Great Throng Attends Aerial Demonstration At Bethany Field
Crowds estimated up to four thousand gathered at Bethany Field to watch air show displays by planes ranging from Martino bombers to Sperry Messengers amid heavy gray clouds. Police managed traffic as spectators lined roads for miles. weather held for most of the event with skywriting and aerial stunts drawing acclaim despite rain threats.
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Colonial Air Lines
Boy Scouts
Roend Ot
Martino
Sperry Messender Stere O
Priest
Weatherman
Mother Earth
Heir
Sixty Five Dead In Cal Earthquake
San Francisco California June 29. Sixty five people killed in violent earthquake that partially destroyed Santa Barbara. Buildings toppled including Artington hotel and Carillo hotel torn in two. The quake began at 7 04 a m with a minute long first shock. A relief train with doctors nurses and supplies departed Los Angeles for Santa Barbara.
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San Francisco
California
Lita Barbara
Pacife Headquartera
Artington
Sanphere i Barbara
Southern Pacific
Carillo
Southern Pacificyet
Los Angeles
Santa Barbar
Engineer Sentenced to Sixty Days in Jail
Norwalk June 29 Lawrence Veeng a civil engineer at New York with a summer home at New Canaan was today sentenced to serve sixty days in jail beside being fined 200 dollars and costs after he had been convicted of reckless driving Lightning Causes 1 000 000 Fire Manila P I June 29 Loss of the Lever Brothers Cocoanut Oil Factory the largest plant of its kind in the Philippines was placed at 1 000 000 today The factory was struck by lightning
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Norwalk
Lawrence
Manila
P. 1
Lever Brothers Cocoanut Oil
Philippines
Halifax Strikers Continue Drive Upon Company Property
Halifax June 29 The United Mine Workers of America continue strife as miners destroy several small buildings and a railway trestle causing heavy losses. At Sprighill miners permit pumps to be operated to save the mines from floods.
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Halifax
Botalion
United Mine Workers of America
Severa
Sprighill
Nineteen Die In Motor Crashes Across Midwest
Seventeen killed in Chicaga and vicinity including a Bloomington family when an interurban struck their car. In Ashtabula a car was struck by a train, killing three. Mrs Burns dies at Anderson in a grass-road collision. Grand Rapids fatal throw from a motor vehicle. Many injured. Also boxing odds favor Warry Wills and Mickey Walker in Italian hospital fund show at the Polo Grounds.
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al Bloomington
Lis
Sie
Ja. M. Seaver
Ashtabula
Olio
Airs
C. PP. Woodring
C. Burns
Anderson
AL Grand Rapids
Mich
John Buth
Pick Wills
Walker
New York
Warry Wills
Mickey Walker
Weinart
Harry Greb
Polo Grounds
Mickey
Greh
Wedding of Former Local Man at Holderness N H
Guests from many sections attend a large reception as Miss Helen Hope Wedwards and Joseph W Bradley unite in marriage at Mirador on Asquam lakes in Holderness New Hampshire. The event draws guests from across the United States and Canada with Bront Sherry's of New York arranging and Waldorf Astoria orchestra providing music for ceremony and dancing.
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C. W. Wdwards
Huntington
Joseph W. Bradley
John W. Bradley
Maple Avenue
Cambridge
Naugatuck
Mirador
Asquam Lakes
Toldcress
N.H
United States
Canada
Tidlderness
James Edwards
Howell Sheperd
Charles
Paul
Wayne
Don Bradley
Ruth Rhoades
Kansas City
Helen Walburn
W. Va
Dolores Osborne
Arlington
Mass
Louise Sullivan
Pittsburg
Betty Benjamin
Glen Ridge
N. J
Frances Crowe
Washington
Deep River Woman Driver Held In Death Case
Deep River resident Mrs. Ken M. Joy is held for criminal responsibility in the death of Julius Jacobe of Westbrook. Jacobe died June 8 at Middlesex Hospital from injuries received when struck by Joy's car in Westbrook the prior week. A Westbrook justice court hearing is scheduled this week.
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Lowndess
Smith
Ken M. Joy
Jutius Jacobe
Westbrook
Jacob
Middlesex Hospital
Joy
Justice Court of
Canton Situation Deteriorates Amid Foreign Evacuations
Canton China June 29 reports a dangerously critical situation at Shaumeen as British and French forces call all foreigners to depart. Fear grows of a recurrence of last week’s clashes when Chinese students fired on Shameen marines.
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China
Shaumeen
Shameen
Police Guarantee Safe And Sane Fourth Of July Observance
Chief Morris of Naugatuck vows strict enforcement for Independence Day celebrations with extra officers on duty the night before and harsh penalties for false fire alarm ringing and premature fireworks. Police warn offenders will be arrested and officials will monitor fireworks sales amid growing vigilance.
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Nauchuck
William VT. Moris
Morris
Naugatuck
Ex Mrs Gerry on Honeymoon With New Husband
New York June 29 Mrs Peter Coelet Gerry ex wife of Rhode Island Senator Gerry is reported honeymooning near New York with her new husband Sumner Wells of Boston and Washington. Relatives confirm the marriage which occurred Saturday night. Wells serves in the diplomatic service most recently as special representative in Honduras. The couple’s wealth and social prominence are noted. Mrs Gerry previously gained fame in Washington Rhode Island society circles. A family heirloom valued at 130000 dollars recently passed from Mrs Wells’ mother to her.
