Architects Deny Cornell Charges in Local Dispute
The article recounts Denton Behrens and Mayor Pehrens denying charges by A. Cornell about a gymnasium wing contract. It cites evidence requests, political attacks, and responses from Lawrence J. Gill and other party members regarding tax assessments and board appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
A. Cornall
Atwater
Cullinan
Wiliam Hf. Corley
Mir
Gi ‘l Gil
Lawrence J. Gill
Isofar
Mr. Gill
Gill
Meetings Tonight Across City Lodges and Unions
Court Nathaniel Wheeler F of A at 1087 Broad Street Scandia Lodge A O DT W at 827 Wood Avenue Maintenance Employes at 847 Stats Street Nutmer Encampment IC0 BF meet tonight in local fraternal and labor groups across the city with notices for members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Wheeler
Broad Street
Scandia Lodge
A. O. DT
Wood Avenue
Stats Street
Nutmer
I. C
Daily Record of Ambulance Calls item
Daily records note ambulance dispatches at 11 am for Harry Humphrey of 517 Dewey Street transferred to Bridgeport hospital at private doctor request. At 7:40 pm James McQue, about fifty, unknown address, brought by motorist with forehead cut to Emergency hospital. Also 10:10 pm John Doe, unknown age and address, found dead drunk on a sidewalk near 226 Motorado Avenue, left for police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Humphrey
Dewey Street
Bridgeport Hospital
James McQue
Water Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Hillside Home
John Doe
Motorado Avenue
Henderson Cancels Hartford Lecture Amid Protests
Hartford Oct 23 sudden cancellations of Arthur Henderson lectures at the Y M C A and a luncheon clubs meeting were ordered by the organizations. Protests by the National Security League cited Hendersons radical politics. Henderson was to speak at the Y M C A Saturday and at the Hartford Club Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Arthur Henderson
MacDonald
Hartford Y. M
Council of
Arthur W. Foxt
Hartford Y. M. C. A
National Security League
Henderson
New York
M. C A
States Push Repeal of Inheritance Tax Across States
Governors from Georgia to Mississippi and beyond urge immediate repeal or major reform of the federal estate tax. The Green plan would let states deduct amounts they collect from the federal tax, with differences paid to or from the central government. Florida would retain full federal assessment. Several governors criticized Florida’s repeal move to attract wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative Garner
Representative Green
Iowa
Florida
Walker
Georgia
Trinkie
Virginia
McLean
North Carolina
McLeod
South Carolina
Whitfield
Mississippi
Trinkle
Peaye
Tennessee
W. S. Nolan
Minnesota
New York
New Mexico
Connecticut
Ilinois
Vermont
Kentucky
Colorado
Arizona
North Dakota
Treadway
Massachuetts
Fuller
League of Nations Exhorts Balkans Over Greek Invasion Claims
The League of Nations urged Balkan states as telegrams went out to all members amid Greek Bulgarian border tensions. Bulgaria accuses Greece of intruding up to ten kilometers, with eight Bulgarian casualties and a bombardment of Petrich. Greece has yet to respond. St Eric Drummond may postpone an Athens visit due to today's developments.
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League
Council
Artery
Petrich
Eric Drummond
Athens
Putnam Bank Challenge Spurs Treasury Debate
The article reports allegations around Gilpatric as bank cashier at Putnam National Bank, suggesting he diverted state funds to personal use while handling Liberty bonds. It notes suspensions of independent audits by creditors’ auditors and a pending conference among Treasurer Rogers, Governor Taft, and Attorney General Healy to resolve the inquiry into whether state or others’ funds financed the bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Gilpatric
State Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Boston
Liberty
First National Bank of Putnam
Rogers
Moon
Trumpull
Healy
Thomas H. Fuad
Hadfield, Rothwell and Soule
HI-JACKERS KILLED DRIVER IN REPORT
One man is dead and six are under arrest after running gun fights and liquor seizures in East Haven. State trooper William Pohatzman engaged three armed vehicles. Simone Rianna, thirty eight, of Providence, died from a bullet to the heart after continuing to Westerly, Rhode Island. Six others, three in East Haven and three in Providence, were held pending authorities' review.
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East Haven
East Fiavn
Providence
RTL
William Pohatzman
Simone Rianna
Westerly
R. I
Rhode Island Hospital
Duke Fortune Left to Duke University and Relatives
The will leaves seven million dollars for new university buildings and improvements at the institution formerly known as Trinity College now Duke University. It adds to a forty five million endowment created last December to support education in the South. Mrs Duke receives the Fifth Avenue home Rough Point Newport and Lynnewood Meyers Park. Two million goes to nephews nieces and cousins with blood relation required to share. A provision cancels any bequest to contesting contestants. The Duke Farms Company assets go to shareholders upon dissolution. The Duke Power Company is left to daughter Doris in a trust with residuary estate. Executors include Mrs Duke W R Perkins and George G Allen.
