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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1927
Page
6
Boston records show 83 degrees as the high for the date and a warm spell continues with 89 plus degrees reported from parts of New England. The weather bureau predicts the warm wave will linger through tomorrow and Sunday, with southwest breezes accompanying the belated end of summer.
In London at Princes Galleries a portrait of Helen Wills attracted near Wimbledon center court crowds alongside a portrait of Princess Elizabeth. The show demonstrated high standards in portraiture, pictorial, and commercial photography with emphasis on facial expression. Frank Davis notes photographers in England struggle to find model subjects who are not camera conscious.
Rudie an eleven year old with fragile nerves escapes his mother’s strict routines. At a country farm he explores open air, learns polite behavior, and struggles with impulses. An apple toss at a stranger leads to a confrontation, a doctor’s visit, and a reflection on growth.
Paris September 30 By Associated Press several art pieces described as culersol items have been crafted from absorbent cotton by Madame Blancfene a noted artist critics have not received the new medium seriously though proponents claim it offers new properties for sculpture in modern art.
Shanghai Sept 30 By Associated Press Dr Gilbert Reid pioneer American Presbyterian missionary in China since 1882 died today at age seventy He helped foster China foreigner relations founding the International Institute in Shanghai in 1894 An author and sometime correspondent for The Times and New York Herald Tribune Reid was deported during World War I and sent to Manila for a year His home originally was in New York.
Rev G C Haas longtime pastor of St Mark's Lutheran East 6th Street and Wagner College teacher dies at 73. Survivor list includes wife son Joan Haas of Muhlenberg College Allentown and daughter Mrs William Pedamore of Chicago. Haas was born in Philadelphia and authored hymns. He and his wife lost daughter in the General Slocum disaster decades ago.
Hartford, Sept 30. Detective George W Cook of the New York Police Bureau said relatives of Benjamin D Bagigvish, a 27 year old Hartford lawyer missing since Aug 1, must show more interest or he will drop the probe. He cites lack of information from Klatus and notes a $100,000 life insurance policy naming Bagigvish’s wife as beneficiary, with his business partner offering no claim. Authorities will withhold further comment on disclosed details.
A New York woman, Mrs. Clar Kilhomne, was killed when a gas stove exploded in September. Police said a leaky pipe likely caused the blast, as her husband, asleep nearby, was knocked from the scene. The incident remains under investigation.
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