City Emissaries Plead For Better Harbor Facilities
Bridgeport officials and area manufacturers petitioned Major R F Fowler and U S Army engineers at a public harbor hearing for deeper channels. They urged 27 ft main harbor depth and 18 ft for Black Rock and Yellow Mill Pond, plus a breakwater, to allow European and Asian ships. About 75 attendees cited existing conditions as inadequate and pressed for funds to sustain and expand Bridgeport’s industrial base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Rock Harbor
Fowler
War Department
W. J Baidper
New York City
C. W. Crawley
A D. Keating
American Tube and Stamping Company
Isaac E Scine
The
City Lumber Company
Harry E Husted
City Ice and Coal Company
Albert W Smith
Bridgeport Master Builder's Association
J © McIntyre
Standard Oil Company
Thomas A. Kirkham
Berkshire Chemical Company
Singer Sewing Machine Company
T A D. Jones Company
Carleton D Reed
Stratford
Johnson's Creek
Robert A Crosby
Chamber of Commerce
Mr Keating
India
New York
Bridgeport
Herber
Thomas Kirkham
Berk=aire Chemical company
Black Rock
Griscany
Brideepor
Greenstein
Bridgeport Harbor
Connecticut
Greater
DeMille Plagiarism Suit Targets King of Kings
Valeska Suratt files a 91 million plagiarism suit in New York Supreme Court accusing Cecil B. DeMille and connected producers of copying the Biblical epic The King of Kings from the book Mary Magdalen by Mirza Ahmed Schrab. Named defendants include Jeanie MacPherson, Keith-Albee vaudeville chain, Producers Distributing Corporation, and the Cecil B. De Mille Pictures Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sept
Associated Press
Cecil B. DeMille
Supreme Court Today
Valeska Suratt
Stage
Acrow
Miss Suratt
Mary Magdelen
Mirza Ahmed Schrab
Jeanie MacPherson
Big de Mille
Producers Distributing Corporation
Cecil B. de Mille Pictures Corporation
Old Glory and allied planes search turmoil over ocean
aviation reports detail lost craft and searches across the Atlantic as Canada and Britain push for rescue. rewards offered, weather, and political caution color ongoing hunt with Byrd discouraging motor flights while officials weigh government stance. weather and harbor notes accompany a broad countywide page of news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviation Hound World
Ocean
Hearst
Atlantic
British Airhead
Ocean Lands
Byrd
South America
Redfern
Buckers
Ireland
Hope
Carling
Trumbull
Commerce Department
Picks for Best American Novels 1926 27 by Phelps
Phelps selects Dorothy Canfield Fisher’s Her Son's Wife and Booth Tarkington's The Plutocrat as top choices in the Best American Novels for 1926 27, shared in Sturday's Telegram with a brief comment on these two favored authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pref. Phelps
Dorothy Canfields
Booth
Tarkington
the Plutocrat
Sturday
Tilden Beats Cochet as Lacoste crushes Johnston
ERMANTOWN CRICKET CLUB Philadelphia September 8 Associated Press America split its first two ties in the Davis Cup challenge round with Tilden defeating Cochet in four sets 6 4 14 6 2 8 6 while Lacoste overwhelmed Johnston 6 3 6 2 6 2 Lacoste routed Johnston as Tilden triumphed giving America a glimmer of hope for defending the cup and shifting doubles plans to Hunter and Tilden against Brugnon and Borotra tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilden
Cochet
Johnston
Lacoste
Andy Rush
Hartford Senators
Yankees
t_ Louis Browns
Brooklawn Country Club
Paulino
Henney
Madison Square Garden
Kid Kaplan
Clicky Clark
New Haven
Cubs
Cardinals
America
France
Bill
Hunter
Ermantown Cricket Club
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Bi” Tilden
Henri Cachet
D Tilden
Rene Lacoste
Bill” Johnston
Ron
Francis T. Hunter
Little Bill
Jacques Brugnon
Jean Borotte
Two Boys Die In Barn Fire Near Southington
Two young boys Joseph Stefanik three and Andrew Turek four perished when a barn fire trapped them on the second floor and a collapsed loft exposed their charred bodies. Firefighters controlled the blaze before the floor gave way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southington
Conn
Associated Press
Joseph Stefanik
Andrew Turek
Stefanik
Margaret Pekrol
Michael Turek
Andrew
Pekrol
Drowning Victims Bodies Recovered Near Charles Island
Two Fordham University students missing since Sunday were found in Milford vicinity. Frank Murray was recovered near the eastern Charles Island bell buoy by Commodore Falls of Milford Yacht Club aboard the Salome. Murray’s father identified the body. A second body sighted ninety minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
New York
Fordham University
Charles Island
Myrtle Heach
Frank “Red” Murray
