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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1926
Page
7
Respondents and authorities clash as Japanese university students challenge a college action. Debate centers on ideological positions and university oversight, with tensions rising around censorship and academic freedom. Officials, educators, and students weigh limits on speech during a contentious period.
Amusements note Porta Vaudeville tonight with a double bill headlined by the Buck Ford Family singers dancers and musicians. The program also features Rin Tin Tin in The Big Snows and a lineup including Alice Lawlor, Miss Griffith, and Ruth Comfort Mitchell material, plus Pathe News and a Hal Roach short Scared Stiff. The act list spans impersonations, comedy, and dramatic vaudeville acts with a varied cast and attractions designed to draw large crowds.
A Palace Theatre report lauds First National’s Mismates starring Donna Kenyon and Warner Baxter with strong supporting turns by Philo McCulloigh and Charles Murray. The review highlights emotional acting, a jewel parade sequence, a banquet hall scene, and cites Kenyon as a standout. A comedy Mister Wife accompanies the feature along with vaudeville acts and musical numbers from Gonzellas and Naom Royard.
Carmline Griffith returns to the screen at the Majestic theatre in a landmark showcase described as the finest dramatic vehicle she has ever been offered. The screening marks a high point for the studio and draws local audiences seeking a bold performance.
Hundreds of visitors converge on Plymouth to glimpse President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge at their home. They attend church services with local parishioners, while a repaired roof and missing hymnals are noted. Mrs Goodhue visits from Northampton with pies as the Coolidges plan to return tomorrow to White Pine Camp. The day ends with a visit to the Hillside cemetery to honor their late son Calvin.
Theosophist Annie Besant returns to London from the Star of the East convention in Holland and plans a August 19 lecture tour in the United States. Krishnamurti, her Hindu protégé hailed as the coming world teacher, will accompany her and speak at Theosophical Society and Star of the East meetings about the coming great word teacher. The Star of the East headquarters in America are at Heathwood, where Fritz Kuner Teeter will hold sessions under Krishnamurti’s guidance.
In Mexico City August 8 AP reports Dr Albert Taylor and a group of American writers and ministers questioned the Mexican Episcopate about church life under constitutional limits. The episcopate says the constitution burdens church life by civil controls and property restrictions and outlines concerns on education, excommunication, and church property seizures.
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