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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1926

Page

20

Lundies Golf Association Card Party Draws Crowd

A large crowd attended the Lundies Golf Association card party at American Layton Hall Golden EU Street last night. Prizes were awarded at each table for bridge, whist and pinochle. The auxiliary plans month end dances and card parties in January February and March. Committee includes Mrs Alfred O'Dell chairman Mrs Carl Powe Mrs Gilward Mans Deki Mrs KP LK Haines and Mrs Floyd Bancrott.

Lundies Golf Association Golden EU Street Alfred O'Dell Carl Powe Gilward Mans. Deki KP. LK Haines Floyd Bancrott

Germany Selects Immortals Group Amid Academy Turmoil

Berlin reports the Prussian Academy of the Arts fills the Poetry Section with leading writers and includes both celebrated figures and outsiders. Names like Mann, Meyer, Hauptmann, Rilke appear. dissent arises over outsiders and secrecy. Further members may join later.

Berlin Cultur Becker Magem Jacob Asserman Jans Werfel Vna Fauptrann Academy Wuld Ludwig Fulda Hermann Stehr Thomas Mann Arne Mule George Kaiserhard Keliermann Frakar Loerke Walter von Mole WH Belm von Scholz Bluard Stukken Herman Bohr Max E Halbe Herwenn Hesse Ricardo Huch Erwin Guido Kolbenhever Heinrich Mann Joseph Ponten Wilhelm Michaefer Rene Schickele Wilhelm Fehmiltronn Jacob Wassermann Franz Werfel James Imay

Vanishing Race Moves for Freedom in Japan’s North

About 20 000 Ainu in Hokkaido seek emancipation and equality as fears rise they will be displaced by Japanese prosperity. Kalhol-Sha forms to defend Ainu land rights after a 10 year lease on reservation lands nears end, with potential relocation to Saghalien.

Tokio Eome Hokkaido JapaQneze O Kalhol-Sha Emancipation and Equality Association Amp America Ashigawa Alnu Asanitown Saghalien

Abie's Irish Rose Opens Five Year Old Comedy at Lyric

Bridgeport audiences witnessed Abie's Irish Rose in three acts at the Lyric Theatre. The show, by Anne Nichols, stars Will Fox, Lulu Thorne, Frank Stevens, and Alice Davenport, drawing mixed verdicts of entertainment value and literary merit while celebrating its long run and popular appeal.

THE Lyric Theatre Hy Telegram Abie Anne Nichols Fox Kul ‘Thorne Alfred Chars Dermine Rank Stevensa Alice Daven W. J. Mhawin Grace Cutten Ak Allen Ueurtetta Mary Thelma Janne Cohen Tana Cohen Kabhi Jacob Kamuela Selamon Levy Abratoan Venemacy Tuc Train Iearer New York Aichie Able Assipades Bridgeport Will Fox Lulu Thorns Frank Stevens Alice Davenport Rosemary

Taxes and Payers Divorce In Bay State Name Change Plea

Bertha Worthing Stafford petitions Superior Court for a name change for herself and two minor children citing embarrassment after divorce. She seeks to revert to Bertha Worthing while ambiguities in child names George Sorenson Stafford and Milo Ivan Stafford are addressed, with paternal wishes noted.

Bertha Worthing Stafford Superior Court Stafford George Stafford Bert Tewkesbury Worthing George Sorenson Stafford Milo Ivan Stafford Milo I van Worthing Bertha Worthing

Therson Fails To Get Berth In Welfare Board

Alexander MacPherson former Hillside Home superintendent who disappeared from Bridgeport seven weeks ago returned to his home city at 6 30 p m Sunday He could not recall events from boarding a train at the local station until reaching Detroit Detroit is believed to be his destination He left a wife and 14 year old son in Bridgeport and the Board of Public Welfare took no action regarding him.

Board of Public Welfare Alexander McPherson Hillside Home Angus P. Thorne McPherson Alexander MacPherson Detroit Mich Alice Bridgeport MacPherson Norwalk

Coasting crash victims improved at several hospitals

Three victims of sleighing accidents Sunday night and Saturday night showed improved conditions. Branney Relende, 10, of Tunxia Fairfield, is at St Vincent hospital with a fractured calf. Lewis Relende, 18, with a fractured shoulder, remains in the same hospital. Jeff Smith, 11, Stratford, is at Bridgeport hospital with a fractured ankle, reported as fair after morning severity.

Branney Relende Wevent Sen Tunxia Imm Fairfield St. Vincenta Hospital Ils Lewis Jef Smith Earl Smith Main Street Stratford Bridgeport

Norwegians Seek To Regain Trophy

In Orlo Norway, December 1, yachtmen prepare for the next cup races. Three six meter yachts are under construction with attention to sailing canal sterns on Long Island Sound. Crown Prince Ohw will permit his eight meter boat to participate in elimination races and, if successful, be sent to American races. The prince will not travel himself.

