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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1927
Page
2
Socialist candidate Jasper McLevy criticizes Mayor Behrens for offering no relief to small homeowners amid higher Bridgeport taxes. He urges placing the tax question on voting machines to let voters decide and cites past efforts to put such a measure before the electorate in 1931.
The letter argues taxes are a vital public issue and should be settled by ballot. It urges appointing a commission of experienced locals to resolve the tax assessment muddle by December 31 and warns any administration that ignores a people backed measure would face scrutiny. The writer labels the current administration as zero and calls for a voter referendum.
President E Everett Cortright announces the appointment of Professor Carl E Wallace as head of the social studies department at The Junior College of Connecticut effective February 1 1928 He has a long career as historian political scientist educator and community worker with degrees from Kansas Chicago Yankton and Minnesota colleges including a Ph D from Chicago and service at State Teachers College Minnesota and Duluth.
A saying describes a child’s permission depending on which parent grants it with the mother’s veto seen as decisive in some households. The phrase contrasts paternal permission with maternal restriction and highlights family dynamics and authority.
Milford Connecticut October 6 William S Hoyt chairman of the Democratic Town committee resigns citing increased business duties as cause His departure leaves the chair empty for the first time in over four years and follows a town election that weakens the party yet shows improved strength. He notes three hard fought campaigns and a shift from a five to one disadvantage to a 3 to 1 Republican edge.
A Second District Republican caucus nominated A J Nor they, Fire Commissioner James J Stone, and Mrs Mary A Carten as delegates to the city convention with Alderman Marty H Doty endorsed for a second term. The caucus pledged delegates to back Mayor Behrens for reelection and instructed the secretary to cast a unanimous vote for Doty. Stone praised Doty’s experience and urged voters to back him, while Northey urged delegates to be pledged to Behrens and to campaign for the mayor after the picks were made.
Washington readers follow a test of a policeman’s authority to censor a woman’s skirt length. Park officials led by Colonel Ulysses S. Grant 3rd will hear the case arising from Park Policeman Lawler who ordered Mrs Keller to pull her dress down while seated.
A detailed price table from the Connecticut Commissioner of Agriculture lists fruits, vegetables, poultry and dairy, livestock and meats, hay and grain with per unit prices. Items include apples, oranges, lemons, cantaloupe, grapes, pears, cranberries, potatoes, lettuce, beans, onions, cabbage, tomatoes, eggs, live fowl, butter, beef, veal, lamb, hams, lard, and feedstuffs with monetary ranges and units.
A string of property transfers lists buyers and sellers such as James G Cakavel to Harry W Cole and Adolph G Felix to William F Mayer with various realty on Deforest Avenue Lindley Street Coleman Street and Summit Anson Streets. Amounts include 93000 66500 1100 10000 and 440000 among others.
Thurston Robbins twenty two of 19 Mt Pleasant street Norwich was slightly injured today when he jumped from an auto truck he drove as it neared a freight train at the Franklin street crossing. The truck owned by Vantie Gram Produce Co was wrecked, a wheel rolled under the freight car wheel, traffic resumed after about an hour.
The shofar marked the close of Yom Kippur as a 24 hour fast ended. Over 5,000 Jews attended services at ten local synagogues while many Jewish businesses stayed closed. Services began at sundown with Kol Nidre and continued until nightfall, after which celebrants broke their fast. The festival period continues with Succoth and Simhat Torah over nine days.
Stratford election irregularities probe widens after Everett B Sniffen declares several votes illegal or irregular and promises prosecutions. Hawley of Ocean Avenue is jailed briefly on election law charges and defends his residency. Sniffen also accuses local politicians of mudslinging while vowing to clean up town affairs.
Despondent over his canine friend Rex leaving the neighborhood, William Mosher's hound Jack hanged himself today by leaping from the porch where he was tethered. The incident occurred in Pittsfield Massachusetts as reported by the Associated Press.
Fairfield voters approved an $85,000 school building bond issue with a $1,532.56 premium bid from Harris Forbes of New York. Five bids were opened by the Board of Selectmen with Harris Forbes offering the town the most for the bonds. The bonds bear 4.25 percent interest and mature 1929 through 1945, with total indebtedness rising to $908,000. Previous issues included 1909, 1916, 1923, 1924, and 1926 issues. Other Fairfield items note local club meetings, a school year organization, library exhibits, and property transfers including St Anthony’s church mortgage.
Chicago October 6. The Associated Press reports a ruling on public love making by Chicagoans following the arrest of a Cleveland couple for intimate acts in public. Judge Ettelson stated there may be public displays of affection if conducted in a reasonably clandestine manner, though he did not define how such acts could be performed publicly without being unlawful.
The widow Grace M. Paul of Fairfield and her son Charles A. Paul Jr. are named executors of the Charles A. Paul estate, with a two thirds share to the widow and one third to the son. The will, dated February 3, 1926, divides property, real estate interests in Bridgeport Trumbull Fairfield and Stratford, and household items. Judge Frederic A. Bartlett considers a $200 weekly allowance for the widow during settlement.
Witnesses named Beach as a suspect in the death of an aged physician found in a lane near an old glass factory. William Driver James Grant and Paul Eldridge testified they saw a car matching Beach's leave the area. Driver could not positively identify Beach.
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