Prohibition Meeting In Norwalk Urges Repeal Of Eighteenth
About 200 people gathered at the Royal James Inn Norwalk for the first dinner of the Norwalk branch of the Association against the Prohibition Amendment led by Dr James Empringham of New York Church Temperance Society. Speakers including Mayor Alfred N Phillips and William P Trent outlined objections to prohibition urging a modification of the Volstead act and eventual repeal in Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Sam
James Em Pringham
New York
Church Temperance Society
Mahomet
Chriat
Anti-Saloon League
Empringham
Royal James Inn
Bridgeport
Episcopal Church
Alfred N Phillips
Stamford
J Benton Werner
Grace Episcopal Church
Church Temperance Society of the Episcopal Church
Nagar Ewing
Annapolis
W H Slayton
National Association Against
Phillips
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Temperature Drop Halts Flood Threat in Vermont Rivers
A sharp temperature drop tamed rising Vermont rivers and cut off a potential flood menace after rainstorms. The relief followed a day of renewed downpours that threatened new damage, with minor bridge and highway impacts noted as crews counted estimated costs from the first flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Associated Press
Vermont
Glarm
Northen
New England
Milford Doctor Arrested for DUI After Devon Crash
Dr Crawford Griswold of 144 Golden Hill St was arrested by Milford police for driving under the influence and reckless operation after a crash in Devon at 1 35 am He resides at 20 Haddon St Melvin Burke of West Ave Devon was treated at Milford Hospital for a cut and bruises Griswold received a gash over his right eye during the incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford Griswold
Golden Hill St
Milford
Devon
Griswold
Haddon St
Melvin Burke
West Ave
Advertising Pageant Awards Mark Bridgeport Show
The Bridgeport Pageant of Advertising drew about 1000 attendees at the Ritz ballroom last night. D M Read company dominated with the first prize as teams dressed in 1857 and modern styles, celebrating the D M Read company's 10th anniversary. Second prize went to Raybestos, third to George I Welles of Mitchell Dairy, with Mary Bean and Arvid Frisk among the prizewinners. The event featured local ads on paneled walls and a judge panel including Claude Schaffner and J H Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Ritz
Sara
Sherman Pryor
D. M. Read Company
D M Read Company
Anné S Smith
Arvid Frisk
Eleanor Walsh
Jack Colgan
Raybestos Company
Mary Bean
George I Welles
Mitchell Dairy Company
Claude Schaffner
Wilson H Lee
J H Adams
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
W H Lee
Prohibition Must Be Enforced Or Repeal May Follow
Senator William E Borah told the National Grange in Cleveland that if the Eighteenth Amendment cannot be enforced, proponents will seek to outlaw it. He warned that constant flouting could lead to removing the amendment from the Constitution and urged party fidelity to constitutional government amid threats to democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
William E Borah
Idaho
National Grange
Asid
Borah
Grange
Liquor Seized At 622 Main Street Store
Police raided Vito Calabrise's store at 622 Main Street Stratford arresting the 32 year old on a liquor law violation. Detectives found 43 half pint bottles and 12 pints of liquor plus 37 empty bottles and large empty cans in back storage. Calabrise, who moved from New York a month ago, is held on $300 bond awaiting City Court.
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Main Street
Vito Calabrise
Honeyspot Road
Stratford
Calabrise
Bridgeport
New York
Calaprise
Patrick Murphy
Herbert Liggins
Nitro-Glycerin Plant Blast Shakes Kansas Towns
Fire at the Independent Torpedo plant near Jefferson, Kansas, releases a fifth of a ton of nitroglycerin, causing widespread evacuations as residents flee toward safety miles away. No casualties reported. Clyde Horton hailed for coordinating defense and alarm efforts to save surrounding towns.
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Coffeyville
Associated Press
Beoeen
Jefferson
Here
Waterit
Independent Torpedo Company
Mille
Kansas
Houser
Independence
Cherry Valley
Fie
Clyde Horthton
Howarton
Duke of Torlonia to defend his name in Bridgeport suit
Rome dispatch reports the 67 year old Duke of Torlonia planning to file countercharges personally against his wife in Bridgeport Connecticut courts. He claims the divorce is ridiculous and vows to reclaim his children, asserting documents he possesses and that the duchess destroyed with his 1925 consent. He contends Italian rights will be protected and that American courts should respect paternal rights. Lawyers for the duchess have tied up Villa Torlonis, preventing disposition or rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Rome
Duke of
Torlonin
Connecticut
Elale Moore
Jockey Club
Tama Catholic
Duchess of
Crystella Cesi
Torlonia
Villa Torlonis
Remus's rampage in court over Taft during murder trial
In Cincinnati, November 18, a jury was seated for George Remus' murder trial when Remus erupted in a 15 minute fury directed at Charles P Taft II and Carl E Basler. He shouted and threatened physical harm, then calmed, prompting questions on his mental state and prompting a judge to rule on whether his challenge to an emergency juror could proceed.
