Submarine S-48 Sunk Off Bridgeport. 40 Rescued
The Lake Torpedo Boat Company designed S-48 sank in 70 feet off Penfield Reef while returning to Bridgeport. Forty crewmen crawled out through a torpedo tube and were rescued by a Standard Oil tanker and later landed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Wrecking vessels and divers moved toward the scene as Navy officials assessed damage and blast air chamber issues.
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Long Island Sound
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Penfield Reef
Standard Ol Company
New York
Bridgeport
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Robert McAllister
John Glenn
Bridgeport Towing Line Company
D'vers
Sind
Washington
Dec. S
Oon
Navy Department
Navy
Cika
Falsely Represented Car Case Opens in Common Pleas
In Columbus a claim regarding a used car bought from Larry J. Platt challenges George F. Mulligan. Judge John J. Walsh presides as jurors hear that a $700 unpaid note was withheld payments due to alleged car defects. The defense cites an automatic thermostat system never installed as the main reason for nonpayment. All parties are local to the city.
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Larry J. Platt
George F. Mulligan
John J. Walsh
Aury
Irish Free State flag chosen as tri color design
Dublin reports the new Irish Free State will feature a tri color flag with white, green and gold vertical bars the decision was announced today in December.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Mystery Still Baffles Police
Fairfield authorities remain convinced the death of D Elizabeth Radom at 654 Boston venue was not self inflicted. After four days of investigation no clue to foul play has emerged. The night’s whereabouts mystery hinders the case. Prosecutor Bacon Wakeman reports no new clues. A farmer Charles Johnson recalls an automobile party near his home Friday night, but no connection yet established.
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Fairfield
D. Wlizabeth Radom
Bostwin
Bacon Wakeman
Charles Johnson
Conner
Bernas Shot Last Night in Stratford Escape Arrest
Peter A. Bernas, 39, of 576 Broad Street, in Bridgeport hospital with a bullet wound to the left arm after Stratford sergeant Pen Smith fired at him during a running pursuit on Stratford avenue. Bernas is under arrest on charges of attempted burglary with $500 bond. Police found a flashlight and many keys on him. notebooks and letters were recovered at his room. He recently completed a 10 month jail term for Robbing Eckart's saloon in North Avenue.
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Peter A. Bernas
Bridgeport
Pen Smith
Stratford Police
Stratford Avenue
Bernas Ts
Stratford
Floral Park
Smith
Marcus
Brian
Serset Smith
Bernas
Serjeant Smith
Barnas
Peter Dunne First Man Out Of Sub
New York December 8 report states three hospital patients including Peter Frank Dunne of Bridgeport and Lieutenant Smith of California plus Chief Electrician Michael A Fritz of New Jersey were exposed to chlorine gas after S-48 sank about five miles offshore. All sat up, ate, and talked as 48 crew members left by train for Bridgeport. Dunne first crawled from the torpedo tube, reached the deck, jumped into the cold sea, and helped others aboard drawing a line to assist. He then returned below to change into dry clothes.
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New London
Conn
Drndgeport
Fridenpost
New York
Bride
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Atus
U. S. Navy
Bridgeport
Reseu
Lieutenant Smith
California
Michael Augustus Fritz
New Jersey
Peter Frank Dunne
Dunne
Saloon owner fined in Nguer law case on East Side
Mike Kantor a saloon owner at 302 Pem broke Street was fined 606 and sentenced to 60 days in jail on three counts for violating the Nguer laws. Bartender Demero Markovitch received 75 and 13 days with 10 suspended on similar charges. Alex Krowlotuz of 131 Willard Street was fined 150 and 10 days suspended. police seized white liquor from his saloon yesterday.
