Row Over Keys To Liquor Cellar Sparks City Row
Stamford September 15 AP Mayor Keating and Prosecutor Spelke dispute control of the wine cellar at police headquarters where seized liquor is kept. Three locks and keys move between the mayor police chief and the prosecutor as an inventory showdown unfolds. The police department claims custody responsibility while legal action appears pending.
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Ecn
Stamford
Maso
John F Neating
Max
Spelke
Keating
Police Department
Bidgeport
Judge Blames Husband Who Neglected Wife
In Superior Court Judge George H Hinman condemns a husband for neglect leading to his wife's misconduct with William O Donnell. Elsie Keeland is arraigned on charges, a year sentence issued with suspension, Donnell gets a year with possible probation. Vreeland, absent duty, forced the men to answer for neglect and complicity. court holds Vreeland as responsible as any party in the wrongdoing.
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Superior Cour
George H
Hinman
Elsie Keéland
Faufield
Willam O Donnell
O'Donnell
AU Arananes
Vreelands
Vreeland
Navy
Vreelant
Donnell
O Donnell
Police Board Mulls Paint Plan At Short Session
A 13 minute meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners considered a playful proposal by Commissioner William HH Ryan Jr to buy paint and paint the Fourth Precinct station with fellow members on a Sunday morning. President Samuel Dawe encouraged action by the board, and a member suggested the commissioner handle the job while the board covers the cost. The session also granted a Columbus Day celebration under police protection and outlined band concerts and a dining program in front of Columbus school with special policeman William Henry Roland assigned.
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William HH Ryan Jr
Board of Police Commissioners
Fourth Precinct
Board of Commissioners
Samuel Dawe
Dawe
Ryan
Dana
del Monte Sopranaga
Will Rogers
Joseph Schwartz
Webruary
Aircraft Probers to Meet President
The White House will host the nine member aircraft inquiry board to organize its plan of investigation. President appoints the panel and directs it to determine procedures witnesses and scope with secretary press urging broad authority. The session marks formal recognition of the controversy that began in Congress last winter.
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Washington
Bate
Whte
Jas
Swbirday
Congress
Davis
Wir
Wilbur
Special Naval Court
Shenindath
Tike St Nod
Mir Vilibir
i+ 9 army
Mos
Rommi
Namnoanting
Anton Izae
British Communist MP barred from entering United States
United States authorities canceled passport and visa for Shapur Sakatvala, a British Labour MP, who planned to attend a conference as a British delegate. The State Department cited inflammatory and anti American speeches in Parliament as the basis for revoking the foreign visit entry.
Extradition Sought in Allingtown Murder Case
New Haven investigators announce fugitives Joseph Macri and Nicholas De Mille, arraigned in New York on robbery with violence charges tied to the death of Henry B Johnson, 56. Connecticut seeks murder in the first degree upon transfer, with four other men named Edward Collins Charles Pavig and William implicated in the fatal New Haven Allingtown case.
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New Haven
New York City
Joseph Macri
Nicholas de Mille
Connecticut
State Attorney's
James Cannon
West Haven
Henry B Johnson
Oak
Forest Streets
Allingtown
Edward Collins
Charles Pavig
Willian
W Morse Near Death From Stroke In New York
Charles W Morse former banker and shipping magnate suffered a second paralytic stroke at his New York home after returning from Bath Maine. In a coma he had once controlled many ice companies and shipping firms, with a fortune once estimated around thirty million dollars. after a 1908 prison sentence and a Taft pardon in 1910 he later resumed financial activity in Wall Street and claimed to have regained much of his wealth.
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York
Charles W Morse
Bath
Maine
Morse
Atlanta
Taft
Teerrai
Taft Morse
Europe
Wall Street
Mistakes Advice Leads to Poison Attempt at Home
Albertt Creghtor of 601 Lafayette street consulted a doctor over foot trouble. He swallowed pills misdescribed as berlormde solution and was taken to hospital in serious condition. Doctors warn of dangerous confusion and possible fatal outcome.
