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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1926

Page

11

Religious Opinion In England Like That Of America

New York and London residents show similar belief in God in religious censuses conducted in both cities. In New York, 7,500 respondents in the Metropolitan district affirmed belief, 2,924 denied. The broader nation and attorney respondents recorded 7,43 believers and 1,024 agnostics.

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Belief in God and immortality compares US and London

A comparison of belief in God shows higher agreement in the United States than London on immortality. New York vote tallies were 29,292 yes and 20,054 no, while the London Daily News turnout recorded 10,161 yes and 178 no.

United States London Daily News London New York Daily News

Warden vows crackdown on Christmas greens harvests in Newtown

Special dispatch reports Newtown District Warden Villeroy G. Hardley plans to arrest anyone gathering pine hemlock spruce mountain laurel or other foliage without written landowner permission. Deputies will enforce the rule and report violations as Hardley tours woodlands to protect foliage. Also noted are local events including a children’s health play at the Congregational Church plus town social notes and upcoming Christmas tree program.

Newtown Sve Villeroy G. Hardley Hard Wewtown Congregational Church Miss Baker Women's Federation of the Church Anita Coy Ruth Elkins Baker St. Petersburg Fla Corneliua B. Taylor Newtown Savings Bank David C. Peck Peck Martin A. Corbett Sandy Hook Bridgeport William Ready Weat Street Harry B. Read Palestine District Hartford Harriet Read

Open shop miners face wage cut in Somerset field

About 6,000 coal miners in the Somerset county area near Pittsburgh saw pay reduced to pre November 1 levels. Non union operators had previously raised wages in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, but several mines posted new scales with reductions. Some plants in the region kept changes, despite a general wage increase earlier in November driven by export demand.

Pittsburgh Somerset County Pennsylvania West Virginia Somerset

Capital Families Miss Christmas Fund Checks

Four complaints filed at Hartford police HQ report thefts of Christmas checks from mailboxes. Banks had mailed thousands of checks representing a year’s savings intended for gifts. Thieves forged receivers’ names and cashed them at Hartford stores, prompting fear of more incidents in coming days.

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Girl sentenced to eight years in gun smuggling case

Cambridge Mass December 11 AP Genevieve Gedizum was sentenced to eight years in the Woman's Reformatory for attempting to smuggle an automatic pistol concealed in two chickens to her brother Jerry the Pete while he awaited sentence for the murder payroll robbery. District Attorney Reading said she refused to name the men and warned that the pistol had been found with a $50 bill in the jail. Judge Burns called the act serious and Gedizum cried at sentencing.

Cambridge Mass Genevieve Gedizum Jerry the Pete East Cambridge Arthur K Reading Gedzlump Georgium Reading William A. Burns

TAXICAB DRIVERS' LICENSES RESTORED

Hartford Conn December 15 Three taxi drivers had their driving licenses restored today by Attorney General Frank I Healy The drivers were Theyara Abraham Davidson of New London Loreto Vaccaro of Derby and Harrison W Taylor of Hartford Their licenses were revoked earlier by the motor vehicle commissioner for violations of automobile laws The attorney general held hearings in each case

Hartford Conn Frank I. Healy Theyara Abraham Davidson New London Loreto Vaccaro Derby Harrison W Taylor

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