Rescue Effort Underway As Sinking Freighter Ignazio Fiorita Reported
In mid ocean a gale drives the American liner President Harding to assist the sinking Italian freighter Ignazio Fiorita. The 38 crew were aboard the Fiorita which left Montreal Oct 9 for England. distress was relayed as the Harding closes in from 1,736 miles east of Ambrose Light. A radar searchlight night horizon and forced draft ascent mark the rescue effort amid heavy seas.
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United States Lines
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Ignaso Fiorta
Montreal
England
Paul Grening
United States
Prescient Harding
Mid-Ocean
Guare Floria
Ignazio Fioria
Philadelphia
Avonmouth
Eng
Mii Orean
City of Rome
Smith
Supreme Court
Powe
Cadet Corps to Dine in Bridgeport Before Yale Game
West Point cadet corps will march by bus to New Haven for the Army Yale football game on October 31 marking the first cadet march to the Yale bowl instead of train travel. Police Escort arranged for both directions with a parade and time to visit before the game. Return trip includes dinner in Bridgeport.
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Mahopac
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Brewster
Danbury
Freddingside
Bridgeport
Derby
Connecticut
Corps
Wounded restaurant manager improves after shooting incident
Julius Frartemy, 28, night manager of the National Restaurant at Golden Hill and Water streets, was shot in the abdomen during an argument over food. He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital and reported improving. Leon Mitchell, 47 Lexington Avenue, fired two shots, prompting Franchi to throw him through a nearby cobbler shop window. Mitchell is under police guard and recovering.
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St. Vincent's Hospital
Isto
Franconi
National
Golden Hil
Water Streets
Leon Mitchell
Lexington Avenue
Franchi
Mitchell
Waterbury
Golden Hill
St. Vincent’s
Ard and Koehler Again Deter Opposition in Council
The Common Council approved Antonio Maresco’s drive‑in gasoline station at 60 North Avenue despite opposition from Aldermen Ard and Koehler of the Eighth district. Ard and Koehler led objections earlier, citing resident remonstrances, while the vote favored proceeding with Maresco’s permit. The session also touched on a pending petition from John Chiota for a station across from Koehler’s at 347 North Avenue.
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Henry Koehler
Antonio Maresco
North Avenue
Koehler
Ard
John Chiota
Wil
Wilbert Sanford
William S. Baird
Maresco
Bud Fisher to Wed Countess After Atlantic Visit
New York report says Bud Fisher famed Mutt and Jeff creator travels aboard the Leviathan with Countess Aedita de Beaumont of Paris and her seven year old son Pierre. Fisher plans to marry next week after a long courtship begun in Paris and intensified by a recent trip to France.
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Harry C. Fisher
Bud” Fisher
Mutt and
Jeff
Aedita de Beaumont
Paris
Theountess
Pierre Ed Beaumont
Atlantic
Fisher
America
France
Cable
Europe
Mellon Proposes Broad Tax Reductions in Revenue Plan
Secretary Melton proposes a sweeping tax revision to Congress aimed at cutting the maximum surtax to 20 percent and lowering normal income levies about 25 percent, with a total net reduction near 290 million dollars over two years. Repeals include the estate tax, automobile taxes, and the gift tax. the publicity section of the income tax law would also be repealed. The plan sets a new top surtax rate at 30 percent for incomes over 160 thousand dollars.
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Congress
Melton
Elouse Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Behrens Opens Campaign Citing Economy and Home Rule
Mayor Behrens speaks at the first GOP rally in the Eighth district pledging to uphold his policies and push for home rule to spur city prosperity. Fellow Republicans urge re election stressing past achievements like schools and sewers while Caldwell recalls the ripper bill and factory assessment disputes.
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Behrens
Thomas M. Cullinan
Behrens Than
M. J. Pord
John Y. Caldwell
Alfred Burdick
Bridget A. Lester
Republican Town Committee
Vincent Whitney
Burdick
Mias Lester
Caldwell
Board of Assessors
Board of Relief
News Of Disaster Withheld In City Of Home Collision
In Chicago and Boston wire service briefs a divorce claim and a naval collision are recounted. Actress Claire alleges cruelty by husband James Whittaker in New York. A naval inquiry discusses the City of Home collision off Block Island, with radio operator Harold Kelley testifying about the moments before and after the crash and the first distress message sent at 12 10 a m Eastern.
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Tna Claire
James Whittaker
New York
Jota R. Caverly
Miss Claire
Whichtaker
Boston
John H. Dieh
City of Home
U. S
Block Island
Harold H. Kelley
Naval
Kelley
Diehl
Ocean Steamship Company
Navy Department
Bridgeport Battles Over Gas Station Permits and City Politics
Ard and Koshier face continued pressure from the common council as a gas station permit is granted amid opposition. Mayor claims economy focus at GOP rally. Wounded restaurant manager shows improvement. Damages dispute over compensation settled. Local notes span Stratford coal impact, Danbury suit, and Westport memorial controversy. National and international briefs cover tax cuts, a sinking freighter, and a constitutional ruling on minimum wage. Sports highlight Bridgeport High and Yale game notes, plus racing and football chatter.
