Brandegee Case Remains Mystery After Death and Land Purchases
Washington report on Senator Frank Brandegee’s death notes heavy financial obligations and enigmatic motives behind his farm land purchases in Montgomery County Maryland. He acquired over 1000 acres across Perry Royce Magrady and Saunders tracts, with F I Smith Real Estate as agent. He renovated and relocated a house, built roads and planted evergreen shrubs, seeking seclusion and unobserved country views.
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Washington
Frank B. Brandegee
Brandegee
Perry
Royce Place
Magrady Place
F. I. Smith Real Estate Company
Brandegre
Perry Binee
Archite
Eflo
State and Nation Emissaries Honor Senator Brandegee Return
From Washington, U. S. Senator Frank B. Brandegee, a longtime Connecticut figure, returned to New London after twenty two years. His body arrived in a private rail car at Union Station amid formal honors by senators representatives and Connecticut officials. A guard of police maintained order as leaders of the nation and local admirers shared in the tribute. The veteran legislator’s homecoming did not trigger campaign activity and the famed big house on Hepstead Street remained quiet.
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Washington
U. S
Frank B. Brandegee
Brandegee
Federal Express
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Sili
United States
Connecticut
Fat Man
Sidiward
Peope
Senator Brandeste
Brandvese
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Wis Campais
White House
Uempstead Street
Indrew
Margaret Bradley
Dinner Invitation Bothers Burglars
Steve Roche reports two young men forced into his Davis Street home and ate dinner at 6 30 p m after he explained his poverty. He says he gave each man twenty cents. Detectives investigate as children confirm the tale.
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Steve Roche
Davis Street
Svening
Koche
Detective Bureau
Sema Atory
Doubt Over English Election Outcome Tests Parties
London Oct 17 With twelve days until parliamentary elections the result remains uncertain. Conservatives stronger on personnel, Labour candidates less buoyant, Liberal price for aiding Conservative fights looms. Ramsay MacDonald government facing possible defeat by Conservative Liberal coalition.
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London
Associated Press
Labor
Law
Ramsay MacDonald
Westport Police Apprehend Girl Who Left Home
Westport police captured Mabel West a six year old from Staffordville after an all night search when a truck with about a dozen men and two women passed through town. Patrolman Harvey Allen chased the vehicle to the police station where State Police Sergeant Frank Viraill questioned the occupants. The girl said she left home of her own free will and the men and woman denied responsibility. She was taken to Bridgeport hospital and later placed in her parents custody.
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Westport
Mabel West
Staffordville
Rockville
Harvey Allen
Frank Viraill
Bridgeport Hospital
Virelli
Paventa
The Faces Under the Hoods of Connecticut Klan Leaders
The Telegram promises to reveal the Black Book listing Klan officials in Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Bridgeport reader will learn names addresses titles and phone numbers of the state rulers and their followers across several towns.
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Ku Klux Klan
Connecticut
Monany
Rhode Island
Bridgeport
Governor Templeton orders special state election Monday
Governor Charles A. Templeton announced a call for a special state election to fill the U S Senate vacancy caused by the death of Senator Frank Brandegee. Attorney General Frank B. Healy advised he lacks authority to appoint a successor, date to be set with most likely December.
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Waterbury
Charles A. Templeton
Frank BE
Frank Hea~ly
Hartford
Frank B. Healy
Templeton
United States
Frank B. Brandegee
Anson T. Mctook
Rescue by Sapling Saves Car Passengers in Westport Crash
A seventeen year old driver lost control on Riverside Avenue causing a collision with a five ton truck. The vehicles teetered over an embankment toward the Saugatuck river until ropes from the Saugatuck Fire Station steadied them. Passengers, including three women en route to a New York train, were rescued as bystanders aided until authorities arrived. The touring car owner was Concetta Alario of Westport.
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Frank Castiglia
Riverside Avenue
Saugatuck
Aupling
Walter Duffy
Westpor Saugatuck
New York
Karol Kokosho
Consolidated Coal Company
Mrmck
Kokostzko
Thias
Mra. Concetta
Tire Stolen Report From 164 Taose Street
Tyre stolen from a vehicle reported to the Detective Bureau. The owner says the theft occurred Thursday evening while the automobile was parked on Congress Street. No suspects named in the readable text.
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Tuch
Taose Street
Congrésa
Still Loves His Wife Carpenter Cries Out in Court
Samuel B. Carpenter of Ridgefield, listening to days of testimony in a divorce suit by his wife Katherine LaSalle Carpenter, rose on the stand and cried that he always loved her. He defended his conduct as chivalry and said he would take her back today if possible. His daughter Wienore and servant Mary Doyle testified, while others denied accusations of improper ties with staff.
