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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1924
Page
6
Special report details A. Schlichting resigning from the Relief Board amid friction over work scope. State tax commissioner urged uniform assessment practices, joint meeting held with tax officials advising on policy and valuation reforms.
The fourteenth anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America was marked at Lordship Sunday School with an address by William G. Davis of Lordship troop. Mr Turner from ageport Christian Union spoke. an orchestra provided music. Sixty nine attended a recent Michigan Country club meeting where a Valentine dance was planned for February 16.
The piece highlights a young Stratford athlete known for basketball and tennis, with strong local support and a broad outdoor sports presence. It notes Frank E Conine, an active Stratford politician, as part of yesterday's silhouette.
Witnesses at coroner's hearing blame icy road for the fatal accident on Grasmere avenue Fairfield. Theo Oakey darted toward a descending truck as driver London says braking failed on ice. bystander Howard Green cites the child’s headlong dash and possible slip. Coroner Phelan will announce findings in a few days.
Mrs Emma Erick Huributt 69 wife of the late Henry Huributt died at Norwalk hospital from complications of diseases. Born in Keyport New Jersey she moved to Cannondale nearly 50 years ago leaving no children. Nearest relatives are Lewis R Hurlbutt W B Hurlbutt David S Hurlbutt and Miss Josephine Hurlbutt of Cannondale. Funeral Wednesday at 2 80 from Zion Hall Methodist church with burial in Zion Hill Cemetery.
Milford hosts Lincoln birthday banquet at Colonial Inn with sculptor Gutzon Borglum of Stamford and Governor Charles A. Templeton as guests. The event includes music, humorist Al Lavery, and a planned public recreation initiative, plus Lincoln day addresses by Norman Buckingham and local officials.
Twenty liquor law violators arrested on January 26 and February 2 faced Judge J Moys Ives with 14 cases postponed. Convictions included Jacob Nahakl fined 200 and costs per count with 80 day suspended jail term, and Peter Karski fined 825 and 40 days for the first offense. Many sentences suspended after suspects signed statements to abandon their bars and permit police searches without a permit.
Speakers discuss global recovery in Europe and Latin America, praising Germany France and Italy while noting reparations and the Ruhr invasion. Attention shifts to Canada Cuba Mexico China and Israel with mixed prospects as a Valentine supper program and high school paper release loom in Milford.
The speaker outlines India’s shift from an agricultural domain to a potential industrial power. He notes export policy needs and argues for developing non-European markets with constructive apprenticeship in export practices. The conference ended with a round table on export matters and expert Q A.
Annie Lucas was ordered to spend three days in jail and pay a $200 fine plus costs for transporting liquor. The arrest followed a patrol stop near Mill Plain Road as officers approached her home with a search warrant. The whiskey and wine were confiscated.
The Westport library hosts a sun dried clay tablet exhibit from early Babylonian history loaned by Professor W. C. Bagley of Columbia University. The collection includes tablets from Drehem Jokha Umma Warka and Babylon with a school book in arithmetic and a votive offering from Ishtar temple. Additional notes recount Lincoln day exercises and a postponed lecture on The Romance of Words set for February 26 at the library.
The Common Council confirmed Dr Raymond D Fear as Stamford health officer by a 6 to 8 vote. He will receive a public health degree from Johns Hopkins and expects to assume duties around March 15.
Bridgeport Evening High School rowdyism prompted two youths to be arrested last night. Michael Petrovich eighteen of 188 Price Street and James Ghiotto eighteen of 369 Stillman Street charged with breach of the peace each held on twenty four dollar bonds.
Thomas Noble of 17 Harvey Street suffered a severe upper lip cut after being struck by lumber at work. He was taken to Emergency hospital where Dr. Thomas F. Davis treated the injury with three stitches to close the wound.
A Lloyds despatch from Lisbon reports seventeen crew members including the captain drowned when the British ship Mora wrecked on rocks near Cape St Vincent.
The county notes Fairfield has not repaid its quota of liquor license funds to the county commissioners. Licenses issued in 1919 became void with prohibition, and a Supreme Court ruling allows a six month rebate to license holders. Checks were drawn for Norwalk and Darien recipients and will be paid soon.
State Comptroller Frederick M Salmon of Westport will address the Newtown Women's Republican club at the Country club this Thursday evening at o'clock. Each member was urged to bring a guest.
Edward Mannion of 56 Chestnut Street narrowly escaped crossing at Wildman crossing between two standing freight cars. The cars slammed together crushing his left arm. he was taken to Danbury Hospital where doctors expect amputation and continue efforts to save the limb.
Washington November 11 The Navy department issued orders removing Commander Mccrary from joint command of the giant airship Shenandoah and Lakehurst station and naming Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne to the Shenandoah post and Commander Jacob L Klein to Lakehurst. Lansdowne will direct the dirigible during the Polar flight preparations.
Stratfield's Lincoln School in Fairfield closes for two days after four new scarlet fever cases. School physician Dr Poole orders fumigation and scrubbing of desks. Contacts with affected children to be excluded for five days. list of affected students includes Helen Moore, Clarence Naramore, Mary Naramore, Elizabeth Clarke, and Emery Neneaky.
The First National Bank of St Louis asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its branch bank ruling and grant a new hearing. It urged defining federal state authority divisions, arguing branches with discretionary powers differ from mere tellers windows.
Fairfield February 11 The Fairfield Trust company poster contest closes with 40 entries from sophomore, junior and senior high school pupils. Three prizes totaling 16 dollars were offered.
Ten pounds of powdered narcotics seized from the Mason home of Mrs Frances King a patient at Norwich State Hospital were turned over to Narcotic Agent Louis J. Kelley. The drugs were said to be worth about 10000 in legal market terms and 60000 to 70000 in the hands of dealers. A hospital attendant allegedly received and delivered the narcotics brought by a woman friend. Investigations by agents from New Haven continue with two more narcotic division investigators expected to arrive.
Hens at Storrs Conn recover from subzero weather with total weekly egg yield of 2 949 eggs across fourteenth week. Fernside Farm Attleboro tops Rhode Island Reds with 57 eggs. Hilltop Fern Leghorns from Suffield second with 51. Darby North Branch and Ferris Grand Rapids tie for third with 48 each. White Rocks Rolla and White Wyandottes New Haven tie for fourth with 47. Leading pens in Wyandottes and Leghorns maintain positions. Purdue loses Plymouth Rocks lead to Ameling Farms Rolla. Continuous changes expected in this close contest as total leaders vary weekly.
Stamford February 11 no arrests yet in burglary of R F Paige home at 37 Pleasant Street. Entrance forced through front window while family away. About a hundred pieces of silver and jewelry valued near $1000 taken, valuables left piled as owner returned.
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