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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1925
Page
2
The Macri trial was adjourned as questions arose over defense strategy and witness handling. Court spectators and reporters followed developments while jurors and officials prepared for continued proceedings and motions.
Frederick J Klett a salesman of Bramford was granted a decree of divorce from Cadis FPF Klett of Fairfield by Judge Nivell Jennings in Superior Court after Cadis accused a milkman of causing her affections to wane. The wife said she left three months ago and the husband denied paternity of a child born to her. The case included the arrest of the husband on a non support charge, from which he was released.
The Board of Finance discusses relocating the Yellow Mill playground to a new site in the eastern section and delaying abandonment until Tafarette park space is ready. Officials note removal of paraphernalia will allow enlargement of the field, with mothers reluctant to send children there.
City official Fleming urges a traffic solution proposing widening Fairfield Avenue from Water Street to Congress Street. The plan aims to relieve congestion by expanding routes and adjusting street design in the downtown area.
Local notices list meetings tonight at multiple addresses including Broad Street Sandia Lane State Street and Wool Avenue. Names such as Nathaniel Wheeler and maintenance staff are mentioned along with street references.
A crowded listing shows multiple property owners and companies filing appeals to lower assessed values after the two month tax-rate window. Reductions target large gaps between owner valuations and assessments, with Bilton Machine Tool and dozens of firms seeking notable cuts.
Reports from Sofia allege Bulgarian agrarian communists in touch with Moscow have received 2,000,000 gold marks to fuel a revolution. Rival forces surround towns near Sofia as a battle looms. Arrests link to a high profile assassination plot and a cathedral bombing, while Berlin notes the crisis as insurrectionary and Bolshevik-inspired.
Reports say public amusements are banned in Bulgaria until May 15 and a conference on Bulgarian increases was postponed It is claimed documents tie Belgrade Moscow and the Third International to terrorism A Bulgarian capital streets Civil War mood with police bans and raids on suspected terrorists and arrests of Communists including dying and killed officials in raids Documents recovered suggest plans to bomb the Sveti Wral cathedral and strike at the foreign ministry and bank of Bulgaria Officials wear papers labeling others traitors as raids continue and violence looms
A reader notes static varies with headphones and speaks of WGY WGM Chicago signals and New York trends toward complete radio sets over self built units. Bridgeport and tin roofs are mentioned as antenna bases with mixed success. interference and non conductor cede affect broadcasts near WEAF WIA and WNYC while ship operators push traffic on low wavelengths to avoid interference.
States Attorney William Cain says O Mahony, a former British soldier and Manchester policeman, is sane. He was indicted for murder in the shooting of Aveethgart after the girl refused his marriage proposal, and the state frames the motive as a possible factor in the crime.
Alexander Wathuia charges Josephine Dambios with infidelity. He seeks civil redress after Kalwaitis, now of Providence, alleges his wife left with another man nine days after their October 14 1924 marriage.
Nunzio Tamburri of Stamford files suit in Superior Court seeking 1600 in damages from New York and Stamford railroad after his truck was damaged in a street collision in Stamford last March. Papers filed yesterday afternoon. More than atty countries expected at World Convention of the Woda To be held in Edinburgh next June.
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