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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1927
Page
19
Hartford AP report recounts professors Barrett and Ogiths arguing that the Lost Books of the Bible are spurious and not part of scripture. They discuss Apocrypha, the 1888 discovery, and the 1732 print controversies, noting church councils and canonical status of the Gospel texts.
The Children’s Society began a crusade against theatres allowing unaccompanied minors. In Harlem court a cashier and a doorman from a New York City cinema on 10th Street faced $50 bail on charges of admitting four unaccompanied youths. Agents testified they found minors under 16 inside the theatre.
Mayor Behrens will organize the Board of Fire Commissioners at a meeting in his office. Commissioner Henry N McCathron is slated to be reelected as president. He and Commissioner Olver G Piebter were reappointed, effective January 1, for two year terms.
Wallingford prosecutor Joseph Manfreda says Pappas restaurant owner Ansgre Papella was examined as police and the court pursue a deeper fire investigation. Papella faces possible bail as investigators seek warrants and additional charges related to last night’s restaurant fire.
In Brooklyn, Giuseppe Guaeie 80 and deeeph Scurto were fatally electrocuted at a transit power house operated by the Mantetin company in Brackis. The deaths followed a short circuit.
Milton work explains the hold-up concept in No Trump play to block adverse suits. It covers when to defer winning a trick, how dummy vs third hand responses affect the lead, and illustrates with a No Trump example_hand and tones the declarer’s plan.
An article discussing infant skin rashes and causes from harsh soaps to cow milk, and how dietary factors of the mother or baby can trigger eczema. It suggests internal and external treatments, plus a leaflet service offering guidance leaflets on common questions.
Monte Soufrine thirty two of 66 Sherman avenue New Haven testified yesterday in his bid to set aside his divorce decree issued to his wife in June 1925. He claimed failure to defend the case and said he learned of the action after his prison release. The ex convict married Claire Rosenblatt in August 1922 and was later sentenced in 1923 to state prison in the Goldy Singer auto theft probe. He was released October 16 1925 after serving two and a half years. His counsel Phillip Schnee withdrew before the May 1925 hearing amid charges of a statutory violation. The action may involve more witnesses from Miss Rosenblatt’s family.
Dominick 8. Cotone, a local printer in Greenwich, was fined $100 plus costs by Judge James FR Mead in Borough Court after pleading guilty to soliciting insurance without a license. His December 30 arrest followed an insurance license department investigation led by J. H. Maurice. This marked a second arrest after last March and a license revocation in December 1925.
Arguments were heard in Superior court yesterday in the appeal of Baron’s Narrow Fabric Co. of Bridgeport against a compensation award to Margaret Norton. Commissioner Buckingham had ordered $14.85 weekly during disability for pneumonia contracted while employed at Lion Avenue and James Street, where an employee reportedly kept a window open to shout orders across the street.
The text outlines a set of leaflets covering prenatal care for nursing mothers, digestion, feeding and weaning from seven months to older children, eczema, cradle cap, hives, vomiting, worms, liver oil, and hygiene. It references periods of nursing and cleanly habits for infants and young children.
Telegram readers are invited to write Mrs. Myrtle Meyer Eldred of Bridgeport for personal guidance on intimate problems. The column offers individual replies and directs letters to the Telegram office.
The Palace presents The Black Signal a three day run with a late night express drama about an old engineer and a betrayed fireman. New vaudeville bill Memories of the Opera by Meyer Golden features Carsar lalvell two Victorian acts Pony Huntin Corinne Trances Sunshine Valley Small Sisters and the Goreards. The Lady in Ermine with Corrine Griffith ends today and Heidelberg Student Charts from The Student Prince is shown for the last time along with four other acts.
Pola Negri stars in Hotel Imperial at Foli’s Majestic with the 1927 Kiddie Revue. The Russian invasion of Austria plots with an Austrian soldier, a girl, a maid, and a Russian officer, aided by a spy, in an absorbing sequence. Strong performances and professional staging mark the program.
Paramounts Beau Geste kicks off at the Park this Sunday for four days with two daily shows thereafter. The desert trek of a foreign legion detachment leads to a mystery, then a move to England with Ronald Colman Neil Hamilton and Ralph Forbes in starring roles. Noah Berry is Sergeant Lejaune. other cast members include William Powell Alice Joyce Mary Brian Norman Trevor and Victor McLaglen.
The Lyric presents The False Alarm featuring Mary Carr Dorothy Revier and Ralph Lewis with Johnnie Burran Maurice Costelly Priscilla Bonner and George Ollara. Shirley Mason leads Sweet Rosie O Grady with Cullen Landis in an important role tomorrow. Tom Carroll and Felix Martin bring Vanity, Le Vue to the bill with Hello Folks chorus.
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