Bridgeport Ranks High in State Army Recruits
Today at the local army recruiting station 95 Main Street Bridgeport placed second in early month recruit acceptances in Connecticut. Hartford led with 13, Bridgeport 12, New Haven 11, Waterbury 9, New Britain 2, New London 2, Meriden 2. Enlistees Fred A. Whaley of Boston and Joseph F. Kelly of Detroit were sent to Ft Slocum after acceptance for further examination and assignment.
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Main Street
Colonel Alps
Springfield
Mass
Bridgeport
Hartford
New Haven
Waterbury
New Britain
New London
Meriden
Gerreant Spang
Ft. Slocum
Fred A. Whaley
Boston
Obituary notices for Fowler Weddell Helvig Wolfram and Farrar
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs Fannie H Fowler Mrs Annie E Weddell infant Martha Helvig and George L Wolfram along with a theatre appearance by Geraldine Farrar at the Hippodrome. Services and burial details are listed for each. The piece mentions residences and religious affiliations and a lodge association.
Bandits Rob Fast Mail Train In St Louis
Police and post office inspectors hunt for two masked men who stopped Missouri Pacific fast mail train number 5 inside St Louis. They forced mail clerks against a wall, pulled the signal cord, and threw four pouches of registered mail from the cars before escaping.
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St Louis
Missouri Pacific
Four Give Lives To Save Comrade In Minn Lake Tragedy
Crookston Minnesota August 19 four boys aged 11 to 14 died saving a fifth who was caught in an undercurrent while swimming in Red Lake at Fisher eleven miles away. When the first boy was pulled under the others tried to breast the current one by one they disappeared beneath the muddy waters. Two other 10 year olds tried to help but were saved by nearby workers who heard cries and rescued them.
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Crookston
Minn
Red Lake
Fisher
Watson Parade in Pajamas Arrested for Indecency
In Buford Georgia a Democratic senate candidate Thomas F. Watson was arrested after appearing in night clothing in a hotel lobby. Police say he started a disturbance claiming opponents paid to harass him. He is held on a 500 dollar bond.
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Atlanta
Thomas F. Watson
Senate
Buford
Watson
Finance Board to Get Requisitions Tonight in Stratford
Special to The Times Stratford August 19. Town boards to appear before Board of Finance to lodge running expenses requests at 8 o'clock in the town hall. Professsional and municipal needs will be heard by committees for probate court taxes town court sinking fund election and legal costs. The full board meets Friday 8 o'clock to review schools police fire water roads and bridges for the coming year in the town court room. Officer Hanford Bigelow celebrates birth of son Kenneth Hanford and hints he may become Stratford police chief in 1948. Farm for sale in Stratford inquiry Peter Gleason Stratford 295 2890 Main St. Kortez C. Rockwell plumbing and heating advert. Diorre
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Stratford
Board of Finance
S. W. Hubbell
Louis I. Snyder
Louis Herrmann
W. E. Goddard
William Hart
Harry M. Dawson
Hanford Bigelow
Sterday
Exceptional Fall Hats in Satin Velvet and Plush
A wide display of up to date trims includes satin or velvet hats with embroidered drives, velvet hats, Heather turbans, silk beaver hats and hatters plush sailor hats at appealing prices.
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Fannie H. Fowler
Frannie H. Fowler
Oliver S. Fowler
Whitney Avenue
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Annie E. Weddell
Cyril C. Weddell
Henry EB
Fairfield Avenue
Donald B. Greene
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Martha Helvig
Bernard
Agnes Savage Helvig
Hansen Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
George L. Wolfram
George S. Wolfram
East Main Street
Corinthian Lodge of Masons
William
Fred
Pred G. Bruel
Wilma Wolfram
Benjamin F. Root
St. Paul's Church
Geraldine Farrar
Hippodrome
Belle Story
Finance Board
Peter Gleason
Main St
Kortez
C. Rockwell
Main
Hillside Avenue
Diorre
Bridgeport, Conn
Dillon
Rue St. Cecile
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Welcome
American Legion
Barnum
Noble
The Smith=Murray Co
Fairfield Ave
Bridgeports
Norte
Palm Beach
Smith-Murray
Kinney’s
Sea Island
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