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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1927

Page

3

Hartford Judgeships Passed In Both Legislature Branches

The Connecticut General Assembly approved and sent 24 judgeship resolutions to the secretary of state. Additional nominations and favorable committee reports followed, with many appointments to state boards and officials named for seats including Waterbury Greenwich and Meriden.

Hartford General Assembly Senate House Winthrop Trust Association McKinney Association Hartford Club Theodore Roosevtt New York John H Trumbull Long Lane Farm Midgetown State Hospital H .Lark Hartford James T Mo New Haven Department of Public Welfare L Ytrank Hugarty Patrick F O’meara Joseph H Lawlor Waterhur State Board of Mediation and Arbitration Howard W Beach Will Ham Lewis Bridgeport Shell-Fish FF Levy Harwood New London Myron R. Derham John E. Calhoun Cornwall Ami Achur L Peale Norwich State Park and Forest Commission Committee On Secretary of State Judiciary iHouse Waterbury John F. McGrath Abner P. Hayes Greon Cornelius Costello Jude Charles F Willard

Town Meeting Weighs Abolishing Borough Greenwich

Greenwich townsmen favored a measure to abolish the borough and have the town assume highways police and fire services. Three bills to transfer duties were withdrawn and a borough abolition measure was approved by the town government committee. The recommendation goes to the Chamber of Commerce directors meeting Monday evening.

Greenwich Fen Borough of Chamber of Commeres

Stella Chaliapin Eyes American Life After Storm

Stella Chaliapin says her father the Russian singer is increasingly embracing America. He has no objection to her working in the United States during the upheaval, and he refuses to surrender his estate to the Bolsheviks unless all confiscated property is restored.

New York Stella Chaliapin America Bolshetviki

Redden Pleads to End Monopoly of Transport Routes

Hartford Feb 10 Senator William Redden of Bridgeport urged passage of a self sponsored law to deter transportation monopolies. He cites existing services as a reason to permit faster cheaper jitney buses and questions Bridgeport factory districts lack of adequate transit. He cites the Charles River Bridge decision denying monopoly grants.

Redden Hartford Wiliam Redden Bridgeport Supreme Court Charles River

Blodgett pushes state opposition to federal death tax

Hartford legislators hear William H Blodgett urge repeal of the federal estate tax as part of a broader plan by a five member Connecticut commission to oppose federal levies. The hearing covered alternate resolutions and joint state actions, with supporters stressing revenue fears and opponents arguing Congress should act.

Hartford Feb Congress William H Blodgett Federal Relations Committee General Assembly Samuel C. Shaw Blodgett National Committee Frederic C. Walcott Norfolk Walcott Harmison Hewitt New Haven George Kimball New Britain Hewitt Kimball Elijah Rogers Southington Shaw Ernest L Averill House Lucius T. Robinson Mark T Durant Hartfod Connecticut Trust Company Farwell Knapp U Hartford

State Tax Debate Advocates Against Inheritance Levies

Mr Durant warns of a Socialistic trend behind a federal approach to inheritance tax arguing it would concentrate power and upset the balance of states. Commissioner Blodgett seeks a unified stance with other states and notes three trips to Washington while distributing the national committee’s pamphlet opposing the death tax.

Cirive Durant Blodgett Washington National Committee Federal Relations Committee

Coal Dealers May Meet Governor Over Fuel Administrator Plan

Hartford February 10 Telegram staff reports that lawmakers heard strong opposition to a bill creating a state fuel administrator. A conference with Governor John H Trumbull was proposed for next week to hear his views. Opponents warned against wartime fuel dictatorship while the governor urged a preemptive fuel commission ahead of possible emergencies amid the threatened soft coal strike on April 1.

Telegram Hartford John H Trimbull Judiciary Committee Trumbut General Assembly Trumbull

Norwich Opposes State Meddling in Local Affairs

Mrs Edward Higgins of the United Charities of Norwich told the Judiciary committee that Norwich should fund its own probation officers with a daily wage rather than a $500 yearly salary. She said residents wish to manage local matters without state interference as funds are raised for a trained social worker. Corporation Counsel W H Shields Jr supported the measure and called for higher court salaries and expanded Norwich court jurisdiction in towns with Norwich reservoirs.

Hartford Edward Higgins United Charities of Norwich Norwich Connecticut Norwich Court Norwich Hes

Tormented by Agate Neruitis Freed from Pain in Cincinnati

A Cincinnati businessman describes violent neuritis after influenza and relief from Sloan’s Liniment. He claims the arm and shoulder quickly recovered, with pain and symptoms disappearing as the product’s healing effects increased blood flow. He urges readers to obtain a bottle from druggists.

Cincinnati Ohio Sloan

Dress description with backneck bow and rose fastener

A long backneck bow forms a wide cascade down the blouse front which fastens with a large rose. The skirt features three tiers, creating a layered effect.

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