Vanderlip Leases 400000 Acres Of Soviet Territory Oldest In Europe
Los Angeles banker Vanderlip claims to lease 400000 square miles of Siberia and Kamchatka as the oldest Soviet tract. He says the deal lands a 1921 contract for US sales to Russia worth 21 billion dollars in goods paid with gold, platinum and furs. The sale is described as the largest in world history, with Moscow set to buy heavy quantities of material in 1921.
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Vanderlip
Europe
Los Angeles
Russia
United States
Moscow
Weretess
Berlin
Washington
Gal
W Vanderlip
Reval
International
Wander- Up
Foreign Office
Ma Gisantic
Siberi
Kamehatka
Bainbridge Colby
Warren G. Harding
Vanderlip Syndicate
Pacific
Germany on Armistice Day Yet Again in Gloom
Berlin marks the second anniversary of the armistice with solemn statements from prominent Germans. Leaders including Count von Bernstorf and Dr. Ernest Dryander warn that Europe must rebuild through cooperation and the League of Nations, while stressing Germany’s economic distress and political unease.
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Berlin
Germany
J. von Bernstorf
United States
Europe
League of Nations
Near Fatality at Station Causes Gun Accident
The incident occurred at Police Headquarters when a 12 gauge shotgun, kept as evidence in City Court, discharged in Captain Clayton L. Smith’s office. Four men narrowly avoided injury as Howard Coffey and George T. Harber were connected. Coffey was there to testify. Coffey, detained with Harber, faced drunkenness and breach of peace charges. a suspended 30 day sentence followed. The gun, found at Coffey’s home, had been loaded with No 6 bird shot and left in a firing case. Investigation revealed the weapon had been mishandled in court, its trigger broken, and carelessness allowed the near disaster.
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Clayton L. Smith
Harrowly
Flanagan
Howard Coffey
Walnut Beach
George T. Harber
Engle Street
Barber
Wilder
Coffey
Captain Smith
Phinagan
Flood
Mayor Wilson's Absence Halts Bridgeport City Affairs
Bridgeport faces a temporary power vacuum as Mayor Wilson departs until next Tuesday to celebrate his sixth wedding anniversary. With no elected president of the Board of Aldermen, city operations stall while auditors and clerks await pay and the mayor's signature on committee bills.
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Bridgeport
Wilson
Board of Aldermen
Thirteen jitneurs fined for bus overcrowding
Thirteen jitneurs were fined by Judge Wilder in city court for overloading buses. Fines ranged from 5 to 25 dollars with costs. Arraignments and dispositions followed as the court pledged to enforce auto laws despite public noncooperation.
Baseball War About Over War Weary Owners Seek Uniform Peace
Kansas City reports that a major league owners peace effort is underway with a Chicago pow-wow to forge a new uniform code. A six member minor league committee will join Presidents Sexton and others to form a new governing board. Likely members include Judge Landis Judge McDonald and Mike Sexton.
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Jack Verock
International News Service
Spe Lditor
Kansas City
Chicago
Mike Sexton
Baseball
K. M. Landis
Charles McDonald
National Association
Will Havens Be Mayoral Candidate
Elmer Havens president of the Board of Education is widely mentioned in Republican circles as a possible mayoral candidate. Havens, of the Hunter and Havens Co, has long been prominent in Bridgeport politics. A separate dispatch reports 3000 unemployed men stormed Lion Metal Works in Berlin, driving out proprietors and engineers and dousing furnace fires, establishing a political soviet on the north side gas plant.
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Elmer Havens
Board of Education
Havens
Hunter & Havens Co
Bridgeport
London
Lion Metal Works
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph Company
Industrial Council
Harding to Speak on Armistice Day in Brownsville
President elect Harding will deliver an Armistice Day address in Brownsville Texas after departing Point Isabel. He plans to acknowledge Mexican attendees in the Rio Grande valley and offer a message of goodwill to the republic. He will travel by motor, play golf, and dine at the Country Club before the address.
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Brownsville
Texas
A. P
Point Isbel
Harding
Rio Grande Valley
Republic
Agint
Ukrainians Launch Major Offensive Against Reds in Crimea
An army of 100 000 Ukrainians under General Pavlenko reportedly storms Soviet forces to ease Red pressure on General Wrangel’s Crimea front. Heavy fighting reported around Kherson northeast of Odessa, per Copenhagen dispatch.
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London
Pavlenko
Wrangel
Crimean
Copenhagen
Kherson
Odessa
Thieves Smash Show Window in New Britain Jewelry Store
Thieves smashed the show windows of Himberg & Horn in the Arcade near Main Street early today and stole watches rings and jewelry. They also robbed the Citizens Coal and Wood Company office of $200 from a safe before escaping.
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New Britain
Conn
Himberg & Horn
Main’ Street
Citizens’ Coal and Wood Company
Deserter Maggaris to be Returned to Camp Sherman
Private Stephen Maggaris, arrested in the city for desertion from the US Army, will be taken back to Camp Sherman Ohio this afternoon by Corporal Albert Dunster. He absented five months ago and has since lived in the city. He was arrested Nov 1 and held for army authorities. He is described as a floater.
