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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1925
Page
4
A reader testimonial extols Kellogg's All-Bran as the sole relief for long standing constipation. The letter notes dangers of constipation and cites improved health after using All-Bran, urging others to try Kellogg's product.
Two crew members of the Panama Pacific liner Manchuria died from burns and scalds after an engine room accident off Central America last Saturday. Louis Lanarque of Brooklyn and Patrick Byrne of Limerick, Ireland, were killed when a failed engine released a steam cloud. Passengers were unharmed as the ship heads to Balboa at half speed for repairs.
Two nieces filed suit in May in Whope Plains arguing that the late Michael Fitzgerald of Yonkers was not of sound mind when he left a bequest of two dilapidated silk umbrellas to a friend. Fitzgerald died in February 1924, leaving about $35,000 to a nephew a niece and four institutions including Manhattan College Yorkers Tea Nursery Yonkers Council of Knights of Columbus and the Capuchin Fathers of Yonkers.
Major Henry Taylor an Army flyer stationed in Columbus jumped from his air plane at 1,500 feet above Bottum Ohio six miles north of Akron when the control stuck. He was taken to a Cleveland Hospital with no fractures reported by doctors.
Four men held up L P Rosen manufacturing jewelers in Brooklyn daylight, forcing five customers and workers to the rear as trays of unset diamonds worth about 50 000 dollars were dumped into a handbag. An awaiting car with its driver wearing a chauffeurs uniform stood outside while the gem theft occurred.
A large turnout is expected for the chicken pie supper hosted by the Congregational church in Newtown. The event runs Thursday evening from 6 30 to 7 30 standard time in the social rooms with proceeds aiding church activities.
Gordon Campbell discoverer of the Kevin Sunburst oil field and Senate attorney to Senator Wheeler was found guilty in Federal court of fraudulent oil promotion and mail fraud. He received two years in Leavenworth and a $1000 fine. Wheeler, acquitted in a separate case, watched from the courtroom.
Senator Borah warned that force might be the only option if France fails to honor war debts, a remark tied to a Geneva issued translation from a Washington Star article. Delegates at the arms traffic conference debated the quote’s accuracy while Borah emphasized he was speaking generally.
May 6, Leetes M. Boyle, 21, who on March 28, 1928 escaped from a tunnel leading from police head quarters to the City court pen, is believed to be one of three men held in Toledo on bank robbery charges. Arrested there, the men gave names as Hartley and Mingione. fingerprints match Boyle. Boyle and his brother Boward, parolees from Cheshire Reformatory, were tied to a 1923 Jewelry store robbery.
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