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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1924
Page
4
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A hearing to present evidence on special benefits and damages for Dennis and Edward Keller over the Middle Street widening is set today before Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin in Superior court. The 1923 case claimed the $2,008 assessment unfair due to improper notices and charter-law issues. Judge Banks previously upheld the city’s procedure and ordered another hearing on benefits.
New York Sept 22 Luis Angel Firpo and Blancha Lourdes Picart showed no evidence of undue intimacy aboard the steamship American Legion en route to fight Barry Wills, steward Frederick Stieglar testified at a perjury hearing. He said a hallway separated their rooms and he did not see Firpo in Miss Picart's quarters. The hearing was adjourned to Oct 11.
Charles G. Morris of Newtown will address the Democratic dinner next Sunday held at the Farn venue. The event gathers Democrats from the city with Morris running as a candidate for county or local party office on the Democratic ticket.
Failt River Mass September 22 Congressman William S Green of the 15th Massachusetts district died at a hospital here of pneumonia after a brief illness. He had been hospitalized following an accident last week in which he fractured his hip.
In Westport Ser 23 Harold Carpenter of South Norwalk was fined 100 dollars and costs for operating a motor vehicle under the influence. The judge remitted half the fine. Carpenter paid 50 dollars plus costs after a two week prior arrest by State Policeman Eugene Burns on the Post road in Greens Farms. Testimony said only two gin drinks were taken. Several others faced fines or forfeitures for related traffic offenses and bonds.
Assessors will hold evening sessions five days this week to receive property tax lists not yet filed. A ten percent penalty applies after the week ends. The tax collectors office will be open Saturday afternoon and next week Monday and Tuesday to receive tax installments.
The Connecticut Realtors Association holds a fall meeting at the Brooklawn Club this afternoon with Alvin A Hancock of the Tripp Port Land and Title Company presiding.
City Clerk Alfred W Burdick announced the Republican alderman primaries for October 9. The city convention is expected the following Saturday and senatorial conventions are likely on the same date.
Capacity ratifications were reported in three branches of the city's evening schools last night with a crowded night high school and many students new and continuing studies. Registrations will continue tonight as class work opens the year.
Bridgeport faced a night of unusual disruption as a swarm of moth millers descended on the city, fluttering around windows and entering hundreds of homes, frightening residents and drawing swift shutoffs of lights and doors.
A playful exchange in Stray Storles hints at a widow’s engagement to a widower. The dialogue alternates between curiosity and resolve as the future bride asserts readiness to marry despite gossip about past loves.
A motion by Tax Collector Edward A. Drew in Superior court to compel Bridgeport Brass company to file a statement of its claims in a suit over certificates of errors was denied by Judge L P Waldo Marr. The action is expected to be set for early trial.
Horace W Graves, Democratic candidate for first selectman in Stamford, accuses the Republican machine of injecting the Ku Klux Klan into the town election. He argues the tactic aims to cloud issues, rejects Klan membership, and urges support for law and order across communities.
Commercial Bank and Trust Company has filed suit against Herman and Louisa Geister for 400 dollars. An attachment was levied against Cambridge Street property in the Town Clerk's office yesterday.
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