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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1927
Page
5
Madame Lenine widow of Premier Nikolai Lenine hails emancipation in Soviet Russia as unique for women and calls for armed defense. She praises militant French Revolutionary era women and urges proletarian resolve amid Emancipation Day events with marches speeches and performances.
An article attributed to Madame Lenine advocates training sisters to bear children and instill militaristic spirit to defend the Soviet Union from bourgeois attacks. It urges women to teach sons to study military science and prepare to use guns, while condemning disarmament.
In Muskogee Oklahoma a 13 year old girl who faced a possible return to her foster home after her grades would be on her report card planned for the next day, shot and killed herself last night. The incident followed concerns about being sent back to the orphanage she was adopted from.
Phillip McKernan, World War veteran, sought by federal agents in Rhode Island and Vermont, was arrested by a U S marshal noon today in Providence on charges he violated customs laws by bringing a quantity of liquor from Canada across the border at Troy Vermont.
Hartford report notes Judge James I. Walsh pressing judges committee on seawall projects. He cites merit in Cox proposal to build seawall off a property on an island in Long Island Sound. Senator Matthew H. Kenealy’s stance appears to complicate the seawall measures while Greenwich delegate Henry Mead backs the bills with limited testimony.
Miss Mary Batertarano, plaintiff in a 211000 damage suit against Joseph Cinitis, fainted during cross examination after an automobile crash on West Main Street on Dec 26, 1924. She remained unconscious for about 15 minutes but doctors expected she could testify again tomorrow as multiple suits totaling 175000 were heard.
In Thompson Georgia Georgia Lowe, a 15 year old schoolgirl, wept as Warren T Sprague of Staten Island pleaded guilty in Superior Court to kidnapping. Judge Franklin of Augusta imposed a $100 fine or twelve months on the chain gang. Sprague, said to have a wife and several children on Staten Island.
Springfield reports an incubator blast at Compton Arkansas Road injuring Oscar Strickland seven and Willy Strickland five. The children's mother Maude Strickland and a man named James Strickland attempted rescue efforts but the rooftop collapse endangered them. The father was away at the time.
In Superior Court Judge Edwin Dickinson hears the estate case of the late Amelia Campbell Van Heel of Stamford. The New York firm Quinn Company claims it designed and furnished gowns and wraps for Mrs Van Heel totalling 8827 50 and left unpaid. About 25 garments were displayed in court. some valued at over 80.
Members of the Box Revue and manager Wintz were ordered arrested in Jackson on charges related to suggestive performances last night. The case was brought by R. B. Kennington, part owner of the theatre, with attorney J. H. Howie warning he would seek a court injunction to halt the show if needed.
Chicago March 8. Justice Frederic De Young of the State Supreme Court filed a petition for a writ of error for six convicts under death sentence for the murder of Deputy Warden Peter Klein during an escape from Joliet prison last May.
Defense counsel assailed Det. Finnegan's reliability and police procedure as the Eckart case heads to final jury instructions. The trial centered on a truckload of beer allegedly leaving Eckart's brewery, with questions over alcohol content and circumstantial evidence linking Eckart to the shipment.
Senator T. N. Caraway of Arkansas expressed astonishment at the high court ruling denying a state’s right to deprive a citizen of the vote. He noted the decision seems inconsistent with the court’s Newberry ruling that a primary is not part of a general election. He added that Arkansas has a law similar to Texas on the issue and that the matter is of high interest to the state.
In Oil Covers Me a pharmacist faced penalties after a trial found illegal alcohol in medical preparations. Louis Melier received jail time and a $3450 fine as court officials seized stock. Evidence showed customers pushed a straw through the mixture of oil and honey in a jar without tasting the liquid, with a higher court review to follow on the State act allowances.
The will of Robert Hone, secretary of the Board of Trustees of the cathedral of St John the Divine, who died February 26, leaves his estate to his nephew Ekurold. The estate totals about 92,000 with cathedral assets around 4,000 and church funds near 9,000. Beneficiaries include the New York area church and related institutions in Newport and Nowpor.
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