Orlo Norway Geaven Speci Long Island Sound Lailding Boa

Night with Catholic Men hears Quinlane on church character

More than 100 members attended the Catholic Council of Catholic Men at the Catholic Community house to hear Rev. Patrick Quinlane of St. Raphael's speak on the church and its distinctive character. The event, on St. Augustine’s night, was arranged by a committee led by Stephen Horan with William Conway and William Hawkins. Refreshments followed. new officers Joseph Muldoon, William Hogan, Robert Bruns, and Peter Daly presided at their first meeting.

Patrick Quinlan St. Raphael’s Church Council of Catholic Men Catholic Community House St. Augustine Stephen Horan William Conway William Hawkins St. Augustine Parish Father Quinlane Joseph Muldoon William Hogan Robert Bruns Peter Daly

Edda Mussolini Christens Ship Augustus in Genoa

In Genoa on December 13, sixteen year old Edda Mussolini christened the 32,690 ton Augustus, the world s largest motor ship. The vessel, built by Italian masters in eight months, will serve the South American passenger trade and bears the Fascist emblem on its prow.

Genoa Italy Edda Mussella Duce Augustus

Unidentified man killed by trolley in Providence

An unidentified man, about 5 feet 9 inches, 149 pounds, wearing a dark brown reefer and white shirt, died at Rhode Island Hospital after a trolley strike last night. A small ring on his left hand and initials on his belt buckle were noted. A newspaper clipping reading Jafkins, 22 Taft street was found in his pocket.

Providence Rhode Island Jafkins Taft Street

Southport Market Dissolution Case Brings City Figures Into Court

Dissolution of the People’s Meet of Southport attacked by George Smith and William von Bhr yesterday afternoon in the Superior Court. Plaintiffs allege misdeeds by John and Partington Hegher. The case centers on alleged improper taking by local bankers and cigarette sellers at the market.

People's Meet Southport Tnan George Smith Wiliam von Bhr John Parington Hegher

New Virginia Road Will Link Shrines

A new concrete highway from Washington to Petersburg will open access to Virginia’s historic shrines in sixty days. The route passes Alexandria Fredericksburg and Richmond linking battlefields presidents and monuments from the Lincoln Memorial to Yorktown and Jamestown with sites in Mount Vernon Williamsburg and Appomattox. The corridor highlights Washington Monroe Jefferson and Lee with major landmarks and museums along the way.

Virginia Washington Alexandria Fredericksburg Richmond Petersburg North Carolina Atv Spdngton Yorktown Appomattox United States Patrick Henry George Washington Thomas Jefferson Potomac Arington Robert J. Lee Mount Vernon Edericksburg Washington Family Center Martha Washington Washington Farm Mary Washington James Monroe John Paul Jones Mathey Fontaine Maury U. S. Naval Observatory

Twinkletoes to Debut at Lyric Amid Vaudeville Week

Colleen Moore stars in Twinkletoes at Lyric next Sunday in a John McCormick First National production adapted from Thomas Burke. Cast includes Kenneth Harlan Warner Oland Tully Marshall Julianne Johnson Lucian Littlefield. Also features International Week acts at Polls theatre and Vitaphone progress at Cameo with Don Juan on screen.

Colleen Moore Lyric Theatre John McCormic First National Thomas Burke Kenneth Harlan Warner Oland Tully Marshall Julianne Johnson Lucian Littlefled The Cameo Warner Theatre New York John Garrymore

Majestic Presents Love's Blindness by Elmor Glyn

Elmor Glyn author of Love Blindness turns critic and presents the MGM picture from her novel at Majestic theatre. Director John Francis Dillon shapes an absorbing plot with Pauline Starke and Antonio Moreno in leading roles supported by Lilyan Tashman and others. Also features Majestic News Aesop’s Fables and Gang Crazy Mermaid comedy and a community song fest with the Majestic concert orchestra.

Elmor Glyn Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Majestic Theatre John Francis Dillon Pauline Starke Antonio Moreno

Palace vaudeville centennial celebration features Voices of America act

The Palace marks vaudeville's centennial with Voices of America a trained chorus from 22 U. S. college glee clubs featuring Mis and Shea Alcide Payette Colby Murphy and Vanity Girls In From Broadway to the Bowery The Nathana Bros Just a Laugh The Sun shine Boys Roth Sharkey and Ringle Montane the cowboy banjoist and a faithful recreation of Custer's Last Stand The Flaming Frontier with Hoot Gibacca Dustin Farnum Anne Cornwall George Fawcett and others An entire new bill debuts Thursday with another Black Bottom contest to be announced in newspapers

Voices of America Palace Mis and Shea Alcide Payette Colby Murphy Vanity Girls Broadway the Bowery Nathana Bros Sunshine Boys Roth Sharkey Ringle Custer Hoot Gibacca Dustin Farnum Anne Cornwall George Fawcett

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