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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1927
Page
19
December wholesale prices show a continued general downward trend with a 5.75 percent drop from December 1975. Employment in manufacturing fell by 0.5 percent. pay and employment indices varied across sectors. Rural inventories and repairs reduced activity. fourteen of fifty four industries showed employment gains, notably for textiles and apparel, while autos and heavy industries saw declines.
Decembers employment and earnings varied across industries with notable gains in steel shipbuilding, women's clothing, ironwork, foundry, machine tools, printing, leather, and pottery while declines occurred in sugar refining, millinery, stamped ware, automobiles, and wagons. The South Atlantic and Pacific regions added workers. Eastern and Central states showed declines. Per capita earnings rose 0.8 percent from November and 1.5 percent from December 1925.
Washington January 16. Two letters supporting Porter resolution call for independent American action in China on customs and territorial issues. Bishop Brent and Dr. John A Tatane urge firm stand, warning crisis unchecked. The letters argue for a policy independent from other nations and emphasize readiness to act if required.
Bruce Faiward a business manager in Dingham's international circles died at the Hotel Buckingham. Born in Hartford Conn he worked with Dingham since boyhood and accompanied Dillingham to New York theatre. He leaves a widow Gertrude Duremina formerly of Baltimore.
Jan 16 AP reports Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid traveled incognito on the Riviera when a passport was forgotten. A guard doubted Leopold, but the border post commander accepted the explanation and the couple received a public military salute.
Austin Texas January 16 AP Henry J Stern 19 a page in the Texas legislature proves a sharp petition can win a position. He asked for a page job correcting a larger collar and slight misfits in his favor. A House committeeman said the signature needed brains not brawn. The boy pressed his case and won a page slot.
In New York a letter from the Association of Petroleum Producers in Mexico to Senator Wheeler argues Mexican actions aimed at nationalizing petroleum rights harm American owners. It states that U S oil properties in Mexico were acquired by purchase, not concessions, and warns the petroleum law of 1918 escalates the dispute. A parallel letter was sent to Senator Hefflin.
St Petersburg Florida January 16 AP Members of the AFL executive council returned from Lakeland where they inspected the national home site for the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. William Green plans to travel to New York to file graft charges with NYPD investigators following the fur workers' strike in New York.
A botfly reportedly travels at 41 percent miles per hour. Naturalists counter with cartridges filled with flpe sand to shoot the incredibly speedy insect, a reported method for defense.
Hartford dispatch reports Dr William J Digkins of Coventry will push a 1027 General Assembly bill to fund back road repairs. The plan offers 1000 per town yearly, with a state match, totaling up to 389000 over two years. Support cites safer routes, broader auto use, and potential rural doctor recruitment.
Rome Jan 16 AP The old gaiety of Italian life is vanishing as Mussolini’s drive for unbroken labor erodes leisure. Tourists report fewer smiles and places of amusement shuttered. officials say national aim is achievement over enjoyment. Nightlife shrinks, politics discouraged, and public celebrations require party sanction.
Chilean Senate approves article in financial bill setting 12 percent tax on copper investment profits. The rule targets firms employing over 200 workers and exporting refined metal, drawing protests from United States companies who say the tax discriminates against North American capital in Chile.
In Nashua on January 16 AP reports Cupid cleared the Little Brow Church in the Vale of a 62 year debt. Trustees offset a 1864 note from last year receipts leaving a balance over 1000 dollars. In 1925 four hundred twenty nine couples wed at the church, surpassing 1924 by 141. A 6d fee was charged for weddings with souvenir sales lifting last year receipts to 3387.60 dollars.
Waterbury pastor David Gaines told a YMCA forum that there are 350 venues in Waterbury selling rum. He argued the Eighteenth Amendment has saved billions yearly and noted lower drunkenness arrests. Gaines urged forming a citizen effort to support witnesses in disobedience cases amid local wet sentiment.
Catholic churches prepare for a global relief drive led by the Near East Welfare Association. The January 28 appeal, backed by Rt Rev J J Milan of Hartford, aims to unite Catholic charitable activities worldwide. Major church leaders and Cardinal figures coordinate the effort from the United States to international partners. Professor Fr A Waleh of Georgetown leads the mission’s expert guidance.
A prisoner at the Columbus penitentiary, Henry Delano, identified as Joe Glanetti, a murder suspect in Providence, R I. Fingerprint verification announced by Warden F Thoring noted Glanetti allegedly killed his wife Eucla, her father Francisca Colusanto, and her uncle Raphael Bellacueva on February 23, 1926 during a family quarrel. Glanetti was sent to the prison December 16, 1926. Rhode Island authorities have been instructed to send a warrant.
Dor Ernest H. Cherrington, general secretary of the world league against alcoholism, predicts world prohibition after national constitutional prohibition in the United States. He says world prohibition is certain and that government control and other systems short of full prohibition will fail. he adds enforcement in this country has not been all it should be.
London reports that revision of the book of common prayer cannot be settled by the church assembly before July and likely won’t reach Parliament for sanction until autumn. The Archbishop of Canterbury warns against inflated speculation and explains revisions will be permissive, not obligatory, focusing on prayers for the dead, sacrament reservation, and other changes.
Pon Carlos Soloranno, exiled president of Nicaragua, declares from San Francisco that he remains the legal chief executive. He plans to return in two years as a private citizen after his 1925 election, with a term through 1928, noting no legal precedent other than his own.
In Cannel France on January 16 Edna Purviance a leading woman for Charles Chaplin admitted she was paid 250 weekly by Chaplin but claimed she knew nothing about his family affairs and left for parts unknown.
Tennessee Supreme Court denied a certiorari in the case brought by the state against the Burley Growers Cooperative Association and others from Knox County Equity Court. Judge Dawitt’s Knoxville Court of Appeals ruling was sustained, seen as a victory for farmers by removing a middle man and signaling a new organization next spring. Contention focused on alleged anti trust violations and excessive fees for services.
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