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L'Oeuvre 15 mai 1924


Small news items from the greater Paris area: miscellaneous events and facts

Little News from Greater Paris

VERSAILLES.
— The police arrested, the day before last evening, a dockworker, Louis Couturier, aged 31, on rue de la Ferme, in Porchefontaine, who, under the pretext that his friend was drunk, stabbed her twice in the head. , thus causing him quite serious injuries. Couturier was referred to the Public Prosecutor's Office.

— Criminals broke into a house under construction on avenue du Général-Exelmans the other night and stole several central heating tubes to the detriment of Mr. Grasset, a chimney contractor, on rue d'Anjou.

— Yesterday afternoon took place, in the room on the first floor of the Town Hall, the inauguration of the Exhibition of dolls made by the P.T.T. staff. of Seine-et-Oise.
The guests were received by Mr. Dubar, director of the P.T.T. of Seine-et-Oise, assisted by MM. Bossavy, deputy director, Morizot, president of the organizing committee, and Mars, vice-president of the National Orphanage of the P.T.T.
In the audience, we noticed Mr. Pilleux, head of the prefect's office, the mayor of Versailles, the public prosecutor, General Fabia, commander of weapons, and Colonel Ferré, major of the garrison.
After a speech by Mr. Dubar, congratulating the exhibiting staff, a visit to the exhibition took place, and we noticed a certain number of dolls dressed with infinite taste.

The Tourist Office has obtained that cyclists will no longer be subject to road tax in the Park.

Furthermore, a request was made by this Union for the repair of the roads of Trianon.

In addition, thanks to the intervention of the Tourist Office, fines are no longer issued to downgraded travelers; the supplement between the two classes is simply perceived. This measure is not a general rule, but simply a tolerance.

In addition, the Union has just equipped the Salle du Jeu de Paume with rackets and balls from the period.

The second French Antiques Fair will take place, like last year, in the Orangerie gallery of the Château de Versailles. It will be held this year from June 6 to 29.

— The Chantiers district festival will take place on July 12, 13 and 14.

BESSANCOURT.
— A serious automobile accident occurred on the road to Saint-Germain, between the car of Mr. Laborde, sales representative in Bessancourt, and that of Mr. Ernest Massé, student, American subject, residing there. Majestic hotel, avenue Kléber, in Paris. Two people were injured: young Charles Massé, 13, who was injured in the head by flying glass, and Mr. Lecouvet, a bank employee, who was in Mr. Laborde's car.

BOUGIVAL.
— The body of Miss Lucie Thuillier, 19, who had disappeared since May 7 from the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Namur, residing in Bougival, was removed from the Seine, at the Machine dam. We do not know what caused this young girl to end her life.

SEVRES.
— This afternoon the inauguration of the 6th Ceramics Exhibition takes place in the main room of the Sèvres Ceramics Museum. This exhibition will last until September 30.

CONFLANS-SAINTE-HONORINE.
— Leaving a cabaret on the quays, mechanic Jean Ledluz was the victim of an attack by two individuals who, without any provocation, brutally hit him. Mr. Ledluz believes in revenge by two sailors, who are wanted.

SAINT-CYR-L’ECOLE.
— The young cyclist Gaston Gobillon, aged 15, while passing near the Aeronautical Institute, was hit by the car driven by Mr. Vallée, pharmacist, in Dreux. Injured on various parts of the body, the cyclist was transported to his home.

MEULAN.
— While crossing the road, in Les Mureaux, the paver worker Lucien Godeau, residing on rue de la Gare, was hit by a horse-drawn carriage driven by Mr. Honoré Périn, a breeder in Seraincourt. Wounded on various parts of the body, Mr. Godeau was bandaged at the hospital…

SANNOIS.
— Mr. Jules Vernhettes, deaf and mute, living at 3, rue Carnot, was returning to his home the day before yesterday evening when, while passing rue de la Borne, he was knocked down by a carriage drawn by a horse, driven by the grocer's clerk Gérard . Mr. Vernhettes, injured in the legs and arms, was bandaged in a nearby pharmacy and then transported home.

— The car driven by Mr. Henri Viala, merchant in Paris, 38, rue du Mont-Thabor, hit, rue de Paris, the young Roger Brunet, aged 8, boarding with Mr. Leborgne, perfumer, 87, same street. The child suffered quite serious head injuries.

— Criminals broke into the garden of Madame Gauthier, a corset maker, and stole all the laundry drying there.

LEVALLOIS.
— Place de l'Eglise, a five-year-old child, Odette Barrand, 51, rue des Frères-Herbert, was knocked down by a cyclist, Daniel Curtel, 20 years old, 3, rue Rivet.

— A cyclist, Louis Thibault, 19 years old, rue Marjolin, knocked down, rue du Président-Wilson, Mrs. Henriette Pont, 40 years old, P.T.T. employee, living on the same street, who was injured in the arms.

— Near Porte de Courcelles, two taxis, driven by drivers Léon Mas, 136, boulevard Voltaire, in Paris, and Hector Manfretti, 5, rue Pierre-Curie, in Saint-Ouen, met. Young Roger Manfret, five years old, who was sitting next to his father, was seriously injured in the face by shards from the windshield.

ASNIERES.
— Sunday evening, leaving a cinema, Place Nationale, Roger Beaudin, known as Lucas, 17 years old, 18. avenue de Paris, in Gennevilliers, furious at having been “chased” by his comrades because he was wearing gaiters gray, struck one of them, Marcel Martin, 17 years old, plumber, 17, rue Novion, in Gennevilliers, with three stab wounds. The irascible Lucas was sent to the Depot.


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