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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1926
Page
7
Police baby show entries will close tomorrow as the committee reviews entrants at Blinks it tems. Large crowds attend, with age groups and entries awaiting final flag tests before judging.
French senators kept the chamber in session through the night as finance committee members pushed a package of measures. The proposals, tied to defense and tax policy, faced votes in the upper house with cabinet backing and broad parliamentary scrutiny.
Florida police search for a man after a violent axe attack in Tackl osville involving a 60 year old woman and her elderly husband. Investigators describe the case as serious with no suspects yet identified.
City court yesterday sentenced four arrestees from a vice raid on Highland Avenue and Button Street to 30 days. Police reported rapid activity over the weekend, with two bathers kept at a Highland Avenue apartment club and eight arrested there. Brothers John Barrons and Caesar Bainys, both 21, with others, faced charges tied to a nearby derelict house. A separate case saw a man sentenced to jail for three months and fined 200. Samuel Dimond, owner of a store at 669 Washington Avenue, was fined and placed on probation for one year.
Archaeologists at Mizhahoanm Palestine describe a carved hairstyle on a standing statue linked to a powerful female deity. Dr Willan and colleagues discuss fashion and symbolism while Magoffin warns against cultish influences.
The judge in Norwalk ruled that the probate court lacked jurisdiction over George W. Lockwood s petition to appoint guardians and himself as guardian in place of the father. The ruling came as Lockwood alleged his wife is incapable and the guardianship concerns his children. Attorney Tous, Mo Bernslew, and George M. Finklestein were involved. about 30 people attended.
Picket lines reformed at a garment factory on Valley Avenue with about sixteen workers present. Police, including a regular patrolman and a special officer, monitored the scene though no violence occurred as workers demonstrate during production concerns.
A Milford youth was killed at the Devon plant of the Connecticut Light and Power Company when an elevator descended and crushed his head. The victim, 17, worked at the Milford facility and was on a platform when the accident occurred. He died at Milford Hospital shortly after. Funeral arrangements were announced, with services at his parents’ home and St Mary’s Church. He was a member of the Poot Trumbull Fire Department and survived by his parents and two brothers. Burial will be in St Mary’s Cemetery Milford.
New York August 2. Walter Ward, famed bakery owner, vanished in suspicious times. A bottle washed ashore on Robins Island near Riverhead, sparking police contact. Detective reports Ward’s relatives have been in touch for over a month and asked no police action. Ward, acquitted in a bribery plot in 1929, has appeared before under suspicious circumstances before. His wife is out of town. a hoax note linked to pigeons was found in Bryn Athyn. Further searches follow ambiguous clues and prior disappearance patterns.
An August scene in Banta, California, describes a life guard employing a flying machine to reach a drowning victim. The device, arranged on the beach, connects via special telephone to summon rapid aid. The incident underscores early air or mechanical rescue concepts and the evolving safety measures of the era.
The case of Missy Heany in Hamden was continued to next Monday at the Transden town court on a complaint alleging she stole from Hannah Frante. Miss Heany and her husband have been estranged for three years, with Mrs Heany caring for their child at the Heany home last week.
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