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Newspaper
Naugatuck Daily News
Location
Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1925
Page
1
Foreigners in Shanghai remained under siege as riots and attacks spread through the settlement. Officials ordered extra warships, Chinese and foreign troops patrolled, and demonstrators struck vehicles with bricks. Authorities closed schools while thousands protested killings of rioters and students.
J Daly son of Mr and Mrs P W Daly Elm street Naugatuck a Catholic university sophomore Washington DC was appointed assistant basketball manager and will serve next year as managing editor of The Vower weekly college paper He is a varsity cheerleader and participates in the student concert and other activities. Meanwhile a train wreck disrupted service on the New YorkOntario and Western line near Starlight PA no crew injuries reported and passengers were transferred to a neighboring track.
London reports King George VIo of Magland turning 60 today with a royal procession. His sons Duke of York Prince Heney and other nobles joined the ceremony as thousands gathered in the parade grounds to cheer the king in a grand, pictorial display.
The borough of Nangatuck records extreme heat with a 108 degree reading at South Main Street and 102 degrees at North Main Street. Hello girls at the Southern New Maryland Telephone exchange report 102 degrees while residents seek relief in river, pool, and soda fountains as heat continues.
Meriden June 3 John Donahue 27 Hawthorne Stamford died in Meriden hospital from injuries from a Saturday wreck at Milldale when a car owned and driven by Michael Miller 18 Hill Stamford skidded and plunged down an embankment. Miller remains in hospital with injuries. Joseph Dunbar 78 Hawthorne Stamford was discharged today after also injured in the same crash. All three were young Stamford mechanics. Two cars of Stamford youths had driven in Friday evening, stopped at Milldale junction to locate road, and signalled the following car to stop. Miller brake failure caused the collision.
The Norwegian government accepted Dr Charcot’s offer to employ his exploration ship in the search for the missing Amundsen Kisworth north patrol flyers, per Oslo dispatches received in London.
The United States Weather Bureau reports high temperatures will continue through Friday with generally fair conditions. Local showers are expected in the Lower Great Lakes region, northern New York, and northern New England. Frosts were noted in Washington and Oregon as eastern states endure heat.
Carlisle Pennsylvania notes a four year shift from a quiet provincial town to a thriving business and manufacturing center. Harvey D. Herbert, hired as borough manager at $4,000, centralized purchasing, secured discounts, and cut coal bills and street costs in half while upgrading macadam roads and maintaining historic charm.
The borough will use tar oil to settle dust on several Naugatuck streets substituting tar oil for calcium chloride. Warden Whitemore says tar oil will bind and improve streets. sand will be spread briefly after application. Clerk Sears orders 889 drums of calcium chloride from Solvay, about half usual, with tar oil from Waterbury Gas by-product plant.
Warden Harris Whittemore backs private contractors to do curb and gutter work on South Main and Elm streets, with bids due July 7. Borough may do the work if bids are high. estimates show borough costs and owner shares. Other bids cover cement curb on New Street and storm sewer prep while admin moves toward a city manager vote June 16.
Ernest Dupont of the Delaware Dupont family wed Miss Anne Thompson in Raleigh on June 3. Thompson is a trained nurse, and the ceremony united a prominent Northeastern family with a local professional.
Stockholm reports a death toll from violent storms estimated at twenty persons and six in marine disasters. The toll reflects the coastal havoc as Sweden endures renewed severe weather amid ongoing recovery efforts.
A trio of tornadoes swept eastern Nebraska and western Iowa last night causing multiple deaths and injuries. Four killed in Nebraska and three in Iowa with more than twenty injured. Houses demolished between Adair and Jamaica area as and trees uprooted.
In Shanghai on June 3 two hundred members of the American Women's Club led by Irene Corbally Kuhn and Viola Smith organized a women's auxiliary and defense battalion to aid in quelling the Chinese laborer and student rebellion. They offered to serve as chauffeurs dispatch workers telephone operators clerks cooks and ready census plans to place every available American woman at work to free men for defense patrols. Two thousand Chinese municipal police were noted.
A group of Naugatuck residents travel to New York City for the wedding of Dr. David Chapman Bull, son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Marcus Bull, at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. Miss Katherine L. Marsh will be maid of honor with several sisters and relatives as attendants. The ceremony is by Rev. Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, followed by a reception at the Colony Club.
June 3 report from Sofia notes minor clashes between government troops and bands of escaping communists. Fighting centered in forest districts after the proclamation of martial law following the Sveti Kral Cathedral bombing.
Senator Bingham tours Bethany airfield and praises aviation facilities as Connecticut gears up for a mammoth air meet on June 27 at the Naugatuck field. Governor Trumbull, Maj. Hensley, Maj. Freeman, and notable flyers will attend a dinner at the Airdrome Inn with aviation leaders and press in attendance.
Minnesota suffers two known deaths and multiple injuries as a severe wind storm devastates widespread areas. Communication remains cut off to towns west of Minneapolis with lines down and transportation disrupted.
Naugatuck residents may donate old garments to Near East Relief on Bundle Day. Clothes can be left at the Red Cross House on Church Street or picked up by the Aid Society of the Congregational church if needed. Woolen items, blankets, and old shoes or stockings are especially valued for orphans and refugees, with sewing and mending taught locally.
Mrs Margaret B Harkins of New Haven Road announces the forthcoming marriage of her daughter Ruth Hamilton Harkins to Arthur H Allen Jr of Minneapolis Minnesota. The wedding is set for Saturday afternoon at the Colonial theater Boston with Mrs Harkins leaving for Boston in the morning.
Syracuse reports three prostrations as the weather bureau warns of hotter conditions tonight and tomorrow. A record 85 degrees before noon sent two men collapsing in the downtown area, reflecting the severe heat toll.
Joy riders in Stamford have been stealing and abandoning cars. Deputy Sheriff Lincoln Taylor reported his car taken from Relay Place and found damaged in Hillandale Park after gears were stripped. Canadian minister in Ottawa announced plans to appoint a Canadian minister to Washington soon as $60,000 US representation funds awaited vote in Parliament.
London reports say Italy faces renewed tension as Fasciati extremists reportedly pulled deputy Matteotti from his tomb near Venice and cast him into a canal. June 10 marks Matteotti's death anniversary with memorials planned in Rome, likely to be suppressed by the government. Opposition parties accuse Mussolini's Fascists of involvement in the killing amid growing political strife.
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