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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1928

Page

5

Gutzon Borglum Might Erect Christ Stilling Waves In Corpus Christi

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum proposes a 31 foot bronze Christ statue anchored in Corpus Christi Bay as the centerpiece of a beautification plan. The project would include a retaining wall, a landing field for aircraft, and a boulevard with a white way along the harbor plus dredged land to deepen a ship channel. He envisions the statue rising above the water symbolizing the Christ who stilled the waves.

Corpus Christi Tex Gutzon Borglum Stamford Black Hills Corpue Christi Christ Black Horghum Storma Gulf of Mexico Borglum Meade

Cross Word Puzzle 1 Original Men and More

A dense crossword style puzzle listing many clues with numbers and letters across a wide range of topics. Entries include animals, occupations, objects, and abstract concepts, with some references to ancient Egypt and religious names, challenging the solver to fill the grid.

January mortality report records 149 deaths in state

The Department of Vital Statistics released the January mortality report noting 149 total deaths, 10 fewer than a year earlier. Causes include 18 pneumonia, 10 tuberculosis, 14 accidents, four suicides, four diphtheria, four influenza, and one whooping cough. Seventeen deaths were under one year, forty seven over 66, five percent in institutions, and four deaths occurred in children aged one to five.

Department of Vital Statistics

Doctors Provide Fun for Kiwanis Meeting

AKiwanis gathering featured medico legal banter led by Dru Stanley Mickum and others. A staged farce titled Disease and Cure amused members while medical jokes spanned questions about Christianity and medicine. Dr W H Donaldson of Fairfield received an ovation for his presence.

Yneeting Dru J. Stanley Mickum Arthur H. Paw Ernest W. Morey Clarence W. H Donaldson Fairfield

Judge rebukes trifling lawyers over last minute trial delays

Judge Allyn L. Browt of Superior Court condemned attorneys for daily continuances and last minute postponements. He warned that cases assigned for a date and not reached for trivial reasons will be marked off for reassignment at an interim date.

Allyn L. Browt Superior Court

Bankers Institute Visit to Bullard Plant on Washington's Birthday

The Bridgeport chapter of the American Institute of Banking plans an educational tour to the Bullard Machine Tool plant this Wednesday afternoon on Washington's Birthday. Officers and employees of Bridgeport banks are invited. The program includes pours of hot cast iron for large tool parts and demonstrations of machining equipment for automobile components.

Bridgeport American Institute of Banking Bullard Machine Tool Company Washington Bulard

Banquet to Unite Faiths in Richmond Protests Set

Protestants Catholics and Jews will gather at a good will banquet in Richmond with 160 Catholics 160 Protestants and 150 Jews attending. Governor Byrd will preside and Senator Hansell will represent Catholics. Rev Peter Ainslie will speak for Protestants and Rabbi Mendoza for Jews. Fort Lauderdale Bank Closes Doors Bank suspends business amid mystery, W C Kyle president, $250000 capital, merger with First National Bank recent.

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