New York Builders Face $1 Billion Tie Up in Dispute
A nationwide threat of a $1 billion stop in building work flares as bricklayers and plasterers refuse arbitration over jurisdiction. No wage or hour disputes exist, but union factions have frozen projects across the country, jeopardizing 1925 1926 activity. Local efforts to resolve the rift aim to restart delayed construction.
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New York
Ives
Vyrisis
Bricklayers Union
Liador Davis
Davis
Coolidge
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Stott
Plasterers
Florida
Bridklayer
Uunder s+ wimion
Plasters In
Morida
Dricklayers Union
Dricklayers
Milford Boy Killed Aboard U S Warship Colorado
Milford telegrams report Daniel T Nolan was killed accidentally aboard the U S Colorado while his younger brother James Edward Nolan was aboard the same ship. Daniel, born on Gull Street, enlisted in January 1938 and his father Patrick Nolan recently moved to Bridgeport. Details were limited by the captain until further instructions. In Madrid General Primo de Rivera was ill with gastric enteritis and a directory meeting was postponed due to his illness.
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Milford
Annie
Betle Nolan
Gulf Street
Daniel T. Nolan
U.S
Colorado
James Dward Nolan
Paniel Nolan
Gull Street
Navy
New Fayen
Patrici Nolan
Bridgeport
Capiiia
Ge. de Rivers
Madriid
Prima de Rivera
Legal Battle Of Century In Monkey Case
The so called legal battle of the century unfolds in Tennessee over the Scopes trial with local counsel and arriving defense reinforcements from the north. Clarence Darrow Dudley Field Malone and Arthur Garfield Hayes come to aid as they attack the law as unconstitutional for denying science and freedom of thought and worship.
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Dayton
Tenn. Daly
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Clarence Barrow
Dudley Tield Malone
Arthur Garfield Hayes
Oherisu
Chautauqua Planned In Nauguatuck Next November
Arrangements for the Swarthmore Chautauqua festival are under way with dates set for November 12 13 and 14 in Naugatuck likely at the Naugatuck High School auditorium. Guarantors include Mrs W B Abel A Ackerman Albert Adkins T W Ahern Arvid J Anderson and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naugatuck
Naugatuck High School
Charles W. Houseknecht
John J Huff
George H. Hurst
A. D. Hyde
J. William Johnson
Kathryn E. Kamerzgel
Nellie D. Kiernan
Samuel J. Kierman
David Larson
A. F. Lewis
John Lenners
Cecil Tw, Matson
J. V. Matson
Margaret B. McAvoy
Atty. John Iy
McDonough
K. Maude Smith
Mattie P. Squires
G. Stromberg
J. M. Sutherland
W. Swenston
Carl W. Thompson
J. Robert Thompson
Samuel A. Thompson
Mrs
Robert Worrell
Pickwick Club Disaster Death Toll Rises
Boston Massachusetts July 9 death claims another victim of the Pickwick Night Club fire. Max Murray 23 Roxbury died of internal injuries at City hospital becoming the 44th death. Rita Carlson 20 Game Bridge was near death while seventeen others were reported out of danger. A superior court session waited for the grand jury to hear remaining witnesses.
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Boston
Magss
Max Murray
Roxbury
City Hospital
Rita Carlson
Superior Court
Srand
Witto
Fix
Death of Baroness Helen Zur Muehlen Investigated
New York officials say no one is held responsible for the death of 28 year old Baroness Helen Zur Muehlen who fell from an open seventh floor hotel window after a party. District Attorney Joab H Banton announced the investigation and stated no crime was committed. The Baroness, daughter of J W Carruthers a former San Antonio businessman, was killed at the Rita Carleton hotel. Her husband is a Loh banker with Dutch East Indies ties. Her mother Mrs Exytelle Carruthers lives in New York. her father died five years ago.
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New York
Helen Zur Muehten
Joab H. Banton
J. W. Cartruthers
San Antonio
Texas
Rita-Carleton
Helen
Dutch East Indies
Exytelle Carruthers
Burglars Attempt Safe Break-In At Union City Coal Office
Burglars drilled into the Union City Coal company office safe on Bridge Street overnight or early today but aborted after making a quarter inch hole. Patrolman John Addison found the rear window open and access traced to the railroad sidetrack. Police suspect nitroglycerine was intended to blow the safe but the burglars fled before finishing. Investigations target potential identities of the would-be safe-blowers amid rumors of rising coal orders.
