Registrars Seek Pay Rise Seen As Mayor’s Power Play
City leaders debate raising general registrar salaries from 1800 to 2500 with deputies and assistants to expand the mayor’s control. Current totals include 1809 salaries plus 1125 and 170 for tax and primary lists, totaling 305. The ordinance would replace two assistants with four deputies at 1800 each, enlarging the political machine.
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Wilson
New Haven
William Lounsbury
John M. Donnelly
Robert FitzRay
Fire at Shed Believed Incendiary Near Oyster Co Plant
Fire Chief says a shed at the Andrew Radel Oyster Co property in South Norwalk burned just before midnight on December 14. Investigators found kerosene soaked waste and an open rear door. Tension rises as strike-related threats and armed guards accompany nightly police patrols along Water Street.
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Norwalk
George Bogarua
Andrew Radel Oyster Co
Rachel Oyster Co
Omether
Water Street
Dante
Four Die as Mail Plane Crashes Near Cricklewood
A Handley Page mail plane carrying passengers and mail struck a tree, fell into a house in thick haze near Cricklewood Green, Golda Green, and crashed after taking off for Paris. Four people were killed. The wreckage and fire destroyed the house as the craft burned.
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London
Cricklewood
Handley-Page
Londoun
Peni
Malls
Paris
Gold+a Green
Ponzi Becomes Jail Librarian
Plymouth Massachusetts December 14 The county jail received a new librarian when Charles Ponzi the quick rich schemer became an inmate. After finishing morning chores he began cataloguing the jail library. As a young man he had performed similar tasks for a university in the South years ago.
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Plymouth
Mass
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
Mayor Supports Courtade in School Fence Dispute
City Hall insiders say Mayor Wilson will back Public Works Director Jacob Courtade regarding the fence between St. Augustine's parochial school and the Washington school. Courtade will wait for a board inquiry letter. The Board approves proceeding to issue 2.7 million in new school bonds and seeks legislative authority.
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Public Works
Jacob Courtade
Wilson
St. Augustine's
Washington School
Know
City Hall
Board of Education
Courtade
Pee Broad Street
Funeral for Father Terence B. Smith Draws Hundreds
Mourners filled Blessed Sacrament church from early morning to witness the funeral of Rev. Terence B. Smith. Notables from across the diocese attended, with many leaving before the solemn requiem mass at 10:30 as pews and standing room filled.
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Father Smith
Blessed Sacrament Church
Terence B. Smith
Priegis
The Times Plans Editorial Fearlessly On Debated Questions
The Times will present readers with the keenest pro and con arguments on important topics as an editorial feature. Relatives and friends of the deceased pastor Right Rev John Chidwick, chaplain of the battleship Maine, attended the service in Havana harbor.
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Times
the Times
Mer
John Chidwick
Maine
Havana Harbor
Father Chidwick
Gas Meter Fees Spark Bridgeport Hearing
Protests at a Public Utilities Commission hearing in Hertford over Bridgeport Gas Light Company charging 0 cents monthly for a gas meter rental. Advocate Huxh J Lavery of the Consumers League led the Bridgeport case with Central Labor Union representatives Jasper McLevy and Charles Stout among others. The protest gathered names of residents opposing the rental charge.
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Bridgeport Gas Light Company
Public Utilities Commission
Hertford
Bridgeport
Huxh J
Lavery
Consumers League of Bridgeport
Lmperial
League
Prederick Brewer
James Fahey
Charles Freedman
Jasper McLevy
Charles Stout
Central Labor Union
Blue Law To Fight Films Will Put Bee On Vampires
Washington reports Dr. Mildred Morntis crafts leader of the International Reform Bureau announces a proposed supreme moral court to regulate kisses in films. He suggests powers from a federal commission to distinguish sacred from infamous kisses and end vampire imagery in cinema. He defines an infamous kiss as one given in false love.
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Blue Law
Will
Bee
Mildred Morntis
Washington
Arbur Prost Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Congress
Supreme Court of Moral
Dr. Crafts
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Kloet
Crafts
Terrib
Mild Spell Ends Coal Crisis Fear
Bridgeport coal dealers say the mild winter weather and rising January shipments ease fears of a coal shortage. Hard coal sits around 17.50 while soft coal remains plentiful, with overall demand easing in late December as production slows and western shipments redirect supply. Weather outlook shows rain turning to colder by Wednesday.
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Bridgeport
Wheeler & Howes Co
Who Is He Captain Edward Mora Named in Contest
A city profile asks who is the revered resident active in family welfare. First correct identifications must be mailed to The Times Office. Antonio Chiicollo and P. B. Monahan each claimed the answer naming Captain Edward Mora, assistant secretary of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Jong
Times Ofice
Edward Mora
Chamber of Commerce
Antonio Chiicollo
High Street
P. B. Monahan
Seaview Avanus
Services Conducted By Bishop Nilan at Blessed Sacrament Church
Bishop Nilan presided at Blessed Sacrament Church with Rt Rev John J Nilan D D as celebrant. Bearers included Christopher Hope Joseph Coughlin Dr John H Finnegan Charles Reynolds James Seymour Charles Freeman Felix Gallagher Thomas Cleary Michael Noonan Augustine Gleeson Frank Anderson Dr Bartholomew Pasuth l and Dr Joseph Keegan. Honorary pallbearers were a list of reverends from New Haven Mast Hampton Stratford Bridgeport Norwalk Westport and more. Ushers named John Shuk Howard Lavery Thomas Reilly Thomas Lavery John Kelly John Tracy Thomas Gleeson John McCarthy Albert Jelfe. Continued on Page Six.
