Mysterious New Haven Murder Ties Up Six Held
Unidentified male victim found near Oak and Forest streets. Six arrests include Joseph Masri 18 and Nick De Millio 71 in New York, Edward Collins taxi driver, Charles Purvis in New Haven, Joseph Metrail awaiting release, and Howard Buckley held on breach of peace. Coroner Mix and police intensify effort to identify the deceased and clarify links to earlier drunken brawls.
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New Haven
Oak and
Forest Streets
Oark Street
Mix
New York
Stabbed Gangster Hussey Seeks Clinic After Attack
A youth who gave name John ny O'Brien and later identified as Joan Hussey of Main street, ash collection worker, was treated at Emergency hospital for a back stab wound. He refused suturing and said details of the incident were unclear. Hours earlier Peter Esaro of Harral avenue received treatment for a severe cheek laceration after an assault as he walked near Madison avenue. Neither man planned to report the incidents to police.
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Johnny O'Brien
Pembroke Street
Joan Hussey
Main Street
Ash Collection
Department of Publ Works
O Rday
Street
Hussey
Hos
Peter Esaro
Harral Avenue
Beach's Wood
Madison Avenue
North Avenue
Shelton
T Norkewicz
Wes
Fedora
Bridgeport
Broseht
Nick Nogord
Hamilton Street
Mary Iferara
Alex Carke
Church Street
Mike Smith
Tesenhine
Blume Wrangle
Norkewicz
Noxord
Workewicg
Norkenles
Norkenten
Pickpockets Rob 6 at Pleasure Beach
Reports say six pickpockets robbed festivalgoers at Pleasure Beach during last night’s festivities. Victims lost wallets, automobile registrations, and papers. several names and addresses appear in the complaints. Police have not detained anyone, with mentions of multiple victims including Joseph Matur and others.
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Pleasure Beach
Cvictime
Seaview Avenue
Joseph Matur
Ste
Mixe
Lantiv
Antonin Coen
Rye Street
Norwalk
William Wenga
Atlantic Street
Rich
Ohio Avenue
Philin Riceio
Fedora killing in Shelton probe yields little clues
In Shelton credits search for Kesmer Norkewicz, alleged Fedora killer, continues with witnesses recalling a 50 cent refund dispute at Fedora's home. Police say clues fail to identify the assailant as they comb East Side and nearby towns, while inquest set for today.
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Comb County
Kesmer
Charlie Norkewicz
Mike Fedora
Fedora
Motor vehicle deaths rise in New England week ending Sept 11
Boston report shows seventeen people killed by cars over the weekend ending September 11, including three children. Registrar Frank A. Goodwin released the week’s figures noting an increase of two deaths from the prior week, but still lower than the same period last year.
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Boston
Frank A. Goodwin
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Slain Dry Leader Gasped Name Or Slayer 15 Report
VINTON IOWA Sept 13 AP Mrs Myrtle Cook widow of W eck TT U president and Ku Klux Klan head whispered a name as she lay dying last Monday night police say state agents scour clues while her husband remains under watch he had advised her to curb anti bootlegging actions and still disputes the tale. The coroner s inquest resumes Monday with Mrs Cook s mother in law Martha Underwood believed present. State agents are out of town.
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Vinton
Iowa
Myrtle Cook
Weck
T. U
Ku Klux Klan
Vinten
W. Cook
Cook
Martha Underwood
Tank
Sioux City
Federal Council of Churches
Mitchell
Morrett
Navy Air
Ice
Joseph Fort Newton
Universalist
Episcopal Church
Boston
Bagdad
Etampes
France
Wagedy
Black Forest
League of Nationa
Bridgeport
New Haven
Waterbury
Pittsfield
Hartford
Worcester Ponies
Lawmakers
Athletics
Senators
White Sox
Indians
Red Sox
Braves
Rain floods Lorain Ohio. two drown in ditch after car stalled
Heavy rainfall in Lorain Ohio triggered floods that claimed two lives. Richard Stewart and Clara Trumbull drove into floodwater in South Lorain, their car stalled, and they and another couple entered a ditch over eight feet deep. The bus street car service was disrupted and property damage mounted as rain continued.
