Automobile Club TR Sponsor Drive Promotes Safety
Bridgeport's Automobile Club will sponsor a city safety campaign from September 12 to 17. Managed by BL Hickox with assistance from Mrs Hickox, the program includes talks at schools, luncheon clubs, theater appearances, and a brief safety film. Police will aid with brake tests and Hickox will conduct downtown safety demonstrations.
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Automobile Club of
Bridgeport
Stratfield
Hickox
Police Department of
Jay
Jury Acquits Reed on Liquor Charge in Norwalk
In Norwalk, Arthur W Reed, 30, a Westport contractor, was acquitted of operating a car while intoxicated on July 28, 1927. Judge E Earl Garlik fined him $15 and costs on a prior drunkenness plea. Reed admitted he was intoxicated but claimed no operation of the vehicle before arrest. Roy Reynolds had alleged a drunken collision on Spring Street.
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Criminal Court of Common Pleas
Arthur W Reed
Westport
Norwak
E Earle Garlik
Reed
Norwalk
Roy Reynolds
Reynolds
Richard Swatt
Care Theauty
Connecticut Labor Federation to Vote on Leadership Today
The Connecticut Federation of Labor held an executive session to discuss policy and is expected to conclude its forty-second session with elections and regulations adoption. Contested posts include vice president with candidates Patrick F O’Meara of New Haven and John Egan of Bridgeport unopposed for president and secretary.
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Middletown
Asc
Connecticut Federation of Labor
Aequivation
Patrick F O'Meara
New Haven
John Egan
Bridgeport
Sour Stomach Remedies From A Century Ago
Fragmentary OCR notes describe stomach distress and a treatment involving waste removal from the system without purging. It mentions branded products like Milk of Magnesia and Philips Company references, noting patient comfort and the appeal of proprietary remedies.
Milford Growth Surpasses Nearby CT Towns in Telephones
Milford shows rapid growth with 2,564 telephones, about 200 more than summer figures and ahead of Winsted Nantucket by over 150, with Wallingford close to 200 fewer. W. W. Knight cites Southern New England Telephone data in a Chamber of Commerce event.
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Milford
Rept
Connecticut
Southern New England Telephone Company
W. W. Knight
Knight
William T. Hoyt
Chamber of Commerce
Nangstuck
Wallingford
Gasoline explosion burns crew on Starboard Rock sloop
In New Bedford Mass on Sept 7 Captain Olaf Berg of the scallop dredging sloop Starboard Rock was blown overboard as gasoline being loaded into tanks exploded. Alfred Murke, a crew member, was badly burned while in his bunk. He escaped flames by leaping over the side. Berg was washed into the water and both were rescued and rushed to a hospital with Murke reported seriously injured. Part of the deck house was blown off and fire caused damage.
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New Begford
Maas
Olaf Berg
Alfred Murke
Murke
Berg
Marke
Auction Bridge by Mallon No Trump Bids and Hand Counts
A bridge column discusses twenty hands bidding by dealer sense, judging No Trump suitability by suit stopping counts. It analyzes hands No 2 and No 11, concluding No Trump for strong four-suit holdings and caution for doubletons, with No 12 Spade favored despite weaknesses. The writer emphasizes avoiding deceptive sub bids and selecting spade when two suits present.
Norvell Chosen Remington Head With No Policy Change
Saunders Norvell of Larchmont New York was elected president and director of Remington Arms Company Inc. at a Tuesday meeting in New York. He succeeds J B Smiley who resigned amid health issues and is resting in Battle Creek Michigan.
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Remington Arms Company, Inc
Saunders Norvell
Larchmont
N. Y
Norvell
New York
Remington Company
J. B. Smiley
Smiley
Battle Creek
Mich
Mr. Norvell
St. Catherine's
Ont
Canada
St. Louis
Simmons Hardware
Old Shapleigh
Norvell- Shapleigh Hardware Company
McKesson-Robbins
Europe
McKesson and Robbins Company
Fairfield
Court House Janitor Captures Rat in Paper
Bil Aiken a Fairfield county court house janitor and former sailor captured and killed a rat found feeding on law volumes in the county library basement. The rat reportedly entered from an old house across the street recently razed, and caused annoyance to Librarian Charley Evans.
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Bil” Aiken
Fairfield County Court House
Fairfield County
Bill
Charley Evans
Fourteen Eclectics Appeal Licenses Reinstatement Chance
In Haven on September AP 14 of 16 eclectics who had appeals denied last week by Judges Simpson and Brown filed notices of appeal to the state Supreme Court. They seek to overturn revocation of their licenses to practice in this state after an investigation into alleged diploma mill operations.
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Nefy Haven
Sept. T
State Supreme Court
Civil Superior Court
Simpson
Brown
Modestino Coppola
Lemuel Slabotsky
Samuel Posner
David Aaronson
William H. Feldyan
William Levy
E. A. Mower
James Beckman
Anthony Campo
Samuel Lerner
MacCormack
Raymond Prisque
Michael J. Anthony
Aurelius DeJanis
Lcenses
The
Eclectics Wee
22 Persons Killed in Hindu Rioting at Nagpur
At Nagpur in British India a communal clash between a Mohammedan procession and Hindu crowds left 22 dead and over 100 injured. The fighting spread Sunday night into Monday with throwing of bricks and stones, arson reported in over 20 cases, and police and troops deployed to restore order. An Islamic man reportedly fired on Hindus, killing three during the arson incidents.
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Nagpur
British India
Pat Sheahan dies noted ball player
Tat rick F. Sheahan, once regarded as a great basebal l player, dies at his Willimantic home. He played shortstop for Willimantic and New Britain, and in the New England league with Nashua and Manchester. He later joined the Boston Blues before eyesight issues ended his career.
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Willimantic
Tatrick F. Sheahan
Connecticut
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Hartford
Sneahan
New Britain
New England
Nashua
Manchester
Boston Blues
Sheahan
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Norwalker
Phillips
Parmer
Talon
Philips
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OH Palme Gyn
Mallon
AIX
Uae
Remington Head
M'Kesson-Robbins
Remington Arms
Court House
Pat Sheahan
Shawn
Fisher
LaSalle
Uppercu
Cadillac Corp
Fairfield Ave
Barnum
General Motors
Frank. Fargo Co
Broad Street
Bank Street
Atilly A Business Service
True Story Magazine
Manchester-In-the-Mountain
People’s Savings Bank
Old Faithful
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