Building Permits Surge as Borough Welcomes Summer
At the office of Building Inspector Beardsley, applications for permits rise with the season. A new Standard Oil gas station is planned on Pleasant View Street, while plans for a low masonry garage on Pleasant Avenue are settled amid building code issues. The record shows permits issued or pending for homes, garages, and outbuildings on Manners Avenue Deep Hollow Road North Headley Street and other local parcels, with values ranging from a few hundred to several thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Geardstay
Kitturdiard
New York
Relyesty
William Chefield
Beardsley
Pleasand Avenue
Theodore Johnson
Johnson
Herman Winters
The
United States Rubber Company
Michael Maroney
Manners Avenue
Andrew Grickus
Deep Hollow Road
Leo Kishaleski
South Water Street
Arthur Ts. Moore
Wiihurst Street
John Petyko
Neagle Street
Olof Y. Larson
North Headley Street
Widget O’shea
Kierry Street
Joseph Pichuto
South Main Street
Charles Jones
Millville
George ©. Smith
Stone
Osbornetown
Butkus
Hannah Corcoran
Fiwdlling House
Souvenirs From Many States Adorn Traveling House
Three ex service men in flannel knickers and leather puttees, with a dog named Shep, visited Naugatuck on their way to California. The group, including Avour Childs and companions Wallace and Penney, are former residents of Pittsburgh, Pa. The note continues on Page 8.
Irish Civic Guard Chief Faces Egg Barrage in New York
In New York on June 2 General Owen O'Duatairy, head of the Irish Civic Guard, reviewed the 165th Infantry when eggs were thrown by a Clan Na Gael delegation protesting the Irish Free State. The general remained unmarked and continued the review, while a plainclothes group sought those responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish Civic Guard
New York
Owen O'Duatty
165Th Infantry
Clan Na Gael
AL Pas
Duke of York Welcomes Medical Leaders at Assembly
The Duke of York opened the Interstate Post Graduate Assembly of America conference in London welcoming about five hundred American doctors. Neill Chamberlain and Ambassador Houghton spoke on wartime ties becoming permanent postwar medical comradeship. the Duke was named an honorary member of the assembly, one of two men so honored with President Coolidge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of York
Post Graduate Assembly of America
Eagland Neills Chamberlain
Houghton
Comnitter
Duke
Assembly
Coolidge
Union City Painter Horace Stauffer Dies Suddenl y
Union City resident Horace Oscar Stauffer died suddenly at his home 50 Bridge street after a noon return from painting work. Dr Wadwin Johnson, medical examiner, will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause. He leaves a wife six sons and five daughters and several brothers and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Oscar Stauffer
Union City
Bridge Street
Wadwin TW. Johnson
Naugatuck
Harry J. Stauffer
Boston
William EH. Stauffer
Stoughton
Mass
Allan L
Harold W
Clarence
Elm Stauffer
Hazel
Vialet
Elizabeth
Marion
Phelina Stauffer
Flo
Miles Stauffer
Mahoney City
Frank Stauffer
Canada
Zachary Stauffer
Two youths on trial on murder count
Montreal June 2 two young Americans Charles and Francis Aiken of Plattsburgh New York were on trial in King's Bench court charged with the murder of George Benton 41 farmer shot dead on the night of May 7 1924. The Aikens fought extradition as the case opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Quebec
George Benton
Bernard de Lacolle
Farmer
Charles and
Francis Aiken
Plattsburgh
New York
King’s Bench Court
Foreign Marines Backed To Calm Shanghai Turmoil
Shanghai report says American marines and bluejackets with Italian marines manned patrols to restore order after days of foreign-posed unrest. Peking dispatches authorized 2000 foreign troops if needed as violence rose in the foreign settlement. The second day of a general strike left twenty dead and many injured, with a Japanese constable firing on rioters after a mob attacked him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Blue Jackets
Peking
U S
Libya
Polies
Still Try to Mail Newspapers with 1 Cent Postage
Postmaster W H Brown reports that newspapers still are dropped into street boxes and in to the post office bearing one cent stamps. It costs four cents in stamps for the average paper since the recent postal rate increase. Many readers mailing News to friends out of town now mail directly from The News office to save money and gain daily service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. EH. Brown
Former Naugatuck romance faces barrier in elopement talk
Boston mass June 2 Papa Ar th ur HA Allen of Minneapolis now in Andover steps toward halting the romance of his son Arthur H Allen Jr and Dixie Harkins parachute girl from California now in a musical comedy chorus. Father calls it immediate action though elopement or marriage plans proceed against his wishes. Dixie is 18, Arthur 26. Dixie daughter of Mrs Margaret Harkins of New Haven road. Otto Stinnes Better Mexico City June Otto Stinnes son of the late German industrial leader had a night of surgery for appendicitis and was recovering today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Arthur HA. Allen
Minneapolis
Andover
Arthur H. Allen, Jr
Dixie Harkins
California
Arthur
Allen
Young Allen
Dixie
Miss Harkins
Naugatuck
Margaret, Harkins
New Haven Road
Otto Stinnes
Mexico City
Ottto Stinnes
Eleven Dead and Many Hurt in Midwest Storms
Des Moines Iowa June 2 report states eleven dead and a score injured across Chicago Cleveland Des Moines and near Wayland Missouri as intense heat gave way to violent winds lightning and floods. A 10 mile gale toppled houses uprooted trees and disrupted wires while Des Moines noted two deaths from lightning and Missouri victims from a wrecked rig. Property damage ran into hundreds of thousands with ongoing drought in western Iowa.
