Bridgeport News Roundup and Public Safety Commentary
A fragmented Bridgeport page carries an Associated Press dispatch urging immediate Mississippi flood relief and featuring editorials on road safety and child protection. It quotes Captain Chrysler and calls for a broad safety campaign while stressing drivers must anticipate children and enforce caution to reduce accidents.
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Coolidge
American Red Cross
Tota
Mississippi
Bridgeport
Atricken
Japan
A Lesson in Diplomacy Cartoon Reflects Chinese Soviet Stance
The cartoon portrays a ragged boy labeled as China walking away with the big fish from the pond while seasoned fishermen gaze in envy. It comments that Soviet recognition of China’s stance on unequal treaties could be symbolic, though some say the gesture held little real weight in a cautious global balance.
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Ding
Diplomats and Russia in diplomacy mischief and lessons
The text praises Russian diplomats for turning a new country into a virtue through a friendly gesture while condemning others for sour diplomacy. It suggests hiring Bolshevists for the State Department to teach basic diplomacy to the current administration.
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Russia
State Department
Unexplained Miracle Hailed Over Aid to Mothers
A Norwalk Sentinel excerpt parodies Senator Bingham praising national aid under the Sheppard Towrer act. It mocks how ignorant and needy mothers supposedly led to Congress’s rescue, touting a supposed miracle behind federal assistance and supervision of mothers and the human race.
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Senator Bingham
Melena Hil Weed
Norwalk Sentinel
Congress
Letters to the Editor on Confidential Anonymity
Readers submit letters up to 200 words in English or near. They are signed with real names and kept confidential if requested by the writer. An editor note says anonymous communications may be paid attention to and published under the paper’s discretion.
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Tia
Filming Religious Subjects in Motion Pictures
WILL H WAYS of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America defends religious cooperation in film making. He cites The King of Kings and The Scarlet Letter projects, detailing advisory boards of Protestant Catholic Jewish and other faiths and notes positive receptions from church representatives and public relations efforts.
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Hays
Bridgeport Telegram
Fox
Nawthorne
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation
Mest
Will H. Ways
Motion Picture: Producers and Distributors of America, Inc
New York
World Conditions by Babson Attacks Church and Banks
Roger W Babson, famed statistician, in Arlington Mass sermon claims church services are honeycombed with hypocrisy and the banking system adds to world unhappiness. He denounces lawyers for profiting from others misfortunes and says educational institutions are busy with commercialism, submerging worthwhile studies.
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Roger W. Babson
Ariington Melghia, Mass
Flapper Seen Revolutionizing American Dry Goods Trade
Daniel Murray Edwards, a New York merchant and department store owner, credits the flapper with transforming the retail dry goods business. He notes the trend has reduced reliance on corsets, petticoats, hairpins, and stockings while expanding display and sales readiness, marking a pivotal shift in consumer culture.
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Oy Abe
Daniel Murray Edwards
I. Bia
New York State
Evory
Manhattan Days and Nights in New York City
In New York on a warm May evening, Herbert Corey chronicles a vivid social tableau at a famed restaurant, blending satire and affection. He sketches princes, exiled grand dukes, anarchists who dine calmly, a famous opera star, Mayor Jimmy Walker, and a steady stream of colorful patrons, all under one lamplit roof.
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New York
Borach
Wall Street
Jimmy Walker
Gutterala
Borning
Jem
Wen
maAaAres TB Nol Pang
Clerre
Ani
Tragedy and satire mingle in a reader’s fever dream
A deranged review rails at a famed novel, praising its mastery while lamenting nightmares it induces. The writer riffs on dramatic sin, punishment, and public fascination, peppering with stray jabs at culture and politics, ending with quips about fame and independence.
