State bootlegger leniency attack shocks Bridgeport judge panel
Rev Ralph H White of Connecticut Temperance and Anti-Saloon League assailed Bridgeport city court judges for lenient penalties in liquor cases. He contrasted lenient and severe rulings, urging reform and criticizing Illinois Supreme Court Justice Floyd Thompson for defending disobedience to laws. Continued on Page Two.
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Bridgeport
Ralph H. White
Connecticut Temperance and Anti-Saloon League
Grace Methodist Church
Mu White
Budgeport
Tis
White
Floyd &. Thompoon
Ilinois Supreme Court
Chicago Bar Association
Thompson
Rey
Floyd Thompson
Illincis Supreme Court
Associated Vrees
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Illinois
United States of America
New Haven Road Plans Underwriting Shift for Morgan
New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad ends previous Morgan plan and launches new 7 percent cumulative preferred stock issue to refund debts to the Federal government. Stock holders of record Aug 24 1927 may subscribe at par for one share preferred per four common, and debenture holders may subscribe similarly. Rights expire Oct 3 1927.
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New York
Associated Press
New York, New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Man Suffers Death Like That of Isadora Duncan
BEDTHEN Germany September 18 An Isadora Duncan style death occurred to Burgomeister Effendt of Ratigortetley after a political meeting in Neustadt. The chauffeur, a small fly entering his eye, caused the car to overturn. Effendt was thrown clear and his long gold chain twisted around his neck strangling him. The chauffeur suffered only minor injuries.
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Bedthen
Germany
Associated Presa
Isadora Duncan
Burgomeater Effendt
Ratigortetley
Neustadt
Burgomester Eliendt
Bridgeport Ladies Host Kiwanis Delegates at Convention
Bridgeport residents note local women entertain wives of Kiwanis delegates during the convention here. Other items include a Yale student involved in a fatal pedestrian crash and various state notices on elections, bond issues, and civic events across Connecticut towns.
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Bridgeport
Kiwanis
Krupka
Frances Cate
van Wieck Hempstead
Vosburgh
Chilren
St.yr
Methodious Church
Dey
Lausanne
Fequot Yachtamem
Black Rock
Yale
Fairfield
State
New England
Emile Schenkel
Russell Clarke
Milford
Huntington
County Hunt Club
Plan Commission
Salt
Veterans Wagel
Soldiers’ Home
Woroton
Ex Wizard of Ku Klux Klan Shot in Los Angeles
H C Mitchell a former imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan was shot in Los Angeles, in Milton hospital Inglewood with a chest wound. He and Imperial Wizard H W Evans arrived Friday. Mitchell was struck by three bullets after an argument with two men who fled. deputies expect to detain the gunmen.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
H. C. Mitchell
Ku Klux Klan
HW. Evans
Milton Hospital
Inglewood
Mitchell
Elsnemen
Legion Leaders Arrive in Paris for Peace Celebration
In Paris on September 18, the American Legion arrived with 26,000 veterans led by General Pershing. Commander Savage and other leaders met Premier Poincare and War Minister Painleve. The day featured a Te Deum at Notre Dame and visits to churches and cafes as Paris welcomed the delegation amid preparations for the convention opening tomorrow.
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Paris
Associated Prose
American Legion
General Pershing
Howard P. Savage
Legion
Potneaie
Notre Dame Cathedral
Cardinal DuBois
Ecclesiastica
France
Marshal Foch
Savage
Mayor Walker
New York
Pather Wolfe
Legionnaires
East Groupe
Cherbourg
Baryre
Antwerp
Pershing
Sheldon Whitehouse
Poincare
M. Painiere
Biffe
Krupka Threatens 10 Close Factory
G G Krupka president of G G Krupka Co Inc Furniture and Upholsterers declares he will close his factory for a year if a New York controlled union continues strike action among his upholsterers The plant employs 175 with over 20 in upholstery on strike He says workers are well treated noting wages from 75 a week to 60 and that many employees are learning the business The union vows to picket despite police interference and a court decision upholding their right to picket Continued on Page Two.
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New York
G. G. Krupka
G. G. Krupka Company, Inc
Krupka
The
Uphol Asterers’ Union of North America
Xyupka
Driver Paralyzed After Stopping at Red Light
James T Coffee of Miami Florida suffered a cerebral hemorrhage as his car halted at Main street and North avenue red light. He was treated at Emergency hospital then rushed to Vincente hospital in critical condition. His wife rode with him to the hospital. police say the stroke occurred exactly as he stopped, preventing possible crash.
