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Bridgeport Telegram established 1891 publishes daily except Sunday from 140 Middle Tpke Bridgeport Conn by The Post Publishing Co. Subscriptions by mail in advance priced at 7.80 for a year and discounts for shorter terms. Open daily, Barnum 6100, exchange connects all departments, member of Audit Bureau of Circulation and Associated Press.
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Editorial Notes on Liberty, Diplomats, and Daily Life
A wry collection of observations from postwar society touching on liberty, manners, cosmetics, solitude, and suburban concerns. It notes maidens' boldness, savings, drunken liberty, American diplomats, soap on complexions, California prunes, parking woes, radio orators, and geopolitics from Morocco to China and the Dawes plan.
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California
Hollywood
Sentence Sermons The Man of Leisure
The man of leisure, often lacking time for community life, faces hidden dangers. He must guard against fatty degeneration of the brain and the sin of complacency. He is never happy without work and kills time, brutalizing the would be killer. He misses the thrill of a mighty endeavor.
Weather Summary for Eastern New York and New England
Partly cloudy Tuesday with morning showers and cooler afternoon. Northern New England sees showers Tuesday, cooler at night, Wednesday fair. Southern New England also showers Tuesday, slightly cooler at night, Wednesday fair. Virginia disturbance off Nantucket. Ontario disturbance moved to eastern Quebec. Low pressure from British Columbia to Arizona. Showers likely in Ohio Valley and north Atlantic coast. cooler Tuesday in Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes. Winds northeast and overcast north of Satay Honk, then west to northwest and partly overcast Tuesday. High and low tides listed with standard times.
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New York
New England
Virginia
Nantucket
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Arizona
Ohio Valley
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North Atlantic
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South Atlantic
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Political pointers strain Stamford budget and party unity
Stamford debates 725000 high school addition versus funding trade school needs at a town meeting. Mayor Keating faces police sergeant selections with over ten applicants. Fairfield politics revive as a Republican club forms. Behrens attacks Governor Truman, demands a bridgeport debate. Boston conference spurs talk of New England political unity. Hartford Times notes upcoming census-driven senate district reappointments and regional population shifts.
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Keating
Fairfield
Fairfield Center
Republican Club
Boston
New England
Massachusetts
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Hartford Times
Senate
General Assembly
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New Britain
Greenwich
Curtain Falls on Bryan Career in Quiet Death
William Jennings Bryan, a dominant figure in American politics since his 1891 Nebraska Congress election, died quietly. The noted statesman resisted evolution, resigned as Secretary of State in 1915, and faced the Dayton Scopes trial. Interment will be at Arlington in a simple funeral per his wish.
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William Jennings Bryan
America
Nebraska
Bryan
William McKinley
United States
William Jennings
Wilson
Dayton
Tennessee
Mr. Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Arlington Cemetery
Governor Trumbull and Behrens clash over Bridgeport Ripper Board
The dispute centers on how the Bridgeport Ripper Board was chosen and the Blodgett act sapping home rule. The governor and mayor spar over accountability, but the core issue remains the danger of distant governance and future abuses under a precedent. Challenger and Kelly are noted as minor players in an argument about state power and municipal autonomy.
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Behrens
Grovernor Trumbull
Bridgeport
Trumbull
England
Messrs. Challenger and Kelly
Twenty Five Years Ago Nor Walk Danbury Car Run Record
The Danbury News reported George M. Berry and a companion completed a Nor walk to Danbury motor trip in one hour and twenty minutes, calling it a record. It noted the machine had about 4,000 miles and contrasted past pace with today’s faster cars, better roads, and laxer speed laws. The piece argues such changes highlight gradual progress.
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Danbury
George M. Berry
Norwalk
Cheap Sweetening Pressure Tests Sugar Tariff
Critics attacked President Coolidge over tariff revision unsettled by a New York price drop. Sugar in New York fell to 5.2 cents per pound, the lowest in years, suggesting no need to cut the tariff. The piece warns that harming beet sugar farmers could raise cane sugar costs for America.
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Coolidge
New York
America
Stamford’s Dilemma on Division of Towns Under Amendment
The text argues Stamford could surpass 70,000 residents and discusses constitutional limits on districting. It states at least one senator per county, contiguity of districts, and prohibits town division except for creating multiple districts within a town.
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Stamford
Nine Lose Licenses Six Are Returned
The State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles notified local police of suspensions for Abraham Hoff man William Murray Willam E Duffey Mihran Raschekian Firn ess Peterson joffrey Larson Andrew Parent Joseph Weisner and Michael Smith. Licenses were returned for Alfano Lazarra Joseph PFertaly John Chinirenaka Michel Coppa Alfred Brotherton and Harher Phelps.
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State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Abraham Hoffman
Pembroke Street
William Murray
Broad Street
Willam E. Duffey
South Avenue
Mihran Raschekian
Maple Street
Firness Peterson
Denver Street
Joffrey Larson
Central Avenue
Andrew Parent
Newfield Avenue
Joseph Weisner
Columbia Street
Michael Smith
Lee Avenue
Alfano Lazarra
Peauon~ Nock Street
Joseph Pfertaly
Wordin Avenue
John Chinirenaka
Michel Coppa
Jane Street
Alfred Brotherton
Aldo Street
Harher Phelps
Stratfield Avenue
Ohio police deny Knapp link in Rocky River murder
Cleveland authorities say a tip that the Rocky River murder victim was Phin K. Knapp is false. They will send photos and fingerprints to Syracuse to aid the investigation, though they remain unconvinced by the claim.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Rocky River
Phin K. Knapp
Syracuse
Pepperell Mfg declares 4 percent semi-annual dividend
Pepperell Manufacturing directors voted a regular semi annual dividend of 4 percent payable August 1 to shareholders of record July 31. The move follows standard policy and reflects steady earnings for the period.
