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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1926
Page
4
Milford reports 77 electrical permits issued in April by Inspector Shetlan Baldwin. Of them 10 were for new houses, 38 for old houses, 20 for additions, seven for alterations, and two for repairs. The electrical inspector conducted about 175 inspections that month.
Two Milforn givers are missing from their homes after a snort hike on Tuesday evening. Laura Larkin, 18, of 96 West Main Street, brown hair blue eyes, 5 foot 2, left by train toward New Haven wearing an orange fur trimmed coat and black hat. Ethel May Crowthers of Meadows Endland, left Saturday night to meet her Slate, over 5 feet, tan coat orange black hat, gray stockings and black shoes. last seen in Bridgeport with a companion. Police notified. Mrs. EH Hungerford hosted Alethea Circle meeting at Noble Avenue after 2:00 PM.
Turner’s Falls Massachusetts May 3 AP workers and a large force threw a barrier across the Connecticut River to stop a runaway boom of pulp logs. Logs broke loose yesterday near Shavon and news reached Vernon dam upriver as head winds aided the effort. Champlain Realty Company owners continued underwater boom extensions to reinforce the barrier. Officials said there was no certainty the barrier would hold the swiftness of the current.
Bridgeport carpenters yield to a national order and resume work after a walkout over wage increases. The dispute arose from a plan to raise building trades wages from four to ten dollars, with unions later backing away from the agreement.
Chicago May 6 Straw berry shipments are greatly delayed by backwardness of the season. Government Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports last week the movement of strawberries increased to 670 carloads from 1,600 a year ago. Arkansas and North Carolina show a late 1926 season, with Louisiana supply moving northward. Higher prices observed. North Carolina berries reach a top price of 3.14 per 42 pound quarter in some northern markets.
Washington May w A presidential inquiry was urged by a delegation from the National Federation of Post Office Clerks and the railway postal association to study the feasibility of shorter night hours with no wage differential. President Coolidge promised to consider the request. William Waye of Vermontville was found dead in a hollow near Galadels. trapped hunter Paye believed killed by a winter storm while crossing from Bloomingdale to Galadels.
The Chicago Tribune reports a gang of five armed cars trailed and killed William Meswiggin and two others, with Al Capont allegedly directing the attack. The investigation targets Capont and O'Donnell rivals, as a special grand jury probes two and a half years of gangland killings. Coroners and prosecutors review secret warrants, pardons, and paroles amid a widening inquiry into masked violence.
Miss Beste Lavine, 17, cashier at Washington market, was robbed near her home on 1362 Main Street. A burly Black man demanded her pocketbook, grabbed it, and fled toward 78 French Street. Neighbors aided the search but no trace was found. the purse contained $1.25 and personal items. Police investigated as the suspect is linked to similar thefts in the city.
A personal notice from Hanterd in Chicago describes years of nocturnal urination and pain. He praises a urinary cleanse product not as a patent medicine, claiming it reduces deposits and excess that disturb sleep, though noting the cost.
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