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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1927

Page

3

Community Chest drive posts partial total and targets

Subscriptions report a two day total of 8124744 with a goal of 4460000 to be raised by next Tuesday. Special canvass divisions show 20561 commercial, 10342 industrial, 20665 and 88359 from individuals amid a luncheon by James I McConaughy at Mesleyan University. A chaotic meeting features Navy versus Army football notes and a fire engine outside the Bran d hotel as members depart.

James I. McConaughy Mesleyan University

Army team leads with high score in donor drive

Ql of the Army under Captain Gerald Pratt led the day as the high scoring team with a record of 66 donors. The event was displayed on a large bulletin board near the former First Congregational Church site between Bank and John streets, facing Broad Street. The day featured detailed division tallies and totals for Commercial, Navy, and Army sections, with multiple individuals listed as top contributors and subscribers.

Army Gerald Pratt Tam First Congregational

Remus Loses Bid to Widen Insanity Tests in Trial

In Cincinnati on November 16, the Remus murder trial judge Chester R Shook limited insanity inquiries to three Ohio tests. Prosecutor Taft pressed for broader standards while Remus won the right to help select jurors despite ongoing objections. Eleven tentative jurors were questioned as the defense subpoena brought in Gilbert Remus brother.

Cincinnati. O Aesociated Press Vieto George Remis Chester R Shook Ohio Remus Imogene Renous Charles P Taft Taft KHOF Shook F H Oberschmidt Anna Ricking Henry Hilitink Charles J Birge Steir Ruth Crose Joseph Dury Joan Trautman Thomas Bozento Henriv Geil Matthew J Normiile Robert B Hosford Alarry Brown

Miss Root Heads Therapy Society

MISS ROOT HEADS THERAPY SOCIETY NEW HAVEN, Nov. 16. Miss Katherine H Root of Stamford was elected president of the Connecticut Society of Occupational Therapy in annual session at Sterling Memorial. Officers named include Dr Otto G Wiedman Hertford vice president Valing Gill carie Starnfore secretary treasurer and committee members Mrs Charles E Winslow New Haven and Dr Daniel P Griffen Bridgeport. The 1923 program was adopted featuring a quarterly bulletin and speaker series for social service clubs. Solon C Kelly Stamford spoke on funds needs, with Floyd Haviland New York and Merjorie Taylor Boston contributing afternoon remarks.

New Haven Associated Press Katherine H Root Stamford Connecticut Society of Occupational Therapy Sterling Memorial Otto G Wiedman Hertford Valing Gillcarie Starnfore Charles E Winslow Daniel P Griffen Bridgeport Solon C Kelly National Society Floyd Haviland Manhattan State Hospital New York Merjorie Taylor Peter Bent Mingham Hospital Boston

New York tunnel opens as progress draws crowds

Thousands of automo biles and pedestrians lured by the glamour of its newness battled to enter the Holland ve hicular tunnel when it was officially opened Saturday. The daily opening of a good store is just as important to community progress as the New Yok tunnel to the cities it serves. Unheralded department stores reopen, offering vistas of all things new and inviting.

Holland Vehicular Tunnel

Publisher Dies in New York After Operation

Jacques Wesley aged 62, a prominent Holyoke printer and publisher of two German papers, the New England Rundschau and the Connecticut Staatszeitung, died suddenly in New York this morning following an operation. He was known for advancing German literature in New England.

Frolyoke Mass Jacques Wesley Holyoke New York New England

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