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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1923
Page
12
Land Maryland December 14 report of John dis a pump foreman at Ocean No 1 who finished a violin with a penknife. He carved the wood for the instrument from France and wished for a wing piece of an airplane.
A clash between Modernist and Fundamentalist factions in the Protestant Episcopal Church erupts over doctrine including the Virgin Birth and bodily Resurrection. Rev Leo Heaton faces potential trial. Dr Leighton Parks defies bishops, calling for formal heresy action. Supporters organize defenses as church debates intensify.
Nelson Bump rode a city taxicab from noon to 7 pm refusing to pay. Driver John Scinte reported the fare evasion and drunkenness when Bump surrendered to police. Bump posted 75 dollar bond and was jailed.
Norwalk report states police and Prohibition agents arrested Consuelo Coyera Lawrence Just ice from Port Chester and Gladwin and Samuel Miaxenski of Norwalk after a liquor raid Saturday evening. They will be arraigned tomorrow morning before Commissioner Hugh J Lavery in Bridgeport. Mrs Gladwin, once with Ridgefield post office, ran a tea house on Winfield street East Norwalk where four gallons were served at Hazen Ali’s North Main Street home. Port Chester suspects had been under police watch for some time.
The Housatonic navigation committee received a message from Congressman Schuyler Merritt indicating that lights may be installed on the river in the coming year to aid navigation. Merritt said funds are not guaranteed but every effort is being made to secure support in the forthcoming appropriation.
The Palace offers blue ribbon vaudeville and film with fourteen acts this week led by A H Woods vaudeville version of Parlor Bedroom and Bath with Hal en Goodhue and seven, May Tully refashions the farce into a vaudeville sketch, and Pan zini’s simian troupe provide comic novelty. The feature film The Call of the Wild stars Jack London’s dog tale with energetic action and a lavish production. Bridgeport Plaza hosts Quincy Adams Sawyer stock company in a lively drama with Miss Kingaley and Robert Lynn delivering strong performances. The Majestic presents The Midnight Toll a dramatic thriller with Percy Marmont. New Lyric features John Tranter’s Story and Radio Girl burlesque with a large cast and multiple scenes.
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