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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1928
Page
6
Swartford March 22 By Associated Press William M M Corcoran chief actuary of the Connecticut Insurance Department has resigned effective May 2, Commissioner Howard P Dunham announced. Corcoran will join the firm of H L and L Wolfe of Fork as actuary. He served in the department for years, coming at the end of Commissioner Mans term in March 1924 from the Massachusetts Insurance Department.
From 1920 to 1923 he served as assistant actuary. Mr Corcoran is a native of New London and a Yale graduate, class of 1920.
In San Francisco on March 23 Associated Press reports George Plimpton, 26, of Norwood Massachusetts and MIT Cambridge graduate, died after jumping or falling from an 18 story office building. police say evidence indicates death by own action.
Chicago police report the death of gang leader Diamond Joe Esposito in a shooting near his Little Italy home. Two companions escaped as authorities traced motives, ties to politics, and a past marked by alcohol, crime, and sharp fashion for diamonds. Esposito survived since 1872 Naples birth to become a Chicago cafe owner and feared figure. He left a widow and three children.
An ancient Tibetan manuscript translated by Cornell’s Dr. Jacob Papish describes early paper making from rags in Tibet. The Mongol Tibetan lama Teordji notes sun drying and brick-form sheets, with Chinese influence possibly introduced during Ku bil Khan era. The collection was donated to Cornell by Charles William Wason.
Three inmates at Chicago county jail, labeled board ers, were released after creditors stopped paying for their food and lodging. The jail, costing 250 weekly for board and meals, housed Charles E Hav ener, Denver Cole, and Frank A Buszin, with Mrs Elizabeth Goger, all tied to unpaid judgments. The old law requiring the imprisoning party to cover the costs kept the jail functioning as a cheap boarding house under Warden Fogaty.
Eight crewmen saved by Coast Guard destroyer Rae after their schooner John C Hildebrand sank in heavy New Jersey coastal seas. They witnessed the sinking from lifeboats as the vessel filled and vanished in 24 fathoms. The Hildebrand was bound from Norfolk to Eastport with a cargo of lumber.
The Army and Navy plan spring exercises to test Long Island Sound harbor defenses and the eastern approach to New York. Major General Preston Brown will coordinate with fleet commands to set exercise problems and dates. Additional coast defense troops from the Second Corps area will be concentrated on Long Island with 12 and 6 inch rifles and available air forces for observation.
Milford March 22 By Special Correspondent Miss Ethel Clark Central Grammar school teacher has been left the main portion of the estate of Miss Ilene Warren longtime Milford High School assistant principal who died at Bridgeport hospital Miss Warren's 1926 will names Elizabeth Warren of La Moure North Dakota and Elmer E Hopkins as beneficiaries and unsettled bequests to Clare Longley and Ethel Clark The will designates Clark executrix and Grace W Merwin Susie FR Bimp oon Omar W Platt witnessed the document Warren and Clark were close friends and the town notes a fair sized estate remains to be settled
Preliminary approval by the attorney general for the Cape Cod canal title has been sent from the Department of Justice to the War department. The land to be acquired totals about 992 acres from two companies, with the canal proper to be conveyed to government after purchase conditions are met. The milestone follows years of state and national effort to secure and develop the route.
Technical charges of reckless driving against Edward H. Smith of Bridgeport 7 Smith Place Alexander Vatexnegro of North Washington Avenue Bridgeport and Edward McCarthy Quincy of Mase Ner continued for two weeks before Judge James R Mead in Dorough court here. The Bridgeport men were driving trucks involved in a collision with a Boston New York bus operated by McCarthy last week injuring 13. Police have yet to locate a third party said to be responsible for the crash.
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