by Account-d l'rsals.
HABIT-URI). \Iu’ll
pistol cute!"
that tho bu
man came:
last Ut'wbu'
u‘crsui Uh"
mills [u
I .- 3, .d at the :'~ 4
”10:2";ml 0w harlot} “ovarwhelnllng intellectual proof
.._ . - , - - 4 .
;l:'€£‘.‘ll'~°d . mlclcnce to; :fliloh‘cnadxantage of rigid prohi-
”we-Elllmi. ““1”“ ‘39“- “Ho talkvi to me about it for
“g . . i u ‘ hours." said Count Karolyi. "and
.. _ l ‘ .. A_ i now I loo. um ardonily for pro-
hm, of: ~ 1L“? 1 Vi; hibition. although I like Wine.
.uruio ‘0! J“ 1'45?” 1"“, Prohibition is one of the great-
.rmz. com 3 1‘- JO-es- est things America. has ever
_: Suillh . n ml'uny. 130-. tried."
.1“, “mu:- u; ur s at Spring- __
:ci Ma; ch \v c the d;ys
251T “ lint
Boll‘ ICSJJLE ur gil \arious
mark .llgs. ilic
.x-x Lily 1: ha
“A, _ :3; 1;"... _p_ .;;.>' .43! Um, was
1A...- .3 all; pr :1\ J. W...) as-
:‘Cstcd ill All 'i . no 7 last Jan.
Jar} “
l.'- .uricl; I. ll. Chapman's
Ou.:; . wag l 0 "null down
l- :lmolt'l oer expert. al-
1 . hv. habit hell to a grill-
r3 ‘ .. :a Lhdml '
Ltd ‘y a so upon. on
‘ u: no. ho :1 scum 01 tech-
! ,lcoll; framed -us a. -l~.o \vlt-
? i ilnpulsn uncurllcd.
. lnan Sli'é._
it'.Lll:lL'l2).
5m. ‘L l!.c :rail.
‘:.1.i: mg :luui
3111.1; ludllim‘
."rrv d with thu
xp‘ r: ‘-(-t .oell
.\.'l‘l ‘L‘Slllll ;.
A". Juogc Jo;
I'L.’d1..u.li'a‘ mollcl:
.‘urnci to 1 0'0.“
~!i Li‘s“. 1r
Ll
a
Lllk
fli“.
Lar
li.\i.l‘l‘ORD. A;
211:. today began Ct
incur charged with
.\‘-;'-v L‘riialll polices.
,,, .
Dr. Ceorgo \V.
‘ Britain. was the dli'
Ludor oxamination ._
form-y. Hugh )1. Al~
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E.
g
S
2
3.
2
l Cotltlnued on
”SENATE—Elms
\VA SHINGTON.
:icm is not being
30'! 1b.- .\tlantic sea.
51:; Ll unallo ca-op»
Pied ml enforcemeu
.11 ”a. infill. nt'tfi. in:
tonnage. and a fail
'A-‘l‘ ’iL.".“. iL- the lug
\l:;w Walk“ \Vilc
stztrllty gent 1-8.1, y
S nail. commits..-
internal revel. no hit
Tastitying l.l rugs
romey uppoknnents.
'31; ha: pr-:ste.1
. pcnztment o 'i men
, Lliiietcn a: peciai
. Attorney G on] to
cases in wt rn P0
was appoint ‘ she t
reoucst of S '
scoutc certs bribery
" ter one cos
he had mo
nolll. DI‘OESC
-d that
new row amigos .~
“L“ r vtnurzsr.
' ‘K. April 1.‘l "
lork Clea. House alga?
Duct! 3.0.3“;
N. 1'. Clea.
Balances .,
Credits
l'REA
balsam .
sis .
Criminal Fro
the q u cations.
.c's lilo arms
- llles
.5 had denied
.urt was ad-
vhcn the dc-
cosb against Gerald .—
Ll“:
-' 1 -1 ulllbl-
. ei orced
‘ . cc Oi
bl b Ween
Auics. poll.
' - «do i at-
:im sure
”4". 331‘- Mrs.
