Bridgeport Telegram 1957 Fire Safety and News Notes
The Bridgeport Telegram highlights a National Fire Protection report on massive U.S. fire losses, noting Massachusetts and Connecticut cities like Danbury New Haven and New London show high five year averages. It favors better public fire safety and cites Helen Will as Wimbledon champion and America’s moral standard. It also covers Congress reputation, Coolidge air ports, Byrd navigation challenges, and prison reform aims with a New York letter by Adolph Lewison.
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Europe
Mise Wilts
Letters to the Editor Fee and reader guidelines
Readers are invited to submit letters fitted with clear spelling and full address. The editor will keep addresses confidential upon request. Letters over approximately 300 words may be shortened at the editor’s discretion. Anonymous communications may be reduced to fit space.
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Lelegram
Unjust Telephone Criticism Of Operators Deserves Credit
A reader defends telephone operators amid casual criticism of the “Noble Line” service. The letter praises operators for patience, quick wit, and handling daily calls, urging readers to consider the challenging nature of the job before condemning workers for minor errors.
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Noble
Telephone Exchange
Cosmetics Garmeele Lead in Beauty Aids Debunked
Article cites Stuart Chase and F J Schiik in Your Money's Worth detailing a cosmetic industry riddled with dangerous products. It notes skin poisonings from hand creams face bleaches powders and tonics containing lead arsenic mercury wood alcohol and coal tar dyes. The piece questions women's vanity spending and urges safer choices.
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F. J. Schiik
American Metical Association
Chase and Schiink
Prison reform urged to reduce imprisonment and aid reform
A letter to the editor argues for education and right treatment to reduce prison populations. It contends that deterrence and public safety rely on fewer prisoners and on reforming inmates so they can support themselves after release. It cautions wardens must do more than prevent escapes.
New York Crowd Watches Taxi Humiliation On Broadway
A July night scene near Blait street shows a rookie policeman escorting a drunk girl to a taxi while onlookers, thousands strong, watch in silence. The girl fights the restraint as the crowd remains passive, raising questions about collective action and public indifference.
Sentences on Freedom and Self-Government
A fragmented reflection argues real prerogative lies in personal liberty earned through self-government rather than mere self-expression. It critiques empty charity and fakery while noting popular notions of virtue mask self-serving aims. The piece shifts to stereotypes about gender and social behavior in a satirical, fragmented tone.
Merritt Named City Court Judge After Political Contests
Albert J. Merritt is appointed as a judge of the City court after years of political maneuvering. He previously served as liquor prosecuting attorney and faced opposition from the King organization and House leaders over party affiliation. The article notes shifting Hartford politics, a brief Senate approval, recess appointments, and ongoing battles over leadership, with broader implications for state governance and upcoming elections.
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Arthur M. Comley
E. Earle Garlick
Common Pleas
Garlick
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The New Patriotism and World Brotherhood
A review of The New Patriotism by Thomas Curtis Clark argues for a shift from aggressive nationalism to world brotherhood. It warns that excessive national fervor fuels war and supports true internationalism built on strong, law abiding nations cooperating within a planetary consciousness.
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For an Eagle's Mother by Anne Campbell II
An eagle mother lets her chick grow bold and brave. She does not hold back but encourages risks and growth. Her guidance shapes the chick's courage and drives him to fly, much like Lindbergh reaching his goal.
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Anne Campbell II
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Washington jury and Old Bailey tales from Baker and Sweringen
Ex Secretary of War Newton D. Baker appears in Washington as counsel to Van Sweringen in a dispute before the Interstate Commerce Commission involving railroad merger plans. The piece recalls Old Bailey court customs of flowers and herbs to ward off jail fever and contrasts them with modern ventilation. The column closes on a fragmentary note about a husband and wife exchange.
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Newton D. Baker
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Coolidge
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Old Bailey
Court of London
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Question on luck and belief in God from New Bedford, 19th century
Letter discusses whether luck exists, arguing against a detached goddess and asserting that real success comes from intense activity on approved lines. References to science, morality, emotion in religion, and philosophy, with examples of disadvantaged individuals overcoming fate.
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Tennyson
Forked branch saves boy life in yard fall
Seven year old Walter Soucy tumbled from a limb about 18 feet high in his yard at 36 Washington Avenue. A forked branch caught his left foot, delaying his fall. He slipped from his shoe, landed on pavement, breaking a rib and injuring head and back but survived. ambulance rushed him to St Vincent's Hospital where doctors deemed injuries slight.
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St Vincent's Hospital
One Man Hospitalized After Friendly Fracas
In a morning altercation at 18 South Avenue Frank J. Murphy age 65 was injured and rushed to Hillside Home Hospital. Napoleon Fives, 28, was arrested following the brawl in which Rivers, visiting Murphy, faced a temporary breach of the peace charge.
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South Avenue
Vanity and a condemned woman at the chair
A Walt Mason verse vignette imagines a death row inmate awaiting execution in a gray cell. She frets over weight and vanity while the chaplain and warden reflect on mortality and hypocrisy as doom looms.
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Walt Mason
Two Men Tell Police of Attempted Hold Up
Four young men being robbed at pistol point on Crescent avenue between Kosauth and East Main Street told detectives that four unmasked assailants set them up. The victims were searched but had no cash, and the hold up men left in disgust.
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Stephen Lentaky
Steuben Court
Michael Dominak
Bloom to Seek 500 Million Airport Funds in Congress
New York representative Sol Bloom announced that in the next session he will seek a 500 million dollar appropriation for airports in major cities nationwide. Futile to Europe on the Leviathan, the statement followed for ailing support. Chicago's Fred A. Britten aboard the Leviathan agreed that establishing airports and airfields is the most urgent emergency for the country.
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Weather Synopsis for New England and Nearby Areas
Far cooler conditions expected Monday with fair skies by Tuesday across Southern New England and Eastern New York. Northern New England notes a disturbance off New Jersey diminishing, while another moving over Quebec and Maine intensifies. high pressure from Cuba builds northeastward beyond Bermuda, bringing generally fair weather and cooler temperatures in Atlantic states Monday and Tuesday. Winds north of Sandy Hook to be fresh and northwest, with some strong gusts. coastal zones from Sandy Hook to Hatteras expect northwest winds and mostly clear to overcast conditions Monday.
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