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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1927
Page
10
A Bridgeport Telegram column surveys traffic studies showing public transit limits and car dominance, quotes Walter C White on trolley versus auto capacity, and discusses social views from Mrs J Borden Harriman. It also critiques Barnum biographies, urging a rigorous, local-inspired biography of the showman.
In Frederick Essary's account Taft recalls a White House visit where Archbishop Ireland and Bishop Hendrick witness a Catholic administration. Taft notes Protestant and Catholic influence, while Hendrick calls the administration Catholic to the core. The piece highlights religious perceptions in politics and mentions Prohibition.
Free expressions of opinion from Tele eran readers are printed. Letters must include a writer name and address though a name may be kept confidential if desired. Titles exceeding 39 words will be shortened at editors discretion. Anonymous contributions are discouraged.
Letter writers discuss Bridgeport teachers salaries two classes for normal school and college graduates, the heavy investment in education, and the need to keep skilled teachers from leaving for higher pay. Arguments cite board approvals, workload, and comparisons to nearby cities, urging salaries commensurate with training to retain top educators.
A nurse reflects on class, ethics, and efficiency in hospital work. She compares historic ideals of nursing championed by Florence Nightingale with modern needs, urging practical experience and knowledge to shape patient care.
The column notes rapid Republican club growth in cities led by district gains, with representatives like Arthurs Hull questioned for influence on Elbert Hull's judicial hopes. It discusses Hartford state police changes, public notices on commissions, and broad midterm voting patterns, plus a critique of theater ticket speculation and a proposed reform plan by Joe Leblang to curb scalping.
In New York on a June night Jac Leblang offers himself as a wholesale rescuer of the theatrical business, promising to save managers producers and even ticket sellers. The piece lightly mocks the rescue mania as patrons prefer to stay put, while Leblang’s earnestness and odd name change from Le Blanc are noted with a wry tone.
A garbled sermon-like passage mocks self vanity and social striving, recalling a barber shop start, a Broadway corner, and ticket schemes. The speaker criticizes boastful individuals, praises risk taking with caution, and ends with a warning to stop Lindbergh from danger and excess.
A worried young mother from Clacmati Ohio asks for guidance after a string of hardships including caring for two babies and a loss of strength. A medical specialist urges prompt care, healthy habits, and reliance on faith, while letters from New York and Rochester offer moral support and practical counsel to restore resilience.
The article rebuts charges against the Federal Council of Churches of America while arguing churches must address social evils. It defends prohibition advocacy and peacemaking, likening church aims to preventing disease by addressing root causes rather than merely treating wreckage.
A speaker imagines a town with low taxes as a peaceful haven but finds it bleak and decayed. He describes decaying sidewalks, pestering animals, dilapidated schools, stagnant commerce, and squalor as high taxes fade but poverty remains, contrasting imagined relief with stark rural decline.
The forecast calls for generally cloudy conditions across Southern New England on Monday with increasing cloudiness Tuesday and showers possible. Eastern New York expect fair Monday followed by Tuesday showers, while Northern New England remains mostly unchanged with mild temperature shifts. Winds from the northwest prevail, with variable visibility and scattered showers focusing near Sandy Hook to Martha’s Vineyard as low pressure persists over the Canadian Northeast.
Pittsburgh June 12 The Evangelical Lutheran church Rev Dr Frank Edwin Smith pastor of Luther Memorial hurged announced his declination to resign as trial on heresy charges proceeds before the Pittsburgh synod This marks the churchs first heresy trial with proceedings set for Rochester Pa next week.
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