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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1924
Page
3
The mild winter saves money on coal and makes joining the New Coal Club appealing. Members are assured the next winter coal is paid for, and the coalition touts its many advantages as a major community success.
Members enjoy advantages beyond the low summer price including weekly payments under the Club Plan. They receive Lehigh Coal mined and prepared in favorable weather. Joining means coal is paid for by mid summer and next winter worries are over.
Dissension over powers granted to the executive committee marked a meeting of the Ex-Service Men's Political Party held at the Veterans of Foreign Wars club rooms with about 75 present. James J. Leon led protests demanding all committee actions go before members. an amendment passed narrowly. Congressman Merritt urged against a veteran bonus, warning it would raise taxes and hurt business, employment, and living costs while not benefiting veterans.
Bridgeport architects receive a special invitation to a New York chapter meeting on February 13 in the Fine Arts building, 215 West 57th Street, NYC. Presidents and members from Bridgeport, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Central New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Rhode Island are invited as guests. The event, led by New York chapter officials, features speakers Dr. Charles W. Paterno, Lansing Holden, and Charles K. Edwards. The gathering includes a 6:30 dinner and 7:30 program.
New York zoning expert Herbert J. Swan will be invited to attend the Ordinance Committee meeting on February 16 to explain zoning concepts to committee members. The committee seeks to draft about 20 ordinances creating a board of adjustment and a zoning commission and wants to learn how to implement them without conflict with state statutes.
O J Smith, trustee of the Third District Republican club, entertained resignation at a roast beef dinner in the Hillside clubhouse after being named to succeed Michael F Barratt as chief engineer. Smith had served as engineer under the previous administration but was ousted when the Democrats gained power in 1921.
The Connecticut State Federation of Post Office Clerks executive committee chose February 22 for the state convention in Hartford. The secretary was instructed to urge U S Senators and Congressmen to back the Kelly salary bill and the Leht back retirement measure, already supported by the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, and the Railway Mail clerks.
The Connecticut River ferry serving Chester and Hadlyme will be replaced by a barge connected to a four cylinder fifty horsepower launch built by Greenport Basin and Construction at about $10,000. The new craft lowers operating costs, carries five autos on the barge and serves pedestrians in the launch, with gas motors used only during operation.
Dr William Horace Day of the United Church preached on the power of speech from Matthew and warned that words shape character. He said profanity and slander leave a mark on the soul, while language can bless and curb destructive impulses guiding service. Rev George Irving spoke in the afternoon at First Methodist.
Washington January message from a bipartisan group of senators and Farmer-Labor representatives urges farmers to state their needs on Farm Relief legislation. The letter, signed by Ladd, Brookhart, La Follette, Howell, Wheeler, Johnson, Shipstead and others, calls for united input to Congress.
The annual meeting of the Consolidated Poultry Association of Bridgeport will be held Friday night February 1 at 7 30 o clock in the Arcade hotel. Reports from the show committee and officer elections will be held. Members are urged to attend.
In Paris a tale from a conference departure night depicts currency depreciation. The English, French, German, Russian representatives each paid the hotel porter in their nation’s money. English one pound, French 139 francs, German a bill of lading for marks, Russian a printing press to print rubles. The account appears in the Saturday Evening News.
J Wilbur Hope a 23 year old Jitney driver was jailed on bigamy charges after allegedly marrying Millicent Quick 16 in Rye N Y on October 22 1923 while his first wife Gertrude Edna Brown Hope lived in Bridgeport. He faces trial in City Court before Judge George H Vosburgh after failing to post a 2000 bond. Hope and his second wife lived in New York under the name Hendricks until visiting Norwalk last Friday when authorities arrested him. He may be turned over to New York authorities on the bigamy charge. the case includes claims of a prior marriage and a possible perjury charge with district attorney contact in Westchester County.
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