Scanlon Promoted Captain in Fire Department and Board Awards Contracts
Thomas J. Scanlon promoted to hydrant inspector with captain rank, succeeding the late Frank Noonan as fire captain. William F. Biebel elevated to Scanlon’s plumber post. both promotions effective October 1. Firehouse bid readings show Michael Noonsa winning labor and construction at 835,473, while plumbing and heating go to Stenstream at 86,768 amid rejections for incorrect certified check.
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Stenstream Company
William H. Clark Company
Thomas JF. Scanlon
Frank T Noonan
Scanions
William F Biebel
Scanion
F J. Dixon
Michael Noonsa
T. J Pardy
Hew
Jett Company
William J. Shaughnessey Jr
Laas
William P Kirk
R T Rock
Berger and
Film star Constance Talmadge cites husband’s infidelity
Edinburgh September 28 Constance Talmadge motion picture star testified in her divorce suit against Captain Alistair Macintosh now in Paris that her California husband lost affection and called their marriage a tragic mistake She produced a letter from him describing an overnight stay with another woman at a Brighton hotel and asked for an early hearing to travel to California for a new picture.
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Edinburgh
California
Constance Talmadge
Alistair Macintosh
Paris
Brighton
England
Man Who Slew Indian Youth Waives Hearing
Major Victor Mlocke former Choctaw official waived preliminary hearing after arraignment in Antler Oklahoma on murder charges. He was released on a 25000 bond. Abner Battiste, a young Choctaw, was shot and killed by Locke Monday night as friends say he accused him of assisting several girls. Locke has not given a statement.
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Antler Okla
Victor Mlocke
Jate
Abner Battiste
Locke
Oh Yes Pullmans Have Improved Says Cobb
Irving Cobb notes Baltimore centenary of railroading and jokes that the Pullman era shows the only visible improvement in 60 years is the slot for dropping used razor blades. He humorously urges a celebration by the Pullman company.
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Pullmans
Irvin Cobb
Irving
COBB
Baltimor
America
Pullman Company
Four women sell divorces in Superior court
Bridgeport reports four women sell divorces in Superior court while other items note spouse abuse testimony and multiple court actions. Ethel B. Cornish granted divorce in local court. Diagnostic work planned for new hospital. Bridgeport Mexico telephone service opening discussed. Kornblus reelected head of relief board. New Haven road subsidiary to operate Boston to New York bus line through city. Zone code appeal tests rule. Scanion ranked captain in fire dept. New engine house contract awarded. Reward offered for recovery of Challos body. Delegate tickets chosen by opposing GOP factions in Nipth district. Yale incoming class includes 240 Connecticut residents. Luther league to meet in New Haven. Gallagher invites Republicans to Democratic rally. Oldest Mason in state dies after being struck by car in Danbury. Smith nomination may lose southern support, Magruder comments. Lowman mandate blocks dry office shift from Hartford. Capital predicts French statutf decision by Saturday. Co ed bank bandit deemed insane by experts. Fonck to begin Atlantic airline in spring. Court letters reveal love triangle around rector. poisoning allegations. Beach search continues. lawyers resist police custody demands. Editorials and features on page 12 and 14. full weather on page 12. sports pages 16-19. Pirates and Cardinals set to resume pennant chase. Dempsey cites lack of fighting spirit. Bridgeport man wins senior golf honor. boxing commission to push lightweight elimination. Yale prospects noted as veterans struggle to show form.
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Bridgeport
Ethel B. Cornish
Mexico
Kornblus
Board of
Relief
New Haven Road
Boston
New York
Scanion
Challos
Nipth
State
Fairfield County
Connecticut
Yale
Luther League
New Haven
Gallagher
Danbury
Washington Smith
Mark Sullivan
Magruder
Lowman
Hartford
Capital
Statutf
Fonck
Atlantic Airline
Rector
Woods
Beach
Luthtendahl
Pirates
Jack Dempsey
Fairfield
National Boxing Commission
Pians
Lawyer Defies Courts In Missing Man Beach Case
Hammmton New Jersey Sept 28 troopers and county detectives hunt for Willis Beach a grey haired poultryman linked to the murder of Dr Lilliendahl while his lawyer Edison Hedges says Beach will not surrender until indicted Hedges claims an indictment will justify Beach’s appearance bond of 5000 and vows to resist questioning by authorities a 100 reward is offered and officers plan to arrest Beach on sight Continued on Page Two
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Hammonton
WN. J
Margaret Lilliendam
Wills Leach
Lilliendsahl
Edison Hedges
Willis Beach
Hedges
Atlantic City
Beach
Jta
Lilliendahl
Jersey Woods
Court of Oyer and
Cameron Hinkle
Head
Harrold
Washington
Autoelated Press
T. P. Magruders
Whibur
New York Times
Magruder
Whitch
Wilbur
Department
New York
Picket Indicted For Smith Murder In Meriden Outing
James Old Folks Pickett of Boston was indicted for second degree murder in the August 4 dice game shooting that killed Harry Smith of Bridgeport at Hanover Park Meriden. Coroner mix cites jealousy over Ella Braxton. Richard Starks of Ansonia wounded, a material witness. Indicting jury included Milford and Waterbury officials and other local leaders.