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Stephen Maggaris
United States Army
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Albert E. Dunster
Company D
Ond Infantry
Magyar
Mag Roris
Commission Government Comes Back in Bridgeport
George McAneny former Manhattan official urges dropping party labels for city elections to adopt a commission plan. Chamber of Commerce luncheon support signals a new drive to pursue a commission charter with civic groups and aldermen weighing legislative action.
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George McAneny
Manhattan
New York Times
Bridgeport
McAneny
Chamber of Commerce
Times
Commission
Chhamber of Commerce
Taxpayers’ Association
Board of Aldermen
Question on Mayor’s Power to Relocate City Hut
City officials and residents dispute Mayor Wilson authority to transfer the War Bureau built Food Hut on City Hall lawn to Associated Charities. Park Department dismantles the hut while awaiting removal to Hall Home. new Aldermen not yet appointed.
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Wilson
Associated Charities
War Bureau
Robinson
Keatins
McManus
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Park Department
Who Is He This Profile Identifies by Description
A request issued by the Times Office invites written identifications of a well known artist profile. The description highlights regular features, broad popularity, civic election by popular vote, and extensive business dealings. The first correct identification will be paid.
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Times Office
Kalapos Identifies Profile of Doctor Kalapos
Julius Kalapos correctly identified the profile of Dr H C Weldlich the well known dentist at 3 12 yesterday afternoon. Correct identifications were made by Mr O Reilly Fred White Mrs ELH Platt Alan O Neill and Mrs J a einem.
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Julius Kalapos
Main Street
H.C. Weldlich
O'Reilly
Fred White
Elh Platt
State Street
Alan O'Neill
Olive Street
J. A“ Einem
Autherine Street
Royalty and Veterans Honor Armistice Day Parade
The British and French nations mark the second anniversary of the war’s end with ceremonies in London Paris and in the United States. Unknown soldiers are interred at Westminster Abbey and the Arc de Triomphe while leaders attend the commemorations.
Grief Stricken Mother Denounces Interview Over Son Case
Emma Kranz of 514 John Street speaks to The Times amid a Fairfield County jail hold in the Newtown murder case. She denies talking to reporters while detailing her son Max Edwin Kranz’s troubled history, a prior car crash, illness, and a note on mental state. The story ties to the broader police pursuit of the alleged killer as hearings are postponed.
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Emma Kranz
John Strest
Max Edwin Kranz
Fairfield Courty
Newtown
The
Times
New York
American
Danbury
Ktabay
Camp Devens
United States
Devens
General Motors Company
St Vincent's Hospital
John Street
Oakland
Richard C. Osborne
Osborne
Kranz
St. Vincent's Hospital
Rock- Jesse
Arthur Donahue
Morrissey Dies Suddenly After Political Distinction
Joseph Morrissey a longtime Bridgeport official and eight year council president died after a brief illness at St Vincent's hospital. He founded the American Paper Box Company after 32 years with Bridgeport Paper Box and leaves four daughters and a sister. Funeral at 21 Poplar Street and St Peter's Church with burial at St Michael's Cemetery.
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Insterenmmg Sonn
Joseph Morrissey
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Common Council
Mulvihill
Buckingham
Bridgeport Paper Box Company
American Paper Box Company
Mary
Margaret
Genevieve
Tetus Morrissey
Josephine Cox
The
Woodmen of the World
Poplar Street
St. Peter's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Weather Forecast For New Haven and Vicinity
Unsettled conditions with light rain or snow tonight and Friday. Connecticut expects snow with little temperature change. East winds rise as a central disturbance over the Lake region shifts, creating cloudiness and flurries in northern districts. Montana shows subzero temps while the south reaches freezing, with high barometric pressure over the British northwest and a Swift Current reading of 80.86 inches.
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New Haven
Conn
Vicinite
Connecticut
Lakeegion
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Texas
British Northwest
Swift Current
War heroes honored with unknown soldier funeral in London
London observers joined a nation in ceremony as an unknown British war hero was buried in Westminster Abbey. King George VI led a two minute silence on Whitehall with Queen Mary and other royals in attendance. A regiment of 100 Victoria Cross holders guarded the funeral, with marshalling by field marshals and admirals of the fleet as the body arrived from France and was laid to rest.
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London
Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
Whitehall
Queen Mary
Alexandra
Queen Maud
Norway
Parliament
Eloven
George
Canterbury
Abbey
England
Marshal Foch
France
Verdun
Dover
Edith Cavell
Charles Fryatt
St Ly
Victoria Station
Viscount Douglas Haig
Earl Beatty
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Harry Serrio
Joseph Bergoal
Reuben Aronoff
Israel Pruman
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Manuel A. Veigo
Velgo
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Michael Fen
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Ming
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REDS
Peking
Kiga
Mongolia
Sinn Feiners
Sinn Fein
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Kalapos
Britain
Bier
Connecticut State Guard
Po&t
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Yale Field Artillery
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Foreign Wars
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Amera
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Raymond W. Harris Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Petain
Gambetta
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New York City
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J. J. Morrissey
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