Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Bridgeport Telegram in Bridgeport, Connecticut

We have 1,749,131 pages in Connecticut

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1926

Page

4

Newlywed in Hysterics After Job Loss Threat

Paul Tafto twenty of 205 Hard avenue faced a terror at home after a job threat. He returned from work at American Tube and Stamping and argued with his foreman at a barber shop. A private physician and Emergency hospital ambulance were summoned as Tafto raved and was restrained in bed. Neighbors and his wife assisted until calm returned.

Paul Tafto Hard Avenue Tafto American Tube and Stamping Company

Vitaphone Rights May Be Shared Between Studios

Wall Street saw unusual activity as talks between Warner Brothers Pictures and the Famous Players- Lasky Corporation could grant Famous Players access to the Vitaphone process. A potential agreement next week was hinted, with reports suggesting Famous Players might gain a financial stake in Warner and show Vitaphone pictures in its theatres.

New York Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc Famous Players- Imoke Corporation Famous Players Organization Warnes Wall Street Famous Players Warner Company Vitaphone Pictures Famous Players Theatres

Poland's Cabinet Resigns After Diet Defeat

Warsaw Sept 30 AP says Premier Bartel's cabinet resigned after a Diet defeat and President Moscicki accepted it. Four economic ministers argued against dissolving Parliament and elections in January, warning of poor turnout in rural Poland. Diet accepted Senate credit cuts and adjourned with dignity as talks moved to new elections.

Warsaw Poland Bartel Moscicki Marshal Pilsudski Diet Agriculture, Commerce and Industry Senate

Ring of Yegg Men Captured at Inn in Postal Ring

New York police report eight men arrested here and upstate, linked to a months long gang operating in New York Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Four men were nabbed at Cedarhurst Inn near Troy, three here, and one in Delmar. Inspectors call them burners for using acetylene torches to crack safes in banks and post offices. Names include Charles Dean Frank Nolan Michael McCabe Charles Moffitt Joseph Blu Thomas Reilly Joseph McCarthy and Joseph Garibaldi. All have criminal records. two in Los Angeles 1922. Public reveal to avoid leaks.

New York Upstate Massachusetts Pennsylvania Cedarhurst Inn West Sand Lake Troy Delmar Charles H. Clarahan Iin Charles Dean Frank Nolan Michael MecCabe Charles Moffitt Joseph Blu Thomas Reilly Joseph McCarthy Joseph Garibaldi Blue Reilly Garabaldi Clarahan Los Angeles

Local P O Asks To Locate Seitz Family

The Glen Rock Pennsylvania post office is seeking help to locate the Seitz family of Welssy Seitz, a railroad employee who lived at 88 Madison Avenue and was killed in a February 1908 accident. Assistant Post Master H A Keller is settling the late Mr Seltz’s mother’s estate and asks local residents to contact the office with any family information.

Welssy Seltz Madison Avenue Seltz H. A. Keller Glen Rock Mr Seltz Toweh Focal Post Office

Cabinet resigns after no confidence vote amid Romania treaty ratification

A government cabinet faced a motion of non-confidence in the cabinet and in the interior and education ministers, was defeated, and tendered its resignation. The president accepted the resignation. In today’s session the Diet ratified the guarantee treaty with Roumania from the spring.

Interior Roumania

Dawes and Pershing Reveal They Married In Borrowed Raiment

In Lincoln Nebraska on a September day Charles Dawes vice president and General John J Pershing met in their boyhood hometown. They recalled earlier days and shared a greeting with thousands before departing for a five day hunting trip. Dawes recalled borrowing a dress suit to wed and Pershing said he did the same.

Lincoln Neb Charles Dawes John J. Pershing Charney Tincoln Tjohn Mr Dawes John

Man With 3 Wives Jailed For Year

George O Smith formerly with Prudential Insurance pleaded guilty to bigamy in Superior Court. After a confusing case involving three wives and alleged divorce status, Judge L P Waldo Marvin imposed a one year jail term. Evidence showed Smith had married three women in Roanoke Virginia, February 1924 and March 1925, with unclear divorce records and allegations of ill treatment.

