Tar Oil Fire devastates Cliff Street area and vehicle spreader
A fiery blaze on Cliff Street destroyed 300 gallons of tar oil and badly damaged a motorized tar spreader. Firefighters extinguished the flames in about 30 minutes, with thick black smoke seen across the borough. Residents rushed vehicles away as officers fought to contain the damage and prevent spread to nearby homes and telegraph poles. Continuous water and chemical application limited expansion while crews prepared to move equipment to a state highway yard for repairs.
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Cliff Street
Tysderick Street
Air View Avenue
Firamen and
James Brazil
Chrtiss Street
Oif
Bert Rathburn
Box 45
Gift
Walnut Streets
Connecticut State Highway Department
Fleury Schildgen, Jr
Whittemore
State Highway Department
Webster Blockk
Parley Fails to Avert Coal Strike Threat Near Blow Up
In Atlantic City Minnesota operators and miners near a blow up as subcontracts prepare for an executive session late today to avert a strike when the present contract ends August 32. Union leaders and operators doubt negotiations will yield results. Samuel Warriner rejects wage increases and objections to the check off while urging lower wages to match competition from oil gas electric power and bituminous coal.
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Atlantic City
Samuel DD. Warriner
Warriner
Consuelo Vanderbilt Engaged to Bartholomew Smith
New York July 10 Consuelo Vanderbilt daughter of W K Vanderbilt 2nd will become Mrs Smith. The heiress once linked to Crown Prince Carol of Rumania is engaged to Bar1 Smith son of Sidney Smith. An official announcement is expected after Muriel Vanderbilt marries Frederic Cameron Church Jr in Newport on July 25.
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New York
Conseulo Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt
Smith
Marie of
Rumania
Carol of
Bar! Smith
Sidney Smith
Gonseula
Muriel
Newport
Rederic Cameron Church, Jr
Consuela
Warl
Harl
Cemetery Addition Donated to Jews in Shelton Derby
Derby July 19 The Congregation Sons of Israel of Derby and Shelton received a land tract south of Riverside cemetery Shelton donated by fifteen Jewish businessmen from both cities for use as a burial ground. The Or ange Island cemetery was previously the only local Jewish burial site. The new Shelton site was bought from Robert Griswold of Weihersfeld for about 2400 dollars.
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Derby
Congregation Sons of Israel of
Shelton
Riverside Cemetery
Orange
Ansonia
Robert §. Griswold
Weihersfeld
Chinese Junk Safe At Bermuda Voyage Favored by Crew
Stratford reports bon voyage and delivery of a message from Stratford to Bermuda’s colonial secretary by Captain H Leroy Lewis and crew of the Chinese junk Rnmoy. The boat, first of its kind in these waters, sailed June 28 from Stratford bearing goodwill, weather rough but fast, red sails full, crew including Harvey Burr Fred Nilson J A Holmberg Bert Hastings Benjamin Whiting Winthrop Smith Newton Hawkins. They plan to cruise locally before returning.
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Stratford
Ofermuda
Leroy Lewis
Rnmoy
Bermuda
Fun Seelkers
Montauk Point
Captain Lewis
Harvey E. Burr
Alfred Nilson
J. A. Holmberg
Bért Hastings
Benjamin Whiting
Winthrop Smith
Newton S. Hawkins
Flyers Third Accident Costs the Lives of Two
Syracuse July 10 widespread public demand for federal regulation of aviation followed a fatal crash last night when an airplane operated by George Craft of Syracuse rolled near Amboy and burst into flames killing pilot George Craft and passenger Clarence Lloyd Bilkins. It was Craft s third accident in two years and part of a series near this vicinity.
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Syracuse
N.Y
George Craft
Amboy
Clarence Lloyd Bilekins
Craft
Bhut
Hijackers Fail In Rush For Rum Car
Syracuse deputies swear in as guards at Day and Night Garage and mount an armed vigil from midnight to dawn as 26 to 80 hijackers patrol Madison Street threatening to seize three confiscated signer cars and their loads stored there.
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Syracuse
Madison Street
President Coolidge Nears Socks Lost in Ocean
Swampscott mass July 10 president Coolidge will receive a new pair of socks knit by Mrs Coolidge in blue and grey. She almost dropped the yarn into the water when boarding the Mayflower Everett Saunders saved the day by reaching into the water to recover the half finished hose from the gankplank support.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Naugatuck Man Attends Elks Convention in Portland
Alfred Ashmore, past exalted ruler of Naugatuck lodge No. 67, travels to Portland to represent his lodge at the sixty first Grand Lodge reunion. The five day event opens next Monday and runs to July 18 with a parade likely a state holiday and numerous trains bearing Elks from across the United States.
