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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1927
Page
8
Van Lear Black of Baltimore postponed departure from Amsterdam to Aleppo due to adverse weather while flying to the Dutch East Indies. His flight arrived in the city last evening from Budapest, making the voyage in 72 1/2 hours.
Lena Schrey of New Britain was granted a divorce from August Schrey in Hartford Superior Court on charges of intolerable cruelty. Judge EB M Yeomans awarded alimony of 1000.
Judge Yeomans denied Samuel Snyder's petition for reducing alimony to his former wife Rose Lastorf from $35 a week. The ruling leaves Snyder obligated to pay the full weekly alimony and the allowance of ten dollars a week, payable immediately.
American Brown Bovers Electric directors omit the regular 13 4 percent preferred dividend and arrange temporary financing sufficient for current needs. Elisha Walker and Henry Lockhart resign as Blair and Company directors. annual report to be published in ten days.
Judge Edwin S.Thomas of the U S District Court in New York denied creditors of Wisla Manufacturing Company of New Britain their bid to set aside the sale of the factory in Poland last August. They claimed the property was sold within four months of bankruptcy and while the firm was insolvent. The bankruptcy petition was filed in New Haven though the plant operated from New Britain and was tied to Poland.
A violin said to be 127 years old and valued at more than $1,000 and a banjo valued at $350, the property of musicians in a local theatre orchestra, were reported stolen today in New Haven.
London June 17 Lady Anne Cavendish youngest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire is hailed as the most beautiful debutante of the season. Presented at the first Royal Court she edged out rivals including an American girl and a Scots girl in British society’s verdict. Lady Anne is tall and stately with pale chestnut hair.
Foreclosures and judgments aggregating $99,828 were admitted in a short calendar session of the Superior Court. Major award went to M. J. Buechler and Son, Inc., against Abraham and Herman Caplan for $42,955 with Chapel Street property attached and William Hotchkiss appointed receiver. Other actions include Beach v Barnes for $1,754.70 on West Liberty Street, and several foreclosures in Norwalk, Stamford, and Bridgeport with dates set in September or August.
The Lordship Improvement Association elected Louis B. Nunnold to a third term as president at a well attended meeting. The group with 71 members praised a year of development work in cooperation with Stratford Town Council, noting street signs, tree planting, road work, and planned new streets and school building improvements. The association also plans park signage and continued efforts against tent caterpillars to protect local trees and gardens.
Alvin Shipwreck Kelly, known as a marathon flag pole sitter, remains atop a high pole after ten days with two days left in his endurance test. He plans to perform chin hangs, heel hangs, finger hang, and a ten minute teeth-hold to prove his strength once he completes the stunt.
Everett W. HUD, former head of Rotary, president of International in 1824, is named in a divorce and $500,000 alimony suit filed by Marguerite FUL. He is accused of gross neglect of duty and desertion. About seventy Oklahoma City elites may testify under the petition claiming a May 7 public breakup announcement at a country club dance.
London June 17 Associated Press reports King George resumed his early morning summer horseback rides in Rotten Row with tourists pleased but society leaders no longer turn out before breakfast as in the Edwardian era. The King rides between 7 and 8 am, the sole chance for outdoor exercise at Buckingham Palace, while Hyde Park crowds no longer gather before dawn for his appearances.
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