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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
23
Harland Hf Allen outlines a practical plan to turn dream vacations into realities. It urges budgeting the year for travel, selecting feasible trip types and destinations, and detailing costs for transportation, lodging, meals, and recreation to avoid overspending.
An old style catalog notices metal ceiling installation services and home design packages. It lists plans and specifications from architects, various house designs, and complete sets ready for listing, with extra charges for hinges and extra reprints. It also mentions remodeling services, upholstery, carpets, and general home improvements with numerous named locations and random personnel references.
American Telephone and Telegraph reports June earnings of 8 8 219 000 and six month total of 48 639 000, with operating income of 63 298 000 for June. Eastman Kodak directors to decide on dividend. Cities Service oil subsidiaries post second quarter output over 7 000 000 barrels and first half 11 755 000 barrels, up sharply from 1926. Rickenbacker Plant sale adjourned to August 18. American Steel Foundries shows first half net profit of 2 661 240.
Realty records detail transfers from Watt Indy Depts and others to numerous buyers. Properties on Merriam Street Guidon Street Lincoln Avenue Pembroke Street and Wayne Street extended change hands for sums including 2500 8500 and 34000 to banks and individuals such as Elvin DeVito Clarence L Wolfe Minnie Douplestein and Giuseppe Scinto among others.
Cotton prices posted scattered gains as futures closed steady to 48 points higher across August deliveries and nearby contracts. The market showed mixed shifts with October through May maturities ranging from 1745 to 1845 while spot middling held around 1745.
Copper futures and spot hold around 13.98 for electrolytic copper with nearby futures near 65.25 and 65.12. Iron, lead, zinc show little change. Copper and zinc prices cited from East St Louis and allied markets. values shown as 13.98 and 65.25 65.12 with iron steady and others unchanged.
Market brief notes easier money supply with higher bids and steady demand, covering collateral terms of 60 to 80 days and 4 to 6 months. References include commercial paper rates and closing bids, with emphasis on financing options and loans.
Rubber prices closed firm with September at 530, December 360, March 3600. A smoke traded spot at 1 4. Exchange balances at 112 million and the Federal Reserve Bank credit balance at 104 million.
Milford Democrats plan their own caucus to set the ticket ahead of the fall election. Edward B Brogerton engaged the town hall for Monday September 12 as Republicans are in power and the move aims to reveal the rival ticket and platform.
John Dirt of 174 Union Avenue Bridgeport fined 100 and costs in Town Court for operating a motor vehicle under the influence after his car crashed into a stone wall on the Shore Road on July 30. Willan Harmell of 41 South Street Bridgeport arrested for destruction of property alleged to have tried to set fire to the car. found not guilty. Morton DeBish of 191 Garfield Street Bridgeport fined 20 and cents. arrested July 31 by State Officer Eugene R. Burns, charged with reckless driving.
American Telephone and Telegraph reports June gross earnings of 8 219 000 up from 749 000 a year earlier. For six months ending June 30, gross earnings reach 948 539 000 versus 46 227 000 in 1926. June operating income stands at 3 298 000, year-ago 629 000, while first half 20 167 000 vs 18 215 000 in 1926.
Desau Aug 4 German flyers attempt another ocean crossing aboard the Bremen after a forced landing in which gear and propeller were damaged. Captain Kochl and August Loose survived fumes from gasoline, with Loose guiding the craft to a dive and safe landing. The Bremen undergoes overhaul with improved gas release system and a crew fight to avert disaster as workmen prepare for takeoff.
In Cohasset Massachusetts Commander Richard E Byrd told the Associated Press he would set a definite departure date for his Antarctic expedition within a week. Chile has ordered naval support for his voyage, offered through its Washington embassy, while backers beyond Ford are being sought. The base at Discovery Bay will host a miniature city for thirty, with Norwegian houses, telephones, and a shortwave radio, and aircraft will be moved by tractors. The venture, three years at most, is projected to cost a quarter million dollars and attract scientists nationwide.
Obituaries and funeral notices dated August 1927 list Ayus Canavan age 1927 Mies Ann Canavan funeral from M J Gannon Inc and Sacrament church with burial at St Michaels cemetery. Also Emily Gencl age 7 at 1 Fairfield Avenue funeral from First Hungarian Reformed church Mountain Grove. James J Kelly funeral at No Bond Street and St Charles church with interment at St Michaels cemetery. Herbert L Oviatt age 63 funeral at Ford Mortuary chapel Milford and interment Milford cemetery.
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