Chamber of Commerce Seeks Action on Playground Offer
The Bridgeport Chamber met at the Steaftield hotel to discuss a donor proposal for four acres of land for a new playground. Members urged city action while noting the city’s cost of maintaining playgrounds and supported annual purchases to expand facilities. The meeting closed with a push to double membership to fund broader city projects and ongoing public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jo Berennan
Stockholdie
Chamber of Commerce
Steaftield
Hosta Y Werurs
Headsley Park
Crawford Hat
Chambers
Putence
Brennan
Francis Dungan
Urgvn
Thea Chamber
Robert A Crosby
Crosby
Chamber
Bridgeport
Mwear
Crawford Tead
Aras
Bown
Retail Board
Real Pstate Board
Master Builders
Manu
Virginia
New England
Brooklawn Country Club
Industrial Bureau
S Earl Shook
Herman K Beach
Robert A Beers
Newark
Thia
R. I. Neithercut
General Postoffice Committee
James G. Ludlum
Washington
Washing
Bullard
Raybestos
Bridgeport Brass Company
Construction Gang
Meintyre Ag
Board of Apportionment
Signal Agsta
Bunnell's Pond
Park Commission
Police Commission
False Names On Hotel Book Cause Much Trouble
Santa Cruz, Calif. April 26. Captain Orville I. Clampett, Army chaplain, acquitted last week in a court martial for improper conduct toward a Kansas girl, appears exonerated in an embarrassing hotel incident. He registered as Mr William Jones, a woman guest as Mrs Helen Jones, and a ruse with a supposed pair of couples led to confrontations. The Army ordered an investigation in San Francisco into the Santa Cruz hotel episode involving Clampitt and Myre Helene Taber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Cruz
Calif
Orville I. Clampett
Kansas
Clampett
William Jones
Helen Jones
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Army
San Francisco
CAP
Henry D. Todd
Ninth Corps
Sanita Cruz
Orville Clampitt
Myre
Helene Taber
Clampitt
France Cuts Debt Payment to England
Paris reports France will not pay Great Britain 25 606,000 this year in liquidation of the debt. A finance ministry communique denied reports of terms offered in new negotiations. No further details were provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Great Britain
Ministry of Finance
England
Pigeon Rescued 330 Miles Off New York Shore
A homing pigeon wandering the Atlantic was captured 880 miles south of New York. The bird showed no message or clear reason for its ocean voyage, and its leg tag read 1 M. 17115, Numond 8%. The rescue was reported via Wireless to the Independent Wireless Telegraph company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Munson Mner Munafbro
Independent Wireless Telegraph Company
Public utilities commission approves crossing elimination plan
Hartford April 26 The Public Utilities Commission approved the state highway department plan to remove the Brade crossing on the Berlin turnpike Berlin Middletown railroad branch by building a highway overpass and straightening the curve at the southern approach. Estimated cost spans 82000 to 96000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wartford
Public Utilities Commission
State Highway Departments
Berlin
Berlin- Middletown
Three Men Take Hairdresser Licenses In Hartford Event
Three men were issued hairdresser licenses in Hartford after a state exam day attended by sixty eight candidates in the House hall. The Board of Hair Dressers conducted a forty nine question exam overseen by examiners Agnes Donovan Catherine Crowley and Mary Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Lcenses
Connecticut
Board of
Hair Dressers
Misa Agnes Donovan
Catherine Crowley
Bridgeport
Mra Mary Holmes
New Haven
Freezing Temperatures Limit Adirondack Water Rise
The Adirondack town of Tupper Lake reports freezing temperatures limiting water rise today. A light snow fell forenoon as cold air settled over the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupper Lake
N.Y
Adirondacks
May Resumes Hostilities Paris Conflict Alert
Havass agency reports France and Spain will halt peace talks with the Rifles at Oujs and resume May 1. If no agreement is reached by then, a military offensive will begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Havass
France
Spain
Oujds
Liquor Dispenser Loses Unusual Supreme Court Appeal
A. Stanley Copeland of the Joy Christian church of Buffalo, convicted for dispensing wines and beer before a public building, lost his Supreme Court appeal challenging the Volstead Act. The court refused to review his case, arguing the prohibition amendment and enforcement law were valid restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. Stanley Copeland
Joy Christian Church of
Buffalo
Supreme Court
Tellay
Copelané
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Grobile
Bureau
Getsere
T. Hema
Healing Springs
Virginis
Creek
Michigan
All Grocery
Munalbrown
Passehrer
P. A. Commission
N. Y
Continental Red Seal Motor
Durant Sport
Turan Sport
Barnum
Star & Durant
Harrison
Fairfield Ave
Harrison ST
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