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Onis
Lorain
Wly
South Lorain
Richard Stewart
Clara Trumbull
Tteir
Feadver
Hold Merchant as Killer In Boston Tong Warfare
Boston police arrest Seplia Ah Fong of Hudson Street in connection with an ongoing tong warfare in which one Chinese man was killed and another seriously wounded near Kneeland Street. Hip Sings allege On Leong extorted tribute driving the violence as police tighten patrols. A Hip Sing member was wounded and a second shooting left a Hip Sing in critical condition.
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Hold Merchant
Boston
Tong
Horaimn
Chin Gow
Hip Sing
Hip Sings
Kneeland
On Leong Organization
The
Chinese Merchants Association
On Leong
Opera Fir Tae Tong
United States
Hip Ying Chong
Egyptian swimmer to brave channel today
Ishak Helmy, the giant Egyptian swimmer, prepared to begin an attempt to swim the English Channel from Cape Gris Nez on Monday at 5 39 o clock. The sea and wind are favorable and improving for the long crossing.
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Cape Gris Nez
France
Ishak Helmy
Enegush
Cape Gris NI
Outcome of Prohibition In Doubt Probe Shows
Washington report after months of investigation by the Federal Council of Churches finds no final answer to Prohibition’s fate. It warns optimism or defeatism is unwarranted and notes public opinion will shape outcomes. It cites disquieting social consequences since 1920 but says data are inconclusive and much depends on public sentiment. It criticizes publicity from both sides and calls saloon issues a complex factor in the national mood.
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Washington
United States
Research and Education Department
Federal Council of Cyhtches
Treasury Department
Missing New York girls sought by parents
Twaura Lovelace eighteen and Alice Dyer seventeen, telephone company workers, vanished after leaving the Dyer home Tuesday night in the Bronx. Parents reported them to Tremont police, saying two young men drove them off for a motor outing and they had not returned. The Lovelaces went to Bridgeport, former home, to look for them.
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New York
Twaura Loveleee
Alice Dyer
Raymond Exchange
New York Telephone Company
Tremont Station
Bronx
Miss Lovelace
Webst Avenue
Miss Dyer
Webster Avenue
North Avenue
Nollee
Paralyzed Woman Beaten and Slain in New York
Catherine Gore twenty four was found dead behind her First Side boarding house in New York. Police seek a well dressed young man from Broadway last seen with the victim after a theater outing with friend Rose Apauze. Gore had paralysis on the left side and fainting spells.
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New York
Catherine Gore
Mao
Broadway
Geen
Miss Gore
Fifth Avenue
Misa Gore
Fire Destroys Charles Ricero Garage Endangering Local Animals
A blaze last night at 11:46 damaged the Charles Ricero garage behind 337 Hamilton Street, threatening a horse, chickens, and rabbits. Firefighters prevented spread to nearby tenements and Hartman Brewery buildings, with the horse saved by neighbors. Investigators will probe the fire’s origin today.
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Charles Ricero
Hamilton Street
Martin J. Hayden
Hartman Brewery Company
Wreck of Dirigible Shenandoah Cleared to Forty Percent
Fort twenty per cent? Forty per cent of Shenandoah wreckage cleared by Aluminum Company of Pittsburgh for Lakehurst salvage. Commander Klein says pieces recovered as search continues. cause still attributed to storm buffeting. DoJ probes vandalism of spare parts, no arrests yet. secrecy requested.
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Calipweld
Jacob H. Klein
Wakehurst
Aluminum Company of
Pittsburgh
Klein
Navy Aeronautical
Lakehurst
Hietn
Department of Justice
Daughter Injured Father Is Held After Collision
Stamford report says Salvatore Sovino of 210 Pacific Street collided with a car driven by Afd Bondy of 56 Walnut Street at State and Canal streets at 7 30 Sunday evening. His daughter Louise, seated in front, suffered severe bruises and was treated by a physician. Jorinola was held by the police on a charge of reckless driving.
