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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1926
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes show a referee to the tax collector using a billing device for offices. It mentions appropriations from contingent funds, a payment of 3.00, and transfers between departments, with unclear names and figures, reflecting a municipal accounting record.
A fragmented local notice notes funding gaps and maintenance issues at a city utility site. It mentions an inadequately sourced payment and a failed appropriation for a street repair program, with references to a garage unit and a water station. The text is garbled, but points to repair costs and administrative oversights affecting service facilities.
The report notes Howard Goward, a former Pikteston football player, seeks a conservator for his patrimony. His father John Goward omits a conservator, while Albert G Goward travels to Mexico after a misstep there. Margierite Rew and Propertly are mentioned amid complex family dealings. Ned Crete Petuer and others are arrested following a complaint of the estate.
New Caves police report a patrolman McDermott confessed to looting a local store on Chapel Street. He posted bail set at 500 dollars after being charged with breaking and entering and burglary. The suspect, under surveillance, allegedly forced open the front door, opened the safe, and fled with two silver watches and other change. He had been on desk duty prior to the incident.
Hundreds of New Jersey commuters narrowly escaped death as a Central Railroad local express derailed after passing an open switch at Central Avenues crossing. One coach sideswiped, one injured, engineer George C. Coleman of Trutimore says the signal was not visible in time to stop the train.
New York December 21 AP An attempt to declare unconstitutional the American British treaty allowing British vessels to bring highers into American ports under sundry wills was filed today before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals by the Neptune Association of Masters and Mates. The treaty was labeled a menace to American mariners in American shipping by association representatives.
In a Telegram and Universal Service interview Ormiston describes his Carmel trip with “Miss X” after Mrs McPherson vanished. He claims he left Angelus Temple to live quietly, discusses alibis, travel to Sydney, and notes forthcoming details of his liaison as part of his broader defense against the McPherson case.
Mrs Gladys Beardslee, 25, seeks 29000 in damages from her husband Olver Beardslee, 49, claiming desertion and support duties after he dubbed himself a woman hater to avoid voting rights. Beardslee, under conservatorship, has attachments on property totaling about 10060 local currency while much of his estate is deemed worth under 30000. He left for Florida, later became ill, and is said to be in Miami seeking health recovery.
Eight Meriden residents four adults and four children escaped death this morning as gas fumes from a kitchen range and a parlor stove overpowered them at Edwin Vibberts 39 Akron Street. They were treated by Dr. Alfred Wilson and are expected to recover. Mrs Willabell Lenni, the downstairs landlady, awakened the family and helped revive Vibberts after he collapsed. Mrs Pett West of Randolph Vermont, visiting, aided in the rescue and suffered a minor burn.
Count Charles de Chambrun, French minister at Athens, was named ambassador to the United States by the cabinet. The appointment is described as a promotion. Chambrun is a descendant of Lativette and was seriously considered to succeed Henry Berenger.
War department disclosed a Kremlar flight attempt from Paris to Buenos Aires and return via New York, with a stop in Panama. A Wrench pilot will attempt it next spring, routing Paris to Dakar to Buenos Aires to Panama to New York then back to Paris.
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