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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1926
Page
11
Dr George Wood Andersen addressed about 2000 at City Plaza Tabernacle urging Christians to vote and to avoid church indifference. He ripped church clubs that fail to function spiritually and called for citizenship duties, saying nonvoters should be deported from the country.
Northern Vermont faced one of the winter’s heaviest snow storms as eight inches piled up from a light snowfall that began last evening. The storm intensified through the morning with moderate temps and little wind, and traffic largely continued while snow plows operated.
An old dervish from Hebron faced a religious court charged with heresy for praying toward the north instead of Mecca. He testified he was compelled by a vision of Mahomet to pray northward, and pleaded poverty and fear of displeasing the prophet. The court urged obedience and ordered future prayers toward Mecca.
Carrall R Reed superintendent of schools leaves for Washington to attend the annual convention of the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association February 21 to 25. He will speak on the importance of having a technique of supervision and also address New England superintendents Harevard dinner Rotary club luncheon and other engagements. Others from Bridgeport include Worcester Warren Ralph Hedges Miss Margaret Kiely Grace Bestick Mary OToole Jennies Fitzroy and Euphrosyna Bown.
A Lincoln Nebraska man, 30 year old William Tart, jumped five stories to his death from a room at the Hotel Statler in Detroit on February 19, police said.
Fourteen Japanese Taishin Maru No 1 crew members including the captain mates and engineers were rescued in mid Pacific by the Java Arrow after drifting for days with no water and limited food. Seventeen crew members in two lifeboats are believed lost. The Taishin Maru left Yokohama January 17 bound for Morotan with coal fuel.
Fr an ely Derwent Wood, noted wood sculptor, died in London from complications after an operation. Born in Keswick in 1881 to an American father and English mother, he married Australian singer Florence Schmidt in 1903.
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