’ r ant
t i the
int: .’ the
li. '
at~
aid
51p-
oi
and f-
nad been iiri: and
as as follows
tion“ lo Throw Out Indictment
. ging Chapman With Murder Is Re-
Jected — Fight to Save Extraordinary
1 stone:
II, the
ullou.
bandit use Vl-eicd =llortly bop.“
noon today s . himself "absolutely in favor of
., Dirutly the pl'ooocutio'l‘g Prohibition as against modera-
c -. Vub mdluanoiump- “00. “flowing a. “celpend
man‘s cos o'edllial tho intilru "‘5" With (”WWW and Mrs.
merit be til H'J a, um “Mu“ firrl‘chut nl Harrisburg. l'ennsyl.
.‘~. , ,l "m. . . ’{l a_
if 1.1;: "is a: 1d. land: 1:03;; Karolyi explained that he had
no in Shei-
Ill’Cd from
.‘l CUIICL‘T‘R U\'( I'
d be partici—
his chair in
Gl'olill con-
.lguinsi
l':
=taliun of
.—-Con:icc'.i-
ation of its
Dinah. mail
murder of a
last 06'0th
. of Nov
rid: witness.
‘Je state nt-
iho told cl.
Two.)
sl.
tile hers c
$1.42 000.0
ll-l‘vlail Bandit
m {Hanging Begins Today
ltuo
ind positively decision
‘t lhlcll’klulxi Palm]-
surly in Sew brssw
a! lad been lm-d lpiu
statics
out the noun-ins
- Rev. Alfred T.
RRORTS FEST
TROUT CATCH
Rev. Mr._Ch_a—mberlain
Hooks TWO Beauties
In Wilton Stream—
Count Karolyi Is
Prohibition Convert
NEW \ORK. April i.—CounL
Michael Kurolyi. former presi-
dent of Hungary. has declared
0'
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changed his views because Gov-
ernor Pinchot had shown him
Gets Out Early
SEASON IS ON
Scores 0 f Fishermen
Take Out Licenses—
Prizes Being Offered
For Largest Fish
'The trout season is open!
And from reports received today
the Rev. Andrew F‘. Chamberlain.
pastor of the First )i. E. Church
wins the honor of catchln‘ the first
trout.
Mr. Chamberlain was up bright
and surly this morning. Leaving his
house here at 6:15 he stopped on
the gas and steered straight for
Wilton. Arriving at the strum near
Bold Hill. he quickly araightened
out his pole and lino and let the
REFUSETO SAY
YES OR NO ON
DODGE CO. SALE
DefiniteAnnounce-
ment Expected To-
day on Negotiation
For Sale of Auto Co.
By Associated Press.
DETROIT. April l.-Negotlationl-
for the sale of Dodge Brothers. Inc.
to a. buyer or group of buyers whose
identity has not been learned. are
now in progress hero and an an.
nouncoment may be expected late
today. A. C. Schwartz. Detroit re-
presentative of Dillon. Read and
Company. Nev» )‘ork banking firm
tiod newspaper men this morning.
DETROIT. April 1.—0n1cials of
the Dodge Brothers Automobile
company early today refused to con-
firm or deny rtports from New York
that the company had been sold.
Arthur '1‘. \Vaterfnll, vice president
and assistant general manager of the
company. and John Baliantyne,
treasurer. asserted that no sale of
the company had been announced.
MI. \Vatcrfail indicated that it
was probable some announcement
regarding the company would be
made during the day but flatly ro-
lusud to anticipate what it would be.
i. has been reported for some time
that negotiations were in progruss
for the sale of the company. Those
in touch with me s;tuatiou today.
ho vevcr. held the amnion that the
aniounccment contemplated today
would not be concerning the 8500.-
UOOJOO merger to include the Pack-
ard Motor Car Company. the Hud-
son Motor Car Company and the
Briggs Body C ll'poratlon as report-
ed in New York.
RECTORY, FIVE
THOMPSONVILLE. Conn.. April
1.-—Fire early this morning partially
destroyed the rectory of, the St. An-
drews Episcopal church hen- The
five Occupants. Reverend Glenn Coy-
ltondail. his wife and 2 year old son.
and two teachers of the Enfieid High
school who live at the house. wags
forced to flee scantily clad from the
burning building.