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Samuel B. Carpenter
Ridgefield
Katherine LaSalle Carpenter
Carpenter
Allence
Gervantic
Mary Doyle
Agiganta
Mary Dagle
Shoulot
Wienore
Downes Estate Seeks Tax Abatement Over John Street Corner
Fred and William Downes, owners at the northeast corner of John and Main, demand tax abatement after vowing to demolish the unsightly wall and improve the corner. Attorney Robert Gould argued the $135,000 assessment is excessive and the fair value lies between $100,000 and $110,000 while the city seeks $11,209 in benefits from the John Street extension. The estate warns it may fund a new wall if a fair deal is reached as talks continue at the Exchange Club.
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Fred
William Downes
John and
Main Streets
Robert Gould
Downes
Exchange Club
University Elyh
Board of Reet
Plaga
Main Street
Middletreet
Gould
Eng
Ge Jr
A. Ts Thee
Jia Juncheon
Strafield Hotel
Mayor Behrens Delays Athletic Field Plan For Now
Mayor Behrens backs replacing State Trade School but delays the Warren Harding athletic field and stadium, citing a $150,000 trade school cost and prioritizing congestion fixes in Longfellow Jefferson Beardsley Garfield Staples and Shelton districts. Board president Havens notes five projects need urgent review with $300,000 combined estimates.
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F. William Behrens
Warren Harding
Schoals
Fverett Cortright
Board of Education
Longfellow-Jefferson
Longfellow
Havens
Beardsley
Lone Bandit Robs Two Gas Stations
A single assailant robbed two gas stations within twenty minutes last night, tying victims with wire. At Barnum Avenue station employer Dugene Blummer lost about 35 dollars. at Stratford Avenue Stax Oil, Harry Hyatt reported a robbed till with totals varying to 37.86. Police issued a wide search across Bridgeport and Stratford, noting similar wires bound the feet and a tall suspect in a grey suit, brown hat, and black shoes. The incidents are described as bold for the year.
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Straford
Dugene Blummer
Barnun Avenue
Blummer
Stratford
Harry Hyatt
Stax Oil Company
Stratford Avenue
Hyatt
Statlon
Bridgeport
Pridgewort
Tenteliles
Star Oil Company
Yale Dartmouth contest looms as 60000 see Bowl clash today
New Haven Oct 17 Yale and Dartmouth prep for their first meeting in a quarter century as 60000 plus expected crowds pack the Bowl tomorrow at 2 30 with skeptical coaches and a veteran Yale lineup and a green Dartmouth squad facing a stiff test in the season opener officials named Crowley Bowdoin Murphy Brown and Headnesman unspecified.
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Hall
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Bowdoin
We. Murphy
Brown
Headnesman
Soviet Warship Seizes American Citizen and Wrangel Island Party
Soviet warship impounded an American citizen and a party of 18 on Wrangel Island, sparking probable action from Washington as foreign affairs notes an international incident. Reports also cover Canton riots, chemical and police actions, and ongoing political and financial news across major sections.
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Sulla
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Washington
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France
New York
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Bridgeport
Millon
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Rover Army
Polo Grounds
Navy
Princeton
Williama
Newfield Park
Columbia
Pann
Philadelphia
Crosby
Alaskan Protest Over Wrangel Island Removal
Charles Wells an American citizen and thirteen Eskimos were taken to Siberia by a Soviet crew. Alaskan Chamber of Commerce telegrams protest to State Department and Alaska Legislature. Capt. Castel reports the voyage from East Cape Siberia and notes uncertainty over forcible seizure versus consent. Washington weighs grave concern as possession of Wrangel Island involves multiple nations.
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Nome
Alaska
Charles Wells
Wrangel Island
Harold Nolce
Siberia
Washington
Wells
Remo
Capta’ Castel
East Cape
Cast
Cag
Charlies Wells
Wrangel
Dramatic Life of a Refugee Girl and Family News
Mrs. Raymond V. Chace waits in Bridgeport with her infant son for the arrival of her husband who is to follow the ZR-2 game after leaving the Frederichshhaften plant where the dirigible was built. A ten year old French girl, raised in Europe, Asra and Africa, has ridden camels in the Sahara and endured bombardments in two wars before meeting American Jackie in Constantinople.
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Raymond V. Chace
Bridgeport
Frederichshhaften
Turkey
Europe
Asra
Africa
Sahara
Jackie
Constantinople
Vis
Rival Bus Lines Seek Privilege for Sport Hill Route
A crowded hearing before the Public Athtities Commission in City Rail heard rival bus lines seek authorization for a jitney route from City Plaza to Sport Hill via Middletown, Housatonic, East Washington, Main, Fran, Madison, Chestnut Hill, Park, Jefferson, and Sport Hill. Residents urged approval while opponents from White Ling Bus urged granting to their company. no objections were entered to the petition.
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Haston
Athtitles Commission
Plazrz
Spark
Easton
Charten c. Elwell
New Haven
Alanson
Fe. Stewart
Hartford
Jitney Ines
Charles Jr
W. F. D. Kipatrick
J. Potter
Bridgeport
Connecticut Co
James Shannon
White Ling Bus Corporation
John A. Cornell
Park Avenue
Jefferson Streat
Jefferson Street
Sport Hill
Ane Reverue
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