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Albertt Creghtor
Elsh
Lafayette Street
Creghton
O &T
Lau 'Hospital
Agents Raid Homes For Shenandoah Souvenir Loot
Government agents conducted raids on private homes and businesses in northern West Virginia and eastern Ohio to seize wreckage souvenirs from the Shenandoah disaster. Items included crew grips and a cap allegedly worn by Commander Zachary Lansdowne. no arrests were reported.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Ohio
Ava
Wents Department of Justice
Zachary Lansdowne
Bridgeport Death and Crime Widens Across State
A wide array of reports shows Bridgeport and Fairfield County grappling with violent crime and legal actions including indictments for murders, manslaughter sentences, and public safety disputes. Other items cover political resignations, police hearings, and local governance squabbles as state and national affairs unfold.
15 Rooms to Care for 455 Pupils at Warren Harding High
Opening 21 rooms Monday morning will take care of about 475 members of the junior and senior classes assigned to the new institution Ralphyn Hedges principal stated yesterday There are about 950 members of the freshman and sophomore classes who will be obliged to await completion of the school before they can resume education after the regular summer recess.
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Warren Harding High School
Ralphyn Hedges
Yesteady
France to face strict terms on four million debt
Washington reports indicate the United States may deny France any more favorable terms than Britain for the four million dollar wartime debt. A possible exception is a brief moratorium to stabilize French finances. Senator Borah and Senator Smoot pressed that France be funded in line with Britain’s settlement.
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Washington
France
Unite States
Great Britain
Paris
Smoot Republican
Utah
Smog
United States
United States Debt Commission
America
man dies by inhaling gas in bathroom at home
Albert Ostling forty four committed death by own action by inhaling gas in the bathroom of his home 61 Carleo avenue last night about 9 30 according to neighbors he had been drinking and locked himself in the bathroom stuffing paper in the keyhole The City ambulance found him in the bathtub but he was dead on arrival Medical Examiner LeBaron Peters did not view the body last night
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Albert Ostling
Carleo Avenue
Consnecticut Company
City Ambulance
LeBaron Peters
Hunter Honored by Stratford Friends
Stratford Sept 16 Special About 60 friends of RIT Hunter whose resignation as town manager became official yesterday gathered at Holmes Inn Oronoque Wednesday night for a farewell dinner in his honor. Members of the town council and the Stratford Town Criers, which he helped organize, were present. The town council presented him with a leather tavering bag and a briefcase. Donald Sammis council member made the presentation speech.
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Stratford
Rit Hunter
Holmes Inn Oronoque
Stratford Town Criers
Yeete
Donald Sammis
Ehrman
Federal officials blamed for rum traffic surge
Washington report by the Research and Educational department of the Federal Council of Churches faults federal inaction on curbing industrial alcohol diversion and illicit beer manufacture. It says enforcement is hard but solvable, noting smuggling remains a difficult factor while home industry influence persists. Continued on page two.
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Department of
Federal Council of Churches
Washington
Cohol
Hylan Plans Retirement After NYC Mayoral Defeat
New York September 16. Mayor Hylan says he will retire on pension after losing the Democratic nomination for mayor to Senator Walker by 95,549 votes. He contemplates a possible third ticket against Walker and Waterman. observers call the idea unlikely, and his statement praises eight years in office and public service.
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New York
James J Walker
New York City
Jon Y Hylan
Hylan
Walker
Frank D Waterman
Evening Journal
Willam Randolph Hearst
Hearst
John H. Sinnott
Margory
Missing six year old Harold Bernstein drowned in river
New York Sept 16 companions say Harold Bernstein six was tossed into the East River after a series of riverfront scuffles. Willam Finnoten and brother Joseph seven living at 1504 Avenue A admitted the drowning after a 48 hour search. Willie Florio claimed two fights preceded the death and a larger boy hurled him waterward.
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New York
Harold Bernstein
Harold Home
East Eighty-Thir Street
Willam Finno Ten
Joseph
Avenue A
Hadeen
Willie Florio
Harold
Shephad
Plor
Flarell
Joe
Right Man's Wife Leaps To Death
Mrs Gertrude Beck wife of Charles Hech an official of American Casing company died in a hospital from injuries after leaping from a fifth story window at her West 14th Street home near Riverside Drive. A pedestrian alerted police as Hech ate breakfast with his two daughters and was unaware of the tragedy until notified. The husband said she had been experiencing a nervous breakdown and had complained of feeling unwell that morning.
