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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1927
Page
2
State department survey uncovers unlisted cattle needing taxation in towns, prompting notices to owners and potential reassessment. Officials aim to correct tax rolls and ensure cattle are properly listed for levies.
Farmers' association officials report tuberculin tests in Connecticut towns with 6 percent of cattle tested and only 6 percent of owners listed. Commissioner Whittlesey defends testing cost while noting several towns have 10 percent free of TB cattle. Hartford area towns cited as progressing toward cleaner herds.
The Blues and Red force reenact a wartime drill at the state armory. Captain Caterson led the Blues with support from Uap Ori Colonel and Champ, while Lanpire Schoeffel oversaw as umpire. This scrimmage precedes a Waterbury clash and marks a new chapter for the association with four charters in the state.
Detectives hunt for James Wilson and Alfad Howery Stim after a Monday night shooting at a Social League club. Samuel Gibbs was wounded in the thigh during a dispute over a game, and Slim fled before being captured and hospitalized.
New York dispatch reports Nevill, a fuel engineer and second in command of the Byrd expedition last year, will be aboard the Atlantic flight with Byrd. The Sun and Post newspaper noted the arrangement today.
The pension committee met with Mayor Behrens to discuss developing a unified pension system for Bridgeport city departments. Deliberations continued as officials reviewed potential options and timelines for implementing pension reforms.
Hartford March 10. The House rejected a bill known as the Fourth Time for Life Law proposing life imprisonment for repeat felons. Other measures passed or failed include unemployment insurance, automobile liability rules, and a shortened trout fishing season. Senate actions included motor vehicle law updates and a state office building plan.
The Day in Washington accepted the Aris Vornferenie Invitation amid unsettled readings and a pending contempt case. Reed Camara funds marked by Galie dyombteba aim to support emergent needs, with new directives expected by the coming Monday.
Fifteen new members were elected to the High District club. The ceremony occurred at the dress notel with the regular cheeiigg and an expected voll bye. Dates and exact names are unclear due to damaged text fragments.
The 15 year old Herman Frick of Crystal Lake Wis died after doctors, nurses, and sixty six colleagues kept his life by constant manual respiration at St Francis hospital. He had influenza with creeping paralysis and was fed by injections and tubes while friends kept up the effort hour after hour.
Smith College Northampton will install a director of regions work and social service for the coming year. The post goes to Miss Moira B. Wilson, Allatty Professor and dean of Class of 1927, who will advise the Christian Association, supervise student social service, help select speakers, plan meetings, and be available for student guidance. President Neilson says the move broadens religious life beyond the campus and reflects trustees concern with college religious responsibilities.
In the House of Commons Sir Samuel Weare outlined an imperial air service plan to move forces across the empire, with Britain targeting reach to South Africa in seven years India in seven and Australia in eleven, signaling a future where rapid troop deployment becomes feasible. The discussion noted aviation advances and implied broader defense implications for the empire.
A platinum pin was presented to Ming Miva Buggy by dispensary staff at a Welfare building party last night. Alisy Eugo plans to leave for New York to take a position as assistant superintendent at Mayr hospital. Mrs Katherine St Hehts will assume dispensary direction until a successor for Miss Truge is chosen at next week’s Board of Governors meeting.
Ambulance crews respond to multiple patients across addresses including St Vins, 2099 Maalison Avenue, and James Howard Avenue. Cases include epileptic seizure, bronchitis, pneumonia, observation transfers, and a patient awaiting nonpayment of a betel bill with details partially garbled.
William Cannon secretary to under Secretary Ogden L Mills of the Treasury was found dead in his office in the House office building. Coroner Nevitt said the death appeared to be from a heart attack as he was discovered on the floor while cleaning the office.
Cambridge March 10 Rhode Island court drama unfolds as Grenville S Standard Jr and police raid Standish home to seize his wife Sarah Mildred Pettie Standish and Norman Juck a Brown law student after a divorce petition. The case centers on alleged infidelity and intoxication claims amid testimony of a high school girl and a Providence social circle. The Star reports a sensational Rhode Island Supreme Court ruling regarding clean hands and the ensuing district court arraignment.
Park Avenue temple hosts a sermon by Rabbi Moser marking the 250th anniversary of Spinoza's death. The talk covers Spinoza’s panentheistic view that the universe is God and his excommunication from Judaism. Born Amsterdam 1632, he studied Descartes and Spinoza’s writings on religion and freedom.
Two garnishees were filed in New York against Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr to collect a debt. A deputy sheriff would seize a portion of his weekly income including from the New York Journal and another source to satisfy the claim. Vanderbilt testified he earned $ a week from the New York journal and $200 a week from another employer, with garnishee payments to be applied to the judgment.
Community groups in Bridgeport issue notices for tonight including Bridgeport Hifle Club and Conn Council of Catholic Women with meeting locations on Main and Washington avenues. Other postings mention Arcanium Lodge and International Bible Students at various Broad Street addresses and a publicized gun incident near a downtown corner with youths linked to prior store burglaries.
Hartford dispatch reports 13 percent of the Connecticut River watershed within the state could be diverted for metropolitan water supply. Cale M. Saville, Wartford water department manager, told the judiciary committee a permanent water policy commission is needed to curb diversions from the Ware and Swift rivers and other New England sources. He noted Massachusetts hearings have been responsive but plans proceed, with implications for Holyoke and future diversions from the Chicopee and other rivers.
Danbury report says Edward Thompson of New Milford crashed a car into a telegraph pole on Beaver Brook road. Alexander Mnett was taken to Danbury Hospital with brain contusions. a third passenger was uninjured. Thompson was held by authorities as the investigation continued.
Watertown child run away from home for the third time this year was picked up by Bureau of Investigation members after wandering near the city last night. He gave name and address, agreed running away is not new, and will be returned home this morning.
After years of costly medicines, two women with chronic rheumatism report instant relief from Sloan's Liniment. The advertisement claims it stimulates the body's defenses to expel pain poisons, offering easy no rub application and relief, with a 35 cent bottle at druggists.
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