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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1923
Page
4
A candy merchant was taken into custody by officers of the precinct after a quart of whiskey was found in his store. He is charged with keeping liquor with intent to sell.
The Department of Public Works and the City clerk's office will share access after a partition was removed yesterday to install a connecting door. The work is expected to be completed today, providing ingress and egress between the two offices.
York May 28 producer Weinberger received a $200 fine for staging God of Vengeance a jury deemed indecent and immoral. Judge McIntyre warned of broader danger to Broadway plays if charged works are suppressed by moral panic. Weinberger announced an appeal saying the issue involves protecting serious drama from bans and attacks by diverse groups.
May 28 report from Philadelphia notes the Presbyterian Church in the United States did not compel members to sign a total abstinence pledge after the recent General Assembly in Indianapolis. Lewis Mudge stated clerk said the assembly took no action enforcing pledge signing, and the resolution calls only for abstinence as a guiding goal, not mandatory.
The Web Cord is a first true rubber webbed sheet of cotton cord impregnated with pure rubber. It lacks old cross tie threads found in other cords and uses no chemical rubber solutions.
Judge William Buckley presided as 39 cases were heard by the City court yesterday morning. Prosecutor James Shannon led the state’s presentations while multiple defendants faced charges from evading responsibility to drunkenness and assault. Sentences included fines, suspended jail terms, and several continuances through June and May for cases involving speeding and statutory offenses.
Police are probing four petty burglaries reported yesterday. An empty cash register was stolen from M Postal’s Bun nell and Williston store after a Sunday night break in. Burglars forced entry at Chicago Market 329 State street stealing 60 pennies. Village store 238 State street faced an unsuccessful break in. Ward’s hat store 25 Cannon street was entered but nothing stolen. Three time systems are noted: solar, mean solar and standard solar time.
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