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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1928
Page
2
Teachers at Madison school sing humorous parodies aimed at supply requests and lesson plans, praising Superintendent Reed and the board while spoofing plans and alms. The event includes tributes to Miss Dorsey, Wynkoop, and Dr. Davis, with a closing tribute to notable historical figures and a call for natural, lasting self-improvement.
James Welch aged 33 of Milford sustained a possible skull fracture and facial lacerations when the car he rode in with Edward Mulvihill veered off East Broadway at 10:45 PM and struck a telegraph pole. Mulvihill, 32, was arrested for driving while intoxicated and released on bonds.
Henry L Frisbie forty four cashier of Uncas National Bank for over ten years died suddenly at his Norwich home after returning from a car ride. He had stomach and heart trouble and stayed home this morning. Unmarried he is survived by father Calvin H Frisbie bank president brother and sister, all of Norwich. Frisbie was a prominent Norwich Free Academy baseball player in school days.
An old advertisement touts a laxative and tonics mix to fight cold and grip with a claim of fortifying the system. It urges readers to seek the box signed by 1, Ww. Grove and notes a 30c price.
The Claims committee in the council chamber spent nearly all its meeting hearing petitions to abate personal taxes. Attorneys Kotler and Mara represented several residents including Lubanowsky and Zimmer seeking abatement on sewer assessments, citing lack of notice and financial hardship. A long list of names and addresses appears with tax years 1919 to 1928, showing numerous residents asking for abatements on various sewer-related personal taxes.
A 36 year old Norwalk State Highway Department worker, Morris Schiro of 956 Dayton Road, was struck by a falling tree while cutting trees on Peat Road in Greens Farms. He is in serious condition at St. Vincent's Hospital with possible spinal injury, per Dr. Edmund Kane.
Jack Ambrose a twenty year old from Chatpaqua New York was released from county jail yesterday morning and immediately arrested by Westport state police officer William H Tripp. Arrested a month earlier for evading responsibility in a Westport auto crash he could not pay the fine and was jailed. While he served time investigators learned the car he rode in had been stolen from Newark New Jersey.
Mrs Josephine Dalbertho D Aubert of 93 Highland avenue remains in serious condition at St Vincents Hospital with burns from a Wednesday afternoon 85 gallon still explosion. Police seek her husband James Pavone, 38, owner of the house and partner in the distilling operation, who is free on $300 bond.
In a Bridgeport incident Julius Sutay died after a tooth extraction at a public clinic. His mother Bertha Sutay says she did not sign the permit yet the document bore her name. Witnesses claim the boy signed for himself with a cousin acting as holder, amid questions over prior extractions and hospital visits.
Former secretary testified before Justice Jennings Bailey in a private deposition on the Teapot Dome lease and Sinclair deal. The session, lasting two hours, saw Fall cheerful at first then worn, as counsel and government attorneys, including Atlee Pomerene, pressed for details of the leasing arrangement.
The quadrennial A M E Zion general conference opens at Bethel A M E church in Bridgeport with delegates from the east in attendance. Rev Walter Fay delivers the quadrennial address while M T Taylor discusses The Standard of Negro Business. Tonight Miss Guidy Harrin will address WoCA Phyllis Wheatley branch. The meeting will close with the choir reading of the financial board report.
About 400 attendees at St George's hall hear Rhode Island Klansman William Perry praise the Ku Klux Klan, denounce press coverage, defend schooling aims, and oppose Al Smith as a Catholic linked to a foreign “corporation” led from Rome.
Robert Grandfield is promoted to sergeant to lead the night patrol autos. A new waiting platform 60 feet long will be built 30 feet north of Congress Street, with a corrugated iron roof. Parking for 200 cars will be under the trestle north of the platform. The structure costs shared by jitneys and the Connecticut company bus line. Grandfield sworn in by President Richard Oppel. praised by Superintendent Wheeler for warding off burglars.
The council approved Ann Street as a westbound one way street between Waterview and Hough Avenues and discussed the police pension fund with no current funds for pensions. Pension applications from Mrs. Mary J. Flanagan and Mrs. Lena T. Miller were granted to begin in April when funds become available.
Fairfield officials report the town school committee approved a resolution urging the Board of Finance and town voters to appropriate 150,000 for a new Stratfield school of 11 rooms with an assembly hall and to authorize purchase of property in Stratfield. The vote was three to one in favor.
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