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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1928

Page

17

Bonds Set For Victim Of Raid In Goshen Farm

Torrington March 30 Four truck loads of distilling apparatus were seized from the Colonese farm near Goshen after a raid by state police led by Lieutenant Brandt. John Peterson was arrested and appeared before Judge Z B Hamlin in Litchfield Common Pleas Court where bonds were fixed at 7600. Colonese, sought on liquor law charges, has not been found. The distillery included 500 gallon vats a steam boiler and an oil burner generating plant multiple large vats and cooling apparatus. The raid covered the farm and a nearby distillery building connected by an overhead tram line.

Torrington Associated Press John Peterson Jon Colonese Goshen Z. B Hamlin Common Pleas Court Litchfield Ath Paan Lieuenant Brandt Canaan

Stamford Doctor Held On Medical Practice Charge

Stamford authorities seek information on a man named Lulu suspected of practicing medicine without a license. He faces a special sessions appearance Friday on similar charges after a prior conviction on January 28, 1925, with a $500 fine and 10 days to leave town.

Stamford Kings County New York Kinga County Bridgeport Hia University of

Rin Tin Tin at Saunders Palace and Cameo features

Manager Saunders announces Rin Tin Tin arrives for a three day run in Jaws of Steel starring Ray Euright with a cast including Jason Robards and Helen Ferguson. The Palace bills the Record Boys in vaudeville with Hong Kong Troupe and Parisian Redheads among others. The Cameo screens The Cohens and Kellys in Perils with Vera Gordon and Kate Price plus Vitaphone shorts and Movietone News.

Saunders Ralace Theatre Childres Rin-Tin-Tin Warner Bros Jaws of Steel Ray Euright Rinty Ita Jason Robards Helen Ferguson Baby Mary Louies Miller Robert Perry Jack Curtis George Conners WJZ Jack London Milton Sills Doris Kenyon Paramount Nena Los Angeles Our Gang Bridgeport Veudevilla George Sidney J. Farrel MacDonald Vera Gordon Kate Price Gerture Astor Vitaphone Vitaphones Solomons Children Hugh Herbert Britt Wood Wizard of Harmonica Movietone

Lyric Theatre Shows New Photoplay Motherhood

Audiences at the Lyric this week witness a photoplay called Motherhood depicted with an engrossing story of two expectant mothers. Scenes were shot with cooperation from leading physicians and New York hospitals. The picture promises significance and will run four daily showings for the rest of the week with no children under 16 admitted.

Lyric Theatre Knickerbocker, Bellevue and Allied Hospital New York Lyric

Bridgeport Contest Chooses Pretty Blondes at Majestic

Twelve Bridgeport entrants compete in Poll's Majestic theatre box party contest for the title of the prettiest and most Preferred blonde during the evening presentation of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The event accompanies the film now showing at the Majestic theatre.

Bridgeport Poll Majestic Theatre Majestic

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at Majestic Draws Laughs

The Majestic Theatre presents Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as the deadline attraction with plenty of laughs. Additional features include 40,000 Miles With Lindbergh, a Max Davidson comedy Blow by Blow, and news and fables underscoring a diverse film lineup headed by Anita Loos's adaptation.

Poll Majestic Theatre Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lindbergh Wiln West Agap International Anita

Court martial set for Royal Oak officers over jazz incident

Rear Admiral Bernard Collard and two other Royal Oak officers face court martial in Gibraltar on March 29. Captain Kenneth Dewar and Commander H M Daniel are among the defendants. The trial will probe disciplinary issues after an incident aboard the Royal Oak involving jazz music at a late social event.

London Associated Press Bernard & G. Collard Royal Oak Gibraltar Kenneth G.B. Dewar H M. Daniel Roys Osptein Dewar

Legion Flays Veterans Bureau Writes Coolidge Springfield

Springfield Mass March 20 Officers of Springfield post American Legion largest in the state appeal by letter to President Coolidge for an investigation of alleged inefficiency and incompetency of the Veterans' Bureau. They report appeals on veterans disabled claims have produced no results from the Boston office and Washington headquarters, prompting the move to request presidential action.

Springfield Mass Asociated Press Springfield Post American Legion Coolidge Veterans’ Bureau Boston Washington

Five Dollar Bethlehem Repudiation Fund Proposal

A. E. Johnson, chairman of the local Democratic Town committee, has drawn up a resolution to contribute five dollars to the Sinclair repudiation fund raised by Senator Borah. The move, as stated by Mr. Hanson, comes at the request of prominent Republicans in Bethlehem.

Bethlehem Rby Associated Press A. E. Johnseon Democratic Town Committee Sinclair Senator Borah Mranson Prom Local Re Publican

Stratford Avenue Man Breaks Nose In Fall

Adolph Mildner aged 47 of 907 Stratford Avenue fell on the way home last night and broke his nose. He was treated at Emergency Hospital where five stitches were used on his nose and he remains at home.

Stratford Avenue Adolph Mildner Mildner

Follies at Lyric for Two Day Stay in March

The Ziegfeld Follies come to the Lyric theatre for March 26 and 27 with matinee on Tuesday. Dave Burns from England leads the act hailed as W C Fields successor. Audiences in Havana showed broad appeal with scenes relying on physical humor rather than dialogue. Prominent bits include The Beauty Parlor The Sunday Picnic Lover a Kane The Last National Bank Business is Business and Mental Telepathy.

LYRIC Lyric Theatre England Dave Burns W. C Fields Havana Cubs

NEW SHOW AT POLYS VAUDEVILLE STARTING TOMORROW

Poll’s vaudeville presents new screen and stage acts starting tomorrow featuring Street of Shanghai with Pauline Starke Kenneth Harlan and Anna May Wong, Dancers at La Carte with Swan Lucille and Warren Harriman, Thank You Doctor with Al Lewis, The Long Salesman with O’Brien Josephine, and The Three Cormiques plus ENI Shields and Metro-Goldwyn feature The Smart Set with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy Youre Dern Tootin adds to the lineup Also Merry Whirl at Park theater with Art Gardner Dolly Lewis and chorus of twenty dancers plus cast members

Pauline Staske Kenneth Haram Margaret Tavingston Amit Far East Polys Vaudeville Poll Shanghai The Orient Pauline Starke Kenneth Harlan Anna Maa Wong Harry Ingalls la Carte Swan Lucille America Warren Harriman al Lewis O'Brien Josephine Jerrie Dean London Eni Shields Tommy Reilit William Haines Jack Holt Alice Day Hobart Bosworth Metro-Goldwyn Dern Tootin Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy

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