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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1926
Page
5
A dense listing of daily radio programs across networks and local hosts. Includes concerts, news, weather, various music segments, talk shows, and sports updates with times, performers, and station identifiers.
Washington July 1. Secretary Hoover says no reason for major opposition to private radio interests this year but favors forming private associations to regulate broadcasting. He expects Congress to enact principles into law next session. Commerce Department officials note hundreds of applications for licenses and discuss wavelength restrictions and station operations.
Washington talk 13 reports the Commerce Department authorized WTAG Worcester to broadcast on 545 meters, moving from 248 meters. The change follows St Louis and KTTO patterns and aims to relieve congestion in the 206-300 meter band as more stations move to higher wavelengths.
Three youths identified as Daniel Lynch age 18 of 150 Fifth Street François Armstrong age 18 of 697 Connecticut Avenue and John Rich age 18 of 1001 Newfield Avenue were sentenced for burglaries in the East End. Judge Ralph Beers suspended execution and placed them on probation after admitting entries to Pickett's drug store at 3133 Stratford Avenue, Beenstein and Brown department store at Stratford and Union Avenues, Charles Ballantine's grocery at Central Avenue and Revere Street, and the Newfield lunch room at 1196 Stratford Avenue.
A two alarm blaze damaged a five story block at 140-150 State Street and a second fire broke out shortly after in the same building. Firemen battled intense flames from the cabinet shop and paper dealers on the second floor, with three alarms sounded, and losses estimated around 100000. Dense smoke spread to the business district as crews fought for hours to control the blaze. Ownership is listed as Jacob P McGani.
Washington July 12 AP Port Mansfield will be sold by the War department at public auction on the premises July 23. The fort is located on Nipartree Point near Watch Hill and comprises about 112 acres.
Miss Gertrude Mirguet Lonthiin Gee, renowned traveler, author, and Arab authority, died Sunday in Baghdad while serving as Oriental secretary to Sir Henry Vos, high commissioner for Mesopotamia. A trusted liaison to British officials and Arab chieftains, she influenced policy during the wartime mandate and helped shape Mesopotamian administration. Born 1888, daughter of Sir Tigh Tell, she studied at Queens College London and St Margarets Oxford, and was a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. She was attached to Cairo’s military intelligence in 1915 and served as Arab bureau liaison in Kale in 1916, being mentioned in dispatches four times.
Arnaldo Mussolini challenged General Peneivensa to a duel following critical remarks by the general about the premier’s article. The incident echoes opposition sentiment to the Fascist government and reflects tensions within Italian leadership amid international concerns voiced at a recent London congress.
Prohibition agents seized two carloads of apparently fine imported liquor in Philadelphia. An agent escorted the cars from Baltimore on four Baltimore & Ohio freight runs, with contents labeled preserves in glass and consigned to a nonexistent firm in Philadelphia. Officials suspect shipment intended for wealthy consumers, noting burlap wrapping and saltwater exposure suggesting coastal handling before northward transit. Agents surrounded the cars as they were moved to a freight train and prepared to bring the case to an arrest.
John J Phelan will hold an inquest tomorrow morning at the county building into the death of Patrick Giannmott, 22, of New Town, who was fatally injured Sunday when his motor cycle collided with a pole on the Lorwalap road near Lonwalap.
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