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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1923
Page
7
The State Board of Health reports six month figures showing 14,704 births, a drop of 919 from the prior year. Marriages reached 5,980, up 472 from 1922, while deaths totaled 20,051, up 94. Five year averages indicate below normal for marriages and births, with deaths above.
Four workers are believed buried in Mohawk River near Pee Atty under tons of wet concrete at the Scotia bank during the Great Western Gateway Bridge project in Schenectady New York. Kenneth Davidson, superintendent, is among the missing. six others were hospitalized with injuries as 240 cubic yards of concrete failed the wooden scaffolding and swept men into the water. Rescue efforts continue at the scene.
Capri, the Isle of enchantment praised by Lemartine and poets, was offered to the League of Nations as a retreat for artists and writers. A League sub commission discussed acceptance, while the body pursued closer ties with world universities and 'an International university bureau' to promote intellectual cooperation. The Irish delegation urged university cooperation, and an international effort was planned to restore Japanese literary and scientific collections damaged by the recent earthquake.
Paris reports 810 million francs extra loans by France to Poland Jugoslavia and Roumania for national defense purchases including munitions. Earlier 200 million francs granted. Hungary may also receive. Senate coverage notes Sen Henry Berenger travels central Europe for initial briefing on the Navy and the Little Entente.
Washington Sept 17. Successful negotiations of a contract with Semaus Brothers company of London for more than 1600 miles of gutta percha insulated cable at a price of 1,244,000 to replace worn out government cable from Seattle to Alaska points announced at the War Department on Col. George Gibbs Sizmel Corps return from London attached to the office of Assistant Secretary Davis.
Tony Gardino of 88 West Main Street was fined $200 and costs and given a suspended 15 day sentence with six months probation for selling whiskey without a license. Gardino was arrested after police found fifteen gallons of corn whiskey at his home late Sunday night, in Tony Court this morning before Judge J. D. Brown.
Lieutenant Stuart Chadwick a former Washington resident escaped death when his plane nosed into the Enat River near Hell Gate New York. He ejected before impact then swam through strong currents to shore near City Island. The incident follows a previous water plunge after an engine failure en route to the same area. Chadwick, a noted Canadian River racer, was once headquarted at Lordship and helped fly the Coastal route over Belagoport.
Lt L B Sanderson, one of three Navy aviators setting world speed marks last week, reportedly flew an unofficial 235 to 238 mph in a Navy Wright. A northeast wind aided the run, with Lt Harold Brow and Lt Stephen Galloway breaking earlier records. Final trial to test surpassing brother Stephen Galloway is planned. ship entered for the Pulitzer race at St. Louis on October 3.
Record birth activity in Bridgeport notes a week high in double visits to realdenca per birth certificates from the Bureau of Vital Statetics. On September, Albert Miller and spouse welcomed two bouncing boys at 228 Bostwick Avenue, with others in the city reported as healthy twins.
High River Alberta Sept 17 Lord Renfrew known in England as the Prince of Wales becomes a rancher on his own ranch. He joins a crew of farm hands filling silage with chopped sunflowers and works at the dawn shift, wearing plain clothes and sharing the labor. His secretary notes a long trip concluded Sunday and plans to forage more silage and stock work this afternoon.
Milford, Sept 17. Mrs. J. H. Fisher narrowly escaped serious injury when she was thrown from the car she was riding in. She suffered minor cuts and bruises. her husband, Dr. Fisher, attended her. The Fisher car was struck on High street near Broad street by a car driven by Mrs. Samuel Greenstein of Fort Trumbull Beach. Greenstein said sun blinded her at the corner and she could not avoid the collision. No arrests were made.
Lakehurst New Jersey dispatch reports the ZR-1 Leviathan dirigible will launch from its hangar at five in the morning for a two hour test flight. If weather allows it, the airship is expected to reach Washington around noon while officials anticipate a favorable demonstration of the Navy's new craft.
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