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Sumner Wells
Boston
New York
Peter Coelet Gerry
Paris
Senator Gerry
Washington
Clerry
Cirles
Gerry
Wells
Honduras
United States Rubber stock breaks 60 on NYSE for first time since 1923
Tufted States Rubber Co common surged above 60 on the New York Stock Exchange led by a broad rally in tire and rubber shares. United States Rubber traded strongly with volume for the week totaling 44,900 shares and a high near 49 7/8, reflecting renewed buying since early year lows.
Three Miners Die In New York Mine Blast
Syracuse reports an explosion of dynamite in a new shaft on the New Jersey Zinc Co property at Edwards, killing three miners just before midnight. The deceased are Angus Brown of Hogansburg, John Blanonte of Edwards, and Joseph Shanley of Hart City, Utah.
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New
New Jersey Zinc Co
E Wards
New York
Angus Brown
Hogansburg
John
Blanonte
Edwards
Joseph. Shanley
Hart City
Utah
Daughter to Be Mother's Witness in Divorce Action
New York news reports that Dorothy Symington, 13, daughter of Ida May Symington, is among witnesses in the divorce trial of Thomas H. Symington, millionaire inventor, against his wife Ida May Symington. The daughter’s testimony is expected to be a highlight as the case resumes in supreme court.
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New York
Thomas Hy, Symington
Ida May Symington
Symington
Dorothy
Supreme Court
Drug War Behind Double Slayings in Italian District
New York police link the killings of gangster Angelo Marino and an unidentified woman to a drug feud. Marino sat in his $10,000 sports car at 210 East Lots Street when a stray bullet struck the passerby who died later. Investigators recovered 35,000 in drugs in shoe boxes at the scene, supporting the drug war theory.
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Angelo Marino
Malem
Marino
East Lotsh Street
No. 210
Marina
Tey
Mae
Colonial Air LinesPlans Expansion and Local Route Talks
Colonial Air Lines president Whittemore outlines plans to link the Naugatuck flying field with Hadley field New Brunswick to carry night mail and express to Chicago four nights a week starting July 1. He calls for Hartford Waterbury New Haven and neighboring towns to back a future aerial transport route linking Connecticut with midwest states.
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Colonial Air Lines, Inc
Arms Whittemore
Naugatuck
Hartford
Waterbury
New Haven
Derby
Ansonia
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Colonial Air Line
Hadley Field
New Brunswick
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Howard C. Coffin
Hudson-Essex Motors Company
Col. L. & Horner
New Haven Aeronautical Board
Acme Wire Company
Col. Horney
Mr. Whittemore
Col. Horner
G. W. Dyott
London
South America
Amazon River
Pacific
Globe
Dystt
Peruvian Air Express
Dyott
Colonial Air Lines
Not a Life Lost in a Quake in Montana
Residents faced panic across Montana as a chain of earthquakes from Saturday evening to Sunday afternoon caused widespread fear and property damage. Idaho, Wyoming, and Washington felt tremors. damage capped around 1 million dollars. Three Forks to Manhattan fault lines bore the brunt. Manhattan schools and business blocks were heavily damaged. In New York City, Mike Mallerino of Bayonne will defend his 130 pound title against Vincent Pepper Martin at the Queensboro A C.
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Mont
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Idaho
Wyoming
Washington
Koroks
Manhattan
Yellowstone National Park
Butte
Ballerion
New York
Mike Mallerino
Bayonne
N. J
Queensboro A. C
Long Island City
Vincent
Pepper" Martin
Norwalk Firm Named Receiver in Bankruptcy Case
Norwalk, June 29. Edward B. Doulens of Norwalk was named receiver for the Little Wonder Talking Machine Co. of Norwalk after an involuntary bankruptcy petition filed in U S district court by Southern Box Co. of New York. Doulens bond set at 5000 dollars.
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Edward &B. Doulens
Little Wonder Talking Machine Co
United States District Court
Southern Box Co
New York
Doulens
Residents weigh city manager plan in borough vote
Naugatnek residents push for or against replacing the borough government with a city manager system. A lengthy line at town hall formed as voters waited and confusion led to delays. By 8 pm ward tallies showed 2,121 votes cast with reported totals across wards and final results due moments after polls close at 6 o'clock.
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First Ward Co
Cc Pee
E.s.sneaee
ABA
Cersevaevees
Col Coolidge Improves After Emergency Operation
Plymouth June 29 Colonel John Coolidge eighty year old colonel from the acute prostatic ailment that required an emergency operation yesterday is showing signs of improvement and doctors are hopeful of recovery. Dr Arthur L Chute performed the operation and rendered the diagnosis while Major J F Coupal advised that the president may leave his bedside to deliver a Cambridge address if no complications arise. President and Mrs Coolidge and their son John expressed relief and sat on the front porch after breakfast discussing the favorable report.
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Plymouth
John Coolidge
Arthur Lt. Chute
Cambridge
Mass
Ambassador Unveils Memorial in Royal Aeronautical Library
London June 29 Ambassador Houghton unveiled a tablet in the Royal Aeronautical Society library to honor British Americans who perished in the destruction of the airship R-38.
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London
Ambassador Houghton
the Royal, Aeronautical Society
Steamer Saugus Survives Iceberg Collision in Fog
Halifax reports the Saugus of the United States Shipping Board ran on an iceberg in dense fog but escaped damage. Ice patrol members said the iceberg’s center had been scooped out, creating a 70 foot wide flat area allowing the vessel to ride and sink the berg, letting the ship continue to Europe.
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Saugus
U. S. Shipping Board
Ice Patrol
Grand Banks
Europe
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