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Main Street
North Avenue
James T. Coffee
Miami
Florida
Coffse
Vincente Hospital
Coffee
John J Coffee
Kossuth
Bundey Trafic
Hindenburg Denies Germany Was to Blame for World War
Special cable dispatch from Berlin reports President Von Hindenburg repudiating Germany's guilt for the world war and urging an impartial tribunal to prove innocence. He spoke at the Tannenberg monument with generals, asserting sacrifices and defense of the fatherland rather than conquest. He urged unity and harmony among Germans.
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Hindenburg
Germany
Berlin
von Bindenburg
Tannenberg
von Hindenburg
Milford Woman Killed After Motorcycle Collision
Mrs. Margaret Irene French, 45, of 153 Bridgeport Avenue, died at Milford Hospital from injuries after being struck by a Milford police motorcycle driven by Officer Arthur Harris. Harris, thrown from his cycle, suffered injuries and is at home. Coroner Mix to hold an inquiry. Family details and funeral arrangements noted. The accident occurred on Bridgeport Avenue near MB Street as Mrs. French stepped from a trolley toward the curb.
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Milford
Margaret Irene French
Bridgeport Avenue
Milford Hospital
Arthur Harris
Milford Police
Omcer Harris
Kerems Avenue
Devon
Harris
EM Mix
French
Captainford High
Wrench A Wlao
Helen Cox
Kate Cook
Bridgeport
James Grahaman
St. Anne's Church
St. Mary
Spring
Kaplan Wedded, Is Announcement
Hartford reports the marriage of Louis Kid Kaplan former featherweight champion to Miss Beets Tulman. The couple wed secretly in Porchester New York on April 9 to avoid interfering with boxing matches and plan a delayed wedding trip to Atlantic City possibly with a Chicago stop to view the Dempsey Tooney fight. Mrs Kaplan, an athlete known for swimming, supported her husband’s boxing career through New England bouts.
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Hartford
Fress
Louis
Kid) Kaplan
Meriden
Beesi¢ ‘Tulman
M. Tulman
Bluveblils Avenue
Tulman
Mr. Kaplan
Porchester
Nathan Hale School Opens for Registration Today
The Nathan Hale School on Capitol Avenue will open for registration this morning. Carroll R. Reed, superintendent of schools, announced last night that the new four-room school with kindergarten will admit children starting at 8 oclock. The opening was delayed due to unfinished work. Parents in the Capitol Avenue district are urged to register their children in the kindergarten or grades one through five.
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Nathan Hale
Capitol Avenue
Carroll R. Reed
Continta
Anc & Kinder~ Berten
Federal probe starts into plane crash that killed seven
A federal and Middlesex county inquiry began in New Brunswick New Jersey into the fatal crash of a Reynolds Airways Fokker monoplane during a sight seeing flight. Seven died and five were injured as the Jupiter engine failed and the plane dived into an orchard after takeoff.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Associated Press
Middlesex
New Market
R. G. Lockwood
Department of Commerce
Washington
European Airways
Aolland
West Africa
Reynolds Airways, Inc
Lockwood
Ford David
John E. Toolan
David
Almilax
Bertaud
Hill and Payne
Atlantic Ocean
Sten
Wallace Beery sued for eight million damages
Los Angeles reports Wallace Beery faces an eight million dollar damages suit from Juanita Montanya a nineteen year old Spanish dancer and film actress who alleges Beery attacked her at his Hollywood home and again as he drove her home the complaint seeks 500000 actual and 560000 exemplary damages Montanya who came to Hollywood from New York two years ago was involved in a prior police incident over a pistol in a black handkerchief and was detained after barricading a hotel room she had insanity charges dismissed and was sent to Minnie Barton home.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
Examiner Today
Juanita Montanya
Wallace Beery
Beery
Rita Beery
Hollywood
Sater
Minnie Barton
Man Arrested Here for Lottery Ticket Sale
Henry Abitz, forty three, of 1152 Hancock avenues, was arrested at 7 o'clock last night by vice squad for selling lottery tickets. He was held on a $200 bond. His brother Maurice Abitz, of the same address, faced a separate charge for a parking ordinance violation at the same time.
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Henry Abitz
Hancock Avenues
Maurice Abitz
Kiwanis Growth May Prompt New England District Redrawing
Kiwanis leaders at the Stratfield Hotel opened a four day New England convention amid talks of redistricting due to club growth. New Hampshire seeks separate district status, potentially altering borders with Massachusetts clubs Worcester Framingham Pitchburg Marlboro and Winchendon. Trustees asked for rules plan to present to Kiwanis international for approval as delegates gathered for registrations and social events.
