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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1928
Page
7
Urbana March 15 The great clock in the northern sky is always right and never runs down. Read by the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia’s Chair its sidereal time can be converted to local sun time with simple corrections. Astronomers rely on observatory time signals controlled by the sky clock as master time.
St Albans Vermont March 15 The ski landing gear for Byrd Antarctic flight was tested on ice at Grand Mer Lake Caribou 125 miles north of St Albans and called a complete success. Pilot Floyd Bennett and four assistants will return to Miller Field Staten Island tomorrow. Bernt Balchen handled takeoff and landing duties.
Sir Wilfred Grenfell reported by telegraph that his Gordon North Labrador orphanage was destroyed by fire. Sixty children were saved and are being cared for by fishermen, with clothing and supplies ruined. The wooden building, described as low-cost, faced high insurance costs for wooden structures in North Labrador.
A mass of requiem was held for Herbert J Cilewson known as the Baby Face bandit at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Jamaica Plain, Boston. Gleason was buried at Calvary Cemetery, Dorchester. A short note from young Gleason to his father was opened, reading of reconciliation and blessing.
Representative Cellier of New York urged the House Appropriations Committee to include funds in the Navy department supply bill to reemploy about 900 workers discharged from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The measure would also aid former workers from the Boston, New Portsmouth yards, keeping unemployment relief in view.
Hazelton Pa March 15 A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck an automobile at the Weston Tomhicken crossing killing three people on the way to attend the funeral of Mrs William Jones in Minersville. Victims named are Steven Arunstetter Weston Miss Verna Nicholas Nurremberg and Edgar Nicholas twelve year old brother of Miss Nicholas.
Benign advert claims tongue coating reveals digestive health. It links white or yellow coating to stomach and bowel issues, fatigue, and dizziness. Promotes Tanlac as natural remedy sourced from herbs and roots, promising money back if ineffective. Claims many past successes and urges purchase from a local druggist.
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