Rooseveltal Hyde Park notification day draws 19000 crowd
Hyde Park New York awakens as Franklin D Roosevelt begins his notification ceremonies. An estimated 19 000 people gather at Springwood to witness the formal acceptance speech. Roosevelt arrives from Dayton and will speak from the front veranda. Formal program includes national anthem invocation and readings by church officials before George White and Homer S Cummings. The event ends with America and benediction. Roosevelt departs Tuesday for Chicago to begin a three week campaign tour.
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Bridgeporters Attend Roosevelt Nomination Ceremony
A Bridgeport delegation and Connecticut allies journey to Hyde Park for Franklin D Roosevelt’s nomination as vice president on the Democratic ticket. Delegates Kirk Murph y McGovern Wilson Brennan Greene Troup Kennedy Stremlau and others travel by auto. Local leaders expect visits by Cox and Roosevelt and plan a major Bridgeport rally once dates are fixed. Paris peace treaty with Bulgaria becomes effective via exchange of ratifications by all Pact powers.
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Hays Urges Connecticut to Call Special Session
Hartford August 9 Governor Holcomb had not received a letter from Will H Hays chairman of the National Republican committee urging a special session of the Connecticut general assembly to act on the suffrage amendment Hays notes the national convention action and says Republicans strive for ratification He argues the issue is nonparty and a session is a small price for a clearer political atmosphere He contends emergency exists for prompt action to relieve public opinion and advance the suffrage cause.
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Archbishop Mannix Removed From Baltic at Queenstown
Arch bishop Mannix landed at Penzance from a destroyer at 4 15 this afternoon and was believed to be removed from the steamer Baltic at Queenstown. Dispatches say the Baltic stopped off Queenstown with destroyer escort and the prelate was taken ashore by the Wivern.
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Bolsheviks Cut Through Polish Lines In Major Push
The Bolsheviks resume advances against Poland as Warsaw teeters under pressure. British and French leaders discuss aid plans, while English workers threaten a general strike. Warsaw government reportedly flees as Bolshevik cavalry seize Praasnysz and push toward the Prussian frontier.
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Sokolowsky Slain Over Spy Allegations and Pacifist Ties
New Haven reports police state labor leader Frank Sokolowsky was murdered for his pacifist stance in labor disputes. They tie the attack to his wife alleged to have connections with anarchist and radical groups and to have used poison.
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Trolleys In Big Jump Are Near Jitneys
Bridgeport Times reports a Sunday voting contest between trolleys and jitneys. Saturday results favored the jitneys 3 to 7. by morning the tally stood 47 to 41 for jitneys with trolley adherents at 4 and jitney votes at 12 in interim.
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Flat seven cent fare boosts New Haven trolley use
The Connecticut company reports the biggest day in months on the first day of the seven cent flat fare. Open cars were crowded on all lines and beaches around New Haven. Jitneys also did a big business, though critics complained about six cent two mile segments and rapid fare changes between zones.
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Police Probe McGraw Fight Deepens Injuries To Actor Slavin
Police today continued investigation into a fight near New Fork in which John Slavin veteran musical comedy actor was found unconscious with a fractured skull. He was near the residence of John J. McGraw manager of the New York National League team. Slavin grimly clung to life as dawn broke.
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Myrtle Beach men fined in Milford liquor case
Milford Aug 9 John J O'Brien proprietor of the Island View Hotel Myrtle Beach and John Fellows bartender were fined 75 each in Milford court this morning for selling liquor without a license. They were arrested last night on the same charge after authorities cited a prior week arrest and bond forfeiture of 200 each.
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Refund to Those Who Move Away
The New Haven Gas Light Company will refund prepaid rent for meters to customers who move away. It also plans to adjust the fifty cent monthly charge to be applicable for one month instead of monthly thereafter.
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Bridgeport to Host Democratic State Convention Plan
Bridgeport gears to host the Democratic State convention in September unless a major Bridgeport Democratic delegation halts the move. The group includes State Committeemen John A. Cornell Hush J Lavery and William P. Carr and will be joined by the Women's Auxiliary Committee for the first time in state history. The venue may be Casino or Eagles hall with dates September 9 and 10. bridgeport previously held a Democratic convention in 1898.
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Father May See Child Court Says Father May See Child
Judge John E. Keeler rules father Louis N. Forte may visit his 18 month old daughter Frances Forte Saturdays from 2 to 6 pm. Case arises from habeas corpus petition against wife Bessie Forte amid divorce proceedings set for September term. Custody dispute also cited as intolerable cruelty allegation.
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Schools to Open September 8 as Board Announces
The Board of Education announced all schools will open on September 8 with teachers reporting September 7, the day after Labor Day. The Board of Recreation camp at Steey Plechase Island did not close Saturday night and will stay open until September 5. This week is designated as boys week.
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Trolley Company Holds Line On Bridgeport Charter
The Bridgeport trolley firm risks its charter by delaying reintroduction of service. President Storrs aims to oust jitneys before restoring cars, while the public expects action within 90 days. Some urge pressuring Gov Holcomb for a special legislative session to address jitney competition and seek state aid and suffrage ratification.
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Lashar Backed For Governor By Fairfield County Republicans
The New Haven Union quotes strong, organized support in Fairfield county for Walter B. Lashar of Bridgeport to head the Democratic ticket. Lashar heads American Chain Co and is linked to Bridgeport industries. The paper notes Republican discord as a key factor and cites Homer S. Cummings as potential U S Senate candidate, shaping the gubernatorial selection from Fairfield county.
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Homer S. Cummings
United States
Bishop Seeks World War Records From Connecticut Parishes
Bishop Nilan requests pastors across Connecticut to send to the chancellor’s office a record of parish members killed wounded or incapacitated in World War I. The list will include women who served as nurses, gathered from parents and relatives via a circular read at church services.
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Jitney Bus Passages Recorded At Park and Fairfield
A Times man counted jitneys at the Park and Fairfield junction on Saturday from 11 55 a m to 1 10 p m totaling 127 trips about one every 35 seconds. Sixty four headed to Ash Creek and sixty three into the city. Crowding was rare with only about seven percent noted as crowded, mostly just after noon.
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Police Department Shifts Announced by Superintendent Planagan
Patrick Planagan announces changes in the Police Department. Daniel McPadden becomes clerk of the Bureau of Missing Persons. Patrolman John Moran moves to Captain Smith’s office as his assistant. Sergeant John Lyddy transfers to the superintendent’s office as stenographer to fill the vacancy left by Mrs. Schread’s resignation.
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Eight Drunk Cases In City Court Today
Bridgeport City court trial dockets show eight defendants, with bonds forfeited for absence, suspensions of execution for drunkenness and trespass, fines levied, and one vagrant case continued. George Gilbert fined 35 dollars. William McCabe under influence, bond 50, placed at Hillside home pending Sept 14 trial. John Bate Sr. placed on one week probation after a Saturday argument.
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Weather forecast for New Haven and Connecticut easing showers
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with local showers and cooler temperatures. In Connecticut expect partly cloudy to night Tuesday with scattered showers and not quite as warm. Winds from the south and southwest moderate. High pressure over Atlantic states brings fair warm weather while a low pressure area extends from the upper lake region southwestward to Texas. Rain this morning in portions of the lower lake region and Ohio, with rain in the lake region, Ohio and Middle Mississippi valleys, the east gulf and south Atlantic over the past 24 hours.
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