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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1921
Page
14
In Wastington Awi¢, tailment of navy building due to do vada appropriations will slow work on navy battle ships and battlestringers. $34,000,000 remains for the work, with $40,000,000 requested, apportioned evenly between materials and building shares, aligning with builders and materials contractors.
Bridgeport joins Connecticut cities in a state wide effort to curb highway accidents with Safety Week from September 19 to 27. Police will expand their street safety campaign beyond a single week, vigilant about speeders and continuing arrests of reckless drivers.
A New Haven publisher was bound over to the Superior Court on a charge of offering for sale a newspaper containing objectionable matter. Judge J Bh Looth presided in the city court. In a related matter, Me Waterbury fetus trial concluded.
A lively Bridgeport pageant recounts a homecoming at Fairfield and Main with many local figures. Taxicab chatter, veterans, and church, club, and business names fill the scene, including Jack Weber, Bill Steinke, Bob Avery, Fred Bayer, Charlie Kelly, George Burns, and Joe Gaynor. A committee will visit Red Cross HQ to assist veterans who filed late complaints.
Dr. Nadewsra O'Reilly Macaittre, who served as health chief of Derby for eight years until last January, died last night at Griffin Hospital. Earlier, Judge Hubert Utterbech dismissed habeas corpus proceedings by Chief of Police Saunders against private detectives Frank Harty and J. J. Broghy. The graduate of Holy Cross, Yale and Columbia Physician and Surgeon in New York, practiced for 21 years.
Erie shop craft unions ask the railroad labor board to define the status of former Erie employes at Grie railroad shops after Railway ServiceCo took over operations. Unions voted around 1490 members not to work for the new firm under existing rules, while no official announcement was made.
Seeley of Chicago and Philadelphia outlined a non surgical instrument that yields instant results and has U.S. government documents supporting action. He will be at 117 North Del St Chicago offering free or low cost demonstrations for charity cases, with passages noting worldwide awards and no prescriptions.
A fire erupted aboard a vessel carrying smuts near London, reported by wire. General Jane Anus, premier of South Africa, was aboard but unharmed. authorities scrambled firefighting efforts as the ship burned.
Fur coat listings boast rich dark pelts with self collars and cuffs. Prices start at $225 for sealine and bay seal models, with a 44 inch bay seal at $225 and Hudson seal coats at $425 for a 36 inch length with self border. Unusually low prices reflect high grade pelts and fashion appeal.
An American company plans a combined radio telegraph and telephone station at Cuauhuahua Mexico. The facility will cover about 6000 miles, connecting with all parts of the United States and parts of Europe, signaling a major cross continental link.
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