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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1927
Page
3
The Lindbergh Sunday service at First Swedish Baptist Church drew a large crowd for a Swedish Bible class gathering. The ceremony recognized Charles Lindbergh’s New York to Paris solo flight achievement by the youthful pilot.
The Right Reverend John Chandler White, bishop of Springfield, Illinois, preached at Trinity church in Bridgeport and spoke on Illinois internal strife, including the Williamson county conflict and Klan era tensions. He urged Lee Lincoln as a model for youths and noted his son’s upcoming China assignment before returning to Herrin.
The Cheney Award honors Lt. William H. Cheney, an American aviator who died in Italy in 1918, with a $10,000 trust funding engraved plaques and a cash prize. A board will select recipients for acts of fortitude or self sacrifice in humanitarian acts related to aircraft, announced by War Department officials. The first presentation is January 20, Cheney’s death date, following a fog collision over Italy.
Massachusetts last week saw a one third drop in auto bike fatalities, from 12 to 8, amid a statewide campaign against bad brakes. Registrar Frank A Goodwin reported 630 licenses revoked, 97 more than the prior week and 318 more than the same period last year. Three hundred eighty-five persons were convicted.
In New York May 29 1988 Matthew Woll vice president of the AFL declares that American knowledge of violent communist activities relies on British sources due to the discontinuance of DOJ investigative machinery. He cites the Arcos Ltd raid in London as proof that agencies seek to destroy U.S. order by unconstitutional means. He questions what the U.S. government can do to safeguard American institutions.
The petitions for restoration of licenses of six automobile drivers charged with operating under the influence of liquor will be heard at the county courthouse on Friday June 3. Hearings will also cover evading responsibility and improper markers cases including Kalmar Katas and multiple Bridgeport Hartford and Newtown defendants with charges of liquor involvement and a fatal accident.
Northern generals in Honan report victories against the Hankow Nationalist army though fighting details are unavailable. Military attaches discuss protecting foreigners in North China but no final decision is announced. Britain argues it has shouldered much of Shanghai defense and other powers must lead north. Japan likely to reinforce, possibly prompting Britain to follow.
Stamford resident George W. Wright was arrested in Westport on May 29 by police for allegedly evading responsibility after a hit and run. He was taken back to Westport following the automobile accident and charged.
Stratford Historical Society curates an exhibit at the Judson house on Academy Hill featuring a Confederate pike, a Lincoln chair, a Barrymore flag, a Donald Sammie revolver, a William Savage knapsack, military papers, Libby Prison and Philadelphia Volunteer Hospital photos, Civil War letters, 21 derisive envelopes, and uniforms and prints illustrating wartime life with tea and wafers served in the basement.
Monroe May 29 Special Cor respondent reports an adjourned Milk Producers' association meeting at the Stepney Firehouse on Wednesday June 1 at 8 p m to elect officers for the year and hear reports from the committee on cow rentals for tubercalots and other business. Neighbors' Night drew about 100 at Harmony Grave with guests from Shelton Farmull River Newtown Trumbull Indian River and Seymour Granges. refreshments were served after remarks by Edgar L. Tucker W 8 Brown and Albert McConney.
Milford reporter lists seven living veterans of Mil ford Civil War days with five residing in town. Names include Edward H. Baldwin Joseph R. Clark and others up to Nathan Burns in Texas among long roster of service members and descendants of Revolutionary War veteran Stephen Stow.
Vincent J. Mazzacca of 233 Beaumont Avenue Stamford was found unconscious at State and Gormey Streets and admitted to Stamford Hospital after taking poison. Police found $10 in his pockets and he claimed he wanted to commit suicide. details from Stamford report.
Three Stamford youths Frank Ferry Mede Asmentini and John Coppola were arrested for burglary and arson after abandoning a nearly empty car near Cos Cob station. They allegedly broke into a state highway department gas shed, set it on fire destroying the building, then dumped markers into the Mianus river. Police from Greenwich and Stamford led the investigation.
Memorial Day in Milford will be observed while a historic sidewalk stone from 1787 and once before Samuel Higby house is moved to Miss Purdon’s garden. The quarried slab, weighing over a half ton, sat before the Higby home for centuries and is now being repurposed into a garden feature as authorities plan a memorial to Robert Treat.
Milford plans a detailed Memorial Day parade with veterans from the Civil Spanish and World Wars and members of civic and fraternal groups. The procession forms at 9 30 with the Police Republic band and American Legion units, passes through West River Street to church and cemetery ceremonies, and includes a large array of veterans youth groups and civic organizations.
In New Fairfield on Friday afternoon at Pembroke school Miss Helen Crawford led Parents Day with recitations songs drills and dances. A short play The Grouchy Spy featured Joli Peck as the lead with Jeanette Rogers as the mother and Louise Gotto as a neighbor. Six fairies representing good influences included Helen Joyce Anne Gustafson Evelyn Gustafson Alison Peck Olivia Peck and Mary Gotio. Refreshments of wake end lemonade followed the program.
An advertisement recounts a woman’s fatigue after meals and relief from Adlerika and related products. It extols a pill free remedy, claiming improved sleep, bowel cleansing, and reduced gas. The copy emphasizes quick, noticeable effects and a sunburn remedy.
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