Mabel Normand calls for slayer of Taylor to be found
Los Angeles, Feb 14 Mabel Normand, the screen star who last saw William Desmond Taylor alive, said in an interview the letters returned to her after district attorney review contained nothing to illuminate the Taylor murder case. She urged the killer be captured and offered to help fund a reward, noting Taylor’s open honest nature and broad industry friendships. The note adds that the letters were found in Taylor’s boot with other missives after disappearing from the bungalow.
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Screen Star
Los Angeles
Mabel Normand
William Desmond Taylor
Woolwine’ne
Taylor
Aldermen to Hold Two Public Hearings on City Proposals
Aldermen will hear proposals to discontinue the Recreation Board extend Bradley street and set an eight foot building line on both sides of Wade street. Taxpayers will likely address the referendum on the proposed soldier bonus being taken by the Chamber of Commerce for final vote by February 28.
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Recreation Board
Bradley Street
Wade Street
Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Manufacturers’ Association
United States Chamber
Taxi Drivers Fight In City Court Arraignments
William Jacoby a taxi driver of 2078 Seaview Avenue was arraigned in City Court this morning charged with assault on fellow driver Thomas Mellhoney. The dispute began after a fare and a failed attempt to take a bag to Jacoby’s cab, leading to a scuffle and a court appearance with a $2 fine.
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William Jacoby
Seaview Avenue
Thomas Mellhoney
Mellhoney
Jacoby
McIhoney
Isebby
Fiste
Boardman
Doctor Striken With Smallpox in Bridgeport
Bridgeport reports its first local smallpox case after Dr Bernard J Burns of 1101 East Main Street was diagnosed and moved to Englewood hospital. The mild case involved vaccination history and contact with City Physician Dr Joseph Keeran while assisting in esinic work. Three new Sunday cases raise total to 108, all mild and among una vaccinated adults discharged rapidly.
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Bridgeport
Bernard J. Burns
East Main Street
Burns
Englewood Hospital
Joseph Keeran
Judge Reserves Decision In Kemper Divorce
Judge L P Waldo Marvin hears the Kemper divorce case as testimony completes. Helen F Kemper of Norwalk seeks a decree from Archibald R Kemper, also of Norwalk. The defendant does not contest the divorce and is accused of habitual intemperance for twenty years, with property valued at $6,000 to $10,000 under dispute. Continued on Page 2.
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L. P. Waldo Marvin
Helen F. Kemper
Norwalk
Archibald R. Kemper
Greenwich
Church
County Court House
Homer 5
Fairfield
Sebott
iSchinea
Unemployment Relief Faces Extra Tax Levy Debate
City leaders discuss a possible four mill extra levy to raise about 720000 for unemployment relief next year. Mayor Atwater President Burnham and officials set outlines for a separate special tax, with flow of funds restricted to relief programs and closer cooperation between Public Works and Charities departments.
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Willam F. Burnham
Charities Department
Atwater
Burnham
Ancus P. Thorne
George M. Coughlin
Bernard Keating
Resignation of Supt Slawson Reported Last Night
City hall reports circulated that the Board of Education asked for the resignation of Supt Samuel J Slawson at its meeting last night. Board members would not confirm the action stating the board records do not disclose such an action.
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Slawson
Board of Education
Samuel J. Slawson
National convention called for De Valera sympathizers
The American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic plans a national convention in New York City on April 21 and 22. Thomas W. Lyons announced the gathering to respond to Michael Collins. Irish Republicans in America debate funds and the meaning of Dail purposes while a cable from Dublin sparks criticism.
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Washington
Michael Collins
American Association For the Recognition of the
de Vallera
Collins
Michael Colins
Thomas W. Lyons
Republican Party
Ireland
America
de Valera
Lyons
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Republic
Dail Eireann
Irish Free State
American Brass Elects Officers
Waterbury Conn Feb 14 The annual meeting of American Brass Company stockholders elected a board for the year naming John D Ryan Cornelius F Kelley and Benjamin R Thayer among directors. A directors meeting for organizing will be held at 11 o clock tomorrow morning at the New York offices.
