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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1927
Page
14
Bridgeport Telegram announces its daily publication from a central office at Fairfield, with telephone connections to Milford and other areas. Open day and night, the paper urges readers to send news items, advertisements, and notices via direct calls.
The city of Norwalk may be using sidewalk insurance to cover claims from sidewalk accidents, especially in slippery weather. The piece argues such settlements can be excessive, suggesting private insurers might push for law enforcement and sidewalk maintenance to reduce costs, with fire insurance serving as a model for risk management.
Unanimous dissent across the state rejects Deputy Attorney General Averill’s view that state milk laws supersede local ordinances. Editors, health officers, lawyers, and citizens argue the bill allows localities to enact stronger protections and oppose the current state rule permitting 1,000,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter.
The U S Chamber of Commerce urges Congress to cut taxes by at least 406 million dollars in the coming session, arguing surpluses have been vastly underestimated and excess revenue should be returned to taxpayers to spur business. It warns that surplus funds invite wasteful spending and faces lawmakers who favor spending more than collected.
Plain Talk carries blunt critique from Frank Doster former Kansas Chief Justice. He says prohibition is spasmodic and cannot make men good by law, urging punishment for wrongs and persuasion over penal enactment.
A judge argues personal morals shape conduct beyond law and notes saloons meddling in politics. The piece critiques total prohibition while advocating strict, reasonable controls to win public support and curb bootleggers, warning that failure earns widespread civil unrest and untenable enforcement.
New London faces a petition drive for a referendum on its city manager form of government. A 10 percent petition threshold under current law was met, despite prior criticism. Stratford, Cincinnati, and New London illustrate varied outcomes of manager-led governance and the argument that professionally trained managers may govern more effectively than political appointees.
In a Winsted Citizens letter the writers contest deputy attorney general Ernest L Averill’s ruling on pure milk ordinances. They argue cities may set higher local standards than state law and urge a hands off approach by the attorney general’s office, asserting local control in protecting public health.
A Waterbury American note warns about Insull power interests in Maine. Samuel Insull and associates have gained control of most independent Maine power firms and seek to export power to other states. Maine’s law against exporting power was vetoed by Governor Brewster, and Insull backs a propaganda effort to undermine direct primary reforms to place a pliable governor and friendly legislature in power.
A polemical piece asserts that wealthy power interests led by Samuel Insull influence state and national policies. It cites Maine, Indiana, Muscle Shoals, and Boulder Dam as arenas of expansion and asserts a merged empire of powerful electrics threatening Connecticut’s autonomy. The article warns of a unified unit expanding control over public life.
Free expressions of opinion from Telegraph readers are invited. Letters must be signed with correct name and address but home will be kept confidential. Letters exceeding 800 words may be shortened at the editor's discretion. No attention paid to unsigned communications.
A Nichols reader protests roadside apple vendors for selling a 14 quart basket at one dollar with at least 15 badly decayed apples. The writer urges buyers to bring their own baskets to Nichols to avoid being overcharged and misled by unscrupulous sellers.
A reader questions why state police and local vice squads arrest kitchen saloons and hootch sellers while country clubs with wealthy patrons reportedly face less enforcement. The letter cites a country club gin episode and asks if the law targets the poor and not the rich, urging equal treatment by officials.
Anne Campbell writes of a Wednesday night concert in our town with Sousa and Heinie bands. Malone the barber on slide trombone, Mack the butcher on trumpet, Jones the banker on tuba, and Hank the drummer headline a familiar lineup. Locals crowd cars along Main Street to hear the Home Town Band play Swanee River and Sousa marches, a cherished rural spectacle.
Supplication deadline for voter rolls ends today with talk that Fred Atwater seeks mayoral post as his factory shifts to Milford. Waterbury and New Haven report party rallies, appointments, and ballots, including posts for postmaster and constable, with disorderly but detailed campaign rhetoric and local governance discussion.
The Daily Mirror observes that Henry Clay Hall’s retirement strips the Interstate Commerce Commission of a moderating expert on railroad valuations and consolidations. Hall, a longtime regulator from Colorado, balanced detail and precedent. his absence leaves the commission more exposed to criticism over railroad consolidation and rate decisions, including the lake sargo coal case and Western coal price cuts. The piece notes gender progress in civil rights contrasts with ongoing battles for equal privileges.
A spoof career of Pavel Jordanowicz unfolds as critics praise a fictitious painter. The piece reveals that "Exultation" was created by Paul Jordan Smith, an author, posing as a Russian artist. The hoax, staged with self aware satire, ends with the note that high brow art talk is bunk.
Readers seek guidance from Dr Cadman on Dartmouth students voting belief in Jesus Deity. The exchange covers private prayer versus public worship, and how modern liberalism may echo old despotisms, urging faithful social worship and personal conviction.
New York on October 11 prompts reflections on social oddities in Manhattan. The piece wanders through Carnegie mansion life, film culture, Eva Sikelings and Vizetellys, and a gossip flavored note on Little Maxey and a bank scandal, weaving wry observations of urban society and crime.
A fragment from Walt Mason presents a portrait of a Punktown banker named Wine who embodies safe and sane counsel. The poem mocks clever schemes and warns of deceitful tactics while describing the banker as guardian of wealth and pride among townsfolk.
The forecast for Southern New England calls for increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures followed by showers Wednesday night or Thursday. New York and Northern New England show similar trends with showers later in the period and increasing cloud cover. A disturbance near Lake Superior and a high pressure center off the New England coast influence the outlook for Wednesday and Thursday. Winds north of Sandy Hook will be fresh to strong from the south, with southeast to south winds further east. The Daily Almanac by Middlebrook notes tides and times, while a stray historical line comments on poison rings and speculation about agricultural warnings.
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