Thomas J. Falls
Milford Yacht Club
Falls
Soung
Salome
Bell Bouy
Mhford
Clap
Murray
John 8
Milford Board Secretary’s $50 Salary Questioned
Milford officials debated paying George J. Smith a $50 yearly salary as school board secretary. State education commissioner Dr. A B Meredith said such remuneration to a board member is illegal under Connecticut law. Stowe threatened resignation amid finance board tensions and cabinet reshuffles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford School Board
Milford
George J. Smith
Board of Education
Albert P Stowe
Board of Finance
Ducet
Connecticut
James Rose
Stowe
A. B. Meredith
Er of
Education
Milford Trust Company
Board of Selectmen
Lawrence T. Gallagher
Gallagher
Democratic Town Committee
Morton P. Tibball
Friends and Masocratem
Drawbridge Repaired After Delays Impede Lumber Ship
Captain Walter Wrightson of the Copperfield can now pass under the Yellow Mill drawbridge. He threatened legal action over a lumber shipment delay, citing demurrage at 875 per day. Harbor officials say delays resulted from unavoidable circumstances, not neglect, with the vessel arriving September 4 and entering the harbor on September 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Mill
Walter Wrightson
Copperfield
Wrightson
Wiliam A. Lamond
Tue Bridge
City Lumber Company
Moti
Imactau
Five More Cline Jurors Named and 10 Fill Panel Today
In Rockville a murder trial centered on novelist Leonard Cline continued as five jurors joined four already seated. The second day saw veniremen repeatedly challenged or excused amid death penalty concerns, with about 40 of the second panel remaining to be examined as roughly 100 spectators watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Sept
Associated Press
Leonard Cline
Venireman
A. I. Mitchell
Stafford
Clement N. Summer
Bolton
Carroll H. Hawkins
Mansfield
James J. Kerwin
Edwin H. Hansen
Coventry
G. N. Sterry
South Willington
John Swanson
Charlee Long
Holton
August H. Mattern
Whitfred Irwin
Cline Place
Neawly
Cline
Wheeler Eulogized as Dry Champion in Columbus Dead
Final tribute to Wayne B Wheeler, undefeated champion of prohibition, was paid by hundreds of friends and Anti Saloon League officials at Central Methodist church Columbus. Leaders including Bishop Berry Francs Scott McBride Dr Ernest H Cherrington and Dr Howard H Russell spoke, amidst high floral tribute. Wheeler was buried at Green Lawn Cemetery beside his wife, who died in a Michigan accident weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Associated Press
Wayne B. Wheeler
Methediat
Anti- Saloon League
W. A. Morgan
First Congregational Church
Chicago
Dr. Morgan
Mr.Wheeler
Washington, D. C
Joseph F. Berry
Philadelphia
Francs Scott McBride
Ohio
Ernest H. Cherrington
World League Against Alcoholiam
Boy Fractures Hip In Football Casualty
The season’s first football accident occurred last night at Seaside Park during a Westerns practice. Charles Miskie twenty of Alfred Street suffered a fractured hip when tackled hard and five players fell on him. He was knocked unconscious and taken to St Vincent’s hospital for X rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Miskie
Alfred Street
Westerns
Seaside Park
Chester E. Hubertin
St. Vincent's Hospital
Taken Thrice for Rum Sale Woman Fined $300
Westbrook Sept 8 Mrs Elizabeth Flabrick answered for the third time to charges of illegally selling intoxicating liquors. She was fined 300 and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail by Judge A. Baldwin, with appeal noted. She was released under bond. She has been arrested at various times by both federal and state police on liquor law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Daniel Strecker
Union Avenue
Bridgeport
Devon
Henry P. Nothnagle
Naugatuck Avenue
Highland Street
Strecker
Victor I. Wilams
Nothnnagle
G. A. Bragen
Nothingle
New Haven
Ell Mix
Westbrook
Associated Press
Elizabeth Flabrick
Costa
Egres A. M
Round World Flyers Abandon Search Plan For Old Glory
St John s Newfoundland September. Phil Wood and Duke Schiller Windsor to Windsor flyers shift plan returning to Harbor Grace to join search for Old Glory plane and occupants. They set to depart next day to seek the missing craft, despite backers urging caution due to recent air fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carling Hunt
Windsor
Sociated Press
Phil Wood
Duke” Schiller
St. John's
Wood
Schiller
Sehiler
London
Sir John Darling
Darling
Newfoundland
Old Orchard
Rome
Atlantic
Town Pledges Aid in Drainage Work
