Oil Stations Cause Row in Council in Doheny Era
At a heated Common Council session last night oil issues sparked a dispute over permits. Mexican Petroleum Co was granted a license to erect a gasoline station at Stratford Avenue and Maiden Lane extension without a public hearing, while plans for Sam Corp's Fire committee station by the Palace Theatre were sidetracked. A public hearing was ordered for November 3 on Carp's station and four Mex Pete proposals.
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Altermen
Mexican Petroleum Company
Stratfod Avenue
Maiden Lane
Sam Corp
Palace Theatre
Carp’s
Mex Pete
Carp
Wheeler Company
William Behrens
Frank
Denis Kelts
John Farmer
R Arthur Brown
Shenandoah Flies Over Frisco On Homeward Trip
The Navy dirigible Shenandoah loops over San Francisco on a homeward journey from the North amid crowds on street and rooftops. It is seen near Point Bonita and Golden Gate, then maneuvers above the city before disappearing into clouds. A gale and fog hinder progress as the craft threads along the California coast near Point Arena with engines strained.
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Shenandoah
Frisco
San Francisco
Crissy Fleld
Bonita
Rota
Golden Gate
Les
Anmea Rolph
Point Arena
Calif
California
LaGuardia Talks At Rally for La Follette Support
Democratic candidate William Walling attended the LaFollette Wheeler rally in New York, but was not asked to speak. Rep F H LaGuardia praised LaFollette as champion of human rights and urged votes for the progressive candidate. He criticized the Republican administration and warned Italian veterans against false promises while noting immigration debates.
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William English Wailing
Fourth
Hall
F. H. LaGuardia
New York
Walling
Progressive Committee
LaGuardia
Minor S Treat
William Ballinger
Yale University
Mellon
United States
Berlin
Prena
Reichstag
Ebert
Initfal
Marx
Dawen
Germany
Dawes
Stresemanns People’s Party
Hergt-Von Tirpitz
People’s Party
Hergt
Democrata
Wola
Bour- Reale
Seek Woman Seen by Boy On Night Of The Theft
Detectives probe a Bon Ton Dress shop burglary at 1447 Main Street where 125 gowns were taken. A boy saw a woman near the rear of the store the night of the crime, while a man who asked about gowns and showed nearly the entire stock may be involved. Authorities track the man across cities. a second sighting places him with two others in a Ford on Fulton Street. The total loss is estimated around 3600 dollars.
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Bon Ton
Main Street
Pece
Fulton Street
Bandit Robs Gas Station. Police Hunt Suspect
A midnight hold up at a Stratford gas station left clerk Sidney Dunning knocked down after resisting a revolver wielding bandit. The thief escaped in a car, with police from Stratford and Bridgeport alerted and pursuing. Earlier, a similar raid in West Haven yielded $25. Operators notified the on duty police and a general alarm was issued.
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Stratford
Sidney Dunning
Avenue G
Socony ’ Ol Company
Surf Avenue
Stratford Avenue
Dunning
Polina
Stratford Foréa
Bridgeport
New Haven
West Haven
George Grenier
William Powers
Ae Ataton
Grenier
Tropical Gale Wrecks Florida Coast City
The tropical storm battered Punta Gorda in the afternoon and darkened the city by 6 PM. Heavy rains overflowed streets, citrus crops and trees were uprooted, business halted, and citrus losses reported while telegraph lines and trains faced delays.
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Florida
Punta Gorda
Panic in theatre causes one death in New Castle
A fire alarm triggered a panic at a moving picture theatre in New Castle Kentucky tonight. One person was trampled to death and twenty were injured, five possibly fatally, in the stampede as crowds surged toward exits. Courier Journal dispatch from Louisville notes the disaster.
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Louisville
New Castle
Courier Journal
Norwalk Dealers Form Pact to End Gas War
Norwalk retailers met to halt a price slash war as several outlets had reduced to 15 cents per gallon. An accord set 17 cents as the uniform price citywide, with one retailer threatening 18 cents unless others adhere. The move follows Friday night cuts aimed at torching rival sellers.
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Norwalk
Navy Flyer Killed In Sea Plane Crash
Washington reports designer William A. Engemans of Memington New Jersey was killed when his seaplane crashed in Pensacola Bay late today. The body was recovered. He was a pilot in the student class of 1paL.
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Washington
William A. Engemans
Memington
Pensaona Ila Bay
Navy Department
Special Connecticut Senate election set for December 16
Sheriff Pease to personally serve writs to Fairfield county towns calling a December 16 special election to fill the U S Senate vacancy caused by the late Brandegee. Governor Templeton announced the date after a conference with state leaders. Writs will be served on town clerks across 96 towns. Bridgeport Derby Bristol cities receive writs from mayors.
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Simeon Pease
Fairfield County
United States
Connecticut
Frank B Branderes
Templeton
Hartford
Sheriff Pease
Pease
Connectient
Frank Brandegee
Capitol
Anson T McCook
Wac
Hrandeger
Piace
General Assembly
Senate
Bridgeport
Derby
Bristol
Avon
Thousand Dollars Stolen From Mattress In Broad Day Burglary
Mrs Mary Nugent family of 410 North Washington avenue reported a burglary yesterday. A mattress in their bedroom was slit to remove about a thousand dollars sewn inside by the Nugents for safety. A 16 year old witness, Mary Malise, saw a man in a task leaving shortly after six. The Nugents run a gas station and store at 910 North Washington avenue. the room was ransacked and the money vanished.
