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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1924
Page
4
Washington reports that exports of merchandise from the United States last month reached 427,635,578 dollars, up 46,202,006 from the prior year, while imports climbed to 298,125,827 dollars, an increase of 24,480,437. The figures compare with 81,439,570 and 268,646,980 for the same month last year.
Paul Romanchuk of Stamford received 30 days in county jail with seven days to be served before possible parole after pleading guilty to continuing to supply alcohol to a youth. He was fined 400 plus costs. Other defendants, Jogeth Gosinsk and El Domenico Devito, faced related charges with fines and suspended sentences.
Sorrington October 30 Philip S Kenosky 35 attempted death by own action this afternoon by jumping from a window at the Herdee Machine company plant. He was taken to a hospital.
Building a tooth requires careful development as nature treats it with importance. The text notes that teeth are not simple to form and that nature spends a long time perfecting each one.
Central Trades and Greater New York councils endorsed John W. Davis for president, sparking AFL rifts and a call to labor to support Davis and Alfred E. Smith for governor. Davis voiced sharp critique of Washington policy, citing the Fordney McCumber Tariff Act and urging Democratic leadership to serve the people.
John W. Davis, Democratic candidate for president, entered two chrysanthemum exhibits at the Nassau County Horticultural Society annual show in Glen Cove New York. One exhibit won first prize and another won fourth, highlighting Davis as a prize winner in the event.
Funeral details for John Horgan Joseph Aroland Jakop Weber Carrie Donnelly Katherine Hayrila Anna Crane William Honan Birdseye Sherman isolation of service times and burial sites across St. Augustine's St Michael's Park and Stepney cemeteries with multiple pastors and churches named.
Dr David V. Bush opened a free Park Theatre lecture on Applied Psychology. He urged the audience that genius lies dormant in the subconscious and can be awakened through proper thinking and training, insisting no child is born defective and it is never too late to develop latent talent.
Stratfield and Fairfield Woods district children attending Lincoln Grammar School will receive bus transport to and from school after petitions led by George Godfrey and Frank Rodgers. Superintendent J Smith cited contract limits and town funds. a $130 fare covers the rest of the season. A Halloween fundraiser at Lincoln School, led by the Community Chorus and sponsors, will raise funds with tickets sold by Godfrey and Rodgers.
Lions Club members attended a reorganizaton meeting of Boy Scouts Troop No. North, Souls of America. Arthur J. Stone, Lions president, and Ernest Butler, Lions treasurer, spoke to the gathering and announced a luncheon club visit for Lions members at a later date.
Stamford, Oct 36. Paul A. Robinson is held by police after a fire on East Main Street. investigators say the interior was saturated with kerosene and oil and set ablaze. Damages estimated at $2,000. A prior small fire occurred ten days earlier. Robinson recently increased insurance on the building to $5,000.
A U S government and 85 universities tested a new lamp using 94 percent air and 6 percent kerosene claiming brighter, odorless smoke free operation with no pumping. Inventor O N Johnson offers a ten day trial and even a free lamp to first local helper. he also promises potential earnings of 250 to 9500 monthly for agents.
Fairfield Legion proposes converting the Old Academy into a war memorial and veterans’ building run by the George Alfred Smith Post. A Legion committee will approach town officials for use rights while hearings on road layouts and potential damages continue. Several property owners attended, mostly supporting the plan.
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