City school crowding worsens as six portable rooms approved
The Board of Education reports 59 rooms and 69 planned part time classrooms next year due to overcrowding. No funds exist for additions or portable schools. A definite annual city funding program is demanded to buy new buildings. Tuition for out of town students may rise to 100 dollars. The meeting was long and busy with budget debates on teacher bonuses and administrative changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Wynkoop
Board of Education
Bridgeport
Mary O'Toole
Sta- Pips
Franklin School
Samuel BR. Plotkin
Plotkin
Board of Apportionment
Hearing on Beack Death in Stamford Collision
Coroner John J. Phelan will investigate the death of Mrs. Alexander H. Beck of Brooklyn who was run over June 23 in Stamford when an auto collided with a truck. The hearing was held in Stamford with witnesses mainly residents, noting the accident on Miller's Fridge Darien line. Mrs Beckman was initially mildly injured but died July 9 at Stamford Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Phelan
Mra
Alexander H. Beck
Brooklyn
Stamford
Miller
Darien
Mrx
Beckmas
Bar Harbor waterfront blaze hits yachts and docks
A July 13 fire at Bar Harbor Me destroyed a dock and spread rapidly along the waterfront. Yachts and small boats anchored offshore were hurriedly moved as flames illuminated the harbor. Losses are estimated around 20,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Ay Dock
Weather Outlook for New Haven Area
Part cloudy tonight and Wednesday with fair conditions elsewhere. Light to moderate southwest winds. Low pressure trough extends from Utah to Minnesota bringing unsettled weather in western districts. Showers reported along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida. Hartford saw the heaviest rain with 1.80 inches. Temperatures rise slowly across lake region and England. In New Haven vicinity expect mainly cloudy skies with little temperature change.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Utah
Minnesota
Atlantic
Maine
Florida
Hartford
Lake
England
36 New Cops To Be Sworn It On Thursday
Thirty six new cops plus twelve promoted officers will be sworn in Thursday morning at police headquarters. The 49 in all mark a large single group, with Lt. Patrick Flanagan taking over as superintendent. No elaborate ceremonies planned. noon swearing likely, as Redgate-Suckley era ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leutenant Patrick Flanagan
Vasco's Clothes Torn In Rail Road Avenue Clash
In South Norwalk Connecticut on July 13 deputies arrested Peter Vasco on Governor Holcomb warrant for wife abandonment. A tug of war with Vasco’s friends left his pants torn as they tried to move him to a car. Attorney Paul Connery filed habeas corpus blocking transfer to New York. A crowd gathered and a hearing is set for Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Conn
Lincoln Taylor
Stamford
Benjamin J. Crawford
White Plains
N. Yu
Peter Vasco
Railroad Avenue
Vasco
Holcomb
New York State
Taylor
Crawford
Vascos
Lawyeon
Paul Connery
Connecticut
Witnesses Case Nolled in Jitney Overcrowding Charge
Israel Curman of 207 North Avenue was arrested Sunday at Main and Congress for overcrowding his jitney. He was arraigned in City Court this morning on a jitney ordinance violation. Curman claimed the vehicle was not overloaded and the case was noted upon paying $3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
Congress Streets
Israel Curman
North Avenue
Cruman
Voluntary petition filed for administration in Fairfield
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed this morning before Referee John Keough by Staines and Son Company of Fairfield. The firm in the retail grocery business shows liabilities of 4886.95 with 150 preferred. Assets are claimed at 2675. Creditors will hold their first meeting on July 28 at 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Trucpey
John Keough
Staines and Son Company
Fairfield
$500000 Bullard Plant On Market Amid Escalating Negotiations
Announcement by Stanley H Bullard states the Bullard Machine Tool Company main factory on Broad Street is for sale with offers routed through agent Harry Barnes of Stratford. Valued near $500000, most equipment is already moved to the Brewster Street Black Rock facility as plans to evacuate the old Broad Street plant by month end proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley H. Bullard
Bullard Machine Tool Company
Broad Street
Harry Barnes
Stratford
Bullard Company
Brewster St
Black Rock
Bullard
Necklace worth eight hundred dollars found in Bridgeport puzzle
Police in New Haven are puzzled by a package containing an $800 necklace sent under the name John Phillips. The note claims the jewelry was found after a Yale Harvard baseball game and was postmarked from Bridgeport. No claimant has appeared and the sender's identity remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Phillips
New Haven
Bridgeport
Phillips
