Parking limits urged by merchants on Wall street Bridgeport
Police Board heard merchants along Wall street between Main and Middle urge a 20 minute parking limit to curb all day weekend parking that blocks spaces. North side has no parking in the block, and ordinances are needed with the Common Council to fix the issue.
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Bridgeport
Board of Police Commissioners
Wall Street
Main
Middlestretty
Common Counex
Mohican Company
Golden Hill Street
Middle
Main Streets
Petrick J. Flanagan
Clergyman
Ernest J. Craft
Golden Mill Street
University Club
Flanagan
Thomas H. Flood
Norman Beardsworth
Charles J. Meyers
Beardsworth
Brooklawn
John Daly
Fourth Street
Flood
East Washington Avernue
William MaeMullen
Isaiah Linnett
Aga Met Linnell Fe
Milford N eighborhood Car Accident Injures 5 Year Old
Constance Newhall, five, was struck by a car on Naugatuck Avenue and suffered a fractured skull, severe injuries, and,lacerations. Henry Garppy, neighbor at 550 Daytona Avenue, faced reckless driving charges. he claimed the child darted onto the road. The victim was taken to Milford Hospital with little hope for recovery.
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Wilford
Cormeent
Naugatuck Avenue
Constance Newhall
Mnford Hospital
Sb Automobie
Henry Garippy
Daytona Avenue
Ospitel
Garppy
End
L Ily Newhall
Daystona Avenue
Irl
Ganppy
Milford Hospital
Reporters Steal Car to Transport Injured Man
Two New Britain reporters used an automobile to rush Alvan F. Comstock to New Britain General Hospital after he fell in City Hall. The car, with Massachusetts plates, belonged to another man. the reporters did not know it was not theirs and returned it to its curb after delivering him.
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New Britain
Associated Press
Alvan F. Comstock
Brookline
Mass
New Britain General Hospital
Comstock
City Hall
Massachusetts
Bridgeport News in Brief Highlights and Local Updates
Bridgeport notes George B Hawley elected president of Manufacturers association and permits issued for a new hotel. Harding High girls defeat junior league field hockey. city prompts parking limits to aid downtown merchants. A Vermont flood rescue is recounted by a steeplejack. local church work praised as Bridgeport touted as a pioneer in church school effort. Major state items include Haddam trade school funding and a post office building effort, with court cases and political notes from Washington and state.
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Bridgeport
George B. Hawley
Manufacturers’ Association
lLague
Harding High
Duke of Torlonto
Rome
Wheeler
Connecticut
Tien
Hillside
Jack Delaney
H. LeBagga Peters
Thomas
Vermont
Pioneer City
Weigle
State
Fairfield County
Haddam
Two More Bodies Found In Pittsburgh Plant Ruins
Pittsburgh officials reported two more bodies recovered from the Pittsburgh Clay Pot plant ruins after yesterday’s gas tank explosion. A worker died of a fractured skull in hospital, and rescue crews faced dangerous conditions as tons of water flooded the cellar, delaying recovery. Officials estimated the death toll could rise as wreckage was cleared over the coming days.
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Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Edwin Smith
Horne Company
Slate Today
Clay Pot Company
Equitable Gas Company
Frank Kuepferle
Ten Millions Lost By Kresge In 1928
New York, Nov 15 Sebastian S Kresge millionaire ten cent store operator says he lost over 4 10 000 000 in the stock market in 1923. He sues W E Hutton and Co to recover 685 000 on grounds they loaned 865 000 to Byrne and Co just before it failed in December 1924. He says Hutton used 700 shares of his stock as security. He also reveals a 130 000 loss in the Byrne crash.
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New York
Sebastian S Kresge
Supreme Court
W E Hutton and Company
Stock Exchange
3. M. Byrne and Company
Kresge
Hutton
Hutton and Company
Kreage
Byrne
Martin Conboy
Stamford Mayor Declines GOP Presidential Offer
Stamford mayor Alfred N. Padlipe Jr a Democrat declines a Republican presidential bid after receiving an offer from Mayor Thompson of Chicago and a quoted playful note from a New York woman. The exchange mocks party humor and CT Democratic self defense amid GOP antics.
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Stamford
Associated Press
New York
United States
Alfred N. Padlipe, Jr
Lincoln
Phillips
Thompson
Chicago
America First League
Duke of Torlonia Spy Says Lover Companions in Rome
Duchess Torlonia sues for divorce in New York after claiming Duke Marino Torlonia spent days in Rome with Maria Lorenzino. Deposition in Milan from 1926 details social life in Via Sicilia, Rome. Duchess married in Greenwich August 15, 1907 and returned to sue in 1925.
