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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1927
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR shows an old Bridgeport Telegram ad with rates and contact lines. It references daily publication, Sunday omission, addresses in Fairfield and Mitford, and mentions Associated Press reprint rights. The text is garbled but conveys a newspaper ad and service offers.
Wartime debate over sending an American to compete in the Schneider trophy in Italy. Lieutenant Williams, on leave, seeks a cruiser to reach Italy and defend military aviation prestige. Critics warn bureaucratic inertia hinders bold action, while supporters say the move could boost recruitment and funding.
The text records Bishop William F. Anderson protesting brutality as a bullfight is discussed. It questions whether he understands bull fights are often arranged by managers and promoters who ensure the bull or toreador performs for drawing crowds, implying prearranged outcomes.
State police confront a rising menace of motor car bandits attacking on empty stretches at night. Armed gangs seize vehicles with automatic pistols, forcing occupants to yield. Stolen cars are used for escapes and abandoned, complicating patrols amid scattered reports across the state in recent weeks.
Semi official envoy notes dapper smiling New York mayor Walker wins favorable impression abroad. Europeans admire his easy wit and wave but find some cultural gaps though they recognize his swift humor. The envoy reports that despite occasional gibes, Walker remains a compelling, adaptable figure amid old world scrutiny.
The text notes that amid emergencies he stays unruffled and at ease, yet still accomplishes all that is necessary. It highlights steadiness and competence as key traits in handling critical moments.
Danbury News laments seven years of court delays in the Sacco-Vanzetti indictment and argues for faster English-style justice. It cites endless appeals and motions, taft's era delays, bar resolutions, and calls for swifter trials to deter crime and deliver timely justice.
A Hartford column laments delays in New York’s justice system. A laborer held in the Tombs without bail on an assault charge was acquitted after six weeks, losing wages and employment. The piece argues for reforms to quicken trials while avoiding wrongful convictions, noting the harm to the innocent.
The Tennessee agriculture bulletin lists ten infallible recipes for going broke on a farm. It urges single cropping, neglect of soil, no cover crops, no planning, exploiting woodland, and rejecting cooperative effort. It implies old methods are sufficient and warns against prudent financial management.
A New Haven Journal-Courier item relays a Hartford visit where a young woman, earning 88 a week, paid 775 for Y W C A board and kept 25 cents. The Hartford Courant notes the employer was an insurance company with robust business, illustrating frugal life and a two bit weekly budget in Hartford.
A compact exhortation urging personal effort to exercise one’s right to improve and become the best version of oneself through disciplined, focused action and steadfast resolve.
A fragmentary 20th century style sketch portrays a boarding house keeper offering old time hospitality. The speaker notes her warmth and a lingering care for her boarders and the lad’s future, while describing daily labor, bakery tasks, and a cheerful greeting to guests.
Washington reports revived talk of campaign-fund scandals from 1930 and 1920 as ex Governor Lowden seeks the Republican nomination in 1928. Details recount Wood and Lowden funds, Procter and Insull involvement, and two $2,500 checks to delegates that helped derail Lowden in 1920.
The poem narrates Jack Sharkey predicting easy victory over Jack Dempsey, mocking boastful bravado. Fate and humility prevail as Dempsey unexpectedly clamps down, leaving Sharkey humbled. The piece ends with a cautionary note on pride and modesty in fighting champions.
William T. Hoyt, Milford Democratic town committee chair, denies plans to run for first selectman citing work commitments. New Haven board of finance hearing on city estimates drew no attendees, prompting calls for public participation in major budget decisions.
Springfield Mass August 28 By Associated Press Twenty Pedersen semi automatic shoulder rifles have been completed at the local United States armory and will be shipped next week to infantry and cavalry testing boards if they pass the tests. It is likely they will supplant the Springfield rifle in general army use for over a century. The new light machine guns are designed by Join D Pedersen and caliber .276. The focal armory is experimenting with a new Gar Sand semi automatic rifle caliber 30 as well as chromium stressor pistol and rifle barrels.
Mrs Delia Cullen of 47 Curtis Avenue told the second precinct she frightened away a man attempting to enter her home through a rear window around 1 00 p m yesterday morning. She aroused by the window sound, the intruder fled before entry.
An international conference discussion stresses mutual respect between nations and trust to reach conclusions. It argues reducing armaments benefits economic prosperity and warns that hawks push false patriotism to block disarmament.
A fragmented New York column linking Port Jervis marshal support with dance world satire. It critiques dancing masters at the Waldorf, Harlem’s changing scene, and shifts in Harlem’s demographic mix, ending with a tainted note about Patriculam.
Reader asks about a strong psychological study of Methodism. The Rev Cadman cites The Psychology of the Methodist Revival by Sydney G. Diamond from Oxford University Press as a key work interpreting the eighteenth century revival through John Wesley.
Bridgeport Casting Company reports a burglary at 250 North Avenue in which about 200 in petty cash was stolen from a safe. The safe’s combination was removed and a rear window forced, suggesting the same culprits as a prior break three months earlier. Police link the two heists and suspect an experienced thief. Meanwhile, Angier B Duke’s sons will receive over 100000 in trust income and about 20000 annually from their father’s residuary estate per a Court of Appeals ruling.
In Bluefield West Virginia a quarrel between two aged inmates at Tatwell county poor house over a bed quilt led to one man's death. Gus Whitt sixty a Bind musician in the southern West Virginia coal fields stabbed Charles McClare seventy three in the heart and slashed his cheeks. Whitt and his wife had recently entered the institution and she witnessed the fight but would not speak.
Charleston WV Aug 28. Lewis Edens was convicted of first degree murder in a trial that saw the courtroom death of his attorney Peter Camp. Judge Henry K Black denied a mistrial request. Edens received life imprisonment for resisting arrest of him and Emory Davis for drunkenness. The trial followed a confrontation with an officer.
Ernest Malberg of 123 Black Rock Turnpike reported at the Third Precinct yesterday that he lost a wallet on Fat Field Avenue containing his automobile operator's license and 8140 in cash.
Rain Monday followed by clearing Tuesday with little temperature change. Pressure remains high but falls from the lake region to Southern Newfoundland and the New England area. Winds northeasterly from Sandy Hook, moderate to fresh. overcast with rain and fog Monday. coastal to Sandy Hook regions show northeast winds and variable conditions.
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