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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1927
Page
22
Bridgeport youngsters and nearby residents will gather at Pleasure Beach for the weekly children’s day. The management continues a policy of distributing hundreds of free admission tickets for the event, allowing youths to enter at no cost.
An event lineup features amateur boxing on the park bridge hours 12 to 2 with prize awards at 4 30 p m. Jane of Bridgeport headlines the boxing. A film and vaudeville program includes William Aldrich with Imperial Hawaiian Singers, Harriet Hutchena Billy Ross in Just Themselves Geo Yorman Lizzie in a rare act, and Ken Maynard in The Devil's Saddle with Paramount News. The High C’s Revue and other acts close the bill.
Tomorrow at Polys Vaudeville a lively program features The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary with May Robson Harrieon Ford and Phyliia Haver. The Venetian Masqueraders Olga Boehm lead a bright revue with Nell McKinley Ruddell Dunigan Betty Elsa and Ed Travers. Also Moulders of Men shows at Elk and Ma Cherie vaudeville bill.
A dense list of radio programs across stations like WOOK WHAF and WABC in New York, detailing orchestras, soloists, lectures, weather forecasts, and various musical and talk segments. Names such as Julian, Kennedy, Harry Sim mung, Loretta Gannell, Victor Michel, and Clarence Gaskill appear among many others, with times ranging from morning to late evening and multiple venues noted.
A sweeping list of evening programs across WEAP WEAF WIZ WNYC and more highlights diverse music including South Sea Islanders Davis Saxophone Octet and Goodrich Orchestra. Also noted are Maxwell Hour Our Musical United States Balalaika Orchestra and various concerts plus weather stock reports and scores across stations.
Veterans with war service who own property must file discharge papers with Town Clerk John Caldwell by September 1 to receive the $1,000 veteran tax exemption for the 1927 list. An act limits exemptions to years after recording the papers, and blindness grants only an $3,000 exemption, not extra $1,000.
Oswald Garrison Villard published telegrams claiming Senators Henrik Shipstead and Robert La Follette urged the White House to disclose Federal files on the Sacco Vanzetti case. The letters argue secrecy harms U S credibility and foreign opinions, asking public release with safeguards for current State Department staff. The appeal notes worldwide impact unless files go public.
Industrial activity in Bridgeport rises as 12,527 workers across 31 factories report 73.4 percent of normal employment for the week of July 30, up from 12,492 on July 23. Total hours worked reach 601,576, with an average of 48.0 hours per worker, signaling improved activity over early July figures.
Mayor Behrens said yesterday he is well pleased with the action of the Board of Education voting to turn the Cand street school site over to the Board of Recreation for a playground when the building is abandoned for school purposes. An addition to Columbus school will render the Grand street building unnecessary. He has emphasized the need for playgrounds for some time and is glad the school board adopted his recommendation.
Waterbury August 9 two men William J Mittier age 57 of 312 Washington Street Hamp-ton New Jersey and Henry Stiles age 37 of 245 Mount Prospect Avenue Newark New Jersey were arrested and held for federal authorities after police charged them with attempting to pass forged money orders this afternoon Stiles sought a 62 50 money order to pay for a ton of coal at a local dealer but the coal company declined and alerted police Detectives trailed the men to a hardware store and took them into custody
Police say Stiles attempted to pass a money order for two coffee percolators from the Charles A. Templeton Company Inc. Mittler waited outside as officers arrested him after nabbing both suspects believed to have secured the orders in New York.
Kossuth and Janestreeta become the scene tonight as the Ninth District Republican club invites men and women to a block party with dancing, card games, and refreshments.
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