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Duke of
Torlonia
Greenwich
Marino Torlonia
Maria Lorenzino
Rome
Italy
John Richards Hoath
Elsie Moora
Milan
Thas
United States
John H. Huddleston
Ruigi Mannetti
Via Sicilia
Manning
Senorita
Ousted Ripper Board Members May Return Under Mayor
Names George Hi and oat F. Siemon were once on the Board of Apportionment and Taxation before the ripper regime. Political circles discuss possible successors to Wills Hobbs and John Phelan whose terms on the ripper board expire next month. Mayor Behrens pledged not to reappoint Hobbs or Phelan if reelected, noting opposition to ripperism.
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George 8. Hi
Oat F. Siemon
Republican
Hui
Slemon
Contract and Supply
Board of Public Purchases
Hill
Yellow Mul Bridge Commission
Republican Party
Siemens
Board of Appeals
Board of Education
Mayoy
Permit Issued for New Hotel at Fairfield Avenue
The Beach Hotel Corporation received a building permit for a hotel and store at 144-156 Fairfield Avenue. The $900,000 project will cost about $700,000, or 80 percent, with total permits yesterday totaling $741,355. Other approved permits include a three-car cement block garage at 1444 Seaview Avenue and a frame cottage at 76 Beechmont Avenue.
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Fairfield Avenue
Beach Hotel Corporation
Board of Building Commissioners
Petrini
Seaview Avenue
Joseph Niedermier
Beechmont Avenue
Patsy Fells
Amsterdam Avenue
American Tube and Stamping
Hotel proprietor dies at Fairfield home
Arthur Lee Donovan, longtime Unquowa hotel operator in Fairfield, died at his Fairfield residence after summers in Fairfield and winters in Florida. He was a member of local clubs and churches, survived by his wife Harriet, three sisters, two brothers, and several nephews. Services set for tomorrow at 2 PM at the Anueugoya hotel, with Rev Delmer S Markle officiating, Evergreen cemetery in New Haven to host burial.
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Arthur Lee Donovan
Fairfield
Donovan
Unquowa
Florida
Fairfield Country Club
Improved Order of Red Men
St Paul's Church
Harriet Donovan
St. Warren
Boston
Mass
Charlie D. Richardson
New Haven
Isaac T. Jenks
Walter R
East Orange
N. J
Eliot E
Havana
Cuba
Fillet H Donovan
Wid B Jenks
Pic Ellsworth T. Richardson
Weer Virgina Funeria
Aneugoya
Post Road
Delmer S
Two Men Die After Falls in Bridgeport Hospital Ward
Bridgeport records two fatal accidents yesterday. James Saunders, 63, former Newtown resident, died from skull fracture after falling in Hillside Home ward. doctor H LeBaron Peters investigated. William Fanning, 24, of 140 Center Street, died at Bridgeport Hospital from brain injury after a fall from a third story window on November 3, with medical examiner Peters also probing.
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Bridgeport
James Saunders
Newtown
Hillside Home
Saunders
Casey
H. LeBaron Peters
Wiliam Fanning
Center Street
City
Fanning
Peters
Stolen Cars Hit Local Figures In Lockport
Bridgeport police reported a spate of automobile thefts last evening involving notable residents. Former world light heavyweight champion Jack Delaney had his 1927 coupe SX-1782 stolen from Lafayette and Gilbert streets. Dr. H LeBaron Peters medical examiner saw his 1924 phaeton 1987 vanish from Park Avenue. Five minutes later R L Dunning’s 1923 touring car H-2026 disappeared from in front of the General Electric plant. George J Meyers reported a 192? touring car stolen from Housatonic Avenue between 6 and 10 o clock with registration H-8434. Miss Susan Gibney’s Marina Park roadster was found abandoned at State and Broad streets after being stolen Monday.
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Bridgepost
Jack DeLaney
H. LeBaron Peters
Jack
Patera
DeLaney
Lafayette
Gilbert
Dr. Peters
Park Avenue
R. L. Dunning
Ashley Street
General Electric Company
Sean
George J. Meyers
Catherine Street
Housatonic Avenue
Susan Gibney
Marina Park
State and
Broad Streets
Six Nicaragua rebels killed in Marine patrol attack
Six rebels were killed and seven wounded when they attacked U S Marine corps patrols near La Cruz in Nueva Segovia. There were no Marine casualties. Liberal general Augusto Sandino reported sending distress calls as Marines gradually dispersed and surrounded rebel forces.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Associated Press
United States Marine Corpa
la Cruz
Nueva Segovia
Augusto Sandino II
Dry Law and Negro Voting Spark Republican Platform Debate
Washington November 15 Borah and Glass push for a dry plank in the GOP platform while a four way clash over the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments unfolds. Edge and Stayton argue against prohibition and enfranchisement limits. Borah calls the Fifteenth amendment an unspeakable crime yet favors enforcing both amendments.
