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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1921
Page
4
Cardinal Dougherty, newly elevated cardinal, sends first message from Rome to the United States. He notes joy in Holy Father’s blessing on his country and thanks fellow citizens for the tribute beyond creed or race. Messages from Rome express affectionate greetings and wishes.
In Ontario the Supreme Court upheld sentences for a murder case. Romeo Remillard was sentenced to prison for manslaughter after shooting La vie Morisette. His father Joseph Remillard was condemned to die for inciting the crime. Evidence showed the father suspected Morissette of an affair with his son’s wife and urged the shooting.
United Alloy Steel corporation announces a merger with Berger Manufacturing and United Furniture, all Canton, Ohio. The consolidation will have a gross balance sheet of 42 million dollars. United Alloy plans to resume operations next Tuesday after a closure since late November.
About 300 feet of the Central Vermont railroad track just south of Brattleboro Vermont was washed out by the Connecticut River flood yesterday. The river reached a 15.5 foot stage in Springfield Massachusetts and the Crosby Grain Elevator basement in Brattleboro was flooded, forcing removal of the vent tents as waters receded slowly in southern Vermont.
New York March 11 Prohibition enforcement reports arrests of men charged with violating the Volstead act in Brooklyn. A bootlegging lane near the Pennsylvania railroad allegedly sold liquor to porters and waiters for passengers. Dry agents had worked for weeks and used marked bills in buys to prove the scheme.
Harry W. James, 53, former Chelsea city official and vice president of Nations City Bank of Chelsea, shot himself in an ante room at Chelsea City Hall amid ill health. A Republican committee member, his death is ruled a suicide with no further details given.
Edwin Clarke, former treasurer of the Southern New England Telephone Co, died today at age 60 after a long illness. He served the company for many years and recently retired. He is survived by Clarice and a son. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
In Wilmington an X ray of Broad, comptroller of Pont De Nemours, showed a tooth lodged in his lungs. Attending physicians announced the cause of his illness. He remained in a critical condition at a focal hospital.
Airs Robinson, housekeeper for J. B. Simonds of Broad Street, is in critical condition after suffering SUSHELNER shock on March 7, according to local reports. The incident occurred at the Simonds residence and responders treated the injured party at the scene.
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