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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1921
Page
4
A piece on how newspapers police advertising, describing the Hell Box as a censorial repository for useless or false ads. It argues readers as customers shape ads, praising honest, price-competitive messages and urging women buyers to study advertising to guide their purchases.
New York May 15 A conference of ambassadors and ministers on world trade is arranged for the 26th annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers which opens here tomorrow. Diplomatic and commerce representatives from about twenty foreign countries will participate. Officials from the State and Commerce departments and the Pan American Union will attend a special trade advisory section to aid delegates. Stephen C Magon president will preside tomorrow afternoon. The program includes remarks by IR Bache and other officials with receptions for diplomatic corps and a closing program Wednesday night featuring Eugene Meyer Jr Admiral William Benson and others.
Police search for Rank Willy, a ticket seller missing after $50 vanished from the wrestling event at the carnival along Main Street and Capitol Avenue. Nick Shumehek of 141 Hudson Street Boston, wrestler and owner of the athletic show, filed the report with fire authorities.
Defense reconstructs alleged happenings at Grand Anse estate to challenge witnesses claims. Keyhole photographs claimed from Stillness bed chamber doors, showing blurred views of sleeping quarters. Beauvais and Beauvais servants discuss staging the sequence for defense testimony.
At Milford Prep two police officers dispersed about 89 students who gathered at the old athletic field on Rockingham Avenue to celebrate the baseball win over Roxbury. A bonfire consumed lumber and other materials from a nearby dormitory construction site as residents watched. Students returned to their dormitories quietly after officers warned them. No arrests or further disturbances were reported.
Fairy O Malley, 29, of 14d West 144th Street, arrested Saturday afternoon at the railroad station by Detective Sergeant Kane and Railroad Detective Morehouse, charged with pickpocketing. O Malley is believed to have been seen with the suspect and in the pocket of another man he jostled in a crowd leaving a train.
Walter St Layden of Milford and Hustis Galanaki of Beacon Falls were arrested on Barnum avenue for riding motorcycles at a reckless and dangerous speed. Arthur Veronica of Cedar Street was arrested on the same charge Saturday. Wil Se arraigned this morning in city court.
Boston May 13 Radio compasses maintained by United States Navy along Atlantic Pacific and Great Lakes coasts aid mariners during fog by giving bearings and position to ship masters. Operators scan signals from vessels up to 100 miles off shore determine bearing, cross lines from multiple stations to fix location, and report latitude and longitude to guide navigation.
Members of the American Legion in Har W. Congéen fest will meet tonight to discuss their part in the Memorial Day parade and related memorial services. Earthquake reports in Salvador Saturday caused no casualties or material damage.
Dr Day preached on the Rotarian motto to urge replacing anxious control with service not self. He cited ancient rulers and warned that pride and power ruin empires while Jesus models service as life’s basis. He blamed chaotic world affairs on motives to control, noting sects and churches alike overemphasize power over service.
The General Electric company will establish a heatquarter and principal wiring supplies manufacturing unit in this city. Howard BR, Sergeant, manager of wiring supplies, formerly of Schenectady, NS, is transferred to head the new division.
A sale notice notes regular $4.00 waists and irregulars with soil from handling or design flaws. The affected items are described as light in wear and priced at 69 cents each under a special sale.
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