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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1926
Page
2
In Bridgeport a quarrel over a separated couple led to Omar Weaver shooting himself in the car after a confrontation with Pauline Bauer. Weaver's wife had died earlier, and Bauer faced police inquiry as investigators weigh whether Bauer influenced the incident or if jealousy sparked the fatal act.
The widow of shipbuilder Charles Morse has died amid a long saga of legal battles over their marriage. Morse, once revealed to be in frail health, faced years of fraud and divorce court scrutiny. Relatives Benjamin, Erwin, and Hinary are expected in New York for the funeral arrangements.
New Rochelle West Virginia July 15 AB Aliece Beatrice Jones Rhinelander winner of an annulment fight against Leonared Kip Rhinelander sails on the White Star Ena Majesty Saturday. Her mother says Alice will meet her tribe in England after travel plans and a new car purchase. The case has drawn thousands of reporters and raises questions about reconciliation and legal obligations.
Charles Albert Coffin former GE chairman and founder of the Coffin Foundation will lie in Locust Valley at 1 30 p m tomorrow for a funeral. The 81 year old, who helped put electricity to public use, received honors from France Belgium Serbia Yale and Bowdoin and promoted power plant expansion.
Georgia and Florida banks face seizures and temporary closures as insolvency suits target Bankers' Trust. Lists show bank resources and capitalization as of December 21, 1925, with several Florida banks closing and a federal receivership sought to protect depositors amid alleged mismanagement and interbank financing.
Tauwis Sternhardt aged 36 of 109 James Street was injured in a cutting affray at Penboke Street’s Turkish baths. He sustained a deep laceration to the scalp and required stitches from Lt Haberton after the fracas.
The article reports a proposed trans Atlantic air route using floating seadromes in the Atlantic as stepping stones. Engineer Baward Armstrong demonstrates a scale model in Delaware, arguing waves would pass under the deck while planes land on a level surface with hotels, hangars, and fuel storage. Plans call for 400 by 200 feet dromes spaced 404 miles apart, to test ballast and hull designs for an eventual larger structure.
James W Ford, once the dead girl Edith Greene's fiance, says he took her to Dr Walsh for an abortion operation last weekend. He claims the doctor told him she died after the procedure and that Ford refused to help dispose of the body. Police identify the dismembered parts found near a Mattapan cemetery wall. Ford is held on charges of accessory after the fact and knowledge before and after the abortion. The case names Dr Walsh with a history of prior license and abortion-related charges.
Police recovered the girl’s body missing a vital organ and discovered a warehouse pail at Dr. Walsh’s rear apartment where the body was found. A second discredited Boston physician, who visited the Walsh apartment last Saturday, is being sought by authorities.
Kenbecker of Orange identifies a gold ring from the Twilight Inn ruin as hers, while a second unidentified female body remains in the temporary morgue. Burton Webb, grandson of Mrs. Erkenbecker, works to confirm which body is his relative. Officials list the missing and presumed dead among guests and hotel staff, including Beardsley, Brinton, Engel, Henessey, Millbank, Poetach, Brooks, Erdelin, Holmes, Monroe, Stryker, Thomas, De Armond, and others.
Belgium moves to privatize railways telephones and telegraphs under private operation. King Albert may act as a restrained figurehead while financiers M. Wis and M. Francqui are seen as the real powers. The note reflects wartime style measures and a banking run in Antwerp with millions withdrawn from savings between July 1 and 13 and treasury bills discounted in the National Bank figures for early July.
Paris debates emergency powers as France clamps down on hiring and new state contracts to shore up the franc. Parliament faces bitter opposition from Communists and Socialists while Washington Washington accord risks ratification timing before the chamber adjourns for recess.
Rome July 15 General Bonelvenga faces multiple duel challenges over Sharpe criticism of a Popolo article. A court of honor will determine who among Arnaldo Mussolini and Sandro Chulani has first right to meet the general on the dueling field.
A woman raised in a sultan’s harem seeks protection and assets associated with a missing child. The tale involves a grandmother killed by a guard, a Chicago connection, McCormick’s alleged involvement, a Rolls Royce, a $50,000 annual charge account, later marriages, and travels to Arizona and California before the subject’s death in the west. Attorney Jonah Goldstein corroborated the filing after a year of investigation.
Ambulance log records 1:00 p m for Harry Miller at 886 Stratford Avenue, transferred to Bridgeport Hospital with pleurisy. At 4:20 p m Clifford Tones of 316 Remington Street taken from Emergency Hospital to Bridgeport Hospital with fractured teeth. At 6:15 p m patient at Stratford Avenue near St. Michael's Cemetery, no patient.
Lucella Anderson, nine, at 350 Center Street was struck by a parked truck while walking with her head down in the driving rain. She suffered a bad scalp laceration and was rushed to Emergency hospital where Dr. T. M. Rewe set four stitches.
The city plans to install traffic signals at outlying streets to reduce crashes, with a traffic expert to decide the light types. Over the past three and a half years Fairfield Transistan and Connecticut Central avenues have the highest crash counts, including 51 total with one fatality.
The Kresge couple, married two years, faced a divorce suit with Mrs. Kresge asserting a $7,000,000 ante nuptial promise and a plush dog as counter. The case was trimmed to $1,000,000 before a financial agreement emerged, granting Mrs. Kresge lifelong independence. The text notes Mr Kresge’s prior divorce from a first wife on cruelty charges and a separate remark about Swedish doctors not billing patients.
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