. Public offices will close and banks shut, with schools and the county building pausing. about 200 American Legion members head to Greenwich for observance. Continued on Page Two.
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Alpheus Winter
Manufacturers’ Association
Main and
Fairfield Avenue
Patriotic Societies
Legionnaires
Greenwich
Harry W. Congdon Post
American Legion
Wll
Fairfield County Legionnaires
Katherine McGarty
Former Slave Kept Alive at 106 as Hillside Home Arrest Demanded
Kenty Keltt aged 106, a former slave and father of 36, was taken to Hillside Home by Emergency hospital ambulance after years of frailty. Born in slavery around 1821 in Reevesville he later served as constable and juryman before living with a son in Charleston area. He spoke of Civil War era memories and his long life, saying Plenty was his name’s meaning. The piece also notes Rev John Straton’s arrest demand by the American Atheist association for alleged divine healing without a license and the clash with health officials.
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Kenty Keltt
Moore
Hillaide
Reevesville
6. C
James P. Keitt
Werren Street
James
James Keitt
Kettt
Statter
Reevedville
Alvoreed
Con
Hillside
Cheater E. Habertin
Harry Kennedy
Plenty
Telegram
New York
iBy Associated Press
John Roach
Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
American Association For the Advancemant of
Charles Smith
Association
Joab H. Banton
Atetorney
Louis I. Harris
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Priest Appointments Put Clergy Into Hartford Parishes
The Rev. Dr. Francie J. Shugrue is named assistant pastor at Sacred Heart church Hartford by Bishop John J. Nilan. Shugrue, a Waterbury native, Holy Cross and St. Bernard’s graduate ordained in 1925, was curate at St. Justin before this assignment. Other changes include Rev. Stephen Bartkowski to New Britain and Rev. Sigismund Worouieesxs to Rockville.
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Francie J. Shugrue
Church of St. Justin
Hartford
John J. Nilan
Sacred Heart Church
William H. Flynn
Bhugri
Waterbury
Holy Cross College
St. Bernard's Seminary
Rochester
Southington
St. Joseph's Church
Rockville
Alexander Tansk
Bts
Peter Wid Paul
Wal Ungford
Ladislaus Nowakosai
Waterbury officer pleads guilty to assault charge
Patrolman Walter Gabriel admitted he assaulted Max Omelchuk after finding him drunk on a city sidewalk. At a board of safety hearing Omelchuk testified he was paid to stay away from court, and restaurant owner was summoned for questioning. Gabriel’s plea shift led to immediate suspension and next week’s full board trial.
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Waterbury
Associated Press
Walter Gabriel
Max Omel+chuk
Board of Safety
Omelchuk
Board of Safety Today
Joseph McLean
Omelchik
Gabriel
McLean
Imac
Rich Sportsman Is Held As Aide In Oil Case Plot
Sheldon Clark a wealthy Chicago man and associate of Harry F Sinclair faces a criminal conspiracy charge to influence the Fall Sinclair Teapot Dome jury. He declined to testify, demanded a quick hearing, a preliminary examination is set for November 35, and bail of 10000 was posted. The inquiry also reveals Day’s activity and Burns Detective involvement.
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Washington
Associated Press
Sinclair Teapot Dome
Sheldon Clark
Chicago
Aperta
Otman
Harry F. Sinclair
Henry Mason Day
Sin Clair Exploration Company
Clark
Day
Grand Jury
United States
Needham C. Turnage
Ted
Neil Burkinshaw
Harry Jeffries
Sinclair
New York
Mayflower
Burns Detective Agency
Fall-Doheny
Burns Agency
William J. Burns
W. Shermac
Ruth Elder Lands in New York Today
Ruth Elder and Captain George Haldeman arrive in New York from Paris aboard the Aquitania for a formal homecoming. City officials led by Grover Whalen will greet them at Battery Park, with Governor Mayor Walker, a luncheon, and a City Hall welcome on the agenda.
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New York
Associated Press
Ruth Elder
George Haldeman
Paris
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Levine
Byrd
Macom
Grover A. Whalen
Gueet Mise Elder
Haldeman
City of
Lyle Womack
Panama
Susan Odom
Battery Park
James J. Walker
Miss Elder
National Women's Party
Ambassador
Yale Board Denies Caldwell ineligibility despite rivals pleas
New Haven Nov 10 Bruce Caldwell, hailed as Yale’s top halfback, is barred from representing Yale on the gridiron after the Yale Athletic Association board reaffirmed his ineligibility tied to a 1923 Brown University freshman football activity. The decision followed a lengthy session, with rivals Princeton and Harvard urging possible reinstatement. Harvard officials, led by William J. Bingham, urged Yale to lift the rule so Caldwell could face Cambridge in upcoming games.
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Bruce Caldwell
Harvard
Princeton
Sareh Jones
Bil Roper
Caldwell
Elks
Hartford
Central High
Stamford
YALE
Brown University
A. A
Celdwell
Finsl
George B. Nettleton
Yale University Athletic Association
Accorg
Boston
Crimson
Williamt
Bingham
Cambridge
Ene
Amherst Fullback ruled ineligible on eve of Williams game
Amherst Massachusetts November 10 The Amherst Lord Jeffs face Williams without star fullback Lynn Warren after an eligibility ruling. The ineligibility stems from the same broader gridiron eligibility controversy affecting Yale.
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Amherst
Mass
Associated Press
Bruce Caldwell
Yale
New England
Lynn Warren
Lord Jeff
Williams
Tigers Coach Plans Final Plea in Caldwell Case
Princeton head coach William W. Roper said he will travel to New Haven to seek Caldwell’s reinstatement for the upcoming game against Yale. He expressed disappointment over the situation and said he would use friendly efforts to advocate for Caldwell, subject to Yale’s decision on eligibility.
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Tigers
Caldwell
Piladelphia
Associated Press
William W. Roper
Princeton
New Haven
Bruce Caldwell
Roper
Yale
Hibben
Dynamite Damages West Pittston High School in Wilkes-Barre
A bomb blast at the newly built West Pittston High School caused over 10,000 in damage and shattered windows across the area. A second time bomb was found near the South Pittston bridge. no injuries reported and no suspects yet.
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Wilkes-Barre
Associatedness
West Pittston High
A. FE
Maniac
St. John’s Roman Catholic Church
King Ben Forced Out as Leader of House of David Cult
In Michigan, Circuit Judge Louis H. Head orders a receiver to oversee the House of David Colony. King Benjamin Purnell is banished from the throne and property valued over 1 million dollars to be transferred to the receiver. The court dissolves the public misguidance suit but allows continued religious activity under oversight. Members may stay or leave, with rights to recover properties from Benjamin and Mary.
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Ben
House of David
St, Joseph
Mich
Associated Press
Benjamin Purnell
Louis H. Head
Newberry
Berrien County
Bus Neseman
House of
David Calony
Purnell
Benjamin
Mary
Fead
Mead
Berrien County Court
Examiners Review Bridgeport Postmaster Candidates
Officials from U S Examiners and the New England Civil Service district examined six candidates for Bridgeport postmaster. Examinations were held in the postmaster’s office and ratings are expected within a month. Candidates include City Clerk Alfred W Burdick Charles A Wheeler former police captain John Pringing George A Doyle Clinton R Carpenter and acting Postmaster William T Meyer.
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Bridgeport
H. A. Dute Jon
New England Civil Service District
R. B. Hall
Postoffice Department
Armthur F. Connor
Alfred W. Burdick
Charles A. Wheeler
John Pringing
Internal Revenue Department
George A. Doyle
Clinton R Carpenter
Act Ing
William T. Meyer
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General Motors
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