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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1927
Page
6
Common sense was urged as the key to safety in auto driving by veteran race driver B. Hickox at an Exchange Club luncheon. He urged light on gas heavy on the brake and hand signals, preaching safety to Bridgeport students and promoting uniform hand signals for road safety.
National Association night observed by the Bridgeport Forum of Cost Accountants on September 22 at the University club. Speakers include J P Jordan of Stevenson Harrison and Jordan and E A Camman of Peat Marwick Mitchell. Meeting ends promptly at 8 pm to hear Dempsey Tunney fight returns.
Public works notice announces Yellow Mill Bridge closure from 1 to 5 a m on Sunday September 18 1927 and a further closure from September 20 to September 27 1927 inclusive directed by A J Northey Director of Public Works.
Professor Phelps recounts his Harvard years featuring Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett in Boston productions of Othello and Julius Caesar. He details roles, backstage moments, Barrett’s courage, crowd chaos during the mob scene, and a risky mob yell that derailed the performance.
Fifteen hearings have been arranged for the Board of Appraisal of Benefits and Damages in City Hall on Friday, September 93, at p.m. Harry Garnsey, clerk, gave notice yesterday. The hearings cover proposed building lines on Fairfield avenue and other street layouts and grades in Fairfield area, including Spruce, Cornhill, Quince, Montgomery, Berkley, Robin, and Texas avenues with various related grade and layout actions.
Fred B. Umberger of Baltimore, a ship fireman who told officers he attended Princeton, fell overboard on September 1 as the steamer left Copenhagen. The vessel reached Helsingborg, took him to a hospital, but he died before docking. The body was sent home for burial.
Andrew M. Zahorinsky of Bridgeport pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was fined 860 plus costs by Judge Leonard J. Nickerson in Criminal Superior Court yesterday for a crash on the Boston Post Road in Fairfield that killed William G. Unruh. The defense argued he was rushing to reach his dying fiancée in New York and had already made restitution to Unruh’s family.
Paris Sept 16 Mayor James J Walker of New York will be made a member of the French Legion of Honor Tuesday afternoon in a reception by President Doumergue. The president will pin the insignia on the mayor. Walker, tired of fuss, said he wishes to be plain Jimmy.
Christine Morin, a restaurant cook, told Superior Court judge Alfred C. Baldwin in an uncontested divorce proceeding that Nick Morin repeatedly struck her, causing numerous injuries. She seeks custody of two children and the restoration of her previous name Christine Grady, noting their marriage began May 2, 1924 and that Morin saved his factory wages while she supported the family. one arrest for assault occurred during their separation year.
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