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Mike Kantor
Pembroke Street
Demero Markovitch
iKintor
John Fogarasi
East Side
Kintor
Wilfierd Sreet
Witness Claims Soldiers Hanged in World War I
A Philadelphia ex-service man testified he saw 12 American privates hanged while serving with military police at Is Sur Tille France in 1918. The affidavit was submitted by Senator Watson to the Senate Committee examining charges that U S troops were hanged or shot without trial overseas.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Is-Sur-Tille
France
Watson
Georgia
Senate
George A. Taylor
South Buelah St
Irish Primate Seeks Unity in Peace Terms
Belfast reports Cardinal Logue called Irish peace terms very satisfactory and urged unity for all Ireland. He warned northern government costs burden Ulster counties and favored a shared parliament to avoid overtaxation. Ulster leaders weigh joining Irish Free State after assessing Sinn Fein sincerity.
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Belfast
A. P
Cardinal Logue
Ireland
Ulster
England
London
War Office
Curragh
Irish Free State
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Dec. S
Irish Republican Army
Noom
Eammon de Valera
Dall Eireann
de Valera
Mansion House
South Ireland
Police Seek Owner of 25-Gallon Still Found in Saloon Basement
Police are still searching for the owner of a 25 gallon still found yesterday afternoon in the basement of a vacant saloon at 229 Spruce Street. Fifteen gallons of liquor and manufacturing gear were found with the apparatus. Six families in the building denied ownership of the contraption.
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Spruce Street
Bandits Kill Officer And Make Escape At Pine Lake
A running gun fight between bank robbers and citizens began in Grand Rapids and ended at Pine Lake Michigan with six dead and several wounded. The bandits looted the Michigan Exchange Bank, barricaded in a house, killed one policeman and wounded another before fleeing in a stolen car heading south.
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Pine Lake
Mich
Grand Rapids
Michigan Exchange
Chicago Strike Brings Massive Police Crackdown At Stock Yards
Chicago police faced violent crowds as 1500 officers were deployed after scattering thousands of strike sympathizers near the stockyards. One man was killed, nine seriously hurt, and several others injured as mounted officers charged. Saloons were closed by order. injunction action against pickets looms as packers report reduced output.
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Chicago
Dec
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
North America
Lacser
No Word From Messenger To Lighthouse
Missing since Tuesday, Thomas Haines of 221 North Main Street left in a motorboat to relay messages and supplies to men on duty at Middleground Lighthouse. Friends fear for his safety as no word has been received. search efforts have not yet begun. Prosecutor Garlick told by Garlick that the bribery investigation will continue, with Alderman Hartnett named as a possible bribery recipient.
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Middleground Lighthouse
Thomas Haines
North Main Street
Haines
Heid
Earle Garrick
John A. Cornell
Garlick
Homer
Cummings
Walter J. Hartnett
Fourth District
David W. Price
Garrick
Cornell
Alderman Hartnett
Mr. Garlick
Alderman
Alderman Price
Garlick Rager
Qss
Cumemings
Iter
Cornnell
Alderman Pife
Price
Board of Aldermen
Land
Iis
Hartnett
Times
Escaped Prisoner Case Looms Over Springfield Hearing
Sheriff Simeon Pease awaits a Springfield court decision that could send Frank W. Lindsey back to Bridgeport or delay him due to Massachusetts custody. The case involves Lindsey, one of three inmates who escaped the county jail August 21. Theodore DeAndre remains خارج jurisdiction, while Clarence Mitchell is slated for spring capture.
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Simeon Pease
Springfield
Massachusetts
North Avenue
Frank W. Lindsey
Lindsey
Bridgeport
Theodore DeAndre
France
Clarence Mitchell
Mitchell
Dublin Merchants Anticipate Cheaper Wares Amid Peace Moves
In Dublin on December 8 merchants, optimistic about an unwritten peace accord and tariff autonomy, cut prices across spirits and staples. Whiskey down to 18 cents a bottle, sugar to 4 cents a pound, Havana cigars to 3 cents, and meat prices forecast to ease as Sinn Fein merchants pledge a brighter Ireland.
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Dublin
Sinn Pein
Ireland
Representative Henry D. Flood Dies in Washington
Washington dispatch reports Democrat Henry D. Flood of Virginia's tenth district died at his home from heart trouble after several weeks of illness. A second item notes two minor revolutions in Greece, centered in Crete, backed by military elements, with few details available.
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Washington
Dec
Henry D. Flood
Greece
Crete
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John Glen
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