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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1927
Page
5
Leigh Emery Lucas told Advertising Club members at Stratfeld hotel that photography increasingly replaces drawings in ads. He demonstrated work from his firm, noted lighting must vary per shot, and described solving a color-changing fur coat problem to achieve praise from advertisers.
Appreciation from Standard Oil for American naval forces aiding its employees in China. The letter to Admiral Williams commends actions during the Banking incident and the protector measures at treaty ports.
Tony Bedmarsky of this city was found not guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. The jury in the Criminal Court of Common Pleas, before Judge Frederick W Huxford, deliberated under an hour and Bedmarsky had appealed a six month city court sentence. He claimed the car was side swiped forcing him into a police stanchion on Central avenue marrows, injuring officers John H Regan and Capt. Petr Hall.
General John J Pershing delivered the commencement address at Phillips Exeter, urging the graduates to take pride in national life and to contribute the spirit of liberty to mankind. His son Francis W Pershing, a graduating student, plans to attend Yale next fall.
The German American Republican club will hold its monthly meeting tonight at Schwaben hall on French street at 8 o'clock. Standing committees for the ensuing year will be elected and new members admitted. A card party and refreshments will follow the meeting.
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In Westbrook Connecticut on June 28 Katherine O Brien, 12, jumped from a drifting Towboat after misreading signals and faced drowning. Miss Pauling Merwin, a newspaper woman, spotted the struggle, seized a rowboat, and rowed through wind and surf to rescue the girl who was exhausted but afloat with a paddle for support.
E Everett Cort right, president of the new Junior College of Connecticut, told the Civitan club that New England’s high school graduates fail to enter college at the same rate as other regions. He urged a Southern Connecticut junior college to start February 1 to provide two years of college training, enabling students to enter colleges and qualify for professions, noting rising requirements for nursing, law, and medicine and the growth gap between high school graduates and population.
Paris June 28 By Associated Press Lucien Muratore epic tenor and wife Lina Cavalier have applied to Paris courts for divorce. Cavalier, famed for beauty and voice, married Muratore in 1914 after a prior marriage to Robert Chanler in 1910. Reports of a possible divorce had circulated in Paris last month.
Home Pride Bakery touts immaculate loafs and spotless delivery as a cleanliness creed for housewives. The ad claims every loaf is made clean delivered clean and served as clean as the heart of the wheat. It urges shoppers to buy oven fresh Home Pride bread at their grocer.
Greenwich Conn June 28 Miss Edith Fell Smith a renowned district nurse died today after a long illness at the home of Stuart Squier a wealthy New Yorker. She had served the Squier family for twenty one years caring for their children. A New York specialist was summoned and escorted into town by motorcycle police to prevent delay.
William Lovel Jr a cashier at the State Bank of Royalton jailed for embezzling about 58000 from the bank. He pleaded guilty and received an indeterminate prison term, offering no explanation for the defalcation previously blamed on bad investments.
Four children were found yesterday and returned to anxious parents after police took them into custody in New Haven. Ten children in total were brought to a police precinct following an outdoor Italian religious observance incident in a park.
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