Mr. Coykoudsll this morning so-
cepted an offer of the First Prssbyo
«clan church to use, that church's
parsonage. vacated yesterdny when
Barr and _ family
moved.» Canada until the. m
can bo‘robullt. The do” to tho
"blow is estimated at “-m!
lino go. in twenty minutes he hook-
ed his first fish. a. 10 inch trout
Ovcrjoyod he hurried to get his line
in the WW? again and in another
twenty minutes he felt a nibble. gavr
Mina.
little lute“ And being W
Jumped into big car and came home
He said the two fish weighed About
threcoquariers‘of 2. pound.
lie saw four or five other early
birds at the stream out didn't know
what luck they had.
Reports from various parts 0f the
city were to the effect that many
others were- out early today.
Scores of fishermen have taken
out licenses from Town Clerk Her-
bert R. Smith. The licenses cesi
81.25. Next year, however, with the
new state legislation. the licenses;
Will cost $2.50 and $3.50: the latter
license giving fishermen the rig!!!
to fish on special stream. stocked
Lewisboro, N.
of Manning an
street. this morn
licenses to fish
waters to local sportsmen.
Trout fishermen should remem-
her that trout under six inches
should not be taken from the
streams. Possession of trout undel
this length means prosecution and
a. heavy line. The fishing license'
must be carried on he person at
all times.
Several local stores are offering
prise. for the largest trout caught
in local streams and of coym those
offering the prizes are very exacting
about proof of the l;ories of big
fish caught. ..
NEW HAVEN. April 1.-—Trout
fishermen the entire stats over start—
od out to whip brooks todny with
prospects said to be hot
many years. An easy w
breakoup of loo. lairly warm weath-
er during March contributed to good
condition of brooks.
LOCAL POLICE.
BENEFIT FUND
. 15 010mm
By The W Plus.
STATE CAPITOL. Hartford. Apr
1.—'l'hs Senate disagreed with the
House today on tbs bill which
would prevent town treasuurs from
being members of school boards. In
the. House town Men were
prohibited from membership. but
the Senate amended. prohibiting
town treasurers ooh from being
secretaries of school boards.
Among the MI was. one
authorizing the city» of Bridgeport,
to'isaus 8450.000 city hall sits and!
8115.000 library bonds. and another
increasing salaries in the Wsuport
Town Court as follows: Judge 8100;
WI“! Judge 3100: W:
3800. '
A favorable report was made in
the Senate on‘ a bill samba-hing a
police benefit find in W
his polo a. isrk and landed an s incb'
Rs tried seats but ham.
1st
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M.“-
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uy Sherwood Is. Park
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ml Nqswssgmns. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1. 19%
‘ifir
sap an’s Gun Killed
Ems Comptroller Frederick )1.
Salmon of Wastport. at his office in
the State Capitol at Hartford today.
Innounced the offer of E. '1‘. Bed-
ford. Standard Oil minute and rail-
iionsirs benefactor of the Town of
Westport. where his home is locat-
ed. to purchase the lo-scre tract of
meadow. marsh and bench property.
between Sherwood Island and Bu-
rial Hill, Park. in Wesiport. now
owned by the state. for the purpose
of donating it to the Town of West-
port.
Declarations of Mr. Bedford's in-
tentions is expected to have imme-
diate sud somewhat drastic ”feet on
two cute bills now pending before
the General Assembly. The first. to'
provide a $250,000 appropriation for.
the purchase of Sherwood Island
and. the second. for an appropriao
tion of $150,000 to secure a great
many acres of land at Lordship-
Park. in Stratford. l
According to Comptroller Salmon..
Mr. Bedferd's idea in making thel
proposition for the purchase of ihei
state land. valued at 813.000. is to
save the stats many expenditures in
purchasing and locating tho state
(Continued on Page Two.)
Cane on lows:
wainng ft y 1:.
Com. on girls. for you have an
equal chance to win this 825 with
the boys.
The Evening sibilnel will give
this sun; to the school boy or girl
writing the beer essay on—
“Why hos-walk b one of Con-
neclit‘ui's Most Prosperous Cities."
Tim cash award will go to
best theme submlltod on that sub-
Jm" during the month of April.
