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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1927

Page

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Five jurymen needed to complete Snyder trial panel

New York April 21 LAP Five jurymen were needed to complete the twelve to pass on the murder charges against Mrs Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray. Judge Townsend Scudder indicated the jury would be completed tomorrow if needed to hold court. Seventy three prospective jurors were examined and thirty more were to be summoned.

New York Ruth Snyder Henry Judd Gray Albert Snyder Townsend Scudder Herman Bolwearti Jamaica Breame Brooklyr Joan F Connelly Charles Schneider Schneider Long Island Snyder Connelly Grays Lawers Alert Us Genera Partiular Saphall Can Talesman Faust Dana Wallace Joursal Cork Mre Snyder Eagse Gray

Impressive church service marks new era for Teg church

A list of readable items notes a new pastor leading four seminarians in an impressive service and mentions an art league show and various city notices. The page also references education, transport, and local government actions amid a broad newspaper round up.

Isatalia Morgue Royal Amateure Mo A Wen Page City

Governor's Finance Billins Approval

Hartford April 21 The Shaw bill to establish and state Board of Control and Finance to replicate the present boards was tentatively approved by the Judiciary committee. Final action awaits decisions on salary for the commissioner and on salaries for citizen board members. Provisions facing objections were amended to curb perceived state institution management power.

Hartford Shaw State Board of Control and Finance Board of Control Board of Finance and State Institutions Commission Judiciary Commissioner of Control and Finance

Planes to Race over Ocean Starting on Opposite Shores

MINEOLA April 21 AP Two planes would take off simultaneously from opposite Atlantic shores and race to Paris or New York under a new plan backed by Bellanca backers after a world duration record. The Nungesser Paris to New York flight plans delay the challenge as Bellanca prepares to depart from New York to Paris. G M Bellanca and crew ready but uncertainty remains about Nungesser's start.

Mineola, & Y Atlantic Ocean New York-Paris Bellanca Nungesser Paris New York Bert Acosta Lloyd Bertard Paire Long Island G M Nungesger Paries

Tax on Bus Routes Included in State Road Bill

Hartford April 21 A measure imposing an excise tax on the use of public highways by motor buses is favorably reported in the Senate. The tax varies by company operation, with rates from 1 cent per bus mile to 3 percent of gross receipts, and a graduated net gross tax. The session also saw Senate actions on citizenship restorations and other measures, with several bills referred to or adopted without debate.

Highwara Stratford Tage Athara State Capitol Hartford Senate Kenneth R. Blanchad David Goodman Anthony J. Lapute George S Singer Nathan Salzberg Bill Beaton House Averill Common Pleas District Court of Waterbury Common Pleas Court Waterbury Court

Move to Furnish Fuel Oil in Pipes To Homes Opposed by Gas Companies

Hartstord April 1 Proposing to furnish fuel oil to individual users through pipes from a central source, the Connecticut Fuel Supply company sought incorporation before the regulatory committee. Opponents included Hartford and Bridgeport gas interests, citing competition with gas and existing fuel distributors. The plan described fuel piped to furnaces similar to steam heat, with debate over scope and state operations as a trial scheme.

Hartstord Connecticut Fuel Supply Company Regialatne Incorporations Committee Theodore FE Stelver Fridgeport Bridgepet Joseph F Berry Hartford Hartford Cok Company Hartford Coke Company New Haven Stelber Claude

Rockefellers Seize Control Of Industrial Alcohol Board

New York AP reports the U S Industrial Alcohol Co. gains control with seven of thirteen directors elected at stockholders meeting. Rockefeller-linked figures, including Percy J. Rockefeller, back new directors from Air Reduction. Existing president R R Brown remains, with board to meet April 26 to name a chairman.

