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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1922
Page
4
New Haven reports a meeting to organize a speakers bureau for the Democrat state convention to outline the conduct of the state campaign. The newly chosen delegates will gather Thursday forenoon to hear candidates on the state ticket and discuss general proceedings.
Notice from personal tax collector D N Wakeman warns that all personal taxes must be paid by October 3 or enforcement will begin. Officials say every liable person will be forced to pay, with a potential extra charge for nonpayment. roundup of taxpayers is hinted. Women aged 21 to 60 mentioned as subject to personal tax.
Shelton Sept 26 John Eulenes of Howe Avenue is hospitalized in Griffin Hospital Derby with possible skull fracture after his car overturned on a narrow road slope. He was unconscious when removed from beneath the vehicle. A quiet wedding followed at St Peter and Paul church Ansonia where Marie Goodman and John Mihaylo wed. the couple planned a Rhode Island honeymoon. Mrs Stochman of Wall Street reports return from Meriden trip. William Gordon of Shelton named to MIT Cambridge Mass.
Westport voters authorized the sale of the Poplar Plains school house and about half an acre of land, with auction set for Wednesday at two o'clock on the school grounds. Auctioneer George A. Daryow of Stairstreet will conduct the sale. the building has stood vacant since Bedford School opened for grammar pupils.
Sept 26 at the Derby outing for orphans, a Mary and Mina vehicle was struck head on by an oncoming car near Racebrook. Miss glam auto and several children were injured. authorities said the severity was not yet known as they arrived at the hospital.
In Waterbury the Italian Rome Di Massi pleaded guilty to manslaughter for shooting Iran Cevco Brizal during a Fourth of July dispute over wine. Superior Court Justice Tadeo Banke sentenced him to 10 to 12 years in state prison. One brother helped police trap Di Massi.
Massachusetts man Joseph B Bailey of Lynch Co was sentenced to one to five years in state prison by Judge Avery after pleas for restitution to customers in a case tied to misrepresentations by the Bridgeport firm. Other sentences followed in a prison term for a watch theft and related auto theft cases involving several defendants.
Ansonia, Sept. Nora Lynch Barrell wife of Benjamin Farrell of Riggs Street died yesterday after a brief illness. She leaves her husband two children Ethyl and Lawrence two sisters Mrs Damen OConnell and Mrs A Harrison of this house Margaret Lynch of Ireland and two brothers Patrick Lynch of New York and John of Ireland. News Notes. Mrs Charles C Mullineaux of South Cliff Street confined with a sprained ankle. Mayors Meade and others attended county convention at Meriden where Thomas TL ly was nominated for county sheriff. Clara Kelly returned to July after a week with sister May Theron Johnson at New Haven Arthur Kilpatrick at this city home after returning from Maine before entering Brown University.
In New York City Court of General Sessions Judge Johnscone accepted Leo Durnherr’s guilty plea to manslaughter for killing his sweetheart Dorothy Down in Rochester on August 6 after intensive drinking. Assistant District Attorney Brothers advised the reduction from murder in the first degree, saying a conviction on other charges would be unlikely. Durnherr, son of a Rochester banker, lived at Hotel Francis and faces sentencing next month.
Plans for extensive improvements to the Milford Wheel Club rooms in Roberts block include a complete renovation and new furniture with an expenditure around 4000. A committee led by Judge J D Tafown Jr and others will report, considering either new quarters or improvements to current space. The project aims to fund upgrades within a sound budget.
In Fairfield Southport September 36 Miss Selma Suert of Norwalk rear ended a car owned and driven by W H Russell while traffic was halted at Carey's corner. Suert told Officer Beynett she used both brakes but claims the emergency brake failed. No arrest. settlement to be arranged.
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