Attempted To Run Whiskey Blockade Off Jersey Coast
The coast guard cutter Manhattan intercepted a whiskey smugglers’ transfer off New York harbor at 10:10 PM. The Norwegian steamer Bru was transferring cases of alcohol to a speed boat when gunfire briefly erupted as the Manhattan closed in during a two hour patrol.
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New York Harbor
Paul R. Afallon
United Pres
REVENUE
MANHATTAN
JERSEY COAST
coast guard
rumfleet
Bru
Jealous husband fakes note threat aims to scare wife
Russell Boice of North street left a scrawled note saying he had killed himself to frighten his wife after an argument. Irving Decker found the note under a bedroom door at 6745 o’clock. Boice was detained but later released after police intervened.
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Russell
Irving L Decker
North street
Russell Bolee
Bolce
Irving Decker
H. L. Wood
G. S. Ludlum
Boice
Boiece
Boiee
Weiss couple face trial in county liquor case
June 20 in County Court Judge Ans Wiggins heard charges against Charles and Rosé Weiss of Walden for possessing intoxicating liquor in violation of the Mullen-Gage act. County Detective L D Hutchins testified. Merrit Lozier said the Weiss samples contained 50 percent alcohol. Also slated for trial was Sarah Hawks of Maybrook on prior arrests for alleged liquor possession.
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NEWBURGH
Charles
Rosé Weiss
Weiss
Sarah Hawks
Maybrook
Court frees a tuxedo teacher in grand larceny case
Miss Harriet Russell, 37, of 3706 Tyer Avenue, the Bron, was discharged yesterday by Justice Morris Koenig with a suspended sentence for grand larceny. She had been accused of impersonating wealthy Tuxedo Park mothers to obtain goods from New York stores and was described as a pathological liar.
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Harriet Russell
Tyer avenut
Bron
New York
Tuxedo Park
Morris Koenig
General Lesson
Miss Russell
Koenig
Wiss Russell
sveral colleges
Day Nursery Association Reports Growth and Support
At Thrall Library the Day Nursery Association chair Vir Anna Brown announced 500 children cared for in the past month. Members praise public response to a baby walker appeal and note five new members admitted. donations include an American Flag from the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion and a $10 gift from the Camp Fire girls of the First Presbyterian Church.
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Day Nursery Association
Thrall Library
Anna Brown
Women’s Auxiliary of
the
American Legion
Chiakong Camp
First Presbyterian Church
Mahon Reelected Fire Chief by Wide Margin
Thomas Mahon was re elected chief of the Mid getown Fire Department for the past year with 130 votes out of 43 percent of ballots. First Assistant Chief A B Vail topped with 1131 votes and Second Assistant W M Seeley received 120 votes.
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Thomas Mahon
Midgetown Fire Department
Charles “Chick” Higham
A. B. Vail
W. M. Seeley
Howard Harford
Benjamin Alexander
decen
Yeves
H. Bo
Keakir
galderman
Francis S. Truex
Amos Doremus
Eagles
Percy, Walkart
McQuoids
Conroy
Phoenix
Fred Vette
Waalkills
Charles Downing
Monhagens
Ontarios
B. Alexander
Kiwanians Plan Outing for Aged Ladies
Kiwanis Club plans a Wednesday automobile ride for the Old Ladies Home residents from Middletown through Bloomingburg and Wurtsboro to Cuddebackville with lunch. meeting at Mitchell Inn precedes departure. George J. Dieger of Newark spoke on Cooperation and a new Inter Sectional Clubs committee was formed.
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Old Ladies Home
Middletown
Bloomingburs
Wurtsboro
Cuddébackville
Kiwanis Club
Kreams Club
Mitchell Inn
Old Ladies’ Home
George J. Dieger
Newark
Kiwanis clubs
New Jersey
Roman L. Harding
John Bridght
John D. Schuiltz
Shader Ties Knot With Maud Coddington in Goshen
Charles H Shader of Goshen wed Maud V Coddington at the bride's home on West Main Street with Nev T H Richards officiating. The couple planned a honeymoon trip to Newark after the ceremony. Fifty workers at Excello Shirt Company welcomed the newlyweds as they departed.
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GOSHEN
Charles H. Shader
Maud V Coddington
West Main street
Nev T H Richards
Methodist
Jarry Barly
Newark
Excello Shirt Company
denot
Longest Day Arrives With 15 Hours of Daylight
Tomorrow, June 21, marks the summer solstice as the longest daylight day of the year with about 15 hours and minutes of sun, inviting communities to enjoy extended hours of outdoor activity.
Dying elm near Harvard amid Cambridge history
A famed elm in Cambridge near Harvard University, once linked to George Washington commanding the army of 76, is declared beyond saving by botanist Professor Charles and expert Sargeant. The tree had been carefully nursed for years but can no longer be saved.
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CAMBRIDGE
Mss
George Washington
Charles & Sargeant
Harvard Tulversitr
Port Jervis Woman Granted Release On Larceny Charge
Dedicy King of Port Jervis was released on her own recognizance by County Judge Russell Wig Bine after being confined in the county jail since last Tuesday on a granitic larceny charge connected to passing two worthless checks for 23 dollars at the Merchants National Bank of Middletown. She will face trial in Goshen in November, with restitution expected before then. Her husband Dunnley King, a former Erie Railroad conductor, sought bond unsuccessfully. While jailed she wept almost constantly.
