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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1927

Page

5

Jump into Canal Saves Girls’ Lives in Regent’s Park Fire

In London a fire at the Fiim Waste Products company on Red Hill Street, Regent’s Park, killed four girls and injured others. Quick exits by jumping from burning windows into Regent canal saved several lives. barges picked up survivors as a nearby garage burned and nine cars were destroyed. Police restricted the area as flames were extinguished.

London Associated Press Regent Canal Fiim Waste Products Company Hl Street Regent’s Park Spoo

National Ad Man Will Speak Here

Mr Summer, a prominent figure in national advertising for nearly twenty years, will give a talk here. He has held key roles at System Magazine, the International Correspondence Schools, the Woman's Institute, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, and now runs his own agency with clients including Singer Sewing Machine, Dennison, and Amory Browns.

Mr Summer System Magazine Advertisers Service Bureau of System International Correspondence Schools Scranton Pa Woman's Institute In Plans Association of National Advertisers Audit Bureau of Circulations Singer Sewing Machine Company Dennison Manufacturng Company Amory, Browns and Company

Wealthy Couple Die in Brooklyn Gas Tragedy

Philips Sussman a wealthy retired real estate broker and his wife died in their Brooklyn home in a gas suicide pact. Police say Sussman had heart disease and their bodies were found after his daughter-in-law summoned help upon noticing the gas odor and fainting.

New York Associated Press Philips Sussman Brooklyn Sussman Poice Philip Sussman, Jr Ass Sussman Sussan

Paralysis crisis forces Haverhill schools to stay closed

Haverhill Massachusetts reports three new paralytic cases in 24 hours prompting board of health to extend school closures through September 26 cancel all football games and ban minors from public gatherings. City records 40 of 307 Massachusetts cases since January 1 with seven local deaths. Vaccination clinics halted minors barred from theaters and public entertainments for two weeks.

Haverhill Mass Board of Health Massachusetts Edsch Pinkham Contagious Hospital Caudren City Hell

Diphtheria serum ready for new school children

The health department will administer the diphtheria serum to kindergarten and first grade pupils this fall as schools reopen. Health officer Dr. Wil Digit Mall Coon says physicians should provide the serum, but it will also be available at public and private schools, with no changes in health staff for the new term.

Department of Health Wildigit Mall Coon Health Department Conn

Smallest dirigible plans part in trials

Associated Poessy reports the smallest dirigible in the world piloted by Carl K Wollam of Akron and August O'Neill, mechanic, lived at the Ford airport. They left Akron about 9 tonight for the Gordon Bennett international balloon race maneuvers at the air port Saturday.

Associated Poessy Carl K Wollam Aktron August O'Neill Ford Prinrly Akron Wollam

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