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Hoston
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Pepperel Mfg
Spitzbergen Home for Men Who Long for Frost
A satirical piece extols Spitzbergen as a frosty paradise where men endure cold, distant bears, and endless winter nights. It imagines wives and relatives thriving in the freeze, while the arctic wind promises permanent sleep and seven months of cold, only to warn that summer will return and melt the fantasy.
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Spitzbergen
Splitbergen
Arctic
Dersen
Splendor of Love Poem Fragment Delights and Distress
A short verse extols love as a splendid force that enriches toil and ennobles moments of life. It contrasts barren days with blossoming emotion while weaving imagery of spring, weariness, and hopeful happiness.
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Thal
Battle Without Queensbury Rules Leaves Boy Severely Bitten
A fight between two youths ended with one boy severely bitten on the arm. He was taken to Emergency Hospital yesterday where the wound was cayt perized.
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Stousatonie Avenue
The Fun Shop LEPS Beat Them To A Record
A mixed montage features jokes and light sketches including a taxi cab quip about fame, a shop clerk exchange over stamps, and a humorous taxonomy of wives. Also includes Dr Traprock’s Museum of Unnatural History spoof prose and a quip about painting old buildings.
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Mayhan
Call for Original AY Humor Epigrams and Verse Submissions
Readers may submit original humorous epigrams jokes anecdotes poetry burlesques and satires for payment up to 10 per contribution and up to 1 per line for poetry. Unaccepted manuscripts are not returned. Address to Fun Shop Headquarters Bridgeport Telegram.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Suspected arson at Reedly blaze links to Bible Institute figure
Los Angeles AP reports John Manoogan, 38, a Bible Institute member, was arrested in connection with an incendiary fire at Reedly, California that killed H. D. Schroeder and his four sleeping children. Detectives say Manoogan, once a suitor of Schroeder's daughter, remained in Los Angeles while the blast occurred. He claims innocence and knowledge only from reports.
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Los Angeles
John Manoogan
Los Angeles Bible Institute
Reedly
Cal
H. D. Schroeder
Schroeder
The
Bible Institute
Manoogan
Officera
Hils
Merger Plan Details Revealed for Nickel Plate Railroads
The proposed Nickel Plate merger would total about 4 billion dollars with assets valued at 1.19 billion. Engineering witness George W Hurpte testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission about funded debt of 62.17 million and equity underlying stock issues. The valuation used by Burpee and the commission compared assets to be contributed to the new railroad across the Chesapeake and Ohio Hocking Valley Erie Pere Marquette and Nickel Plate systems.
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Washington
George Whurpte
Interstate Commerce Commission
Axnem
Burpee
Chesaneake & Ohio
Hocking Valley
Erie
Pere Marquette
Nickel Place
Drake Named Head of Sales Tax Force in Washington
Charles A. Drake, head of the sales tax division at the Internal Revenue Bureau, was named acting deputy commissioner in charge of miscellaneous internal revenue at the Treasury. Commissioner Blair declined to discuss who will resign, with Fates on leave. Fred Page and Estes are expected to resign. Miscellaneous revenue collections reached about $975,000,000 last year.
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Charles A. Drake
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Treasury
Internal Revenue
D. H. Blair
Robert Hates
Fates
Fred EK Page
Ito Estes
Monument Unveiled for Ferruccio Busoni in Berlin Cemetery
A new monument honoring the late Ferruccio Busoni was unveiled at the cemetery in Sohosneberg, Berlin, on an occasion reported by AP. The event highlighted the composer’s enduring legacy among local arts circles.
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Berlin
Ferruccio Busoni
Sohosneberg
The Smart Aleck 5 Dr Frank Cra at Princeton
Princeton University has sparked controversy by suppressing a magazine issue titled Sketches from a Madhouse. The piece mocks authority figures across society and argues true fame comes from stature rather than notoriety. Copyright 1925.
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Frank
United States
Frinceton
Arctic Travel By Airplane and Dirigible
A summary of Stefansson’s National Geographic August 1922 article arguing two Arctic flight aims: exploration and cross Arctic routes for mail and passengers. It notes Peary, Elizabethan voyagers, and Franklin era goals, contrasts airplane and dirigible options, cites Nansen favoring the dirigible with 1927 plans, and suggests dirigibles offer safer, practical Arctic access to Asia and North America.
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National Geographic Magazine
Arctic
Aucunt
London
Tokio
New York
Calcutta
Winnipeg
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Uast
Weat
Peary
North Pole
Aro
Cathay
Henry Hudson
Manhattan Island
China
Oriert
Spitzberzeg
Hudson Bay
Barentz
Parry
Franklin
Rosia
John Franklin
Indies
Nansen
Muiaru Isa
Orient
Peking
Seattle
Amandac
Norway
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York
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Knapp
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Queensbury
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Foxmall
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Milton Wendler
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Gertrude
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Nel
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Traprock
Museum OF
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Traprock Museum
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Smart Aleck
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Walters
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