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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1927
Page
17
Detroit police launch a slow motion traffic enforcement campaign following the inauguration of a traffic law campaign car. In two days over 6000 motorists were ticketed and more than 400 officers are assigned to stop drivers exceeding 25 miles per hour. Each 30 mile per hour violation costs 620 at the traffic violation bureau.
The piece reviews 1928 astronomical progress from Columbia University Observatory, noting five eclipses three solar two lunar with details on perihelion January 4. It explains spectroscopy identifying unknown lines, the solar corona mystery, and the Winter constellations’ prominence. It also describes Earth’s perihelion and aphelion, orbital focus, Jupiter and Uranus positions, and viewing tips for observers.
Miron George Larson of Falmouth admitted starting a fire that damaged the summer residence of Walter H Chiett Dobna Ferry and a neighboring home. He pleaded guilty in Barnstable First District Court and was held for grand jury on charges of incendarism and destroying property with bonds set at 85000 and 2000 respectively. He claimed intoxication and said he wrecked furnishings before starting the fire causing about 10000 in damage.
John Harvey, freed after a 20 year desertion sentence, tells the Evening Standard that the Foreign Legion is a fighting machine and that officers beat recruits and prisoners endure chained confinement and desert thirst. He cites desert postings and prison scenes as reasons for his bitterness. Also notes Ben Netted Doty, pardoned deserter, says Legion gave a square deal but is no ladies seminary.
Herman Bonin, formerly hospitalized and partly amnesiac, wandered Woonsocket streets and told police he could not recall his identity. He claimed the name Armand Bonin, with a family in Portland, Oregon and a mother in Buffalo, New York.
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