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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1927

Page

4

Beck denies extortion charge in Horwitz case

In Bridgeport court Dr Morris T Horwitz and Dr M Carl Beck faced trial over allegations of an illegal operation on Dorothy May Reynolds. Beck denied extortion claims and testified that Horwitz performed the operation with Beck’s knowledge, while both sides argued about planned arrangements and testimonies.

Morris T Horwitz Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport L P Waldo Marvin Benjamin Slade New Haven Marvin Willimantic M Carl Beck East Main Street Mra Sabina Horwitg Oie Dr Beck Dr Horwitz Clme Dorothy May Reynolds Beck Horwicz William H Comley Horwitz Mies Reynolds

Chest Budget to Be Voted On by Trustees

The Community Chest special canvass committee met to plan the drive and set meetings for November 9 and 10 to push fundraising. Last year the campaign raised 213000 of 342000 subscribed with a third routed through the industrial division. trustees will vote today on the budget report to launch the campaign. Attendees included Mrs Alvin Breul, Mrs Richard Oppel, Mrs Frederick A Strong, Andrew R Smith chair, Judge J P Pullman, Arthur Marsh, D Fairchild Wheeler, Summer Simpson, Clarence King, Egbert Marsh, George Barker, and Johannes Schiott.

The Community Chest Lnst Board of Trustees Alvin Breul Richard Oppel Frederick A Strong Andrew R Smith J & Pullman Arthur Marsh D Fairchild Wheeler Almond Chaffee Summer Simpson Clarence King Egbert Marsh George Barker Johannes Schiott

Lindbergh Escapes From 16 Chorus Girls At Hangar

New York October 27 Colonel Charles A Lindbergh slammed the hangar door in the faces of sixteen chorus girls and escaped through a side entrance when they tried to invade the place They had pursued him after seeing him confer with friends in his hangar at Curtiss field Lindbergh and his party eluded the persistent show girls by slipping out a side door.

New York Charles A Lindbergh Todey Curtiss Field Lindy Lindbergh

Dr Miller Probes Ether Drift Against Einstein Theory

Dr Dayton Muller head of physics at Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland seeks to test Einstein’s light velocity postulate. He argues ether drift causes measurable light speed changes using an interferometer on Mount Wilson and Case campus to seek fringe shifts as evidence.

Cleveland Associated Press Dayton GC Muller Case School of Applied Science Albert Einstein Einstein Miller Case School Mount Wilson Pasadena Calif Cinatela Heri Mont Wilson di Miller Albert Enstein Dayton €. Miller Case School of Science

Gymnasium to close for winter on Stratford Avenue

The Board of Recreation voted to discontinue the Stratford Avenue gymnasium this coming winter due to work on the Yellow MUL bridge. Superintendent Robert A Leckie said he will look for another gymnasium and rent it if found. He noted construction material on Stratford Avenue blocked the street, and reported golf receipts for the year were higher by 891 on October 1. Reverend William Howke Day presided. E T Buckingham was present.

Statford Avenue Beaview Avenue Board of Recreation E T. Buckingham Robert A Leckie Stratfoid Avenue Leckie National Recreation Congress Memphis Tenn William Howke

Man Electrocutes Self on High Tension Wires

Stafford October 27 Robert Pit ail of Manchester climbed a high tension electric pole and leapt to the wires fatally burning his body. He died at the loci hospital after being extricated by workers as service 1 was disrupted by the contact. Pitkin, a Manchester daa luboer, left a wife and two children amid money troubles blamed as a motive. Also note mentions Djuka tribes of Dutch Guiana as a rare African culture reference.

Stafford Robert Pitail Manchester Pitkin Loci Tom Service 1 Daa Luboer

New York Payday Robbery Thief Faces 20 Year Term

Salvatore Mileto known as Sally Cheese Cake was sentenced to 20 years in Sing Sing for his role in a payroll robbery that left two trolleymen dead in New Rochelle in July 1925. The case saw Mileto flee after others were captured and involved a lengthy police pursuit ending with his arrest in New York last August.

Cross Highway Westport Salvatore Mileto Sally Cheese Troleymen Naicoli Schumaker New Rochelle Trinkie Doley New York Edward de Minner Mileto New Yok Ll Pink Mileto Mucto Winlie Plins New Yonk Fin Howe Wes Daley Hon

Obituary notices and funeral services for local residents

Obituaries report deaths of Oscar I See and Phoebe Duff, Elsie Brophy, Mary Buckley, Thomas J W Harney, Theresa Lapine, John Collins, Mary Connolly, and others. Details include surviving relatives, funeral times, and burial places, with services held at Sacred Heart St Michaels cemetery St Joseph church and local funeral homes.tributions note church memberships and lodge ties for several deceased.

Oscar I Harriet Street Lottie Clinton Kansas City Irving Smith Denver Col Mary Benedict Washington Park Ashcroft Sick Benefit Society Court Pequonnock Charles L Dennis and Sons Fairfield Avenue W R McDermott Mountain Grove Cemetery Elsie Henry Brophy French Street St Patricks Church St Michaels Cemetery Mary Michael Buckley Myrtle Avenue Sacred Head Church Thomas J W Harney J H Neville North Avenue Church of the Nativity H C Dyer Samuel Cave Eccles Martin Snee Laurence Halpin Harry Breen John Bowes Park Cemetery Theresa C Lapine William Shaver Main Street David Oliver Edward Callahan Harry McCreiis Raymond Evans Margaret Shaver John Shaver Thomas Dillon Rocky Hill Conn Martin Fagan Hartford Charles Hoaglend P H Haugh Stamford Myre Margaret Clark Catherine Lapine City Benjamin Lapine Ogdensburgh Church of the Sacred Heart Sacred Heart Church Mary T Connolly Pembroke Street Broad Street John F Cummings Pittsfield Connally Bridgeport Michael J Connally Anna Connolly Frances McDonall Margaret Connolly Barnard James Connolly New York City Michael J and Joseph II St Josephs Church West Stock

Funeral services for P Frederick Hedberg held at Read Memorial

Services conducted Wednesday by Rev W E Chellgren. Burial rite by Adlar Lodge. Survived by wife Brita C Hedberg and six children including Nels Nelson and Anna Hedberg, with numerous grandchildren. Bearers listed as Henry Loth and others.

Frederick Hedbert Read Memorial Chapel W E Chellgren Adlar Lodge Mr Hedberg Brita C Hedlberp

Fragmented ad copy on hair product Danderine ends

An OCR fragment promotes Danderine hair product with claims of lasting softness and shine. The prose is garbled and nonspecific, mentioning tests of strength and the idea of a long lasting effect, advocation of using the product for consistent hair quality.

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