Fairfield town officials pledged aid for a drainage project in the Biratfield area described as a menace to public health and a district-wide disturbance. A civil engineer outlined a $27,000 plan to drain Tolison Hill road Jackson avenue and Inwood road areas into Rooster river, with one third funded by the town. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biratfield
Board of Finance
Fairfield
Poplar Terrace
Jonathan Grout
Lawrence E. Poole
Abner W Mitchell
Charles L. Gellatly
Stratffeid Improvement Association
Attey Benjamin H. Gilman
Andrew 5. Huntington
Tolison Hill Road
Jackson Avenue
Inwood Road
Rooster River
Gilman
Writing in Notes Cast On Ship Proves Redfern
Brunswick backers identify Paul Redfern's handwriting from photostatic copies of notes carried by the Norwegian steamer Christian Johg. Officers reported sighting the monoplane August 26, about 165 miles off the Venezuela coast. The finding is seen as the conclusive link to Redfern reaching South America, possibly landing on the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Associated Press
Brazil
Paul Redfern
United States
Christian Johg
Venezuela
Redfern
South America
Trumbull Attacks Trans Atlantic Stunt Flyers
Hartford Governor Trumbull criticizes recent trans Atlantic stunt flights as publicity hazards to commercial aviation. He praises Lindbergh and Byrd for real achievements and urges better engine reliability and longer reserve flight times before risky attempts. He comments on the East Willington crash and plans to speak at a Machine Manufacturers dinner before returning to Hartford for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Associated Press
Trumbull
Moosehead Lake
Maine
Lindbergh
Byrd
Colonial Air Mal
Webster
Trumbulln
New Haven
Machine Manufacturers’ Association
Taft
Bangor
Fairfield plan envisions Westchester style parkways
Wayne Heydecker of the Regional Plan of New York outlined a Fairfield County shift toward Westchester parkways at a Fairfield County Planning Association meeting in Westport. The group agreed to cooperate with the Sage Foundation and to hold a series of countywide meetings to publicize the association’s aims. A five member committee will be formed to advance the project. Heydecker presented Westchester parkway slides and discussed planning experiences in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield County
Westchester County
Fairfield County Planning Association
Westport Manor House
Wayne Heydecker
New York
Westchester Planning Association
Mr. Heydecker
I T
Sage Foundation
Heydecker
Byrd Advises Against One Engine Planes For Long Flights
Rochester dispatch reports Commander Richard E. Byrd urging flyers to use three engine aircraft for long flights and avoid planes with only one or two engines. He said trans oceanic trips are pioneer efforts with inherent risks and noted Old Glory might still be found if down at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Rochester
Associated Press
Richard EB. Byrd
North Pole
Pride of Detroit Overdue on Perilous Global Flight
News wires report the Pride of Detroit with W S Brock and Edward F Schlee missing after departing Rangoon toward Bangkok or Hanoi on a round the world flight. Hearst offered a 26000 reward for locating the crew as aviation fears grow and editors condemn long distance stunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Rane
Goon
India
Siam
Hanoi
Rangoon
London
Associated Press
Sir John Carling
W. 8. Brock
Edward ¥. Schlee
Bangkok
China
Reward of 25000 Dollars Offered for Missing Plane Crew
New York officials and press associations announce a 25000 dollar reward for locating the crew of the missing plane Old Qtory. George Utasay of the New York Daily Mirror says the larger bounty supersedes earlier 10000 and 8500 rewards and aims to find the men first, with dissemination via radio across shipping channels coordinated through Rear Admiral Philip Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sept
Associated Press
George Utasay
New York Daily Mirror Association
Qtory
William Randolph Hearst
Ber- Vaud and
Hull
Philip Payne
Philip Andrews
Boston Navy Yard
Utasy
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Greater Bridgeport
Europe
Asia
R. F. Fowler
U.S
U. S War Department
District Engineering Department
Providence
the Public Library
DeMille
Old Havana
Hickox
Kiwanis Club
Bryant Company
George Thomas
Weatchester
Westport
Huntington
Cambridge
Bern
Harris
Monroe
Ming America
Atlantic City
Black Hills
Mariner
Wheeler
England
ST. John's, N. F
Harbor Grace
Stratfield
Says Ventures
Westchester
Hears
Finder
Old Glory
Associated Freas
W. 8. Brocke
Edward F. Schiee
Indo- China
Brock
Schlee
Bea
Minning
North Atlantic
Pacific
Sky
Land
Paris
Boysl Windsor
Betita
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