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Sew Haven
Associated Press
James
Pickett
Boston
Harry Smith
Bridgeport
Hanover Park
Meriden
Omar W. Pratt
Milford
Ella Braxton
Il Mix
Smith
Richard W. Starks
Ansonia
Starke
Munich Doctor Reports Floating Medium Without Wings
Paris dated dispatch details Dr Vor Schrenck Notzing of Munich describing a medium nicknamed Earl Weber who rose four feet in the air without visible propulsion, held horizontal posture for about 25 seconds, and rose 34 times in summer 1824. Additional notes recount Dr Waltee Pratiklin Prince of Boston on Mrs Latimer and her alleged deceased brother, with therapy claims and relief.
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Paris
Associated Press
International
Vor Schrenck Notzing
Munich
Earl Weber
Notzing
Waltee Pratiklin Prince
Boston
Latimer
Foater
Prince
Slater
Mrs Latimer
Tam
di Prince
Letters Read in Court Show Nurse's Love for Minister
In Enid Oklahoma, nurse Miles Mary Atkinson, 26, faced a preliminary hearing over the death of Mary Jane Bailey, 18, daughter of Rev Charles Bailey. Read letters show Atkinson declaring love for the minister, written after he asked her to leave his home, with hints of self harm and blame cast on the nurse as the cause of the girl's illness.
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Enid
Ckla
Associated Press
Miles Mary Atkinson
Charles Bailey
Mary Jane Bailey
Misa Atkinson
Dr. Bailey
Miss Atkinson
Bailey
Mary Jane
Aiways Eholl
Reward Offered for Recovery of Edward A Chatlos
William F. Chatlos of Bridgeport and New York offered a reward of 500 for recovery of his drowned brother Edward A Chatlos near New Haven. Relatives had offered 100 previously. the total reward reached 600 and would be paid to anyone recovering the body, with identification aided by papers on the victim.
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William F. Chatlos
W. F. Chatlos
Bridgeport
New York City
Edward A. Chatlos
Stratford
New Haven
Charles
William Charles
Charles A. Ro
Wilmot Avenue
Borg
Edward A Charles
Chatlon
Crescent
West Haven
Challons
Raymond
Chatton
Unknown party questioned in Ferrone prison escape plot
Hartford and Detroit obituaries frame a day of multiple crime and death stories. Prosecutor Malcorine questions who took 2500 in bribe money related to Lawrence Ferrone’s failed prison escape plot. In Detroit Ford brother John Ford dies at 62 after a heart illness. funeral Friday.
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Ford
Indianapolis mayor vows no resignation amid impeachment reports
Mayor Joan J. Duvall of Indianapolis, convicted of corrupt practices but free on bond, said he discounts grand jury plans for removal and has no intent to resign. He noted his wife’s appointment to city posts and dismissed impeachment rumors as unfounded.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Associated Press
Joan J. Duvall
Oday
Grand Jury
Camptrolley
Duvall
Indiana
Waat
Marion County Grane Tuy
Eedings Ugdiael
Rasche Crashes Plane in Boston Unharmed
Ther Rasche, German aviatrix, crashed her Flamingo biplane while attempting a landing at Dennison airport Quincy. She escaped uninjured as the craft struck swampy ground, damaged mainly the propeller, after the engine quit at 2000 feet.
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Boston
Associated Press
Ther Rasche
Dennison
Quincy
Mias Rasche
Miss Rasche
Mica Rasche
Fonck Plans Atlantic Airline Service Start Next Spring
Capt Rene Fonck, French war ace, says a commercial mail service between the United States and Europe is planned for next spring with planes placed in ocean service and Fonck as pilot. Flights will begin with mail and later carry passengers at nominal rates, with routes via Newfoundland and Ireland or the Azores depending on weather. Fonck praises Lindbergh and says he has unlimited financial backing, forming American and Overseas company with French partners to fund the venture.
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Quatiss Field
Associated Press
Europe
Paris
Rene Fonck
Fonckiss
Siennes
Mde
Newfoundland
Ireland
Sian
Azores
Fonck
Horace Dodge
Slag
Lauds Lindbergh
New York
Paria
Lindbergh
Commercola Air Line
House of David case nears end in Michigan
Closing arguments were heard in the long effort to dissolve the House of David colony as a public nuisance. Special Assistant Attorney General Nicholaak urged dissolution through receivership and asset distribution. Judge Fead said a decision would take about two months as the case centers on truth and the character of Benjamin Parnell.
