Motherless Children Escape Fire After House Gutting
Ciro Albanese and six young children left home at 350 Pequonnock Street after a kitchen fire started when a draft was lit as he attended a theatre. Firefighters battled flames that gutted the interior and ruined the first floor while a Christmas tree narrowly escaped destruction. Albanese returned to watch the blaze, expressed concern for a new piano on the premises, and the family spent the night with relatives as apparatus from several houses responded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciro Albanese
Pequonnock Street
Albanese
Daniel Johnson
Last Hours to Apply for WWI Adjusted Compensation
Fewer than 24 hours remain for World War I veterans to file for adjusted compensation in the form of a paid up insurance policy. Veterans who served over sixty days between April 6, 1927, and July 1, 1919, and enlisted before November 11, 1918, may apply. Beneficiaries may be named. if the veteran dies before twenty years, the lump sum goes to the named beneficiary. Dependents may file if the veteran died without filing or before the law. Bridgeport American Red Cross 53 Cannon Street aids filings and fingerprinting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
American Red Cross
Cannon Street
Hunger mad wolves haunt Eastern Poland in hunger crisis
Severe cold has left wolves starving and roaming Eastern Poland, forcing troops into hunting parties to curb the menace. Large packs roam near towns like Wolkorwisk and attack livestock and possibly people, with reports of multiple casualties. The weather worsens the food shortage amplifying the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Assoviated
Moonlight Dances Compulsory at Reunion Night
Central High School class of 1926 held a reunion at Holden Hall where power failed and lights went out during the dance. The dancers continued in darkness for about ten minutes until lights returned. Nearly twenty couples attended with refreshments served. a few girls called it a setup. Committee members were Sally Winnick Kay Waterbury Mae Wilson Walter Fitzgerald Albert Coles and Duke Harrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reamion Gance
Central High School
Holden Hall
Sally Winnick
Kay Waterbury
Mae Wilson
Walter Fitzgerald Albert Coles
Duke Harringon
Bridgeport Kinsmen minstrel show at family reunion
Bridgeport report notes Kinsmen will appear at a family reunion minstrel show on Sunday, with page 13 featuring the item. Other items include new housing for veterans seeking bonus claims and a note on sanitary corps funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Guatemala Heaps New Honors On Colonel Lindbergh
Guatemala City honors Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh amid cheers and festivities during his goodwill visit. He plans to fly to Belize Honduras then on to San Salvador, awaiting landing conditions. Lindbergh met President Lazaro Chacon, receiving national praise and a royal welcome.
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Guatemala
Lindbergh
Guatemala City
Associated Press
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Mexico City
Belize
British Honduras
San Salvador
Lazaro Chacon
Hayes Re elected to Park Board
Wesley F. Hayes, on the Park commissioners since 1914, was unanimously reelected yesterday afternoon to an eight year term to start after current terms. Mayor Behrens chaired the meeting with five members present as he awaits Common Council confirmation next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley F. Hayes
Board of Park Commissioners
Berrens
Henry Setzer
Mr. Hayes
Common Council
Behrens
George M. Eames
Louis Kutscher
Fairchild Wheeler C. Barnum Seeley
Frederick A. Strong
Eames
Hayes
Beardelsy Park
Seeley
Kutscher
B. F. Cooney
Actress Mary Harrington Found Slain In New York
Actress Mary Harrington, 29, was found slain in the bathroom of her Upper West Side apartment. Police suspect robbery for jewelry and money. initial cause thought nasal hemorrhage, but medical examiner cites a fatal wound above the left eye. Jewelry and a heavy winter coat were missing from the scene.
