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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1927

Page

2

Venezuela Senses Word Of Plane Pilot Missing

Reports confirm sighting of a plane along the Brazil route of Paul Recfern. Our Lady of Mercy steamer to comb the northern coast for traces as officials press the search from Brunswick to Brasil, with consular agents coordinating across British Dutch and Brazilian lines.

Brunswick Brasil Amerlet Our Lady of Mery Nothers Culdsad Bolibar Macarleta Intepid Aviatai Ant Yiion Caracas Bahamas Buzit Vaso Orinoco Bravlan Negro Valley State Department

Pair Drown Man in Insurance Plot Details Unearthed

At Brooklin police headquarters three suspects were jailed on homicide charges after a plan to drown a man for an insurance payoff emerged. Ectec 165 allegedly split 40000 with Metropolitan Life and 830000 with New ak Life Insurance. Suspects include Rubinzahl Greenberg and Lefkowicz, the latter claiming to be a hotel dealer while police note prior Elmira reformatory terms.

Ectec 165 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Newak Life Insurance Company Brooklin Rubinzahl Greenberg Lefkowicz Elmira Reformatory

Gas Tank Bursts Shocks East End Residents

Explosion at a frame filling station shatters windows and blasts a door, spraying oil cans and debris inside. Police from the Second precinct cordon the area as bystanders flee. Initial reports suggested a bomb but investigators focused on the blast’s force and damage.

Princess takes perilous flight to Ottawa bound for gold

Princess Lowenstein and pilot Hamilton embarked in a mono plane from St Anne Head Wales heading 2920 miles to Ottawa then London Ontario. Vernon Brown remained on standby at Upavon to aid in storms. The pair barely escaped disaster on takeoff as fog and wind complicated the hop. Britain follows the St Raphael adventure with mounts of admiration for the risky voyage.

Upavon Vernon Brown Noody Ottawa London Great Britain St Raphael Lowenstein Weitheim Hamilton All Ventures Switzerland Britain St Anne Wales Inverin

St Raphael sighted flying in London Aug 13

The Associated Press reports a message timed 9 30 pm London time stating the St Raphael is still aloft. The message gives no location or source and the Westmin ster Gazette does not reveal where the aircraft is.

London Associated Press Imperial Air Wave Company Westiminst= Gazette St. Raphael Westminster

Tully Medcalfs To Hop Vadar London Flight Start

The monoplane Si Joan Carling, piloted by Captain Terry Tully with Lieut James Medcalf as navigator, will depart at daybreak tomorrow for Harbor Grace Newfoundland as the first leg of a planned flight to London England. The flight committee announced after receiving a favorable weather report and meeting with the flyers.

London Associated Press Joan Carling Terry Tully James Medcalf Harbor Grace Newfoundland England Here Hind Tully Medcalf

Trans Atlantic air flyers reach for echo of Lindbergh era

Ottawa awaited news from Upaton England as Princess Lowenstein Wertheim and Col Minchin fly a monoplane toward Canada with Royal Canadian forces ready to escort. Newfoundland reports improved weather though dawn arrival not clear.

Ottawa jBy Associated Press Canadas Upaton England Dominion Atlantic Big Ely St Raphael Princess Lowenstein- Wertheim Frederick F Minchin Leslig Hamilton Payol Lindbetzeh Field Charles Lindbergh Royal Canadian Mounted Police Royal Canadian Air Force Air Force Four O' Cligck Amercan Belle Isle ST Johns Associated Pir Newfoundland Fokker Newfound

Princess Ocean Flyer Reaches 13 Years As Aviator

New York reports Princess Lowenstein-Werth has logged 13 years as an aviator. She challenged experts on a risky flight to America, displacing veteran Captain MecIntosh from British Airways and piloting portions herself. Born in an era when women avoided flying, she previously made headlines in 1922 by entering the all-round Britain aerial classic in a De Haviland.

New York America Lowenstein-Wertheim Robert J MecIntosh British Airways Ltd Hamilton Coronel Minchin

Levine Plans Join British Pilot on Transatlantic Flight

A reported collaboration between Levine and a British pilot aims to fly a Bellanta monoplane from Columbtr to Sen Jork. The voyage centers on Charles A devines acting trip and the aim to hop with the ace pilot, reflecting wartime air endeavors.

Levine Bellinta Columbtr Tigin Fugiind Sen Jork Charles A Devines

Upshaw Seeks Ban on Consuls Drinking Alcohol

Georgia congressman William D Upshaw proposed barring all consuls from drinking alcohol and urged President Coolidge to appoint only sober diplomatic and consular officials. He claimed foreign nations should be asked to remove such representatives amid debates on diplomatic immunity and liquor policy.

Minneapolis Minn Sy Associated Press William D Upshaw Foguer Georgia Wued Coolidge Congress Upshaw Giah Bitting Cominy America Sstian Temperance Union Preside T Coolidge Iit Mas Frances P Puks Evanston Tis Formanly

Party Ruined Claim Sparks Democratic Chairman’s Call

Democratic Town Chairman William B Flanagan denounced the party as ruined at the second meeting of the Democratic Central Organization at 806 Fairfield Avenue. He urged purging petty grievances and vowed to build a party machine before the mayoral election, criticizing committees for slow progress.

