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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1925
Page
4
Mitch Field October 13 AP Light H. E. Harmon U S Army flyer won the Detroit News air transport trophy race, the final point of the 1925 national air races. He piloted a Huff Daland XLB across the field to victory amid the final event of the tour.
An advertisement promises a free trial of a breathing method for asthma and hay fever. It targets long standing and recent cases, claims relief without discomfort, and asks readers to mail a coupon with no postage or payment required.
The Detroit News Air Transport trophy race featured speeds from 119.91 to 113.58 miles per hour as Lieut. C F Schilt and K B Wolfe placed second and third in Douglas aircraft. Capt B E B Duncan landed a cargo plane safely after a dramatic nose-first touchdown leaving spectators relieved and ambulances ready. Sergeant Moorhead survived unharmed as observers reported the crash landing at Langley Field during the concluding race.
Bridgeport Girl Scouts introduce a new merit award system with five Courts of Award planned this year, up from three. Special badges will be prepared by the scouts in the month before distribution. Mrs. Over Styer, chairwoman, says the change will ease captain duties and boost interest in the program.
The navy salvage ship Falcon sails from Brooklyn for Block Island to aid raising the submarine S 51 sunk after a collision with City of Rome on September 25. Divers will attach pontoons to seal hull holes and use compressed air to lift the vessel. S 60 goes to drydock for inspection while Vestal and Sagamore head to Block Island to assist in the operation.
Men and women workers of the Ninth District Republican club are invited to an open house Friday night in the club rooms at the corner of Strain and Shelton streets. Officers of the men's and women's clubs have also extended invitations.
The Y D club announces an ex service man banquet at Champ's Farm in Black Rock on Armistice Day November 11 open to all ex service men. Final arrangements were completed at a Legion house meeting Monday night.
Washington observers testifying before the Naval Court of Inquiry found changes to the Shenandoah gas cell installation unsafe. They noted skilled crew could mitigate risk, but Commander Patton warned the modification was not as foolproof as the original design.
Two Bridgeport youths left for naval service. Arthur H. Schuler aged eighteen from Remington street reports to Newport Naval Training School for eight weeks then to the Naval Electric School in Virginia. John J. Harry nineteen of Huron street will train at Newport before entering a machinist school in Brook X.
Stamford census reports 12 000 children aged four to sixteen, an increase of 537 from last year. If 5 5 percent fertility rule applied, population would be about 55 350. Five used figures cite 1176 four to seven not in school. Other items include Rabin suit against Rabin Motor Sales and local fines for traffic, plus new Lions Club formation and public speaking course.
Antonio Pagluzzi, charged with setting fire to his West Haven grocery on August 15, faced trial before a Superior Court jury and was sentenced today to one to two years. The state argued he used oil soaked rags to start the blaze to defraud insurers.
New Haven reports Forty cases of whiskey vanished on September 30 from David Rynne’s blacksmith shop on Commerce Street. John Flynn, detained for idleness, is charged with burglary and held on $7,000 bond for a hearing. Eugene Maresca is held under $5,000 in the same case.
In Kenilworth New Jersey on October 13 AP reports John H Maul aged 42 died after his body was pierced by a dried dahlia stalk while he fell backward from his front porch while adjusting storm windows. He fell under eight feet.
New Haven October 13 Professor Fred R Fairchild of Yale University has been asked by the federal government to head a commission to inquire into and report on forest taxation worldwide. The three year task will involve forest and tax experts organized by the Forest Bureau of the National government with possible headquarters at Yale.
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