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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1927
Page
3
An academic proposal calls for government or private funding assistance targeted at married men to improve their economic stability. The speaker argues broader social benefits, including reduced financial pressures and strengthened family units, justify subsidized support within the current employment and welfare framework.
A GE demonstration shows talking motion pictures with synchronized sound and picture, using a new process. The event displays camera, projector, and sound equipment, with films showing synchronized dialogue and a brief sequence of performers. The presentation aims to reveal improvements in motion picture technology and set the stage for broader adoption.
A fragmented broadcast guide lists programs, concerts, weather, and notices across New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other markets. It names performers, orchestras, pianists, and singers with times from afternoon to late night, alongside weather updates and public notices.
Trans Atlantic telephone service between New York and London opened on January 7. War spread to Pennsylvania and New Jersey as the overseas service, once limited to within 116 miles of London, was expanded to all of England and Wales. Inauguration marked a marked success amid near perfect atmospheric conditions with no statuary.
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee halted further work on the Alien Property Return bill awaiting new prints after amendments. The committee members could not recall all changes but said the payment to Germany for ships seized in American ports during the war was reduced from 106 million dollars to about 55 million.
Suri Grenville Odall Hi William B Francin former Obie Congressman Jenn Gi Belknap Steubenville former probate judge Jefferson county were acquitted yesterday by jury of aiding and abetting sealing a fraudulent certificate of deposit for 50600 at Union Savings Bank Yorkville Bank faded last summer Indicted along with Thomas Le Jones vice-president and W o Jones cashier.
Professor William McDougall of Morvand University, a noted psychologist who joined Harvard in 1920, resigns to take a post at Duke University in Durham. In a letter from Italy to the Boston Transcript, he cites health concerns for his wife and himself. He helped investigate Margery Crandon and remained skeptical of supernatural claims.
The American ambassador Alanson Hidloughton arrives in London to occupy the new embassy home at Morgan Mansion in Hyde Park. Furnished in American style with silver and Chinaware, the residence features American kitchens for the ambassador’s preferred dishes. The setup marks a symbolic step in U S diplomatic presence with historic ties to Choate and benefactor J P Morganson’s Hyde Park blocks reimagined for official use.
The 1926 motor vehicle department receipts totaled 6,220,665.37 dollars, a jump from 1925. Registrations, transfers, and operator licenses rose sharply, with 274,900 total registrations and 242 fee-bearing operator licenses. The year saw new gasoline station inspection fees and a July 1 1925 law boosting revenues, while most fees are diverted to highway funding.
A historic Medford rum operation on Riverside Avenue changed hands from the Lawrence family to Samuel Lawrence. The distillery has largely become a garage in recent times, and the spring water once used to flavor the rum is now used for washing automobiles.
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