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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1925
Page
4
Washington reports the final phase of federal prohibition reorganization completes tonight. Assistant Secretary Andrews will directly oversee a streamlined enforcement machine, with 24 new areas led by appointed administrators who will appoint subordinates and be held responsible for conduct.
George Haggerty forty three?53, of 54 Fairmont Street, a mail carrier, was dismissed in City Court by Judge William J Buckley for lack of proof of non support. The arrest followed a wife’s complaint that he did not support her since September 21.
Dr Vilem Pospisil and colleagues reach Washington to confer with Treasury officials on debt payments. Olive Mary becomes Countess of Ypres through marriage to Viscount French. Bishop William Brown seeks to appeal a heresy accusation but is barred from Episcopal pulpit in Bishop Sessums diocese. Mrs Aimee Crocker Gouraud, California heiress, arrives in New York with fifth husband Prince Alexandre Galatzine.
General Frank T Hines director of the Veterans bureau is expected to visit Bridgeport during his tour of the New England states late this month He will address the Chamber of Commerce in New Haven on October 30 and is expected to visit the Veterans bureau offices here to gather first hand information on disabled soldiers The Allingtown hospital issue is tied to the visit as backers seek to retain it as a government hospital after June next year. Greenwich probate details follow with Tods Point will left to Mrs Howard Tod and significant sums allocated to relatives friends and employes.
Hartford records from the Bureau of Vital Statistics indicate alcohol related deaths this year likely exceed any year since 1917. Nine months of 1225 show totals nearing the full 1924 count, with 14 deaths from alcoholism already reported January through September and comparisons to prior years.
Dr George Grant MasCurdy of Yale, director of the American School of Prehistorical Research, arrived in New York on the liner Paris after an extended trip. He cited recent studies at Altamira in Spain, an English gravel pit, and the rock shelter at Castle Merle in France. The voyage endured four days of storms, with many passengers confined to cabins.
Hartford confirms the Stamord district license office at 32 Atlantic Street will not be ready for occupancy for two months due to remodeling. Four or five clerks and a small staff will operate, issuing licenses once open, amid a broader effort to support families connected to court actions in Wallinsford and nearby areas.
President Coolidge will be guest at the Philadelphia sesquicentennial celebration on July 3. The event marks the 150th anniversary with a grand exposition planned at the fairgrounds in Smith Philadelphia and attendance by city leaders.
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