Darien School Enrollment Grows Amid Staff Additions
The Darien public schools report a large enrollment and hiring spree. New principals include Merte Fo Hunt, formerly Windsor Locks High, who becomes principal of the high school. New teachers cover commerce, English, Latin, French, mathematics, science, and athletics across the system, with staff arrivals from Norwalk, Phillips, Williams, and other institutions.
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Darien
Wocal Public Schools
Werre
Merte Fo Hunt
Windsor Locks Connecticut
Seal High
Colby College
University of Maine
John 11 Ring
Wiliam and Mary College
Ruthio James
Hartford
Friends Miseralty
Wichita Kan
James Young
Bates College
Flora Barber
Vermont
Boyle School
Emily Young
Farmington
Gal
Baker School
Woman Sees Fiancé Fatally Injured in Car Crash
MARLBORO Mass AP report Miss Mary Killorin Brooklyn now employed in a Fitchburg store was with her fiancé AW Warren Sherman when their auto plunged into a rail fence on the Causeway about a mile from Marlboro Sherman 43 of Northwestport and with the New England Telephone company died six hours after the crash. A rail pierced the windshield and fatally injured him.
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Marlboro
Mass
Mary Kitlorin
Brooklyn
Fitchburg
Warren Sherman
Fréarly
Misa Killorin
Sherman
Northwestport
New England Telephone Company
Magnesia Best for Indigestion
An old advertisement touts Magnesia as a remedy for indigestion and gas. It claims quick relief with two tablets taken with water, stopping stomach distress and food fermentation. It urges readers to obtain the product from a drug store and notes its supposed stomach soothing effects.
Irs A T Schaick Wins Low Net At Woodway Club
Stamford report says Irs A T Schaick of Fairfield won the low net prize in the Woodway Country Club invitation tournament. Three women competed with Mrs. Van Schaick finishing at 110 74 86. Low gross prize went to Miss Broadwell of the Weatherhead Biltmore club with 87.
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Stamford
A T .Schaick
Fairfield
Woodway Country Club
van Schaick
Miss Broadwell
Weatheater Biltmore Club
Let All Fight and Pay in Next War General Urges
Major General Clarence K Edwards urges delegates at the New York American Legion convention to pass a law requiring universal service and universal pay in any future war. He argues the last war taught the need to draft labor and industry, warns against pacifist movements, and urges youth to support national defense and civic duty.
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Niagara Falls
Clarence K Edwards
United States
Arn
Nework Department Amerivan Legion
Edwards
Legion
Irs Scouta
National Guard
Tidwards
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Army Navy National Guard
Enmrar
Army
Thieves Steal Prize Apples From Trees
In Northwest Canaan area, thieves stripped prize apples from a farm last night. The incident disrupted a harvest on Marshall Ridge near Mottele, with the owner expressing anger over the unauthorized visit and fruit theft.
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Canaan
Marshall Ridge
Hla
Striking Short Beach caucus seeks opp to Lewis DeLacour
In Stratford, Democrats faced a stalled race as Councilman Ed ward Balrfax Ludlow and Mrs Hari Wilcoxson refused nominations for state representative. With Wheeler and DeLacour seeking support, a mass meeting formed a committee to recruit two candidates to oppose Mrs Lewis and Colonel DeLacour. Twenty names were floated, but many declined. The effort hinges on finding two willing denizens to mount a challenge by the Saturday deadline.
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Stratford
Sept
Edward Balrfax Ludlow
Mra Hari Wilcoxson
Helens Eo Lewin
Rex DeLacour
Lewis
DeLuecou
Short Beach Protective Association
Old Guard
Geuncilman Ludlow
Wilcoxson
Robert Turney
Misa Maude Hull
John A. Hurley
Democratic Town Committee
Wade Cook
Allen K Beardsley
Colonel DeLacour
Burntford High School
Harry S. Porter
Frank Fanine
Porter
Whits Porter
Presa
Allen Beardsley
Sterling Memorial Hall
Beardsley
Ex-Dictator's Wife Tries Smuggling Case in Athens
In Athens a former president's wife is accused before a governmental commission of smuggling silk into Greece during General Pangalos' rule and selling it. The charge notes a dressmaker tied to the Pangalos family received the silk, with Mme Pangalos claiming authorization for a small import later abused, amid drive to curb imports to aid export decline.
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Athens
Greece
Mme Pangalog
Pangalos
Mme Pangatos
Danersk Soccer Club Opens Season With Exhibition Match
The Danersk soccer club begins its season this Sunday at Halloween Park in an exhibition game against Clan Campbell of Bridgeport. The match raises funds for Jane McGurk of the Danersk team who injured his arm last season in a five-a-side contest.
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Danersk
Halloween Park
Clan Campbell
Bridgeport
Janes McGurk
Greenwich Harbor May Be Dredged
Greenwich Sept 9 Special First Selectman Gacar D Tuthl announced a special town meeting during the week of September 26 to reconsider and readjust an 86 000 harbor improvement appropriation. The 60 600 extra sought by popular subscription is largely pledged but opposition argues funds could be used to dredge the harbor to be navigable beyond Crya by's Tint. Some claim the plan reduces naval issues and others suggest a meatless diet as a remedy for an unnamed malady.
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Greenwich
First Selectman
Gacar D Tuthl
Ori
Ic Mainature Iike
Man Overcome by Carbon Monoxide During Boiler Work
James Dalton an iron worker for I G I contracting at the Connecticut Light and Power plant in Devon was overcome by carbon monoxide while installing two boilers. He was carried from the boiler room to the power house and after emergency treatment regained consciousness and began breathing more easily after about 30 minutes of care.
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James Dalton
I. G. I. Contracting Company
Devon
Connecticut Light and Power Company
Sac
Nte
Hee
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Greenwih
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