George O. Smith Prudential Insurance Company L. P. Waldo Marvin Superior Court Uvin George Smith Marsh Smith Lister Katherine Jones Wife No. 2 Marvin

Hartford Killer Gets Prison Term

A Hartford case continues with Carmelo Tiralongo and relatives linked to a Sept. 4 Mulberry Street shooting and a nearby hijacking in Thomaston. The state alleges Barbiera stabbed Carmelo and Salvatore Tiralongo, while Barbiera was killed with an iron bar. details of a missing knife remain unresolved. The incident followed a confrontation between Tiralongo and Barbiera’s gangs amid a sequence of violent events.

Mulberry Street Barbiera Barbista Carmelo Tiralongo Carbone Tiralongo Salvatore Tiralongo Nino Padro Carmelo Tiralungo Salvatore Turalongo Mgr Pallotti Salvatore Barblera Carmelo

City seeks $1,000 for boy finger injury in trailer incident

A list of claims presented before the city claims committee details losses from June 26 when a boy lost the tip of a finger when his hand was caught in an ash trailer on Shelton street. Other petitions seek reimbursements for ruined clothing and medical bills after a fall on Main street, injuries from a manhole collapse, and damages to a car, groceries, and crates from sewer faults, totaling several thousand dollars across multiple residents and incidents.

Joseph Stang Oyden Street Shelton Street George Hall Wiliam W. Bent Raymond A. Folkman Ogden Street Main Street William D. Kierran Noble Avenue Jane Street Ellen Landers Courtland Street Anna Frawley Wells Street Josephine Mainiero Frank DB. Plumb S. L. Frankel Robert B Fox Berkshire Avenue William Street

Two Held In The Theft Of Bridgeport Car

Frank Baker and Walter Spencer were reported to Fairfield police as claiming car theft occurred between noon and quitting time. The men, said to be track workers from New Haven, were found with a stolen Spencer vehicle after arriving in Bridgeport. They were held for Fairfield and later brought to headquarters. Descriptions place Baker at 252 Hast fifty-ninth Street New York and Spencer at 92 Aldine Street.

Frank Baker Fifty-Ninth Street New York Fairfield Burrau Walter Spencer Aldine Street General Machine Company Spencer New Haven Water Street Shoe Leather Express tTranistan Avenue

Slayer of Bad Man Gets 40 to 15 Years

An attorney's office item notes a man, Cigliotti, facing a Grand Jury true bill for first degree murder with a expected trial on the charge. Other disposed cases include Frank Warren sentenced to one to three years for assault on a minor, and Duart jailed for a statutory offense after living with a married woman. Helen Teers and Alpert Lent received suspended monthlong sentences for a statutory offense.

Cigliotti Frank Warren Norwalk Howard Havens Joseph Duart Sterling Street Duart Anthony Cluze Helen Teers Alpert Lent

Ambulance Log Details Transfers and Injuries

At 10:30 am Mary Thinbary age 39 of 62 Colorado avenue with pneumonia taken to St Vincent's hospital. 4:00 pm Peter Ukraini three months of 514 Berkailre avenue transferred to Bridgeport hospital. 5:10 pm William Puffer five of 939 Wordin avenue with laceration and possible fractured skull taken to St Vincent's hospital. 6:85 pm Paul Tafto twenty of 202 Hurd avenue hysteria, fronted and left.

Mary Thinbary Colorado Avenue St. Vincent’s Hospital Peter Ukraini Berkailre Avenue Bridgeport Hospital William Puffer Wordin Avenue St. Vinecents Hospital Paul Tafto Hurd Avenue

Also Mentioned on This Page

Man Foreman Happy Ie Johns U. S Seitz Jcood Luck Margarine John F. Jelke Co Dept. D South Washtenaw Avenue Chicago Iino Sale Distributors John B. Jelke Co Warren St Dawes Pershing Hartford Alcorn Brancis Pallett Gaage Merry Hines Bridgeport Murray Co Fairfield Ave Pepperell Smith-Murray Anderson’s Ginghams Main St
Search Courier

Search the Bridgeport Telegram Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Bridgeport Telegram?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication