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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1928
Page
2
Proceedings in the Pall case show indefinite postponement due to illness. Government counterclaims and defense motions cloud readiness for trial on April 2 as key witnesses, including Fall and Sinclair, face custody and subpoena complications.
John F Toole died at 10 o'clock last night at 45 James Street after a hospitalization in Bridgeport. He supervised New Haven railroad viaduct construction through Bridgeport and directed the East Washington avenue bridge project. He was born in 1866 in Hudson Falls New York and had a long career in major bridge and dock building before forming Toole and Sunderlin. He served as an alderman in 1915-16 and is survived by his second wife Mary Hamilton, a daughter Katherine, sisters, nieces, and a nephew. funeral arrangements set for James Street home with burial in Glens Falls.
Amid secrecy a legal execution is scheduled with only officials doctors and a priest allowed inside. Newsmen will be barred until a press notice at 8 o clock and a black flag will signal death after the verdict is read. The scandal involves De Vere and McDonald with a confession recently published.
The bout ended in a four round draw as Ruff collapsed after rising for the fourth round. Alf Allis, paralyzed on the right side, was examined by Dr Burns and later visited by Redmen's Athletic Association members. A U S H mulls amending rules to three rounds. state AAU secretary cites an epidemic of draws.
Tremors centered south southwest of Mexico City rumbled across Central and Southern Mexico. In suburbs three shacks collapsed and plaster fell from walls in poorer quarters. Power flickered briefly as Puebla Vera Cruz Oaxaca cities reported panic and damage. Tacubaya observatory logged 27 minutes of shaking with seven minutes most intense amid fears of deaths.
Special Correspondent John Arginio bound over to the next term of the Criminal Superior Court on an assault with intent to kill charge. In Wesport Town court Judge John F P Godillot ordered the proceeding after a February 23 shooting brawl with Homes Crea of Westport. Arginio’s shotgun blast wounded Mrs Arginio in the breast and thigh. she recovered after a fortnight at Norwalk Hospital and is convalescing at a neighbor’s home.
Madrid March 22 Spain agrees to remain with the League of Nations. The government made public its reply to Francisco Jose Urrutia head of the League council accepting the invitation to reenter the League. The reply is signed by Premier Primo De Rivera.
Two 22 year old men, Don Gayer of Cleveland Ohio and Marlow Morrill of Provo Utah, die when a demonstration aircraft nose dives at Woodward airfield Salt Lake City. The plane was piloted by Gayer during the demonstration for his company.
Congressmen and families joined Lindbergh for a Capitol Washington tour aboard army and navy planes. Nearly a score of trips carried lawmakers to Arlington Cemetery and the Washington Monument amid crowds and aircraft maneuvers. An aircraft stuck in mud delayed a moment but the flights continued with over a hundred passengers aboard including Rep Taher and Rep Shalienberger.
Dr Stefansson discusses diet trials with explorers and doctors during a New York visit. He disputes common polar myths, notes Greenland’s greenery in summer, and predicts 10 years hence dirigible routes from New York to Pekin via the Polar regions.
An automobile owned by Harry Pisarreta of 317 Riverside Avenue Westport was stolen last night from Main and Union. The machine bars registration P 4701. The theft was reported to the police and a search staged but the car had not been recovered by early morning.
In Danbury on March 23 State Auditor Willa B Bailey of Bethel was reelected to the State Central committee for the Twenty fourth Senatorial district as a Republican. Mrs Lou Carson Meehan of Redding was elected a committeewoman. Bailey and First Selectman Elijah Sturdevant were free delegates at large to the State convention in Hartford next month. Johnny Thorn Mull of Brookfield presided as state rep and Republican Town committee chair. Nineteen delegates from seven towns attended a luncheon afterward with Harry E Mackenzie presiding.
The House veterans committee approved a $1,000,000, 1,000-bed hospital plan for Southern New England after an amendment by E Hart Fenn. The project, backed by Connecticut and Rhode Island Legion members, may be located in Connecticut or Rhode Island, with mental care emphasized. Major Anson T. McCook reported committee support and expected alignment with the Veterans Bureau.
The body of Frank Snizek husband of Mrs Sophie Adams Snizek of 482 Kossuth street was borne through Bridgeport yesterday on American Railway Express train No 29. The widow mother and brother in law accompanied the body in a coach attache behind. Snizek was torpedoman on 40 crew who left their lives when the submarine S 4 was rammed and sunk off Provincetown three months ago. The body was taken to Ridgefield Park New Jersey where the funeral will be held.
An old advertisement touts BromOQuinine Taleta as the safe and proven cure for a coc ki in one day. It claims to be the first original cool and ip tablet with J W Greve signature on the box and lists a price of 30 cents.
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