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Des Moines
Missouri
Chicago
Eleveen
Midwest
Cleveland
Iowa
Wayland
Nebraska
Minnesota
Indictments Follow Dynamiting of New York Train
In Buraflo New York on June 2 federal officials announced plans to arrest former street car workers labor organizers and union officials for alleged involvement in the August 1922 dynamiting of a Niagara Falls high speed train at Eldwood Crossing Tonawanda. Twenty five indictments were reported to Federal Judge Hazel with twenty one arrests already made. The charges allege a conspiracy to restrain trade and commerce between July 1 and August 17 1922 during the Buffalo street car strike era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buraflo
N. Y
Eldwood Crossing
Tonawanda
Hazel
United States
Buffalo
Opposition to City Manager Plan Defined
Article from The International City Managers' Magazine argues opposition to the city manager form falls into three groups. It notes that understanding plus open-mindedness reveals broad support, while selfish interests distort facts. The piece urges readers to accept proven benefits and refers to continued coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International City Managers’ Magazine
Naugatuck
Stoke
Washington bids Marshall last farewell
Washington prepares to bid farewell to former vice president Thomas Riley Marshall in the Red Room of the Willard hotel at four o'clock. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev Dr Charles Wood of the Church of the Covenant, reflecting Marshall's eight years in the capital.
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Washington
New Willard Hotel
Thomas Riley Marshall
Charles Wood
Ghurch of the Covenant
Marshall
Cap
East swelterd as mercury mounts in New York
New York experiences another scorching day with only a slim chance for relief though cooler weather is promised for Thursday. Mercury climbs to 88 with one death reported and eight people suffer from heat prostration.
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New York
Mercury
Former Naugatuck Boy Prominent in American Legion
Lieutenant Howard Sturdevant Fisk, linked with Admiral McGowan’s staff in World War I, visited Worcester Street relatives and attended a U S Purchase reunions event. A key founder of The American Legion’s George Washington Post No. 1, he is a past commander and served as department adjutant. He pinned Marshall Foch’s Legion badge in 1921. Born in New York, he grew up in Union City.
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Howard Sturdevant Fisk
Samuel McGowan
United States Navy
Washington, D. C
Franklin H. Chilton
Wooster Street
U. S. & Purchase
Hartsdale-on the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Navy Department
Purchase Division
Navy
Wisk
George Washington Post
American Legion
United States
Caucus
St. Louis
Marshall Ferdinand Foch
Better Mailing Week Urges Return Addresses Boroughwide
Postmaster Walter F. Brown leads Naugatuck’s Better Mailing Week urging residents to place return addresses on all mail. Officials nationwide join in reducing dead letters by ensuring proper addressing. Government figures show millions lost to misdirected mail each year, with calls to readers to habitually include their address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter FE. Brown
Naugatuck
Brow
Addy
Brown
Motion Picture ‘Theater Owners of America
United States
Severe storms sweep Midwest area with deaths and damage
Chicago reports four deaths from the heat and storms as a heat wave peaked at 92.2 in the city. Lightning killed two in Des Moines and seven injured, with over a dozen homes demolished, trees uprooted, and wires down in Stateon City, Iowa. Meanwhile snow fell eight inches at Rock Springs, Wyoming after days of unusual cold.
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Chicago
Midwest
Des Moines
Stoun City
Iowa
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Air Compressor Demonstration on High Street
Borough officials attended a demonstration of a Sullivan type air compressor by the Kk. T. Noble company of Hartford on High street yesterday afternoon. The drill penetrated rock in two minutes and the city council has set aside 2000 dollars for purchase, aiming to save rent costs and aid improvements on High and School streets.
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High Street
Kk. T. Noble Company
Hartford
School Street
Motorcycle speeders fined in Waterbury court
Frank Pride, 21, of 76 Highland Avenue Waterbury and Joseph Vidal, 27, of Arch Street Auga Tuck drove motorcycles at 47 and 40 miles per hour Sunday afternoon. Alfred Overton of the Waterbury police motor squad caught them. They were fined $25 and costs in Waterbury city court yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pride
Highland Avenue
Waterbury
Joseph Vidal
Arch Street
Au Gatuck
Alfred Overton
Stamford Family Quarrel Ends With Revolver Arrest
Stamford on June 2 Ralph Tartaglione of 6 Railroad Place is held on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and assaulting his brother in law Joseph Scotti of the same address. Scotti faces breach of the peace. The dispute began as Tartaglione came to aid his sister during a domestic quarrel. A loaded revolver dropped. Mrs Beutel grabbed and threw it from a window. Tartaglione fled down a clothesline from a second story window before both men were arrested.
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Stamford
Ralph Tartagione
Railroad Place
Joseph Scotti
Tartaglione
Adjournment of the 1925 Legislature Tomorrow
Hartford reports the 1925 legislature will adjourn by mid afternoon tomorrow with no evening session. All committee reports completed, rules suspended, and most public acts ready for rapid consideration to finish before the constitutional deadline.
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Hartford
General Assembly
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Standard Oil Company
Pleasant View Street
Ambassador Houghton
Horace C. Stauffer
Charles and Francis Aiken
Plattsburgh, N. Y
Aikens
Haines
Naugatuck Girls
Romance
Barrier
Arthur H. Allen
Miss “Dixie” Harkins
Middle West
Gale Bevels Homes
Atlanta
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Marietta
First Post
Legion
United
Government
Greenfield
Amherst
Cambridge
Brookline
Bourne
John A. Levite Paper Stock Company
Roxbury
Mid-West Area
Borough
Cun Toter
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