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Sincinnati
Associated Prose
George Remus
Remus
Charles P Taft II
Hamilton County
William H Taft
United States
Carl E Basler
Renvus
Taft
Imogene
Chester R Shook
Alteriste
Shook
Bhool
Frank Cecelgates
Flnols
Qoelgates
Divorces Granted as Judge Yeomans Disposes Cases
Judge Edward M Yeomans of Superior Court granted 13 divorces and dismissed two petitions in three hours while continuing another. Cases involved alleged misconduct and infidelity, with petitions from Gladys Zimmerman and Alexander Booth dismissed for insufficiency. Lulu Richards of Weston was granted a divorce from Thomas Richards after years of drinking. Sniffen of Norwalk was granted a decree from Nora Jones Sniffen after discovering his wife with another man in Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Yeomans
Superior Court
Yeomans
Gladys B. Zimmerman
Alexander Booth
Danbury
Allen G Thornburg
Stratford
Ellen M. Thornburg
Buffalo
Thornberg
Lulu Gleser Richards
Weston
Broadway
Thomas D Richards
Hig
Guy L Sniffen
Norwalk
Nora E Jones
Middletown
Boston
Prohibition mass meeting and death probe fill briefs
District and state briefs report a prohibition mass meeting where a former dry worker spoke amid a death probe involving a man who fell from a roof. Other items include a liquor raid, a divorce count, a fatal motorcycle collision in Darien, and local notices on leases and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgsport
Revoner
Poup Wine
Noble Avenue
Norwalk
Darien
Faether
Four Men Die in Electric Chair for Condit Killing
In a half hour at Trenton State Prison four New York men were executed for the July 19 1926 murder of George L Condit paymaster for Reid Ice Cream Newark. Juliano Barone Juliano and Capozio proclaimed innocence as priests and a minister accompanied them to the chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Navy
Associated Press
State Prison
George L. Condit
Reid Ice Cream Company
Newark
Wee Joseph
Big Joe
Julian Christopher Barone
Joseph “Little Joe
Juliano
Louis
Kid Ruff" Fapozio
New York
Charles H Mitchell
Barone
Brax
Worker killed as steamer blows up in Baltimore
The steamship Jacob Luckenbach exploded while in dry dock in Baltimore injuring four workers and likely blowing one overboard. Oil in the fuel bin may have been ignited by flames as 15 men labored with acetylene torches. It is the third fatal ship explosion here in a year, with 13 dead and 12 missing across the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Navy
Associated Press
Jacob Luckenbach
Costa Rica
Thomas Simonson
Darien Officer Killed in Motorcycle Collision
In Darien on Nov 18 officer William E Bowman 34 and fellow officer Albert Ruman 32 collided after Ruman failed to slow for a speeding roadster. Bowman died at Norwalk hospital from a fractured skull while Ruman, treated for injuries, was arrested on manslaughter charges and later released on recognizance. Bowman left a wife and six children. Ruman claimed Bowman stepped into his path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darien
William E Bowman
Tin Norwalk Hospital
Bowman
Albert Ruman
Bow
Rumen
Ruman
Jeff
Boweman
William H Slaughter
John J. Phelan
Bowman Cvdently
Norwalk
Navy
National Guard
Jean
Glong
William Jr
Beverly
James
Grav
Bridgeport High School Grid Clash For City Title
Central High and Warren Harding meet at Newfield Park this afternoon to contest Bridgeport’s scholastic football title. About 5900 fans expected, with 1300 Harding and 300 Central students packed in cheering sections. The East Side and West Side factions cheer for Harding and Central respectively, as bands and demonstrations amplify the rivalry.
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Newfield
Central
Warren Harding
Bridgeport
Yale
Harvard
Army
Navy
Newfield Park
Central and
Marding
East Side
Harding
West Side
Central High
Harding High
Victory Bent
Harding Rooters
E T Buckingham
Robert G DeForest
Centrals
Anil
Tong War Rumors Follow Homesick Laundyman
Rumors of tong warfare and kidnapping spread through a Chinese neighborhood as Ching Wong, a laundyman at 876 Noble Avenue, appears distressed and disappears after a taxi ride with another Chinese man. Police and reporters follow the tale, but Ching remains found at the laundry with a companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ching Wong
China
Ching
Noble Avenue
T Hough
Moirts Deitch
Pthovsiad
Aaron
Aduad
Policen
Jocat Chinesa
Chine
Poe
Wam
Ude
Tual
Giles Fog Halts Takeoff For 12,000 Mile Flight
Captain Frederick A Giles consigned to delay as thick fog grounded the Wanda Bluebird at Mull Fields. His planned solo flight to New Zealand with Captain C T Peterer awaiting a clear runway and better weather to start toward Honolulu.
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Brancisco
Frederick A Giles
Ehimar
New Zealand
Mull Fields
Ely
Honolulu
Giles
C T Peterer
Sa Francisco Bay
Giles Shord
Orsbiguh
Guaden Gate
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Newsrarer Brchive
Dmlread Company Group
Robert Newbauer
Grangers
Huntington
Elliot Street
Fairfield
Paymaster
Norfolk
Westup
Bobby Mays
Tommy Aiszo
Armory Pattons
York Suniir
Condit
Capozzi
Shaw
London
George Bernard Shaw
America
Charlie Chaplim
Miss Pickford
William E. Bowman
Darien Center
Central Elevens
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