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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1926

Page

20

Detroit’s Book brothers push skyline with Washington Boulevard

Detroit’s Book brothers expand a vast downtown project along four block Washington Boulevard. They will add the 25 story Book Cadillac, 1200 Washington Building, Book Tower and Industrial Bank Building, with plans for aviation club, country club and a possible mooring mast atop the new tower.

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Few Minute Men in First Congress of U S

Washington dispatch notes that early Congress members included several with military backgrounds. It contrasts the first Senate with today’s, cites General Philip Schuyler as standout in the First Congress, and lists several veteran senators from the Spanish American and World Wars, highlighting varied military service among early lawmakers.

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Reds Again Resort to Sale of Rich Gems

MOSCOW December 29. The Soviet government plans to convert its 250 million collection of czarist crowns sceptres ve ro nets necklaces emblems and other degemmed articles into liquid assets after failing to get loans abroad. The government sent several million dollars worth of gems to Berlin for disposal by Gregory Swanidze the Soviet financial agent there.

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Searchers Still Hunt for Booty of Pirate Story

New Orleans December 28 AP The famed pirate Jean Lafitte still draws treasure seekers along the Gulf coast of Louisiana. Reported treasures spur widespread digging from Vermilion parish to the Texas border as locals uproot trees and disturb Indian mounds on Pewin Island. Authorities dispute Tafitte’s piracy links and note no tangible treasure has been found, despite legends that he operated with Mexican political backing and possibly slave trading.

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Bellevue Hospital Fire Threatens Patients in Dormitory

A fire alarmed Bellevue Hospital early today as a stubborn blaze threatened a dormitory unit with about 200 patients, mostly men. Firefighters contained the flames quickly. nurses reassured patients there was no danger.

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Senate plans ten admit Smith and then unseat him

Washington dispatch details the Senate's plan to admit Smith of Illinois with an oath and a potential estoppel resolution, followed by a later majority vote to unseat if needed. The piece weighs constitutional precedents, representation concerns, and the risk of creating a dangerous Senate precedent.

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