Death toll 158 as relief efforts begin
Chicago March 30 The death toll from Sundays storm across eight states stood at 158 with fears of higher totals as injured seek aid. Widespread wreckage prompts relief measures for the homeless and injured while communications are restored to assess casualties and totals. State tallies list numerous deaths across Illinois Michigan Georgia and others, with localities like Elgin Irving Park Melrose Park Maywood LaGrange West Point and Macon among those named.
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Chicago
Adame County
Aten Jay County
Steuben
Mostcomery County
Illinois
Elgin
Irving Park
Melrose Park
Maywood
Oho
Greenville
Nashville
van Wert
Moulton
Renotette
Bramersoure
Genoa ‘Roads Corners
WOREN VOTE IN KENTUCKY
Frankfort Kentucky March 30 Suffrage of women in Kentucky for the next presidential election appears assured by Governor Morrow signing a measure granting women the vote for presidential electors The governor withheld action until the last day allowed by law the bill would have been vetoed without the federal amendment making national suffrage operative
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Morrow
Anid
Fleason
Submarine H-1 Destroyed by Heavy Seas Near Magdalena Bay
Glacier officers report the stranded H-1 submarine badly buffeted by heavy seas and nearly wrecked. The Glacier brought bodies of crew members H M Giles and M F Deflamain who died when the sub grounded at Magdalena Bay. Lieut. Commander James R Webb and Joseph Kauffman were killed and remain unrecovered.
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San Diego
Cal
Glacier
Magdelena Bay
H M. Giles
M. F. Deflamain
Serre
Magdalena Bay
James R. Webb
Joseph Kauffman
Police Unable To Locate Murderers In Bearded Street Case
Police fail to identify the trio who shot and killed Vito Lamonica and wounded Annie Cuomo on Beardmont Avenue. The crime occurred around 10 pm as the couple returned from a restaurant. Three men fired on them. Lamonica died on the veranda, Cuomo wounded lightly. Theories include relatives of Lamonica's estranged wife or a gang hit. Suspects fled into nearby woods. investigation continues.
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Cuomo
Beardmont Avenue
Lamonica
New York City
Annie Cuomo
Bridgeport
Lamonioa
Headmont Avenue
Toma
Water Street
Wee
Acros
Unio
Main Street
Fernet
Fern Street
Connecticut River Flood Recedes Slowly Amid Damage
Hartford report says the Connecticut River peaked at 61 feet at midnight and had receded a foot by noon as colder weather slows the rise. Boaters warn water may rise again with a warm spell. floods extend along the Merrimack and Vermont areas, damaging low farms and bridges.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut River
Bedus
Delaware May Vote Tomorrow in Woman Suffrage Move
Dover Delaware March 30 Republican leaders in the lower house reported from committee without recommendation the woman suffrage ratification resolution introduced last week and a Senate version is to be reported. A vote is not expected before tomorrow and roll calls may be delayed amid ongoing lobbying. The two houses met for miscellaneous business as new updates emerged.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
House
Senate
Beers G A R Veteran Judge Dies At 75 In City
Judge Alfred B Beers longtime local lawyer city court judge and city attorney 16 years dies at 753 Fairfield Avenue at 11 45 am He was born in New Rochelle NY and lived here 73 years active in social political religious life Civil War veteran Army of the Potomac and Army of the South. Continued on page six.
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Alfred B. Beers
Fairfield Avenue
Judge Beers
New Rochelle
New York
Library
Missing valuables and would-be groom alarm local woman
Miss Evelyn Steele reported the loss of Liberty bonds worth 150 dollars a gold signet ring a gold watch and chain and an intended husband. She said Frank Burnette of 762 Park avenue posed as a fiancé two weeks ago and fled after taking the items and asking for bonds to cash at par. Police search Burnette's boarding house and whereabouts remain unknown.
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Evelyn Steele
Park Avenue
Miss Steele
Frank Burnette
Burnette
Carried Beer But Not Drunk in Fairfield Vehicle Crash
William Dooley of Bronson avenue told Deputy Commissioner MacDonald he was carrying a load of beer in his motor truck but not intoxicated after a November 18, 1939 crash with a motorcycle in Fairfield. He said he drank near beer but was unsure about the accident and the case was continued pending a physician's statement on intoxication.
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William Dooley
Bronson Avenue
MacDonald
Fairfeld
Dooley
Cesarean Section Under Local Anesthesia Reported
In the Journal of the American Medical Association issued March 27 a case by Dr J Murray Johnson of this city and Dr J Morris Slemons of New Haven at St Vincent's Hospital describes a cesarean section performed with focal anesthesia alone rather than a general anesthetic. The operation, though not unique, is noted for its rarity and interest to doctors nationwide. Separately in Boston today the supreme court denied Mrs Emilie B Hull of New York leave to intervene in the dispute between Christian Science Church directors and the Christian Science Publishing Society trustees.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
J. Murray Johnson
J. Morris Slemons
New Haven
St. Vincent's Hospital
Boston
The
Supreme Court Today
Emilie B. Hull
New York
Christian Science Church
Christian Science Publishing Society
Denmark Faces General Strike Over Cabinet Crisis
Copenhagen reports King Christian refused to reinstate Premier Zable's ministry amid a government crisis. Socialists and unions demand the Zable cabinet return and a rigsdag meeting, with talks of a general strike if refused. Crowds cry republican slogans while soldiers monitor public squares.
