Police Praised by Bridgeport Advertising Club Speakers
Superintendent Patrick J. Flanigan and the Bridgeport police department received high praise at the Bridgeport Advertising Club luncheon. R Davis, sales manager of the authewics company, lauded the department for their work on train safety and periodic brake inspections, noting Bridgeport was a pioneer in these efforts.
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Patrick JO Flannigan
Bridgeport Police Department
R Davis
Authewics
Cits
Mlar
Adrissing Club
Vasis
Wo Tchey
Bridgeport
Raybestos
Tte
Annual event eyed for October 26 at hotel ballroom
Robert Crosby of the Chamber of Commerce outlines plans for an upcoming chamber luncheon and advertising drive. The Winnerdager committee meets to prepare for the annual event to be held in the Shuttieh Hotel ballroom on Tuesday evening October 26.
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Iid Sen
Davia
Robert Crosby
Chamber of Commeree
Tijdgepor
Pawln Jiioeh
Meervthing
Fa Ture
Shuttieh Hotel
Railroads Cause Death Toll Rise Across the United States
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports 6 758 deaths and 37 435 injuries from railroad operations in 1926. The figures show a 147 percent increase in facilities and a 6 304 rise in injuries from 1924. Despite efforts, grade crossing accidents remain high with 5 479 collisions recorded, and 2 281 deaths, up from 1884. Around 88 percent of grade crossing crashes involve automobiles.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce
Rochester Assures Smith of Victory in NY Governor Race
Governor Al Smith, departing Rochester for Syracuse, won assurances from Democratic settlers that he would lead Mills in the race. Once a Republican stronghold, Monroe County backed Smith in 1922. He plans to campaign through central New York with stops in Albany, Troy, and Schenectady later this week.
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Rochester
Syracuse
al Smith
Ogden L Mills
Monroe County
New York
Albany
Troy
Schenectady
Ontario Day Law May Be Dissolved At Election Soon
Ontario politics focus on liquor reform as Premier Ferguson pitches government control of sales in the December 1 election. A proposed liquor commission would set licenses, regulate sales in dry and wet regions, and allow beer by the glass in hotels upon local petition, with revenues aiding tuition cuts.
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Ontario
Toronto
Qnt
Onteno
Menard
Ferguson
Quebec
Artas
Lquor Commission
Taapage
Ontario Referendum Sets Prohibition Battle Ground
The article notes a first ever provincial election contest over prohibition in Canada, highlighting Ontario as the historic testing ground for dry policy. It recalls past Ontario referendums on liquor, with government control rejected by 35,000, urban centers wet and rural areas dry.
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Dinance Wrain
Canada
Ontario
Girl's Body Found Murder Suspected In Uniontown
Uniontown Pa Oct 19 AP authorities believe Mildred Burke thirteen was murdered after clues pointed to a homicide rather than suicide. The body was found in her home with a bullet wound in the head. two men seen fleeing the scene are under investigation.
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Uniontown
Mildred Burke
Haltz
Captain Ben Pine Wins Law Suit Over Insurance Funds
Captain Benjamin Pine of Gloucester Massachusetts, famed for sailing the Columbia to victory over the Henry Ford, wins a suit releasing $25 000 held by Providence Washington Insurance. The case, brought by William Willard Snoward of New York, claimed breach of contract and mismanagement over the Elizabeth Howard schooner lost in November 1923. After creditor adjustments, the insurer’s funds are released for creditor distribution.
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Providence, R. 1
Benjamin Pine
Sloucester Mass
Columbia
Henry Ford
Biker
Providence-Washington Insurance Company
William Willard Sfoward
New York
Pine
Elizabeth Howard
Howard
Sticker Ballots Prepare After Essex Ruling in Bay State
In Boston, Oct 19, AP Judge Pierce voids district lines in Essex County for state representative races. Five districts remain, prompting large sticker campaigns as ballots will show blank spaces for voters to fill in names. Democratic candidates appoint Harold Williams to seek mandamus to remove sticker space, arguing the plan breaches the constitution by lacking a proper primary structure.
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Boston
Plece
Supreme Court
Essex County
Fhe Supreme Court
Thes
Pierce
Harold Williams
Brookline
Supreme Court of Writs of Mandamus
Cook
Confederate Raid in Vermont Cited in St Albans Story
In St Albans Vermont Oct 19 AP two residents recall a Civil War era raid described as the north’s only Confederate invasion. John Branch Vermont banker recalls a 20 to 36 man raid from Canada attacking three banks and taking 208000 in currency and securities. One raider died and a townsman was wounded. Canadian government later recovered 50000 in gold. Truman Lawrence, baggage master, seized an armed bandit and handed him to Canadian authorities with 1672 in a handkerchief.
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ST. Albans
John Branch
Vermont
Phil Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Branch
Taylor Park
Truman Lawrence
St John‘s
Waterloo
Yale Naval Training Unit Begins With Sixty Freshmen
New Haven Oct 18 More than two applications per post available in Yale’s new naval training unit. Only freshmen admitted for four semesters. 140 freshmen sought enrollment and many sophomores wanted entry but were refused. Participants receive 100 dollars yearly pay in years three and four, free clothes and equipment, and after four years earn a naval reserve commission. A new class forms each entering freshman class as staff expands under Lieutenant Commander L B Green.
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New Haven
New
Yale Naval Training Unit
Navy Department
Yale Naval Unit
Naval Reserve
L. B Green
Art student held for robbing liner
Arthur Daly a nineteen year old Cambridge Massachusetts art student was under arrest in New York charged with stealing valuables from staterooms on ocean liners. Police said Daly confessed boarding lines about to depart snatching valuables and fleeing as the liner started. He was arrested outside a pawnshop with pawn tickets for the stolen items.
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New York
Arthur Daly
Cambridge
Mass
Daly
Hner
Jin
Comet Reidentified by German Discoverer in 1918 Trail
Cambridge reports rediscovery of a comet originally observed by Chaoclint in Paris and Zinner of Bamberg in 1918. Schwashman at Bergerdorf Germany confirms through a cablegram to Harvard that the comet was seen by Schwashh min on October 18, 1918.
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Cambridge
Mass
Chacoblnt
Paris
Zinner
Bamberg
Germany
Schwashman
Bergerdorf
Harvard College
Copenhagen
Schwaoshhmin
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Lambert Pharmacal Co
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Standarterss Airfield
Bridgenorts
Children’s Pumps
Cotton Charlies
Smith-Murray Ca
Pape
Puipe
Meymarian
Rad
Caucasus
Mosul
Tree of Life
Meymarian’s Oriental Bug Store
Golden Hit Street
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