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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1925
Page
8
A world famous tire tread sample and a steel heel are strapped to a rod then ground in a cylinder with razor edged carborundum for three hours. The test measures wear and shows the rubber slice resists abrasion better than steel, yet O Sullivans Heels define the standard for wear.
Three youths from Bridgeport jailed for trespassing on railroad land in Waterbury. Anderson and LaCarte sentenced to five days. McCormich case suspended. Driver bound over after a crash injured two Waterbury buses and several riders. Local high school alumni play Hoodoo with plans for a June banquet and fundraiser.
Marion, April 10. Indictments totaling about one hundred were returned in connection with the dynamiting of the Fowler grocery store and building at Herrin March 9. Three Marion youths Exco Phelps Val Phelps and Paul Riddle are charged with placing and feeding the dynamite. One suspect allegedly confessed implicating several men opposed to the Ku Klux Klan. Glenn Fowler's suppport of the late Glenn Young Klan liquor was mentioned though Glenn Fowler and his parents were injured.
A garbled report inserts a possible third woman into the puzzling case of a Canadian war veteran found dead in Weymouth. Names hint at Myrtle or Mure and Mary OTeun, with ties to a house on Pemnboke Place in South End. Details unclear due to damaged text.
A temporary rearrangement of Superior Court judges for April takes effect. Judge New to Jennings will sit in place, with hearings on the court side to proceed. The Amal firm at the Crimink Superior Court in Middletown opens, while changes affect several local schedules and assignments.
The New Haven Railroad received public praise from the New England industries for their support of the 23 million dollar refunding bond issue. Letters from President Pearson of Connecticut Manufacturers Association and Kent Hubbard of the association highlighted industry cooperation, credit improvements, and reduced fears for the railroad’s welfare. Hubbard’s reply affirmed continued collaboration and the broader mutual benefit to New England.
The Supreme Court sitting in Bridgeport will hear arguments on appeals from court decisions, including Gerald Chapman's case tied to a death sentence. The June term opens in New Haven, with Attorney Henry Greenstein preparing a new indictment for Tacob Lowy of the Compo Inn Westport, while Lowy remains jailed.
Veteran vaudeville performer known as Dublin Minstrel has died at his Brooklyn home from pneumonia. Once a prominent stage artist, he left the business years ago and later served as secretary to Edward Wirg elmann, then Brooklyn borough president, a position he maintained until his death.
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