State Firemen Push Two Platoon System At Convention
The Connecticut State Firemen's Association endorsed a two platoon system urging 15 000 plus towns to adopt it. A seven member committee will study the measure at the next General Assembly session. Officers elected include President Joseph K. Kelly New Haven and vice presidents from multiple counties. year’s chaplain Rev N G Ryan New Haven.
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Connecticut
General Assembly
Joseph K. Kelly
New Haven
N. T. Sonney
New Britain
R. V. Magee
Watertown
S.C. Snage
Waterbury
N. G. Ryan
New Haven County
Fairfield County
George F. Beardsley
Democrats Name State Delegates In Bridgeport Meeting
A Bridgeport Democratic convention announced state and probate delegates and representatives for the upcoming General Assembly race. The platform criticized municipal mismanagement and proposed charter reforms to abolish the tax commissioner, establish a bipartisan property assessment board, curb cost plus contracts, and expand school board representation. Postmasters meet in Cincinnati to start their national convention.
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Harry Welch
Thomas Sirhan
Edward McCue
Thomas Ward
Edward E. Lynch
James
Kelley
Walter Hartnett
James Welch
Michael Small
Joseph Mongram
Hugh Healey
Frank Long
Alfred Bowen
Frank McGuire
James Barrett
Thomas Gourley
Joseph Laken
John J. Hartnott
Joseph Hart
Antonio Borelli
Theodore Schondorff
Charles Schwenek
Thomais Callahan
John McLaughlin
Democratic Party
Bridgeport
San Francisco
Bride
Port
City of
Common Council
Board of Education
Platform of Bridgeport Democracy Attacks City Corruption
The Bridgeport Democracy platform denounces a corrupt system led by Mayor Wilson and backed by the city machine. It cites inflated grand lists, heavy taxation, and borrowing approved by the General Assembly, calling for Democratic Senators and Representatives to Hartford to oppose franchise grants and curb spending without consent.
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Bridgeport
Times
Wilson
General Assembly
Hartford
Washingtons view of the Constitution and the League
The piece argues that George Washington judged imperfect documents workable with amendments. It likens Washington’s stance to support for amending the League of Nations, challenging Harding and the League wreckers who demand perfection before adoption. It cites his letters to Randolph Knox Armstrong about amendments and shared sacrifice.
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Enator Harding
League
Wreckers
United States
Harding
George Washington
Edmund Randolph
Henry Knox
Tam
America
John Armstrong
League of Nations
Washington
Jitney Ordinance Sparks Driver Threats and Calls for Reason
The Common Council’s jitney ordinance is criticized as lacking candor and not reflecting an agreed remedy. Jitney drivers threaten to withdraw service, while Bus Association officers urge calm to allow public input. The piece urges restrained action over striking, citing President Storrs and prudent conduct.
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Common Council
Committee of Investigation
Bus Association
Connecticut Company
Storrs
Broom Corn Are World Wide Sweepers Worth 300 Million
The article notes that America supplies most broom material with broom corn, stating this year's crop could be worth 300 million dollars. It hints at ongoing discussion or continuation in the last two columns.
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America
Europe
Train Gunfire in Brooklyn Strike Sparks Police Pursuit
Nine men driving an automobile fired into a surface train near the 22d Avenue station during the Brooklyn Rapid Transit strike. The blasts from the train whistle drew motorcycle police who chased the car at high speed and captured the suspects three miles away.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
22D Avenue
Wade Slayer Case: Coroner Details Missing Evidence
The coroner reports that Elwood B. Wade, charged with murder in the George E. Nott death, remains linked to missing clothing and a pipe. Investigations focus on a swamp hiding place and the Dewey street cemetery find, with an X ray confirming a lead pellet injury to Nott’s head.
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Johnston
Elwood B. Wade
George E. Noit
Judson Avenue
Easton
Dewey Street
Wade
Nott
Maine Couple Held on Deser tion Charges in Augusta
Annie Titbits of 918 Arc hic Street and John Bradstreet of Main Street were arrested by local police in Maine and held on $500 bonds. Officials say they are wanted in Augusta for desertion and are believed to be married. Landru, the French Bluebeard, declined to comment on expert findings and asked to review documents. A traveling Chinese clerk misheard a question about trains, offering a comic exchange about timing.
