Community Chest drive aims for $36000 with new goals
A Bridgeport community chest campaign opened with about 150 at the Stratfield hotel pledging help to 23 charities. The 1927 goal rose to 36000 with teams assigned to raise 2700 each, including a special subscribers drive of 72800 and a 2500 per-team target. Mayor Behrens urged large gifts to push past the higher goal.
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Mato Behrens
Patrick Jom Gtynes
Carl F Dietz
George H Woods
Vision
Allen T Burns
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American Association For Community Organizations
Colon
Community Chest Drive Boosted by City Officials
Bridgeport officials praise organized charity efforts and urge every resident to contribute. Mayor and Mr Simpson lead a unity pledge while Burns stresses Chest as a common cause bridging racial and religious divides. Aims include one donor per five households and training for volunteers to ensure success.
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Simpson
Burns
Bridgeport
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Chethie
Fight for Freedom Imprint On Pad At La Porte Bank Robbery
Five youths robbed the Peoples Trust and Saving Bank of La Porte of 406000 in cash and 100000 in negotiable securities, then fled by car. A shot rang out as they forced employees and customers to the floor and emptied tills and the vault before escaping. one suspect later identified as Trarty Keller.
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Trarty Keller
Coln Cuts Short Los Angeles Trip
A nosy dirigible returning from a contemplated trip to Norfolk berthed at an air station hangar at 7 oclock. Flight Commander Rosendahl said the halt was due to an imminent cold snap. The plan was to test valves and introduce an antifreeze solution before resuming flight.
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COLN
Los Angeles
Tarrehurst
Washington
Norfolk
Rosendahl
Church Annuls Duke’s Wedding Amid Scarce Details
A church ceremony for the Duke of Warborough and the farmo o’ Asnelo in New York is annulled as per a statement released by the Southwick archdiocese. The notice says the annulment was processed quietly with interested parties notified at the start of August and that the Holy See confirmed the action.
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Warboronugh
Farme O' oAsnelo Indernth Ag
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