Contesting Of Mayfield Choice Takes New Sport
Federal Judge James C. Wilson grants a restraining order to prevent destruction or interference with ballots and election records from the last general election. The move, tied to the Magliet Peddy Senate contest, seeks preservation of ballots for use as evidence and names Texas county clerks and many presiding judges as defendants. The petition was filed February 22, 1928, and notes a Texas law allowing records to be burned after October 8, 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Wilson
Senate
Earle B. Magliet
George E. B. Peddy
Luther Nickels
Dafilas
Peddy
Amarillo
United Staes
Texas
Mayfield
R. Mayfield
United States Senate
Congress
Destroyer Bainbridge Due Here Tuesday for Navy Day
The U S 8 Bainbridge destroyer No 246 assigned to Bridgeport for Navy Day arrives Tuesday and stays until October 29 Major Atwater learned from Lt Cmdr R R Emmett The S S Bridgeport also sails in October 25 to 27 remaining in port for Navy Day events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Lloyd-George says Britain has right to advise on reparations
In St Louis Lloyd-George defended Britain’s role in aiding France during World War I and urged that Germany should pay reparations to the limit of its capacity. He criticized Colonel Dumont’s “pray for our friends” remark and supported Secretary Hughes’s plan for an international commission to assess Germany’s ability to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Lloyd-George
ST. Louis
Associated Press
France
Chamba of Commerce
G. A. L. Dumont
Washington
British Empire
Flanders
Great Britain
Germany
Springfield
Mr. Lloyd-George
Henry W. Kiel
Chamber of Commerce
Colonel Dumont
Hughes
Governors Stand For Enforcement
A formal action on prohibition enforcement was unanimously adopted at the conference opening session led by Governor Perci val Baxter of Maine. Governor Parker of Louisiana resigned during debate as New Jersey’s Gel Silzer and others sparred over enforcement methods and roll calls then moved to table motions. The White House announced a governors conference on enforcement with President Coolidge addressing and a full afternoon agenda on immigration narcotics and prohibition enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival P. Baxter
Maine
C. A. Hardee
Florida
John M. Parker
Louisianna
Washington Party
George 8. Silger
New Jersey
Neff Imediately
Walker
Georgia
Yeas
Alabama
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Indiana
Iowa
Massachusetts
Missouri
Minnesota
Montana
New Mexico
North Dakota
Pennsylvan
South Carolina
Tennessee
Tex
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wyoming
Alaska
Hawaii
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Silzer
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Neff
Sweet
Baxter
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Washington
Get
Coolidge
White House
Maury
Walton
Olina
Pierce
Oregon
Morrow
Kentucky
McMaster
South Dakota
Flynn
Rhode Island
Peay
Daugherty
Henning
Labor Department
Prohibition
Haynes
L. G. Nutt
Prohibition Unit
Inner workings of hub blackmail ring unfold in Boston trial
In Suffolk county four day, the voluntary confession of Theresa Duggan is admitted as evidence in the Corcoran case and seven others on larceny and extortion charges. The document describes a raid on James Donovan of Boston and other attempted shakedowns involving a Maine lumberman and a Beverly resident, with connections to William J. Corcoran and Harry E. Levenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Wiliam J. Corcoran
Middlesex County
Harry E. Levenson
Joseph E. Pelletier
Suffolk County
Theresa, Duggan
Lure
Corcoran
Joseph Quinn
Hill
James A. Donovan
Maine
Wes Cur
Max Ker
Beverly
Bucknell Yale Football Tickets on Sale at Local Office
Tickets for the Bucknell Yale game at Yale Bowl are available at The Post Publishing Co office, 140 Middle Street, today only until 1 PM for Bridgeport residents. Box office price is 75 cents. No public sale of Yale Army game tickets on November 3 due to exhausted Yale allotment for graduates and undergraduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucknell
Yale
the Post Publishing Co
Middle Street
Webb Completes His Story Before Grand Jury
Webb testifies before the grand jury investigating the mysterious death of Mrs Gertie Webb. Charles Webb, husband, declares he has told all. Jury focuses on an outsider who could access the sick room and the poison found in Mrs Webb kidneys. A will provision mentions a $250000 Riverside Drive memorial statue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Webb
Jury urged full medical facts in Webb death case
Jurors argued the public should learn the true medical details of Mrs. Webb’s death, asserting it was natural but hastened by a rare septic condition of an organ and by the presence of mercury. The note reflects concerns about disclosure in a death proceeding.
Wallingford Farm Destroyed by Fire
Fire today destroyed the horse barn workshop silo and seven hay barns at the Charles R. Yale farm on the North Colony road near here. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars with some insurance. The furnace history notes charcoal fuel and open pans used for heating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallingford
Charles RE. Yale
North Colony Road
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Victor Records
Europe
Edison
Alfred Fox Piano Co
Fairfield Ave
Hogany
THE
LEE Brothers Furniture CO
Main
Bridgeport, Conn
Majestic Theatres
Bainbridge
Worth Borneo
Webb
Whith Plains
Gertie
Corman Webb
Ted
Wallingford Farm
Main Street
Corner Elm
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