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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1924
Page
5
Admiral Takurabe in the Diet said Japan plans to raise naval air strength from eleven and a half squadrons to 17 by 1928 and informally to 28 squadrons, aiming to include the expansion in the December Diet session due to recent developments at home and abroad.
Niantic July 7 state guardsmen began the fifteenth days encampment of the 102nd and 169th Infantry and the 118th Medical regiment. The day focused on quartering after arrivals from New Haven and other places. Recruits were consolidated for instruction while veterans drilled on the grounds.
Roy D Shanks was found murdered with a fractured skull in the Market Street freight yards of the Boston and Maine railroad. Charles Francaprile, longtime boarder at the Shanks home, was held on suspicion after a quarrel between the two men yesterday led to the fatal blows with a wagon stake.
A new modern hospital near Del Carmen Pampanga 60 miles north of Manila serves two provinces for malaria care and surgical cases. Funded by John D Spiecker and Adolph B Spieckels of San Francisco it will be Rockefeller Foundation and Philippine Health Service headquarters for malaria control. The central court houses a pond stocked with fish for studying Anopheles larvae.
London hosts the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World from July 14 to 18 at Wembley Park. Delegates from India, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, France, Norway, Holland, Italy, Czechoslovakia and more gather to discuss advertising developments with speakers including Premier MacDonald, Winston Churchill, Reginald McKenna, Sir Robert Horne and Stanley Baldwin. Lord Mayor of London and other dignitaries grant official cognizance.
Reported today that Governor Templeton will offer the high sheriff post for New Haven County to Colonel James Geddes, Waterbury postmaster. Templeton would not confirm or deny. A large delegation from Waterbury will attend Sheriff Thomas T Kelly’s funeral in New Haven on Wednesday.
Salt Lake City reports efforts by the U S Forest Service to plug holes in the bottom of Duck Lake in the Dixie National Forest southern Utah with concrete. The lake holds water in spring but drains each summer. work aims to prevent complete drying. Completion and effectiveness will take until fall as holes must be filled and water levels monitored over two years.
On July 7 the steam ship New York from Boston rammed the Erie ferry Arlington near the North River slip off Warren Street. No one aboard was injured but a 15 foot hole was torn in the ferry's cabin several feet above the waterline.
Fifty members of the Norwalk Boy Scout organization left today for Great Pond six miles above Ridgefield for a week long encampment and hike. They proceed under supervision of Commissioner Charles T. Dimond.
London reports a housing shortage and many empty large houses prompting owners to convert mansions near Hyde Park and Mayfair into small apartments while preserving exterior appearance. The move is driven by a lack of servants and the need for affordable housing.
Clarence O Baiming was declared insane and committed to Matteawan State Hospital by Westchester County officials after two alienists found inherited insanity. Medical testimony noted multiple paternal ancestors confined for mental illness and hallucinations regarding his wife.
Berlin July 7 Germanys new regulation imposes a 300 mark or about 125 dollar visa fee to leave the country. The rule slows the exodus to neighbor states with cheaper exchange. Protests rise among students teachers artists and the less affluent. Wealthy Germans still travel abroad as usual. Exemptions exist for students going to educational institutions but the application process is cumbersome.
Paris July 7 Mra Charles B Dillingham wife of the New York theatrical producers has filed a suit for divorce Mra Dillingham who was Miss Bilsen Kearney of San Francisco was married to Dillingham May 5 1913
A Southern chemist introduces MAHDEEN a non sticky dandruff remedy promising quick permanent removal. The ad claims prior tonics failed and offers a money back guarantee if dandruff persists after using the bottle. Available at Hindle Drug Stores Hartigan Drug Co Howland Dry Goods Co and D M Read Co.
An advertisement touts Zemo as a reliable remedy for itching and skin irritations including eczema, pimples, and rashes. It claims rapid relief, clearing blemishes overnight and is described as a safe antiseptic liquid and ointment sold by druggists with prices of 85 cents and one dollar.
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