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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1926
Page
20
Palm Beach watchers track Count Tdwle Sov Moos amid preparations for his planned arrival. The count, his mother, and notable guests draw fashion editors and gala attention as locals anticipate social events and possible public appearances during the visit.
Isaac Wolfe awarded Rathbauer a divorce in Superior Court yesterday afternoon. Frank J. Statlbauer, a Greenwich man, had lived abroad in Austria for ten years seeking separation before Mrs Matia Rathbauer finally consented to come to the United States. She stayed one month, then returned to Baden, Austria, claiming she could not obtain a drink. The couple were married in 1908 and had lived in this country for fourteen years.
Norwalk High School girls and boys defeated Wilby High School teams on both sides of the same debate question. In Norwalk, the boys' team argued for the proposed Twentieth Amendment extending Congress the right to impose a marital single tax and won. Earlier, the girls won the negative side in Waterbury, while the boys won affirmative in Norwalk.
A Valentine mail rush flooded post offices yesterday with valentines in many colors and styles. The mailing division saw the heaviest volume while today clerks are expected to handle even more in celebration of St Valentine.
The Huntington gift includes mural paintings wool carvings marbles and other interior decorations from the Huntington mansion at Fifth Avenue New York. Archer Huntington donated the collection to Yale along with related works and architectural furnishings. The sale under court order brought $3,000,000 in cash to Schulte Realty, with key pieces going to Yale for the School of the Fine Arts to aid mural study and future museum construction.
The city saw transportation ease as temperatures rose, with 200 workers and 34 crews plowing through yesterday and today. Despite a 8 am 22 degree start compared to 14 degrees Thursday, forecasts call for warmer days and possible tougher weekend walking conditions as clouds gather. Leonard M. Tari of New Haven notes crews are nearly past the worst of the blizzard and have shaken off the white blanket.
Court records show multiple defendants linked to domestic incidents. Joseph Sanday of Pipe Street received three days suspended jail, charged with breach of peace and assault. Joseph Greggn of Pembroke Street got forty days suspended jail for disturbance involving Knife Mary. Inner Takes case nolle entered. placed in custody by probation officer Sam Burke. Grand Hotel patron Sam Burke was jailed fifteen days for drunkenness.
Palm Beach conference shows theater producers denouncing the minimum basic agreement by the Authors League of America. They object to author control over lines and production changes and to a faulty film clause. Key figures include Lee Shubert Arthur Hammerstein Sam Harris Jesse Lasky Ernest Truex and Edgar Selwyn.
Grand Juror Webb and state police investigate a Bethel accident on 3 Blackman avenue. Commissioner Charles Hart was struck and seriously injured by a car driven by Donald Wright. Hart remains in pain but mentally improving. investigation ongoing with no arrest warrant issued yet.
Crosby Coles, a rural mail carrier on route No 3, rode a saddle horse to resume Pony Express service in the state. He plans to maintain the service despite long highway stretches and the option to use a motor car if needed.
Continued notices from page Seventeen outline offertories hymns and anthems at Washington Park Methodist and other churches. Events include morning services at 9:30 and 11, Sunday school, Epworth League, choir rehearsals, Woman's Home Missionary Society, and midweek services at West End Congregational Church and other nearby parishes in Bridgeport area.
Amusements review notes Park Theatre offering Warry Hastings Silk Stocking Revue with Silk and Frank, Ralph Stanford, Tommy Emmett, Florence King, Adele Lew, and the Bused Sisters. Palace features include The What Year, The Test vaudeville act, dancing duo Mayo and Murdock, the Melvin Brothers gymnasts, and Raymond and Caverly. Film programs highlight The Torrent with Greta Garbo and Ricardo Cortez, Rainbow City, Stare Tuxedo Comedy, The Grand Duchess and the Waiter, and adventures of Maazie with Alfy Savoir’s Parisian flavor.
Marshall Neilan directs The Great Love at Poh's vaudeville ahead of New York with Viola Dana and a famed cast. Circus back stage life unfolds in a romantic comedy with humor and pathos. Monday features Al Tucker and Society Orchestra, Hobby Tempest, Harold Yates, Jean Cross, and more in Vogues. Final showings of The Green Archer accompany the bill.
Tonight through Thursday Majestic theatre presents The Grand Duchess and the Walter starring Adolph Menjou and Plorence Vidtor as the main attraction. Also showing today is Johnny Hines in Rainbow Reilly adapted from The Cub, with the Kentucky feud backdrop and romance amid Mountain scenery.
The Lyric showcases Peacock Feathers with Jacque line Logan Cullen Landis and Harry Carey in The Prairie Pirate a Liberty Magazine story. The Phantom Police serial ends today. Sunday through Wednesday features The Teaser with Tania La Plante and Pat O Malley. Dorothy Drew stars in Defend Yourself, plus Dough and Dynamite lightens the program with a new News Weekly.
Clive Brock, wounded in the British army, stars in the German role in Hupert Jutans production Free Faces East at Warners' Cameo for four days starting Monday. The cast includes Jetta Gouda Robert Ames Henry Walthall and others from the Three Faces group. The film is billed as romantic and thrilling. a comedy Alice cartoon and Wampus News Weekly accompany the feature. Lon Chaney stars in The Phantom of the Opera for a week, closing the Camero program tonight.
Buddy, a five day old sausage skin canine on screen, now commands 250 dollars weekly as a featured actor. He is not rehearsed and performs cold on set, showing emotion and temperamental star traits. He reportedly has a crush on Norma Shearer during MGM's The Devilkin production.
Dublin February 12 AP chaotic scene at the Abbey during Sean O Caseys Plough and the Stars premiere. Women protesters invaded the stage and clashed with performers while a male supporter was struck and hurled into the audience by a principal actor amid Easter week rebellion framing.
Count Twidwis Salm Von Hoogstraeten is due in Palm Beach Sunday to exercise access to his son four afternoons weekly under a court order. His estranged wife Millicent Rogers, his former mother in law H. H. Rogers, and Rogers as yet in Palm Beach and Miami are cited in the custody dispute.
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