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Alfred Ashmore
Naugatuck Lodge
B. P
Portland
Oregon
Grand Lodge
John G. Price
Columbus
United States
Walter M. Pierce
Movie Industry Wages War On New State Tax
In New Haven, July 10, after a brief hearing before three federal judges, counsel for Connecticut and the U S movie industry were given ten days to file briefs on the plea for an injunction to stop the state from collecting a recently imposed tax on alms. The judges granted a suspension of tax collection until the case is decided. The delay was not opposed by state representatives and was requested by George W. Wickersham.
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New Haven
Connecticut
United States
George W. Wickersham
The
Stratford Seeks 45000 Dollar Short Term Loan
Stratford plans a 45000 dollar short term note loan to cover current expenses until tax money is collected. Town Manager Hunter and Council Chairman Donald Sammis are authorized to negotiate the loan in the town's name, part of a 400000 dollar authorization approved last October.
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Stratford
Hunter
Donald Sammis
Stamford Man In Critical Condition After Accident
Llewellyn Godfrey a 23 year old Yale and Towne employee from Stamford is in critical condition in Rochester New York after an accident while driving. He was vacationing at Avon New York with his mother when injured, a telegram to his father reports.
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Norwalk
Llewellyn Godfrey
Tasino Avenue
Yale and Towne Company
Stamford
Rochester
N. Y
Godfrey
Avon, N. Y
Alfred H Dunham Died After Auto Crash In Seattle
Hast Hampton July 10 Alfred H Dunham 73 formerly a local teacher died in Seattle from automobile accident injuries. He left town in 1898 to seek Klondike gold, later ran a Nome Alaska drug store and lectured on natural history in the east.
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Hast Hampton
Alfred H. Dunham
Seattle
Frederick H. Dunham
Mr. Dunham
Nome
Alaska
Scopes Re Indicted In Tennessee Evolution Trial
Scopes, a 24 year old high school professor, was re indicted by Tennessee on charges of violating the state anti evolution law. The case, described as a legal battle of the century, began this morning in Dayton Tennessee.
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Scopes
Court Room
Dayton
Tenn
Bandits Strike Boston Trust Co. Car in Cambridge Heist
Three bandits fired on the driver and guard of an American Trust Co. collection car in Cambridge Massachusetts on July 16. They stole the money and sped away in a waiting car, leaving police seeking suspects and details of the bold daylight robbery.
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Cambridge
Mass
American Trust Co
Boston
Deaths At Rumson N J Mystery Center
Rumson, N J July 10 A mysterious double shooting suicide was uncovered this morning with the bodies of Detective Sergeant Henry Walling and an unidentified woman found in the front seat of an automobile on Ward avenue. Both had been shot through the heart and died instantly. The woman was later identified as Miss May Linzmayer, 19, a graduate nurse of Monmouth Memorial hospital, in the car belonging to young Watling, who was 26.
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Rumson
N. J
Henry Walling
Ward Avenue
May Linzmayer
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Young Watling
Freight ship Beal wrecked after East River collision
The 8600 ton freighter Thomas B Beal carrying lumber to the West Coast struck a reef in the East River and began taking on water. With a crew of sixty, twelve thousand dollars worth of fuel floated on the surface, posing a navigation danger. The vessel careened near a dynamite laden barge used by government engineers to blast the reef.
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New York
Thomas B. Beal
West Coast
East River
Current events course offered at Congregational House
Arrangements for six current events courses by Miss Eunice N Avery under Parish House association at the Congregational Parish House on October 5 12 November 2 January 4 February 1 and March 29. Course tickets cost $2 and single admission 50 cents. Past courses have been successful and organizers hope for strong turnout next fall and winter.
Fenders Damaged in Morning Bridge Collision
A Rickenbacker sedan driven by Henry Potmar of Waterbury sustained a dented left rear fender after a crash on Whittemore Memorial bridge involving a doughnut delivery truck driven by Albert Hoadley of Waterbury. Authorities reported minor damage and no serious injuries.
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Henry Potmar
Waterbury
Whittemore Memorial Bridge
Albert? Hoadley
P i Waterbury
Rubber goods makers curtail output to cut rubber costs
American Rubber Association action in New York aims to reduce crude rubber demand by limiting rubber product production. Abolition of odd sized tires and ending winter spring dating expected to ease demand, with prices up about 40 to 60 percent since last spring and crude rubber around 97 cents a pound.
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New York
American Rubber Association
Rubber Regenerating Company
Naugatuck
Great Britain
Tire Manufacturers’ Division
Association
Monkey Case Opens With Little Early Action
Dayton Tenn July 10 The long awaited Scopes trial opened amid global attention in the court house as defense counsel moved to quash the indictment on constitutional grounds claiming lack of jurisdiction and failure to specify the offense, signaling an initial phase of legal fencing between science and religion.