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ST Joseph
Mich
Associated Press
House of David Colony
Louis H Fead
George E. Nichola
Fead
Frat W Green
W W. Potter
Nichola
Nichols
W.barnard
Ita
Barnard
Benjamin Parnell
United States
Purnell
Wo Men
Stolen Bridgeport Bonds Found in Northeastern Banks
Bond thefts totaling 110000 dollars from the Garfield bank of New York were recovered by detectives in Wilkes-Barre Pittston and Scranton banks. District Attorney Thomas M Lewis says arrests expected after consultations with local judges. Four suspects linked to the collateral loan scheme under surveillance and a New York fence is being pursued.
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Wilkes-Barre
Associated Preas
Bridgeport
Garfield Bank of New York
Pittston
Scranton
Thomas M. Lewis
Fuller, Jones
McLean
New York
Co ed bank bandit deemed insane by brain experts
Rebecca Bradley Rogers a twenty two year old former co ed on trial for arson and linked to a Round Rock bank robbery was described by alienists as lacking sense of right or wrong. Experts testified she suffered dementia praecox and displayed delusions of grandeur.
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Georgetown
Tex
Associated Press
Rebecca Bradley
Rogers
University of Texas
Otis Rogers
Texas University
Max Handman
Myra Rogers
Round Rock
Texas
Round Rock Bak
Farmers National Bank
Princeton Theological Seminary Faces Board Split
Dissension between ultra fundamentalists and liberal faction within Princeton theological seminary's faculty resurfaced at the start of its 116th year. Rev Gresham denounced the assembly driven reorganization as unjust, while Dr Stevenson defended it as placed with a competent committee for adjustment by the general assembly in San Francisco.
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Princeton
N. J
Associated Press
Princeton Theological Seminary
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
San Francisco
Br. J. Gresham
J. Rose Stevenson
Gresham
General Assembly
Amoother
Stevenson
Genera Assembly
World will be without beautiful women in centuries, Yale professors warn
Yale professor Elsworth Huntington and Eugenics Society of America secretary Leon Whitney warn in The Builders of America that birthrates among brainworkers are collapsing. They cite studies on 800 Folies girls and 2044 Vassar graduates showing low marriage and childbearing, arguing upper-class rise from lower classes is limited by fertility, with economic strain and cramped housing as factors.
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Yale
New York
Associated Press
Elsworth Huntington
Yale University
Leon F. Whitney
Eugenics Society of America
Builders of America
Vassar
Huntington
Whitney
Connecticut Protest Delays Dry Office Shift Plan
Washington Sept 26 Assistant Secretary Lowman halted the transfer of the Hartford office records to Boston for permit use of industrial alcohol and medicinal whiskey. Connecticut manufacturers and Senator Bingham pressed for a satisfactory plan, delaying civil service reorganization by six months pending Congressional funding and exams for 2,600 personnel.
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Parker
Boston
Hartford
Treasury Department
Connecticut
New York City
Connecticut Eeeker
Hertford
Washington
Hiram Bingham
Bingham
Lowmen
Connracticut
Inter
Lowman
Conncticut
Prohibition Bureau
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Oldest Mason in Connecticut Fatally Hurt
Danbury reports Levi K Mansfield, declared the oldest living Mason in Connecticut, fatally injured when struck by a car driven by Joseph Lobardo in New Fairfield. The 89 or 90 year old was walking from the curb when hit, and he had planned to celebrate his upcoming birthday. He served as a 32nd degree Mason and was a longtime state labor leader and grandfather of Harry F. MacKensie.
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Danbury
Levi K. Mansfield
Tower Place
Joseph Lobardo
New Fairfield
Labercio Ie
Mansfield
Connecticut
Harry FE. MacKensie
Fairfield County
Tunney Plans Bird Hunt in North Canaas
North Canaan September report notes heavyweight champion Gene Tunney planning a bird hunt in the area after Dempsey's brief diversion. A hunting license is issued, with Tunney expected to arrive weekly to stay at the Gartasco residence as a close friend of Gene. The bird season opens in October, adding local anticipation.
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Tunney
North Canaas
Canaan
Associatat Preas
Jack Dempsey
Timney
Tin
Gartasce
North C1
Gene
Gartasco
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Francisco Sosa
Florido Zaragoza
Jesus Nunez
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James A. Haggerty
Arnon A. Alling
John H Courney
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Omar Platt
Jervis D. Brown
Robert Stevenson
William M.billette
Waterbury
Robert 2. Raton
Internal Revenue
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Richard J. Priece
Anesonia
Richard Bradley
Brandford
Horace L. Hine
Cheshire
William F
Husted
Nurse
Chatlos
John Ford
Flivver King
Lawrence Ferrone
Hugh Malcorn
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Perrone
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