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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1922

Page

5

Vaudeville and film bill dazzles at Plax and Empire

The Plax theatre presented The Sherlock Sisters and Co with songs and dance supported by Eddi Swartz Julia Dufford and Caesar Rivoli in A Scandal in a Restaurant. Also shown One Cup of Life and The Bathing Girl with Virginia Lee featured at Empire. Dawn of the East screens at the Spire alongside The Land of Iopa and Unittle Mary. Dawes screens At the Stage Door with a starry cast. The Hippodrome shows The Child Thou Gaveest Me while Strand offers Jim the Penman.

Plaxtheatre Sherlock Sisters and Co Uelphi Blumber Eddi Swartz Julia Dufford Caesar Rivoli Hatacter Whch Divine Ispah Selbini Thomas H. Ince Hobart Bosworth Virginia Lee Howard Chandler Christy New York Atlantic City Arcady Empire China Fea Spire Theatre Alice Tarrings Ynas Unittle Mary Kerygemiane Heronés Aha Brady DAWE William Christy Cabaune Stage Door Reyleayed RC Plaetures Dawes Theatres Toory Oly Cabvanne Bulle Dove Fymous Beauty Elizabeth North Greenwich Village Viva Ogden Doris, Eaton Hippodrome John M. Stanfor First National Pictures Ing Pipe Podronte H. Ince

Two Killed as Coping Falls From Building

New York report says August Ekerladd of this city and William McDowell of Jersey were killed or injured when a piece of coping fell from the roof of a 15 story apartment house under construction on Riverdale Drive. The men were walking below when the accident occurred.

New York August Ekerladd Usd William McDowell Jersey Riveralde’ Derive

Normal Students Forced to Study the Chinese Way

The Bish School normal class at Wham High faced a strict February start as sixteen mid year graduates, lacking six months of instruction, are placed in the same class. Principal Dr Leroy Weller admits the tough procedure, but no alternative exists. After one year, they proceed to the second semester next semester. the Normal School now has about 110 students including February entrants.

Bish Board of Education Hag Althoven Leroy Weller Mmit

A New Play that Makes Men Think Opens in New York

A review discusses a provocative production titled He who Gets Slapped, staged by Theater Guild. It portrays a circus clown overwhelmed by disillusionment and romance, with Consuelo and a baron shaping a tragedy of deceit. The piece is praised for its symbolism and strong performances by Margulo Gilmore and Richard Bennett.

New York Theater Guild Conseld Leonid Aideeyey Stary Deller Paplinec Richard Bennett

Arbuckle to be Tried Third Time on March 3

San Francisco February 6 Fatty Arbuckle will be tried for manslaughter a third time on March 3. Judge Arnold Louderhank set the date after hearings with Gavin McNab Arbuckle's chief counsel and state prosecutors concurred.

Arbuckle San Francisco Fatty” Arbuckle Arnold Louderhank Canndian Gavin McXnab Arbuelle

Order to Quit Disturbs Local Radio Amateurs

Amateur radio operators in Bridgeport are unsettled by reports from the Secretary of Commerce that would halt 67 messages. Leslie A. Gould of the Consolidated Electric Company says no local hobbyists have official notification, but he has written to the radio officer at the Custom House for a ruling on the matter.

Bridgeport United States Department of Commerce Apparatua Leslie A. Gould Consolidated Electric Company Gould Rosten Custom House Ifor & Ruling

Bead Bags Popular in We Envergie Shape Beads

Bead bags remain unsent and highly popular. The current craze centers on small culled beads shaped by We envergie, reflecting a shift in preference and craft trends.

Child author Virginia Komias seeks normal life despite prodigy label

Virginia Komias, a nine year old Chicago writer of 15 plays and nearly 109 stories, worries about being a prodigy. Psychologists note a mind of a 21 year old while her family shields her from expectations. She favors a normal life with a home, babies, and being herself, continues writing plays with morals, and eyes a future collaboration on a children's book with her father.

Roy Gibbons Chicago Virginia Komias Virginia Maysie Tay Nellse

New England Manufacturers Meet Hoover Officials

Washington officials opened two day talks with New England manufacturers led by chamber leaders to discuss cooperative efforts with the Commerce Department. The group sought economic opportunities, foreign trade prospects, and modernization of industry in New England. In custody at Watertown are two youths tied to the Oakville burglary case, charged with breaking a drug store window and stealing valuables worth about 4100.

Washington Fab Itty W Einland Industries Motver Commerce Department Chambers Comme Vartune New England Wiavterau RY Felrman Loys Watertown Wilder Oakville

Lillian Russell Starts as Immigration Investigator

Paris February 6 Lillian Russell with her mildly amused husband A P Moore began her investigations into the immigration problem today as an official dollar a year woman.

Paris Lillian Russell A.P. Moore

Drunks in New York Double During Year

Albany February figures show 10 291 persons charged with intoxication in New York last year, a sharp rise from 1920. Secretary of State Lagans submits the annual canvass to the Legislature for review.

New York Albany Lagans

Gusher Brings Him Million Yet Ruins His Taters

The Orange Texas area reports a monster oil gusher on Chet Chesson's farm. Officials estimate 20,000 to 26,000 barrels daily, with observers calling it the biggest in the south. Chesson refused a $700,000 royalty offer, fearing damage to his potato crops as oil floods the marshes and river.

Gusher Orange Tex Chet Butt Oscar Chassot Ennason Chadson Chesson Texas Lown Bincehasson Tiggest Inn

Newark Man Held for Alleged Bigamy

Newark, Feb. 6. Paul Bullard, 20, charged with marrying two women within ten months without divorce, arraigned and held on 3000 bail as a fugitive from justice. Arrest followed a confrontation with Mrs. Patrick Burns, mother of his first wife, Bessie Fuller, by Lilian Soper who also claims marriage. First marriage dated April 3, 1921 in Newark. second in Brooklyn January 14.

Newark Paul Bullard Patrick Burns Bessie Fuller Lilian Soper Brooklyn

Bantam Factory Fire Suspect Held in Fraud Case

A man identified as Rock Flanerty was taken into custody in Bantam after the blaze destroyed the Ram Pull and Vanderpool Electric Manufacturing Co warehouse. He is jailed in Lizenfield County awaiting investigation with Constable Burgoyne and local and state police.

Bantam Rock Flagerty Ram Pull Vanderpool Electric Manufacturing? Co Lizenfield County Flanerty Trumbull Vandewpoo Burgoyne

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