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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
3
A large assembly of Masons from Bridgeport will attend the Norwalk ritual where the degree of Perfect Craftsmen will be conferred for Old Well Ode at St. John’s Lodge A F and A M Monday night. The procession will depart the Broad Street Temple by automobile at dark o'clock.
In a disputed account of a trolley panic two electric lights failed and passengers crowded the front door. Motorman Smith faced criticism for not opening the rear door, while Chairman Wiggins said a motorman should manage both doors with front vestibule controls. Keegan plans to submit his report to the Public Utilities Commission, which has not yet received formal action.
Vassili Karnaveli, convicted of murdering 33 people, and his wife as accomplice, were sentenced to be shot within seven hours. Neither showed emotion. the court was met with applause as the crowd demanded immediate execution rather than a 72 hour delay.
In Superior court Judge W Malthie oversees an agreement to file stipulations in injunction proceedings after attorneys for both sides clash over which city department should run school clinics. The Board of Education will continue operations with a 7500 dollar appropriation, funding payroll through June.
Three drivers faced Deputy commissioner Melvin B Snow and had licenses suspended. Katherine Leitz of 142 State street was revoked for DUI, first offense, with retrial for license. Frank Meritt of Danbury had license revoked for one more year. Frank Bradley of Maplewood Avenue warned on reckless driving and license refusal with potential harsher penalties on a second offense.
Torrington resident John W. Wadhams was chosen president of the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks at the conference in Lay. J M Wieox of Philadelphia was elected first vice president and Milton W Harrison of New York City second vice president. George Stevenson of Hartford led a discussion on municipal ownership and intangible values in par nil ines affecting community goodwill and local policy.
Judge William M W Matibie in Superior Court granted Altice M MacKelvey of Stamford a decree of divorce from A MacKelvey. The husband is declared insane and confined at Ford Retreat. Custody of two children awarded to Mrs MacKelvey with $2000 cash, the Stamford homestead, and mortgage notes valued at 30000. The Maecke estate remains in trust for the two children. Anne DeLoris of this city was granted divorce from Michael DeLoris on grounds of infidelity. they wed in Greece in 1948.
John Ma Caius of Fairfield was arrested fourteen days ago for driving a motor vehicle with obscured plates and failed to appear at the next day’s court hearing, prompting a warrant. He was arrested a second time Wednesday, posted a $25 bond, but again did not show up, leading to bond forfeiture. Twelve motorists were arraigned in the same session for various motor vehicle offenses.
The Corinthian Lodge of Masonry will visit Wallingford Sunday as guests of the Masonic Lodge at the Masonic Hall. Church service will be held there by Reverend J Day of the United Church. An entertainment featuring the church quartet will follow. The lodge plans to travel to Wallingford by auto.
A catalog of women men and children bathing suits priced from 2.95 to 7.56 and rubber capes in many colors. Children’s wool suits come in several sizes with bright color combinations. Men’s all wool swimsuits in navy white and heather are offered with white belts and a rubber lined Boston style bag priced 1.35.
Ad listing a breathable palm beach boy suit in grey, tan, and sand colors. Norfolk model with belt and large patch pockets. Sizes 8 to 17 years priced at $8.50. Address or store name appears as Trant.
White and tan sport blouses for boys with low necks and short sleeves, made of madras and Oxford cloth. Sizes from percent to 16 years, priced from $1.50 to $1.75. Basement front window display.
A display of white overblouses showcases dainty voiles with tracery embroidery and short sleeves, a low neck cross over style, and a waist-cinching bow. Other pieces include plain sheer voiles with coal-low necks, wide lace-edged collars, and embroidered motifs. Prices from $3. Sveoni floor rsac.
Pretty attractive dolls dressed in bright colors with cute faces. They can be posed in grotesque attitudes limited only by imagination. Available in three sizes priced at $2, $1, and 30 cents at the third floor center.
A fragment describes making a daughter a skirt with a waist band ready to wear and a reference to a third floor front area. The text is incomplete but implies a sewing instruction and location cue.
Henry Bruce of 1848 Noble Avenue, an employee at a Cranial Electric Company unit in Dew Haven, fell about 15 feet from a scaffold on East Mall Street yesterday morning. He suffered possible skull fractures and was taken to Trbridgeport Hospital by Mr. T. P. Davis.
Six Bridgeport passengers were shaken up when a switch was misaligned on the State of Maine express in East Hartford early yesterday. Ambulances responded, but no one required medical attention. The train left Bridgeport at 8 37 standard time.
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