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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1926
Page
15
The Hebrew Association Debaters will gather at the Resocration headmarters on Li Fairfeld avenue for a series on argumentation and debate. Admission is free for members and interested young men are urged to attend Thursday and join the class.
The Moose lodge in Bridgeport on State street will hold a whist and pinochle night at Moose Hall to benefit the building fund. Committee members include Tred Risley as chairman, Harry W. Vale, Robert Campbell, John Thiele, Robert Kerwin, and Eugene Wagner. Next Monday night a 35-candidate class called the Robert Campbell class will be initiated. Campbell is a past dictator at the lodge.
Rabbi Jacob I. Meyerovits of Park Avenue Temple spoke at a joint meeting of the junior clubs of the Y.M.H.A. at 16 Parkfield Avenue last night. He spoke on The Festival of Purim. Participating clubs included the Moa Girls club, the Jas ie Sampter club, the Brandeis club and the Heroes of Zion.
Washington February 24 AP The War Department will submit next week a five year air program to the House Military Committee. The plan aims to strengthen the Army Air Service with equipment gains but at a smaller expense than the Navy's 100 million dollar five year program. Secretary Da vis directed the study after congressional hearings and Major General Mason M Patrick, chief of the air service, helped prepare it.
Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt with their wives boarded the Berengaria in Southampton to return from a London visit after a week there. The pair reflected on their Central Asiatic hunting trip and followed events in the United States since their departure last year.
In a brisk note, the author laments front page society chatter and reviews recent books by Fitzgerald while recounting visits from friends in Bridgeport. She highlights local shops and services including Crawford Laundry and White Rose Bakery, notes new travel service ads, and describes spring dress and shoe purchases, a planned dinner with Mr. Wells, and Reichert ice cream specials.
Miss Marjorie Grant dean of Bridgeport Central High spoke at a Quota Club luncheon detailing the school’s expanded program. She described the dean’s duties, the growth of extracurriculars, increased enrollment, and her role as adviser, noting scholarship leadership awards go to outstanding students. The next regular luncheon meeting is set for next Wednesday.
Paris February 24 AP An attempt to fly through the opening of the Eiffel Tower proved fatal as the airplane struck radio wires near the arch, burst into flames and burned Lieutenant Leon Callot to death. His brother witnessed the crash and said the feat followed a wager with an American friend.
Two government workers were injured in a laboratory explosion on the 14th floor at 42 Washington Street. The fire was extinguished with no major damage reported. Both men suffered facial and hand burns from gasoline used in tests.
Rev Harris E Starr Ph D resigns as pastor of Pilgrim Congregational church after fifteen years to become associate editor of the Dictionary National Biography under Prof Allen Johnson. He previously served with the 102nd Regiment in World War I and was a chaplain in France. Current duties in Washington begin April 1 as chaplain of the 118th Medical regiment C N G.
Sanitary inspector Frank P. Stapleton and staff are now conducting animal inspection of all manufacturing plants in the city. Toilet washing and ventilating facilities are closely examined and factory owners are urged to remedy any sanitary defects found.
A mirrored list shows multiple birth announcements with parent names, addresses, and February birth dates. Entries include John and Frances Aliday, Joseph and Catherine Venuruso, Steve and Mary Gigo, Edward and Madeline Tomlin, Nene and Leddell Perry, Francis and Louise Farmer, Charles and Bertram Snyder, Joseph and Maria Garamela, Joseph and Nichaletne Selma, Willan and Estelle Fourtin, George and Korelia Otte, Charles and Adelina Spingue, Dominick and Rose Mire, Charles and Mary Logan, and others with assorted street addresses and February birth dates.
Martha Ostenso, a Manitoba teacher turned writer, won a $14,500 prize for her novel Wild Geese. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Minnesota and Norway, she wrote while teaching in Manitoba and later in Winnipesaukee, with $50,000 in royalties to date.
In Innsbruck Tyrol, a mass meeting of about 3,000 people sent a telegram to Senator Borah urging U.S. Senate action on behalf of Southern Tyrol. The message cited Mussolini threats, alleged fascist invasion plans, and cited President Wilson’s remark about the Tyrol issue as a grave error in the peace settlement.
February dispatches describe Chinese forces mobilizing for a large civil conflict. General Wu Pei Fu advances toward Henan with Manchuria's Chang Tso-lin providing support. Feng Yuhsiang at the capital rushes to rally a beleaguered army amid multiple besieging bands.
A fragmentary report notes a Trumbull boy’s journey toward the west ended in a cell after a night involving a severed emblem and a man named Trott. The readable text is damaged and partly obscured, preventing a full reconstruction of events.
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