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Koshier
Com Mon Council
GOP
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Fairfield County
Connecticut
National Guard
Stratford
Deslors
Eeeeey ‘Tessier’ Gang
New York
First
Westport
Soldier Memorial
Page Gheashedy
Jotn Cabana
Norwalk
Tobacco plantation fire wipes out stock barn losses
Thompsonville Connecticut October AP reports a fire of unknown origin razed the stock barn on Muntting Brothers tobacco plantation in Wallop district four miles from Thompsonville. Damages reach about 20000 dollars. Horses, eight mules and one cow perished along with 100 tons of hay grain and farming gear. A bucket brigade and ice pond water saved the dwelling and other outbuildings. Police investigate an unlit automobile seen nearby before the blaze.
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Thompsonville
Conn
Muntting
Brothers of Hartford
Wallop
Spilea
Thomipsonville
Thompsonvile
Hazardville
Berore
Crew of burning Comanche accused of drunkenness by survivors
New York World reports 30 survivors recount the Clyde liner Comanche fire off Florida. Passengers say negro crew stampeded, hindered escape, while the Meta rescue crew showed calm. Survivors blame crew for pushing people from boats and delaying lifeboat lowering.
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New York World
Florida
Ufe
Irvin Gomez
Worcester
Intox Cates
Negraca
Thomas M. Fanning
Leon Miagstone
Gardner
Mass
James A
Dempsey Firpo Portrait Highlights Met Exhibit
A Bellows painting titled Dempsey Firpo depicts the 1928 bout moment when Dempsey was knocked to the ropes and reporters crowded the ring. The piece captures the drama before his knockout comeback and eventual victory. Exhibition runs until next Thursday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Luis Angel Furpo
Tate
George Bellows
America
Metropolitan Museum
Bellows
Dimpaey
Dempsey
Firpo
Nila Moaent
Gamyas
Dempsey-Firpa
Car of Diamonds Looted in $200000 Jewelry Heist
New York reports a wave of robberies with six major crimes including a jewelry theft worth $200000 a safe robbery and a holdup. One arrest was made, John Dunn, a one legged man wounded after a delicatessen store hold up.
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New York City
John Dunn
Cowboy
Rothenserge
Thea
Samuel Goldman
Connecticut seeks new artillery range for 192nd Regiment
Hartford reports Connecticut military authorities aim to re equip the 192nd Field Artillery with 75 millimeter guns to allow in state firing. A new 1,425 acre tract near New Fairfield, four miles north of Danbury, will host a 49 year lease artillery range, replacing trips to Camps Eustis and Tobyhanna that cost $50,000 for transport.
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192Nd Wield Artillery Regiment
C. ON
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Tobyhanna
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William Clark
War Department
Mogens J. Mogensen
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Aite
Col Mogensen
Morris B Payne
Stamford
Greenwich
Norwalk
Norwich
Danielson
Attes
Silem
Windham
43Rd
Engsland National Guard
Maine
Vermont
Three aviators die as Martin bomber crashes in New Jersey
A Martin bomber carrying three U S Army aviators from Mitchel Field to Langley Field crashed near Cape May Court House New Jersey. Captain Robert A Kinloch Lieutenant Abbott C Martin and Staff Sergeant Coulston were killed when a Liberty motor failure doomed the flight.
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United States Army
Here
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Langley Field
Liberty
Robert A. Kinloch
Charleston
S&s C
Tilent
Abbott C. Martin
Reading
Masa
Joseph ‘Soulston
Norristown
Machav
Langley Mesa
Kinloch
Coulston
Wildwood
Benny
Lambling
W. #. Hale
Hale
Kinlocn
Frank Hughes
Cape May
Long Island
Langley Kiel
Virginia
Morgug
Cape May Court House
Seven Locarno Treaties Outline Europe’s Peace Pact
London reports the Locarno security conference produced seven treaties to prevent war. The key pact guarantees inviolability of borders between Germany, Belgium and France with enforcement by Great Britain and Italy. Germany promises not to trespass or threaten the Rhineland. France and Belgium pledge not to violate western frontiers. All future disputes to be resolved by league court, and operability awaits Germany’s league membership. Additional treaties with France Belgium Poland and Czechoslovakia set up peaceful dispute mechanisms.
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Europe
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France
League of Nations
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Ayglum
Great Britain
Italy
Council of the League
League
Poland
Lone Bandit Robs New Haven Jewelry Store
A lone bandit entered Levine Jewelry at 751 Chapel Street in New Haven Monday night, demanded to see rings, grabbed a tray of 35 diamond rings worth 200 dollars each, and fled as pedestrians looked on. The suspect, about 27, 5'6", 140 pounds, with blonde hair, wore a gray top coat and gray hat, and fired a gun at the clerk while escaping.
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New Haven
Race Against Death Aids Bacon Homeward Flight
Nathaniel Bacon of Peace Dale Rhode Island neared death in transit after flying to the Balkans to reach his ship the Ohio. A special tug met the Ohio at Cherbourg quarantine, and Bacon then rode to the Battery by tug and boarded a train to return home for treatment.
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Nathaniel Bacon
Peacedale
Rhode Island
Ohio
Bay
Battery
Balkans
Bacon
Cherbourg
Senator Bingham
Connecticut
Mner
Mr. Bacon
British statesmen praise Locarno and security pact
Viscount Grey, former foreign secretary, calls Locarno the greatest step toward real peace since the war. In Ochingford Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, declares the security pact offers the best possible safeguard for the peace remaining after the war.
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Eng
Viscount Grey
Locarno Agreement
Ochingford
Winston Churchill
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