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Stamford
Salvatore Sovino
Pacific Street
Arpad F. Bondy
Walnut Street
State
Canal Street
Louise
Jorinola
Mitchell Charged Sharply by Navy Air Chief
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett issued a strong denial of Colonel William Mitchell’s charges about naval aviation administration. He called Mitchell’s claims unsound and delusional, accusing proponents of a separate air service of using Communist tactics to win support.
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Washington
API
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
Mitchell
Army Air Chief
Moffett
United States
Pearson
Skeel
Admiral Moffett
Shenandoah
Champion Cullinan for Mayor at Party Dinner
Governor Silzer blasted President Coolidge and Congress over the coal strike at the sixth annual Democratic dinner in Farm, Black Rock. He faulted federal action, urged bills to ease the coal crisis, and denounced the coal monopoly as harming consumers.
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Congress
Coolldge
Coolidge
George S. Silzer
New Jersy
Black Rock
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Boral
Borah
Silzer
Washington
MacDonald postpones trip to Canada amid elections
London dispatch reports Ramsay MacDonald, former labor prime minister, has canceled his planned October Canadian tour due to Canada’s general elections. He may still visit the United States this fall if conditions allow.
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London
Canada
Ramsay Macdonald
Labor
Dominion
Macdonald
United States
Medora killer case and local political clashes headline Bridgeport
Bridgeport and surrounding counties report a violent crime linked to Medora, with witnesses at a drinking party giving the same account. Governors blame coal strikes on the administration, while local politics feature Cullman for mayor, Seitz opposing political machines, and Danbury and Milford tweak caucus and game law enforcement. Authorities investigate unidentified suspects in New Haven murder and a dirigible wreck salvage progresses abroad.
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Bridgeport
Page
Sizer
New Jersey
Fastens
Hussey
Redding
Milford
Page & Devon
Danbury
Jin
New Haven
Cornell Urges Democratic Harmony for Mayoral Race
Prominent attorney Thomas M. Cullinan drew applause at Champ's Farm during the sixth annual Democratic dinner as John A. Cornell urged unity to nominate a mayoral candidate. Cornell warned against personal prejudice and argued the party must unite to defeat the current administration amid recent disasters.
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Thomas
M. Cullinan
Champ's Farm
John A. Cornell
Mayney
Cornell
D& Said
Thomas M. Cullinan
Democratic Party
Bridgeport
Don Cellos Seltz
Cos Cob
Businese
Bagdad Flight Ends in Tragedy
Paris reports the deaths of Robert Thierry and injury to Dieudonne Uoste when their Etampes to Bagdad non stop flight crashed in the Black Forest Germany. They aimed to beat records and reach Baghdad then consider Belfort area routes. The 480 horsepower machine held nearly 750 gallons of fuel as they attempted to win prizes for France.
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Paris
Robert Thierry
Dieudonne Uoste
Etampes
Black Forest
Germany
Coste
Frieburg- Breisgau
Baden
Dad
India
Frieburg
Belfot
Itsere Jland
Thierry
Straigee Line
France
Lemaitre
Arrachart
Guienes
Bagdad
Etames
Bender Abbas
Persian Gulf
Lemattra Apé’ Arrachart
United States
Description of Dutch Anderson Linked to Bank Robber in Midwest Incident
A report from Dubuque Iowa describes a man named George Daly who closely resembles Dutch Anderson, associate of Gerald Chapman. The information sent to postal inspectors in Washington and to Atlanta and Indianapolis authorities notes no police confirmation of the man’s identity. Anderson is linked to the Bers Hance killings near Manie on August 8.
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Dubuque
Towa
George Daly
Anderyson
Gerald Chapman
Washington
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Iq ‘Anderson
Alr
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Ohio
Oriental Tongmen
Air Queen
NAVY
Admiral Moffet
Unified Air Service
Cullinan
Seitz Flays Roraback
King
Roraback
Cox
Seitz
Dutch Anderson
Ryde
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