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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1926

Page

5

Spiritual Blight Infests America Declares Editor

The Kansas editor Willem Allen White cites a spiritual blight in America during a speech honoring Woodrow Wilson’s seventieth birthday. He warns that prejudice, fanaticism, and lack of vitality threaten national unity and international standing, urging moral renewal to avert wars and decay.

America Willem Allen White Kansas Washington Wilsen Wortrow Wilson Woodrow TV ‘Son Amercas Geitest

Professors Son Delivers Astronomy Talks in School

In Prunswick Pac, eight year old Tommy Cross, son of Professor de Geen, describes distant stellar realms to Lonstellow School third graders. A sympathetic teacher guides his curiosity as he leads peers through imagined creatures and cosmic questions.

Prunswick Jemester Chili Thomas Cross Tommy Hotla Bes Ryards Aes de Geen Tolny Bowdoin Berg Hora Beth Tomy

Three Divorces Sought in Superior Court

Three divorce actions filed yesterday afternoon in the Superior Court. John Wepner of Shelton accuses Mary Tasikenin Wepner of infidelity and desertion since April 24. The couple married November 28, 1919, at Stamford. William Taposite of Danbury seeks custody of a minor child. Constanc Lspoal of Danbury is described as cruel, asking custody of two children. married November 1, 1920.

John Woepner Shelton Mary Tasikenin Wepner Caenora NY Indie Ice Himan Apel Stamford Samurl Biceo Bayonne Chill Willian Danbury Constanc Danburs

Mary Hay Free Divorce Granted by Paris Court

Mary Hay Free, former wife of actor Richard Barthelmess, reports a Paris court has granted divorce. She states they remain friends, denies upcoming marriages to Cutton Webb or an Italian count, and outlines plans to perform in Cannes, Monte Carlo, and Rome before likely returning to New York and Paris for a cabaret engagement.

Tc Nisvemans Paris Dee Mary Fin Richard Barthelmess

Extension pipe for sewage disposal asked by Northey

Northey seeks funds through the Board of Apportionment to extend the discharge pipe at Bostwick avenue to carry effluent farther from shore before sea release. The plan follows a Harding engineering survey and requests $35,000 for the project.

Mane Bostwick Avenue Diister Public Woorks Board of Apportionment Janes C Harding Fuller and McLoateck Walter W Garrig Noricy Streeta Pitrlek Brienia Slauchter House Elingdt Ds Sears Rome Himmel

Root Endows Foreign Relations Journal Endowment

New York December 29 Root 10 Endow Magazine has donated a 25000 dollar check to the Council on Foreign Relations to seed an endowment fund for Bouilien Affairs official organ. The quarterly journal Foreign Affairs, founded to promote American foreign policy, will benefit from the fund and Root received a peace award and bronze medal for his earlier services in 1920.

New York Dee Japtun Root Wilson Foundation Council of Foreign Relations Bouielen Ogan Rootsith Archibald Cary Coolidge Harvard University Hamilton Finch Armetrone Tte Noliyly Root Acaretry of State Permanent Court of International Justice

Prince Carol leaves Paris as reporters seek privacy

Reports from Neuilly say Prince Carol of Roumania remains away from Paris while journalists decide if he deserves privacy. The prince has been living at a villa in Neuilly since 1926, with his exact whereabouts still unclear amid rumors of a homeland return.

Paris Carol of Roumania Pals Neuilly Caraiman Lutler Caois Cannes Treagh Dome Maelf Ince Madame Danielesen Chiuffem Alice Coeer Roumini Comte de la Roche-Toucauld la Carol Carol Cenesa Bucharest

Three Bridgeport Theatres Incorporate in Hartford

Three theatre companies with headquarters in Bridgeport were incorporated in Hartford by the same group of men. Norport Theatre Corp, The L & E Capital Middle Town Corp, and Level Theatre Corp begin business with 2600 dollars. Incorprators include Thomas F. Halles, John St Larner Parking No J, and Geoffrey Kilo.

Hartford Dew Bridgeport Cnaphus Pach Norport Theatreorp Lb & E Capital Middletown Corp Level Theatre. Corp Thomas F. Halles Brooklyn John St Larner Geoffrey Kilo White Plains Noy

Suits Filed Over 1926 Norwalk Crashes

Three men sue for ten thousand dollars claiming permanent injuries from separate Norwalk crashes on July 3 1926 a motorcycle collision with a car driven by Herman Van Threa. In Bridgeport a man seeks nineteen thousand from National Outfit Ting Company for the death of his daughter Myrtle Bernard. A third suit seeks two hundred thousand from Connecticut Company for injuries when a car struck by a trolley on September 7 1926.

Myrtle Bernard Thissieity National Outfitting Company Bridgeport East Main Street Hosten Nue George B Lerdinand John Aronnensig Acaview

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