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Naugatuck
New York
New Haven
John Adamson
Coal Company
Christy Mathewson Stricken By Tuberculosis In Trudeau
Saranac Lake July 9 reports from Dr J N Packard say Christy Mathewson the famous pitcher is very sick at his home in Trudeau with a fever. The condition is a recurrence of the tuberculosis contracted during World War I while he served in the United States forces.
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Saranac Lake
Christy Mathewson
Trudeau
J. N. Packard
Packard
Mathewson
United States
Hartford Battery Co files voluntary bankruptcy petition
New Haven July 9 A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed with the clerk of the United States district court by the Pope Battery Co Hartford claiming liabilities of 1929 and assets of 1000. Wally Pipp, veteran infielder, improving after a slight brain concussion as of July in New York and likely to be released from hospital soon.
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New Haven
United States District Court
Pope Battery Co
Hartford
Wally Pipp
New York
St. Vincent's Hospital
Saitiege
Newbaton
Life without love ends in tragic suicide attempt
Frances Weltschlak, a gifted Palis pir and Warsaw college graduate, faced barren love and failed suicide attempts. She swallowed poison ten days earlier, inhaled gas last Saturday, then again ingested iodine and leaped from a fifth floor on 36th street. She died at Belle Vue hospital. A note among her effects described a love affair with a young Polish man who came with her at nineteen.
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New York
Frances Weltschlak
Palis Pir
Warsaw College
36Th Street
Bellevue Hospital
Poland
Night air mail boosts local use in town
Local patrons of the Naugatuck post office are told of a new night air mail route between New York and Chicago inaugurated July 1. The service costs 10 cents per ounce up to 50 pounds, prepaid and plainly endorsed via night air mail. Posts must be in by 1 15 p.m. to connect with the night plane departing New Brunswick at 9 30 p.m. and arriving in Chicago next morning.
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Naugatuck
New York
Chicago
New Brunswick
N. J
Transcontinental Air Service
Flying Field
Long Island
Cheyenne
Wyoming
San Francisco
Germany and Russia Near Break Over German Ultimatum
Moscow reports that Soviet actions against Germany worsen frayed ties as Germany presses for stay of execution for students Kinderman and Welch. Ambassador Brockdorff asked for clemency and German Foreign Minister Tchitcherin was urged to quash the death sentences.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany
Kinderman and Welch
Brockdorff
Tchitcherin
Reckless Driver Jailed in Greenwich Case
Edward Sudell, 21, of Prospect Street, pleaded guilty to four motor vehicle violations in Greenwich borough court. He was fined 160 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail for a hit and run on the Boston Post Road that damaged a York Pennsylvania resident George Pifer's touring car. Sudell was later identified by a truck sign while driving without permission and arrested by Officer Herbert Bryson.
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Greenwich
Edward Sudell
Prospect Street
Sutdell
Boston Post Road
George Pifer
Springdale Avenue
York
Penn
Pifer
Sudell
Coolidge Tour for News Men Heads to Marblehead Harbor
President Coolidge today took Washington newspaper correspondents on a sight seeing cruise aboard the Mayflower, marking a second Coolidge tour after a Middlesex County motor trip. The voyage touched Marblehead, Boston harbor, and the Charles town navy yard, with plans to highlight historical seaside spots and fortifications if time allows.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Washington
White House
Middlesex County
Marbleheads Horts
Boston Harbor
Navy Yard
Charlestown
Boston Light
Charleston
Boston
State Bureaus Secured 3,376 Jobs in June
In June four thousand seven hundred fourteen applicants sought work at five state free employment bureaus and 3,376 found jobs. Hartford handled 1,253 applicants with 873 placed, New Haven 896 with 822 placed, Bridgeport 1,121 with 926 placed, Waterbury 1,106 including 535 placements, and Norwich 338 with 189 placements. Overall 70.6 percent of male and 74.5 percent of female applicants secured jobs, against May figures.
