Bank cashier embezzlement drains Putnam bank reserves
The First National Bank of Putnam closed after cashier G Har old Gilpatric attempted suicide August 7. Official report puts shortages at 7000000 and traces four fraud methods, blaming lax directors for failing private audits and solidifying losses beyond stockholders’ reach.
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Putnam
First National Bank of
G. Harold Gilpatric
Gilpatric
Comptroller
Washington
Gilpatrie
Mashie
Anise
Washington Banker
Gilpatrics
Westport gets new postmaster appointment
William Krause named acting postmaster at Westport Connecticut to serve until a regular appointment is made. He succeeds William J Woods who resigned after his term expired. Two civil service exams failed to produce a satisfactory candidate with Woods the only passer.
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George EB. Manning
Telegram
Washington
William Krause
Westport
Conn
William J. Woods
Department
Woods
Krause
Post Office Department
Schuyler Merritt
Merritt
Republican Town Committee
Westport Repubican Town Committee
Westport Republic Committee
Herbert C. Welch
Postmaster Woods
William C. Welch
Mary
Flyers Reach Capital After Various Mishaps
Wearied by an all day buck against head winds and fog delays Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith and the air cruiser Chicago landed safely at Bollingfield Washington to a warm greeting from President Coolidge and the Cabinet. The Boston wrecked off Iceland arrived later with Lieutenant Wade piloting but the New Orleans went down near Baltimore with stripped timing gears. The squadron endured forced landings across the flight from New York as fog and strong winds pelted the journey, refueling at Aberdeen Army Proving Ground before continuing to the capital. Continued on Page Two.
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Washington
Lowell H. Smith
Army World Flight
Chicago
Bollingfield
Coolidge
Nelson
Boston
Iceland
Wade
New Orleans
Baltimere
New York
Patrick
Air Service
Susquehanna River
Aberdeen
Army Proving Ground
Maryland
Hopt
Prince of Wales
Mig Hapa
Anjovn
Harvey
Leopold
Loeb
Wantata
Franks Slayers Loeb Leopold to Hear Sentence This Fore noon
In Chicago Nathan F Leopola Jr and Richard A Loeb await Judge John R Caverny s ruling on the murder of their neighbor Robert Franks The men will be escorted to the Criminal Courts Building where the judge is to read the decision and issue the sentence followed by possible transfer to Joliet penitentiary Armed guards and threats prompted heavy security as the court prepares for the historic hearing and potential hangings though the defense questions a death sentence given the defendants ages
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Chicago
Nathan F. Leopola, Jr
Richard A. Loeb
John R. Caverny
Robert Franks
Murderers Row
Joliet Penitentiary
Criminal’ Courts
Balling
Caverny
Peter M. Hoffman
Loeb
Leopold
Joie
Joliet
Pgm
Phor
Women Refuse to March in Defense Day Parade
Members of Angeline Bartlett tent Daughters of Veterans and Major Charles H Bonesteel auxiliary will not march in Friday Defense Day parade. They say Defense Day risks war and oppose government moves toward conflict, while pledging to provide and serve refreshments to troops in the event.
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Angeline Bartlett
Daughters of Veterans
Charles H. Bonesteel
Prisoners plead not guilty as criminal court opens
The day’s lead reports prisoners entering not guilty pleas as the Criminal Superior Court convenes. Additional brief items note an elevator incident, a coal dealer’s sentence reduction, and various local court actions across districts including Milford, Norwalk, and Stratford.
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Banoh
Finsford
Page
Traffic Association
United Church
Soldier Hitching Ride Breaks Arm Again
George Kovacs aged 18 of 146 Holly Street claimed to be a soldier on sick leave when he attempted to ride a truck to New Haven on Fairfield Avenue yesterday afternoon. He slipped and re broke a recently fractured arm and was taken to Bridgeport Hospital.
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George Kovacs
Holly Street
New Haven
Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
Gillett Leads Bay State Senatorial Race In GOP Contest
Boston reports Speaker Frederick HL Gillett leads the Republican nomination race for U S Senator as returns from 178 of 1,158 precincts show Gillett 11 882 and Coolidge 7 248 while Datlinger 6 060 trails. Maine and Vermont results show large Republican plurality for senator and governor, with Fernald reelected in Maine and Billings leading in Vermont among early returns.