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Christopher Hope
Joseph Coughlin
John H. Finnegan
Charles Reynolds
James Seymour
Charles Freeman
Felix Gallagher
Thomas Cleary
Michael Noonan
Augustine Gleeson
Frank ‘Anderson
Bartholomew Pasuth l
Joseph Keegan
John Coyle
New Haven
Patrick Fox
Mast Hampton
M. Connor
Stratford
P. J. McGivney
Bridgeport
Thomas Finn
Norwalk
Richard Carroll
South Norwalk
Jeremiah Duggan
Westport
James B. Nihil
J. A. Sullivan
F. John Quinn
Pogacnock
M. J. Lynch
C. A. Lyddy
F. A. O'Shea
New Castle
Third Degree Confession Probe Ties Store Burglary
Antonio Strolla of Stamford, held on a Norwalk burglary charge, alleges police pressure produced a confession to a November 20 Shuman store robbery. He says Stamford and Norwalk officers coerced him to sign a confession naming three accomplices. Strolla was bound over to the criminal superior court on $1,500 bond after probable cause was found. The other three suspects face felonious assault charges in Stamford and remain under $5,000 bonds each.
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Norwalk
Antonio Strolla
Main Street
Stamford
Cty
Shuman
Strolls
Criminal Superior Court
George H. Vosbursh
William R. Pennington
Vincent Warrabedian
Seaview Avenue
Bridgeport
Ralph Collins
Emmett Street
Albert Shahbaz
Stamford Court
Nott Murder Trial Conference In State Term
State's Attorney Cummings did not appear for the conference about starting the Nott murder trial at the present term. Accused demand a speedy trial, but proceedings will take several weeks, making a quick resolution unlikely this term.
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Cummings
Nott
Cork Scene of New Uprising and Slain
An unconfirmed rumor says the cabinet may seek a naval blockade on part of the Irish coast to aid martial law in Southwestern Ireland. Sir Hamar Greenwood held two urgent talks with Premier Lloyd George during an Imperial Defence Committee meeting, with the blockade plan suspected as the topic.
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London
Ireland
Hamar Greenwood
Lloyd George
Imperial Defence Committee
War talk fades as sugar war ends and Cork unrest continues
Readers note cups of sugar free at Sheffield system lunchrooms signaling an end to rationing. Fresh disorders erupt in Cork with shooting and casualties reported. Dublin-Dublin line restored after overnight outage. A Black and Tan patrol is bombed near Balla bridge post office. attackers flee in a car pursued by police.
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Sheffield
Cork
Dublin
Globe Today
Washington
Isaac FR. Sherwood
Ohio
Congress
Balla Bridge
Dazed Hero Returns to Middletown for Care
Jimmie Minnier a 26 year old World War I veteran who served 18 months overseas wanders from Middletown institution and ends up at the Red Cross seeking aid. He is to return tonight to Middletown where charities assist veterans shaken by war and lingering shock.
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Board of Charities
Public Welfare
Jimie Minni
Middletown
Jimmie Minnier
Montfaucon
Red Cross
Army
Providence
R. L
Marine Hospital
Staten Island
Morrissey
Jimmie
Officers Lost in Free Balloon Near New York
At Rockaway Naval Air Station three lieutenants disappeared after departing yesterday in a free balloon to study air currents. Flight commander Lt Walter Hinton and companions Lt Stephen A Farrell and Lt J A Kloor were aboard as they aimed to clear westward several hundred miles toward the Great Lakes and Canada.
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New York
Rockaway Naval Air Station
Great Lakes
Canada
Walter Hinton
Stephen A. Farrell
J. A. Kloor
Liquor law violators fined and jailed in Juaze court
Three men were fined a total of 350 and given 70 days in jail after police raids on Saturday night. Alex Rules of 141 Willard Street faced two counts with fines and sentences totaling 60 days and 150 dollars. Angelo Catullo of 555 Harral Avenue paid 50 dollars after police seized wine believed not for sale, while Frank Brunetto of 292 North Washington Avenue faced evidence and a 150 dollar fine with a 200 dollar bond for appeal as Richard Jones claimed memory loss in testimony.
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Juaze
Frank L. Wilder
Alex Rules
Willard Street
Rulof
Sheridan and
Devine
Rules
Angelo Catullo
Harral Avenue
Catullo
Frank Brunetto
Washington Avenue
Irolley and
Foster
Bureau of Investigation and Missing Persons
Richard Jones
Brunetto
Broter
Jones
Housatonic Avenue
Wilder
Gosté
Gipp Notre Dame Star Dies After Throat Illness at 24
Notre Dame halfback Gipp died at 3:23 AM in South Bend after streptococcal throat infection and pneumonia. The 24 year old senior, famed for kicking and leadership, had been hopeful of Walter Camp All American honors and had just earned rejection from Camp’s picks. he had also received a Chicago baseball offer. His mother and siblings were by his bedside in Laurium and South Bend.
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Gipp
Notre Dame
Mfe
Army
Walter Camp
Chicago National League Baseball Club
Laurium
Hich
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