Contingent Fund Nears Zero At Board Meeting
At yesterday’s Board of Apportionment, the contingent fund stood just over $44,000. After allotting $42,507.82 to cover county tax deficiency, only $1,778.04 remained. Several requests were deferred or denied, including $8,000 for bridges and repairs. Transfers and minor expenses were approved across departments.
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Board of Apportionment
Claims Committee
Director of Public Works
Public Works Department
Alary
Charities Department
Governor Renames Roraback to Lead Humane Society Post
Hartford dispatch reports Governor Templeton reappoints J Clifton Roraback of Canaan as prosecuting officer of the Connecticut Humane Society. George A Williams of Hartford and Henry C Woods of New Haven are named special policemen for two-year terms. State officials are assigned to upcoming dairy and health conferences in Detroit October 17 to 20 and 20 respectively.
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Hartford
Templeton
J. Clinton Roraback
Canaan
Connecticut Humane Society
George A. Williams
Henry C. Woods
New Haven
Thomas Holt
H. C. Daniels
State Dairy and Food Commission
International Association of Dairy and Mik
Detroit
Mich
Stanley H. Osborn
Salmon Surprises On State Park Realty Assocation Deal
Frederick M. Salmon, a member of the local syndicate, missed yesterday’s Hartford meeting due to other duties. He expressed surprise at the failure to reach an agreement and noted a prior plan for the syndicate to turn property over to the State Park Realty Association until next July. The Association has proposed a new plan where the syndicate retains title but financing is provided by the State Park Realty Association through a mortgage, with completion by July 1925 to allow for legislative appropriation.
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State Park Realty Assation
Salmon
Frederick M. Salmon
Hartford
State Park Reality Association
Focal Syndicate
State Park Realty Association
State Park Aeeration
Meetings Tonight at Scandia Lodge and Local Groups
Tonight Scandia lodge hosts A. O. U. W. at 887 Woot avenue. Court Nathaniel Wheeler of 4087 Broad street attends. Maintenance Employees meet at 847 Main street. Nutmeg Encampment listed for 7.0 0 Fy 1987 B: fr.
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Scandia Lodge
U. W
Woot Avenue
Nathaniel Wheeler
Broad Street
Main Street
Bank Assessments to Cover Theft By Gilpatric Hardships
Putnam reports reveal stockholders must cover installments on First National Bank stock after Comptroller of the Currency order to cover shortages caused by G Harold Gilpatric the former cashier and Raiso former State Treasurer. Among holders is the First Baptist church with five shares assessed $500 and planning a sale by Wadies Aid Society to meet the initial 25 percent due October 20. A bride who inherited ten shares after marriage faces a $1,600 payment within two weeks, risking hardship. The stock had been valued at 185 to 200 per share, paid 12 percent dividends, and was hard to obtain following Gilpatric’s actions.
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Putnam
First National Bank of Putnam
G. Harold Gilpattle
Raiso
First Baptist Church
Wadies' Aid Society of the Church
Gilpatric
Vermont Town Has Two Voters
Somerset in Windham county faces a voter shortage as only two legal voters remain. Mr and Mrs Leonard move away prompting resignations of town clerk treasurer constable and school director. The town keeps one school with two pupils and total assessed valuation stands at 106672 dollars.
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Montpalier
Vermont
Somerset
Windham County
SW. Leonard
Tieonard
Four Study Groups For City Research Formed
Bridgeport Council of Churches will form four study groups to investigate social conditions. A Social Conditions meeting at First Methodist Church will be open to the public Monday evening. Plans include a city dinner in October or November with nationally prominent social work speakers.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Council of Churches
Corner Cutters Targeted in Police Crusade
Police announce harsh action against corner cutters after Superintendent Flanagan orders all violators brought to City Court. Traffic units focus on school-traffic corners as forty children have been hurt this month, about half at intersections.
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Patrick J. Flanagan
Port Department
Grafting Skin to Save Arm After Laundry Accident
Mrs Florence Brown aged 25 of 7 Smith Street was injured in a laundry accident. At St Vincent's hospital since last Monday her arm was crushed from fingertips to elbow but X rays show no broken bones. Skin grafting performed to save the limb with hope of avoiding amputation.
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Florence Brown
Smith Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bishop Brewster to Confirm Parish Class
Nichols September 26 Bishop Brewster will preach and confer the Sacrament of Confirmation to a class at 11 a.m. after the service the women of the parish guild host a luncheon in the parish house. A Holy Communion is set for 8 a.m. Beginning next Sunday all services switch to standard time.
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Nichols
Brewster
Bistop
Investigating Past Life Of Gangster In Waterbury Murder
Waterbury police pursue multiple leads in the Mussolini murder with focus on his past life, associates, and habits. The late man once ran the Moma Restaurant on Chatfield Avenue, raided several times, though he was never arrested. Bridgeport police cooperate after raids on a Bridgeport coffee house at 1848 North Main Street yielded two revolvers, with proprietors claiming guns planted.
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Waterbury
John Mussolini
Moma
Chatfield Avenue
Nolice
Fraqugntera
Mussolini
Bridgeport
William Nichols
James
Pasquale Laucariello
North Main Street
Larollette Wheeler rally fails to materialize at Newtown Hall
At Newtown Town Hall last night only two residents attended as three men in a car carried a Laboulette banner and instructed the janitor to close the hall, undermining the event that had been publicized with posters. Helen Wood and Roger Baldwin were among those named in the ads.
