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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1924
Page
4
Mayor Behrens stated there will be no more raises this year in response to a report about a push to increase John Kelson’s salary by 590 for assistant deputy city auditor. The Common Council approved raises for Dennis Kelly 1909 and Walter Garrity 750, effective April 1, 1925.
The Algonquin club hosts a smoker tonight at 8:00 p.m. with members participating under the Entertainment committee led by Fred W. Harrison. A lecture on Colden Adagia is planned, reading poems by Robert Service. An orchestra and the Algonquin chorus directed by Alex H. Hobingon will provide music.
New York report details Herbert Stothart, composer of Rose Marie, returning home to find his wife dead from a poison believed to follow a quarrel. Police and investigators probe the scene at Pomander Walk as Stothart contemplates composing again.
Multiple funeral services are listed for residents of Stratford and New Haven area, including Martin Marik of Collar Road Wairfield. Raymond F Bowser son of Teen R and E Katherine Bowser. Emil Kopeyina. Julia Tefft. Mary A Kenney. Mary Kovacs. Katherine M Eagan. Eliza A Hersey. John J Kenworthy. R Daniel Trick. Eugene Gleeson. Sara Gray Daniels. and others. Burials and church services noted at St Michael's Park Cemetery Mount Grove and local parishes.
Colona Hiram Bingham, elected U S senator, cast his vote without challenge in New Haven on December 16. Earlier reports claimed he had failed to appear before the Board of Selections and Registration, risking a challenged ballot, but a motion by Tremill Holt, Holt, the Democratic opponent, led to no obstacle when the Republican nominee appeared to vote.
CHTY unveils a coordinated Christmas program with trees and carol events across multiple city districts. Schools, churches, and civic groups organize concerts from 6 to 7 on Christmas Eve, featuring choirs, scripture readings, and selections from the DeKoven Quartette, with Mayor Beavens officiating at a central union festival.
In Chicago, prosecutors introduced bundles of documentary evidence in the Forbes trial. Charles I Forbes and J W Thompson, alleged to have conspired to defraud the government through veterans hospital contracts, face testimony from Parkes Thompson and Elias Jr Mortimer as key witnesses. Hotel records trace the Forbes inspection party to a Pacific coast trip in 1882 and detail payments and loans amid testimony about shares of funds and expected repayments.
In Tombs Court, an insurance agent named Macintash faced grand larceny charges with bail set at 2080. Authorities say a confession links the agent to thefts involving an estimated loss between 3000 and 4000, with others allegedly involved in the operation and seeking to assist the investigation.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a time at home where stories were once told and emotions rise with each line. The speaker hints at father figures and lost conversations, weaving a personal, elusive memory.
Bridgeport Jewish leaders express strong confidence in a favorable outcome from a general conference on Sunday at the Stratfield hotel. The gathering, in the name of Adath Israel and Agudath Achim, aims to organize 40 minute weekly religious instruction for children and forge a unified plan across synagogues and Hebrew schools with delegates from multiple congregations and Jewish organizations attending.
United States Commissioner Hush J. Lavery granted a postponement in the Hyman Waldorf case of Stamford who is accused of forging prescriptions for fake medications. Waldorf, released on $1,000 bond, is ordered to appear next Tuesday. Prohibition agents report Waldorf passed several doctored prescriptions to Stamford druggists before his arrest on December 4.
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