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New York
Associated Press
Mary Harrington
Upper West Side
Polite
Miles
Harrinson
Bethel Woman 101 Credits Daily Radio Exercises
An Elmwood district woman, Mrs Ade pane B. Clapp, marks her 101st birthday by claiming daily setting up and breathing exercises since youth kept her health. At WEAF New York, a studio portrait and routine timing at 643 p.m. are noted as part of her long practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adepane B. Clapp
Elmwood
Stallion Weaf
New York City
WEAF
Chop
Shean Ranerr
Submarine expert Shambaugh hailed by Brumby in Provincetown
Rear Admiral Frank H. Brumby defended his hosting of Charles Shambaugh, a self described submarine expert who had never seen a submarine. Shambaugh, transported by destroyer to Provincetown, toured aboard the Falcon and later to a navy hotel car. Brumby called him sincere but noted his plan to bolt a water tight cylinder to the submarine backside was unworkable due to top deck features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Admiral Brumby
Boston
Frank H. Brumby
Submarine Control
Provincetown
Charles Shambaugh
Lafayette
Tudiana
Shambaugh
Massachusetts Bay
Cdmiral
Navy
Hirrumby
Philly
Sham
Paugh
Brumby
Sham+ baugh
Mackenzie in New Mexico Senate Appointment Reads
Bronson Cutting, publisher of Santa Fe, named by Gov. Dillon as United States senator for New Mexico to fill the unexpired Jones term. An independent Republican, he will serve until March 1928, with broad popular and veteran support. Cutting, born Oakdale Long Island, June 23 1888, Harvard graduate, has resided in New Mexico since 1910 and served as World War I captain and assistant military attache in London earning the British Military Cross. He previously backed Democratic candidates and led the Progressive party treasury 1912-14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
Associated Press
Bronson Cutting
R. D. Dillon
United States
New Mexico
Andrieus A. Jones
Cutting
Senate
Dillon
Lfe
Santa Fe New Mexican
John Moion
Progressive Party
Oakdale
Long Island
Harvard University
London
Teapot Dome Returned to Navy After Lease Cancellation
Teapot Dome oil field in Wyoming was formally returned to the United States Navy by court decree, ending government lease fraud claims involving Harry F. Sinclair. The ruling follows the U S Supreme Court mandate sustaining fraud allegations and cancels all rights to the naval oil reserve. Governor Smith declines to act on Ku Klux Klan parade complaint in Queens, saying no state law grants such authority and directs Winter to seek court redress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Associated Press
Teapot
Dome
Rich
Wyoming
Oll Field
United States Navy
Harry F. Sinclair
Albert B. Wall
Iterror
Federal District Court
Blake Kennedy
United States Supreme Court
Naval O3
Albany
Associated
Smith
Queens
Paul M. Winter
Jamica
New York City
Prefers Reform School To Returning Home
Robert Reny, seventeen, of 187 Jewel Avenue, chose reform school over returning home after being arrested as a runaway. He faces charges of being a delinquent and will be arraigned in City Court. A juvenile friend from the city who accompanied him was taken into custody but agreed to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicon
Atite Reform School
Robert Reny
Jewetl Avenue
Reform School
Renz
Reng
Sey City
Rens
Ann Altotoer
Mbbee Bay
Jelt
Washington
Miet
Mrs Frances Camp to Wed Carlos Stoddard in New Haven
Mrs Frances English Camp, recently divorced from Winter Camp, son of Walter Camp, Yale football mentor, and Carlos French Stoddard Sr., filed for a marriage license in New Haven. Under state law a five day waiting period applies before a license certificate can be granted, with plans for the ceremony date to be set later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Associatae Pires
Frances English Camp
Winlter Camp
Walter Camp
Yale
Carlos French Stoddard
Fina
Lindbergh’s Transatlantic Return Promises Special Bridgeport View
The Bridgeport Telegram prepares an exclusive feature by Prof William Laon Phelps on the year’s top event, Lindbergh’s flight from New York to Paris. The piece, slated to appear Saturday, highlights the historic journey and its global impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Administration moves to delay tax reduction action
Washington December 28 The administration plans to delay final action on the tax reduction bill until after March 15. Senator Smoot and Secretary Mellon lead the move backed by Republicans to postpone until clearer revenue data and expenditures are available. Democrats led by Senator King vow a counter campaign to push the bill to the Senate floor before February 1. Mellon argues delaying enacting the bill harms neither taxpayers nor government and improves reliability of revenue estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Mellon
Treasury
Senate
Congress
King
Utah
Finance Committee
Sanitary Corps May Be Dropped In Health Dept Budget
Unters 82400 appropriated to the Health department by the Board of Apportionment. Six sanitary inspectors under Chief Inspector Frank Stapleton will be laid off January 15 unless more funds are found. Affected are Thomas Tierney, John Biebel, George Lynch, Richard Tracey, Charles Pray and Henry Kollmansperger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Behrens
A. KL. DeLaney
Alfred W. Burdick
Arthur F. Connor
Harry B. Mackenzie
Republican
J. Henry Roraback
Roraback
Board of Apportionment
Mackenzie
Board of Apportionment and Taxation
General Assembly
John H. Trumbull
Trpper
Health Department
Frank Stapleton
Stapleton
Thomas Tierney
John Biebel
George Lynch
Richard Tracey
Charles Pray
Henry Kollmansperger
Wages of Miners in Colorado Increased
Denver reports the Colorado Fuel and Iron company and other Colorado coal operators announce a wage increase for Southern Colorado miners effective January 1, 1928. The raise totals 32 cents per day, elevating the basic wage to 6 dollars 52 cents, about 81 cents above the September 1 level, following a strike allied with the Industrial Workers of the World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Associated Press
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Jargent
Colorado
Industrial Workers of the World
Flag lowered for Ridgefield Park torpedo man Snizek
Ridgefield Park New Jersey lowered its municipal flag to half mast in tribute to Frank Snizek torpedoman on the submarine S-4 declared dead by the U S government. Snizek a former town resident married Bridgeport woman now lives at 482 Kossuth street with his mother Mrs Katherine Snizek awaiting recovery of his body.
