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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1926

Page

6

Fairfield to Host Audubon Society Meeting on June 6

The twenty-eighth annual Audubon Society of Connecticut meeting will be held in Fairfield on Saturday June 6 on the Bird Sanctuary grounds Unquowa road. Talks and officer reports will be read luncheon to follow at Birchcraft Sanctuary.

Fairfield Audubon Society Fof Connecticut Unquowa Road Bene Holcomb Johnson Connecticut Public Library Committee Wiliam B Glover Birchcraft Sanctuary Unquone Road James Osborne Marie Oh Good) Wright John FP. Holman Southport H P. Beers Greens Farms Frances A. Hurd South Norwalk Fannie J. Hinckley John H. Perry Allen FE. Beeman William R Glover John H. Sage Portland Morris F. Taylor Woodbridge Willard G New York E. F. von Wettberg Henry c. Sturges H. Wheeler Katherine A. Willcox A. J. Williamson Daniel P Griffin Bridgeport Mental Hygiene Society Fairfield Family Welfare Society Albert E. Lavery Sherrif John H. Fuller Stratfield Fire Aistrict Jacob Sixon New Haven William Jankowski Eli Muska Andrew Larson Tolow Andrew Figlar Jennings Road K. Andruskowie Mills Til Terrace W. J. Barney Miln_ street Stephen He'en Chehy Kings Highway Howard Gray Pine Creek Beach Clara J. Pearson Center Street Jahoda Black Rock Turnpike Eunice Donnie Burr D. A. BR Old Academy Thomas Loshar Derby Sextette Roger Tadlowe Fairfield Garden Club Hind Ferden and Deter H Warner Flirden Clut of America California

Infant’s Body Found on Canal Basin Bank

Stamford report of May 20 describes discovery of a infant female body washed up along the canal basin near the pumping station. The body wrapped in papers and cloth appears to have been discarded into the harbor. Chief Engineer Owen Hughes notified police. believed to be a stillborn child.

Stamford Canat Basin Gener Owen Hughes

Yale Fellows and Scholarships Awarded for 1926 27

One hundred thirty six fellowships and scholarships were awarded by Yale University’s Graduate School for the 1926 27 year, totaling 79 922 36 dollars and supported by a nearly 1 500 600 dollar endowment. Recipients include 16 foreign or Canadian students and residents of the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands. Sterling fellowships and Bishop Museum and Seessel and other awards fund advanced research and study with scholars undertaking work at Yale Copenhagen and other locations.

New Haven Graduate School Yale University Hawaiian Islands Sterling John W. Sterling Yale New York City Bishop Museum Islands Pacific Floyds. Daft Griswold Iowa Cheney Carlsberg Laboratory Copenhagen Denmark Benjamin H. Grave Wabash College Yate Strathcoona

American barber slashes prices in New Canaan

In New Canaan on May 20 H O Thomas, owner of an American barber shop, announced haircuts will cost 50 cents, starting a price cutting war after the sale of another local shop to a Stamford operator. Local residents expect shorter hair as a result.

New Canaan H. O. Thomas

France hosts American guard units at war ministry reception

President Doumergue greeted the Richmond Light Infantry Blues and New England units the Connecticut Foot Guards and the Putnam Phalanx in Paris at the war ministry reception today. The ceremony honored the visiting American soldiers and underscored allied ties.

Paris Richmond Light Infantry New England Connecticut Foot Guards Putnam Phalanx Doumergue War Ministry

Murderer Found Sane Must Face Execution

Chicago report states Chauncey Jenkins announces Rus sell Scott, a convicted murderer at Ghosler state prison for the criminal insane, has been found sane and will be sent to Chicago to face hanging.

Chicago The Chicago Journal Chauncey Jenkins State Department of Public Welfare Joliet Russell Scott Ghosler State Prison

Impresario's Daughter in Court on Tax Charge

Mrs Stella He Pops, daughter of the late Oscar Hammerstein, was arraigned in federal court on an indictment for failing to pay federal income tax for 1922. Her husband Charles F Pope also arraigned. Both pleaded not guilty and were released on $2,500 bail each.

