Juvenile Charged With Theft Of Pocketbook At Home
A juvenile was charged with theft after allegedly stealing a pocketbook containing 854 from John Synck’s home at 145 Hallett Street Sunday. The boy reportedly returned 832 and claimed the remaining amount was lost. The incident occurred near Beardsley Park. Elwood Stanley of the Compressed Paper Box Company reported about 400 pounds of lead stolen from the facility yesterday.
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Compressed Paper Box Company
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Bridgeport Chest Drive Kicks Off With 360000 Target
Special Committee launches the Community Chest drive with 250 plus workers, two squads Army and Navy, and a football scoreboard tally at Stratfield hotel. Leaders outline the plan to raise 360000 as divisions compete to beat quotas and raise awareness of hospital and charity funding in Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport Fire Department
United Church
Daniel E. Johnson
Army
Walter North
Navy
John Field
William Behrens
W. Stewarty Clark
Suroner Simpson
Community Chest
James Lee Ellenwood
New York City
Behrens
Manolescu Freed By Romanian Jury
In a small court room over 100 prominent lawyers rushed to aid the accused. The prosecutor sought five years for a conspiracy against the state. Midnight approached as Manolescu’s lawyers pleaded for liberation and M Mahalache challenged the system and urged royal return.
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Mianoilescu
M. Mahalache
Carol
Abandoned Car Found Belongs in Milford
A coupe with registration F 4B46 was found abandoned on Tunxis Hill Road in Fairfield at 2 20 yesterday afternoon. Bridgeport police notified the owner Anna Sandwell of 15 Central Avenue Walnut Beach Milford and Milford police were informed of the find.
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Fairfield
Bridgeport
Anna Sandwell
Central Avenue
Walnut Beach
Milford
Public Works to lay off street crew over funding gap
About 100 highway repair and street cleaning division staff of the Public Works department face layoffs tomorrow due to lack of funds. The situation is tied to the city’s 3.18 budget shortfall and anticipated financial constraints.
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Public Works Department
Palace Vaudeville Delights with Dance Color and Cast
Amusements report of a six-scene Palace vaudeville show opening yesterday featuring Harry Roye production Dance Color Speed with Hope Minor Edward Root and a large cast. Lilliam Dale stars in Tay Dreams with a moral. Morgan Davis Lulu McCoy appear in Bits of Boobology. The Heege Beeges. Dempsey Sharkey fight pics with slow motion and The Stolen Bride.
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Harry Roye
Speed
Hope Minor
Edward Root
Vivian Lee
Lulu Winters
Polly Arnold
Areala Franklin
E. C. Adams
Chas, Pappa
Lilian Dale
Harry Sauber
Mack Gordon
Morgan Davis
Lulu McCoy
Lomax and Johnson
Francis
Polis Celebrates Greater Vaudeville Week at Poll's Theatre
Audiences enjoyed five headline vaudeville acts during Greater Vaudeville Week at Poll's Vaudeville Theatre. Esther Ralston tops a Paramount film, Figures Don't Lie, while Adeline Bendon presents The Way of a Maid miniature musical comedy with ten performers.
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Vaudeville Theatre
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Paramount
Adeline Bendon
Billy Dunn
Violet West
Nanette Sisters
Maurice Deleporte
Stroud
Wheeler
Miss Wheeler
Bert Wheeler
Sargeant Franklin
Ruby Royce
Richard Arlen
Ford Sterling
Miss Ralston
Edward J. Lambert
Majestic Theatre Anniversary Week Features Fair Co-ed Acts
The Majestic celebrates its anniversary with Marion Davies in The Fair Co-ed and The Diamond Set Revue featuring Carl Larson and his Majestic Collegiates. Johnny Mack Brown co stars. five performers showcase gowns, song and dance plus Anna Belle Moore. The Gorilla comes next, with stars including Alice Day and Walter Pidgeon in a stage-spread thriller.
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Carl Larson
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Majestic Theatre
Motion Picture Playhouse
Rosenthal
Majestic
Murray
Fayne
Anna Belle Moore
the Gorilla
What Anne Brought Home at Lyric appeals to patrons
The Fall Players stage a New York comedy drama at the Lyric Theatre this week. A human story of two young people seeking happiness centers on Anne portrayed by Bella Cairns and her husband played by Arthur Howard. The cast delivers strong performances and the production offers real entertainment. A deluxe Cameo theatre program features East Side West Side with George O'Brien and Virginia Valls, plus Vitaphone acts and a vaudeville bill. Next Sunday a mammoth vaudeville show and two feature pictures will aid flood relief in New England. Bridgeport residents join Park City in supporting victims as Poll plans the benefit.
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Anne
Lyric Theatre
Bella Cairns
Arthur Howard
Cameo Theatre
Felix Reisenberg
West Side
George O'Brien
Virginia Valls
O'Brien
Vitaphone
Billy Jones
Ernest Hare
Happiness Bouz
Hazel Green
John Lacurta
Jase
Russ Waldley
Billy She
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German Flapper Quickly Acquires American Habits
Hollywood gossip notes Lena Malena, the Berlin-born flapper, adapted to American life in six months and now studies portrait photography. The piece also mentions director William Wellman testing novel air-shot angles for Legion of the Condemned and Dolores Del Rio’s husband Jaime Martinez Del Rio being offered a leading male role. Dorothy Gray’s long career with Abie’s Irish Rose is touched on, noting her early roles and evolving stage status.
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Legion of the Condemned
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Irish Rose
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New York
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Xylonmaqxit Club Marks 20 Years In Missoula
Missoula business group the Xylonmaqxit has survived two decades as a social club for young businessmen. Members struggle to pronounce the name, which came from a line of pied type created by a printer’s youth.
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Missoula
Mont
Xylonmaqxit Club
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