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Maine
Speltlacy
Coolidge
Davis and LaFollette
Maine United
Butler
Boston
Frederick HL Gilett
National House of Representatives
Gillett
Louis A. Coolidge
Frederick W. Datlinger
Alvan T. Fuller
James Jackson
Republicas
Thomas J. Berneen
John J. Cummings Isse
William A. O'Hearn
Rillings
Vermont
Montpelier
Toland E. Stevens
White River Junction
Oine
Walter Ikk
Warnaworth
J. Gregory Smith
Four Shot Dead In Election Row At Polling Booth
Four men were killed and others injured in a gun battle at a polling booth in St. Landry Parish Louisiana. Victims included John Childs and his two sons Thomas and Getty and Joseph Cormier who officiated as an election commissioner. The elder Childs drew a pistol after a political argument. The incident sparked by a dispute erupted into gunfire harming bystanders.
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Opelousas
St. Landry Parise
John Childs
Thomas and
Getty
Joseph Cormier
Ara Orvilie
Baptiste Richard
Cormier
Childs
Twelve Prisoners Plead Not Guilty in Jury Term
Arranged before Judge John W Banks at the Criminal Superior court opening for the September term twelve prisoners pleaded not guilty and sought jury trials. Eighty-one more defendants await plea. The Reverend Herbert B Brown led prayers as preliminary arraignments listed charges and pleas for multiple Bridgeport Wilton Weston Ridgefield and Canada residents.
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John W. Banks
Criminal Superior Court
Herbert 8
Brown
Olivet
William Dotman
Raleigh Leake
Richard Siksay
Bridgeport
Timothy Tuggerdld
Boston Avenue
Alfred Paine
Ridgefield
Walter Mayers
van Alstyne
Weston
Wilson
Crofut
Shepard
Westport
Pred Ready
Frank Cook
Peter Howard
Wilton
Charles
Dishrow
Hardg Godfrey
Harold G. EG
Sadie McGee White
Nff
Ida Melson Fnl
Frank Pancurak
Kid Snitfon
Bridgeport Gas Light Company
Victor J. Martin
Commercial Bank and Trust Company
Harry Deene
Canada
Traffic Group urges New Haven to add night trains to Bridgeport
Bridgeport’s Traffic Association appealed to the New Haven railroad to restore or add a night train to Bridgeport. Officials cited three hours 4 between 8:30 and 11:00 p.m. on weekdays with no through trains across the Thames, causing westbound travelers to wait in New York for connections and hurting Bridgeport business.
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Bridgeport
New Haven
New York
Tio Op. Ma
C. .L. Bardo
Feneral
Ouroney
Grand Central
Offidiuia
Association Cay
Trafic Association
St. 7
$100000 Worth of Dimples Romance Tale
A Philadelphia theater magnate staged a dramatic test to claim a perfect wife. He selected a prize beauty from Atlantic City pageants, sent her to an aristocratic school to refine social skills, insured her dimples for $100000, and married her after two years. The tale ends with a surprising twist as she returns aboard the next boat.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Republicans nominate Coolidge Dawes ticket in Connecticut
New Haven Sept 9 The Republican state convention opens in Music hall with Schuyler Merritt as temporary chairman. Merritt lauds the national platform as in line with party history and presses for Calvin Coolidge and Charles G Dawes as ideal leaders. He criticizes Democrats tariff stance and frames Republican policy as progressive and conservative.
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New Haven
Coolidge
Dawes
Music Hall
Schuyler Merritt
Merritt
Hiram Bingham
Calvin Coolidge
Charles G. Dawes
Republican Party
Merrit
Connecticut GOP Conventions Rally for Bingham Nomination
New Haven Sept 9 Governor Marcus H Holcomb will present Hiram Bingham as Republican gubernatorial nominee and John H Trumbull as lieutenant governor with a slate including Francis Pallotti Fred Salmon and Ernest Rogers. Delegates hear Salmons renomination for comptroller and Parlett for secretary. anti Klan plank proposed. Continued on Page 18.