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Progressive Party
C. A. Ballinger
Ambhurst_ college
Newtown
Westport Artist Named Defendant in 2000 Civil Suit
Papers filed in Westport detail two civil actions. Caroline Bean, noted landscape painter now abroad, is defendant in a $1700 loan case by Alice Lee Gurd, executor of John A. Gurd of New York. Bean’s King Street property seized for $3000. Return dates set for Bridgeport and New Haven courts in October.
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Wheysport
Telegram Services
Caroline Bean
Europa
Alice Lee Gurd
John A. Gurd
New York’ City
King Street
Edward B. Dobens
Norwalk
Caramen Pleas Court
Bridgeport
Edgar WH. Perry
HE. Z
Josephine Duffy
Arthur. J. Perry
New Haven
Smith Named Al State Platform Highlights Reforms
The state party platform denounces the Ku Klux Klan calls for modifying the Volstead Act to permit sale of light wines and beer and urges equal representation of women on party committees.
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Ku Klux Klan
Slaughter House Burned in Colchester Cause Unknown
A slaughter house owned by Hlrad Gleubinger on Cullets Hill Colchester burned today causing an estimated loss of 2500. The building had recently undergone 1000 in repairs and items stored in a cement vault may have been damaged. Firefighters saved the Gleubinger residence nearby. loss partially insured.
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Colchester
Hlrad Gieubinger
Cullett's Hill
Gleubinger
Joss
Mayoral Inquiry on Sealer of Weights Post Draws GOP Clash
Walter J. Hartnett, Democratic Fourth District chair, plans to ask Mayor Behrena if he will back a Democratic successor to the late William Beloin as sealer of weights and measures. Party leaders expect the administration may name a Republican successor, mirroring past practice with Frank Long. Dennis Kelly, former Wilson appointee, may be chosen soon.
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Walter J. Hartnett
F. William Behrena
Guddessor
William Beloin
Beloin Wan
Harnett
John J. McGuinness
Frank Long
Andrew P. Owens
Dennis Kelly
Wilson
Danbury Man Wields Bludgeon Fights Police Brawl
Joseph Rotello of DeKyns Jane, described as mentally unbalanced, terrorized neighbors with a heavy stick before two police officers restrained him. In court, Judge Dalvis ordered Rotello confined to Danbury jail until October 4 or sailing, after noting prior hospitalizations for insanity.
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Danbury
Joseph Rotello
DeKyn
Jane
Rotellio
Ity
Rovellot
Italy
Notiva
Judgal
Dalvis
Rotello
Middistown Hospital For the Insane
Driver of Beer Truck Fined in Darien Court
John Wilson of Bridgeport was fined 300 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail for liquor law violations, suspended, after State police seized 60 kegs of beer and a large truck in Darien in the Glenbrook area. Police officer Claud Francis arrested him early this morning.
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Darien
John Wilson
Lee Avenue
Bridgeport
John N. Sellick
Wilson
Claud Francis
Glenbrook
Road house man prompts divorce ruling in Stamford
James A. Sykes, office manager for a Paterson mobile concern, testified he preferred roving road houses to home life and deserted his wife, Alce Paris Sykes of Stamford. Judge Marvin granted Mrs. Sykes a divorce on desertion and ordered $20 weekly maintenance for two children, including a Stamford High School student.
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James A. Sykes
Forumerty
Bridgeport
Naw
Aromobile
Paterson
N. CJ
Alce Paris Sykes
Stamford
Marvin
Superior Court
Stamford High School
Missing Broker Sparks New Criminal Probe In City
The District Attorney’s office launches its own investigation into a missing broker tied to a $2.5 million disappearance. Investigators seek clues on how Christian allegedly diverted funds from a $30,000 Univ ted States Steel collateral loan and $21,000 in Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe shares. Authorities pursue possible accomplices as time runs out.
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Christian
Dittman
Ings County Trust Company
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Day
Teaton
Trust Company
Atchison, Topeks
Santa Fe
Day and Heaton
John Mulligan
Dover
N. J
Heavy Trucks on City Roads Worries Engineers
City Engineer James A. McElroy warns that heavy commercial trucks damage paving faster than roads can bear. He questions how roads built to current truck loads will endure if loads rise again and cites overloading chains and wheel wear as causing premature rutting on major highways. He estimates remaining wear life on lightly used streets at 10 to 20 years with minimal annual maintenance costs.
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James A. McElroy
Mcllroy
Bridgeport
Husband Demanded Wife Money, Helen Vialle Granted Divorce
Helen Vialle, a restaurant cashier at 86 William Street, testified that her husband William G. Vialle quarreled over her savings. He deserted her after she refused to give him money, and in 1923 she was granted a divorce for desertion and renamed Helen Arnold.
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Helen
Vialle
William Street
William G. Vialle
Estate dispute over mortgage funds in Hollister coal venture
Julia Borg as administratrix of the Charles Bjorklund estate alleged Arthur Bjorklund used mortgage money collected from his late father to start a coal business in Hollister and Will mot avenues. She testified he admitted collecting the funds but refused to turn them over. Judge Marvin reserved decision on the motion for judgment and disclosure in Superior Court.
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Arthur Bjorklund
Hollister
Willmot Avenues
Charles Biorklund
Yu. PB
Waldo Marvin
Superior Court
Bjorklund
Julia Borg
Marvin
Decision. Com
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Sacred Heart Church
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St. Charles Church
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Thomas Mooney
Hubert Carrig
Patrick Quivian
Josep Donnelly
Holy Rosary Church
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Alfred Driscoll
St. Augustine's
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