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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1928
Page
15
Professor Irving Fisher introduces new weekly price indices showing methodology changes and implications for inflation measures. The report notes updated calculations, data sources, and potential effects on economic forecasting and policy assessment.
Mrs Lucy Berry a Fairfield resident and former slave died suddenly yesterday at her son Joseph P Berry’s home Reel road in her seventy ninth year She was widow of Peter Berry and lived in Fairfield over 45 years Earlier she served as a housemaid at the Gould homestead Born in 1838 on the Tabbs plantation in Yorktown Virginia She is survived by one son Joseph P Berry Funeral will be at First Baptist church Oldfield and Reef roads Wednesday at 2 Interment will be in Fairfield East Cemetery
Bank and insurance stock quotations appear in this brief market note noting price movements and value changes. The report anchors on notable lenders and insurers, with shifts in figures reflecting trading activity.
New York March 11 rubber company releases annual report showing 1927 income of 10,232,052 down from 13,744,180 in 1926 and total sales dropping to 193,442,945 from 215,528,909. Net operating income and surplus shrink as inventories are adjusted and indebtedness reduced amid price volatility.
The accompanying diagram shows price trends since January 1927 for major stock groups. Petroleum issues declined steadily while steel rose then eased, copper stayed flat, tobacco surged then fell, and other groups like traction gas and power rose steadily.
The fragmentary OCR lists names and numbers tied to Summerfield M E and Black Birds Ay with multiple appears of Thorn or Thorne and various initials. Included are scattered figures and obfuscated monikers that resemble players or teams, though details are incomplete and ordering is unclear.
Rev Stephen Bessemer was unanimously elected pastor of the State Street Reformed church in Bridgeport succeeding Rev Ernest Komjathy who will join a Hungarian Protestant Orphan asylum in Ligonter Pa. Komjathy will stay two to three weeks more. installation of Bessemer planned for May. A Hungarian delegation plans to attend New York statue unveiling of Kossuth.
Parishioners of St Marys will worship in their church again one week from next Sunday marking the first mass by Father M Ernest Wilson in six months since a fire damaged the building. Services will be held in the church basement until the superstructure is completed.
New York March 11 The Associated Press reports radio operators Maurice Holland and John Smith who stayed at their posts sending over 20400 words to rescuers and relatives after the ship Robert E Lee struck a reef near Cape Cod. The Veteran Wireless Operators association will honor them at a funeral service to be held April 1.
San Diego officials said Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh may make a surprise appearance in the city and then slip away to a retreat to avoid crowds and cameras. The arrival date would be kept secret and luggage addressed to him has already arrived as he seeks relief from nonstop celebrations.
Magnus Alexander president of the National Industrial Conference board told the Fortnightly Forum that unemployment is temporary and not acute. He cited improving conditions over the past month with declines in 1927 but some increases since December and predicted warmer season open-air activity would absorb many unemployed. He rejected the idea that new machinery alone causes unemployment, noting productivity raises still require workers.
Newtown voters approved a 20 mill tax on the 1927 grand list, due May 1 1928. The adjourned town meeting at Town Hall endorsed the Board of Finance recommendation with light attendance. Also notes a March meeting of the Newtown Fish and Game Protective Association at the club rooms, plus upcoming high school basketball results and games.
Twenty one Bridgeport Police pensioners await a ruling today from President Burnham of the Board of Apportionment and Taxation on the legality of a police pension bill passed in the last legislature. Pensioners have had no payments since December. On July 20 Tax Attorney Kelly was directed to obtain a declaratory judgment from the Superior Court, with a special tax board committee assisting.
Bridgeport will be represented at the Imperial Seastone of the Ancient Arabic Order of Mystic Shrine in Miami Florida May 1 to 3 by 132 members of the Arab patrol. Robert M Davies temple recorder announced last night. The Bridgeport Shriners will travel in a special train leaving Bridgeport Saturday at 3:30 PM. The train will stop at Charleston South Carolina on the way down and Chattanooga Tennessee on the way back.
Italian societies in the city voted to attend the Diaz memorial meeting as a group. A memorial for General Armando Diaz will be held Sunday April 1 at 1 30 PM at the Lyric Theatre with societies such as Cantelfranchese Lady of Mount Carmel and Berinese attending with banners.
Baston March 11 Special Correspondent Edith Mason leader of the home demonstration department and Helen Clark Fairfield County Farm bureau will attend the Grange meeting Tuesday night and join the program. Dramatic club rehearses Lighthouse Nas at Center Street M E church firehouse 8pm. David B. Boothe Stratford entertainment postponed to March 14 for Epworth League. Square and Compass club to meet over Rumans store March 1.
Rev Sherrod Soule of Hartford will address the Mary Silliman chapter D A R on Connecticut contributions to the Revolutionary War at the Stratfield hotel at 2 30 this afternoon. A musical program led by Mrs Clara Mix Lewis features soprano Ada Tuck Whitaker with groups of songs, followed by a tea hosted by several ladies. Discussion will cover the Derby state conference plans for March 20 and delegates from Mary Silliman chapter will attend with alternates listed.
Miss Nahey Ann Miller of Seattle will wed the former Maharajah of Indore at Darga Mahal Barwah India next Saturday. Invitations were issued for her initiation rites at Nasik Tuesday evening. Miller travels to Nasik with grandmother and attendants for ceremonies at Gangapur on the Godavery banks before returning for lavish locally planned festivities.
Senator Watson returned from Indiana claiming confidence that his upcoming campaign with Secretary Hoover for Homer State’s delegation to the Republican convention would be favorable. He said he plans to give many speeches in Indiana before the primary and will fulfill his Senate duties in the meantime.
Mrs William A Krause wife of the Westport postmaster was badly bitten on the arm when a large dog owned by George Annuncio of Lincoln Street broke from its enclosure. Neighbors intervened, a doctor treated the injuries and police investigated. The dog, deemed not rabid, was shot by Annuncio and its head sent to Hartford for examination. Widespread news included local Republican women's meeting plans and community notices.
Dartmouth College won the 123rd Intercollegiate Glee Club contest at Carnegie Hall scoring 239.4 points to lead Yale 235.8, Northwestern 293.6, and Amherst 231.6 among fourteen colleges. The prize song was The Broken Melody by Jean Sibelius.
The Rev. Chester C. Marshall preached on Good Intentions at Firth E. church, noting Americans delay religion and action. He cited a president’s public confession of faith as a timely example and warned power can corrupt unless translated into deeds.
Congress faces a packed agenda with the Senate poised to vote on the Muscle Shoals matter and the House advancing the White bill to extend the Federal Radio Commission. Lawmakers will also weigh the Tym emergency officers retirement bill, the naval build program, and ongoing coal inquiry and Teapot Dome probes with witnesses including Hays and Butler.
John F D from Shelton reports to police that while walking near Housatonic East Washington last evening he was assaulted by several men who punched him, struck his face and stabbed him and searched his pockets but did not take valuables. He described the attackers as a group of colored men.
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