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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1926
Page
6
locals oppose rebuilding at a site described with scattered notes and unclear details. The text references residents, the barrel factory, and related disruption, with mentions of dates, places, and people obscured by incomplete OCR.
A commission session heard William R. Annin seek an extension of the business zone on Benham Avenue between Park and Coleman streets. No one appeared in favor or opposition, and the commission took no action on the request list that night.
Stamford labor leaders postponed the meeting between the Garment Workers Union and allied urban organizations due to unresolved issues. Representatives from both sides will reconvene with a new date to negotiate. Picketing and worker solidarity continued in New York and Piper and Sale factories reportedly saw additional joiners to the strike line.
Paris report says Captain Garrier and Lieutenant Lietiiders flew from Paris to Grish Siberia covering 2780 kilometers in about 21 hours. A telegram from Corier notes arrival in Omsk after 29 hours of flight amid Iberian weather. Official ministry of aviation statement released tonight.
A New Britain girl asks collector to locate her father Alfred Johnson who vanished about two years ago. She provides blurred notes from age ten to eleven visits, describing his appearance a sandy hat and blue eyes, and last known address on Parmington Avenue New Britain.
A Boston divorcee, Waite Montague Geer’s widow, wed banker Bruno Paul Mare Joseph in Paris with the aid of the United States embassy witness at the registrar’s office. The ceremony occurred in July in London, per the dispatch.
Rev Howard Watten to lead sermon at Lee and Center Avenue churches. Easton Volunteer Fire Company hosts weekly dances at the firehouse on July 22 23 and 24 with an orchestra. Obituary notes Mrs Lewis Davis of Stratford dies after residence in Boston. Local social visits include Mrs Louise Ward and Miss Regina Steucek to Easton and Stratfield friends, and a Congregational church play rehearsal for Home Acres directed by Jessa Wheeler. A Sport Hill game sees Sport Hill beat Redding 12 to 0. A newborn born to Mr and Mrs Howard Shaff of Stratfield.
Irregular Brainard air mail service disrupts Colonial Air Transport schedule. Morning New England flight delayed by fog and one failed aircraft forced emergency landings at Bethany field. Connections with the Transcontinental line hindered by fog, with arrivals and departures shifted. Newark to Brainard service suffers sporadic punctuality amid weather and mechanical delays.
July 15 AP report states Detroit Police Commissioner Frank S. Croul resigns rather than attend a city hall conference on vice conditions. He accepts full responsibility for the department. William P. Rutledge named to succeed him as police superintendent after a broadened disorderly house drive.
The Van Sweringen brothers discuss counter stock terms with Pere Marquette directors for Nickel Plate merger forming five railroads. An exchange of 100 Nickel Plate shares for 108 Pere Marquette shares was among topics, with terms not disclosed. Progress toward an agreement was reported by Pere Marquette chairman RB. Brown.
Albert W. Noone of New Hampshire and frequent gubernatorial candidate says he will seek the Democratic ticket’s vice presidential nomination in 1928. He told the Bulletin he would run as a straight Democrat, opposes entering the Smith ticket, and cites tariff policy as a GOP blame for current depression in New England.
Despondent over health, Stephen Purdy a wine owner shot himself with a two shot shotgun in his home near Tiarribon north of July 18. His wife and two children were asleep in a adjoining room.
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