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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1926
Page
2
Westport residents report widespread disregard of the Compo Beach dog ban despite posted signs and a recent Selectman resolution. Local officials urged volunteers and the Police Commission to enforce the ordinance, while critics planned protests to First Selectman King W Mansfield.
Rianiev Lockhart twenty nine a salesman of Myrtle street faced Hartford Police court charged with drunkenness and attempted assault. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months in jail by Judge Way. Lockhart was arrested early this morning on Garden street by Policeman Charles Myers.
Building inspector Bernard Doerner claims materials fail to meet code on the new high school project. The building committee led by Attorney Stanley Mead asserts Doerner is mistaken and demands the work proceed without delay.
Special John Galassi of 131 Greenwich Street was arrested this morning for taking an automobile without the owner's consent. He is the third to be arrested in this case. Thomas Glo and a 16 year old boy are under detention in connection with the theft. The car belonged to John Ire mott and the trio are accused of ditching Motorcycle Bo hceman Bernard Hagen when he tried to stop them. They abandoned the car.
Richard C. Rockwell a 34 year old Hartford salesman died after plunging seven stories from an Mohcan hotel window. Medical examiner Dr Charles Kaufman suggested the death may have been accidental while Rockwell attempted to remove a heavy screen for ventilation. No lights were burning, his bed showed signs of use, and the heavy screen could have fallen as he tried to raise it.
Tessie Caviller of Fairfield Avenue and Angelina Caopola of Greenwich Avenue were arrested today in Stamford for alleged intimidation of Piper and Salerno factory workers on Atlantic Street during a garment strike. They were released in custody of their crimes. The two accused were pickets of the striking garment workers' union. It is alleged they tried to prevent girls from going to work at the factories amid seven arrests of pickets in the city.
The Cedar CHM Red and Gun club will haul lumber to Farmill street on Saturday August 7 and begin building a 2 1/2 by 3 foot club house with a veranda kitchen and storeroom. Thomas Keating named committee of one to lead building fund and four new members admitted including Joseph Aurillio Joseph Cossette H R Stivers and William H Crook.
Stratford August 6 Special James Hidden Bridgeport reports an accident on Lordship road between a Bridgeport driver and Vincent Merley of Stratford. Merley allegedly intoxicated but declared sober by Dr DeRuyter Howland. Merley to appear in court Monday on reckless driving charges.
Eugene G Walker a Southbridge merchant trading as Eugene a Walker Coal and Lumber Company will be arraigned in District Court August 13 on a theft charge. About $1500 worth of antique furniture was taken from Rev Charles Riss summer home in South Warren. Police say the theft was found Friday night and reported Saturday to the state police at Brookfield barracks.
London reports that Prime Minister Baldwin was fiercely criticized by A. J. Cook of the Miners Federation for reading a message to the United States denying that Britons faced want among coal strikers. The attack claimed Baldwin used an American press agency to influence American aid to British miners, noting the message was timed to publish in America before a visit tied to the British mining crisis.
The Columbia Coffee company at 731 Kaal Main Street with partners Giu seppine Cipolla and Pacling Cipola has been adjudged insolvent. It owes creditors 3 419.48 and holds stock worth 200. J Ralph Jones, Greenwich truckman and contractor, owes 8 701.27 and holds assets of 3 158.29 and has been adjudged bankrupt. A first meeting of his creditors will be held on August 20 in Bankruptcy court.
U S may deport Bertha Bev Voehen, two months married to Morris Cohen of Providence, over alleged illegal entry. She crossed from Cuba to Key West by motor boat after arriving from France in August 1923 and landing in New York. Government seeks proof she did not enter via New York.
New Haven county leads the nation in stock improvement enrollment and in the use of purebred sites for all livestock classes. The Bureau of Animal Industry reports 747 county stock owners enrolled, with 16 516 participants nationwide and 664 448 animals undergoing improvement. Poultry improvements total 1 276 538 across 46 states and 43 counties with 160 or more participants.
More than 200 entries verifiably received for the Bridgeport police outing at Pleasure Beach. The baby show starts at 8 p.m. in the beach ball room with several prizes. A Charleston contest follows at 8:30 p.m. with multiple prizes. Other events include pie and watermelon eating contests and greasy pelta climbing. Six three round bouts are scheduled at eight. The Harvey Hubbell band will play between 2 and 5 p.m. and 8 and 11 p.m.
In Stamford the Lincoln Republican club meeting turned confrontational as Max Spelke denounced city officials and the Republican regulars. He accused Corporation counsel Skeel of neglecting assessment inquiries and claimed a hidden threat to reveal tactics. He urged backing reform candidates and warned against endorsing the old guard. Senator Matthew H. Keanealy and Representative Frank B. Gurley were also targets in the rhetoric.
Stamford Gas and Electric won planning board approval to erect four sub stations for an electric plant on Maps Avenue and Halter Tree Ridge Road. Alfred W. Dater, president, George Leland, general manager, and Warren F. Cressy, council, pledged the building would conform to zoning rules and not be a nuisance. A rough grading plan was described, with no opposition noted.
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