Three Hurt In Blowup At UMC
Three women employees at UMC were injured when a spark from a cartridge unloading machine ignited powder. Heat from the explosion triggered the sprinkler valve, preventing a larger fire. Injuries were abrasion on the left forearm, shock, and first degree burns to the face and arms. all treated at the company hospital. Officials called it a minor incident.
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U. M. C. Company
Cumeens Waeui
Mary Shi Jnanski
Genevieve O'Neil
Kick on Pay for Service Snow Workers
Lodge No. 306 of the Amalgamated Metal Workers of America accuses the city of underpaying seven ex service snow shovellers. In a communication to the Common Council, the ex soldiers are paid 35 cents an hour for a 10 hour day, while the union demands 50 cents an hour for an 8 hour day.
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Common Council
J A H. Robinson
Lodge No. 306
Amalgamated Metal Workers of America
Metal Workers Organization
Truck Driver Out on Bonds in Barnum Avenue Fatal
Coroner John J. Phelan will hold an inquest this afternoon into the death of Miss Mary Bouton of 48 Carver Street after being run down on Barnum Avenue by a Crane Valve Co. truck driven by George W. Breisford of RFD 4 Hols. Breisford is released on bonds of $2,000 and will face a manslaughter charge in City Court Saturday.
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John J. Phelan
Reath
Mary
Bouton
Carver Street
Barnum Avenue
Crane Valve Co
George W. Breisford
RFD
Hols
Panama escalates troop actions amid border dispute
Panama, facing a Chiriqui border quarrel with Costa Rica, rushes volunteers to the field despite no army. A Panama request for U S arms remains unanswered and no League of Nations action is planned until Costa Rica clarifies its intentions. In a separate note, three heldup bandits in Union County confess to multiple robberies.
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Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
Althouch
Panama
Costa Rica
Chirioul
Pacific
Golfo Dulce
Washington
United States
Leazen of Nations
Hat
League
Coltea
Fitzabeth
Kenilworth
Union County
John Krebs
Walter Hatfield
Twins Find Mother Horribly Mutilated and Father Dying
Estelle and Eleanor Wasky, 18, discovered their mother murdered in the Newark kitchen with throat cut and head battered. Their father was found in the parlor with a knife wound after declaring he killed her and offering himself for execution. Police notes mention threats and a later mutilated photograph of the wife.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Estelle
Eleanor Wasky
Wasky
Bridgeport Hospital Introduces Kindergar ten for Convalescing Children
Bridgeport Hospital unveils a free in ward kindergarten in its children's ward led by Miss Ruth Velie with supervision by Miss Anna Gardiner and Miss Janet Ouey. About 24 convalescing children participate daily with activities, storytelling, and weekly high school volunteers, helping their recovery and easing discharge once strong enough.
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Bridgeport Hospital
The
Times
Anna Gardiner
Janet Ouey
Smith's School
Cork Executions Shock City As Six Irishmen Are Shot
Cork faces a tense morning as six Irishmen from the jail are executed by the military for levying war against crown forces. They walk to the field unblindfolded, while hundreds gather and religious services unfold. Names: Timothy McCarthy, Thomas O Breen, Patrick Mahoney, John Lyons, Daniel Callaghan, John Allen. Allen held for possessing revolver and ammunition. The executions reflect the war conditions cited by the state in Ireland.
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Cork
Cork Corporation
Fiing
Timothy McCarthy
Thomas O'Breen
Patrick Mahoney
John Lyons
Daniel Callaghan
John Allen
Crown
Dripsey
County Cork
Allen
Tipperary
King’s Bench
Ireland
Mother of Nott Slayer's Mother Dies in Hospital
Mrs. William H. Johnston of 3 Beardsley lane, mother of John E. Johnston facing trial in the George B. Nott murder case, died Saturday night at St Vincent's hospital after years of invalidism. Funeral plans not set.
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William H. Johnston
Beardsley Lane
John E. Johnston
George B. Nott
St. Vincent's Hospital
Two More Car Wreck Victims Die
The Griffin hospital reported the deaths of Mrs. Frederick Somers of Shelton and Antonio DiBibna of New Haven from injuries in a South Shelton trolley wreck. Nine southbound car passengers remain hospitalized in Derby, with two, Mrs. Emily Balough and Mrs. William A. Wilkinson of Shelton, on the danger list. Coroner Phelan heard testimony from Shelton sanatorium employee George Johnson about the northbound car event and Motorman Sherman turning the turnout light.
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Frederick Somers
Shelton
Griffin Hospital
John J. Phelan
George Johnson
Charles E. Sherman
Cook
Reds Shelled by French in Turkish Fight
Foreign dispatch reports imminent hostilities between Bolshevik Russia and Turkish forces over Batum. Ten thousand Turkish troops mass near Batum while Bolshevik forces push along the east Black Sea coast and were shelled by the French fleet at Sukhum Kale, which the Soviets later captured.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Batum l
Batum
Black Sea
Sukhum Kale
Signals Show N Y Train Had Right of Way
At Porter Indiana a wreck involving a New York Central train and a Michigan Central train left forty two dead and many injured. Officials cite signals and a diamond crossing giving the New York Central the right of way as the two trains collided and derailed. Witnesses describe the chaotic scene as passengers escaped through wreckage and cars burned.
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Michigan Central
New York Flyer
New York Central
Associated Press
Porter
Ind
Canadian
Interstate Limited
New York
W. P. Long
Jack Mich
Long
Edward J. Flerke
Grand Rapids
Michigan Cent
Leonard and Wilson Reach Temporary Political Truce
Reports say Mayor Wilson and Republican town chairman John A. Leonard have settled their differences. Leonard will step back from attacks while taking a three month mountain vacation for health reasons, averting a planned probe into the Leon ard administration. The accord ends active party strife for now.
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Wilson
John A. Leonard
Leonard
11 Year Old Boy Kills Brother To End Misery
In Pontiac Michigan 11-year-old Warren Branfield killed his 9-year-old brother Clare in a woods near Farmington after an accidental wound during a gun demonstration. He told officers he aimed to see how close he could get, then shot again after the younger boy twisted, saying he wanted to put him out of misery.
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Pontiac
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