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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1927
Page
6
A Philadelphia reader claims Kellogg's ALL-BRAN cured his constipation in under 80 days, improving his skin and health. The ad promotes daily two tablespoon servings with meals, notes of ease with milk or cream, and mentions Kellogg’s in Battle Creek with recipes on the package.
A vintage ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe remedy for fatigue and sluggish digestion. It claims the leafy tablet clears clogged bowels, stimulates the liver, and improves skin and energy, promising rosy cheeks and youthful vigor.
In Chicago on February 28 AP reports Harold Croarkin twenty six son of a wealthy family faced possible execution for beating six year old Walter Schmith Jr. to death with a blacksmith hammer. State’s attorney Crowe urged death penalty while defense contends Croarkin has long been insane.
New York Central Railroad and its subsidiaries report a rise in net operating income from 67,920,550 in 1925 to 75,155,492 for 1926. Pittsburgh and Lake Erie jumps to 9,146,804, Big Four falls to 18,527,246, and Michigan Central nearly steady at 23,465,131. Net income for New York Central itself reaches 56,4,041, about 1462 a share, vs 48,827,224 or 1269 a share in 1925.
North Adams Mass Feb 28 Indefinite closing of the Heart Mills employing 350 workers in cotton fabric for automobile wires was announced after workers refused to return to work over wage and conditions. Plant officials said wage reductions had occurred and that with no workers present the mill had to close.
Loans held by brokers and dealers from New York city federal reserve member banks totaled 2,762,154,000 for the week ending Feb 23, up from 2,718,634,020 the prior week, the Federal Reserve Board announced in Washington.
The House passed a 26 million naval modernization bill while Britain accepted the lim itations pledge. Butler dispatched to China to command marines. U S Postal Service awarded a New York to Atlanta air mail contract. France offered to begin war debt payments. A five year public buildings program funded by the House. Supreme Court canceled Doheny leases and contracts. Senate speeds public buildings bill but rejects cloture on reform. Campaign Funds Committee questioned tax and witnesses. Senator Gould’s seat upheld by subcommittee. President Calles reports 380 Mexican oil firms complying with new laws. La Guardia ends impeachment case against Judge Cooper.
A seventeen year old boy posing as a plumber visited Mrs. William Thompson at 774 Kossuth Street and shut off the water. The burglar cut away more than twenty feet of lead pipe between the cellar and the adjoining space, leaving no trace. Detectives search for the thief as Mrs Thompson endures a day without water.
New York Feb 29 AP. A suit filed by John C Hackett claims the Leviathan trip to Boston for reconditioning was a pleasure trip and accuses Shipping Board Chairman T W O Connor of graft. It alleges monopolized terminal profits by Tidewater Terminal Company, improper salaries, duplicated payrolls, and diverted base traffic to Miller controlled docks. O Connor’s son is named in the Tidewater company stake.
Mexico City Feb 28 AP Bandits and rebels have become active again in recent days in scattered areas as small uncoordinated groups are quickly suppressed, the War Department announced. Federal troops captured the town of San Francisco del Rincon in Guanajuato state, driving out rebels who had held it. Casualties were not disclosed in the army report.
New York Feb 28 An AP appraisal shows Abraham Henry Hummel estate assets totaling 53 370 with a net New York taxable value of 47 628. Hummel died in England in 1926 after a life as a notorious criminal lawyer and exile.
Five named suspects and others face sixteen indictments from a federal grand jury. The accused are charged with leading and participating in organized bankruptcy rings that reportedly engineered millions of dollars in credit swindles across the eastern states over the past five years.
Clarence Dillon, head of Dillon Read and Company, filed in New York Supreme Court an answer denying that he or his firm profited excessively from Goodyear transactions. He cites $668,334 in fees on underwriting and distributing $51.75 million in Goodyear securities and $262,002 in other Goodyear dealings since 1921. He notes Goodyear’s rise to the world’s largest rubber firm and asserts Dillon Read never loaned Goodyear funds.
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce plans a noon luncheon at the Hotel Bond to promote commercial arbitration before the 1:30 hearing on Senate bill 348 at the state capitol. Speakers include Yale and Connecticut officials, with a large delegation expected to back the bill. Also, Oliver D. Burden confirmed as United States attorney for the northern district of New York.
Julius Chevalier, Texas native and former Standard Oil engineer, arrived in Washington after being held for two years across twenty two Russian prisons. He describes being accused of espionage, three foretold executions, and a hunger strike that led to his release after Christmas 1926. Chevalier recounts the screecher torture chamber and a sham trial, and notes his assignment to run a power plant on Xolovetsky island.
Alexander Romanow, 31, described as hopelessly insane, escaped today at Pennsylvania Station from Walter C. Siesel, an immigration official transporting him from Buffalo to Ellis Island for deportation. A general alarm was sent after Romanow disappeared in the crowd. he is 5 feet 8 inches, 155 pounds, fair complexion with brown hair and mustache, and carried no money.
The Post Office department awarded the New York Atlanta overnight air mail contract to Pitcairn Aviation of Philadelphia, the sole bidder. Pitcairn bid $8 per ounce for mail and plans call for night flying with lighted airways before service begins.
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