Political Pointers and Local Elections in Southington
The Southington berovsh election elected the Republican ticket with 43 votes cast as Democrats failed to field a slate. Voters approved using voting machines, nine opposed. Hartford discusses police shifts toward a three platoon system, with the Efficiency committee handling the petition. Hartford’s new traffic booklet will detail street parking rules with city officials aiding its compilation. Judge Makepeace, Waterbury mayoral hopeful, receives mixed support amid district court changes. Stamford Mayor Alfred Phillips joins an anti Prohibition effort and endorses light wines under supervision. Naugatuck reelects Burgess Arvid J. Anderson as warden amid a strong Republican showing. Waterbury bill reforms city boards, splitting safety into police and fire commissions and creating new public welfare and health boards with two-year terms.
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Southington
Brough
Hartford
Common Council
John B. Tiddell
Ofice
Corporation Counsel
Waterbury
Bridgeport
New Haven
Board of Safety
Boards of Police
Prenant Safety Board
Board of Charities
Board of Public Welfare
Board of Health
Boards of Police Commissioners
Fire Commissioners
Public Welfare and Health
Boar of Health
Prespit
Board of Works
Shell
Trees and Rainfall in California Highlight Forest Value
Dr. Fra argues in California that storms and floods are mitigated by forests. He links rainfall distribution to forest health, warns that deforestation worsens floods, and urges reforestation and forest preservation to protect climate, water supply, and future generations. He notes U.S. needs strong forest care and forest planting, with emphasis on redwoods and public education.
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Fra
California
Los Angeles
Cain
Ina
Iman
Ian
Layonghent
Memories by Anne Campbell in a Garden of Remembrance
A nostalgic verse exploring memories that bloom like roses in a garden of youth and love. It recalls old romance, spring songs, and a doorway to shared moments as time passes, with ivy, green doors, and voices of friends lingering in the heart.
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Anne Campbell
Isin
Sentences on child welfare and parental duty
A fragmented sermon appears urging that a child’s moral welfare outranks fortune and that sharing companionship matters more than wealth. It stresses parents must teach law observance, model wholesome behavior, and not rely on others to raise a child. It ends with a warning about avoidant habits during a boxing match.
Rabindranath Tagore in modern literature and church debate
The letters review Tagore as a major modern literary force with vast output across poetry drama and music. An Anglo Indian perspective notes his East West blend, philosophical depth, and occasional monotony, with Edward Thompson’s Oxford Press study as a guide. The other portion debates established church ties to state and religion in Britain, praising freedom of church thought and defending belief in God against dogmatic zealots.
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Wilmette
Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore
India
Milton
Prudenta
Bengal
Edward Thompson
Oxford University Press
Breakfasts as politics and New England roots in White House meals
Washington dispatch notes that President Coolidge hosts eight o'clock breakfasts seen as hospitality rather than policy. It calls breakfasts a New England trait, contrasts varied breakfast habits, and ponders the social signaling of early dining. New Haven reports April ran cool and dry, below normal temperatures and modest rainfall and snow.
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Washington
New England
Coolidge
Dingers
Ove
Smoot
Ene Lander
White House
Moorcamphires
New Haven
Leonard M. Tarr
Faderal Weather Bureau
Police Probe Death of Boy in Rappahannock River
Frederickburg authorities pursue slaying of nine year old AD Baker found in the Rappahannock River. Body severely mutilated, tied in a weighted sack, missing since February 22. Mayor orders special detectives to crack the case. Body floated ashore despite weights. one hand and both legs broken, skull fractured.
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Rive
Fredericksburg
Ata
AD Baker
Rappanhanee River
J Garrett King
T ‘Akuli
Weather forecast for eastern states and Atlantic coast
Weather forecast shows showers in eastern New York and southern New Jersey and England area for Wednesday with cooler, generally fair conditions Thursday. Northern New England to have showers Wednesday night and clear, cooler Thursday. Winds from the north, moderate to fresh, with overcast skies and scattered showers.
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New York
England
New Jersey
Delta
New England
Bankatchewan
Meuward
South Dakota
Pacife
Bow
Atlantic
F Horth
Georgia
Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteraa
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