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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1928
Page
22
Incorporators Harry W. Reyes, Alen K. Smith, and Florence A. ... form Bridgeport Mortgage Company. Certificate filed with town office. Capital stock set at 2000 dollars with 2000 paid in. Authorities note incorporators and capital details of the new firm.
The Cunard liner Berengaria with 1095 passengers remained anchored off Gravesend Bay for a second night as thick fog made inner harbor entry dangerous. Other liners waited for safer conditions while a minor collision occurred between the Zacapa and the anchored ship, with no injuries.
Bridgeport observes Boy Scout movement anniversary with a 15 minute WICG radio program. Arnold McDermott led bugle calls and Scouts from Bridgeport sang while Ralph McEldowney spoke of two million Scouts worldwide and the organization’s nonsectarian, civic mission.
East Greenwich February report: three Oakland Beach volunteer firemen were arraigned on charges of setting fire to the Oakland Beach comfort station. Robert Beck pleaded not guilty and was held for trial. Kenneth H. Mac Laughlin and Thomas J. McDuff were bound over to the Kent county grand jury. Four other members were already held or charged in related arson cases.
New Philadelphia, Ohio, Feb 5. William Horton, 41, confessed to murdering his sister in law Miss Violet May, 23, and dumping her body in the Tuscarawas River near Dover after a late night abduction. Horton, who said he was abducted by two men, gave a detailed account after a three hour interrogation by Prosecutor James Patrick and Sheriff Abe Laird.
The Chevrolet agents of the Peck and Lines company held their monthly meeting and banquet at Chemp's Farm last night. Twelve members were present.
Dark fog lifts as Costes and LeBrix land at Bolling Field with Ambassador Claudel and officials. They will meet President Coolidge and White House luncheon, then New York, while the 62,600 mile journey concludes. Court in Philadelphia weighs discarding a $60,000 Harvard gift after it declined to commit to surgical treatment of criminals. The case concerns cy pres disposal and the will of Dr. J Ewing Mears, with judges taking testimony from Eugenics groups before ruling.
In Eufaula Oklahoma on February 8, 16 year old widow Reba Thompson and 23 year old Charles Edwards were jailed on murder charges in the death of Sherman Thompson. Police say a plot to kill Sherman for life insurance of 2000 and to marry Miss Thompson was alleged. The couple denies involvement.
The Graduate Nurses of State convention gathered in New Haven starting Tuesday morning and continuing through today at Center Church House. Attending from Bridgeport were Mrs. Elmer H. Havens and other officers, with a lineup of staff attendees including Miss Goulse Spence and several RNs and LNs from Bridgeport and area nursing groups.
Fairfield February report notes Mrs C V Calvin will lead the Home Missionary program of the Woman's Guild at Pires Church of Christ on Thursday afternoon with the topic The Negro in America from Dee Haynes A New America Loretta Perry will lead devotions and Mig Wesley Sherwood will present current events Tea will be served Hostesses are Mia James Bulkeley and Harriet Osborne Warren E Cottrell will lead the Lincoln program for the Men's Bible Class of First Church at Christ at 8 45 a m Sunday inviting all men The mid week church service of the First Church of Christ at Christ will be held at 7 30 O Clock in the chapel.
In Enfield, ten married teachers will lose their jobs at year end and no married women will be rehired. The rule, adopted by town officials, follows a push that single graduates face teaching shortages. Superintendent E P Parman was instructed not to hire or reengage married teachers. Enfield employs ninety one teachers.
London February 6 Associated Press reports the Church Assembly in England gave general approval to the 1928 prayer book. The House of Laity voted 226 to 40 after bishops and clergy had endorsed it 40 to 5 and 247 to 35 respectively.
Alexander Emery, forty, of 984 Wor din avenue, was arrested yesterday by John J. Kennedy, Bryant Electric employment manager and special policeman. Emery faces a charge of carrying concealed weapons as his case was continued to February 11. He will be examined to determine mental responsibility. Emery reportedly attempted a disturbance at Bryant Electric.
Arthur T F Connors Republican leader and McKinley association head travels to Florida with George T McCarthy Jr and other party figures. They plan a 10 day trip, visiting the Barnum and Bailey circus in Sarasota before heading to New York.
Waterbury February 8 The Associated Press Morris Shalnitz named Louis N Leopold as the man who hired him to set the Baldwin street building fire early Sunday. Leopold denied the charge and claimed no prior acquaintance with Shalnitz. Coroner and detectives conducted identification proceedings in New Haven as Leopold returned to Waterbury. Shalnitz confessed complicity, implicating Leopold in a prior arson.
Daniel Marshall thirty two of 36 Columbia Court was arrested on a charge of assaulting his stepson Leland Wampton twenty two of the same address. Marshall held on four hundred dollar bond at the Third Piece. Hampton treated at emergency hospital with ear lacerations and stitches to the thumb. The dispute began during a quarrel with Marshall's wife. the stepson intervened and Marshall attacked.
Amelia B. Liebscher died January 15 leaving a $300000 estate to be shared by a son, a daughter, six grandchildren, two sisters, two brothers, and three brothers in law. The will was drawn June 6 1925 and admitted to probate following its acceptance yesterday.
Boston hearings on abolishing the death penalty featured Rev Clarence Skinner proposing life imprisonment with labor to support the victim’s widow or children. Harvard’s Zechariah Chafee Jr warned against sensationalism, citing Michigan and California cases as evidence for life terms.
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