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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1925

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Greeks and Bulgarians clash in Macedonian front

Greek and Bulgarian soldiers fight in Macedonia as Athens reports a Greek encircling move on Petrich and expects a decisive fall. Bulgarians resist while Greek losses are described as minor. reports claim Bulgarians recruited labor battalions to spur trouble. Paris diplomats discuss the Greco Bulgarian border clash.

Paris League Athens Petrich Demirhissar Demirinapu Petrichly Fatrich Hushari Prise Macedonia Peprecatore

Divers Recover Sixth Body From S-31 Wreck

The sunken submarine S-31 near Block Island yielded its sixth body recovered by divers. An unidentified sailor was taken to Newport Naval Hospital for fingerprint-based identification. Salvage operations and rigging adjustments continue as divers prepare to raise the vessel by pontoons.

New London Block Island City of Rome Naval Hospital Newport

New Haven Man Killed by Truck

East Haven reports John Audito re forts five was instantly killed on Main Street when struck by a motor truck driven by Frank Johnson of New Haven for the Bradley and Dilton company. Audi re carrying a bag of vegetables at his shoulder was running for a toalles cir when he was hit by the automobile. He was treated by four eroribe.

East Haven John Audito Ine Stantly Main Street Frank Johnson New Haven 1Adley and Dilton Company Auditre Automabie Hesasta

Strassburger Pushes Passport for Karolyis Wife

Ralph B Strassburger Norristown publisher and Republican leader demanded action after the State department barred Countess Catherine Karoly of Hungary from entering the United States A new passport application backed by administration officials will be filed Senator Borah plans a thorough investigation and may seek to strip the secretary of state of visa denial powers in Immigration law reforms The countess wife of Michael Karoly former Hungarian president was refused a visa

Ashington State Department Catherine Karola Hungary Ralph B Strassbirger Norristown Strassburger Coddgn Kellogg Senate Borah Foreign Relations Committee Secretary of State Rerah Michael Karolyi Hunarian Republic

Frey Denies Actress Pursuit in Alimony Case

Charles H Frey of Louisville testified in Mineola that his wife Wilda Bennett falsely claimed she pursued him and that he offered no support while she filed a $160,000 alimony suit. He described a long pattern of quarrels and abandonment since their marriage in 1919, noting instances of travel and leisure at Long Island clubs.

Mineola Charles H Frey Louisville Wilda Mo Bennett Sta¢T Supreme Court Faber Frey Long Island Club Miss Bennett

Connecticut Teachers Association Holds State Meeting Today

School teachers from Fair Geld county converge on the city for the annual Connecticut State Teachers Association convention. Sessions for regional meetings will be held across Lew Haven Hartford and Norwich with open sessions beginning at 2 PM at Central High School.

Fair Geld County Connecticut State Teachers Association Lew Haven Hartford Norwich Central High

Rogers halts auditors in bond theft probe at Putnam

State Treasurer Ernest E Rogers suspended private auditors from Hadfield Roth and Soule who were examining treasury records tied to six million dollars in Liberty bonds. Rogers said the action protects state interests after meeting with Governor Trumbull and Attorney General Healy.

Hartford Ernest E Rogers State Treasury First National Bank of Putnam Hadfield, Roth, and Liberty Treasury Department Gilpatric Rogers John F Carpenter Putnam Treasury Frank E Soule Trimbull Healy Healy Con

HoldUp Men Rob Armored Car of 4000 Payroll

Three holdup men tailed an armored car to an East Side New York Steam branch and seized 4000 dollars payroll. The crime prompted Chief McAdoo to urge controls on bullet proof vests, deeming them aiding criminals. Also noted were alleged bigamists and a gun with silencer linked to the Cow gang case.

New York East Side New York Steam Corporation Madison Avenue McAdoo Underworld Romain Maxim Eugene Reising East Hartford Reising Ralph Goa Charac O Vagdimces

Falls Dead After Visit To Sister In Hospital

Mrs Anna Weintraub twenty five married and recently wed came from Brooklyn to visit her seriously ill sister at St Vincent's hospital. On leaving the institution she collapsed on the cement walk and died shortly after. Medical examiner said death due to heart failure though injuries from the fall were superficial. The Weintraub family home is 169 Meserole street Brooklyn.

Brooklyn St Vincent's Hospital Mra Anna Weintraub Weintraub Hosital Main Street Dm H R Deluca Meserole Street

Furrier Freed: Judge Rules Sheriff Carried Him Out

City court found Nathan Kahn not guilty of assault and breach of the peace after Sheriff Jackson, with a firm investigator, attempted to seize a rug for a $3 claim at Kahn and Sona Inc. The episode, witnessed by Samuel Kahn and others, led to Kahn's arrest and a subsequent civil-threat note against the sheriff. The judge ruled the attachment misapplied to the wrong entity.

Ralph T Beers Nathan Kahn Shere Wiliam N Jackson Kahn Jackson Boers Sherif Jackson Kahn and Sona Inc Samuel Kahn Wile Beers

New Hampshire Bishop Found Dead

The Right Reverend Edward Melville Parker, bishop of New Hampshire, was found dead Thursday afternoon on the floor of his Concord hotel room. Police identified the deceased as Parker, reporting no immediate sign of foul play. The incident drew funeral and church inquiries as investigators reviewed hotel records.

Orlfans Associated Press Edward Melville Parker Concord Bishop New Hampshire Bedrog

Two Arrested for Smuggling U S Booze to Canada

Hull Quebec October 22 AP Two men Giovanni Teverd Watertown NY and William Fraser Ogdenaburg were arraigned on illegal liquor possession charges after police accuse them of transporting high wines from the United States into Canada for sale. They were remanded until October 27 on $800 bail each. Police say high wines, with high alcohol content, were moved by car from New York to Quebec where liquor cost rises from $6 to $24 a gallon.

