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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1926
Page
9
John B Wynkoop secretary at the Board of Education says Bridgeport will receive its state school grant check at the usual time. He cites a corrected enumeration and confirms the $3,000 grant is included in current year estimates. The check is mailed March 28 and received by the city treasurer March 29.
Maren Washington is told by Isabelle Barnette of Los Angeles that the first white woman to reach Alaska’s fair banks, Teubelly Tass, loses a suit to recover 56800 from Weils-Margo Bank of San Francisco and Fred Grenawceler of the Washington-Inskira Bank, tied to a 1911 bank failure. Her husband, once Alaska bank president, claimed duress forced the property assignment to the receiver.
Edward Hatch, a New York merchant, recounts a 1903 tale of a magical water from his Brewster area farm claimed to influence male births in Russia. He cites a Russian envoy, a sealed sample, and a later report of a Czarevitch birth as alleged corroboration of the legend.
Obadiah Louden and Hiram Louden of West Putnam were fined five dollars and costs each for trapping violations in Borough Court. Theft charges stemmed from an investigation by Humane Officer Warner H Keeler and County Game Warden Charles Disbrow. Gerald B. Allen’s embezzlement case was continued for two weeks. Otto Lackner and Joseph Bloutier were turned over to Port Chester police to face auto theft charges.
Washington March 14 AP says two letters critiquing military training camps at colleges and high schools were released by John Nevin Sayle chair of a new committee on militarism in education. The letters labeled the ROTC as a vicious institution and warned it promotes dangerous nationalism and a belief war is normal. Dr Morgan argued military training shifts young people’s mindset toward war rather than boosting warfare skill.
The Great Lakes St Lawrence Tidewater Association urged the army engineers to back the special engineering board's view against the all American canal across New York. They argue the St Lawrence route is more practicable and cheaper, benefiting farmers and grain exporters. The all American plan would require eighty two bridges and thirty one locks, slow navigation, and a 23 foot draft slip canal costing about 506 million dollars.
Harold Willman 27, a Mayflower store manager, found dead beside his car in Cranston. Reward offered by Mayflower stores Cranston mayor and city merchants totals 2500 dollars. Police believe he was killed near his home on Brandy Street and his car moved to a vacant field. Suspects are described as youthful amateurs.
Edward L Doheny petitions the Supreme Court to review lower court rulings cancelling his oil lease on the Fikhil Naval Reserve in California and storage tank contracts at Pearl Harbor. The Circuit Court of Appeals ruling denying compensation for tanks is among the questions urged for review. Government counsel argues none of the issues merit review.
Benoni S. Johnson a Hudson coal dealer and executive with Consolidated Rolling Stock died at his Southport home on Willow street. He was born in New Debanon, N 1842 and built a wide local and regional business network. Survived by wife Annie Gould Johnson two daughters Mrs Sanford Stoddard and Mrs Ernest Truslow four grandsons and one granddaughter.
Paris March 15 AP The new finance minister Raoul Peret expects no early budget passage and says the Chamber must first appoint leaders of the Finance committee after cabinet changes. He aims to balance the 1927 budget with simple measures before recess, then plan broader taxation reforms.
Chief Sanitary Inspector Frank P Stapleton warns spring cleaning risks, urging housewives to avoid dust and rug shaking near windows and porches. He notes neighbors suffer nuisance and germs, and urges consideration to prevent hard feelings and health concerns.
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