All boys and girls have ideas on
civic growth. You may have all
sons of interesting thoughts that
perhaps growl-ups have never dis-
cussed.
Just put down lliosc thoughts in
clcur. readable English, and mail in
your theme to "Essay Editor. The
Eminlnz Sentinel."
there are law rules. The writers
.must be pupils. duly registered at
one of Norwaik's grade schools or
high schools, and the essay must be
$25 to Boy or Girl for
Essay on City’s Growth '
There is ”60th. unit of that pop! alone.
the ‘
Tue theme. will be carefully
considered by a committee of three
Judges. consisting of Judge John H.
Light. who is a. literary devotee:
Min Isabel Snodgrass. head of the:
li-Jnglish Department of Sorwaik
‘ High School; and the editor of the
'Evening Sentinel. Their decision
:wiil be final.
Essays should not be shorter than i
{300 or longer than 400 words. and!
[must be mailed before Thursday.
iApril 30. The winner will he an-l
nounced as soon the.~eafter as the!
liudges reach a, decision. ‘
l
The Evening Sentinel wishes to
encourage the writing of good Eng- {
lish. and therefoxc suggests that'
pupils bear in mind all that they
have been taught in their English
classes. Entrants may seek the
help and adviCe of their teachers or
parents. but the actual work on the
theme must be solely that of the
entrant.
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State Highw
Repair New
liepalrs will be made in the im-
mediate future to how Canaan ave-
nue by the state highway depart-
ment. it “as announced today by
Supervisor Nelson W. Benedict. Af-
ter repairs are made. the road will
be given a coating 01‘ oil.
Following the recepit
not made a survey of this important
highway with the following results:
That part of New Canaan avenue
leading east from the New Canaan
avenue bridge to Main street has}
been temporarily repaired by the!
Norwalk street department. Thel
1,000 00100005
IN 303TON ARE
STRlKlNG TODAY
Electrical Workers
.Seek' to. Enforce
Wage Demand
By Associated Press.
BOSTON. April l.——Approximaiely
1.000 members of the local plumbers.
latbors and electrical workers unions
want on striké this morning to en-
force that: demands for higher wag-
es rather than sign a three year
wuss. M contract With the
Building Trades Employer-r Assoch-
ucsinsswwt a.» “has! W
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of many:
ter than in - criticisms on the condition of New ' bridge is under the control
inter. early Canaan avenue. the Evening Semi. Stato‘mghway department.
holes have been filled With a tar and:
Plumbers. Lathers anal
new.
skit.
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ay Dept. to
Canaan Ave.
crushed stone tiller. It appears'
that holes might have been leveled‘
off a. little more svcniy. At the
present time. automobillsts are sub-
ject to a. good shaking up as they
ride over the filled holes in the road.
The remainder of Xew Canaan
avenue. which extends north of the
of the
Both
sides of the road are in fair shape.
The center of the road. however. at
intervals. has a series of deep holes
which need filling.
There is a bill providing for the
permanent paying of New Canun
avenue as far as the New York state
line before the State Legislature.
!
.CAR CLEANER
1700005120000
' lN CURRENCY
Arrest of Two Believed
To Clear Up Mystery
Of Missing Mail“
, Pouch '
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:8! Associated Press '
l BUFFALO. X. Y., April 1.—V\'ith
August Lehman. a car cleaner. and’
Herman Rois. all” Rice. alias Chuckl
Connors. in custody. no further ar-i
rests had been made today in con-9
noctionwith the loss from the ma!
in Burials of 0120.000 in currency
on February )1.
The ear cleaner. according to his
story. ~forum lha panels mam
“20.000 in 310' bills. W to
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BOYlllTBYCAR
HASFRACIORED
Albert
Driver Going Through
:Grove street. in Water street about
8:45 o'clock last evening.
—I
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SKULL; MAY DIE
Faulds, 4, Runs
I n Front of Auto
Driven By R. J. Lar-
rauri of Grove St.
IN HOSPITAL
0
Water St., Says He
Did Not Have Time
To Blow Horn
Albert Fauids. four yea;- old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Arlin Faulds of
9! Water street. is in the Norwalk
Hospital today suffering from a
fracture of the back of the skull
and other head injuries. as a. result
of being struck by an automobile
driven by Raymond J. Lamuri ol
The Weather
”ma-sway.
