30 Dec 1926
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1926
Page
1
Two youths confess to robbing three gas stations while driving a delivery car for a local jeweler. Police say the suspects, both with prior records, were arrested after a series of holdups over several months.
The obituary notes the death of Simon Crehan in a New York hospital. It references his career as an artist and mentions family connections and public notices, with limited legible details from the damaged source. The fragmentary text indicates a broader society page context and biographical notes surrounding his passing.
Detroit tracing of Trit Cobb centered drama in baseball’s latest development as Ty Cobb camp seeks to prove legality of funds used to bet on a game between Detroit and Cleveland. Leonard and Speaker linked to the alleged wager with Cobbs attorney Murfin returning for clarification.
A Bucharest dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger reports the steamer Astoria has sunk in the Black Sea near Kayurna Rovminia with 22 aboard lost. The only survivor was a Constanta teacher whose three children and mother were among the dead. a later line mentions conflicting nationality notes and American steamer possibilities.
Der Lo Cap Acthir S. Hipht of Ruselie Park filed a chancery suit for dissolution of marriage to Pugise J Gebt, a former parish member, amid a murder case surrounding Rev. Ed veh Wo FLA and Mrs Jammer, noted in a New dias report.
The Nashville flood drove hundreds from homes as river levels surged nearly to record heights. Police reported 4000 people displaced citywide with bridge closures and stalled train service. Relief funds appealed as damage estimates remained unavailable.
John Robertson, arrested by Trooper Henry Palau at Ridgefield barracks, pleaded guilty to stealing 24 chickens in Newtown on Monday night. He was bound over to the Criminal Court and jailed in Held County awaiting trial as officers continued their search operation.
A damaged OCR page summarizes a mix of legal notices, court actions, and local events. It mentions divorce grants in Varin court, state intervention hints, political notes on the Senate, and scattered references to property, weather, markets, and sports. Names and dates are garbled, but the item preserves the sense of routine civic and social notices.
Charity ball attracted society members from Bridgeport Fairfield and Southport last night in a gala Christmas setting. Notables including Mrs Harvey Horeuett and Mrs Waldo Bryant attended as boxes were filled by prominent households. committees organized the event with Henry Jennings of Greens leading planning and many guests mingling through the evening until late.
The Republican town committee endorsed Willam J. Buckley and Albert J. Merritt for City court judges in Bridgeport with a plan to amend the act creating the court to have two equal rank judges at a $5,000 salary. Shannon remains the prosecutor, and other positions may be vacated. Buckley, the former county judge since 1923, is a Bridgeport lawyer active in Seventh District GOP circles and related to Judge James F. Walsh. Merritt, former liquor prosecutor, was named judge by a Senate pension resolution in 1922. a conflicting Wikler resolution was approved for another judge.
Los Angeles District Attorney Asa Keyes announced that the conspiracy and perjury charges against evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, her former radio engineer Kenneth Ormiston, and associates are expected to be dropped due to the collapse of the principal witness testimony. Keyes said the case appears almost unwinnable and plans for a grand jury probe into the evangelist’s disappearance proceeds. The witness, a confessed participant, has provided inconsistent statements.
In Norwalk Superior Court yesterday, two youths testified about buying liquor linked to Mayor Thomas Robbins, and the defense questioned witnesses as Louis Novak, 44, faces charges of liquor law violations. Ruben Robbins, son of the mayor, was named in testimony amid a tense cross examination by local judges.
New York wireless report said the British freighter Clearton, from Baltimore to Queenstown, reported 560 miles east of New York with its rudder missing. The vessel, a 20,000 ton freighter, was in distress and required assistance from the Atlantic rescue outlook.
Wastington December 29. National committee meeting to press repeal of federal inheritance tax law gathers representatives from about 30 states. Arthur A. Sherman presides as Rhode Island legislature president pro tempore and other leaders discuss nationwide support for repeal.
President tallies a refusal to grant an extension of the oil restitutions law effective January 3. He cited protests and safety concerns from New York headquarters and other oil firms. The decision affects foreign oil companies seeking extensions and highlights tensions with the 1917 law.
Hartford, De. 28 FATD reports a bounty of 1 for every goshawk killed in Connecticut before April 1087 to be paid by the late Board of Fisheries Game. The notice warns against felons and notes an unprecedented influx of goshawks with a marked taste for game birds, especially the ruffed grouse.
District Attorney Banton discussed theatre padlocking as a tool if producers fail to curb salacious plays. He supported Mayor Walker’s push for a citizens’ jury to review morality standards, warning that unchecked staging could invite political censorship and possible theater padlocks.
Washington dispatch reports President Coolidge linking U S sacrifice to aid a global disarmament move while Wilbur refuses to release a confidential naval report. House Naval Committee members press for the document amid Defense fears its disclosure would undermine policy and trigger political backlash.
New York police and customs agents arrest two Ecuadorian students, Gerardo Manrique and Pedro Mandery, in separate West Side apartments on charges of smuggling jewelry. Seized gems valued around 100000 pounds sterling were found in Manrique's dresser, with profits claimed at 100 percent. Both men reportedly lived as Beutdor citizens and made multiple trips between Ecuador and the United States.
Government chemists discuss denaturing industrial alcohol to prevent bootleg distillation. Chief Doran notes four percent wood alcohol risks. new formula aims to deter misuse while not increasing toxicity. Treasury and prohibition officials push for safer, distasteful denaturants under Anderson directives.
In Trenton New Jersey President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge arrived for the sesquicentennial celebration. A flag draped over an entrance caught fire from a photographer s flash a few feet from the couple but was quickly extinguished. The president s address delivered after a lengthy banquet was broadcast by WOR Newark to governors and representatives of many of the original thirteen states.
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