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Washington
Hooze
Borah
Idaho
Carter Glass
Virginia
Senator Edge
New Jersey
W. H. Stayton
Edge
New York
Glass
Slayton
South
Hig
New High Mark Set by Gray in Altitude Flight
Washington November 15. Captain Hawthorne Gray, who died in his recent free balloon altitude flight, is credited by the National Aeronautic Society with a height of 42 470 feet the highest on record in any aircraft. The previous balloon record was 35 424 feet by a German. air plane record 38 559 feet by Lieutenant C Champion. Porter Adams, president of the National Association, announced the mark after Gray s barograph was studied by the Bureau of Standards. Recognition of the mark will be sought from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
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Washington
Associated Preas
Hawthorne
Gray
National Aeronautic Society
American Society
C. ©. Champion
Porter Adams
National Association
Bureau of Standards
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Raymond Carlson Improves After Teething Illness
Raymond Carlson thirteen months old of 75 Taft Avenue suffered convulsions caused by teething Sunday night. A physician was not reached promptly and an Emergency hospital ambulance assisted. Dr. Chester C. Haberlin treated the baby, who is now under Dr. Charles Sprague’s care. Initial reports claimed the child died from pneumonia but that was erroneous.
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Raymond Carlson
Taft Avenue
Chester C. Haberlin
Wargeon
Charles ¥. Sprague
Indictments Expected As Oil Case Probe Ends
Denver reports E. Harrison White elected to Colorado's First District against Francis J. Knauss with 20 precincts missing. The case relates to oil industry inquiry and potential indictments following the Tea Pot Dome jury tampering probe in Washington. Burns and son decline to amplify McMullin allegations as grand jury hearings continue. Justice Siddons orders rapid contempt probe into alleged jury tampering tied to Sinclair and associates.
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Denver
Colo
Associated Press
E. Harrison White
Colorado
Francis J. Knauss
Gary
White
Kneusa
William N. Vaile
Washington
Teapot Dome
Federal Grand Jury
Gordon
Co J
U. S
Shea
Burkinshaw
Harry F. Sinclair
Burns Detective Agency
Sinclair
H. Mason Day
Paris
Sheldon Clark
Chicago
King
Akers
Edward Kidwell, Jr
Justice Siddons
Kasby-Smith
Willard N. Jones
Oregon
Jones
William Howard Taft
U . Suspreme Court
Taft
United States
George W Wickersham
William J
Bridgeport Praised as Pioneer City in Church Schools
Yale professor Luther Weigle spoke at a Central High mass meeting on Religion and the Public Schools in Bridgeport. More than 600 residents attended as clergy from Anglican Catholic and Protestant churches joined a post speech forum. He cited the country’s focus on Bridgeport and urged cross denomination cooperation.
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Bridgeport
Luther Weigle
Yale University
Weigle
Central High School
First Lutheran Church of
Warren Harding High School
America
T. F. Rutledge Beale
Park Street Congregational Church
William R. McDermott
Washington Park ME
Alexander Alison
First Presbyterian Church
Alison
Dr. Weigle
New York American Sued for Libel by Day Leader
Rev Dr Edwin C Dinwid die former legislative superintendent of the Anti Saloon League sues the New York American for 250000 alleging a front page story and an editorial libeled him. The suit cites a front page piece accusing misuse of 10000 in federal funds and an editorial reiterating and aggravating that claim.
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New York
Associated Press
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
Wayne B.wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
League
Din ,Widdle
Junior League Hockey Team Tops Harding 4-1 in Youth Match
The Junior League field hockey squad defeated Harding 4 to 1 yesterday, with Doris Bryant scoring twice in the first half. Miss Alice Liebegott and Ruth Slos added goals as the League pressed for a comfortable win despite unavailable captain Virginia Anderson.
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Harding
Stamford
Seaside Park
Virginia Anderson
Teague
Miss Bryant
Doris Bryant
Alice Liebegott
High Schoo
Feld
Benig
Wells
Misa Ruth Slos
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JE. Watts
F. A. Salmons
Theodore Schawecker
Dison Avenue
Ekonckapofuh Tribe
Red Men
Anthony Hi
Maple Street
Con
Wu Adi
Nathan Ober
Brooks
Milford
Leving Club
Long Hin
County Legion
Georgetown
Gildea
New England
Trson
Muford Post Office
Prinicipal Swafield
Fairfield P.T
Stratford
Rhode Island
Stern
Ruth Elder
Husband
Panama
S. Kreage
Blain
Megro
Princston Gate
Harvard Bethday
Central
Arnold Horween
Harvard Ecpach
Cleveland
Cleveland Club
Collins
Pletcher
Aileen Wonderland
William
Ripper
George S. Hill
Carl F. Siemon
Hillside Home Hospital
Gang
Negro Franchise Crime
Wet
Burns
William J. Burns
W. Sherman Burns
William J. McMullin
L-37
MacMullin
Les
Burne
Grand Jury
McMullin
Burns Agency
Philadelphia
Sherman Burns
Newsepapermen
A. Lincoln Till
Lansdowne Avenue
Peyton Gordon
Frederick L. Siddons
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Yale
New York American
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