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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1927
Page
2
The report outlines court actions against oil companies linked to temporary injunctions and halted work orders in the southern regions. Dispatches discuss federal involvement, religious sentiment, and U S policy in Latin America as coverage notes legal and political implications.
A 1904 era political dispute centers on Adam Diaz's proposal for government reforms and new advisory branches amid tensions with Mexico and Latin American groups. The committee discussion touches on U S policy, protests, labor concerns, and calls for cooperation with a Latin American coalition while warning against perceived threats to national interests.
A message from the American and Canadian mission board in the Southern republics describes itself as a clearing house and board of strategy. It notes grave international tensions with Mexico and Nicwagna and urges goodwill and just decisions to ease the crisis.
Toronto born George Young, a 17 year old Canadian, defeated strong American rivals in the Santa Catalina channel swim. He endured icy water and swift tides to secure victory amid a crowded field, earning a $25,000 prize and two extra awards for perseverance.
A descrip tion of Walter Ward leads investigators from Trenton to trains and remote locations as clues tie Ward to the Als disappearance. Avex agents from New York and sightings in Havana complicate the case, with Ward later reported across several locales as detectives pursue the missing person lead.
In New Milford a United Gas Improvement Contracting Company worker, Deem Somoelmuk, 33, died after a snow plow on the New Haven line struck him as he stood on railroad tracks near a construction camp. He had been employed on the Candlewind dam project for Connecticut Light and Power.
Speakers at a Bridgeport prohibition meeting condemn foreign influence and advocate strict enforcement. They align on anti drink sentiments, praise local enforcement, and urge support for dry candidates while noting changes in policing and the city’s saloon landscape. A later note lists four new patrolmen sworn in by President Samuel Dawes to join the force in February.
John Keann aged 51 of 432 Wind Sor Avenue Stratford was taken from Hillside home to Bridgeport Hospital late last night after an accident. He suffered a possible fractured skull and was placed under care at the hospital. Details of the mishap are not available at press time.
Anna Lenihan died Sunday morning in St Vincent's hospital after pneumonia. Survived by two sisters Missa Elizabeth Lenihan and Mra George Wilcox of Springfield Mass and cousin Mro Henry Cun en with whom she lived. Funeral Tuesday 8:30 from Gallagher and Gallagher and 9:00 from St Augustine's Church with solemn high mass. burial at St Mary’s Cemetery Windsor Locks. Thomas McNeil former sea captain died after extended illness. Age seventy three. Funeral Tuesday 2:00 from Mullens Scott and Redgate. interment at Park Coasters. Charles Chagnon of 138 Sherwood Avenue died after lengthy illness. Survived by four sons Charles Jr Adlard Alphonse and Conrad, sister Mrs Hattie Young of Mast Brookfield Mass, three stepchildren Eugene F. Dally Mrs John Callahan and Mrs John Marsden. Funeral Tuesday 8:30 from late home and 9:00 from Ft Peter's Church. burial at St Michael's Cemetery. Jacob Staron, 47, died Saturday at St Vincent's hospital after a short illness. Survived by wife Pilagia five sons and four daughters. Funeral Tuesday from residence 196 Steuben Street at 3:00 and St Michael's Archangel Church at 9:00 with high mass. burial in St Michael's Cemetery.
Daily Record logs ambulance dispatches to Bridgeport and St Vincent's hospitals for multiple patients. Entries include ages 40, 52, 32, and 25 with diabetic coma, medical and laceration injuries, dislocated shoulder, and chest contusions. Physicians and addresses appear with times from 7:16 p m to 6:90 p m.
The article surveys dry and wet forces in the waning Sixty-ninth and coming Seventieth Congress. It notes Anti-Saloon League claims 71 percent of House representatives and 76 percent of Senate Republicans favor prohibition modification or repeal. It previews a dry wave amid wet campaigns, noting referenda in eight states and setbacks in Colorado, Missouri, and California, with Illinois and New York viewed as wet strongholds for 1927 legislation. The piece foresees a continued clash over enforcement and a push to strengthen or weaken the Volstead Act, predicting a stronger dry trend overall.
A man was injured and his son Samuel Killick reported the incident after a group of seven youths assaulted him near Oxden and Pem breaking street curtains. An ambulance arrived at 6:45 but the man refused treatment. The youths demanded cigarettes and a match and allegedly struck him when denied.
Chaplin collapses amid divorce case as Burkan cites illness and orders bed rest at Fifth Avenue home. Los Angeles hearing set to tackle alimony and receivership while Mrs Chaplin seeks temporary support for herself and children.
Major Edward L. Case of the Medical Reserve Army was to speak at Olivet Church yesterday morning but the address was postponed due to a death in his family on Saturday. Yale student HE Bowen substituted and spoke on orphans in the Near East.
Capasse reported hunters missing, a shore party sought them near Grass Island as gunshots echoed from ice. Greenwich and Stamford crews joined Captain Palmer to reach the stranded boat, dragging it through four foot ice to shore. The men were revived at Dr. Alfred Austin's home.
Peter Wastoner, forty five, of Seymour, died on the way to Griffin hospital in Derby from alcohol poisoning. Medical Examiner EK. Parnilere said the ambulance was called to Seymour to transfer the man at a doctor’s request. The man had been drinking excessively for some time.
Snow totals reach six inches with drifts up to seven feet in outskirts. New Haven uses fly plows two tractors five ton trucks 26 double teams 150 men and a new snow loader to clear 38 miles of highways. Transportation fare disrupted as trolleys shift to buses while harbor ice forms. officials predict warmer weather tomorrow.
WINSTED January 16 AP. State maintained highways stayed open while country roads in this section were buried under five to seven foot snow drifts from a blizzard that began yesterday and continued this morning. Snow was driven by a southwest gale. Winter total in the area is a little over thirty inches. Temperatures hovered near zero for 28 hours as a high wind continued.
A cigarette butt behind a radiator in the Bridgeport Public Library reading room started a small blaze on the linoleum. Five fire pieces responded. the fire was extinguished with no damage reported as librarians plan to move to a new building next month.
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