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Mary Nugent
Washington Avenue
Alx
Mary Malise
Nugenta
North
Boys Believed Drowned Found Inland Near Stratford
Stratford residents rejoiced as two boys aged 14 and 13 from Stratford area were found alive eight miles north of Derby on a lonely Oxford road. The youths, believed to have drowned during a canoe trip on the Housatonic River, were located at noon today while trudging toward Stratford.
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Stratford
Paul Grutz
Edgar Behan
Elm Street
Housatonic
Oxford
Derby
Harold Milton
Behan
Milton
Fred Donaldson
Louis Fordham
Stevenson Dam
Fairfield Beach
Lindstrom
Murphy's Lane
Shelton
Walling La Follette rally attracts officials in county race
In a busy page one spread, Walling is invited to La Follette rally while Ree speaks. Sheriff Pease to oversee a special election in Pairfield County towns to pick a senator on December 16. Navy Day plans shift due to an A&S Trenton mishap. youth business recognition urged in Oregon. divorce hearing resumes for Carpenter. and burglar pair targets two rooming houses using a trick, with a separate note of a theft involving $8,500.
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Pease
Pairfield
A &S
Trenton
Oregon Jaw
Carpenter
Flivorce
Navy
Vistorg
Hoy
Main Street
La Follette’s Candidacy Abandoned by Cummings Address
Homer S. Cummings former DNC chair told Tennessee La Follette is out of the race He urged voters to consider a conscience yet effective vote and warned Coolidge would continue chaos if re-elected He accused Republicans of policy harms and blamed party leaders for public discontent in a Chattanooga speech
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LaFollette
Homer
Cummings
Tennessee
Georgia
Pavia
Campeign
Coolidge
XY. M CA
Gomperg
LaVallette
Morris
Gnandiera
la Follette
Chattanooga
Tenn
Beng
Homer S Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Robert M Ja Follette
United States
Coalidge
Davis
House of Representatives
Dasira
Ronerad Holding
Republican Party
Dord-McCumber
Prsioint Coolidge
Readings jail restaurateur Faust dies by hanging
Faust, a 64 year old restaurateur of 429 Myrtle Avenue, Reading City jail on disorderly conduct charges, died yesterday by suicide. Landlady Mrs Alice Gorhey reported he left the city days prior to visit relatives in Pennsylvania. details of relatives and location are unclear.
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Tytua Faust
Myrtla Avenue
Staading
Vaipt
Myrtle Avenue
Alice Gorhey
Pennsylvania
Stamford Woman Defends Self With Razor in Street Attack
Stamford Oct 20 A Stamford woman Mary Saltrine of 8 Cardinal Place used a razor to fend off a former boarder, Gestilo Cerchie 15 Gordon Street. Cerchie was taken to Stamford Hospital in serious condition. Saltrine was arrested on assault with a deadly weapon and held on 1000 bond pending injuries outcome.
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Stamford
Mra
Mary Saltrige
Cardinal Place
Gestilo Cerchie
Gordon Street
Stamford Hospital
Saltrine
Burglar Pair Use Fake Lease Scheme In Two Rooms
Police seek two men of foreign appearance who pretended to need a room for rent at Mrs Willan Jackel 695 Warren Street at 6 pm. While one man showed a room upstairs the other waited in the hall. They stole $60 from a purse on a lower floor. The same pair reportedly used the ruse at AFB Belcher Fairfield Avenue about 4 pm, taking $10.
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Polies
Willan Jackel
Warren Street
Detective Bureau
Noor
Postes
Afb Belcher
Fairfield Avenue
Four Killed in Accident on Navy Trenton Cruiser
Four men died and 48 were injured when a flare back exploded at the front gun mount during target practice on the scout cruiser Trenton off the Virginia Capes. The eight injured were sent to Portsmouth Naval Hospital. The Trenton, commanded by Captain E. C. Kaibfus, is a recently commissioned 7500 ton cruiser with ten six inch guns and anti aircraft armament.
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Norfolk
Trenton
Virgini Capes
Naval Base
Navy Hospital
Portsmouth
R. P. Hamson
Iowa
Seaman
BB. Byman
Bristol
Rhode Island
Hampton Roads
E. C. Kaibfus
Washington Navy Yard
Robert Wimblie
Teheran
Persia
Navy Day Trenton to Visit Bridgeport for Navy Day
A U S cruiser Trenton is slated to arrive for Bridgeport Navy Day activities amid explosion concerns. The Navy Day committee led by Rev Alexander Allgon Jr plans events, with sailors hosted by Masons and Eastern Star in Masonnic hall, and a free supper at the First Presbyterian church.
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U. S
Trenton
Bridgeport
McCully
Navy League
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
Satuday
Alexander Allgon, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
F. W. Stevens
Philo C. Cal~houn
Albert Merritt
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonnic Hall
Tirat
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Hartford Sanitarium
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Watto
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Paige
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Foreign Affairs
Padereneki
Aomage
Laa
Itechstag
Carly
Ebeodone
League of Nations
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Liberty
Chicago
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Self
Reading
S. Trenton
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Jackies
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