Bride Erna Goppert Weds Alexander Leverty In Surprise
The wedding of Miss Erna Goppert and Alexander Leverty surprised Bridgeport residents. Erna is the daughter of Mrs. Robert King of Hamilton New York while Alexander, son of the late Dr and Mrs R Gordon Leverty, lives at 606 Washington Avenue. Leverty is a former local high school graduate and gymnastics instructor at the Y.M.C.A. He served in the navy and earned several swimming trophies. After a honeymoon the couple will reside again at the Leverty home, 606 Washington Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erna Goppert
Robert King
Hamilton
New York
Alexander Leverty
R. Gordon Leverty
Washington Avenue
Leverty
M.C. A
Navy
Prohibition booze runners held in $1000 bonds
Sam Lampert and Jake Jakheim of New York and Robinson street were arrested at State street and Fairfield avenue by Prohibition Enfor cement Agent Welch for transporting liquor. They posted $1000 bonds and await a hearing before U S Commissioner Hugh J Lavery later this month. A truck with seven barrels of alcohol valued at $9000 was seized at the Third precinct. Joe Duck, a 56 year old Chinese laundryman, was taken to St Vincent's hospital after a stroke at 3 30 this morning.attached to emergency staff Dr Bruce J Coyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Lampert
Jefferson Street
New York
Jake Jakheim
Robinson Street
State Street
Fair_field avenue
Welch
U. S
Hugh J. Lavery
Joe Duck
No. 48
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bruce J. Coyle
Jewel theft at Diamond Jewelry Company on Main Street
Thieves used a heavy iron bar to pry open the Diamond Jewelry Company on 1 042 Main Street. Between 8 20 Sunday morning and 11 yesterday morning they took rings and watches valued at 700. The store was ransacked and the iron bar lay near the door while the proprietor, away over the weekend, reported the robbery to police on return yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Jewelry Company
Main Street
See Agreement to Amalgamate
Chicago July 13 an agreement for amalgamation of the labor party and committees of 48 is in sight says conference committees reported to the labor convention today. The committee of 48 conferred with the labor party on nationalization of banks and credits facilities and democratic control of essential industries. Three proposals of the labor group hinder an agreement on party principles including a capital tax levy nationalization of mines and the Plumb plan for tri partite railroad control in the new party platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Labor Party
Unseasonably Humid Noon Sets Off City Weather Note
The day reached 83 degrees at noon with high humidity. Citizens complain of oppressive air as forecasts offer no relief and the weather outlook remains unchanged from prior days.
Taken 13 Times for Drunkenness
Rob ert Nevins of 1 East Main Street appeared in City court charged with drunkenness. He admitted overindulgence and feared missing his shift at Sterling livery stable. Judge Frederic A. Bartlett warned him and suspended judgment. Nevins has 13 prior drunkenness arrests in ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Nevins
East Main Street
Nevins
Sterling Livery
Frederic A. Bartlett
Boys’ suitor held on $1000 bond after park incident
Giacoma Chrisapina of 746 1-2 Oak street was arrested yesterday by the vice squad after complaints from several young girls and a scuffle with mothers in Lafayette park. The juvenile court held him on a $1000 bond for a further trial on July 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giacoma Chrisapina
Oak Street
Lttle
Lafayette Park
Chrisapuna
Jitneys Defy City Order Amid Bridgeport Traffic Clash
Jitneys to run on Bridgeport main streets despite an aldermanic ordinance. A deadly diving accident in Fairfield Beach claimed Harry B. Benedict's life as he struck his head on a three foot depth water. Benedict, 25, leaves a wife and child. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2:30 from the Benedict home, burial in Mt. Grove cemetery. Tensions rose as jitney operators vow to test the law, planning to resume routes after potential arrests. The Connecticut Company warned of limited service, while legal action and appeals to protect jitney rights are being prepared. The mayor, aldermen, and Park City Bus Association discussed ordinance fixes and enforcement timelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Benedict
John Benedict
Iranistan Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
Fairfield Beach
Benedict
Mt. Grove Cemetery
Bridgeport
Board of Aldermen
Connecticut Company
Republican Party
Jake Massoth
Park City Bus Association
Grand Street
Bus Association
Storrs
The
Wilson
New Haven
Robert Jones
Worrell Found Guilty Of Reckless Driving In Taxi Crash