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Christian
Social Democrats
Zable
Denmark
Rigsdag
the Republic
MS Reysing
M. Saebe
Hich
Wiensburg
Schelswig
Germany
Plessburg
Taft Plea for Connecticut Special Session on Suffrage
Taft urged Governor Holcomb to call a special session to act on the woman suffrage amendment. He attended with Col. Isac Ullman and a Republican delegation as John T. Robinson pressed for ratification. The governor reserved his decision after hearing arguments and noted the persuasive presentation.
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Hartford
Conn
William Howard Taft
Marcus Holcomb
Connecticut
New Haven
Isac Ullman
Ullman
John T. Robinson
Stockyards at Standstill as Strike Hits Chicago Packing
Chicago’s large stock market halted with 509 feeders on strike threatening shutdown of five major packers within a week. Embargo blocked cattle and hogs, railroads rerouted tonnage, and federal mediator appeal followed Judge Alschuler’s refusal to act without workers returning. Wages seek $20 to $49 monthly raises and elimination of Sunday work. current pay cited as $115 to $145 monthly. Separately, George Lincham, 47, was held on $2,000 bond for a string of thefts after an attempted store robbery and subsequent recoveries across multiple locations. he had been employed by the Bullard Company.
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Washington
Alschuler
Bie
Atrikera
George Lincham
Rosedale Street
Caesar Misch
Middle
Golden Hill
Lineham
Clampett and Corcoran
Spector
Fairfield Avenue
Hubbell
Water Street
Beach
Main Street
Mazit
Congres Street
Bullard Company
Goodwin and Burdick Meet Over City Paving Plans
An informal morning meeting at City Hall included Joseph Goodwin of the Connecticut Company Alderman Burdick chair of the Streets and Sidewalks committee and Jacob A Courtade of Public Works. Discussion covered paving between trolley tracks cross overs rerouting North Main street trolleys to a Plaza route and system layouts affecting about 11 streets. A Board of Appraisal meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 PM to review the layouts grades and building impacts.
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City Hall
Joseph Goodwin
The
Connecticut Company
Alderman Burdick
Jacob A. Courtade
Public Works Department
North Main Street
Golden
Board of Appraisal
Building and Loan Incorporation Records Filed
Papers of incorporation for the Federal Building and Loan Association were filed at the Town Clerk's Office. The group aims to foster thrift and home ownership by members saving regularly in fixed amounts and lending their deposits under state law. Incorporators are Charles F. Greene, William T. Meyer, Arthur F Connor, P. H. Howard, Harry R. Lush, and J. L. Christie.
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Charles F. Greene
William T. Meyer
Arthur F Connor
P. H. Howard
Harry R. Lush
J. L. Christie
Bank seeks court ruling on possession of three bonds
City National Bank cannot determine ownership of three United States bonds valued at 2130 dollars. In Superior Court today the bank filed against John F Murphy and Iola Murphy of Berlin Connecticut, both claiming the securities, asking the court to summon them and prove rightful ownership.
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City National Bank
United States
John F. Murphy
Iola Murphy
Berlin, Conn
Unfitness Charges Upheld Against Five Socialists in N Y Assembly
Albany March 30 five socialist members of the New York State Assembly Waldman Gaessens Solomon DeWitt and Orr have seen their charges of unfitness sustained by a majority of the judiciary committee. The report deems them disqualified and calls vacant their seats. It also urges a law barring organizations admitting aliens from ballot status. The document cites antiwar stances and Party rules on military funding and preparedness.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State Assembly
Louis Waldman
August Gaessens
Charles Solomon
Samuel A. DeWitt
Samuel Orr
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Waldman
Claessens
Solomon
DeWitt
Orr
United States
New York
Ita
Socialist Party
Socialist National
Possible Cut in Driving Age to sixteen
Deputy Motor Vehicle Commissioner MacDonald floated a plan to lower the driver license age from 18 to 16 citing labor shortages. He declined to state an opinion but noted wide sentiment across the state. Local merchants complain about high delivery costs and assert a 16 year old can safely operate small delivery cars.
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MacDonald
Beregdell Receives Five Year Sentence For Damages
In Westport a court case is filed by E. W. Hubbell of Saugatuck against the Town of Westport and the Westport School Committee for four thousand dollars. Hubbell says he supplied materials for the Myrtle Avenue school and that only part of the six thousand nine hundred sixty six dollar twenty five cent bill was paid. The contract was given to Ralston St John of Norwalk with M J Fox of Norwalk as subcontractor.
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Myrtle Avenue
Westport
E. W. Hubbell
Sangatuck
Superior Court
Ralston
St. John of
Norwalk
M. J. Pox
Hubbell
Fox
Bergdoll Sentenced to Five Years for Desertion
New York March 20 Grover Cleveland Bergdoll Philadelphia financier sentenced to five years hard labor on Governors Island for desertion from August 1918 under the draft. His citizenship is forfeited and dishonorable discharge from the army follows. Court findings approved by Lt Gen Robert Lee Bullard and communicated to Bergdoll in his cell. No defense offered. prosecutors testified to mental fitness concerns.
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New York
Grover Cleveland Berzdoll
Phiadelphian
Governors Island
Bergdoll
Robert Lee Bullard
Department of the East
Bergdol
Island
Bergdot
Philadelphia
Allenists
Chicago Clerical Strike Threatens City Services
Chicago municipal clerks stenographers and bookkeepers walked out for higher salaries, disrupting city business and garbage services. The 18,050 municipal employees seek raises while the council refused a budget with pay hikes, delaying decisions as 300 of 1,000 clerks voted for the strike.
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