Democratic Town William B Flanagan Democratic Central Organization Fairfield Avenue Flanagan

Former Governor Whitman Hails Bar-Labor Conferences

Buffalo New York August 2 1LAP Hope that recent conferences between American Bar Association and American Federation of Labor may bring legislation to permit interstate commerce labor disputes to be settled by modern methods was expressed today by Charles S Whitman president of the Bar association in his annual address at the opening of the association annual convention The Jones governor of New York declared it his belief that nothing on the horizon of Federal Legislation offers greater promise than these conferences.

Buffalo N Y American Bar Association American Federation of Libm Charles S Whitman The Bar Association New York

Woman Improves After Porch Fall Injury

Mrs Elizabeth Santay, 40, of 18 Columbus Court, sustained a lacerated chin and possible jaw fracture from a fall from a second story porch at her home yesterday afternoon. She was helped by an ambulance crew and taken to Bridgeport Hospital in the city. condition reported as fairly good today.

Elizabeth Santay Columbus Court Sanuy Bridge Sydney Mooney

Flyer recounts record ascent and perilous descent

A pilot describes reaching over 42 000 feet in a Bleriot Spad, enduring extreme cold and oxygen limits, then crashing upon landing as fatigue and misjudgment set in. The flight used two hours, with a hot air cockpit and two oxygen bottles, after which repairs and safety concerns arose about structural components.

le Bue Androme le Bourget Aimanch Earth

Pedestrian, 82, Fatally Struck at City Intersection

An 82 year old pedestrian was fatally injured after stepping into the path of an automobile at a Main Street intersection. The car struck him and it is believed the wheel passed over his body in the incident.

Main Street Umbie

Boy 4, Hispanic? White Child Reported Dead in Incident

A report from York dated August 31 by Associated Press states a four year old white boy named Melvin Relehmd died in a related incident. His body was found suspended by a clothesline along the outer part of an outbuilding. The investigation continues with authorities considering the possibility of homicide.

York Pu Melvin Relehmd

Mrs Holden Undergoes Successful Operation

Mrs Milton Holden formerly Mrs Josephine Widener Leidy of Elking Park Pa and New York underwent a tonsillectomy today at a private Philadelphia hospital. Dr George L Whelan reported she was resting and may be discharged within a few days before a planned trip to New York and Europe.

Philadelphia Milton Holden Josephine Fifi) Widener Leidy Elking Park New York George L Whelan Holden Europe

Bondholders May Buy Roads in Receivership

Bondholders likely will obtain the foreclosure sale of the Boston and Worcester Street Railway and the Framingham Southboro and Marlboro Street Railway, now in receivership. A hearing before Judge Sanderson discussed a decree authorizing American Trust Company to foreclose on mortgages securing bond issues. The sale price target is 6,000,000 dollars and will require time to perfect the decree.

Boston Associated Press Boston and Worcester Street Railway Company Framingham Southboro and Marlboro Street Railway Company Sanderson State Supreme Court American Trust Company

Blood Transfusions Fail. Lawrence Fireman Dead

Lawrence Mass August 31 Three blood transfusions failed to save Thomas Hollows a veteran member of the Lawrence fire department who died yesterday Despite three brigades of firefighters yielding their blood in an effort to arrest Hodgkins disease Hollows died He was a former national secretary of the Sons of St George.

Lawrence Mass Associated Press Thomas Hollows Lawrence Fire Department Hodgkins Hollows The Sons of St George

Plane tail spin injures two flyers in Binghamton

Two flyers were injured in a tail spin crash while attempting a landing in Binghamton New York. Jack Loomis of Oswego and Binghamton, a World War II veteran, sustained a crushed chest and fractured hip after being trapped in his seat. Maynard Davenport of Binghamton, 32, was treated for shock.

Binghampton Jack Loomis Oswego Binghamton Maynard Davenport

Man Sues Landlord Over Bad Liquor and Porch Injury

Peter Pawlikowski sues Bolesian and Helen Kizwnowek for $20,000 claiming they served him dangerous liquor and left him on an unlit back porch where a barrel caused a serious fall. He says he was intoxicated, injured, and unable to work, with hospital bills mounting as the case heads to the October term.

Peter Pawlikowski Biv Bolesian Helen Kizwnowek Hallett Street Kizwnoweks Alexander Elson Samuel E Friedman Pawlikowski Krawnoweks Mas Paulikouski Ughton

Youth Injured By Auto On Post Road

Paul Sanford Cooper of Tollsoms and Yale student Joan Fairfield drove a touring car on the Post road near Fairfield striking Tony Trupp of Fairfield road. Trupp was treated at home for minor injuries after medical aid. State Officer William Tripp arrested Cooper at Westport barracks on reckless driving charges. He faces Fairfield Town Court on September 6.

Paul Sanford Cooper Tollsoms Joan Fairfield Yale University Post Road Pairfield Tony Trupp Fairfield Road Trupp Wiliam Tripp Westport Barracks Fairfield Town Court

Liquor Violators Fined in Ansonia

In Ansonia city court nine of fourteen raid defendants paid fines with costs totaling 82 081 17 after last Thursday prohibition raids by the state police. George Miglin faced continued action, with a $7000 fine and a year in jail from 1933 for Mquar laws violation, likely bound over to the Superior court. Pleas of guilty were entered by others, fines ranged 160 to 8200, and second-offender jail terms of 30 days were imposed, with execution of judgments suspended.

Ansonia George Miglin Joseph Watlatiz High Street Miglin

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