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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1927
Page
3
A battered OCR fragment describes a $100,000 English Test auto built to take speed records from the U S. It mentions Sunbeam Motor Car Company as sponsor and claims a velocity possibly around 1800 hours in a boastful era style. The text is garbled but centers on a high speed machine and rival firms.
Boston men press for troop withdrawal amid wartime policy debate. Figures including M8 board members and local officials weigh defense costs and political pressure while national leaders consider strategic timing and possible impacts on security.
Stanley Comstock, ex Detroit auto dealer, allegedly planned to marry dancer Miss Ima Comstock at a New York city venue after obtaining a marriage license, with reports of earlier romantic ties and a pending divorce suit.
In Palm Beach Florida a dispute over a Meatein situation led to a deadly shooting. George Kellary of Springfield Missouri died from three bullet wounds and W H Wolfman of Springfield was hospitalized with a leg wound. Five other men were wounded and sought by police as diners clashed inside a cafe after the argument escalated to blows and gunfire.
A blurred report describes inquiries into a New York case where Dr Thomas Walsh vanished. Police, led by Inspectors, pursued a suspect tied to illegal surgeries in a black district, with a conviction and misidentification noted.
Government lawyers questioned the method used to value Ford Motor Company good will as of 1913 and 1929. Witnesses discussed earnings, stock sales to Henry Ford, and the dispute over value figures in a case before the Internal Revenue Department, with emphasis on the 140000 decline and the 1919 earnings basis used to compute valuations.
AP report from Wilkes Barre credits motorman Barry Jacques with saving passengers after his tram derailed and plowed into two cars at the Walt Be grade. Sixteen people were injured, two seriously, as runaway train cars crashed, with witnesses describing a frantic dash to avert disaster.
Princess Mire Teu and Prince guests attended a charity event in London for the Sect Teachers Association. The scene featured a costermonger couple as the Princess danced and complimented the partner, while observers noted the glittering pearl buttons on the decorative band.
Harding High fathers will meet on Friday near Dailey nlsbt at Socloch Tinklin Pierce assistant aml commissioner of education of Conme on lathe of the Department of Secondary F duration Wit sperk Th sens of Ch members WH alerted the meeding.
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