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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1925
Page
4
Dr William Hall Coon, city health officer, says scarlet fever cases total 22 last week but the outbreak is mild with only one death. Many mild cases appeared among schoolchildren mistaken for colds. He notes immunity after infection and that a mild attack protects against severe disease.
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In Superior Court Judge Capotosta denied Tessie M Budlong a divorce from Milton J Kane the financier and car maker. The judge awarded custody of the couple’s two sons nine and twelve and said a $50 000 bond could be filed if Kane moves the children outside Newport jurisdiction. The judge suggested money influenced the bid for an amicable dissolution.
Tortol reports Japan has finished scrapping warships under the Washington Arms Conference, confirming fourteen ships scrapped since 1923 including the Tosa sunk yesterday. The Navy says all treaty requirements are met and rejects U S claims of a stronger Japanese navy while addressing Pacific maneuvers.
At the annual stockholders meeting of William Wrigley Jr Co in Chicago a special extra dividend of fifty cents a share was declared payable April 1 to stockholders of record March 20. William Wrigley Jr was elected chairman and Philip Wrigley was named president. The report stated the 1925 business outlook was favorable.
Joan London Abbott was granted a decree of divorce from Park Abbott in Garland California on February 10. The court cited her husband’s refusal to let her use her famous father’s name in connection with her own literary efforts and his attempts to dissuade her from naming their son Jack London Abbott as grounds for the decree.
Washington Feb 10 The Senate plans a light session ending Congress and will begin next month under an agreement rejected at a Republican conference The calendar is congested and overtime work is urged Senators will hear sponsors of pet measures including a German commercial treaty and about ten domestic bills The conference backed Muscle Shoals and agriculture recommenda tions but rejected the award court proposal and cast doubt on action on the Lausanne treaty with Turkey
The District Attorney filed suit in federal court against Willant Skiddy of Stamford for return of 140,088.83 alleged as unpaid corporate taxes by Stamford Manufacturing Company which went bankrupt in 1947. Skiddy, a majority stockholder, formed two successor firms from Equidation proceeds that dissolved but did not satisfy the tax liability.
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