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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1924
Page
5
Clarence F. Smith of Montreal, director of the Home Bank of Canada which failed in 1922 for 18 000 900, was found guilty by County Judge Coatsworth of negligently signing or approving a false government return. Sentence deferred. Several other Home Bank officials await trial for involvement in the wreck. This is Smith’s first conviction.
Dr Clarence True Wilson of the Board of Temperance faiths says President Coolidge will push prohibition to reality with a dry Congress and federal enforcement reorganization. He notes corruption in enforcement and urges Treasury control to shift to Justice under presidential direction.
Buenos Aires reports in two pages that La Nacion views the defeat of the American Federation of Labor after it backed a political party. The editorial warns the federation loses influence on labor legislation and risks being dictated to by Congress and a President. It cites GaFlollette’s defeat and links leftist extremism to Moscow and the third international.
Fairfield County Farm Bureau 16 holds its annual meeting at Odd Fellows Hall on November 10 with principal speaker Alan W Manchester of the Connecticut Agricultural College. Manchester will discuss Money Making Partners of Today as part of a full day of business sessions, talks, local news, songs, and a farmer's dinner by the Rebekah lodge.
A man hoping for a quick gain with loaded dice ends up in an ambulance after a failed scheme. Uncle Eben comments on the luckless outcome and a one-way ride rather than a punch-line prize.
Ad highlights pre shrunk and sponged wool flannel in lead ing shades. 54 inches wide and priced at 2.49. Striped flannels offered for frocks in many colors and 54 inches wide at 3.98. Heavy quality fabrics in a wide color range 40 inches wide at higher prices.
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