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Augusta
Annie Titbits
Archic Street
John Bradstreet
Main Street
Maine
Landru
Bluebeard
Tremors Hit Tuscany Violent Earthquake Kills Dozens
Rome reports a powerful earthquake northeast of Florence causes extensive damage across Etrurian coast and Apennines. Fivizzano with 17 000 residents suffers heavy destruction, Viareggio and Castel Franco report damaged churches, Villafranca and Viseto destroyed, hundreds feared dead, King Victor Emmanuel visits Pisa to view affected zones.
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Fivizzano
Carrara
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Monti
Viareggio
Paul
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Lucca
Gagiana
Limestre
Villafranca
Viseto
Massa
King Vicits
Pisa
Italy
King Victor Emmanuel
Tuscany
Governor Cox Tours Montana on Western Campaign
Gov Cox arrived in Montana on a western campaign swing from Minot North Dakota. He planned to speak this afternoon in Havre and later tonight in Great Falls as he began his tour in the state.
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Havre
Montana
Cox
Far West
Minot
N. D
Great Falls
Mont
Three Dead From Stolen Drinks At Edgewood Arsenal
The death toll among Edgewood Arsenal civilian employees rose to six after Nelson Lucius of Rochester, N Y, died from poisoned alcohol. Two others are seriously ill. An inquest found poisoning by wood or denatured alcohol. Authorities note thefts of industrial liquor prompting an inquiry.
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Baltimore
Sept
Edgewood Arsenal
Nelson Lucius
Rochester
Common Pleas Adjourns Two Weeks
Judge John J. Walsh presided over a short session of the Common Pleas Court criminal side and adjourned until Sept. 21 at 10 o clock after disposing of three minor cases. Sentences included Anna Morrell of Stamford fined 100 dollars and three months in jail with the jail term suspended, Mark Lacerenza of Stamford continued for three months, and Martin Gulick of this city placed in the care of a probation officer for taking an automobile without leave. Jurors were drawn but not summoned, with lists from Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford, and surrounding towns.
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John J. Walsh
Norwalk
Common Pleas Court
Anna Morrell
Stamford
Mark Lacerenza
Martin Gulick
Bridgeport
James
Isaac Turney
Fairfield
Hanford W. Lyon
Harold Neal
Greenwich
Henry H. Adams
Ferdinand Creamer
Newtown
John W. Behn
E. J. Miller
Frederick Lander
William J. McHugh
Redding
Rufus A. Lyon
Zalman Read
Ridgefield
James H. Smith
Wallace Taylor
Frederick G. Mather
Horace Miller
Stratford
Joseph Aallard
Henry Cook
Trumbull
Daniel Brewster
Arthur S Burr
Westport
Henry W. Coley
Robert H. Coley
Benisky struck by 100 pound iron bar at Bridgeport Mills
Stephen Benisky of 660 Hallett Street was struck by a 100 pound iron bar at work at Bridgeport Rolling Mills about 9 last night. He suffered a dislocated right hip and was taken to Bridgeport Hospital by emergency ambulance.
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Bridgeport
Stephen Benisky
Hallett Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Negro Baptists Convene In Fortieth National Meeting
Columbus Sept 8 Hundreds of delegates gathered for the opening session of the fortieth annual convention of the Negro National Baptist Church. Officials estimate about 10 000 attendees by the close of the convention next Monday. Caligula's St Leger Result Doncaster Eng 8 The St Leger stakes of pounds for here today was won by an outsider Caligula owned by F C Goculdas quoted in this morning's betting at 25 to 1.
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Columbus
Negro National Baptist Church
Caligula
Doncaster
Eng
F. C. Goculdas
Sergeant Al Goulden’s son plays xylophony with Sousa band
Sergeant Al Goulden of the Fourth Precinct returned from Philadelphia where he heard his son Howard perform with the Sousa band before a Labor Day crowd of 60,000. The son is regarded as an artist on the xylophony in They Land.
