Fireworks Tragedy in Norwalk Leaves Seven Seriously Hurt
Six victims of a fatal fireworks explosion in Norwalk remain in serious condition at Norwalk Hospital. Three men were arrested on manslaughter charges as investigators probe negligence for failing to rope off the street during a midnight two day display run by the Maria della Maria society. The blast killed Julius Popp, nine, and injured Edward Crofoot and others as a crowd of about 5,000 watched.
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John G. Phelan
Anta Maria Della Margia Society
Joeph Calandreili
Los Finneylane
Stamford
Geraldo Matallo
Ann Street
Vincent Cinque
Ely Avenue
Norwalk
Jimmy Fife
Norwalk Hospital
Edward Croscot
Edward, Jr
Paul Lasso
Thomas Robins
Calandrelli
Popce
Fife
Realty Holdings
Paul Lasu
Windsor Place
Tesan Elizabeth Rizzo
van Zandt Street
Edward Crofoot
Edward Jr
Avenue
John Ball
Louis Letto
Wilbur Street
John Minois
New York City
Joseph Ellis
Commerce Street
Constantine
Ritzo
Van
Revert M Wolfe
Robert E Perdue
Ieottantoon
Tesidem
Surta Aia Della Mares Socie
Sea of Tsk
Yg Pach
Old Glory sails to Rome with three aboard
Editor aboard the Old Glory as passenger. Mrs. Levine cites French plot to delay Columbia. Royal Windsor set to fly from Harbor Grace initiating Atlantic flight. Bertaud once youngest licensed Hearst pilot. Ho] navigator not an invalid. Remington Arms elects new president. Pastors absent. common council delays Sunday movie hearing. Gnost may walk at Beach pond. dam repairs considered. Misa Benson to teach at Oxford College. Tad Jones resigns Yale coaching. Community Chest budget meeting. Schools open for 33000 children. Nathan Hale school not ready. extra vacation. Ad man urges storefront personality. Rotary votes to admit more active members.
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Old Glory
Rome
Gnost
Beach's Pond
Elty
Misa Benson
Oxford
Ohio
Tad Jones
Yale
Community Chest
Nathan Hale
Rotary
State
Fairfield County
Nichols
Newtown
Westport
Gallagher
First Selectmen
Mu‘ford
Seattle
Coolidge
Farmer
Witnness
Station Broadcasts Program to Old Glory
Paterson New Jersey dispatch reports station WODA began broadcasting phonograph records to the Old Glory during its flight to Europe. The program started at 4 30 p m and will continue until 6 a m tomorrow. A wavelength of 293 meters was used.
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Paterson
N. J
Associated Press
Remington Arms names new president and director
J B Smalley, who had served as president and director for 20 months, resigns due to ill health. Saunders Norvell is chosen as successor by the Remington Arms executive committee at the New York offices. A regular quarterly dividend of 1.75 percent on first preferred stock is declared.
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J B Smalley
Remington Arms Company
Saunders Norvell
New York
Broadway
M. Smalley
Remington Company
Louis J Herman
Menage
Remington
Tad Jones Quits as Yale Coach at Season’s End
Yale football coach Tad Jones, known as Tad, resigns effective after the 1927 season. He cites growing coal business duties in Bridgeport as the reason, with Jones remaining a Yale staff member until the season concludes.
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Tad Jones
Yale Business Presses
New Haven
Associatted Press
T. A. D. Jones
Yale University
George H. Nettleton
Yale University Athletic Association
Jonea Jain
Jones
Tad
Athletic Association
Nettleton
T. A.D. Jones
Yale Association
Board of Control
Yale
T A. D Jones
Bridgeport
T A D Jones and Company
North
Washington Avenue
Water mains burst floods business district on Fairfield Avenue
A main on Fairfield Avenue near Middle Street burst early last night flooding the street as emergency crews, from the water company, repaired the break. Concurrently another pipe on the excavation site of the new bank and street caused further flooding prompting a shut off to protect the cellar of a nearby building.
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Fairfield Avenue
Middle Street
Water Company
Pairfieli Avenue
New Gank
Old Glory and St Raphael Monoplanes Identical in Build
New York confirms the monoplane Old Glory from Old Orchard Maine matches the ill fated St Raphael in model, engine and construction. Both are Fokker aircraft with Bristol Jupiter 450 horsepower engines. only paint and names differ.
