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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1926

Page

5

Ten Persons Sue City for Injures During Blizzards

Ten people sue the city for injuries from two blizzards earlier this month, bringing total claims to 18 filed with City Clerk Alfred W. Burdick. The Metropolitan Body seeks 35 dollars for truck repairs after a city vehicle struck it on Grand Street. The other 14 claims allege personal injuries at various city streets, with named petitioners including Dagmar Rasmussen on Wilson Street, Rose Chirnick on Sanford Avenue, and Mary Varga on Smith Street, among others.

Nore Alfred W. Burdick Metropolitan Body Company Grand Street Main Street Uld Avenue Dagmar Rasmussen Wilson Street Harrat Avenue Margaret Smith Claremont Avenue William R. Muirhead Tudor Street Lemington Dover Streets Mary Varga Smith Street

British Army Chief Cavan to Quit Post Tomorrow

The Earl of Cavan will vacate the Imperial General Staff chief role tomorrow and retire from the army. General Sir George Francis Milns succeeds him, bringing a long service record including Sudan, Boer War, and World War I commands. Milns has led Eastern Command since 1923 and commanded at Salonika and on the Piave front.

Londo Bed Earl of Gay Staf Tord Cavan George Francis Milns Eastern Command Sudan Salonika Black Sea Cavan Imperial General Staff Piave Front

Yale coach injured in fencing match incident

New Haven Feb 18 AP Robert Gisson, Yale coach, was slightly wounded in the side during a fencing bout with a Yale team member. The opponent's 191 foil broke during the rush, the heated portion bypassing Gisson's guard.

New Haven Yale Robert Gisson Urasson

Hem-Roid Internal Remedy Promises Piles Relief

Dr Leonhard claims internal treatment cures piles by improving circulation and bowel wall strength. He developed Hem-Roid after testing in 1000 cases and it is now sold by druggists with a money back guarantee. Hindle & Toverty Drug Stores offer refunds if buyers are dissatisfied.

V.s. Leonhard Hindle & Toverty Droge

Murderer to hang for 16 year old girl death

Springfield Feb 18 AP Raymond Costello of Chicago is to hang April 16 after the Supreme court confirmed the sentence for murdering Madeline White aged sixteen. The girl was found gagged beneath the steps at a home near her Chicago residence. Costello claimed another man Rutholland was responsible, though he had been with them prior to White’s attack.

Springfield Raymond Costello Chicago Madeline White Supreme Court Stepant Tilly Costello 3Rutholland Wiss White

Enginemen Killed as Trains Crash in Watertown

A collision between a passenger train and a freight train near Castorland Station New York Central results in two deaths Engineman Bell and Fireman Quinn and about twenty injuries. Wallace Jones of the passenger crew warns his train and halts slightly reducing impact. Three locomotives are damaged and mail clerk George Ashmore sustains possible internal injuries.

Watertown N. Y New York Central Railroad Castarland Station Will Bell Richard Quinn Wallace Jones Trai Castorland George Ashmore

En O Arden Law Divorce Favorite in New York

New York headlines the so called Winoch Arden divorce law may turn the city into a rival to Reno and Paris for those tired of married life. In eighteen days over 500 actions filed in New York County most undefended and more than 100 yesterday. County Clerk William T. Cains cites the jazz age as a cause and notes about 75 percent of cases are not contested. Under the Arden law divorce may be granted after a spouse has disappeared for five or more years.

New York Winoch Arden Reno Paris New Tigh County Willam T. Cains

Monte Carlo Loses Status as Gambling Resort

Paris, Feb 18. Monte Carlo loses its crown as a gambling hub. The Monte Carlo casino, once France’s winter tourist magnet, did not rank among the ten most profitable casinos in France for 1525. Deauville led with 2,750,000 francs profit as 134 casinos posted 252,006,000 francs in net profit, up about 60,000,000 from 1924.

Paris Monte Carlo France Deauville Casino

Trawler Crew Found After Three Days Thought Dead

London February 18 The sixteen man crew of the traveler Tenby Castle mourned as dead for three days were found today on a tiny island off Mayo.

London Tenby Castle Mayo

Bridgeport Plant May Close If Molestation Continues

Abraham Wolfe company threatens to shut its Bridgeport clothing plant within a week or two unless assaults and threats against 150 nonstriking employees cease. Company notes 150 workers remaining and police efforts, while strikers rally outside the plant and demand protection amid ongoing labor dispute.

Bridgeport Abraham Wolfe Company Esterday Brooklyn Spruce Street Assisti Ang Caass Ctart Ball A Carthin

Morosco Files Bankruptcy Plea

Oliver Morosco filed a bankruptcy petition in New York listing assets of two suits of clothes and minor items against liabilities of 1,933,000. He said Morosco Holding Company collapse and an illegal stock promotion scheme wiped out his fortune once near 6,000,000, with four principals jailed for mail fraud. Morosco testified for the government at their trial.

New York Oliver Morosco Morosco Mcroaco Holding Company Prlace

Harvard Expels Four Students Over Norwell Trespass

Harvard in Cambridge announces expulsions after four students from Chicago New York Worcester and Boston were dropped from college following trespass arrests at the Chitten Den Inn Norwell. Six men in the party were fined twenty dollars each in Abington court. Two of the men claimed Dartmouth affiliation. Women in the group were released.

Cambridge Mass Harvard Norwell Qdhey Harry S. L. “Reno Chicago Frederic Oatman New York Paul B. Morgan, Jr Worcester Edwin H. Lambert Boston Chittenden Inn Abington Court Dartmouth

Subway "Stagger" System Studied

New York officials study a staggered opening plan to ease subway crowding. Health Commissioner Dr. Louis Harrin reviews distributing customer flow by time shifts for stores, theatres, and schools, aiming to relieve peak hour congestion affecting millions.

New York Louis I. Harrin Harris

Five Year Term For Burning Woman Alive

In Moscow on Feb 48 Maria Zarova was sentenced to five years for burning Madame Leonott, wife of her lover, after pouring gasoline and setting her afire. In Webster Mass on Feb 18 J Perry Parsons, woolen mill manager, hanged himself in his cellar. no clear reason given.

Moscow Maria Zarova Lyenty-flye Mme. Leonott Webster Mass J. Perry Parsons Josiah Perry

Italian Names Required for War-Territory Births Claim

In Italy the Court of Appeals ruled that children born in territories ceded by Austria after the war must receive Italian names. The decision upheld that residents of these territories should be proud of their Italian nationality and rejected registering a child with non Italian names as anti-national.

Tribsth Italy Austria Court of Appeals Bonas’ Govard

Four youths guilty of automobile thefts in Hartford case

Six youths from New Britain, aged seventeen to nineteen, were arraigned by Judge John Schatz on December and January thefts. Four were bound over to the March Superior Court term on $1500 bonds. four named are Joseph Matulis, Edwin Smelter, Casimir Smulski, and Joseph Brnidak. Stanley Miezieski and Adeolph Mankusy were found not guilty. William Dojowoski alias Anderson of Norwich is held in New Haven for allegedly shooting Officer Dietrich during a Hartford stolen car incident.

Hartford Pet New Britain John Schatz Superior Court Joseph Matulis Edwin Smelter Casimir Smulski Joseph Bmidack

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