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Sergeant al Goulden
Fourth Precinct
Philadelphia
Howard
Sousa Band
Harvesters From South Bring Broom Corn Boom
Illinois leads broom corn production with large yields as nomadic harvesters cut two acres daily using skilled knife work. A broom costs more now, from a quarter to a dollar, with farmers getting four times previous earnings. Kansas Texas Colorado and Oklahoma follow Illinois as major broom corn states totaling about 300000 acres.
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Illinois
Kansas
Texas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Glossary of air terms proposed by Royal Aeronautical Society
The Royal Aeronautical Society of England proposes a precise glossary of air terms to Geneva’s International Air Convention for official adoption. It notes air travel’s rapid growth and the need for clear language amid slang terms used since the first reports of flight.
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Royal Aeronautical Society of England
International Air
Geneva
Schools Open for New Year In Franklin and Lincoln
Franklin and Lincoln schools opened amid a slight rise in enrollment. Health officials described a whooping cough surge peaking and easing, with 17 Child Hygiene nurses conducting initial physicals and isolating infected children as needed to prevent spread.
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Franklin School
Lincoln School
Board of Health
William H. Coon
Walsh in Lead at Hartford
Delegates discuss first ballot choices among Brooks Hank Hall and Stoeckel with Stoeckel gaining momentum as New Haven County delegates rally to him. Mayor Wilson forecasts 200 votes on first ballot as Hartford convention opens with Senator McLean delivering the opening address. Adjournment set for tomorrow morning for nominations of presidential electors US senator and state officers.
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Brooks
Torrington
Hank Hall
Wallingford
Stoeckel
New Haven County
Times
Wilson
George P. McLean
United States
Doctor Vaccinates Thirty School Children at Welfare Building
Dr. B. J. Burns of the Emergency hospital staff vaccinated more than twenty children at the Welfare Building as families brought them in for the new school term. Children ranged from 6 to 14 years old.
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B. J. Burns
Obituary of Michael J Murphy Bridgeport Officer
The funeral of Michael J Murphy of the Bridgeport police force was largely attended this morning from his late home on Jones avenue at 2:30 and at 9 from St Augustine's church where Rev Father Donahue celebrated a mass. The church choir sang during the service with Miss Mae Flahery performing Ave Maria and Face to Face. Pallbearers were Frederick Barrett Edward Daley Charles Fitzgerald Morris Walsh Patrick O Leary Hugh Hoffman. Burial was at St Michael's cemetery.
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Michael J. Murphy
Bridgeport
Jones Avenue
St. Augustine's Church
Father Donahue
Schmidt
Edward Daley
Charles Fitzgerald
Morris Walsh
Patrick O'Leary
Hugh Hoffman
St Michael's Cemetery
Fifty Years Ago Local News From the Farmer
Seaside Park access opens via Myrne avenue and a fire company officers' election fills vacancies. Edward J. Taylor sends Bartlett pears. T. E. F. U. S. C.'s baseball defeats Osceolas 27 to 2 at Seastle Park with a notable home run by J. Gesrity. Bridgeport boys prize goes to M. Ward. H. Leach umpired. Visit to Mr Hincks's fruit garden yields pleasure. Dan Bryant's minstrels to perform Shoo Fly at Franklin Hall. Milford funeral notice for Joseph Bouncil. Help wanted ads, a dog reward, and National Cash Registers ads included.
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Osceolas
Stratford
Seastle Park
J. Gesrity
M. Ward
Bridgeport
H. Leach
Americans
Notice of settlement demand by Farmer Publishing Co
The Farmer Publishing Co. sold its business to Times Publishing Co. All sums due before February 1 must be paid before October 1 to close offices. Unpaid amounts before October 1 will be turned to an attorney for collection.
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Farmer Publishing Co
The
Times Publishing Co
Farmer
Farmer Publishing CO. A
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