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Hartford
Free Employment
State Commissioner of Labor
New Haven
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Norwich
New Haven Caucus Injunction Dissolved
Judge John R Booth of the Superior Court dissolves an injunction that barred the Republican town committee from holding a caucus in the 27th ward. The Ullman Blakeslee faction now can proceed, while the Roraback wing awaits a copy of the ruling. The case likely shifts to another court angle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
John R. Booth
Superior Court
L. J. Nickerson
Roraback
Repubeam
Booth
Danbury
Bronson Named State Field Agent for Forest and Wildlife
Winsted July 9 J D Bronson of Litchfield County Fire Warden has been appointed field agent for the newly created commission of forest and wildlife by Frederick Walcott president. The appointment effective July 1 is subject to ratification by the state board of control. Rule on alcohol permits: Washington July 9 industrial alcohol permits will be issued by prohibition administrators under General u C G Ans
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Winsted
J. D. Bronson
Litchfield’ County
Field
Washington
General U, ‘Cg. Ans
Residents complain of wrong and missing street numbers
Many homes in the borough bear incorrect numbers or none at all, while new houses on either side carry conflicting addresses. Letter carriers urge renumbering and proper street naming to ensure efficient mail delivery and location. The article stresses logical numbering for houses and streets amid growth and evolving utilities.
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Post Office Department
Naugatuck
United States Holds Off Pressure on China Conference
In London on July 9 the United States said it sought no immediate conference to abolish extra territorial rights in China. It noted Britain and Japan were exchanging notes on policy, with William Perkins of the state department in London reportedly satisfied with British policy and not expecting divergence with U S action in China. Perkins declined to speak, but his views were understood.
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Britain
Japan
London
United States
China
Great Britain
William Perkins
State Department Atl
Chana
Perkins
New Rochelle Motorist Pays for Being Noisy
Mathew Cecil of New Rochelle N C was taken into custody on South Main street by Chief William T. Morris for breach of the peace after talking and laughing loudly with two young women. He posted a $15 bond, but failed to appear when the borough court opened and the bond was forfeited.
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Mathew Cecil
New Rochelle
Connecticut
South Main Street
William T. Morris
New Yorker
Cecil
New York
Pleasure Boat Under Fire as Liquor Runner
Commodore Richardson aboard the 75-foot Arabella of the Toledo Yacht Club escaped unscathed after a Lake Ontario border patrol mistook the vessel for a rum runner. The Coast Guard chaser fired sixteen shots, Arabella sought refuge at Olcott Beach, and the patrol apologized after finding no contraband aboard. Richardson was en route from a Thousand Islands convention. In Cleveland, Charley Rosenberg retained the bantamweight title only because no decision was rendered in his bout with Pete Sarmiento. observers deemed Sarmiento the stronger fighter across ten rounds.
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Buffalo
Commodore Richardson
Toledo Yacht Club
Charlotte
N. Y
Lake Ontario Coast Guard
Olcott Beach
Richardson
Thousand Islands
Toledo
Rosenberg
Cleveland
Ohio
Charley Rosenberg
New York
Pete Sarmiento
Philippines
Sarmiento
Three Men and Boys Hurt in Auto Crashes
In New Haven on July 9 three Wattbury residents Henry Orsine 21 watchmaker Philip LeonardI 22 watchmaker and Alfred Tasta 21 tailor were hospitalized with lacerations and shock after their Orange Center road touring car overturned likely due to a sharp turn or wet road. Two boys also injured when struck by automobiles at Spring Cedar streets. George Broderson 11 fractured clavicle treated at New Haven hospital.
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New Haven
Orange Center
Orange
Wattbury
Grace Hospital
Henry Orsine
Walnut Street
Philip Leonardi
Bishop Street
Alfred Tasta
Tigh Street
John Mariconda
Rosette Street
Spring
Cedar Streets
George Broderson
Miller Broderson
Arch Street
New Haven Hospital
Great Britain Rejects Proposal for African Coast Blockade
London July 9 British foreign minister Austen Chamberlain refused a Spanish request for cooperation on a blockade of the African coast. He stated Britain would not participate, risking diplomatic friction with Spain over allied war aims.
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Great Britain
African
London
Spain
Austen Chamberlain
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Scopes
Pickwick Club
Inone
Ritz-Carleton
Union City Coal Company
Hartford Concern
Naugtuck
Geman
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Waterbury Employment Bureau
Norwich Reports
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