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Duke
South
Trinity College
Duke University
Fifth Avenue
New York
Rough Point
Newport
R. I
Lynnewood
Meyers Park
North Carolina
Duke, Farms Company
Somerset County
W J
Digse Power Company
Doris
Doria Puke Trust
Duke Endowment
W. Rr, Perkins
Montclair
M. J
George G Allen
Hartsdale
N. Y
Dukes
Difficulty in Picking Jurors in Klan Trial
In Noblesville Indiana Judge Sparks adjourned Hamilton circuit court after ten days without a jury for the murder case of D C Stephenson and his two bodyguards Earl Kienck and Earl Gentry. They face the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer amid alleged abduction and poison intake. Over two hundred talesmen were questioned with a third venue of 100 partly exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
D. C
Sister of Dead Bride Recovering After Tragedy
Mrs Estella Ohl of 155 Beach street reports her sister Mis Anna Weintraub of Brooklyn died of heart failure as she left St Vincent's hospital after visiting Mrs Ohl. Weintraub, bride of two months, had a ten day old unnamed baby boy, both recovering and doing well. Funeral held at 169 Maserole street Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estella Ohl
Beach Street
Mis
Anna
Weintraub
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Vincent's Hospital
Ohl
Owl
Net Ohl
East Main Street
Bridgeport
Maserole Street
Dirigible Expert 10 Speak Here at Stratfield Hotel
Dirigible expert Captain Gustave Heinen from Germany, aboard the Los Angeles, will address the Engineers Club at Stratfield hotel on November 5 at 8 pm. Heinen will discuss The Possibilities of Aviation. Charles E. Schmeltz, editor of the Engineers Newsletter, leads the event with a post meeting luncheon in the hotel breakfast room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Heinen
Los Angeles
Germany
Stratfield Hotel
Engineers Club
Charles E. Schmeltz
Engineers Newsletter
Obituary notices from local burial services
Multiple obituaries detail funeral arrangements for Bernthine Bergerson Julius Lukas Mary E Brown Salvo Herbert Holdsworth Catherine Miller O Shea Rebecca C Hummell Miss Mary J Farrell including service times, church rites, and burial at Lakeview St Michael's Norwalk and other cemeteries.
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Behrens
Pehrens
Depuy Tat Ase Mesger
Lawrence J. Gitts
Wiliam E. Burnham
Ripper Board
Bors
Ripper Peart
O’neill
Air Correl
Eri¢zeport
Politient
Daily Record
League OF Nations
Balkans
Putnam Bank
Butler
Nobile
Capaldo
Robert Hurley
Connecticut Department
J. B. Duke
Fortune
Bernthius Bergerson
Bernthine Bergerson
Barnum Avenue
Bellevue Hospital
August G. Baker
Stratford Avenue
Lakeview Cemetery
Julius Lukas
Caroline Street
Holy Ghost
Mary E Brown
Mary EE
Brown
West Broad Street
Stratford
Norwalk
Herbert Holdsworth
Hough Avenue
R. McDermott
Washington Park M. E
Catherine Miller O'Shea
John O'Shea
Linen Avenue
St. Augustine's Church
Albert Driscoll
Robert Bowen
Joseph A. Ganley
John Hanley
John Hughes
God
Walter B Ryan
John Gill
Daniel Brilly
Daniel Callahan
Patrick Leonard
John Nage
James Dinan
St. Michael's Cemetery
Father Bowen
Rebecca C. Hummell
Jacob Hummell
George J. Hummell
Engine Company No. 12
Smith Street
Blessed Sacrament Church
Daniel Griffin
Michael J. Thompson
Joseph Clabby
Maria
Frank
Harry Strausburger
Vincent
John
William
Leo Callahan
Sts. Michel's Deametery
John J. Kennedy
Mary J. Farrell
Mary J. Farore
Atlantic Avenue
Bernard
Mary Fitsimmons Farrell
Elizabeth Farrell
Mellie Burns
Catherine Fitzgerald
Canaan
Sacred Heart Church
St Michael's Cemetery
L Credit Corner
Coats
Ishoes
Orxfords
Bars’ Son
Peer Sa
Vlade
Georgette
Aesarillisch
Bridgeports Credit Department
Golden Hill
Middle Sts
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