Amos A. Worrell of 201 Hewitt street was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Harry Platt in Trumbull town court and found guilty of reckless driving after a Sunday night collision between the Public Market car and a D. B. taxi on the Danbury road near Long Hill. He was fined $25 and costs. Testimony cited the D. B. driver Fred Schaffer of 100 Federal street as traveling at a moderate rate. Attorneys Greenstein and Clarence Lister represented the two sides. plans were noted for a damages suit against MacKenzie Bros. and Mrs. Ticklin, a passenger, was said to be improving at St. Vincent's hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos A. Worrell
Hewitt Street
Danbury
Long Hill
Justce
Federal Street
Worrell
Greenstein
D.& B. Company
Clarence Lister
MacKenzie Bros
St. Vincent's Hospital
Ticklin
Reckless Driving Case Continued in City Court
Morris Gelber of 105 Highland Avenue suffered two fractured ribs when a Ford he rode in wrecked after a collision with an auto driven by Fred Franson of 1862 Hancock Avenue at Lexington and Harral avenues. Franson was arrested and charged with reckless driving. case continued to July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Gelber
Mighland Avenue
Ford
Fred Franson
Hancock Avenue
Lexington
Harral Avenues
Franson
Falling Timber Injures Man at Plant
Francis Griffin of 115 Villa Avenue was struck on the back of the neck by a falling timber at the Amber Tube and Stamping plant just before noon. He suffered a severe spine strain and was taken to Bridgeport hospital by ambulance. The Board of Charities held its monthly meeting to pay bills and address routine matters with Superintendent Angus B. Thorne presiding after his vacation. Health and Charity Building committee also met yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Griffin
Villa Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
B. J. Burns
Board of Charities
Angus B. Thorne
Middle West
Health and Charity Building Committee
Not Word Fixed in Jitney Ordinance After Passage
Early this morning the jitney ordinance was passed but a key word not was missing. President Storrs warned the omission nulled the ordinance and Mayor Wilson ordered the city clerk to insert not. The amended paragraph allows licenses for routes not named in the ordinance. The mayor said he discussed adding the word with the clerk last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storrs
Wilson
Lcenses
Workman Takes His Own Life at Keeler Avenue
Joseph Effinger a 30 year old roomer at 54 Keeler avenue reportedly hanged himself this morning. Employed by the Bridgeport Butler Works Co he lived with John McCathron at 64 Keeler avenue. The body was found by a fellow worker who went to his home after he failed to report for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Effinger
Keeler Avenue
Effinger
Bridgeport Butler Works Co
John McCathron
Money Vanishes From Locker In East End Plant
Joseph Kirsh of 199 Hamilton Street reported $458 vanished from his trousers pocket after locking up in a locker at the East End plant of the American Tube and Stamping Company. Police investigate disappearance of the cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kirsh
Hamilton Street
Kirsh
East End
American Tube and Stamping Company
Harry Houdini
Market Report Opens With Broad Stock Gains
New York July 13 the market opened with notable advances after yesterday's weak close. Oils steels and equipment led with Royal Dutch Mexican and Pan American Petroleum along with Crucible Replogle and Baldwin rising 1 to 1 1/2 points. Canadian Pacific and Reading remained firm while St Paul preferred and St Louis and San Francisco kept rails strong. Backward spots included shipping copper tobacco and chemical stocks as U S Steel lifting the market within the first half hour.
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New York
Royal Dutch
Mexican
Pan American Petroleums
Crucible
Replage
Baldwin
Canadian Pacific
Reading
St Paul
St. Louis
San Francisco
U. S. Steel
Strike Over Food On Steamer Norland
Captain Fred Twedale and twelve crew members of the ferry Norland have gone on strike over food quality and a new cook. They claim the meal was unfit and the cook unclean and object to a Negro being hired. Company officials expect resumed trips within a few days as the dispute is addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Twedale
Norland
Port Jefferson
Jitney Ordinance Vote Tabs Party Lines Last Night
The council tally on the jitney ordinance shows Republicans Kor Beers Stone Lewis Ready McManus Olson Moore Hogan Connor Hamilton DyElia Sanford Kochiss Baker Brown voting against. Democrats Ford Hogan Drew Freeman Martin Lyons Burdick split. Absent MacFayden McCormack.
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Kor
Beers
Stone
Lewis
Ready
McManus
Olson
Moore
Hogan
Connor
Hamilton
Dyelia
Sanford
Kochiss
Baker
Brown
Ford
Drew
Freeman
Martin
Lyons
Burdick
MacFayden
Mc Cormack
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Beck
Dar Warbor
Carl Wanderer
Wanderer
Bridgeporter
Alex Leverty
Chamber of Commerce
Charities
Market Report
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