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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1922
Page
16
Attorneys for Mrs. Cadwell Plant Hayward request an appeal from a Supreme Court decision. The document lists executors fees totaling $126 to Brandis Ivan, $120,009 to George Leur and the United States company, and $30,000 each to Mrs. Hayward and Henry B. Plant.
Police fired eight shots at a man in a gray overcoat seen leaving the R. Baldwin warehouse with sacks of food. He escaped through city streets and Brookside Park, dropping the sacks as he fled.
Norwalk men including Joseph J. Taylor associates and Nicholas Mds were held for federal authorities on a charge of illicit alcohol transportation from Norwalk to Stamford. The men reported their truck had been stolen. it was found abandoned. Arrests followed.
The Connecticut Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star conducted its second day of the annual meeting at Boat Guard Armory. Elective officers were chosen including grand matron Mabel Hitchack, with many appointments announced. membership reached 13 to 1 0 1 2 1 by December 31.
Ohio inquiry reveals mentally disabled World War veterans housed in overcrowded state and private institutions with custodial care only. About 10,000 cases nationwide, 48 percent farmed out, costing Ohio up to Petr<|vq_3095|>
The Boys Department of the YMCA announces a membership drive to add 240 active members and strengthen the group in preparation for a new building. Currently the department lists 100 active members and will start the campaign on Monday February 6.
Judge Isaac Wolfe in New Haven named Harlow A. Pease receiver for the Hotchkiss Brothers company lathe manufacturers of Torrington. The move followed rumors of Harry J. Whitty leaving for Scotland, which were denied. The plant would operate at full capacity under Pease, a company officer, with assets and liabilities not disclosed.
Work to remove east and west abutments and center pier of the old East Washington avenue bridge will begin in a few days. A barge named Archibald Mae discharges a cargo near the powerhouse. Temporary repairs on the Yellow Mill Bridge have started with emergency provisions for further lis repair.
Conmreas authorizes 7,552 minutal cases while experts warn additions fail to cover demand. Projected patient load rises, necessitating 3,500 more beds and about $3,000,000 in appropriations to rehab and care for roughly 11,000 veterans amid growing postwar insanity concerns.
Bridgeport Jewish leaders prepare a nationwide drive to raise funds for European destitute relief. Charles Shapiro, state drive chairman, says campaigns will mobilize all local Jewish groups and women’s organizations to gather substantial donations and organize regional meetings at prominent venues.
Due to a physician’s illness Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, could not attend in New Haven. He was to address a gathering the next day in one of the city’s largest halls, inviting iron and construction workers in Connecticut to the second day of the meeting.
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