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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1926

Page

4

Chinese Doctor Named by Student Critically Ill

Boston Aug INS Miss Mise Erma Warfield Sawin of Gardner, 21, a student at Sargent School, lay critically ill in Lawrence General Hospital after a suspected illegal operation by Dr Ensang W. Cheng, a Boston physician. Police questioned Cheng as details emerged of a $100 payment and $25 service, with Sawin’s condition described as serious but not on the danger list.

Boston INS Mise Erma Warfield Sawin Sargent School of Udge George R. Warfield Garder District Court Lawrence George Jipert Ensang W. Cheng Cheng Sciuate Geins Miss Sawin Gardner Dwight Sawin Worcester County University of Calfornia Wenlor Harvard Harvard Medical School Francisco Chengs Ir. Cheng

Workman Fatally Hurt in Waterbury Building Fall

In Waterbury on August 6 Contino Frasco aged 37 died from chest injuries after slipping into an elevator shaft in the new Catholic high school under construction. He fell twenty five feet to the main floor and died twenty minutes after reaching St Marys hospital. A rib punctured his lungs.

Waterbury

Connecticut Leads In Boys Over Girls In State High Schools

Connecticut's school system rose to 28th from 24th between 1922 and 1924 in a U.S. Bureau of Education ranking. The state shows 107.91 boys for every 100 girls in high schools and high ranks for session days and teacher salaries, with broader metrics placing Connecticut above the national average in several categories.

U. S Connecticut Maryland New Jersey Rhode Island New York Illinois United States

Coal Fears Highlight How Much Is Left Says expert

GOAL IS PLENTIFUL BUT HARD TO GET SAYS STATISTICIAN WILLIAMSTOWN Mass Aug 6 AP There are seven and one half trillion tons of coal still embedded in the earth and enough in the United States to last at least 4000 years at current consumption but coal looks ominous says Dean EB Holbrook of Pennsylvania State College He notes coal has no substitute for industrial civilization and water power is insufficient F G Tysen a mines statistician warns easily reached coal will run out and substitutes will be hard to find A Royal Bank of Canada letter predicts reduced water use in Chicago drainage and a 1934 sewage plant will cut diversions The flood contamination problem at the lake should end after July 1 1929 when a river mouth plant is finished to control lake water flow

Williamstown Mass Unitet Stateg EB. A. Holbrook Pennsylvania State College Institute of Policies F. G. Tysen Bureau of Mines Statistician Jtaike Michigan Chicago Drainage Canal Royal Bank of Canada Chicago Secretary of War Dlis

WIFE, FIREARMS AND HORSE WOLD DRUSE ATTENTION

Aug 6 AP report describes Druse customs: wives prize their men, with death for flirtation, and young women must seek approved marriages. Women cheer veterans, scold first timers, and accompany tribesmen to war. Druse women serve as nurses and healers, making their own remedies and a strong Red Cross tradition.

Boubida Diebel Druse Druse Red Cross

Police Probe Incendiary Fires At Pembroke Street Home

Detective Sergeant Thomas J. Maloney leads a rigid investigation into four recent incendiary fires at Watson Hubbard’s home 471 Pembroke Street. Fires occurred frequently but caused little damage due to early discovery. Police seek if someone holds a grudge against the Hubbard family.

Thomas J. Maloney Bureau of Investigation Watson Hubbard Pembroke Street Hubbard

New York Man Held as Drunken Driver

Milford police yesterday arrested George Sullivan of 64 West Ninety first street New York City on a charge of operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor. Sullivan drove his car into the rear end of an automobile operated by George Bucclo of Washington D C who had stopped to ask directions. The Sullivan car sustained most of the damage. Sullivan will be tried in City court tomorrow morning.

Milford George Sullivan West Ninety First Street New York City Sullivan George Bucclo Washington I D. C

Connecticut Man Held for Auto Death

John Rodriques of Wallingford was held in 4000 bail for the Washington county grand jury by Judge Oliver H. Williams in district court on manslaughter charges. His car crashed into a stone wall on July 1 near Westerly, injuring Anthony F. Guerra of New Haven who was riding with him.

Westerly R. J John Rodriques Wallingford Conn Washington County Oliver H. Willams Rodriques Anthony F. Guerra New Haven

Yale Expert Urges Conserving Lumber In New England

Professor R C Bryant of Yale Forest Department warns southern New England must salvage timber carefully, season lumber properly, and improve marketing facilities. He says Connecticut sits in a lumber consuming region with short haul marketing problems, urging a shift from mining timber to sustainable management.

England YALE Connecticut Bryant

Canines Quarantined In Connecticut Rabies Spread

Authorities in multiple Connecticut cities have ordered dog quarantines to curb a rabies spread. Dogs must be leashed or chained to prevent running loose. Norwalk Hartford West Hartford Wethersfield and Rocky Hill enforce the rule as Stamford and Danbury face no quarantine yet. State official James Whittlesey explains infection may take 40 days to develop after bites or scratches.

Connecticut Norwalk Hartford West Hartford Wethersfield Rocky Hill Stamford Danbury James A. Whittlesey Department

Woman Ends Life With Gas and Bible At Side

Agnes Stevens, 49, of 59 River Street Stamford, ended her life by gas after a two week nervous illness. She prepared breakfast, saw her husband off, then tied up the house and died seated with an open Bible at her side. The medical examiner verified death by asphyxiation.

Agnes Stevens John Stevens River Street Stamford Stevens Samuel J. A. Clark Greenwich

Five in automobile toppled into canal near Coteau Landing

An automobile believed to have carried five persons toppled into the Soulanges canal near Coteau Landing about 25 miles from Montreal after a collision with another car. An unidentified man and woman were recovered three hours later, with divers still seeking the remaining occupant believed to have been in the vehicle.

Montreal Soulanges Canal Coteau Landing

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