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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1923
Page
5
Rome, Feb 19. American tourists began their annual invasion of Italy amid expectations of excitement from the Fascisti coup. Instead, they found a tranquil country with no political upheaval and a government focused on making travel pleasant. The text notes the abolition of the $10 passport fee for visitors.
The text notes that Italians, customs officials, and workers are trying to carry out Piudles with as little irritation as possible, indicating a tentative easing of tensions and a restrained approach to the proceedings.
Ansonia Feb 18 Mayor Mead is confined to his home with grippe. He suffered a bul tas Monday but attended the alderman meeting that night. He may be out a week before resuming duties.
Stratford Town court adjourned in respect for the memory of Judge Frank Blakeman after a month of illness. Funeral is set for Wednesday at 2:30 PM at the Blakeman homestead in Cyonoque with burial in Putney cemetery. Also notes: Patterson school boiler damage. a burglary at Postmaster Bristol’s home. jewelry valued at 260. inventories filed for probate. Joby Smith reports estate values. Sewell named county sheriff.
Judge Conley overruled a demurrer by Dirigibus denying the liquor seizure order. The case proceeds in City Court as Prosecutor Keating must prove liquor kept with intent to sell. Attorney Minkelstein argued the destruction order was improperly issued due to faulty notice and return day.
Judges Manton Learned Hand and Knox hear injunction suits challenging New York State kosher statutes. The case involves Mygrade Travis on meat machinery and Delicatessen dealer Marya Sata, along with Lewis & Fox of Boston, asserting the law makes advertising meat as kosher illegal unless properly marked to avoid misleading shoppers.
Connecticut automobile operators worried about being photographed for licenses can relax as the Department of Motor Vehicles announced that such a rating will not be implemented here. The text notes similar proposals in Massachusetts, but indicates no immediate plan locally.
The Navy recruiting station here led the state last week with seven enlistments from ten applications. William AL. Sherman of 268 North Washington Avenue enlisted yesterday and visited the Naval Training station at Newport. Chief Machinist's Mate Motheral, officer in charge, attended a conference of recruiting officers at the main station in New Haven yesterday.
Norwalk moves toward a municipal beach ready for 1923 with talks of a concessionaire. The City Council debates state and local authority as plans proceed, while George Ingham led criticism of the proposal. The Beach Act era allows municipal baths, and the site was deeded during Mayor Donovan's term amid condemnation negotiations.
Washington February 19 The interstate commerce commission held hearings on the coal shortage in northeastern New York and idle relief methods. Deputy Attorney General Tidware Grimm asked the commission to declare all shipments along the Delaware and Tulson line outside interstate commerce, which would give New York full control over disposition of such shipments. The motion was under consideration.
Manager Ed J Scannell of W W Grant's Bridgeport store tests yesterday for Atlantic City where he will attend the annual convention of officers and managers of The W T Grant company in session until Friday. The convention will discuss retail prices and merchandising methods and allow managers to confer with European buyers. Prominent speakers will headline, and a varied entertainment program awaits delegates.
The Fairfield Luncheon Club will meet tomorrow at the Farm in Black Rock, Bridgeport, instead of Fairfield Beach Inn, following the Taquowa hotel closure. The move may continue until the reopening of Shelter Fellows this spring. The Lamarrow program remains unarranged.
An old advertisement urges readers to try Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder relief. It claims widespread success and offers trial bottles and a book of testimonials, urging postage and a small payment to receive a sample and information.
A disrupted false fire alarm at 6 10 last night triggered emergency crews after a patron pulled the fire bell. Police could not identify the culprit as responders arrived and extinguished a kitchen blaze at a local address on Main Street.
State police and insurance investigators identified three additional cars alleged stolen. A Chandler model car formerly taken from University Days in 1922 was found after serial numbers were altered. William J. Terris of New York City recovered a second Chandler car reported stolen in New York on October 17 and found in a Broadway garage. A Parvol coupe was linked to Mark Retasuth of Norio Avenue. details note it had been driven only about 160 miles.
A continuance in the case of Max W. Dick of 361) Giaarilon street charged with embezzlement of $16.00 from the bankrupted firm Seliman Dick, The presided and defense witnesses were heard as bankruptcy records were questioned. The amount noted involved $4,060 with other checks totaling $1,000 or more tied to Louis Kavelnick and Samuel Silverstein, reported by a bank keeper for the company.
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