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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1921
Page
9
Postmaster General Hays urges Canadians to cooperate in a national Mail Every Hour campaign to relieve congestion in major city post offices. The plan proposes distributing mail throughout the day, reducing end of day bulk in street and curb boxes.
The week’s theater rundown highlights Maids of America in a jopular burlesque at Farle theatre with Bobby Barry and a National Wanker satire. Worlds Apart plays a dramatic feature with Love’s entanglements, while 20th Century Revue and other vaudeville acts entertain. Multiple theatres showcase photoplays, comedies, and musical acts, with My Lady Friends billed at the Lyric and One Day promoted as a modern Romeo and Juliet drama. Two showings daily on some schedules, with newsreels and Sennett comedies.
A party of about two hundred lancers were ambushed between Strokestown and Longford. Captain Peak was killed and Lieutenant Tenant seriously wounded. the rest were wounded. The size of the defending force remains unknown.
Warflingdon dispatch notes Secretary Weeks will confer with Secretary Hughes to determine whether the state or war department has jurisdiction over Carl Neuf and Franz Zimmer, two American detectives sentenced in Musbach Baden for an attempted arrest of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. No action reported by the state department. A full cabinet statement is planned after review of records and Major General Allen’s reports.
Judge Paul G Miller of the Private Court ruled yesterday that the welfare of three and a half year old Louis Rotina Katina outweighs paternal claims. The child, son of Lois Rotina, was placed in the custody of Elizabeth Barbin, wife of Howard Barbin of 263 East Main Street, after the mother died soon after birth. Rotina, who had little support for his son, had filed habeas corpus proceedings. Miller noted the foster mother's care and the child’s improved health as decisive. Rotina indicated plans to appeal to the Superior Court.
Bridgeport court appointments are nearing decision at Tarte ford as proposed city court staff, including a judge and deputy judge, and four other posts: prosecutor, assistant prosecutor, clerk, and assistant clerk. Senators Garlick and Delaney currently hold prosecutor roles, with Garlick urged toward the deputy judgeship, which he has declined, while backchannel efforts continue.
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