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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1925
Page
8
Marketing Bureau report notes rhubarb asparagus and dandelions boosting native supply. Long Island asparagus and New Jersey first quality fetch around 18 cents per pound. rhubarb prices lower than late last week by about 2 cents. Spinach and lettuce steady, strawberries variable. prices for many items fluctuate with quality.
William Wells alias William Gross of 28 West 28th Street New York was held on $8,000 bond for a hearing on charges of attempting to conceal assets. He was arrested two weeks ago after a New York wholesale dry goods house reported he obtained bonds under false pretenses.
Charles P. Huber, 68, of 30 Crest Road West Haven, is wanted after paying taxi driver Fred Scoville $70 for a short ride to New York from New Haven this morning. He has been under doctor’s care for several months and is now missing.
Danbury April 28 Special White Compensation Commissioner HB Buckingham hears 12 compensation cases from hatters suffering the hatters shakes. Insurance companies and factory owners seek a cure by eliminating certain chemicals.
Milford April 28 Special The trial of Walter Commer proprietor of the Hotel Pembroke Woodmont opened in Pown court today on charges of keeping liquor with intent to sell and conducting a disorderly house. Three witnesses were heard before a recess at noon.
George M. Tarkac resigns as investigator and clerk in the Board of Ayseasora office effective Friday. Administration leaders have not settled on a replacement, and the post may stay vacant for some time. Tarkac left to become assistant secretary at the First Catholic Slovak Union in Cleveland Ohio.
Building Trancetor Daniel M. Rowland urged an ordinance to ban billboards in residential districts that create nuisances and lower nearby residents' desirability. City Clerk Alfred W. Burdick received the suggestion, with Rowland noting a lack of existing billboard controls and seeking rules on placement relative to building lines and adjacent lots.
Bangor April 28 Lesh man M Smart a guide in Moosehead lake district was held in 5000 bail for hearing May 6 after pleading not guilty to blackmail charges. He was arrested at the request of Great Northern Paper Co which paid 1000 reward for information. A letter threatened to burn pulp wood forests and farm lands unless the company opened its hotels at Seboomook and Northeast Carry this spring.
Boston April 28 The April number of the Harvard Advocate was suppressed by Police Superintendent Crowley after Judge John Duff of the municipal court ruled it indecent profane and tending to corrupt morals of youth and adults.
Indianapolis Ind April 28 Roswell O Johnson former Gary mayor and four other Prominent Gary men await transfer to federal sentences for conviction as leaders in the Gary liquor conspiracy case.
Superior court suit filed yesterday seeks division among nine relatives of four Danbury land tracts on Highkind avenue West Davis and Morris streets. Petitioners include Tasaph M Hunt Thomas A Hunt Larry R Hunt May M Fant Vincent D Hunt all of Danbury Madeline M Shanley Waterbury John Tiant St Louis Lincoln Valentine and Tfunnie M Valentina of Bronkfield.
In Worcester Mississippi, the rear wall of a former police station on Water Street collapsed onto Commercial Street while a theft report was being filed. Imma McTlskey of Portland Maine and her parents, George and Mrs Smith, were struck. A worker, Traph Hausrynet, suffered facial and head cuts. The site had burned two years earlier.
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