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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1927
Page
24
Elizabeth Guinares testified that Eva, age sixteen, and her friend Iva, with Iva’s mother, traveled with Louis Gulnares to Providence then New Benford where the father obtained a license and wed Eva at City Hall. The couple returned to Woonsocket as authorities investigated the marriage for lacking parental consent under Massachusetts law.
Windsor Ontario May 3 ex errand boys and a blase man born in Winnipeg rise from $14 a week messenger to a central figure in a claimed 5 million dollar per year liquor operation. Savard testified before the customs commission alleging a vast Windsor Detroit liquor trade and a personal business of about 3 million annually with half of border booze tied to him.
Cherbourg dispatch says Prince David Mdivid will not attend the Serge Moivant Pola Negri wedding set for Saturday at Seraincourt near Paris. Serge Moivant and Pola Negri planned a May ceremony. Negri and Moivant had arrived in Cherbourg from New York aboard the Berengaria. Mim Muray will stay with her husband in France before they sail for London.
Large crowd honors Mrs Mary Virelli with a high mass at St Raphael's Church. The service followed by a long funeral procession and burial at a local cemetery. Survived by husband Sergeant Virelli and several children.
Mrs. Murray known as the Kiss Me bandit escaped last night from State Prison Farm No 1. She invited victims to criminals after stealing valuables. Sentenced two years ago to serve 25 years for highway robbery. Her husband Jack Murray also jailed. They were alleged members of a gang tied to numerous Kansas City hold ups.
On the Molland-American liner Ryndam a floating university carried 500 students, 440 boys and 60 girls, where many engagements formed during a seven month world cruise. Dean Mrs P M Foge said the coeducational voyage was a success with relaxed discipline and girls choosing their own chaperones. The ship docked in Hoboken as families welcomed home students amid tales of engagements and plans for a second, non coeducational world tour starting in September.
Atlanta city fathers announce no restrictions on bathing attire at pools and lakes. Children under fourteen will have free use of the pools. The policy allows any swimsuit style chosen by bathers conscience dictates.
In Darby May 3, 300 women refused a personal tax of 84.95 and faced arrest by officers. Six women persisted behind locked doors as deputies tried to serve papers, while 48 hour extensions delayed arrests. Many gathered at the tax collector’s office as authorities attempted to enforce collection.
Atlanta May 2 Dr W B Riley president of the World's Christ Fundamentalists Association led the opening session of the international convention attacking modernism. He condemned the federal Council of Churches as the main modernist force and urged a return to the old gospel for the youth. Fellow speaker Dr Luther Little from Charlotte said there is only one religious camp with Christianity surviving Christ's teaching and the Bible. The conven tion, begun today with about 500 pastors and families, runs through next Sunday.
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