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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1924

Page

4

Three Minor Thefts Reported By Police

Three thefts were reported by police yesterday. A wheel was stolen from an automobile owned by J Framson at 069 Central Avenue while the machine was parked near 486 Summit Street. Cash was taken from a register in a meat market. William Landsman of 253 Maple Wood Avenue reported tools stolen from a vacant building at Tames Street and Linen Avenue.

Utomobie J. Framson Central Avenue Summit Estreet Main Street Willam Landsman Maple- Wood Avenue Tames Street Linen Avenue

Mc Swiney council to elect delegates tomorrow

At the regular meeting of Mc Swiney council A A R TR will elect four delegates to the national convention in Madison Square Garden on June 14 and 15. A discussion on raising funds for campaign expenses in Ireland this summer will follow. A large attendance is requested.

Mc Swiney Council Fairfield Avenue Naional Madison Square Garden Ireland

Progressives Back La Follette for President

Jerome Idaho May 26 The candidacy of Senator Robert A La Follette of Wisconsin for President was endorsed in the report of the resolutions committee of the State convention of Progressive party delegates here last night. Delegates had not been elected and it remained undecided whether delegates would attend the National convention at Cleveland or another Progressive gathering to be held in St Paul.

Jerome Idaho Robert A. la Folette Wisconsin Progressive Party Lng Big Resolutions Cleveland St. Paul

Telegram praise for tuberculosis relief effort and land action

The Bridgeport Telegram receives high commendation from officials and citizens for its tuberculosis relief campaign. Readers applaud its coverage exposing delays and pushing the attorney general to secure land by legal process, with strong support from Rev Ralph White and other leaders.

Commonwealth Artica Lonard West End Bridgeport Telegram Connecticut Bridgeport, Telegram Bridgeport Post Mblty Tellet Alva W. HE. ‘Thorne Ives Manufacturing Co B T. R

Horrors of Europe and Asia Mix in Moscow Slums

The narrator describes a bleak Moscow district where poverty, cocaine use, and prostitution dominate. A police guide leads through the Hot Spring Hotel area beneath decaying bridges, revealing ragged families, naked children, and a cocaine stash as the group witnesses stark urban squalor and social decay.

Europe Asia Moscow

Garage Owner Killed as Woman Companion Held

In New York on May 25 Samuel Brown a 30 year old garage owner was shot and killed in a Broadway hotel. Dorothy Brown 24 was arrested and charged with the murder after police found her seated on the bed smoking beside the body. She showed no emotion as she was taken into custody and refused to discuss the shooting.

Vasil Vasilevich Hilton Visble Lille Jiasecow Ashi Alexei Gregorevich New York Samuel Brown Garage Maneager

Drunkenness arrests reported for Elwood and Bruce

Elwood, described as a local resident, was arrested on drunkenness and breach of the peace after disturbing his wife at Home on Central avenue. Charles Bruce of 526 Housatonic Avenue was also arrested for drunkenness after a fall at North Washington Avenue and Timbas Place, suffering a head laceration and receiving hospital treatment before being taken to police headquarters.

Elwood Hee Lome Centraine Cherles Bruce Housatonic Avenue North Washington Avenue Timbas Place Ambulane

Aged Man in Court on Priest Impersonation Charge

George Moore, alias William Pitt, 12 years old, stands for a breach charge today in city court. Police say Moore posed as a Catholic priest to solicit money from convent donors, claiming funds would aid the dead. He allegedly traveled from New York and New Jersey as a monk in a state monastery role.

George Moore Moore New York Amd New Jersey New York State

Rev Alison Calls to Reduce Hatred in Memory Service

Reverend Alexander Alison of the First Presbyterian Church urged embracing Americanism to lessen hatred and bitterness. He emphasized recalling heroes and core principles to maintain faith and peace during Memorial Sunday services.

Alexander Alison Heros America

Boston Navy Pilot Dies in Railroad Station

Captain Alfred Lundgren of the United States Navy, assigned to the Port of Boston, died suddenly in the railroad station in Winthrop Mass while en route to church. He had come from Sweden and served during the war aboard American transports through danger zones aboard ships including the America and Mount Vernon.

Winthrod Mass Alfred Lundgren United States Navy Boston Sweden Pner Amercan Anwrica Mount Vernon Oiher

John Sullivan Tells How He Won Fight

In a Boston advertisement style testimonial, John J Sullivan describes stomach trouble and indigestion that left him weak and fatigued. He credits a vegetable tonic called Tanlae for restoring his health, noting over 40 million bottles sold and recommending it for constipation and circulation.

John Sullivan John J Sullean Carver St Boston Mua Taivaiabh Landac P

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