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Ridgefield Park
New Jersey
Frank Snizek
Snizek
Katherine Snizek
United States
Bridgeport
Kossuth Street
Confessed Slayer of Girl Druggist Faces Court Pleas
William E Hickman, tied to the Parker Young crime, appeared for arraignment with lawyer Jerome Walsh after admitting involvement in a murder and earlier robbery. Police linked new deaths to his alleged crime ring, while crowds filled courthouse corridors and officers prepared for a contested plea set for Tuesday.
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Hickman
Los Angeles
Pec
William E
Parker
Young Hickman
Ivy
Bis
Welby Hunt
Carlos Harcy
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
California
Hardy
Walsh
Contal
William Edward Hickman
Hunt
Thomas
Siain
A. R. Crickett
Dena
Kidnaper McClelland's Trail Reaches Mexican Border
Relentless search for Ernest Arthur McClelland, former convict and alleged kidnapper of Evelyn Smith, extends toward Mexicali and Calexico after the victim was found with welfare worker Emma J. Spence in Redlands. Police Chief Walter Thomas cites the girl's hint of Mexico and notes the suspect previously posed as her brother. The child will be returned home to Oakland. authorities say the man tried to mistreat her and previously used a forged check to deceive the family.
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Oklahoma
Hunt
Evelyn Smith
Navy
Admiral Brumby
Lindy
St. Louis
Detroit
Gil
New Orleans
Peace Bridge
Americana
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Guatemala
Lindbergh
San Salvador
London Hamlets
Carceen Papez
Redlands
Cal
Associated Press
Ernest Arthur
Robert) McClelland
Oakland
Walter Thomas
Emma J. Spence
McClelland
Mexicali
California
Calexico
Mexico
Spence
Thomas
Fire damages house on Island Brook Ave
Fire of unknown origin broke out in the attic of a house at 124 Island Brook Avenue, occupied by Mrs. G N Thompson. Late yesterday afternoon the blaze caused about 100 dollars in damage before firefighters from multiple companies under Assistant Chief George F Beardalee extinguished it with chemicals.
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Island Brook
G. N. Thompson
Tracy Street
Island Brook Avenue
George F. Beardalee
Judgment Filed Against Arbuckle's Former Wife
New York news report states a SL.074 judgment was filed against Mrs. Minta Durfee Arbuckle, former wife of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, by a New York furrier claiming the amount is due for merchant diseal. Arbuckle's lawyers yesterday attached her former husband's salary for breach of an alleged agreement to pay her a percentage of his earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Minta Durfee Arbuckle
Roscoe
Fatty Arbuckle
Slim
Wirs
Arbuckie
Simpson Wins Kiwanis Prize for New Year’s Resolution
The Rev. Charles W. Simpson, superintendent of the Christian Union, received the top Kiwanis prize for the best New Year’s resolution for 1928 at Stratfield hotel. His resolution was to stay out of controversies and avoid reporters, a personal pledge judged of public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Simpson
The
Christian Union
Kiwanis Club
Stratfield Hotel
Gentiellisis
Darrow urges Hick be placed in asylum
New York diss stated Clarence Darrow, the famed lawyer, argued that Hickman the confessed Marian Parker kidnapper is a youth with dementia praecox and should be sent to an asylum rather than executed. He claimed such patients are dangerous and rarely cured, and questioned the reliability of Hickman’s statements published in the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clarence Darrow
Hickman
Marian Parker
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Beirs
Tom Bonahue
Connecticut
Collegiate Association
Honduras
Flyer
Theron
Beardsley Park Zoo
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Ripper
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Walter Camp, JR
Carlos Stoddard
Inue
Cour
Yi Mather
Fiody
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Driskell
Tom of the Arroyo
Perry Parker
Iain Merlan
Hickraasy
Fell
Milesion
Thoms
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Weadens
Myron
Ing
Fng
Island Brook Ave
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