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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1927
Page
12
Long, opinion filled discussion on U S Canada border trade, tariffs, and commuter movement. Author argues for abolition of cross border barriers, critiques customs collectors, and praises Lindbergh reception while calling for wiser laws. Mentions Ford democracy, Kansas and Tennessee laws, and political reform.
The author argues a 87 percent federal inheritance tax on Ford’s estate could force sale of the factory and collapse the industry. He predicts government takeover, mass layoffs, and argues the plan could fuel regional jealousy and hurt workers, urging government withdrawal from such taxes.
Leaders of medical thought in England now back a general immunization program for diphtheria. A Medical Research Council report cites Schick tests and vaccines as proven against outbreaks, noting minimal adverse results across 54,000 tests in England, Scotland, and Wales and widespread immunizations in the United States. The report concludes the disease is avoidable with proper technique and safety measures. The letter closes by urging informed support from parents and officials.
A Salona plant and local groups urge donations to help residents in tenement districts, contrasting city life with rural charm and noting many urban families lack access to gardens and fresh blooms during the season of giving.
Poem fragment recalling a garden kept by a mother with moss roses and morning glories. The speaker contrasts gentle memory with poignant lines about city life, value of verse, and broader social ideas. The piece blends affection for old-fashioned blooms with musings on culture and progress.
A verse by Wal Mason imagines Aunt Dinah leaving Jones & Johnson's to teach in China. Fantasy narrative shows clash of cultures, the perils of ill-fated mission, and mobs as ships sail to bring her home. The piece blends longing, irony, and melodrama about duty versus comfort.
Bridgeport awaits Albert J. Merritt’s July bench seat while keeping him as Fifth district chair. The piece notes cross influence between city courts and politics, state board changes, and ongoing party maneuvering. It also covers New Haven clergy, police, and Republican club events plus budgeted prison contract updates and Sunday movies debate.
A series of aphoristic lines argue for reallocating funds toward social goods. The speaker urges more for playgrounds religion justice charity war restraint and thoughtful discourse while criticizing censorship and excessive concern with death. The tone is reflective and reformist.
An Englishman named HO D Segreve has reportedly driven a mile in seventeen seconds, about 293 mph, claiming the fastest automobile speed on record. The piece ponders whether machinery and industry advance liberate or enslave labor, noting rail and air progress and the improved pace of life.
A reader debates true religion beyond opinion and quotes a vision of Christ as guiding force. The piece argues convictions shape daily life, urges meditating on the New Testament, and reflects on faith, hope, love, and divine-human adventure in salvation.
New York prose recalls Hell's Kitchen once ruled by gangs and night sticks. Patrols in pairs, brash districts, and a vaunted yet fading era are contrasted with a safer now where diamonds on De Lancey Street gleam after the movies. The author laments the loss of old vibrancy as tenements and urban change redefine the neighborhood.
A compact critique notes rise in urban violence with higher murder rates and more gunmen, stickups, hijackers, and cockées. It laments that the old rule of avoiding dangerous territory no longer applies, as all areas are equally dangerous and equally safe.
Norwich June 2 Associated Press says three year old John Woodka son of Mr and Mrs Walter Woodka of Mohegan slipped into Trading Cave Mill canal three times and was saved by Peter Lavalle of Trading Cave who dove in and brought him to the surface revived by artificial respiration and returned home.
The forecast covers Southern and Northern New England and Eastern New York with rain Friday into Friday night, Saturday showers, and variable temperatures. Winds shift from west and northwest to east and southeast. High water and low water times noted. Other items mention shooting galleries, an ocean liner Vulcan ta launched at Monfalcone, and a 99 pound Brazilian topaz added to the Smithsonian.
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