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Waterbury
Conn
American Brass Company
John D Ryan
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Cornelius F. Kelley
Benjamin R. Thayer
Tw York
Charles F. Brooker
Ansonia
John P. Elton
Edward A. Frisbie
Gordon W. Burnham
New York
Thomas B. Kent
John A. Coe
Royal L. Victor
Harris Whittemore
Naugatuck
Alton Farrel
Dollar Day A Great Success in Bridgeport
Officials from the Retail Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce hailed Dollar Day as a great success. Crowds gathered as bargains were offered at one dollar, marking an unusually large turnout and strong merchant and public satisfaction with the event and Times coverage.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bridgeport
Ther Times
Decision On Soldier Bonus Expected Today
Washington Feb 14 The question of how to finance the soldiers bonus was under consideration by President Harding at the cabinet meeting. A decision was expected later in the day. At the capitol sentiment favored issuing short term treasury notes to cover about 800 million dollars in cash payments over thirty months beginning January 1, 1928.
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Washington
Harding
Capitol
Treasury
House Ways and Means Committee
Rotary club hosts Dorothea Justin and the Shannon Four
Miss Dorothea Justin presented Ac tuelle and Pathe concert at a Rotary meeting in the Stra tfield hotel and announced a Feb 20 High school auditorium concert by the Shannon Four Orpheus Quartet led by Mark Byron Jr. The group, featuring Hart, Glenn, Shaw, and James, is known nationwide for opera and folk songs, with many pieces recorded for phonograph companies.
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Dorothea Justin
Rotary Club
Stratfeld Hotel
Orpheus Quartet
Bridgepo: Business and Professional Women Club
Justin
Mark Byron, Jr
Charles Hart
Wilfred Glenn
Vasso
Elliott Shaw
Lewis James
Advertising Club
Estate of Julia Lewis Filed with Probate Court
The will of Julia Frances Lewis valued at about 30.90 was filed in Probate Court today. A hearing is set for February 21 at 11 a.m. The original will includes two codicils naming Marianne Phelps Trulock of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, seven nieces and nine nephews as beneficiaries.
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Julia Frances Lewis
Fesruars
Marianne Phelps Trulock
Pine Blum
Ark
Ulster Border Tightened Amid Civil War Fears
Belfast reports at least eighteen dead and about fifty wounded as sniping erupts along key streets. British officials monitor the Belfast frontier amid warnings of possible revolution in the Free State and efforts to prevent bloodshed.
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Free State
Belfast
A. P
Strike Order May Follow Wage Refusal
Indianapolis February 4 2000 delegates at a United Mine Workers special convention consider a possible wage strike. The union’s scale committee may reject modify or accept a wage increase. some operators seek wage cuts and end collective bargaining. A fixed April 1 strike date looms as current agreements expire.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Greenwich Millionaire Seeks Divorce From Wife in Adultery Case
Alfred W. Church, Greenwich landowner, seeks divorce from Elsie J. Church with co respondent chauffeur William W. Schott. The hearing, postponed, centers on alleged adultery across Paris, China, New York and other cities with $150000 Greenwich property at stake. The case draws prominent lawyers including Marsh Stodard Day and Sullivan & Cromwell as spectators wait in the crowded courtroom.
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Alfred W. Church
Greenwich
Elsie J. Church
William W. Schott
Hisle J. Church
Church
Ordnance Department
Marsh, Stoddard & Day
David 5. Day
Hartford
Connecticut Company
Day & Berry
Marriaze
Homer S. Cummings
Charles L. Lockwood
Cummings & Lockwood
Stamford
New York
Sullivan & Cromwell
New York City
Alfred Jaretski, Jr
William W. Scho
Cco
Paris
France
China
Connecticut
York
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Lon
Hollywood
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Kemper
Edward A. Drew
Coughlin
Supt
Thorne
Thorny
American Association
Chicago
Western Land Operators’ Company
Raymond J Bischoff
Western Land Operators
Son
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Hudson Bakeing Company
Felix Scraynakl
Delkath Avenue J
Kossuth and
Nichols Street
Serzynski
American Brass
Julia Lewis
Ulster
Bond Street
George Madeiz
Dover Street
Joseph Behncs
General Electric Company
Orangemen
Sinn Fenners
Int. News
Sinn Peiners
Monagahan
Ulster- Ites
Ulster-Free State
Catherine Kennedy
Eliza Chanton
William Waring
James Creig
Noo
London
Irish Provisional Government
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