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New York
Associated Press
Old Glory
Old Orchard
Rome
St. Raphael
Lowenaten- Wertheim
Fokker
James MacPhail
Guggenheim Fund
Pretty Teacher Held for Ransom Near Corning N Y
Miss Geanie E. McClure, twenty one, a Corning schoolteacher, vanished August 30 after visiting her mother in Johnson City NY. A ransom letter postmarked Buffalo September 3 was received by her uncle Duncan McClure and turned to police. The note promised no harm but demanded payment with a threat to prolong her captivity.
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McClure
Miss McClure
Johnson City
Monson City
Corning
Buzzards ‘Bay
Mass
Buzzard's Bay
Associated Press
Geanie E. McCluré
N. Y
Jeanie G. McClure
Cameron McClure
Rambleton Farm
A. ©. McClure
Fairfield G O P Nominates Hunting ton and Domonkos for Town Offices
The Fairfield Republican town committee backed David H Huntington for tax collector and David Domon kos for second selectman at the caucus for town officers to be held Friday night. Clara M Flink, currently town clerk and tax collector, was nominated for town clerk after announcing she would not seek renomination, while Huntington was favored for second post without her comment. The current selection is Stanley M Hull.
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Fairfield
David H. 8. Huntington
David Domonkos
Clara M. Flink
Huntington
Stanley M Hull
Hull
Pastors Absent Delayed Hearing On Sunday Movies
Interest from BridgeportPastors association kept members away causing the Sunday movie hearing to be postponed to the next adjourned Council meeting on September 19. The council approved $680000 in bonds and considered a moving picture ordinance for Sunday displays May to April with price limits and police license revocation provisions. Gasoline station petitions were heard but continued.
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Bridgeport Pastors Association
Somunan
F. William Behrens
Committee On Claims
Fred Harrison
Fifth District
Harrison
Herbert S. Brown
Bridgeport Pastore Association
A. L. Lederer
Slight Rise in Infantile Paralysis Cases in Hartford
Hartford reports a modest weekly uptick in infantile paralysis with 19 new cases in eight days versus 12 the prior week. Health Commissioner Stanley H. Osborn says the rise is not alarming and reflects normal seasonal activity, while urging continued precautions. Scarlet fever and mumps hit lows of the year. diphtheria and whooping cough show varying counts.
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Hartford
Associated Press
State Department of Health
Stanley H. Osborn
Osborn
Milford Policeman under Suspension Over Ex Official’s Home
Milford Sept 6 A temporary police appointee Clifford Perry was suspended for conduct unbecoming a police officer after allegedly being intoxicated in ex commissioner James P Ferrick’s home at 115 High Street. A servant’s husband complained as Perry insulted a servant and could not leave until Friday morning. Police Chief Maher filed the case with the police commissioners who planned further investigation. Ferrick, president of Milford Lumber Co., was among the town’s early police commissioners.
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Milford
Clifford Perry
Adiehn
Tamesid Maher
Perry
James P| Ferrick
High Street
Herrick
Chaf Mahar
Tueh
Maner
Maher
Hetrick
Milford Lumber Company
Editor Aboard Old Glory Directs Flight to Rome
Philip A. Payne, editor of the New York Mirror, captains the Old Glory as passenger and flight director. Born in California and educated in New Jersey, he rose from Perth Amboy to editor roles and joined Hearst after World War I. He married twice, inclining to Dorothy Hughes from the 1922 Daily News beauty contest. The flight may pass within sight of 31 ships near Europe as Old Glory heads toward Rome.
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New York
Bept
Assoracea Press
Philip A. Payne
Old Glory
New York Mirror
California
New Jersey
Perth Amboy
N. J
N. J. Chronicle. A Year Later, He Became City Editor of the Hudson, N. J
Helen Bechiell
Jersey City
Dorothy Hughes
York Daily News
Payne
Knights of Columbus
Rome
Europe
Berengaria
Southampton
Genoa
Ahipper
London
Deutschland
Hamburg
Heillig Olav
Oslo
Norway
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Adriatic
Liverpool
Antwerp
Glasgow
Laconia
Windsor to fly to Harbor Grace for ocean hop off
Old Orchard Maine Sept 6 Details from Associated Press describe the Royal Windsor flight from Portland to Scarboro then toward Harbor Grace. Co pilot Phil Wood and Duke Schiller attempted takeoffs with limited fuel, sinking wheels in mud before freeing the plane and resuming the voyage.