New York Stella He Pops Oscar Hammerstein, Impressario Charles F. Pope

Retired New York shoe dealer dies at wheel in Newburgh

Thomas L. Paskett, aged retiree from Mount Vernon, collapsed and died at the wheel of his car in Newburgh New York yesterday afternoon after driving from Dropped dead in public, his wife had just entered a store when he slumped.

New Canaan, Conn Thomas L. Paskett Mount Vernon Newburgh N Y

Drivers Agree To Settle Damages In Car Crashes

In New York and Stratford accidents yesterday afternoon two incidents led to settlement talks. Louise Muller and Wilson Walsh involved in Golden Hill Harrison collision with Walsh injured. her husband agreed to settle damages. A second Stratford crash left John L Porter uninjured as Allen Ely agreed to replace torn clothes. A third report notes John Kaneey claiming a boy was struck but unharmed.

Louise Muller West 49Th Street New York Wilson A. Walsh Olive Street Golden Hill Harrison Streets W. A. Wilson Golden Hil Street Harrison Street Fairfield Avenue Water Street John L. Porter Patterson Avenue Stratford Allen B. Ely Wqiiolas Street Ely John Kaneey Elizabeth Street Benham Avenue Norman Street Joseph Howard Westhorne Road Fairfield

Stamford Hospital Gift Funds Nurses' Home Plan

The Stamford hospital board announced a gift near 200000 dollars to erect a nurses' home on the hospital plant. The donor requested anonymity, and the bequest will allow the original expansion plan to proceed. The gift completes funds for the nurses' home, previously delayed by insufficient drive results.

Stamford Stamford Hospital Today

Herald to Divide Chapman Reward

New Britain on May 20 AP reports the Herald will split the $500 offered for the slayer of Policeman Skehy between Captain Puckett Chief Hart and Detective Sergeant McCue. $250 to Captain Puckett and $250 to the other two. The letter claims it has the promised reward but does not definitively promise. It says the Herald will be governed by the state's action in awarding the money.

New Britain Herald Skehy Puckett Hart McCue

Mrs John T King Leaves To Meet Son In New York

Mrs Eleanor King widow of John T King left Bridgeport for New York to meet her son Gil bert and his wife arriving from Europe aboard the Aquitania. They plan to return tomorrow and Gil bert will visit his father's grave at St Michael's cemetery where fresh flowers are to be placed by the family and by Republican Town Chairman Alfred W Burdick for the town committee on weekend days.

Eleanor King John T. King Bridgeport New York Gilpert Europe Gilbert St. Michael's Cemetery Alfred W. Burdick

Garden Crooks Steal Vegetables In Madison Iffl Garden

Police report the season's first garden thefts as Mrs. Mary Pacy's Madison Iffl plot lost all vegetable plants overnight Wednesday. A second burglary hit a carnival tent on Barnum avenue and Willow street with five umbrellas salt and pepper shakers and a watch stolen.

Alpheus Goulden Fourth Precinct Mary Pacy Madison Iffl Kilpatrick Barnum Avenue Willow Street

Operation Restores Sight To Civil War Veteran

In Rochester New York on May 20, physicians reported success for Cyrus J Summers Rush 84 a Civil War veteran credited with firing the last shot. Summers who served in the 15th New York battery is recovering at Genesee hospital after the operation aimed at restoring his sight.

Rochester Cyrus J. Summers Rush Summers 15Th New York Battery Genesea

New Discovery Freckle Cream Flyte Promises Quick Removal

An inexpensive cream named Flyte, easy to apply and fade freckles in four days, is sold at Hindle’s Drug Stores and other up-to-date druggists. If it fails, money will be returned, with promises of cleaner clearer younger skin after treatment.

Hindles Drug

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