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New England
Kiwania
Stratfield Hotel
New England Kiwantens
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Worcester
Fremingham
Pitchburg
Marlboro
Winchendon
Kiwantans
James F. Armstrong
Kiwanis
Plane Carrying Lion Missing Over Southern California
A monoplane carrying Leo the lion, owned by a motion picture concern, disappeared after departing San Diego bound for New York. Pilot Martin Jensen was last heard from while en route with possible sightings near Dixieland and the San Bernardino range. Five Ryan planes and four Army planes conducted searches across desert and mountain areas of southern California and northern Arizona.
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New York
Associated Press
Martin Jansen
Pass
San Diego
California
Johnson
Los Angeles
Martin Jensen
Leo
Motion
San Bernardino
Mountai Range
Jensen
Jacumba
Sen Bernardino
Pive Ryan
San Piego
Zier
Arizona
Auto Hits Fairfield Pedestrians Killing Three Youths
In foggy Reading Pa a car veered off the road and crushed a group of pedestrians near Mary Creek. Three Reading youths Al Stark Anthony Blumhoffer and Stewart Lease died. three others were seriously hurt. Coroner will hold inquest tomorrow.
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Fairfield
Reading
Associated Press
Empenkment
Rockes of
Mary Cree Ped
al Stark
Reading High
Anthony Blumhoffer
Stewart Lease
Slain Doctor's Wife Held on Heavy Bail in NJ Case
In Hamonton New Jersey prosecutor Louis Rapet says Mrs. Margaret Liliendahl will be held as a substantial material witness tomorrow in the slaying of her 65 year old husband Dr A William Liliendahl. Bail amount to be set after talks with associates. The murdered physician was shot on a rural road near Ataln last Thursday by two Black suspects who then robbed Mrs Liliendahl. The wife, found disheveled, was brought to state police headquarters for questioning after she was located near the scene. A Pennsylvania car stolen in Philadelphia was found abandoned near the scene. A letter to Mrs Liliendahl from an unnamed man was found nearby. the writer is under surveillance.
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Hamonton
Associated Press
Louis Rapetto
Atlantic County
Margaret Liliendahl
A. William Liltiendahl
Mays Landing
Atlantic City
Liltiendahl
Theft of liquor at drug store on Main Street
Drugist Simon Cohen reports theft of four cases of rye whiskey two five gallon cans of alcohol and ten gallons of sherry from 3200 Main Street early yesterday. Police note a week of burglaries with similar losses as detectives log the incidents.
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Simon Cohen
Main Street
Detective Bureau
Dominick Igcozsa
Center Street
Philp
Fred Deveran
Madison Avenue
Whilliam Auch
Ruth Elder Clears Exam for Europe Flight
Miss Ruth Elder, a 22 year old Florida aviatrix aiming to fly New York to Paris, passed her physical at Mitchel Field and expects to depart for Europe once weather permits. A commerce test was postponed. Elder plans to fly with pilot George Haldeman aboard the Amtri equipped with life rafts and wireless, carrying 516 gallons of gasoline.
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Miss Elder
Amtri
Ming
Ashe
Hard
George Haldeman
Mitchefeld
Florida Aviatrix
Lyle Womack
Laksland
Fishey
New York
Curtins Field
New Old Glory Search Stars New Old Glory Search Stars
St John s Hill Port looks to break of day as York men sail to search wreckage from the trans Atlantic Glory crash. The Old Glory expedition aims to recover bodies including editor Philip Hayne and navigator Lloyd.
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ST John's
York
Rome
Nagan
Birdwel
Alexander
New York
Ghory
Silver City
Philip A. Hayne
Angi
New York Mirror
Ger
J.D Hui
Lieyd
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Ralah H. White
New Haven Road
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Elan
Pannie Brice
Spokane
Ravage Radioes Legion
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Italy
Albany
Kiddo Davin
Babe Ruth
Yanks
White Sox
Glanta
Reads
Cardinals
Phillies
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Chmpion
White Eagle Jrs
Savage Radioes Legion
Peace OF
Eiffel Tower
New York Union
Head
Ica
Atinue
Kaplan
Nathan Hale School
Committee of Woomen
Stratfield
Lion
Dole
E. B. Sturges
Ahelan
Tomorte
Fai
St. Ian
Rénard
Sturges
Ciaseny Sturges
Sesco Fill
Pairfield
Singty
Way
Burr
Per
Julius Kushay
King’s Way
Hawee
Pian
Steve Swock
Wee
Bediy
Tajaspl
Steve Bugany
Jen Paul Koczy
Ti Jennings
Mike Marinko
Bradford A
Foldster
King’s Highway
Stout &F
Tim
Louis Maryak
Halley Sires
Paul Kocsis
Malland Hill
Field
Stables Hurr
Mulray
Snock
Kent's Hospital
Atino
John J. Phelan
Bull Stiget
Pairfeld
Falrfeld
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