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Windsor
Harbor Grace
Old Orchard
Maine
Associated Press
Royai Windsor
Portland
Scarboro
Royal Windsor
England
St. Gregoire, Que. Co
Duke" Schiller
Phil Wood
Canada
Schiller
Rome Welcomes American Airmen as They Depart Maine
The departure of Old Glory from Old Orchard Maine bound for Rome triggers broad rejoicing in Italy especially among aeronautical circles. Premier Mussolini may greet the aviators at Ciampino air field as searchlights are readied along the Northwestern coast should the plane stray off course.
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Rome
Associated Press
Old Glory
Old Orchard
Maine
Lloyd Bertard
France
Germany
Mussolini
Ciampino
Italy
Sacco-Vangetti
Hop Off at Dawn Planned for Carling Plane
Harbors Grace Newfoundland Sept 6 by Associated Press Lieuts Terry Tully and James Medcalf pilots of the monoplane Sir John Carling retired after a dance as they planned a six o clock a m eastern hop off tomorrow on their interrupted flight from London Ontario to London England The plane had only a minor wing tear from a gasoline fire and was repaired ready for the attempt Weather was clearing with light northwest wind.
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Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Associated Press
Terry Tully
James Medcalf
Sir John Carling
London
Ons
Eng
Sir John Varling
Arrival at Rome would set record for distance
New York Sept 6 The Old Glory flight could yield a record for long distance Atlantic travel by pilots J D Hills and Lloyd Bertaud, surpassing four earlier Atlantic crossings by 200 to over 3700 miles, with an approximate 4100 mile course.
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New York
Appociateq Press
Rome
J D. Hills
Lloyd Bertaud
Atlantic
Hill
Bertaud
Great Circle
Schlee
Brock
Harbor Grace
N. F
London
Eng
Chamberlin
Byrd
National Geographic Society
Lindbergh
Globe Flyers Leave Calcutta for Rangoon
The Pride of De tre with Brock and Schree aboard departed Calcutta for Rangoon, 665 miles away. The craft arrived from Allahabad at 11.40 this morning, marking a morning hop in the journey.
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Globe Flyers
Calcutta
Rangoon
Ind
Associated Press
Tre
Brock
Schree
Allahabad
Old Glory transatlantic flight seen over Atlantic coast and Nova Scotia
Reports from New York and Halifax describe the monoplane Old Glory on a round-the-world timing flight. The craft, carrying pilots Lloyd Bertaud James Hill and editor Philip Payne, was sighted over Nova Scotia en route to Newfoundland. Ground observers tracked its path along Digby Bay of Fundy Digby to Cape Race Cape Race and Waterford as wireless signals confirmed bearings and positions.
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Cape Hace
ST. John's N. F
Ay Associated Press
Cape Mace
WREEP
Newfoundland
Hest Regres
Burin
Atana
Cape Race
Atandart Ume
Buria
Fortune
Placentia Bays
Halifax
Old Orchard
Maine
Nova Scotia
Digby
Bay of Fundy
Bridgeport
North Sydney
Lindbergh
Paris
St. Paul's Island
Waterford
St. Lawrence
Lloyd Bertaud
James D. Hill
Philip Payne
New York
Cape Spilt
Minas Basin
Parrsboro
Cobequid Hay
Truro
New Glasgow
Northumberland Straight
Arisalg
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Board of Recreation
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Hartford Senators
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Sn Channel
Remington Arms
J. B. Smalley
Sheffield Scientific School
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Syracuse
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Black
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Lovejoy
Wheon McGraw
Giants
Toms Shevlin
Bammy Morse
Ray Bigelow
Walter Camp
Picks
Mrs. Flint
Common Council
Osborne
Bordeaux
Trip
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Carling
Hearst
Sands
Ed Presa
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Moe
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