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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1927

Page

15

Hoover Projects Not 10 Cut Down Surplus

Hoover says seven large federal engineering efforts including Colorado river and Mississippi flood control will not greatly affect the budget. He notes preliminary funding only for most, with about 30 million dollars yearly for Boulder Canyon dam and Mississippi projects, and affirms no need to abandon tax cuts.

Hoover Los Angeles Associated Press Mississippi Herbert Hoover Commerce Congress Colorado Columbia River Basin St. Lawrence, International Canal Great Lakes Boulder Canyon

Court restrains Ohio miners union in Belmont dispute

In Columbus a federal court granted a temporary restraining order against the Ohio miners union and its officials amid plans to pursue action against participants in a disturbance last Friday. Belmont county tensions involve law enforcement disputes and calls to remove Sheriff Hardesty. Ten defendants, seven men and three women, face incitement and assault charges over the Provident mine incident near St. Clairsville. all pleaded not guilty.

Columbus Ohio Associated Press Belmont County Federal District Court Paul V. Waddel T Donehey Clyde C. Hardesty

Charles Ray Held on Theft Charge in Union Square

Charles Ray forty is jailed on a theft charge after police detained him at 35 Union Square last night. He allegedly stole a suit of clothes belonging to Albert Hall of the same address a few days earlier.

Charles Ray Union Square Albert Hall

Puts An End To Bunion Pains

An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Emerald CHL as a quick remedy for inflamed swollen toe joints. It promises relief if pain persists, with a refund offer and instructions to obtain the full strength product from a druggist. The ad also urges treatment for swollen or varicose veins with the Emerald Gil variant.

Nosmel Moone Aunce Boitie Spacelab

Japan Seeks Crown Prince As Heir To Throne

In temples across Japan people pray the child of Emperor Hirohito and Empress will be a boy. The firstborn daughter is Princess Shigeko Teru, 20 months old, with a late August due date for the second child. A boy would become heir as the 124th direct descendant of the Sun Goddess, but public celebrations will be muted due to mourning for the late emperor. the cannon at the palace will fire two shots for a boy and one for a girl.

Tokyo Associated Press Hirohito Shigeko Teru Japan Imperial Family of

Gangsters Held for Boston Murder

Boston August 15 AP. Stephen Waldo known as Steve Gustin ex prizefighter and gang leader and Thomas Ryan held without bail charged with the murder of John B Wright alias Frank E Baker of the Guatin gang. Taxi driver Thomas J Kinney also held as accessory after the fact. Wright shot from a rear window as the car sped by. Kinney says two men entered the cab and fired then fled. Wright had five prior arrests.

Boston Associated Press Stephen Waldo Steve Gustin Thomas Ryan John B. Wright Frank E. Baker Guatin Thomas J. Kinney Wright South End Gustin Mattapan Ryan Kenney Kenny

City Doctor Called For Ill Baby At Hancock Avenue

Dr Sydney of Emergency hospital advised a city doctor to visit 203 Hancock avenue after an ambulance arrived to treat two year old Baby Baka. The child suffered from tonsillitis or diphtheria per Dr Mooney's diagnosis.

Hancock Avenue Sydney Wes Baka Mooney

McCarthy and Son Awarded City Paving Contract

George T. McCarthy & Son to furnish 5000 cubic yards of trap rock for the city paving project valued at 60000 dollars. They won the bid against three competitors in a system delivery on city trucks. Prices varied by material size with McCarthy and Leverty & Hurley the top bidders.

George T. McCarthy & Son Board of Public Purchases McCarthy Leverty & Hurley Bertolini Bros Silliman & Godfrey

Youth Accidentally Kills His Brother in Woodchuck Hunt

In Pittsfield Massachusetts on August 15 Associated Press reports Lewis E. Durfee was killed when his brother Norman Durfee accidentally fired a shot at a second woodchuck. The bullet passed through Lewis’s head as he rose to shoot.

Lausanne Switzerland Associated Press Charles H. Brent Western New York J. Ross Stevenson Princeton Theological Seminary Presbyterian William Adams Brown Union Theological Seminary James Cannon, Jr Washington Methodist Episcopal Pittsfield Mass Lewis E. Durfee Norman Lewis Normen

Germans 10 Try Ocean Trip Again

Four German aviators return to Dessau after a stormy night over the North Atlantic. Koehl and Loose piloted the Bremen through gale and fog, avoiding big cities on the return flight, with plans to resume the transatlantic attempt when weather allows.

Moehl Associated Press Bremen Ireland London Doy Calais Antwerp Wesel Desseu Boehl Loose Junkers North Atlantic Edward Risticr Dessau Atlantic Berlin West Atlantic Europe Koehl Jaco Gould Schurman United States Germany All America Norderney North Sea Newcastle Liverpool Birkenhead Irish Sea Isle of Man Dublin St. George’s Channel Northern Ireland Europa Hubert R. Knickerbocker New York

Weston Lawsuit Delayed To Fall After Illness

Weston Connecticut. A civil case against the town of Weston by E. P. Miller of Easton is postponed to September due to the illness of Paul Connerys son of Norwalk attorney for Weston. Miller seeks 100 dollars for truck damage when it fell through a bridge planking near Valley Forge on November 25. Defendants are Irving Lockwood and Frank Ferris town selectmen.

Weston Paul Connery Norwalk E. P. Miller Easton Miller Valley Forge Irving Lockwood Frank Ferris

Fragmented Note on Attitude and Means

A short, reflective musing contrasts how a woman prefers simple things with the idea that people who intend well often have limited resources.

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Ohio Miners Union Fletcher M’carthy and Son Youth Qualit Connecticut James T. Moran THE Southern New England Telephone Company Johns- Manville Burrit Ridgeporl St Ann G. W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc
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