Plan To Launch Hungarian Drive At Stratfield
A meeting in the sun parlors of the Hotel Stratfield will finalize plans for a drive to raise 26000 for Hungarian sufferers. The local effort targets 16000, to run during the week of April 13, with Wilson as honorary chairman and Rev. S t Chernitaky, Rev. Alexander Ludmen, and Julvis Fleischer leading. The European Children's Fund oversees the national drive with headquarters in the Hotel McAlpin, New York.
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Stratfield
Wilson
St. Chernitaky
St Stephen's Catholic Church
New Ambassador from England is real fellow
A giant man of 6 feet 2 inches, scholar, doctor, soldier and orator, Sir Auckland Geddes heads Britain's embassy to Washington at age 41. He is a cabinet member, a British professor of anatomy at McGill, and married to an Irish-descended wife. The piece lauds his democratic, hospitable nature and says his background fits him to handle postwar economic questions.
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Britain
Scotland
Washington
Sir Auckland Geddes
Ireland
Dublin
England
South Africa
Canada
McGill University
United States
Obituary Peter Rivers Sr. of Grand Street dies at home
Peter Rivers Sr a respected city resident died last evening at 650 Grand Street after months of illness He is survived by his wife one son Peter Jr three daughters Mrs Charles Comiske of Clinton Conn Mrs Alice Gleason and Miss Annette and three grandchildren Funeral from his home 50 Grand Street Friday morning at 8 30 and from St Anthony's church at 9 solemn high mass Interment in St Michael's Cemetery A year ago grasshoppers ate 106 000 000 worth of winter wheat and a grasshopper bait mix of lemons white arsenic and other ingredients was used in Kansas resulting in no grasshoppers there in the following year The State of Connecticut Bridgeport Probate Court notes six months to present creditors claims for the estate of Noah Duffield Executrix Hannah Duffield and attorneys Pullman & Comley 86 Main St
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Peter Rivers
Grand Street
Peter, Jr
Charles Comiske
Clinton, Conn
Alice Gleason
Annette
St Anthony's Church
St Michael's Cemetery
Kansas
Noah Duffield
Bridgeport
Court of Probate
District of Bridgeport
Hannah Duffield
Pullman & Comley
Main St. Uts
Russian wives must support their husbands in Soviet code
London reports a translated Soviet Russia marriage code. It requires mutual support when one partner is unable to work and may compel payment via the Social Security Department. It also sets 18 for men and 16 for women, allows surname choices, and voids uncivil forms unless registered. It notes confiscation of emigrants and rebels' estates and mentions George Stewart in a separate film note.
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London
Russia
Russian People's Commissariat of Justice
Department of Social Security
Danderine Ad Claims Hair Comeback After Use
An old advertisement asserts that a small purchase of Danderine restores hair health by eliminating dandruff and shedding, with claims that after application every hair shows new life vigor brightness color and thickness. The note credits Ady.
Wilcox Harp Brings $630 at New Haven Auction
In New Haven on April 7, Oscar Ritzell of 341 Alden Avenue won a spirited bid among four women for the harp from the estate of the late Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Crown Street rooms sold various poetess household effects with the instrument ultimately selling for $620 after a bid jump from $50.
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New Haven
Mra
Oscar #ritzell
Alden Avenue
Bila Wheeler Wilcox
Crown Street
Walter H. Bradley
Woodmont
R. ¥. Clark
J. D. Jones
Stony Creek
Friteell
Westville
Sale of Mrs Fritzell’s belongings draws women buyers
The auction near Short Beach saw Mrs Bradley’s bidding push prices higher as Mrs Fritzell, widow of Oscar Fritzell of the Fritzell Brass Foundry, disposed of many pictures and curios. Women dominated the crowd, purchasing numerous items with several lots remaining unsold at the close.
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Bradley
Friteell
Pestvhen
Wilcox
Postess
Short Beach
Oscar Fritzell
Fritzell Brass Foundry
Chestnut Street
Pioneer home sale proceeds spark talk of plazas
The court notes the furniture disposal period extends for several days as items from a pioneer home go to sale. A piano fetches 33 dollars, other goods bring 4 to 30 dollars apiece, while discussions persist about plazas and related developments.
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Ioneer
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