*-
PRICE TH assassin
Sam Keelcr Falls;
They Always Do
Samuel J. Keeler. treasurer 0'
the Norwalk Agency. 61 “’ail
street. received a phone call thlE
morning.
"Sec Raymond A. Betta at the
Central Fairfield Trust. He'll in-
troduce you to Mr. Lyon. who
wants some life insurance."
It was Charles H. Harris, loca.
27.
71‘:
Officer Skelly
Volunteers Caught
By Chief Bogardus
Thorough Housecleaning in Central Station
May Result From Sunday Poker Game——
To Be Tried Tonight and May Be Dismissed
—Namcs Not Made Known
A thorough houseclecrling in 1*
vdlginteer fire department in the
Second District. may result because
of gambling at the Central Fire
station by members of lho volunteer
companies despite the rule agai
it laid down by Councilman: John
l-‘riueil and adopted by the 012'
l Council.
l The developed in tho
downxoun volunteer department
Sunday “llCl‘. i-‘lrc Chltf George
bogardus walked into the tire sta-
trouble
glass manufacturer. talking.
A few minutes later Mr. Keeler
and to Mr. Betta:
I "W’hcre‘s your friend Mr.
Lyon?"
"Aqul sorry Bani. Mr. Lyon
isn't here now—but his friend
Mr. Tiger. “‘ill be here in a
minute."
The Faulds boy is in a serious con-
dition. X-rays will be taken today
at the hospital to determine the ex-
tent of his injuries.
Lsrrauri stated to the police that
be was driving south in Water street
and going about 18 miles per how
when the boy dashed from the east
side of the street into the path oi
the automobile.
He was struck by the front part
of the car and knocked to the pave-
ment. Larrauri stopped the car
picked the boy up and rushed him
to the office of Dr. Theron R. Brad-
And then came the great awak-
ening. It was, Mr. Keeler re-
membered. April lat—April Fools'
Day.
BEEN SURVEY
TO IMPROVE
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lay in \Vest Washington street, who
ordered his removal to the Norwalk
hospital.
Larrsuri informed the police that
he did not have time to blow the
horn on the car. as the boy dashed
out into the street so suddenly. He
did not see him until he came into
x2.e path of the car. The accident,
he stated, was unavoidable.
Larraurl was placed under arrest»
and is being held under bonds of
81.000 on the charge of reckless
driving pending the outcome of the
injuries to the Faulds boy.
CHARTER BHL
HEARING CALLED
FOR TOMORROW.
Pollutio
Be Discussed —— Spe-
cial Car f o r Nor-
walkers
A hearing on the
for amendments to lioru‘ulk's cit)
charter is slated for iolacrr'm‘
afternoon in Hartford before in»
skeleton bill
'(Icmmiiiee on Cities and Boiouglle
of the State Legislature. This Llll
was introduced by Repres-ntaiM:
Freeman Light. One of the Ulla
which will be heard is the Fireman's
Pension bill.
Another bill I: get a hearing 10-
an rrow is that on Pollution. A spe-
cial car has been attached :0 we
$.08 train at South Norwaik for
local residents who intend to go to
Hartford to fight for the bin.
' Oystermen hers intend to turn out
born to permit healthy bsthing.
MABEL PRYOR
RESIGNS FROM
HIGH SCHOOL
Popular Member 0 f
Faculty Leaves to
Teach in New York
Continuation School
mumburmrsmmbor 010”
commercial department of the Bon-
iorBlghsshoostacuiwhasi-ssignad
hormonally-chin the w
”mmkhool of ru-
tork. Ibhwwuau of m
snout
11 Act Also to
popular-M1008“;
ROYAL JAMES
New Own—ers— of Pro
i
Bank Property— All
Plans Not Told
Surveyors today were engaged in
sun‘eying the old Bank building on
the Royal James Inn property
which was purchased yesterday by
the Msggiore company. of Stamior d.
The surveying was part of the
preliminary work for the remodell-
merciul building as announced yes-
terday by Judge Charles 13 Lock-
wood. 0: Stanllord. a member of
the syndicate “men took possession
of the hotel property.