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Court House
Scopes
Driver Convicted After Denying Liquor Influence
Westport July 10 Charles E K Hanna of 62 Yale Street Bridgeport bond salesman was arraigned on operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor and drugs He denied the charge claimed quinine made him ill Hanna was fined 100 and costs and appeals bond 150 He was arrested June 25 by State Policeman Perry Griffin who testified Hanna drank a four ounce glass of wine Police testified Hanna admitted to drinking a glass of wine and several officers said they considered him under the influence at the Barracks
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Westport
Charles Ek, Hanna
Yale Street
Bridgeport
Hanna
Richard Swain
Perry Griffin
Griffin
Walter Lyneham
Willam Silk
James Finnegan
William Jennings Bryan Jr Plays Silent Contrast At Dayton
In Dayton Tennessee on July 10 William Jennings Bryan Jr son of the famed orator sat quietly among newspapermen while evolution and the Bryan trial sparked discussion in a Pullman smoker. The elder Bryan later greeted him warmly at the depot calling him Willie and blessing him. The 38 year old Los Angeles lawyer with three daughters is described as a sportsman hunter and fisherman and noted for his quiet, diffident demeanor.
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Dayton, Tenn
America
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Chattanooga
Dayton
Bryan
Willie
Los Angeles
Two Hurt in Auto Crash at Norwalk
Norwalk July 10 Joseph Brenner 22 of Corona NY was taken to Norwalk hospital after his car skidded on wet pavement and slammed into a fence on the Norwalk New Canaan road. Doctors say he is in critical condition. Robert Solomon 28, a passenger, has severe lacerations but is expected to leave the hospital soon.
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Norwalk
Joseph Brenner
Corona
N. Y
Norwalk Hospital
New “Inaan
Robert Solomon
Brenner
Escape When Car OvertURNS Near New Fairfield Tragedy
New Fairfield July 10 A rath er serious accident occurred on the Neversink road when Samuel Schneider of Brooklyn with two adults and five children turned over in a car four times after leaving the road Returning to Brooklyn from the Singer farm in New Fairfield also in the car were Arthur Morris Isa dore Schneider and Wyman Bushlovitz of Brooklyn Mr and Mrs Abraham Singer and two children at Danbury When near the bungalow of the late D Frank Stearns the car struck a stone throwing the steering gear from the driver and causing loss of control
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New Fairfield
Neversink
Samuel Schneider
Brooklyn
Schneider
Singer Farm
Arthur Morris
Isadore Schneider
Wyman Bushlowitz
Abaham Singer
Danbury
D. Frank Stearns
Metal bucket triggers death at Bridgeport plant
Bridgeport July 10 A metal buckle on suspenders struck an electric switch at Bullard Machine Tool Co causing burns that killed John Baker AR of Paisleyfield. Coroner John H. Phelan investigates. Baker was a plant sweeper. The item blends with a distant earthquake note and a separate Greenville Tennessee report about Jesse Duncan, a Slayer, age unknown.
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Bridgeport
Bullard Machine Tool Co
John Bake
Paisrfield
Vaubuulsy
John H. Phelan
Baker
122 Degrees at Anatolia Heat Wave Report
Anatolia across the Straits from Constantinople faced a scorching heat wave with thermometers rising to 122 degrees. The record temperature highlights extreme heat affecting the Asia Minor peninsula and nearby areas on July 10.
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Anatolia
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Straits
Claims rise over icy sidewalks in Bridgeport session
Bridgeport claims committee heard cases from January 11 on icy sidewalks. Frank Loperci slipped on Grand Street near Main Street, fracturing his wrist and seeking 35 dollars for doctor fees. George Humphrey sought 114.50 dollars for his wife who injured her head after a fall, covering medical bills and lost wages.
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Bridgeport
Claims Committee
City Find Council
Frank Loperci
Grand Street
Main Street
Martin I. Horn
George Humphrey
Hancock Avenue
Maple
Humphrey
Police Scurry As Animals Saunter About On Rampages
Stratford on July 10 faced a strange animal scare as horses roamed near Holy Name church grounds without supervision. Patrolman Nichols directed responses while Michael Bapko reported a cow tied in a vacant lot, later found held for 25 dollars by Ralph De Pasqua as police checked whether the bovine reached the De Pasqua garden.
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Stratford
Stratford Animal Kingdom
Michael J. Carnicke
Holy Name Church
Stratford Avenue
William Nichols
Michael Bapko
Harry Bapko
Ralph de Pasqua
de Pasqua
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