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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1926
Page
21
A chaotic sale advertise many items: musical instruments Poultry and supplies painting and decorating services typewriters and office machines. The text lists items for sale including horses and mules and various tools with scattered addresses such as Linder St Nichole St Poplar St and Sleveland Ave.
Real estate activity lists warranty deeds from John Barake to Lena Naat on Hale street and Rose Naiden to Rose Steinhardt on Catherine street. Deeds also show multiple transfers including Musante to DeBarberi on Poplar street and Schwartz to Commercial Bank, plus other mortgage deeds and quit claims among several parties and streets. A separate industry survey notes 1.7 percent ownership of electrical refrigeration units and a pattern of year end production and spring sales, with Canadian rail carloads up to 2,725,722.
Queen Marie of Roumania toured Illinois Steel Gary works observing ore and scrap iron converted into rails. She traveled by train in an observation car, dodging sparks as fifty ton cranes moved ingots and watched a crane feed baled scrap iron into furnaces.
London reports the annulment of the Marlborough and Consuelo Vanderbilt marriage after 20 years, two children, and two divorces. Consuelo seeks Rome’s decree to regularize her marriage to Colonel Balsan, while the Catholic church does not recognize divorce. The case hinges on alleged influence by her mother and relatives, with the Holy Rota upholding the Southwark diocesan annulment verdict.
Over 500 motorists faced traffic court today. Three magistrates handled 551 cases. George Washington pleaded guilty but had his $2 fine cut to $1.50. Daniel Boone paid $26, Benjamin Franklin failed to appear. Notices sent for December 1.
Two small banks tied to the closed Federal Trust company shut down in Kansas City today. The Waldo State Bank, a suburban institution, and the Thayer State Bank of Thayer, Kansas, announced they were sound and would reorganize once the larger bank’s affairs were settled. A third bank avoided a run after depositors’ cash reserves were called in and displayed.
London Nov 15 AP Acceptance of the government peace proposals by the striking miners seems almost certain though full district voting results may not be known until Wednesday. The executive council of the South Wales Miners Federation, which controls a major coal field, has already agreed to the terms.
The residence of Charles E. Miron, owner of the Cady Tavern, burned to the ground this morning in West Gloucester. Loss estimated in the thousands. Miron, who winters in Putnam, Conn, had converted the tavern into a modern tourist hotel. the adjacent tavern building, across the road, was saved.
The Fifth District Republican Women's auxiliary formally opened the district headquarters at a housewarming party attended by Mayor Behrens Senator Elbert Hun Alderman Fred Harrison and other officials. Mrs Daisy Barstow led the program with Bessie Turner and a lineup of entertainers including the Schubert trio and several vocalists and performers. The men’s opening celebration will follow with remarks on the ladies’ work and district leadership.
A coupe operated by George McCarthy at 1408 Main Street struck Lawrence Ambler sixty on North Washington avenue last night. McCarthy said Ambler stepped into the car’s path. witnesses Loshn and Mencini corroborated. Ambler was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital for lacerations.
In Detroit on November 15 a lone bandit with a bandaged arm held up a Peoples State Bank branch. He demanded 1,900 dollars with a threatening note through the cage and received 1,000 dollars from teller Glenn D. Young before fleeing. Several employees and customers were unaware of the holdup at the time.
Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut arrives in Washington for the December session and, with Mrs. Bingham, takes up residence at 2633 Sixteenth Street. The couple previously stayed at the Powhatan hotel and will live there until March 4. Their seven sons are away at school this winter in the fashionable embassy district.
The State National bank of Austin Texas, oldest bank in the city, was closed today by order of the board of directors. A note on the door said the bank is now in charge of J Root, national bank examiner.
In Cornish Maine on November 15, officials say an incendiary blaze gutted the wig grandstand at the fair grounds. A separate fire started in horse stables was quickly extinguished with little damage.