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Marcus H. Holcd
Republi
Hiram Bingham
Bingham
Hiri Bingham
John H. Trumbull
Francis A. Pallotti
Treassurer
John M. Wadhame
Hunnéat
Rogers
Fred M._Salmon
Annie B. Jennings
Fairfield
Helen Hartley Jenkins
Norfol
Francia T. Maxwell
Rockville
Louis R. Cheney
Hartford
Hilton Brooks
Charles Brooker
Ansonia
House
John Lyn Union
H. Trumbull
Plainville
Bon Finance
Wadhams
W% Hams
Finance Board
Umean
Ernest Rogers
New London
Trumbull
Frederick M. Salmon
Westport
Francis A. Parlett
James F. Walsh
Greenwich
Salmon
George B. Chasdler
Rock Hill
Chamber of Commerce
Plac
Buckey
Union
Waltham
Bridgeport
Meryritt
Ken Rae
Taft
Wiliam E. Burnham
John A. Spafford
John T. King
George Shik
H. H. Townsend
United States
United
Unit States
O Sullivan Renominated by Fifth District Democrats in Waterbury
Congressman Patrick B. O Sullivan of Derby was unanimously renominated by the Fifth District Democratic convention in Waterbury chamber of commerce hall. He denounced the Ku Klux Klan and prohibition, pledged to pursue beer and light wine repeal, and said he would campaign on the same record that won him two years ago. La Follette forces will not back him.
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First National Bank of Putnam
Steuben Society
New Haven
Patriotic Order of Soni of America
Danbury Aallstar
Dramatic Artista of
Milford
Woodmont
Stratford
Stoddard
Milford Damonrats
Norwalk
Milford Court
Stamford Court
Danbury
Bingham
Coolidge
Dawes
Mercuti
Wairfield
Fairfield
Krause
Waterbury
Sept
Patrick B. O'Sullivan
Derby
Chamber of Commerce
O'Elock
O’sullivan
Nis
John C. Mead
Ansonia
Peter J. Cavanaugh
Torrington
William Ryan
O'Sullivan
Ku Klux Klan
America
Congress
LaFortette
O'Salivan
la Follette
Roger Baldwin
Prast
la Follette-Wheeler Club
LaFollette
Steuben Society Plans Political Meeting in Harogari Park
The Connecticut Council of the Breuben Society and German American group assemble a statewide political gathering at Harogari Park Sunday. Mayor Behrens of Bridgeport greets attendees at 10 am, with former Mayor Schumacher of Ansonia, a noon dinner, and D Francis M Schirp of New York delivering the Steuben address at 1 pm. Hartford's 1000-member delegation travels by special train, with an additional section from Springfield, Mass.
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New Haven
Sept
Connecticut
Breuben Society
Harogari Park
Frederick W. Behrens
Bridgeport
John W Schumacher
Ansonia
D. Francis M. Schirp
New York
Detroit
Dr. Schirp
Hartford
Springfield
Mass
Chase Threatens Court Action to Stop Firpo Fight
New Jersey courts will hear a case tomorrow that could affect the planned WHIs Firpo boxing match in Jersey City. Bernard H. Sandler, counsel for Rev. William F. Chase, said the action arose from a ministers and reform groups conference and declined to say if an injunction would be sought.
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New York
Jersey City
Unidentified youths injured in Wallingford car crash
Meriden Sept 9 Two young women and a young man are in Meriden Hospital after an auto crash in Wallingford at 4 PM. One woman has a dislocated shoulder another a possible brain concussion the man is seriously hurt. A second man was uninjured. Names withheld to spare parents. Crash occurred when brakes were applied to avoid a truck the car skidded on wet pavement and rolled over. The party is said to be from Boston and the Massachusetts plate 252 160.
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Meriden
Merides Hospital
Wallingford
Boston
Massachusetts
Crashes With Enos Car Norwalk Driver Held
Clarence Elliott of 21 Raymond street South Norwalk was arrested by Captain Walter Duffy after his car collided with a vehicle owned by William P. Eno of Saugatuck. John Graham, Eno's chauffeur, said the impact occurred at the driveway entrance to the Eno home, Elliott faces charges of reckless driving operating without a license and without registration.
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Westport
Clarence Elliott
Raymond Street
South Norwalk
Walter Duffy
Wiliam P. Eno
Saugatuck
John Graham
Eno
Elliott
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