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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1922
Page
11
The Ure clothing company store was broken into last night or this morning, with over all sand shirts valued at 6000 dollars stolen. The front door was pried open, merchandise carried away on a motor truck, and the burglary discovered at daylight. An earlier attempt occurred last August.
New Haven reports Davis Oldring of Meriden was fined 180 dollars on fraud charges and given 200 dollars on two counts of the quar charge with 20 days in jail added in the Common Pleas court today for allegedly robbing a Meriden gas center and using gas to steal.
A food sale is planned in the church hall this afternoon from 2 to 6 under the auspices of the Children Mary Society. Proceeds support furnishing a new parochial school now under construction.
Bryant Electric provided cars for the Musicians' association volunteers to reach Shelton Sanitarium for a band concert on October 2. The Em ployer's Tuberculosis Relief Association arranged the transport, not the Manufacturers' association as previously reported.
In Mineola on October 13 twelve thousand quarts of high grade Scotch whiskey valued at over 200000 dollars were poured down the jail basement sink by Chief Deputy August Ferrand of the United States customs on a Federal Judge Garvin order. The liquor was seized on board the yacht Edith in Bayville last April and brought from the West Indies, according to Captain John Oman.
Stamford Oct. Mrs. Margaret Cutten Dehmer of 23 Cedar Street Stamford wife of Diedrich Dehmer formerly of East Port Cheaper is missing from her home. She left her two year old baby with her mother and said she was moving. No reason given. She is about five feet five inches tall with a medium build. brown sport coat, black dress and bright stockings. White complexion and hair.
Greenwich October 18 The Democratic Town Committee names William V Sulville for Judge at Probate and Mrs Frederick Bursch and Henry G Deinkwittey for representatives. Primaries are held tomorrow. The Republican Committee has named Stephen L Radford for judge but has not chosen representatives. Republican primaries will be held on Monday.
Rantz Garagt has sold his garage at 82 Wood venue to Wolsey 4 for 12,000 dollars. The accessory business connected with the garage was also sold.
The Intermountain Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop laborers elected E Bolgado of Dauphin, Manitoba, as the new grand president amid talks of strikes and wage demands. Grable, blamed for last summer’s threatened walkout, lost by about 3,000 votes amid widespread reform vows. A new leadership slate includes Cut in vice-presidents and salaries, with Milliman elected secretary.
Tulls Okla Oct 13 The conviction of the Rev Thomas J Irwin of Lawton on charges unbecoming a minister led to his definite suspension from ministry by the Synod of the Presbyterian Church in the United States after findings of the El estate. Irwin was found guilty of bringing disrepute to the church by donning a bathing suit and marrying a couple in a swimming pool and filing false affidavits to obtain an injunction to block church members in Lawton from intervening in church affairs. The suspension was upheld in Indianapolis at the next general assembly.
A suspect named Berkera from Port Yo was held for the sheriff after a chase through two towns. Officers pursued the man who fired shots before being exhausted and taken into custody.
A Norwich woman died from burns after a kerosene fire started in the morning. The husband, also burned, may not recover. A four months old infant was less seriously burned. The family lived on a farm in Newent near Jewett City.
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