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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1922
Page
4
Milford reports stronger real estate and building activity for the week ending June 2 with 32 sales, up from 19 the prior week and 29 a year ago. Mortgage transactions totaled $61,405, while loans reached $117,498 the previous week, and building permits indicate ongoing construction across town.
The building commissioner issued permits for week 26 totaling 36,000 with a present year value of 48,578 compared to 1923 figures. Includes multiple projects and aggregate construction activity across the city.
Milford June 4 The Milford Radio Club received its charter from the American Radio League affirming its status as a recognized club. Organized in January the group has grown since inception and now lists 58 members. A joint meeting with the New Haven Radio Club is planned and a public radio concert on Milford Green is being arranged within two weeks.
Honolulu dispatch reports the Hawaiian Society passing resolutions to carry out the late Prince Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole's wishes. The group aims to raise 150000 dollars publicly to fund the Kualo Endowment Fund for Hawaiian education, land aid, hospitals, and schools, while laying down Ten Commandments for native conduct.
Police challenge the suspect's account as inconsistent and untrue. Three officers subdued him with a blackjack during arrest and he resisted at the hospital after a bullet was removed. Telegrams from Wakefield and Watertown inquire about the victim's condition and link to a mysterious figure named Cienzo, with New York detectives expected to help tomorrow.
Sergeant Jan Krasinski of Warsaw claims to be the sole survivor of Napoleon's armies. He says he fought at Borodino, was captured by Russians, and spent much of the last century in their service. Poland provides land for war veterans in Posen as he aims a peaceful retirement.
Milford across May saw the Fire Department respond to 14 alarms per Chief Lewis F. Stowe. Five grass fires, one automobile, two chimney, one miscellaneous caused the blazes. total estimated losses reached 4,220 dollars, including 4,000 from a home fire at Charles Atwater Merwin’s Pond Point residence. Apparatus logged 45 miles, with Chemical Company mileage noted. Other items include a birth in Philadelphia, a naval architecture graduate from New York City, and local social notes about clubs, land development talks by Gulf Refining, and a Wesleyan orchestra formation for the summer.
Cornelius Edwards of New Jersey, brother of Governor Edwards, died after stomach surgery at Ghriet hospital. A contractor active in South Jersey construction, he helped build the Boyle's Thirty Acres arena used for the Dempsey Carpenteer fight. Survived by three brothers. funeral details set for his sister’s home Tuesday evening and burial Wednesday morning.
New York June report says more than five hundred families were driven from their homes as ammonia fumes spread from a leaking tank at an east side sausage factory. Fire rescue squads with gas masks located and stopped the leak while tenants sheltered children with wet towels.
Verdun receives the first and only U S government medal from Ambassador Myron T Herrick, honoring the valor of its defenders. He states the tribute reflects Congress and the American people and links the heroism at Verdun to a lasting Franco American friendship and shared ideals.
David P. L. Keervy of North Plainfield New Jersey, inventor of the vacuum cleaner, was found dead with a cord tied to his neck at Mount Beacon foot, 16 miles south of Poughkeepsie. Coroner E. J. Johnson ruled accidental strangulation. Keervy was 59 years old.
Two youths Margaret Cronch 15 and Willam McAuley 16 remain in precarious condition after tumbling eleven feet into an abandoned mushroom cellar in Orange XII June 4. Three companions escaped with minor injuries as they walked in the Orange Mountains. Local hospital reports confirm serious injuries to the two main victims.
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