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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1920
Page
4
A brisk display of cleverly designed hats in silk velvet duvetyn and panne velvet fashion, crafted by leading milliners. The line targets women seeking quiet distinctive elegance, with prices designed to suit every dollar.
Frank P. Munich, clerk of the naturalization court, answers a question on whether a wife born abroad may vote after marriage. The text notes California and United States Supreme Court cases Mackenzie v Nase and related rulings. It states that a wife may resume American citizenship upon certain actions within a year, including registering with a consul or returning to reside in the United States.
Dr Georg E Vincent, head of the Rockefeller Foundation, will address the first of five luncheon meetings opening the season at Stratfield rotunda on Wednesday noon. He will discuss Community Assets, highlighting his career at the University of Chicago Minnesota Yale Michigan and his editorial work. The article notes the full allotment of reservations for the series.
New York and Brooklyn district attorneys announced that local grand juries will begin investigating alleged fixing of the 1919 World Series now under Chicago scrutiny. They said jurisdiction depends on where the crime was committed, and if any part occurred locally action will start immediately.
Heavy fog paralysed harbor movement in Bridgeport and New Haven as warships and freighters faced perilous navigation. Court sessions opened at 10 30 with 73 cases planned, many on informations or indictments, spanning Milford Fairfield and Hartford areas with dozens of defendants named in long dockets.
Rev Emily Richter of Maples Avenue M E Church Stamford has faced weeks of abuse over his anti gambling campaign. He now travels armed with a concealed six shooter after returning from an anti alcohol convention in Washington. Authorities remain silent on how he obtained the weapon. He vows to press his crusade with renewed energy, believing force strengthens his message.
Judge John W. Banks places Bridgeport Bus Owners association president Frank as temporary receiver of Bridgeport 2nd New Haven Hes corporation amid dissolution petitions by Walter Kelly Germano Siiano and others. The firm faces two damage suits alleged mismanagement and waste. Pending final disposition the court directs the receivership with Kelly and petitioners said to hold over ten percent of the $40 900 capital. Organized May 1990 the firm also owes notes. a further hearing will occur upon receiver confirmation.
Milford September 17 One of Milford shore front s largest transfers closed today when the late John Larkins estate sold the Larkin Property including the Larkin House to Attorney Edward J Maher of Fort Trumbull Beach The property spans water frontage along Fort Trumbull Beach streets Rogers Avenue and Walnut Street The sale price was not disclosed and Maher plans extensive improvements with disposition of the property expected later.
A Connecticut plan aims to provide a pensioners home for the bricklayers and allied trades. Delegates from Bridgeport and other towns met in Wartford to vote on purchasing a site, with Charles Dimlay of New Haven named chair of the committee. Officers elected include Louis Core of Waterbury as president and W McCarony of New London as vice president, along with A R Gosselin of Bristol J Gallney of Bridgeport William Pagar of Hartford and Eli Hanson of Middletown.
General officers of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America were empowered to push for old age pensions for many workers. The convention authorized the measure for a high court vote within twenty five days, with details to be submitted for approval.
A Montana Democratic statement claims non-partisans have swallowed the party and urges support for Republican congressional and state tickets, except the nomination for governor General. Senator Myers says the Democratic party should not be swallowed by a hybrid of radicals and revolutionists bent on carnage, and warns against swallowing a nondescript ticket.
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