Hull Quebec United States Canada Giovanni Teverd Watertown Wiliam Fraser Ogdenaburg New York Liquor Commission Newcastle

Bridgeport headlines mix of corruption claims and court actions

In Bridgeport Cornell claims proof of mayor Behrens corruption, Gotham topics headline a range of local legal cases. Fires, divorces, and punishments fill the page along with a broader Fairfield County update.

Murder Ship Melita Arrives Southhampton After Captain Shot

The Melita docked at Southampton with its captain dead in his cabin and Chief Officer Towers in custody. The ship had arrived from Antwerp and British police began an early morning inquiry into the shooting of Captain Clews, nephew of New York financier Henry Wena. Towers is to be charged with murder in Southampton court, amid reports he believed officers distrusted him and hindered his career.

Southampton Eng Melita Antwerp Comander A Hollews Henry Wena New York Ileath Towers Clews Itag

Auto Victim Dies in Rockville Street Accident

Five year old child King son of van King died at Rockville City Hospital after a hit by car on Fast Walnut Street. Driver William Denhauer stopped within a car length. Death due to fractured skull as medical examiners investigate cause and details.

Rockville King Sen van King Rockville City Hospital Fast Walnstreet Willam Denhauer Uae

Mellon Proposes Higher Small-Income Tax Cuts

Secretary Mellon urged modest cuts in normal income tax rates affecting small incomes in a revised schedule to the House Ways and Means committee. The plan would remove the 20 percent earned income reduction, set 1 percent on the first 3000, 2 percent on the next 21000, 3 percent on the next 4000, and 5 percent above 7000, cutting total revenue by about 40.9 million. The surtax cap remains 20 percent from 40 percent, and the proposal is conditional on action. The letter, read at hearings, drew favorable reactions from members on both sides compared with Monday’s proposals.

Washington Mellon Houge Ways and Means Treasury Mr Mellon Green Joseph M McCoy McCoy

Youth awarded $15,060 in car crash suit in Bridgeport

Judge John W. Banks presided as Michael Dolyake sought damages after a Mercurio truck struck him on Kossuth Street in Walkersville in 1922. The jury returned a $15,060 verdict against Charles Mercurio, owner of the truck, for medical and hospital expenses with strong sympathy from onlookers, noting the boy later lost a leg above the knee to gangrene.

Michael Dolyake Berkshire Avenas John W. Banks Charles Mercurio Bridgeport Fruit and Produce Kossuth Street Datyak Court House Walkersville School

Cornell Challenges G O P Shady Deals At Campaign Rally

Democratic leader Attorney John A. Cornell pledged to uncover evidence of guilt among Mayor Behrens associates at a Mapiewoon rally before 4000 spectators. He proposed appointing a paid, subpoena power committee to obtain documents within a week.

Aoe Behrens John A. Cornell Democratic Party Mapiewoon Cornell Net Thomas M. Cahlian BeLrens Callan Woulf Healo x Lehrenn Thia

Reising admits selling stolen cars for bandits fence

Hartford tale unfolds as Eugene G Reising an East Hartford inventor and revolver expert confesses acting as a selling agent for automobiles stolen by New Yorks Cowboy Gang. He says he sold five cars and denies knowledge they were stolen while detectives pursue connections and arrest two company employees linked to the gang.

Hartford Eugene G Reising East Hartford New York City Rebetng New York Tessler Frank Leslie Reising Eart Hartford Arthur Tillman Louis Young L & Kneock and Company Sat’ Applebaum

Youth driver Burns sentenced in fatal New Haven turnpike crash

Lawrence Burns Jr. 16, of 2603 Marin Street, Driver of a car taken without permission from Dr Laszlo, collided with Nicholas Cisera’s machine on the New Haven turnpike near range on September 27, killing Harold Sunden. Judge Colb Avery in Criminal Superior Court in New Haven sentenced him to the reformatory due to youth, with parole possible before age 28 based on conduct. Burns had been jailed on manslaughter charges with bonds of $3,000. A group of youths was in the car. others escaped injury and were not charged.

Lawrence Burns, Jr Marin Street Nicholas Cisera New Haven Harold Sunden Maplewood Avenue Reformatory Colb Avery Criminal Superior Court Burns Avery Laszlo

Navy ignores rules of the road sparks protest

The American Steamship Licensed Officers association filed a protest alleging government vessels repeatedly ignore navigation rules. A September 31 scout cruise reportedly collided with the schooner Benjamin near Cape Henry, causing its sinking and the loss of most of its crew's belongings, prompting warnings of more accidents to come.

Bwlork American Steamship Licensed Officers Association Benjamin Brant Gust Cape Henry Simallay

Connecticut man killed in box car robbery

Harold Hanks aged twenty five of Danbury Conn was found shot to death in a dustbound Missouri Pacific box car delving into a robbery attempt. Two men forced him and his father from the car after luring him aboard. The slain man climbed from the moving train to notify the crew but died from a gunshot wound. Investigators in Horace Kansas and Danbury seek the alleged assailants. Unknown motive and uncertain killer identity.

Pleblo Cole Harold Hanks Danbury Conn Missouri-Pacific 11 Hanks Tracy Tracy Hanks Horace Kansas Danbury Danblry Colorado Joey Sui

War Correspondent Dies in New York Home

War correspondent and illustrator on military and naval subjects died of heart disease today in New York. The obituary notes his long service reporting aboard ships and in conflict zones, with a career spanning decades and writings familiar to readers of wartime dispatches.

NPM York Butoa Ured Zogbaun Mtimy Ts Howe Tiesa Ale al Wicks

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