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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1927
Page
4
In New Haven this afternoon the Yale Dartmouth football match is not expected to draw a large rush of cars through Bridgeport. Assistant Superintendent Thomas H. Flood said there will be no special police arrangements and no extra traffic officers on duty today.
The Brooklawn Country Club hosts a women’s bowling tournament opening Monday with Miss Rhoda Sharps as chair. Teams A through I are listed with captains and members, including Mrs. Charles M. Groves and Miss Annie P. Fish among others.
A long list of participant names and captains by team from L to X plus substitutes. Names include Farfer Mid dlebrook Merritt Foster Wilmot Curtis Wheeler, Calhoun Morehouse Grout Rodie Sharps Clark Hounslea Patterson Waterman Logan Ashman Lee Hubbard Howley North Carpenter VanSchaick Barris Clark Smith Tomlinson Brooks Siegrist Siemon Vosburgh Lavery Riker Weadon Edwards Stoddard Alderson Atwater Weadon Edwards etc.
A nameless woman, out of work, left two children aged two and a half and an infant with Mrs. Julian Wilmot on Chicken Hill Road New Milford promising to pay for care later. She vanished after leaving the children in a boarded house as Humane Society investigated abandonment. Authorities seek the mother and a man who accompanied her.
Democratic mayoral candidate Atwater speaks to Twelfth district voters at the district club rooms 1269 Stratford avenue with Attorney James Murphy and William Bent on the platform. Remaining candidates include Stephen Houcher city clerk Joseph Wieler town clerk and Andrew Banas city treasurer as nightly rallies continue until election day.
Survivors recall chaos after the Mafalda sank near the Masella route with many drowned as life boats filled slowly and waves of panic spread. Some claim explosions, others say no blast. Captain Guilt calm but criticized for delays while the band played. A steward earned praise for rescuing passengers, and one crewman describes heroic acts and harrowing scenes as sharks circled.
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