State agency urged to cut Connecticut auto accidents
A September Motor Vehicle Department bulletin proposes forming a state organization against motor vehicle accidents to unify laws and enforcement. It envisions a safety program, cooperation with towns and courts, and a network including manufacturers, chambers, schools, and fleets to promote driver discipline and premiums for safe records.
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State Motor Vehicle Department
Connecticut
Dulletin
Chamber of Commerce and Safety Councils
Naval Suasion
Foiled at bank two bandits rob another in Detroit
Two robbers failed in a prior hold up due to tear gas. They returned minutes later and, after forcing clerk Helen Stanley and manager W V Galbraith to surrender, fled with 33000. Galbraith tripped a button releasing gas that drove them off. Police then learned they had also robbed a Commercial State Bank branch, taking 3000 dollars.
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Detroit
Mid
Commonwealth Federal Sayings Bank
Helen Stanley
W. V. Galbraith
Galbraith
Commonwealth Bank
Commercial State Bank
Democrats Name Myles Connelly Sheriff Candidate
Delegates at Elk's hall in Waterbury unanimously nominated Myles F. Connelly of Waterbury for sheriff at the New Haven county Democratic shrievalty convention. One hundred eighty one delegates attended. Lawrence Gallagher of Milford chaired, and Mayor Francia Gullfoile of Waterbury nominated Connelly amid an enthusiastic resignation and unanimous ballot.
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Waterbury
New Haven County
Elk's Hall
Myles F. Connelly
Lawrence
Gallagher
Milford
Thomas F. Goode
Newhaven
Francia P. Gullfoile
Mr. Connelly
New Haven Trolley Victim Identified
New Haven Sept 19 The body of the man who died after his legs were severed by a trolley car was identified tonight as Joseph Shaw by fellow workman Joseph Fisher. The dead man had worked the past year in the Knowles and Lombard Guilford cannery but authorities received little more about him.
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New Haven
Joseph Shaw
Joseph Fisher
Knowles and Lombard Guilford
Donovan Favored by Democrats for Senate Seat in Norwalk
Norwalk Democrats consider nominating Jeremiah Donovan for the 26th senatorial district seat as Republicans plan to nominate John Milne. Donovan, visiting Ireland, has served in the state legislature and Congress and as Norwalk mayor. If he agrees, party unity is expected, though it may heal a factional breach from his mayoral defeat allied with former mayor Connery.
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Norwalk
Jeremiah Donovan
Johnnr. Milne
Donovan
Ireland
Donovan Hus
Congress
Milne
Senate
Aga
Republican Committee
Connery
Liquor runner slashes officer at border post
St Albans Vermont AP report says Border Patrolman H A Coburn was slashed in the abdomen by Salvadore Rabblita of Toston after an argument over a liquor penalty payment. Coburn blocked the knife thrust with his left hand. Rabblita, with a companion, fled toward Montreal as liquor was found in their car. Two valuable stick pins were seized from Rabblita.
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ST. Albans
H. A. Coburn
Canadian Customs Office
Salvadore Rabblita
Toston
Collector of Customs
Coburn
Rabbitto
Taan
J. Falva
Hoth
East
Boston
Montreal
Customs
Canada
Wall Collapse Kills Two Firemen in Philadelphia Fire
Two Philadelphia firemen died when a wall collapsed at the Friehofer bakeries after a boiler explosion. Captain Joseph Jones and fireman John Sykes died. four other firemen, Charles Lindsay Edmund O'Brien James Miller and James Keelan, were injured with broken bones burns and internal injuries. Damage estimated around $200000.
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Philadelphia
Frieheofer Bakeries
Joseph Jones
John Sykes
Charles Lindsay
Edmund O'Brien
James Miller
James Keelan
Man Arrested in Mystery Slaying in Albany
Albany N Y Sept 19 AP James Warren also known as dim my the Fresh was taken into custody awaiting investigation of the mysterious slaying of David Garnes a Springfield Mass foreman on a Broadway and Orange street construction site Garnes was shot through the heart and died within minutes initial reports suggested illness or injury from a thrown stone but hospital examination revealed a wallet wound over the heart
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Albany
N. Y
James Warren
Dimmy the
David Garnes
Springfield
Mass
Carnes
Broadway
Orange Street
Gramea
Garnes
Hidden Lives in Bridgeport Warehouses and Stored Finds
A feature on Bridgeport storage warehouses reveals how domestic upheavals drive possessions into sealed rooms. Families break up, elders cling to memories, and hidden treasures expose sorrow, nostalgia, and city life through dusty trunks and cedar chests in fireproof and dusty spaces.
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Bridgeport
Mrs. Jones
Smith's
Brown's
Jones
Mary
Long Hill
Stoner
Main
Motorman Held for Wreck on Labor Day
Chicago report says Lewis J. Smith, engineer of the Chicago and Northwestern suburban train that rear‑ended another on Labor Day, was detained for the grand jury on manslaughter charges after five were killed and more than fifty injured. The piece notes a $69,000,000 retail output value for vacuum cleaners in the U.S. annually.
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Chicago
Lewis J. Smith
Chicago and Northwestern
Labor Day
United States
How smart are your children in the modern mind
The article discusses identifying gifted children and signs of intelligence. It credits Professor Terman for advancing knowledge of child minds through scientific analysis and laboratory study, praising his achievements as a notable contribution to understanding intellect.
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Terman
Dazed Text Fragments Highlight Private Struggles and Incomplete Note
Fragments describe Dr William S Dewe and a tale of a man born with privilege who pursued dreams despite hardship. The passage hints at a royal road to riches, corporate versus individual power, and a newspaper page reference.
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William S. Dewe
Weeanas
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Will
Edgeworth
WRVA
Richmond
Lewis M. Terman
Stanford University
Albert Edward Wiggam
American Magazine
Lifel
Dielle
Tae Crowert
Pusuisuixe Company
Park Avenue
New York, N. Y
Agabond
Royal Road
Sades
Sanday
Eames
H. Landsman & Son
Denbury
Fairbanks Electric Co
Stamford
Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co
Wall St
Bridpepert
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