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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1926
Page
21
President Coolidge praised the Red Cross at the Second Pan American Red Cross conference in Washington. He lauded its role in promoting peace and international cooperation, urging scientific progress and social harmony to strengthen global relations and reduce conflict.
The Isle of Retribution musical drama heads a Poli's vaudeville lineup opening tomorrow with Dan Toole in comic action and Alma Bauer plus Al Dwwinnell in a musical farce. The program includes The New Steney, a Trish-styled routine, and acts by Huddy Doyle, Carlos Comedy Faireus, Dolly Dumplin, plus jugglers and specialty acts. Warner brothers feature Three Weeks in CarS with Matt Moore and Dorothy Devore opens at Cameo.
Local theater listing shows Mata in Bridgeport and 60 vocal stars performing with Harry London and Lyon Terrace orchestra at the Palace. The act features the Lovenberg Sisters and Sime Neary in production, with notable vaudeville acts and a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film on the bill. Additional new acts and a feature film titled The Lure at the World are to open Thursday.
Gracie Emmett stars in Mr George Arving's Manhattan Players production of Mrs Murphy's Second Husband at the Park. The seasoned vaudeville and legitimate star draws crowds as the company expands its cast, seeking a longer run and continued high quality performances in Bridgeport.
The Majestic presents the comedy Wet Paint starring James Kirkwood with Helene Costello and others this week and concludes The Wine Guy, featuring Kirkwood, today. The bill also includes Theda Bara in Madame Mysterieux with Jimmie Minlayson and a screening of Birth of a Nation Memorial Day attraction.
The Amundsen-Ellsworth 1925 polar flight film log comes to Polls Majestic theatre tomorrow. It plays Thursday Friday and Saturday with the regular Majestic program. The epic air dash into uncharted regions is captured on film, marking a historic first for polar exploration cinema.
Hugh Wynn, editor for The Big Parade, trimmed Argonne footage from ten thousand feet to five hundred and reduced fifty thousand feet of night battle to fourteen feet. He selected one shot per hundred to convey the epic: the creeping barrage, timed to the second. King Vidor's editor Wynn also studied official battle films in Washington to craft the continuity.
Pleasure Beach Park hosts Peehin and Carnival Night as the main attractions tonight with all island facilities open. The tiger time carnival will be in the new dance palace and the General Electric Athletic Association holds its second May dance. Slaskey's Country Club band plays as the park plans its grand summer opening on May 29 and a fireworks display on Decoration Day. The pool beside the children's playground will operate this season and a new Tumbling Bug device is being installed on the beach.
Madison Wis May 25 Governor John J Blaine announced his candidacy for United States Senate. He attacked excessive campaign spending centralization of federal power and the Supreme Court. He reiterated opposition to prohibition and supported liberalization of alcohol laws while seeking votes.
J G Gunthier of Rock Island Quebec confessed to smuggling and destroying documents for a parliamentary customs inquiry. He named US manufacturers from whom goods were sourced, stored in a Walsh barn on the US side, moved by truck, and included cottons buttons and shirts. He said daylight smuggling occurred with occasional passes past Canadian officials and no bribe was paid.
The Building Commissioners deferred a decision on Benjamin Weinstein and Herman Finnes for a fat reducing plant and garage near the garbage disposal works. The petition returns Friday, with expectations the board will refer it to the council, since Aldermen must sanction such a plant. Aldermen convene June 7 after zoning rules take effect. Several permits totaling 27,270 accompany the hearing, including bank remodeling at 2334 Fairfield and multiple dwellings and garages on streets around Black Rock.
Frederick E. Silaman named temporary receiver by Judge Alfred C. Baldwin to manage the Burton milk farm and milkt route formerly run by Charles South and John Hoffman. Petition by Spath cited Hoffman’s lack of cooperation. immediate steps needed for plowing, planting, and livestock care.
Paris May 25 Cap La Coix reports Mon signor Maghiene papal nuncio in Teerne Switzerland has been appointed nuncio in Paris to succeed Cardinal Berrett, the former legate to the United States.
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