Jitney Ordinance To Be Drafted For Aldermen
After a public hearing the Jitney ordinance committee plans a draft for the Board of Aldermen. The measure follows Waterbury style and would set street routes, bar others, and challenge trolley demands backed by Connecticut Company pressure. Reported threats of a special session to strike it down are noted, with star chamber meetings and restricted access cited. Census items conclude with Washington figures and a Colorado increase.
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Board of Aldermen
Ralph T. Beers J
Wilson Gay
Connecticut ‘Company
Hte
Banks
Trade Commission
Storrs
George D. Watrous
S. H. Bullard
Tr Me
Trafic Commission
Holcomb
Star Chamber
Watrous
Traffic Commission
Itis
George Bevans
Stratford
Pequonnock
Reers
Trolley
Connecticut Company
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the @rolieys
Ratify Suffrage Likely for Special Legislature Session
Hartford reports say the governor’s office discussed the possibility of acting on the United States constitutional amendment for suffrage at a special legislative session planned for the week after next if convened. No clear indication was given whether the governor will send a message to trigger such a session.
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Times
Hartford
Holcomb
Forman backs Cox Roosevelt in Democratic caucus
Redding a Democrat Henry James Forman announced support for Cox and Roosevelt in the current campaign. He cited the League of Nations issue and the Republican party's reactionary stance, twenty years behind the times, as reasons. Forman, former Republican, is known nationally as a magazine editor, novelist and playwright.
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the Times
Redding
Henry James Forman
Cox
Roosevelt
League of Nations
Republican Party
Times
Forman
Norwalk Teachers Strike Over Salaries
Norwalk's 4500 students may face no schooling as teachers refuse to sign contracts amid budget shortfalls. The Board of Estimate and Taxation's refusal to fund salaries keeps teachers from accepting tentative contracts, and Mayor Donovan will not convene a special meeting. Parents plan to appeal to the State Board of Education.
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South Norwalk
Conn
Norwalk
Board of Education
Board of Estimate and Taxation
Jeremiah Donovan
Estimate Board
Teachers’ Association
State Board of Education
Sub S-5 Crew Rescued After Deep Seabed Sinking
Navy officials report all 30 crew members aboard the steamer Alanthus after rescue from the S-5 submerged off Cape Henlopen. Commander Charles M Cooke Sr believed last from wreck, others named include Lieut J G Gresham and Ensign J Bailey Longstaff. A buoy and a lookout helped locate the submarine and enable air supply.
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Washington
Cape Henlopen
Navy Department
Army
General Goethals
Department
Charles M. Cooke, Sr
Cooke
J. G. Greshem
J. Bailey Longstaff
Robert Holt
Goethals
Alanthus
Commutation Raise Deemed Illegal by Federal Referee
Edward W. Yeomans of Andover, a federal bankruptcy referee, protests New Haven road officials over a commutation rate increase. He cites Connecticut statute Section 3775 restricting increases after four years and argues wartime provisions under the Federal Control Act do not grant authority for raises. He notes a 10 percent rise during the war and a 20 percent boost on August 26, marking the first increases since 1863.
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Edward W. Yeomans
Andover
New Haven
Road
Mr. Yeomans
Connecticut
Ygomans
Supt Slawson Weighs Public School Plans And Transit Polls
The Times surveyed Howland's and the D M Read company on trolley jitney preferences. Ballots showed similar results with about half favoring trolleys in Howland's and the Read firm. Total votes 534. incidents included a jitney driver falling asleep with forty passengers, no injuries.
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Times
Howland’s
D. M. Read Company
Howland
D. M. Read
D. M. Read Co
COMMON PLEAS OPENS TUESDAY FOR SEPTEMBER TERM
The common pleas court civil side opens Tuesday September 7 to begin the September term and adjourn until September 17 for a short calendar session. The criminal side also convenes next Tuesday to dispose of criminal appeals from justice and city courts, with Judge John R. Booth presiding.
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Common Pleas Court
John R. Booth
Tom Carr Stricken With Paralytic Stroke
Thomas J. Carr of Fremont street who ran a cafe at Broad and Cannon streets for 30 years suffered a paralytic stroke at work Monday afternoon. He is, at his home, attended by Dr. Lynch and in very serious condition with loss of use of his right arm and left side and greatly impaired speech.
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Thomas J. Carr
Fremont Street
Broad and
Cannon Streets
Lynch
Urges All Children to Be at Their Schools Next Wednesday Morning
Supt. Samuel J. Slawson urged parents to have children registered for opening day next week. Teachers and principals hold Tuesday meetings while make up exams continue for eighth year pupils and high school juniors prepare for senior work. About 40 students took exams in English math geometry algebra languages and history.
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Samuel J. Slawson
James C. Moore
Fannie Murley
Slawson
Red Flare Reveals Blackmail Plot And Gun Bond Heist
Police shattered a blackmail scheme targeting Acme Shear Company executive Dwight Wheeler after letters demanding 15000 and 20000 dollars were traced to a Lexington avenue dump site. A gun and red flare were used to trap the criminals, seven arrests followed, with charges facing federal and local authorities.
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Lexington Avenue
North Avenue
Grand Street
Acme Shear Company
Hicks Street
United States
Dwight C. Wheeler
Center
Madison
Wheeler
John Regan
Detective Bureau
Trunk Death Case Tied to Nott Murder Evidence
The body of George E. Nott was packed in a trunk in the Nott home after a Sunday murder. Elwood B. Wade, the accused slayer, allegedly hid the remains with care to avoid discovery, aided possibly by Mrs Ethel Hutchinson Nott. Evidence recovered from a swamp includes a cabinet photo, music, newspaper, collage items, a quilt missing, and a Col lier s magazine dated August 28. Coroner investigates another Darien train death.
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George E. Nott
Judson Avenue
Nott
Elwood B. Wade
Ethel Hutchinson Nott
Johnston
Special Prison Mass For Cork Mayor Deteriorating
Terence MacSwiney Lord Mayor of Cork shows signs of sinking and weakness as family and miss Annie MacSwiney report. His private chaplain Father Dominic held a mass in the prison while his wife brother and sisters visited. The prison doctor cannot determine when he will rest or rally.
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London
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Bean MacSwiney
Lor
MacSwines
Dominic
MacSwiney
Annie MacSwiney
New Haven Weather Summary For Connecticut
Fair to night and Saturday. Continued cool with gentle to moderate northwest winds. No major storm east of the Rockies. light showers reported from North Dakota to Oklahoma and along the gulf and south Atlantic coasts. Pleasant morning across northern border from Washington to Maine. Forecast favors fair conditions with cool nights and warm days in this vicinity.
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Connecticut
Rocky Mountains
North Dakota
Oklahoma
West Gulf
South Atlantic
Washington
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