Poli's Theatre Delivers Eva LaRue and Busy Vaudeville Card
Eva LaRue leads eight dancers and singers at Poli's Theatre today in a Broadway Revue. The program also features Hearst-Pathe News coverage of wartime events with army and navy access, plus silent drama star George Walsh in The Book Agent. Comedy and novelty acts by Fred Correlli Company, Dave Roth, Oliver and Opp, and Hives and Harrison round out a varied vaudeville and drama lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva LaRue
Poli
Bridgeport
Hearst-Pathe
Army
Navy
George Walsh
Fred Correlli & Company
Dave ‘Roth
Oliver
Opp
Hives
Harrison
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Empire Theatre Presents The Voice on the Wire Serial
The Empire shows the second chapter of The Voice on the Wire a mystery serial starring Ben Wilson and Neva Gerber with Emmy Wehlen in a Metro play Sovers and Reapers. Also Pauline Frederick in Her Better Self and Ferdinando Brothers' Dance Orchestra perform with concert and dance events through the evening. Tickets 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voice On the Wire
Empire Theatre
Ben Wilson
Neva Gerber
Universal
John Shirley
Emmy Wehlen
Metro
Sovers
Reapers
Pauline Frederick
Famous Players Paramount 2
Self
Miss Frederick
Ferdinando Brothers
Colonial Hall
Boston
Million Dollar Pier
Ferdinando Brothers’ Dance Orchestra
Temperance Union to stage musical at Gilbert Street HQ
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union will host a musical and literary entertainment at 239 Gilbert Street on Friday at 8 o’clock. Jerome May Mrs George Caster and Charles M Wellington lead with Meriden singers and banjo solos by Prof Jerome May. Admission is free to members and friends with a collection for the work of Mewdreu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance ‘Union
Gilbert Street
Jerome May
George Caster
Charles M. Wellington
Meriden
Mewdreu
J. J. Bloss
Sharon
Margaret C
Porter Street
Emma Eckel
William Klein
Eckel
Joan the Woman Sees Geraldine Farrer in Triumph as Joan
The Plaza presents the extraordinary spectacle Joan the Woman with Geraldine Farrer as Joan of Arc. The film closely follows historical facts and features the dramatic Battle of the Towers near Orleans. Earlier shown at the 44th Street Theatre in New York, it now runs at the Columbus Theatre with top ticket prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Geraldine Farrer
Joan of Arc
Maid of
Orleans
Gates of
44Th Street Theatre
New York
Columbus Theatre
Junior Army of Agriculturists Mobilized in Bridgeport
Bridgeport public schools mobilize a school gardening program led by EB Cortright of Shelton Grammar with 26 schools each hosting plots from 50 by 100 feet to three quarters of an acre. Plots subdivide into large divisions overseen by student groups and leaders. crops include beets beans corn carrots peas tomatoes cabbage parsnips and potatoes. The project covers about 6.5 acres with 3500 tomato and 1500 cabbage plants and aims to support the city’s food supply while fostering healthy competition and ongoing care after school hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
EB. E. Cortright
Shelton Grammar School
Board of Education
Pratt
Sullivan
Cortright
Fairfield County Resource Committee
Bridgeport Leads Navy Recruits in 24 Hour Call
Yesterday's navy recruitment surge shows Bridgeport leading the city response with several named volunteers including Stephen Pribula Harly Lynt LeGrand Dexter Saunders Hans Nicholas Lund Jr George Bre mir of Devon and Harry Lund of Bridgeport New Haven had no recruits listed in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Navy
New Haven
Bridgeport
Stephen Pribula
Harly Lynt
LeGrand
Dexter Saunders
Hans Nicholas Lund, Jr
George Bremier
Devon
Harry Lund
Newtown Democratic Club News and Memorial Day Plans
The Newtown Democratic club met at St Marys hall with R Elwood of Fairfield outlining paths to usefulness and harmony among interests. The June meeting will be set by President MacCarthy. Memorial Day services are slated at the Congregational church with Rev Tim Lee preaching and special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newtown
Newtown Democratic Club
St. Mary’s Hall
R. Elwood
Fairfield
H. R. Elwood
William Russell
P. H. MacCarthy
Ellen Brady
Walnut Tree Hill
Park City
Red Cross
J. W. Gordon
J. B. Nichols
Lee Anderson
May Hoyt
Helen Mead
Hazel H. Smith
Mildred Stevens
Edna Lovell
Florence Sutphin
Mary Barnett
Marguerite Bradley
Sandy Hook
T. F. Brew
Mary Kelly
B. Keane
Louise Kelly
Mary, Murphy
Dorothy Strisik
Dorothy Meeker
Mildred Corbett
Christine Corbett
Irene Brew
Catherine Kelly
Elizabeth Blake
Gertrude Blake
Ruth Tilson
Nora Blake
Helen
Catherine Lundgren
Mary Carey
Ethel Harris
Florence Gaffney
Botsford
Lillian Troy
Margaret Crowe
Zoar
Margaret Keane
Grays Plain
Anna Murphy
Hawleyville
Taunton
Jennie R. Honan
Hattertown
May Pedbereznak
Hopewell
M. B. Williams
Maud Summers
Flat Swamp
Alice Smith
South Center
Ina Driscoll
Palestine
E. Harriet Read
McGraw
Harold J. McGraw
John McGraw
Harral Avenue
Bridgeport
Edward McGraw
Dayton
P. H. Gannon
P. H. McCarthy
Eet
Troy
W. E. Rathbun
C. B. Johnson
A. W. Bassett
Martin Kennrey
Timothy J. Lee
James Leavy
Berkshire
Annual Reception At St Vincent’s Postponed One Week
Announcement by Mrs William E Allen of the Ladies of Charity of St Vincent de Paul says the annual tea and reception at St Vincent's hospital will be held Saturday June 2 due to the untimely death of Father Edward V Murphy of St Augustine's parish whose funeral is set for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William_ E Allen
Ladies of Charity of
St. ‘Vincent de Paul
Society
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Edward V. Murphy
St. Augustine's Parish
Bensinger's Gambling House Address Corrected
Police raid on Adolph Bensinger's gambling house had the wrong Broad Street address. The true location is Fairfield Avenue where the premises were found. The report notes 500 Villistas surrendered to Carrancistas at Chihuahua City and distribution plans were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air House
Adolph Bensinger
Broad Street
Fairfield Avenue
State Department
Chihuahua City
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POL
Ferdinando Orchestra
Edward A. Drew
Crescent Avenue
C. E. Blackman
Noble Avenue
St. Charles Hotel
Atlantic City
H. Douglas Pierce
Memorial Baptist Church
Young People's Society of the
First Baptist Church
LA Rue
the King of
George
Walsh
THE
AGENT
Walter Woods
Otis Turner
Principal Cortright
Cortez C. Rockwell
Main and
Hillsire Avenue
ELKS
New Eingland
Qoubhouse
POLIS
Hearst -Pathe
Dave Roth
Fred Correll
Oliver & Opp
Rives and
Poli’s
Geraldine Farrar
Plaza Theatre
Warda Howard
Lyric Players
Walter Howard
Keeney’s Empire
Sowers & Reapers
Pauline Fredrick
Quilty’s School of Dancing
Daredevil Dick
ADMIS
SION
Spooner
Ana UY
Elton Leleil
Pn Eet
Noharacters
Tage Zoo
Circus Day
Dorsen’s Department Store
Main St
Ferdinando Bros. Dance Orchestra
N. Y
Financial District
Liberty Loan
Sue Field
Washington
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
New York State
Treasury Department
New York Federal Reserve Distrat
St. Vincent’s
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