New York Air Reduction Company WR. Arthur Rockefeller Group Rockefeller Jules F Bache Ceargn F. Brewster R. R. Brown J. Horace Harding Adnan Ho Larain P. Mclntosh R R Brown U. S. Industrial Alcohol Company S Reubens Prr Brown Harry Arthu American International Corporation

Charter of Labor Promulgated by Mussolini in Italy

Rome April 2 Premier Mussolini presented the charter of labor proclaiming a fascist syndicalist state. The document enshrines state control of production and cooperation between capital and labor. It frames industrial peace as a prophecy and ties the charter to Labor Day celebrations and Rome’s founding.

Rome Iobor Mussolini Carl Marz Nikolai Lenine

All Japan Banks to Close Doors as Crisis Hits Tokyo

Banks suspend payments amid a sweeping financial crisis in Japan. The privy council may declare a 20 day moratorium while a special diet session considers measures to aid the Bank of Japan. Reports say government stabilization plans and possible bank support are under discussion as runs continue in Osaka Kyoto and Kobe. The Bank of Japan has extended advances to Tokyo institutions, and a Noble Bank linked to land exchanges stands at the center of the turmoil.

Porkao Japan Asalt Privy Council Diet Bank of Japan Asahi Tokyo Banka Osaka Kochi Kyoto Tehiki Associated Press Noble Imperial Household House of Peers Prince Matsukita London Reuters Kobe Ijoto Reuter Pemier Tanahks 4 Sarhering Saya Near York New York Harly Orient

Film Star Is Exonerated After Los Angeles Detention

Kenneth Iarlan, a film star, was detained for hours by police in Los Angeles following the death of Eleanor Fashion, aged 40, who was struck by his car. Investigators cleared him of all blame in the accident.

Uos Angahles Calif Kenneth Iarlan Lhortvy Eleanor Fashon Harlan

Wall of Water Destroys Villages Across Four States

The cold wave swells across Arkansas Kentucky and Tennessee driving refugees from towns and floodwaters engulf 7 500 square miles with rising river backwaters. Levee breaches at Stop Landing and Reelfoot threaten more communities as disease and hunger spread among camps.

Associated Press Arkansas Kentucky Tennessee Mellwood Ark Mississippi Stop Landing Miss Hickman Little Rock Redross Greenville Misa B.C Ble Trimble

Mississippi Flood Devastates Delta Towns and Levees Give Way

Massive Mississippi flood sweeps across Mississippi Kentucky and Arkansas displacing over 300 thousand people and threatening lives as levees near Greenville and towns like Knowiten Breaks fail and water pours over levees causing a rising death toll. Negro workers race to shore up defenses amid frantic sandbagging as the Great Wall of water moves downriver.

Memphis Tenn Mississippi River Greenville Delta Here Ville Missiasippas Alasippi Lewst Score Tha Rm Mississippi Knork

Train Massacre Rumor Triggers Fury Across Mexico

In Mexico City reports say bandits slaughtered at least 100 passengers on a Guadalajara to Mexico City train with 50 wounded. Catholic leaders deny church involvement amid fears of government punishment. Americans aboard not substantiated. authorities hunt bandits with large federal forces and air support. In Hartford, Foster named for judge will join the Superior Court after fall term.

Mexico City Jalisco Guadalajara United States Dork ES de Lima Banco de Mario Jis

Danbury Radio License Action Expected for WCOWS

Washington April 21 portable Danbury station WCOWS may seek a permanent license as a Danbury station. If granted operation after April 24 requires licensure under the new law, with penalties for noncompliance. WICC Bridgeport file for post April 24 operation without penalty pending, hundreds of applications await action, licenses issued in two weeks will be 60 day temporary.

Danbury WICC George H Manning Telegram Washington WCOWS Er Fang Henry A Bellows Wederal Radio Commission WCYS Radio Commission WCWS Bellows Wicc Bridgeport Atationa

Red Cross Seeks Aid for Flood Victims

American National Red Cross in Washington wires Walter B Lashar chair of local chapter reporting flood relief underway. Telegram says tents distributed yesterday and 1 660 more in transit. Relief centers sheltering dozens with refugee numbers rising daily.

American National Red Office Washington Walter B.lashar Pigot Red Cross Phare

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