Residents vow to block proposed apartment building changes at two zoning hearings in City Hall. Coleman Street and Washington Avenue seek rezoning from C residence to A residence to bar new apartments, while East Main Street above York Street seeks B to Hh residence zoning. Potential opposition from vacant landowners is noted.
Danbury Nov 15 Special The will of Harry Houdini reveals he never forgave his sister in law Ladig Glantz Weiss the divorced wife of his brother Joseph Nathan Weiss and the present wife of Dr Leopold Nathan Weiss of New York and Ridgefield He wills that none of his heirs should ever directly or indirectly go to her The estate valued at about a half million left to the Library of Congress and his occult books to the American Society for Physical Research The tricks and illusions go to Dr Theodore Wells known as Hardeen
Bucharest Roumania Nov 16 AP King Ferdinand, who appeared in good health at the parliament opening, is again indisposed. A medical bulletin says he suffers from sigmoiditis, inflammation of the large intestine, with no repercussion on principal functions and his general condition remains satisfactory.
David Davis, diamond merchant from Pittsburgh, reports he was robbed of unset stones worth 200000 dollars after being taken from a Twin Cities bus in St Paul and driven by car in Minneapolis. Police were notified tonight about the robbery.
Am brose Lambert former Tendon correspondent for the New York Sun and longtime Boston Post staffer died at his Boston home after a heart attack. He was 60. During the war he led the English Bureau of Public Information and publicized for the British government until hostilities ended. He later reported on Bolshevik Russia and published an interview with Lenin and Trotzky.
Alderman George Hall witnessed a marriage performed in the city clerk office by Assistant City Clerk Paul D Elia uniting Catherine Hart and Virgie Jackson. Hart, 27, house worker, born in Louden Virginia, resides 114 Jones avenue. Jackson, 29, laborer, born in Norfolk Virginia, resides 2 Jones avenue.
Vincent Condon of 48 Starr Street New Haven rushed to aid two youngsters who fell from a raft into the Pequabuck river area near the railroad trestle. He pulled them ashore but one boy lay in serious condition as John Hed Allen and others helped revive him. Ambulance took the youths to St Vincent's hospital where they were kept for observation and were resting comfortably that night.
John Hall, chairman of the Board of Selectmen in West Springfield Massachusetts, filed a DIN in equity in Superior Court to force his two colleagues to give him a town hall key. He says the pair have locked him out and hindered his duties, and he seeks a court ruling to compel access to the selectmen’s chambers.
At the 60th annual National Grange meeting in Portland Maine resolutions on farm relief inland waterways and related issues sparked spirited debate before final action. Ohio won the next convention city by 25 to 27 over Washington DC with Cleveland slated for 1947. William S Hill urged strengthening the merchant marine to move farmers’ goods abroad.
Boston November 15 AP A new 64 inch electrically driven toy car will be illegal on public highways unless the driver is over 17 and the machine is insured under new compulsory regulations to take effect next January Registrar of Motor Vehicles Frank A Coodin ruled today the move narrows young Americans driving to back yards driveways and garages
Ambulances respond to four cases from 4:00 to 6:10 p m at addresses including 798 Maplewood avenue 80 Courtland Street Salts Textile company Golden Hill and Water streets and hospitals Bridgeport Mercy and Vincent a. Patients variety of injuries and a death by gas poisoning. medical examiners classify some as accidental.
Public notices warn that after a specified date no further transactions will be honored except by the individual named. The Connecticut Probate Court in Bridgeport announces estate and settlement deadlines, creditor payment requests, and attorney contact details for estates including Velcot Le, Maria Inglese, Jane Maria Ives, Mary E Laubscher, Mary Linsey, Anna E Reidt, George W Roberts, Louis Sage, Freidrichnell, Stefanko, Margaret Tickey, and Veronica Zsupik, with funeral notices and obituaries listed for local residents.
We thank our dear friends for the sympathy shown at the loss of our beloved daughter and sister. Special thanks to Bryant Electric Co Dept No 30 for floral and spiritual bouquets. The Beeb pan family.
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