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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1924

Page

2

Criminal Court Hands Down Heavy Penalties in 35 Cases

The Court of Common Pleas adjourned for the November term as Judge Frederick W. Huxford presided. Joseph Rasatro and Manuel Gomaz of Bridgeport faced statutory charges and, unable to pay 375 fines, were jailed. State Prosecutor Lorin W. Willis noted 35 appeal cases from Tower County courts. fines and costs totaled 3340.25 with 751 days in jail.

Court ‘of Common Pleas Judga Frederick W Huxford Joseph Rasatro Manuel Gomaz Bridgeport Lorin W. Willis Tower County

Departing Wife Held on Husband Charge

Ansonia report states Mrs Giusseppe Imarisio and Carlo Pizzi, linked to a $3,900 family bankroll theft, were arrested by New York authorities after disappearing with the funds. Imarisio planned to sail to Italy, purchasing three tickets and stowing baggage at the pier before arrest.

Ansonia Giusseppe Imarisio Carlo Pizzi Vmarisio New York Imarisio Paz Hi Company

Danbury Man Accused of Misappropriating Bakery Funds

Edward J. Mitchell is charged in the Court of Common Pleas with misappropriating $234.28 from General Baking Company of New York. The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company seeks $300 damages claiming he refused restitution and defaulted on an indemnity bond.

Edward J. Mitchell Danbury Court of Common Pleas General Baking Company New York City Hartford Naka Mitchell

Victim of Hunter's Shot Likely to Die in Stamford

Stamford, Nov 21. Little hope is held for the recovery of Worward Fenwick of Vianna who was accidentally shot while rabbit hunting with neighbor Charles Palmer. Fenwick is married with two children. Palmer is detained by police pending developments.

Stamford Worward Fenwick Vianna Esterday Charles Palmer Fenwick Palmer

Meetings Tonight Across Scandia Lodges and Encampments

Scandia lodge and Nutmeg encampment announce meetings tonight at 827 Wood avenue and 1037 Broad street respectively. Court Nathaniel Wheeler of Virginia at 1087 Broad street and Maintenance Employes at 47 Male Street also list gatherings.

Wood Avenue Nathaniel Wheeler Broad Street

Volunteer Workers Face Big Task in Chest Drive

Bridgeport reports detail a Community Chest drive with Girl Scout help at Stratfield and HQ. Totals show divisions and large gifts from firms like General Electric, American Chain, and Bridgeport Brass.

Girl Scout Troops Bridgsport Gammonty Chest Stratfield Y Mig. Co Warner Bros. Co Forsberg Mig. Co Conn, Clasp Co Crane Co Bridgeport Jenkins Bros.Co Sprague Meter Co le Baron C. W. Fis Carrige Co American Chain Co G. Kruplan Manning, Maxwell & Moore Fairchild & Shelton H. C. Canfled , Co Bassick Co Raybestos Co Bridgeport Metal Goods Co Heppenstall Worge Co Salt's Textile Co Challenge Cutlery Co Armstrong Mig Co Bridgeport Motor Co Burner Machine Co Jennings Bros. .Co Wheeler Insulated Wire Co Generallectric Co Bridgeport Furnace Works Singer Mfg. Co A. W Bridgeport Chain Co Underwood Typewriter C Metropolitan Body Co Bridgeport Motor Truck Co Public Works Department Recreation Board Provate Mayors Office Trada School Board of Appraisal Board of Contract and Supply Community Chest Workers En General Electric Company Bridgeport Brass Co Siemon Hard Rubber Co Masonic Bodies of Bullard Machine Tool Co Jenkins Valve Co Arthur KK. L. Watson Baker Dwight C. Wheeler American Tube and Stamping Co Mrs Eleanor Ricker W. Seymour Lacy Earl Sprague Bridgeport, Ice and Coal Co Blue Ribbon Garage Inc Norman Leeda Find DeVer C Warner Wilmot F. Wheeler American Bank and Trust Co Mechanics and Farmers Bank Herbert N. Lyon Hastetn Malleable Tren Co John BE Ryburn Henry Stoddard Wolverine Motor Works Howard Hounsien W. G. Lineburgh Alfred B. Oviatt Anonymous Edevard Fischer Charles C. Canneld Patrick McGee James W. Lyon J. G. Roche Anonymouus Marie Bowler Virginia Walker Stephen Horan Matiie Gaylord Hamilton Ss. Shelton Hayes Fish Market Thomas Morrissey Berkshire Mill Co Church of the Blessed Sacrament Richera J George J. Banham Ralph F. Barker Jr S. M. Batchelder J. Robert Beecher B. G. Berrein Hll Bishop Thomas E. Bishop Blue Raybon Tire Service Arnold Borgman John H. Borstelman Frederick K. Braitling Frank Hraithwate Samuel Bremer Bridgeport Aluminum Match Plats Co Bridgeport Bottling Co Bridgeport Chapter Bridgeport Safety Emery Wheel Co., Inc B.L. Bull John Burn Stanley Burritt Florence B. Burstein Fred, Brill Elmer Chichester Conklin Conn Marine. Boller Works O11 Co Contract Plating Co Howard P. Cook Frank N. Coops E. J. Craft Bert Crump Richard F. Cuddihy John Y. Cullinan T. W. Cutting Cutting & Woods Inc Fred S. Daniela John L. Darling M. W. Davis Samuel Dawe C. L. Dennis Bien Devitt Edward N. DeWitt John W. Dias Samuel S Mary L. Dimond Moses Dober Charles D Samuel W. Gledhill Walter ©. Goddard Too, Godfrey Samuel Goldman Baward Gidldenberg Paul Goodridge Wallace Wrould Andrew N, Grace Frederick B. Grannis

