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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1922
Page
6
Milwaukee Wisconsin March 30 1922 Milwaukee has been selected as the starting point for the national balloon race to begin in May Ten balloons have already been entered three of them are from the navy and the rest are sportsmen from various parts of the county The army has no entries announced today
Two prisoners arraigned in City court yesterday morning were bound over to the Criminal Superior court for trial. George D. Waldron, giving address 649 Myrtle avenue, bound over for forgery of line checks totaling 95 dollars. Steve Gales of 3 Steuben Street bound over to the May term for attempting to burglarize the home of J. Albert Patterson at 539 Huntington Road.
Prohibition Director Harry Mackenzie says law violators can’t dodge enforcement forever and that liquor trafficking remains a profitable business in Connecticut. He notes fewer druggists exceeding legal quotas, efforts to stop illegal redistribution from bonded warehouses, and improved federal and state cooperation in enforcing liquor laws across the state.
London March 40 An important gold mine is reported by the Daily Express Geneva correspondent to lie about 4500 feet up in Austria near the Gross Glockner of the Tauern Alps Workings on a small scale yield about fifteen tons of earth daily producing nearly four ounces of gold as well as silver and arsenic The correspondent asserts that if 800 tons were mined daily output could reach fourteen pounds of gold and eighty four pounds of silver
Two 14 year old boys James Decenov and Edward Maletta from New Britain rode motor couches from New Britain to New York and to Bridgeport. They asked for lodging, were turned over to relatives from Bridgeport yesterday.
Washington reports from reliable sources that Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, House minority leader, may succeed Colonel George Harvey as ambassador to Britain. Lodge’s London appointment hinges on his re election prospects this fall, with party leaders backing him to honor a long Washington career.
London march 30 Viscountess Astor MP told American press luncheon that if American women held decision making the United States would join the Genoa conference on economy She urged widening American male views and touted an amalgamation of British and American women as world peace insurance She said Americans must broaden outlook and move beyond feminism as British women advanced
A vintage ad promotes Zemo as a safe dependable cure for itching irritation and skin eruptions. It urges asking a druggist for a bottle and applying as directed to vanish conditions like pimples blackheads eczema ringworm and similar troubles. The copy touts Zemo as penetrating cleansing and healing the skin.
Fairfield March 30 Salvatore Ventrillig convicted on assault and battery against Ernest Huber in Town Court. Fined 50 dollars and costs plus 80 days jail with sentence suspended on good behavior. Ventrillig arrested after a fight arising from his son’s stone throwing into Mill River. Mrs Ventriglia struck Huber with a club during the struggle. James Pendergest cleared on a separate charge.
Members of the Konckamotananlh tribe in Ber Men opened their new wiswar in the Newfeid Building with an entertainment program. About 150 people attended as George M Barnes directed the event and served as master of ceremonies. Proceeds from the dances and event benefited the Christmas tree funds for the Wiowom pan and Kors ApOANZNL tribes.
Londor March 39. Lord Birkenhead the Lord High Chancellor was granted a month's leave by the House of Lords today. He said physicians advised rest due to eye trouble, prompting the request for leave.
A vintage home remedy advertisement claims wives are run down and nervous, urging husbands to give Guide’s Pepto Mangangan for a few weeks. It asserts iron will restore vitality, calling the product a trusted remedy used by doctors for thirty years and sold in liquid and tablet forms.
New York March 30 Deputy Sheriff Burke was reinstated after his suspension for allowing Tex Rickard, a sporting promoter, to visit a 14th street cafe while a prisoner on trial for a charges brought by a year old girl. Sheriff Nagle said Burke exceeded the court order but with no intent to wrong.
New York march 24 The trial of a cafe owner charged with gelling Wey er was postponed as all prospective jurors admitted opposition to enforcement of the Volstead Act. The court will summon another panel hoping to find twelve who favor forcing obedience to the law.
Boston March 39 A clerical error dropping the final letter from Private Willa Legassey of Bristol listed him as a deserter three months after he was killed in action in France. The charge was removed and his name cleared. Legassey enlisted July 20 1917 and was killed April 22 1918 serving in the infantry, 1st Division, with the brigade name appearing as William Legasse on Army records.
In Brussels on March 30 the Lower Chamber rejected by 87 to 64 a motion to cut military service to six months. Sixteen deputies abstained from voting as the vote proceeded.
Vestberville Ohio March 30. Dre Ernest J. Cherrington general secretary World League against Alcoholism reports a wireless from Tokio that both houses of the Japanese parliament passed and will enforce April 1 a bill forbidding sale of liquor to minors. The measure, with one exception, is the first of its kind in the Japanese empire affecting intoxicating liquor traffic.
Dr Whitefield N. Thompson of Hartford is named to the Alumni Advisory committee and Dr George H. Smith of Yale University to the executive committee of Bates College million dollar fund. The fund aims to add 2600,000 to the endowment and build a new men’s gymnasium. Alumni activities are planned for the first 20 days of May.
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