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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1927

Page

3

Federal Building Program to Launch Nationwide

Special to The Telegram reports a sweeping federal building program to add or enlarge 2400 post offices and federal offices nationwide. Plans hinge on a Treasury and Post Office survey ranking cities by urgency, with funds carved from a Treasury surplus to construct new courthouses, revenue offices, veterans bureaus, and other agencies.

Ghorgd Manning Feieh! Court Revenue Ofice Veterans Bureau European Marsent Valkt Parcel Post Ita Capaety Congress Treasury Department Pontofce Treasury

Reed bills to raise public buildings fund to 200 million

Representative Dan Reed of Dunkirk has introduced legislation to amend the act by doubling the general fund to 200 million dollars and allow 35 million to be spent in a single year. The measure, though not yet approved, is seen as likely to pass with appropriations for federal buildings in coming years. Supporters favor replacing pork barrel style bills with a businesslike public buildings program and see Treasury surplus investments as favorable to taxpayers.

Tsk Ne Onder A Treas 3 Forula Earh Congréss Elliott- Fernald Hay Us Agt Teadune Congress Comptroller General of Columbia Anotte Aue Bervievik Dan Reed Dunkirk House Committee On Publc House Senate Treasury

Westport Man Learns of Death in Hawaii

Norwalk reports a Westport man learns of Mrs Mia Elizabeth Henry Manning’s death in an auto crash in Honolulu. Former Cannondale resident, wife of Lieutenant Manning stationed in Honolulu, married May 15, 1925. Infant child and the father survived. Cables from Hawaii reached relatives in New York and Westport, with details limited.

Norwalk Honolulu Hawaii Islands Mia Elizabeth Henry Manning Cannondale Manning

Man changes mind during death leap survives fall

Walter B Church, who leaped from the Delaware River bridge in Philadelphia, steadied midfall, altered his dive, and survived after hitting the water and blacking out. He recalled seeing buildings pass as he flipped, then crashed and was rescued. another man who jumped nearby also survived, while many others were not recovered.

Philadelphia Delaware River Bridge Walter B Church Wing Church Joseph Statsic

Man Held in Theft of Wine Cask in Greenwich Greenwich

Jon Stamford 24 of 4 Grigg Street held on charge of burglary for allegedly removing a cask of wine from Ferdinand Erdman’s cellar on Greenwich Avenue to Drinkwater and Sand in Mason Street. Testimony says Worden and two companions Ike Cypher and William McCarthy were seen in the storage house on December 22 taking wine. Worden denies theft, claims a fight occurred and says he entered to see what was happening and that he slept there at times.

Stamford Jon Thomas Worden Grigg Street Merdinand Erdman Greenwich Avenue Mason Street Worden Ike Cypher Willian McCarthy Woden

Oath of Office Administered to 40 Judge Bartlett

Probate Judge Freddte A. Bartlett was sworn in for the Budgeport district for the second year yesterday in a simple ceremony. Chief Clerk Leo J. Whaley administered the oath to Bartlett’s staff, with reappointments for Leo J. Whaley, Hiram Winterburn, Auecla C. Arnold, and Frances W. Hurd. Bartlett left briefly after, thanked his staff, and returned to find a basket of flowers bearing best wishes from his official family.

Freddte A. Bartlett Budgeport Yume Bartlett Leo J. Whaley Hiram& Winterburn Auecla

LaGuardia Blames Dry Executives for Deaths in New York

In a House speech Representative LaGuardia charges Secretary Mellon and Chester Mills with responsibility for deaths from poisoned alcohol in New York. He cites failures in enforcement, espionage, wire tapping and undercover agents, accusing officials of lax supervision and a corrupt system enabling bootleggers. He promises to pursue action against Mellon and allies.

Washington, Jun New York Mellon Chester P. Mills House G Guardia Mills la Guardia Secretary of the Treasury Ladiuar- Idia Congress Treasury Lalluardia Isel Halph W Bichle LaGuardia Bince W. Beeglaski Bielaski Federal District Attorney Commissioner of Police New York City Nw York Department of Justice

Getting Up Nights and Urological Concerns Reported

Fragmentary OCR text mentions nocturnal issues and potential bladder problems over years. References to a medical context, unnamed drugs, and locations like Ohio raise questions about treatment or side effects. The fragment lacks clear individuals, dates, or outcomes to confirm a narrative.

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