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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1925
Page
5
Rome July 13 AP The King invites Premier Mussolini to be guest at the San Bossori palace to rest from his duties. The under-secretary Suardo conveyed the unprecedented invitation, noting the king’s high praise and desire to host him for a few days as his guest.
Stamford reports Everett Webber of Brooklyn and Eugene Drew of New York were each fined 100 dollars and costs for aiding in the escape attempt of Myron Friedenheit from Toshasse Grange sanatorium. Friedenheit, son of Republic Textile Co. head, had been committed after alcohol issues and a July 4 accident.
A fourteen year old girl from Washington was held captive for three days after leaving her aunt's home with a male companion. Near Ashland Virginia the abductors offered a ride, forced her from the car, and kept her until a farmer freed her. Police traced clues to arrest two men from Maniver County Virginia with a third held as a witness in Richmond.
New Haven officers reached the New Jersey penitentiary to arrest James J. Conroy, wanted in Connecticut for presenting and cashing counterfeit checks drawn on the American Railway Sixpress in Ave 92. Conroy had just been released or held in relation to the New Jersey case.
President Coolidge named Floyd R. Harrison of Virginia as Director of the War Finance Corporation to succeed Frank W. Mondell. Harrison has served as secretary to four Agriculture commissioners and as assistant to Eugene Meyer Jr. before leading the corporation, which is winding down farmer and stock raiser loans.
Judge Joseph G. Shapiro handles a crowded Shelton City court docket. Leon Clark is found guilty of reckless driving and fined 26 dollars plus 43.56 in costs after a collision with a truck. Alphonso Bogart, 939 Liberty Street Ansonia, faces liquor related charges and related fines. A child assault case against Joseph Lechinsky dominates the session as the court binds him over to Superior Court on a 500 dollar bond after a witness testimony detailing abuse observations.
President Coolidge will greet the former Massachusetts governor's council members at White Court tomorrow. The advisory council, once with him during the Boston Police strike, will join a luncheon for Polish Foreign Minister Skrzynski and receive the new Turkish minister as credentials are deposited. He may tour Camp Devens to inspect the 26th Infantry Division.
Miss Marlon R. from Lockport New York a University of Wisconsin scholarship student at the Marine Biological Laboratory died after falling about 250 feet from a steel tower at a U S government facility She sustained a skull fracture and never regained consciousness.
The annual outing for all employees of Albert Pick and Company of this city will be held July 25. A company official announced the event yesterday noting details are being arranged.
Meriden, July 13 AP Mrs. Frank P. Smith of Cheshire street aged 70 committed suicide by leaping from Gregory's Bridge on Turnpike. She walked a quarter mile with a cane to reach the spot, in ill health and despondent. Her body was found in about three feet of water below the bridge by Otto Gluck after a search by her son Eugene.
J H Tremoe of the National Association of Credit Men argues wealth has grown across classes in the last two decades. He notes rising savings, common autos, and improved living among the poor, urging confidence in the nation’s broader prosperity and its incentive for business and production.
Worried by his new duties as foreman at Wiittal Carpet Mills Williams Eyans four years old killed himself in his room early this morning by firing a bullet through his head.
Krupp Works expand policy making partners a locomotive and machine factory in Marcronia Spain. In Valencia and Tarragona they await interest in dock yards coal mines and melting furnaces in the province. Rhode Island counts 672327 population per census bureau figures.
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