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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1927
Page
5
Paris Aug 1 The Levine Drouhin financial dispute stalls the trans Atlantic flight of the Columbia. Charier Levine owner and Maurice Drouhin clash over motor and preparation. Mrs Levine pushes for a new motor and stricter safeguards before any flight to New York. Drouhin insists on sole control.
Charres A Le aine, arriving from Paris for the pageant, denied reports that he quarreled with French airman Maurice Drouhin and sought a British pilot to replace Drouhin in the Paris to New York Bellanca monoplane flight. Levine called the story nonsense and said he did not meet Drouhin yesterday. He had been summoned by the Royal Air something and was not searching for a replacement pilot.
A bold advertisement touts Shut-off as a rapid cure for corns and callouses claiming instant relief after three minutes. It promises healthy skin and easy removal without long treatments, urging readers to purchase from local stores and avoid older preparations.
London reports Ed ward Tierney and Dick Hayman plan a Dover start on August 8 in the 12 footCarrie a wind driven submarine like craft with a 3 foot beam and 2 foot draft they expect a 40 day crossing using windmills pedal power and a single small hatch for entry as crew alternates.
Mrs Ming Fawcett reports telepathic communications over two and a half years regarding Colonel P A Fawcett and his expedition in Matto Grosso Brazil. The messages claim the party is safe though ill with fever, facing hardships near a rocky barrier, and may provide news before December or in August.
A 16 year old, Louis B Webb Jr, died touching a live 50 000 volt wire at the Suckle 2 mine near Boulder as workers repaired a transformer. An accompanying rescuer, Warden M P Capp, died trying to help. Mine reopened after years of disuse. Louis Webb Sr a Northwestern psychology professor commented.
Senator Curtis, Republican Senate leader, said no special session is needed and Congress should wait for its regular December meeting. He urged joint work by Senate Commerce and House flood control committees next fall after Army Engineer reports, and noted tax relief measures would originate in the House. He had just returned from visits with his daughters in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and planned no Black Hills trip to see the President.
New York August 1 By Associated Press Dr Raymona Squier physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Md secured license at the shamage bureau this afternoon to marry Miss Elizabeth Aubrey Philips a nurse of Portsmouth R I The wedding was to take place today in this city Dr Squier was born at Topeka Kansas and Miss Philips was born at Fall River Maas
Philadelphia August 1 John Maloney thirty eight of Fishdale Massachusetts was struck by a motor car and killed today police said he stepped from behind a pillar of a railway bridge directly into the path of the automobile He was taken to a hospital by the car's driver and died a few minutes later.
New York August 1 The thirteen year old Wittenfeld twins Bernice and Phyllis of New York who this summer set a Hudson River record of 62 hours 30 minutes from Albany to New York sailed on the French liner France to prepare for an attempt to swim the English Channel.
A Holliston laborer William Stupinsky, 26 feet from a window to a porch roof, slipped and fell to the ground, striking his head on a rock and killing him instantly. Neighbor Carroll Wojnowski found the body. Medical Examiner James A. Black ruled the death accidental.
Geneva reports say Japanese mediation may salvage the naval talks but British and American negotiators clash over the proposed treaty wording. Washington sees no immediate breakthrough after Kellogg–Howard talks, with no new compromise in sight and Geneva sessions delayed.
Nashville August 1 Associated Press Circuit court sustained a demurrer in a suit by state tax officials challenging a state board ruling that circulation goodwill and other intangible assets of newspapers are not taxable The Knoxville Journal and Tribune Knoxville News and the state board of equalization won dismissal of the suit with Judge A B West ruling the tax assessors lacked authority to review the board’s decision and dismissing the action.
Nashville August 1 Associated Press Roland Wolfe two years old fell from a seventh floor window of the Hermitage hotel landing on Raymond Garnetts of New York who saved him. The child sustained a broken arm and leg and Garnetts suffered facial sores on the forehead in the dramatic rescue.
Recipe for corn pudding with green pepper onion and pimento. Mix 2/3 cup corn 1/4 cup chopped green pepper 2 tablespoons chopped onion salt and condensed milk eggs. Bake at 350 F about 25 minutes. States Magnolia condensed milk benefits and uses.
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