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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1923
Page
5
Four bandits kidnapped John Green a 30 year old mail messenger near Pocahontas Missouri. They seized two mail pouches one containing payroll money about $4 and fled toward Saint Louis forty two miles away. A posse pursues the criminals.
Major R. E. J. Coyle, commander of Yale's Reserve Officers Training Corps for four years, announced she has been ordered to Fort Leavensworth for duty.
An army of 286 business and professional men will be fully equipped to sell the Chamber of Commerce idea to Bridgeport residents a week from Monday when the first official Chamber of Commerce week opens. George H. Woods led the drive at a captains and majors meeting, detailing selling points and campaign organization. Crosby of the American City bureau cited per capita membership, urging active work and group memberships funded by large firms to boost support and long term benefit.
A June 1544 survey by a congressional joint commission discusses reducing night hours in the postal service. Chair Senator Thomas Sterling of South Dakota leads the final report to Congress. Recommendations include shortening night shifts from six p.m. to six a.m. by 30 minute increments and building expansions in major cities, with New York eyed for a $2 million land purchase for a $6 million new building.
Norwalk hospital reports Mrs. Ann Gray severely burned when a car exploded from gasoline ignition after being refueled. She is resting comfortably with an even chance of recovery. Bernard Weekes and William Gray sustained minor injuries in the blaze.
Four New Britain youths arrested while asleep in a stolen car on the city outskirts were found armed and with burglars tools and were turned over to Federal officers for arraignment under the Dyer act. They are charged with transporting a stolen car between states and are suspected in a store robbery in New Britain and a post office robbery in Forestville. Names given include Brunn Jack Frank Kulls Joseph Grabielli and Joseph Dionne. The last named is reported as the leader.
Herbert Geisler, 18, who has been blind since age five, will graduate with highest honors from John Tarshald High School in Chicago next Thursday. He credits his sister Carol, 24, who has acted as his eyes at night, for much of his success.
The Danbury synagogue on Liberty Street elected Rabbi Morris Trosenfeld of New York City for merly of Palestine to lead all Jewish religious and community activities. He is to take charge around November 15.
Waterbury police report capturing Robert McCorry known as Doc McCorry a 20 year old Negro alleged automobile thief and jailbreaker from Florence County South Carolina. He reportedly broke jail last January while awaiting trial on four counts of stealing a car and had been hunted through Maryland Pennsylvania New York and Connecticut.
A decorative feature filled fashion note on a child’s room shows ivory furniture with ornate legs and a bed with a yellow and white theme. The piece emphasizes simple clean beauty, with advice from Marian Moore on home furnishings and a Q and A section about colonial style for small spaces.
Providence June 15 Mrs Manbeth F Alohr widow of the accused in a 1914 murder case died at her home here. Mohr was tried and acquitted in that crime. She was the second of four people arrested to die after the case Henry K Spellman, once found guilty, had died earlier in the state prison.
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