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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1922
Page
5
President Harding writes to Senator Warren urging retention of Senate passed Army Appropriation provisions covering officers enlisted personnel and national guard. He opposes House caliet provisions and asks no changes to the measure.
The Supreme Court adjourned a brief session in Washington. The court will not meet again until October when it will reconvene to discuss motions and begin the new term. The proceedings included plans to pay respects to the President and continue the docket.
A bankruptcy proceeding against Ruskay Company, stock and bond house, requires creditors and holders of bonds and stocks in the receiver's custody to file proofs of claim in the United States District Court in New York City. Claims must be sworn and filed with Harold P. Collin at 217 Broadway by July 28, or July 29 for local creditors, or risk losing their claim. The local office is in Bridgeport’s Liberty Building, with attorney George Mars acting as agent for the property.
A petition filed in Superior Court seeks to change name from Constanting Podevasit to Constant Purchase. The petitioner states he lived in Jersey City and Hartford before moving to Bridgeport, where he has been known as Constant Purchase and seeks legal recognition of that name.
President Harding presses Congress to pass a ship subsidy bill to build a new American Merchant marine. He warns adjournment risks lost ships and sinking U.S. industry while Lasker argues for government operation over subsidies. Party unity hinges on the bill amid mixed Republican support and Democratic openness to passage.
Three divorce actions were filed in the Superior Court yesterday. Mary Emma Stevens of Fairfield sues Frank C. Stevens of Greenwich for divorce and alimony, claiming desertion on June 1, 1912, and valuing joint property at $12,000. Emma Miller of Westport seeks divorce from Franz Powell of Westport with name change to her maiden name. Kathleen McDermott of Westport files for divorce from Leo F. McDermott, married January 4, 1909.
New York on June 5 John Buckley and Thomas Donovan pleaded guilty to robbing the Caittl theatre of 9976 on December 13 as thousands watched a performance nearby. They receive seven to eleven years in state prison. William Singleton, a theatre porter who planned the robbery, confessed and got five to ten years.
June 5. Suit for 611,431.04 arising from the Black Tom explosion and fire on July 29, 1916, began in the Supreme Court here today. The Federal Sugar Refining company of New York seeks to recover from Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, alleging negligence by allowing sugar to be stored on the island despite known explosion danger.
Kiry Albert in Dixmude Belgium unveils the first of stone markers marking a defensive line from the North Sea toward the French border. He argues for firm policy after talks with Republican chiefs. Congress backs a strong stance as Harding pressures for action.
A skin specialist claims that mentilo sulfur cures facial and body pimples. The ad praises sulfur as an undoubted remover of pimples, calling it harmless though expensive, and suggests asking druggists for a small jar of Rowles Menino Sulphur to use with cold cream.
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