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GORHRS
Port
Merchants’ National Bank of Middletown
Russell Wig- Bine
Goshen
Dnndley King
Erie Railroad
Eruption Of Mt Etna Decreased In Sicily
Catania Sicily June 20 The destructive lava flow from twelve Etna craters slowed today The tiny towns were seared Castiglione station submerged and Giarre evacuated Carabiniers remain as authorities hope the worst may be over The lava crust is advancing slowly.
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CATANIA
Sicily
Etna
Sireama
yellrpad
Castiglione
Giarre
Carabiniers
miitia
Murderer unmasked as man in Chicago case
Mrs Francis Thompson, once called the smiling blue eyed girl bandit, was identified by physicians as male Richard C Teamer. Dr David J Jones and Dr Catar Zieppel disclosed the discovery after an earlier police arrest. Thompson, known on police records as Fred C Thompson, had posed as a woman for hours before the sex was confirmed.
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CHICAGO
Francis Thompson
Richard C. Teamer
David J. Jones
Catar Sieppel
Moral Court
Chipotice
Thompson
Richard “Teamer
Rezmer
gold coast
Wsteras ‘Treass
privaner
Fred C. Thompson
Frank Thompson
Frank Carrick
Newburgh Salesman Geor ge Levinson Receives Suspended Sentence
George Levinson a 22 year old salesman from Newburgh pleaded guilty in Middletown Recorder's Court to traffic law violations for obstructing a fire truck and failing to yield. Judge Howard Vs Starr granted a suspended sentence after a conference with fire department counsel. The case stemmed from an obstruction of a fire truck following a May 26 fire.
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George Levinson
Newburgh
LevinSon Produce Company
Recorder's Court
Edmund C. Faulkner
Middletown Fire Department
John Bright
Levinson
Faulkner
fire department
Howard Vs. Starr
Arc department
One Man Dead in Savannah Riots
Savannah Ga June 29 1953 riot last night left one man dead and several injured as a mob of about 2400 tried to lynch Walter Lee a black man held in the jail. A military patrol dispersed the crowd after a volley. The Day Nursery Association held a meeting to pursue incorporation as Middletown Day Nursery Association.
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SAVANNAH
vandah
Walter Lee
Sherif Merrill Dixon
G G. Parker
Lee
Amherst College appoints new president after Meiklejohn resignation
In Amherst Massachusetts on June 206 Professor Desa Daniel Olds of mathematics is named president of Amherst College succeeding Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn who resigned yesterday under pressure.
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AMHERST
Mass
Desa Daniel Olds
Amherst college
Alexander Meiklejohn
Liberty Woman Dies at Thrall Hospital
Mrs Anna Hose of Liberty died at Thrall Hospital after an emergency operation. She was brought to the hospital yesterday afternoon for surgery.
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Anna Hose
Liberty
Thrall Hospital
Mid West Reports Deaths From Heat
Ohio reports thirteen heat related deaths in 24 hours with heat wave to continue. Chicago adds five more heat fatalities bringing recent total to two dozen as temperatures hover around 90. New York records extreme humidity and heat with the mercury at 83 and forecast of continued warmth.
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Ohio
Chicago
COLUMBUS
NEW YORK
mercury
weather bureau
Bootleg And Alien Smugglers Active Health Board Banquet
Twenty six current and former Board of Health members plus two mayors gathered at the Elk's Club for the annual banquet. Leo Barnets led the event as banquet chair and received praise for the dinner and arrangements. Reminiscences recalled early board difficulties and noted many health achievements, with continued items at Page Three.
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Feenty
omeembers
Board of Health
onmierry
Elk’s Club
Boanl of Health
Leo Barnets
Boards of Health
J. L Hanmer
Stock Exchange firm Zimmerman Forshay goes into receivership
New York stock exchange announces the involuntary bankruptcy of Zimnerman and Forshay, a brokerage house. L Zimmerman and Simon J Klamenthal led the floor, with other members Louis J Rees M H Manver John Seally A C Gotenstein and David Forshay. Judge Knox appointed Gordon C Auchincloss receiver. Also notes a separate banana shipment update from Nicaragua predicting 1 900 000 stems arriving in the U S this month.
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NEW YORK
Zimnerman
U. S. District Court
Knox
Gordon C. Auchincloss
Border Patrol Proposed for Canada and Mexico Frontiers
Secretary of Labor Davis and Assistant Secretary White signaled a plan to request funding for a border patrol of about 1008 personnel to police the Canadian and Mexican borders. They outlined a nationwide patrol to curb illegal entry, aid enforcement of prohibition, and pursue smugglers, with aliens turned over to immigration inspectors in the entry district.
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WASHINGTON
United States
congress
Labor
Davis
White
Montreal
labor department
Canada
treasury department
Whi
cor isin
ieaves
Republican Wins U S Congressman Seat in Michigan District
Kalamazoo Mich June 23 Arthur 3B Williams Republican was elected United States Congressman from the third Michigan district in a special district election. Williams defeated Claude S Carer Democrat with 9 066 votes to 8 606 votes. Williams victory aligned with Harding administration record.
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KALAMAZOO
Mich
Arthur
Williams
United States
Michigan
voros
Claude S Carer
Harding
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MAUD CODDINGTON
PORT JERVIS
Wiggins
MT. ETNA
GEO. LEVINSON
Thay Nursery Association
Thomas C Rogers
the associaion
Middletown Day Nursery Association
METKLEJOHN
Liberty Woman
Mid-West
middle west
HEALTH BOARD
Elks’ Club
Cox, Lawrence
Hanmer
STOCK EXCHANGE
Nicaragua
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