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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1926

Page

22

Norwalk Girl Attends Paris Suffrage Congress Delegation

Miss Elsie Hill of Norwalk Connecticut sails to Paris as fraternal delegate to the International Woman Suffrage Alliance congress. She joins over 30 National Women's Party members seeking equal rights and economic parity with men, amid debates over affiliation with the International Women’s Alliance.

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American Woman Traveler Ready for European Trip with Family

Miss Hill, accompanied by her daughter Elsie Hill Leavitt, and husband Prof. Albert Leavitt of Washington and Lee University, plans an extended European tour next year. The group aims to support industrial equality and international women’s rights, fusing advocacy with travel.

International Woman Outrage Alliance Miss Hill Elsie Hill Leavitt Prof Albert Leavitt Washington and Lee University Lexington Europe

Milford G AR Men to Attend G A R Meeting at Stamford

Milford G A R Post and Sons of Veterans plan attendance at a Stamford gathering likely the last G A R post event in the city. Five Civil War veterans remain in Stamford. The program includes entertainment, banquet, and a dance at the Armory with a color-masking ceremony for G A R and Sons of Union Veterans colors.

Milford Grand Army Post Sons of Veterans Stamford G. A. Fi Armory Union Norton Central Grammar School Martha's Vineyard Mass Grosberg Angonia Luther Amherst Margaret O'Connor Norfolk Bailey Meriden Lundreds Walnut Myrtle Orange Willam Lyon Phelps Orange Cemetery Pilgrim Lodge Boston Post Road Logan Lincoln Joseph Clark Victor Mals Jey Church of Christ, Congregationa Charles FL Atkina Raymond EB. Brock Scarndale N Shelton Moe. Brock Morris Cove Dyke Home Shepard Avenue R. H. Stock St. George's Church St. Ima Frank Cowan Helene May New Rochelle Minnesota Edyia Biiss Fiverett Watrous Atlantic Union College Woodmont Charles L. Doherty Thomas Lansis Devon Par Porson Frank Hackey Morningside Mary Wright Wiliam Noffitt Julia Anna Reynolds New Haven Irene Mary Vincente Paul Sullivan Ulysses van Svekle Florence Anna Harry, Buckingham Lafayette Sirest Maplewood Avenue Bridgeport Ulissa Hessie Lian New Haven Turnpike Millarg Heelmeg Maerwin’s Beach Alethea Circle Miremen's Beacon Howe Company Arctic Engine Company Charters Masa Company Ansonia Echo Hose Compan Shelton Huntington Fire Deptment Storma Engine Company Derby+ West Shore Wire company Alingtown Fire

Bristol builders react to wage rise threaten high building costs

Bristol workers claim higher carpenter wages would push plastering and home costs beyond reach. Contractors refused to accept the wage demand, carpenters walked off the job. Workers sought 149 and 12 cents per hour for an eight hour day, instead of the current one dollar. A conference was planned for later that day.

Bristol Savant

Jail Sentence Reduced for Drunken Driver

State Prosecutor Lorin W. Willis pressed for a jail term for Frederick W. Huxford as the Court heard appeals from several liquor case sentences. The June term of the Court of Common Pleas opened yesterday and many defendants appeal their jail or fines including Meldin of Bridgeport and Russo of Danbury.

Lorin W. Willis Jude Frederick W. Huxford Wille Eaid Huxford Theaster Melin Bridgeport Hint Meldin Court of Commen P Gaetano Russo Danbury Thones Albanizo Stamford Alao Americo Soleccio

Sailors Widow Memorializes S-51 Ocean Grave

Four women braved wind and rain to scatter wreaths over the ocean grave of the S-51 submarine, 14 miles off Black Island. The Tri tonship circled the site as the widow of Chief Motor Machinist’s Mate James and two others placed tributes. Captain Edgar B. Tartner authorized the memorial. The salvage fleet plans to raise the sunken sub later this summer despite delays from holiday and rough weather.

Newport United States Black Ishkind Naval We Triton Dhore Og¢Eston Alfred A. Smith Tornedoman Smith Mary Martin Mary Berlenbach Franklin F. James James Triton Edgar B. Tartner Newport Torpedo Station Galvage

Norden Society Returns Home From Royal Concert Tour

Thirty members of the Norden Society of this city under Carl V. Larson left New York by bus at midnight and were to return to Bridgeport about 3 AM after presenting concerts for the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden. They toured with Swedish singing groups in Washington and New York and returned Sunday night.

Sinsing Society Norden Carl V. Larson Maplewood Avenue New York Bridgeport Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden Washington

Pickpocket King Held by N Y Authorities

Nathan Berkowitz known to police as King of the pickpockets was arrested in a Manhattan theatre lobby. It marked his twentieth arrest since 1912 as detectives charged him with transporting pickpockets to work in his sedan and aiding their getaway at crowded spots.

New York Nathan Berkowitz King of Manhattan

Yale Dean Says High Schools Less Attentive

New Haven June 1 AP Dean Feey O Walden head of Yale University's freshman class says high schools now are less attentive to college requisites. He notes that current curricula cover more subjects than ten years ago but argues that students then who mastered fewer majors were better prepared for university work.

New Haven Feey O T. Walden Ean Yale University

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