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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1928
Page
7
OM March 28 Dr Clarence Scamman head of the division of contagious diseases warns parents the unusual spread of measles in the eastern region is not harmless The State Department of Health issued the advisory stressing vigilance and early care to prevent complications
Dr. Scamman reports 10,232 measles cases through March 28, up from 2,871 in the first quarter of 1927 and 13,498 for all of last year. Dr. Beakman notes indications point to 1924 exceeding the 1920 record of 32,141 afflicted.
Reports from Santiago de Cuba say the steamship Haiti carrying gasoline for Gus rachac Dutch West Indies has been sent off the coast. The vessel’s 22 crew members and 6 passengers are believed saved. Details could not be confirmed locally.
New York March 28 The prosperity of American industry is seen as comparatively permanent by economist Paul M Mazur in the book American Prosperity Its Causes and Consequences He argues that desire replaces need in buying and that temporary unemployment is a natural readjustment with no inflation in inventories or credit He forecasts circular mergers and stronger retail chains while predicting higher security prices due to large gold reserves and specific future yields on securities and stocks.
Dean R. W. Brock of the University of British Columbia said the Fiji Islands, about 250 in number, could become as important to Canada as Hawaii is to the United States through export interchange. He predicted Pacific trade will grow, making Canada the chief beneficiary and eventually the Empire’s strongest center with an estimated Dominion population over 44 million in a century.
Evelyn Rockwell of city sues White Line Bus Co in Superior Court claiming injuries on November 19 1927 when a bus at Middle Street and Fairfield Avenue collided with another car. She alleges internal injuries and lost work as an interior decorator after being hurled against a cash box in front of the bus while rising to alight.
Providence police hunt a Providence gang after cloth worth 9800 is stolen from a remnant store in Central Falls. A patrol officer followed a truck and sedan on a downtown street as cloth spilled out. registration on the sedan traced to Providence gangster. The truck had been taken from a Pawtucket garage.
Cottonseed and its by products expanded from a little valued by product to a major industry. Linters became batting and upholstery components while cake and meal fed livestock and fertilized soils. The seed hulls yielded wicks, rope, paper, varnish, explosives, and artificial silk, among other uses.
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