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Vreeland
Womat
Mason
Medora
Fairfield County
Grand Jury
Waterbury
Stamfords
West Haven
New York
Fairfield House
Westport Democrats
Washington
Coolidge
Shenandoah
Hslan
la Follette
Wo Morse
Richmann
Caillaux
France
Ando Finance
General “Motors
Chrysler
Vilorida
Western
Chicago
Flearne
Horan
New Haven
Bears
Albany
Kittens
Senators
Indians
Sox
Mackers
Giants
Reds
Pirates
Dodgers
Braves
Cubs
Jean Borotta
R Norris Wiliams
Gertrude Beck
Charles Hech
American
West 14St Street
Riverside Drive
Beck
In- Jung
Theatre to Open Without Orchestra at Shubert
The Shubert Theatre plans to open next Thursday without a resident orchestra for the season unless a settlement with the local musicians union is reached. Management refuses to guarantee 30 weeks of work, fearing loss of control over opening and closing dates. Stage hands who left with New York musicians last week may return if no grievance remains.
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Haven
Shubert Theatre
Shubert
Shuberts
Atage
New York
La Follette Jr Faces Uncertain GOP Fight Despite Sweep
Robert M La Follette Jr secured more than 90,000 votes and a 30,000 margin in the primary for the Wisconsin Senate, but party divisions linger. Independent and reform candidates may contest the August 1 election, with Republicans, a Democrat, a Socialist, and a Socialist Labor nominee on the ballot amid last-minute coalition talks and potential withdrawals.
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Milwaukle
Wis
Robert M la Follette Jr
Senate
Jaw
Robert M la Follette
la Follette
Roy P Wilcox
Edward F Ththmer
Daniel Woodward
Arthur Barry
Bruce
North Wood
Madison
Young Bob
Wisconsin
Six Month Sentence in Manslaughter Case
Michiel Scalzzi, age nineteen from Bridgeport, pleaded guilty to manslaughter before Judge George E. Woman in Criminal Superior Court. He struck Joseh De Felice during a street altercation, causing De Felice to fall and suffer a fatal skull fracture, leading to a six month jail term. De Felice was seated at a lunch counter on East Main street when youths taunted him and a punch led to the fatal fall onto a motorcycle mud-guard. The incident occurred on June 13.
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Michiel Scalzzi
Bridgeport
Joseh de Felice
de Felice
George E Woman
Criminal Superior Court
East Main Street
Ftane
Sealvi Ae Bratande
Chillenge
Slayer Captured After Fedora Stabbing Fatality
A suspect tied to a fatal stabbing described the incident in court, stating his version of events. Police recovered the weapon, and prosecutors plan to press charges as the investigation concludes.
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Fedora
Murderous Rage in Bridgeport House Attack
Charles Norkewicz, a Stepney former hand, testified to Coroner John Phelan about killing Michael Fedora at Fedora’s Hallam Street home last Saturday. He said Fedora grabbed his trousers and stole $3, provoking the stabbing after two years of friendship and days of drinking with Fedora. The pair had traveled to Bridgeport for a liquor-filled visit, with Fedora’s moonshine business and ample supply at the house.
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Charles Norkewicz
Stepney
John
Phelan
Michael Fedora
Hallam Street
Norkewice
Pennsylvania
Norkewicz
Fedora
Bridgeport
Arjest
Norkewlez
Eight Injured In Hartford Truck Crash Near Corbin's Corners
Nine men from New Britain construction work were riding in a truck driven by Charles Seigel when it skidded on the Harrtvin Turnpike five miles east of New Britain. The vehicle rolled onto its left side, throwing occupants onto the pavement. Eight men sustained skull fractures or serious head injuries. one man was listed with an arm injury. Seigel was uninjured.
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Hartford
Hrrtvin Turnpike
Corbin’s Corners
Charles Seigel
Paewood Street
New Britain
Seigel
Segel
Peter Colangelo
Harbison Avenue
John Millner
Loomis Street
Frank Kaffenstaner
Bedford Street
George Jones
Avon Street
Martin DeLusso
Patsy Marchiando
Harbison Averuec
Simon Bendell
James Zaffino
Windsor Street
Reuda
Isadore Lopez
Huntley Place
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Shapurs Sakatvala
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London
Siri Latvala
Schlatvala
Mori
DeMilio
W. Morse
Shenandoah Wreck
Britain
Smoot
Borah
Belgium
Hunter
Stratford Friends
Gotham
East River
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Lafollette, JR
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