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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1927
Page
9
Hartford April 27 1927 bold action in the General Assembly approved 697 500 for state projects including highways armory and schools. The house and senate reports favored various measures while committee revisions and budget allocations were debated.
A series of bills proposes shifting voting hours at biennial elections in Shelton and approving varied appropriations. Measures include funding for state health, schools, armories, parks, hospital inspections, and transportation for lawmakers, with salary changes for Waterbury officials and new tree care duties. An unfavorable report cites a Piteh’a brome 1 Soldiers ranking change.
The county considers selling a large unused tract behind the jail on Whalley avenue and Croft street for an armory. Col Lewis Field will present the site to a special commission, but approval hinges on county leaders meeting to decide disposal. Beaver pond playgrounds across Goff street offer a potential militia athletic field nearby.
Ansonia April 28 AP Judge Robert L Munger will join New Haven court circles, having often filled in at the city court. A native of Ansonia, he ran for mayor on the Republican ticket, losing by 22 votes. Educated at Hopkins Grammar and Yale, he earned a BA in 1897 and a Yale Law degree in 1900, practiced with Munger and Munger, and later ran the firm alone after his father’s death. He also published verse titled The Land of Lost Many in 1912 and built a reputation as a public speaker. He has served as city judge, corporation counsel, and a longtime member of several clubs and orders.
Hartford April 18 AP Makers of laws in the General Assembly were toasted and lampooned at a mock session by the Lanret club Connecticut legislative reporters. The event recalled sessions of 1911 1912 and featured policy jokes party satire and quips about governors and senators with plans to rename the state and modernize roads while lampooning political trends and party balance.
Hartford April 28 Fourteen towns including Tartford New Haven Bridgeport and West Hartford would lose state aid on trunk line highways under a Roads Bridges and Tivers committee report to the House The plan would shift responsibility for the named roads to the state with most routes listed by town and varying lengths from feet to miles
Hartford May 6 probable date for final adjournment of the 1927 General Assembly session surfaced as leaders argued over timing. Senate favoring May 11 clashes with House opposition while House leaders threaten to block rescission of a May adjournment plan, potentially ending the session by midnight Wednesday if the Senate does not meet Monday.
Three drill teams from Purity Rebekah lodge Arcanum lodge and Adelphian lodge Odd Fellows will exhibit tonight at Pyramid Temple with synchronized routines and eye catching formations as part of a lodge event.
A fragmented note indicates an Odd Fellows connected committee meeting to discuss a mosque project with county involvement and a dancing event planned by the group.
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