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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1927
Page
4
A vintage advertorial promotes cascara laxatives as a solution to constipation. It warns against habit formation, endorses a nonhabit forming alternative, and urges readers to buy a candy like laxative product from druggists with a stated price.
Paris dispatch reports the Allied council postponed its final decision on disarmament terms, extending the deadline to tomorrow noon. Germans offered limited concessions on fortifications like Konigsberg. the inter Allied War Committee remains unsatisfied with concrete frontier works and trenches near the Polish border. Berlin fears a League takeover but prefers a settlement now over broader disputes, as both sides await German concessions to proceed.
Thomas Red Moran, twenty, was convicted of first degree murder for the November killings of Patrolman Frank Daskiewitcz and Edward J. Burns in Brooklyn. Prosecutors said Moran and three others were riding in the car when the officers stopped it. Defense argued mental irresponsibility.
Fitchburg Massachusetts January 31 AP Stanley Heckman and Roy Fowler were arrested for larceny of money from telephone coin boxes. Heckman, who had failed to appear in court under an alias, is now held in Westchester Pennsylvania on charges of looting telephone boxes. He is believed investigated by federal officials for alleged mail fraud against mail order houses in Boston New York Chicago Philadelphia and St Denis.
In New Haven, Jan Gilbert Dickerson, 60, was found dead with authorities citing alcoholism as a factor. The medical examiner was expected to determine a cause as investigations proceeded.
Mrs Margaret Ross Lansdowne widow of Shenandoah commander and John Kaswell Jr of Boston obtained a marriage license in Washington. The ceremony is planned February 26 at Willam Mason home near Alexandria officiated by Rev Kennedy. Kaswell, a Boston cotton man, met Lansdowne at a Asheville house party. Lansdowne widow of Commander Lansdowne, killed in the Shenandoah crash, was naval attache in Germany and is described as tall and brunette. The couple’s ages are 24 and 28.
Local news item chronicles village life with notices of a musical program at the Capitol Theatre Milford featuring Miss Lora Hickey and a film under the Fellowcraft Association. It lists residents visiting, injuries, illnesses, and small community events across Long Hill and nearby towns.
The Myrtle Beach Chapel on Maple Avenue hosts Sunday evening services at 7 30 p m conducted by Rev Henry Bullock from Yale Divinity School with assistance from Mr Howard White and music by organist Mrs N Du Bois Whitney. The Ladies Aid Society will hold a food gate at Perry Duncan's East Broadway store Wednesday from 2 to 6 p.m. George Davis of Wilnut Beach, visiting from Touston Pa, left after a four week visit. Mrs Willam Radendatyeet has recovered from illness and will not need surgery.
Devon Pevon notices a meeting of Hose Company No. 1 at Spring street headquarters tomorrow night with attendance urged. Mass and blessings will be held at St church and later in the week, under Pastor P. Murran, with notes of community events and social visits from local residents and organizations.
Washington January 31 AP Efforts to parade several major bills delay the Navy plan as the Senate nears adjournment March 4. The French specification bill passes 38 to 27 after amendments. other proposals like Tong and Short Hand Railroad and Farm Bill face heavy opposition amid dwindling time and absences.
The Department of Public Purchases awarded a one year contract starting February 1 for garbage grease from the municipal disposal plant to Wilson Brokerage, Inc., of New York at four cents per pound fob Bridgeport. The firm has held the bid for two years, with a six cent per pound price last year. A price readjustment clause on August 1 depends on grease market trends. if levels hold, four cents per pound will prevail. Also noted, Chicago sold its January grease production at 2.61 cents per pound.
Smith, en route from Chicago to Dwight, returns home for rest after suffering days of an ear abscess. Friends say the ordeal dampens his fight, yet he plans to resume his drive for Senate recognition despite the setback.
Meriden Jan 31 James Payton a gas plant worker for Connecticut Light and Power company via Isbell Porter of Newark N J was carried to Meriden hospital in critical condition after a ten ton sheet iron sheet weighing incident pinned him against a beam at the plant.
London reports say Lord Northerst, husband of the former Madam Jessica Brown, paid a fine of eight pounds after Marlborough Street court found him guilty of drunken and disorderly conduct. Police allege he and companions danced in the street near a club, then toppled a post and hurled it into the road.
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