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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1923
Page
11
Danbury officials defer a resolution authorizing refunding bonds of 210 900 as the committee seeks more details. Alderman Sterling Fanton says financial experts expect the bonds to sell at par. a special joint session of the two boards will be needed to act.
William Z Foster branded Department of Justice agents as perjurers in his St. Joseph trial for violating the state syndicalist law. Charles E Ruthenberg, earlier convicted on the same charge and freed on bail, arrived at a Labor Defense Council meeting tonight and spoke, following the previously hung jury.
May 4 report plans for the County older girls conference in Danbury under Fairfield County Sunday School association. About 200 girls expected to attend at Local Baptist church with committee members including Mrs. F. S. Frederickson of Bridgeport as chairman and Miss Susan A. Baldwin of Bethel among others.
New York on May 4 fire threatened the old James Monroe home on Prince Street for a third time in a year. Abbes started on the first floor, but firemen controlled it before serious damage. The building, where the former president died, was bought by citizens to restore as a memorial after years of rag picker occupation.
The majority party blocked an act to authorize bonds for a bridge project, challenging the administration's control of the commission and objecting to the Assembly imposing its plan. A Democrat clerk and shared ex-officio honors were proposed to settle the dispute. The Finance committee cut clerk salary to 50 monthly, saving over 600 yearly, amid hope the bridge will finish this year.
Members of the First Methodist congregation plan a Monday evening reception in the church parlors honoring Rev Chester C Marshall on his third year as pastor and Rev Leslie J Tuck director of community service since February The event features church quartet vocal selections a radio concert refreshments and games The program organized by the Men's Assembly Ladies Aid and the Mpnorth league will include musical numbers and community recognition
May 4 report states an anonymous donor gave $600,000 to establish a free cancer clinic. Bird S. Carter, Commissioner of Public Welfare, announced the gift and said the clinic named The Glinile will offer space for 200 patients and be equipped with a large amount of radium.
The Stafford Lace Company, dis charged from receivership, reorganized with capital cut from 600000 to 300000 by recalling 300000 of common stock. Dr. Calvin H Elliot of Hartford elected president. Ww. D. Sowter, once president, held 61 percent of common stock but did not attend. proxy represented by Attorney F. T. Manning. The Sowter stock was recalled and the new company plans to start operations soon.
Mrs Helen Elwood Stokes, defendant in W D Stokes suit in New York, travels to New York to dispute a deposition by Eusefeler, a negress, calling it a frame-up. She claims a diary of her married life will counter statements by Mrs Miller about visits to Edgar Wallace. The Miller deposition alleged lunches and sightings, with Stokes identified by phonograph photos.
State police raided the old Harding place on Springfield road and uncovered what authorities call the largest and most complete moonshine operation yet found in the state. Four 100 gallon stills, 1,000 gallons of grain mash, four barrels of moonshine, and several grain bags were seized along with firearms near the site. Three men claimed to be from Spring Adia, Mase, and were arrested. The setup included a quarter mile pipeline from a spring to a cooler, a steam operated still, and a force pump moving mash to the still.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices for Arline Brown David Weed Howard Nellie Keating Anna Peck Theodore Mighelto Clara Mills Theresa Uta and Stephen Uta list family names addresses churches and cemeteries with funeral times and burial locations for residents of Bridgeport area communities.
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