The syndicate has not yet decided
gjust what will be done with the
hotel. For Lbe time being. it Wlll
probably remain as it is. Later.
howesel‘ there is a big possibility
that a. row of stores will be erected
in from of the hotel in arcade las-
hion and lhai another wing or two
will be added to the building itself.
J. Paul Shuberl. will remain as
manager of the hotel. it is said.
FIND MAN’S
BODY WITH TWO
' BULLET WOUNDS
Stufl’cd in Narrow
‘ in full force and will have with '
‘thom many prominent Norwalkers Areaway at N ' 1;;
who hope to revive «he industry.- _
‘ here as well a:- clean up the liar-.1 Tenement B a n
Book Shows $69,000
NEW YORK. April l.—The body
of a man. containing two bullel
wounds and believed to be that of
lack Paaswcll, of St. Louis. war
_found this morning stuffed in thi-
narrow uoaway of an upper Park
avenue tenement house. In a pockr-
was found a savings book showing
deposits of 860,000.] '
LEAFS '10 DM'I'B.
NEW YORK, April L—Bsul Levy.
death this morning from the roof
of the asvon story apartment house
in West 31st street where he lived.
bevy. returned 3‘ M)!
t in Europa. owned an
Wis
petty Start With Old :
mg the bank bullding into a COuI-l
an interior decorator. leaped to his-
lLlOl‘l and found eight membcra of
,lhc \olunloer department engaged
|.n a bo-Callt’d ":rlcndly" game of
! poker.
The men are to be brought be.
flora the Mrs Board this evening ll
lthe Cer. ll Fire station to answel
‘. lo the cllnl‘ges.
L The Fire Board will be composed
'of Fire Conlniitioeman Joiln Friz-
lzeii. Chief Bogardus. Dvpuly Chiefs
*l‘rederick \Vheeler. “'iliiam Powell
and C1: g .ca A. Voik.
Jult “hat aclion will beaker: by
the Fire Board is not known. but
Committeernan John Frizzcll stated
this morning that he intended to “t
that the rules of the .ocal fire do-
partmeni were carried out.
It was evident from the attitude
of Commllieeman Friueii. that e
I‘lre Board Will dlsmiu the men. f
they are round guilty.
Since coming into office Commit-
teeman i‘rizzell has made it a rule
that there must to no gambling or
any rod in any of tho fire houses
and to the knowledge of the offi-
cials the affair 3! lbs Conlrai Fire
station Sunday is the only time lhe
rule has been broken since it went
into effect.
F‘lre Chlrf llogardus said
'morning lhn: hi- did not wish to
[talk show the affair and that in
bringing the nlr-n up be'orc the Pine
Board he was only carrying out his
duty. He would not dixulgo the
names of the men who were to be
tried this evening.
Registered letters were sent out
to them york-day informing thorn
of the hearing 'hls exerling.
Ono of the officials in one of the
volunieur companir-s at the Central
,T’irc station rated this morning.
that lhls affair on ion of recent
happenings at the Central I’ll-e ata-
Ylon may mean the breaking up of
llhe two comnsnics at the Pon'ra:
'T’iro «nation and lead loward the
and of 11.: volunteer firemen in the
. rilv.
It is understood that the rig}!
:men have secured «‘rmnsel and that
flu- will represent them at hearing
i this evening.
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lmn's tn: nunurx pv Arm
l .""s. R. SWrdevnn'. of so Win-
,flolrl street, brow-hf a dog to ill
;rlovrmowrl staticvr last Averill! with
.a brn‘rnn ‘et Sho- rat-i D‘s? flaw
:Hn‘M’I' h°d boo" «'rm‘k iv an suin-
: mobile ln “‘n~i~irlrforl s'roci. I?
{will turned over to Dog Wards"
. s “Ravel-in.
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NEW HAVEN. April 1. — Mm
dropped a cor: a one-rt at retail here
and at many olher placvs in the
S‘ate iodny.
THE DELI VERY SERVICE
of The Norwalk Dairy 60.. 88 Con-
ler avenue. covers all sections of
‘Vorwalk and its vicinity, hay in
land day out in all klnda of wlalher
this nor-vice runninnn bringing to
vour door the best to be had in milk.
cream, butter and eggs Phone
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