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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1926
Page
5
Washington officials and social experts are flooded with questions on proper etiquette for Queen Marie of Roumania. Guidelines specify who speaks first, dress codes, and how to greet the Queen, with emphasis on deference, protocol, and formal attire for official meetings.
Miss Allee Halpin plans to form a Latin club after term tests, while Miss Dorothy E. Meyer prepares a German club. Sophomore and Freshman Debating clubs meet weekly under Barnum and Martinson, with yearly interclub debates. Mrs Crosby spoke at an assembly about Allingtown hospital fund and ticket sales for a John Barrymore film.
Judge Ernest C. Simpson presided as three divorces were granted yesterday while a fourth case was held for imperfect service.cases included Brian Adeline Wade versus Hilbert Wade for desertion, Jannette Zieler Kieich versus William Kieich over incompatible rural life, and Alice Scofield Neuman versus William A. Neumann for desertion. Evidence cited cruelty and desertion with one custody issue noted, while another case lacked proper service.
Columbia, D C Oct 15 AP Under and Holland Pittman father and son awoke in their cell at the state penitentiary to learn they still had two weeks of life before the electric chair. A last minute reprieve of two weeks was granted by Governor McLeod for investigations into the murder of a Greenville county officer nearly two years ago.
Sea Cliff, Oct. 15 AP A 23 year old woman, direct descendant of Kip Van Dam who was Governor of New York in 1732, was found dead at her Sea Cliff home this morning. Death was due to natural causes. She was among Bea CHIf original settlers in 187.
MITCHEL FIELD Oct 15 The bodies of Lt Henry R Perry of Taunton MA and Lt William H Preston Sr of Hehvont MA were shipped home after their plane fell Wednesday night during a flight to Boston. Both were officers in the Army Air Reserve corps.
Boston officials address the Supreme Court ruling voiding county redistricting. Basex county retains its representatives while two years elected Monee members stay in office. A new district division will start immediately and be completed in ten days. Governor Buller believes adjustments can proceed without a special session.
The Speakers bureau of the State Central committee released Republican rally dates with Gov. John H. Trumbull leading appearances in Shelton October 25 Middletown October 28 Willimantic October 26 and Oxford October 29. Speakers include Lt. Gov. J. El Brainard Congressman Walter Magee and Mrs. Alice W. Rudd among others.
Moscow reports negotiations will begin soon for a neutrality pact between Russia and Latvia similar to the existing treaty with Lithuania. Soviet foreign ministry official M. Araloff will depart for Riga to discuss plans.
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