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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1928

Page

4

French flyers list schedule changes to Washington trip

Dieudopne Costes and Zebrix, French aviators flying from Mexico City, announced further schedule changes. They will leave New Orleans tomorrow after 5, pass Montgomery by noon, then depart for Washington in the morning, with Maxwell Field as a layover. The rearrangement aims to reach Washington directly, and the French consulate hosted a civic tasting in the French quarter.

Jorleans As- Press Dieudopne A. Gunter Montgomery Maxwell Field Montend Washington Alabama Maurice de Simonin Civic

Milford Passenger Dies After Struck by Auto

In Milford a man named James C. Wells alias Wells died after being struck by an automobile Wednesday. Sheriff Mix concluded no criminal act occurred. Witnesses Cassilio Friedman Wey and Allie Bellmore testified. driver Sherman A. Wiley said Wells stepped into the road and the car could not avoid him.

Mer EU Aix New Haven James C. 4 Wells Sherman A. Wiley Emor Cassilio Milford Friedman Stratford Milford Hospital A. Wey Allie Bellmore West Im Mix Declared Whey

KES STONE FORMER D FIRE CHIEF DIES

Former Winsted fire chief Kes Stone died at a sanitarium at age seventy after several years of illness. He served as a longtime member of the department and was a prominent figure in Litchfield County Firemen’s Association. Survived by his wife Louisa T. Stone and three sons.

Associated Stone Winsted Stone Litchfield County Piremen Ter Louisa T. Stone Connecticut Naval Reserve Rees Davis U. S. Navy Chester Alvin Thompson Park Cemetery Thompson Joseph Riley A. G. Beaudoin George Wright R. H. Champagne F. Jacobian Charles Keegan Robert Lalley F Larkin J. Montenavin League Island Naval Hospital Philadelphia Navy Department

Body of Missing Boy Student Found in Marblehead

Morris Livingstone a seventeen year old Boston university student from Salem was found dead of a self inflicted gunshot on the rear seat of his father's sedan on Risley road Marblehead Neck. Assistant medical examiner James B. Simpson ruled death by suicide after locating the revolver in his hand. A Salem friend said Livingstone brooded over failing two mid term exams and appeared despondent Wednesday evening.

Marblehead Mass Associated Proey Morris Livingstone Boston University Salem Risley Road Marblehead Neck James B. Simpson Hymen Heller Livingstone Heller

Autos Cause 12 Deaths in Bay State Last Week

Boston February 5 The Associated Press reports automobiles killed twelve persons in Massachusetts last week. One more than the prior week and one more than the same period last year. Convictions for driving under the influence totaled 44 and 968 drivers lost licenses and registrations, down 64 from the prior week but up 102 from the year-ago week.

Boston Associated Press Massachusetts Hquor

Crossword Puzzle Oreo by Lafayette Byron

Puzzle page item with a long, garbled list of clues and a partial solution reference GEOID the un vertical hints across and down. The scrambled text includes numerous mis-typed entries for animals objects and celestial terms and notes a solution to be published next day.

Newtown farmer tells Congress how he prospered

Connecticut farmer John Visney told the House Agriculture Committee that加入 4-H training and extension services boosted his farm income from about 2000 in 1923 to over 4000 years later. He described a move from a struggling start with dairy cattle to milk production reaching 10 000 pounds in ten months, aided by local and federal instruction and club work. The testimony supported the Ketcham bill for more federal funds for farm extension.

George II Manning Washington Connecticut John Visney Newtown, Conn House Committee On Agriculture Visney Vieney Czecho-Slovakia Fairfield County Wisney John ©. Ketcham Michigan Schuyler Merritt Stamford

Young farmer on trial for school bombing

Hiram Reed, 22, credited with planting a dynamite bomb at a Pleasant Valley schoolhouse, faces trial on bombing charges with his fiancee Io Bradford as key witness. State intends to prove a harsher penalty for bombing than attempted murder. defense questions a written confession. Reed currently free on 62000 bond amid four related charges.

Ottawa Trs Hiram Reed Farmer Btate Russell Hanson Ioa Bradford Young Reed Mondey Hanson Harry Hill Eliza A. Hill Streator Reed Pleasant Valley Miss Bradford Wll Mosaville Criibal Reet Uberty

Forty Families Driven Out By Boston Fire

A blaze in South Boston destroyed Booth Baptist church causing over 40 families to flee their wooden tenements. The church valued at 75 000 dollars. firefighters withdrew from danger as the steeple and 3 000 pound bell threatened collapse. One firefighter, Frank Rourke, was overcome by smoke and treated at a hospital. Four alarms answered. fire under control early evening.

Boston Associated Press Booth Baptist Frank Rourke

Bridgeport Vegetable Growers to Hold Monthly Meeting

The Bridgeport Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow night at o o'clock at the M C A. Dr M F Morgan of the dolls department of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station will deliver an address titled Adaptability of Bolls.

Bridgeport Fruit and Vegetables Growers’ Association M. F. Morgan Dolls Department Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Machine Airs Pipes For Quick Inhalation Aging

An apparatus that can smoke about thirty six pipes simultaneously is described as saving the worker the task of breaking in briar or meerschaum. With mechanical mouth and lungs, the device supposedly ages a pipe in a fraction of the time normally needed, simulating weeks of steady use.

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