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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1927

Page

15

Gypsy Smith and Wife Disappear Amid Suit

Mrs Karl Tjader Smith sues Captain Gypsy Smith for fraud in deed transfer of Tokeneke home and seeks damages. She accuses him of coercive influence and forcing her from the property. he denies residing there and claims to be missing with his wife. Police, witnesses, and a Woods Sanitarium case surround the incident.

Karl Tjader Smith Gypsy Smith Tokeneke Frank P. Barrett Stamford Ra. Smith Brett Dutch Ovent Noraton Woodscourt Tokeneke Park Town Onis Darlen Smith House Hth Sqr Ith Herband Iag Pat Smith Glasgow Scotland America

Resinol Relief Story From Berry Picker

Agnes derick of arrolitown Pennsylvania describes an itchy rash from berry picking that spread across her hand. After trying Resinol Soap and Ointment she regained relief and urges others with skin trouble to ask their druggist for it.

Agnes Derick

Audience Laughs While Actor Dies Behind Scenes

At Newcastle theatre James Kincaid aged 47 stage manager and former actor collapsed during the second act while volunteering to play a policeman. He died backstage as two doctors from the audience were summoned. The audience continued watching as the curtain fell, unaware of the death.

Newcastle Associated Press James Hincard Capitol Theatre Kincaid Deafi

Bonds Set for Reporter in Theft of Article

Boston June 21 Associated Press Judge Mack in federal court set a $1,000 bail for Fred H. Thompson Boston Post reporter accused of procuring the theft of copies of an Atlantic Monthly article by Governor Smith of New York from Rumford Press Concord. Governor Fuller signed an extradition warrant for Thompson’s return to New Hampshire. Hearing on the habeas corpus petition is scheduled for tomorrow.

Boston Associated Press Mack Fred H. Thompson Boston Post New Hampshire Thompson Atlantic Monthly Smith New York Rumford Press Concord Fuller

Man Finds Jewelry and Reports Loss to Police

A traveling case containing $4,000 worth of jewelry was left unattended on Fourteenth Street in New York for five hours. A passerby alerted police after inspecting the case, and the owner, Max Wolf, a jewelry salesman, later claimed the contents. The finder identified himself as George Bovens.

New York Associated Press Diogrees Fourteenth Street Sixth Seventh Avenues Cross Street George Bovens New Rochelle Max Wolf

City Seeks Bids For Light Bulbs And Other Supplies

The city will award the annual incandescent lamp contract at the Board of Public Purchases meeting next Monday. Bids are also invited for July kerosene, manhole and sewer cover castings, and Bew street signs. A gasoline contract for July is unlikely, with 8000 gallons to be delivered after July 1 at 11.7 per gallon.

Board of Public Purchases Director of Public Works Common Council Bew

Church Society Musicale In Nichola Parish House

The S56 Cecilia society hosted a musical program at Trinity Episcopal Parish house in Nichola for the Wednesday Afternoon Musical club building fund. Miss Beatrice Christie assisted. performances included violin solos and sung pieces by St Cecilia society members and guests.

S56. Cecilia Society Trinity Episcopal Nichola Beatrice Christie Nichols St. Cecilia Victor Harris St. Celia Society the Sleeping Flowers Tolly Clarence Dickson St. Cecila Society Gypsey Wooing Truhaus Romanza Rose Eversole Momn Edward German Shepherds Dance St. Cecilia Society the Swan St. Saens Sylvia Oley Speaks Robert of Lincoln Homer N. Bartlett Mia Ada Tuck Whitaker Miss Lindy H. Waldo Warner Charles Daucle Perpetual Motion C. Hohn Beatrice

Baby carriage found without wheels at Fairfield Avenue

Police retrieved a second baby carriage within a week after a wheelless cart was found in a yard at 1627 Fairfield Avenue. No theft report had been filed. officers seek the owner as they catalog the item.

Fairfield Avenue James English Middle and Gold Streets

Student Housed Mother In Room Relieves Diploma Case

MEDFORD Massachusetts June 21 Efforts were made today to have Tufts college authorities relent and grant Isadore Charles Zwerling a diploma. The senior from Brooklyn was withholding the diploma after violating the college rule by letting two women stay overnight in his room. Investigations showed the visitors were his mother and sister who came to see him graduate, and Zwerling said his mother fell ill and he forgot the rule while caring for her.

Medford Mags Tuits College Isadore Charles Zwerling Brooklyn Zwerling Snorling

General Motors Finance Plans Stock Increase

General Motors Finance Company seeks to raise capital from 36 million to 35 million by selling 100000 shares to General Motors Corporation at 125 dollars per share. GM Acceptance Corp, controlled by General Motors, finances GM product sales and has extended about two billion in credit with minimal losses.

New York Associated Press General Motors Corporation General Motors Acceptance Corporation State Superintendent of Banks General Motors Acceptance Corporation J. P. Morgan and Company New York Stock Exchange

Mayor weighs gas station plea at Noble and Putnam

Mayor Behrens will study the Texas company petition for a gasoline station at the southeast corner of Noble avenue and Putnam streets after a city hearing Monday night. He weighed opposition and support from residents and local interests before deciding.

Behrens The Texas Company Noble Avenue Putnam Streets

Norwalk Woman Severely Burned Now May Recover

Grace Cleary, 42, of 51 Van Zant Street, suffered severe burns when an oil stove exploded at her home. She extinguished the flames, fled her burning house, and wandered half a mile toward Liberty Square before being found by Henry Ripps. Rushed to Norwalk Hospital in serious condition, she showed signs of recovery by nightfall, with her daughter Florence left indoors.

Norwalk Grace Clery van Zant Street Norwalk Hospital Cleary Cress Florence Mayflower Hook and Ladder Liberty Square Henry Ripps Greens Farms

Woman Cleared of Charges in Fairfield

Miss Elizabeth Rogers Roberts of Philadelphia and Greens Farms was found not guilty by Judge Bacon Wakeman in Fairfield town court on reckless driving charges. The case followed a Saturday crash at Unquone and Sturges roads, involving Henry F. Baney of Greenfield Hill. Roberts, with Miss Marie Homer of Mill Plain, faced potential $8,500 damage suits while countersuits were indicated by attorney Vincent Keating.

Fairfield Elizabeth Rogers Roberts DeLancey Street Philadelphia Greens Farms Bacon Wakeman Roberts Owen Roberts United States Sinclair Off Press Orville W. Holmes Unquone Sturges Roads Henry F. Baney Greenfield Hill Marie H. Homer Mill Plain Baney Wakeman Vincent Keating Misa Roberts Misa Rogers Keating

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