Peck Residence Destroyed by Fire Near Ridgefield

Danbury reports the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrences Peck three miles west of Ridgefield burned in the early hours. Estimated loss runs to $10,000 as Mrs. Peck, two children, a guest, a servant and a woman fled in night clothes to neighbors. Fire started in the living room from a log rolling from the fireplace. the family narrowly escaped. Ridgefield and Katonah fire departments responded to the alarm. water froze and local ponds hindered efforts as Mr Peekingami, an architect in New York, was away.

Danbury Lawrences Peck Ridgefield

Passenger Sues Driver After Railroad Crossing Crash

Joseph Wane of Holyoke Massachusetts injured as a passenger when Edouard Hines of New York City allegedly invited him to ride in Hines' car at a railroad crossing in Danbury on October 9. Wane seeks ten thousand dollars damages for permanently disabling injuries in Superior Court.

Joseph Wane Holyoke Mass Acci Dent Danbury Superior Edouard Hines New York City Kare Hines

Sound Beach Resident Dies of Heart Attack

Greenwich reports the death of a prominent Sound Beach resident from heart failure this morning. Born in New York City on March 15, 1847, he worked with Bull's Head bank, Garfield bank, and the fourteenth street bank before joining Rush and Company, bankers of New York City. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Greenwich Well Sound Beach New York City Bull's Head Bank Garfield Bank Fourteenth Street Bank Rush and Company

Fireman hurled from truck in New Haven crash

Fire engine No. 14 struck the curb at Coward and Congress avenues sending a Hosey man, Fred Cofrancesco, flying and dying at New Haven hospital from a possible skull fracture. Supernumerary Carl Robinson, tied to engine No. 11, suffered a back wrench in the accident.

New Haven Coward Congress Fred. Cofrancesco Carl Robinson

City of Danbury Sues to Collect Back Taxes

The city of Danbury files suit in the Court of Common Pleas to recover years of taxes owed by Charles Brush totaling 284.49. Foreclosure is sought to grant the city title to Brush's real estate or an order of sale to satisfy the debt. A parallel suit against Brush Transportation Co. seeks three years of taxes totaling 138.58.

Danbury Court of Common Pleas Charles 2 Brush Brush Transportation Company

Vets Renounce Citizenship Over Immigration Law

Samuel Daniels aged 26 and Fred Daniels 29, English born naturalized Americans who fought in the great war, renounce their citizenship after being denied permission to bring their aged mother from England. They plan to apply for passports to return to England to live with their ill mother.

San Francisco Samuel Daniels Fred Daniels England

Rev Morgan Arrested on Traffic Charges

Rev John W Morgan of Post Road Darien was arrested on an automobile charge of driving without an operator’s violation and paid a $1 fine on the parking charge. He was released on his own recognizance to answer the other charge in city court this morning.

John W. Morgan Post Road Darien

Harvard hall sold for apartment conversion in Cambridge

Cambridge sale transfers Beck Hall, once Harvard's elite dorm, to a development project fronting Massachusetts avenue and Harvard street at Quincy Square. Meanwhile a collage of local notices lists varied sums and donors, including names such as Gregory, Griswold, and Hutchinson, amid otherwise unrelated items.

Cambridge Mass Beck Harvard Massachusetts Avenue Harvard Street Quincy Square

Husband charges wife intemperate in divorce suit

Anna A Walsh of this city is charged with habitual intemperance in a divorce petition filed in Superior court by Richard A Walsh. They were married September 29 1915 and have a four year old daughter custody is asked by the father. The same allegation is in a suit by Helen Kaeley Lane of Stamford against Albert Lane. they married April 27 1904. Elmer B H Filton of Danbury alleges intolerable cruelty in a suit against Bessie Lent Willow, married March 4 1902. Football is noted in Britain’s periodical literature with about fifty publications.

Anna A. Walsh Richard A. Walsh Lave Helen Kaeley ‘Lane Stamford Albert i Lane New Rochelle Elmer BH. Filton Danbury Bessie Lent Willow

Prohibition Agents Assigned for Yale Harvard Game

Federal prohibition agents, said to total 21, were detailed for the Yale Harvard game to enforce prohibition laws. Agents will patrol both the bowl and the city with a quick moving squad to monitor inns along highways, while city authorities prepare to ensure excise laws are observed.

Havin Harvard

Bedroom Fire Causes Fifty Dollar Damage

Fire in a bedroom yesterday morning damaged a shoemaker Thomas Regan at 121 High Street a four family building owned by Mrs Bratz Stratford. The blaze is believed started by small boys.

Darage Thomas "Regan High Street

Coolidge Thanks Tilson for Help in Campaign

President Calvin Coolidge sends a letter of thanks to Congressman John Tilson for his work as director of the Eastern Speakers bureau for the Republican National Committee and other campaign efforts. The letter notes Tilson and others who labored hard during the recently concluded campaign. Coolidge admires their energy and partial achievements.

John Tilson New Haven Calvin Coolidge Republican ‘National Committee Mr. Tilson

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