Bridgeport to Be Expanded Stamp Depository Center
The Internal Revenue Service plans enlarged quarters in Bridgeport to house a large stamp department and serve as a key state depository. Bridgeport joins New Haven as the state stamp centers, with John J. Walsh and Congressman Yeremiah leading efforts. Deputy John Clancy will be replaced by James J. Durnin as Stamp Collector with a 1200 dollar salary, and rooms on the upper floor of the post office building are expected to be added to handle increased duties including war tax and income collections. Bridgeport’s year ending 1915 shows gross revenue rising to 47 544.05 from 186 542.10 in 1914, reflecting substantial growth in federal revenue work in the city.
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Internal Revenue Office
Washington
John J. Walsh
Hartford
Yeremiahes
Ofice
John Clancy
Bridgeport
James J. Durnin
Dani
Osborne
Ashington
Walsh
Dontvan
Clancy
Pero
Locs
Mach
Danbury
Hie
Bridgeport New Year's Eve and Day Plans Feature Churches and Entertainment
Bridgeport residents face a busy holiday with fee observances and varied entertainment. hotels and cabarets offer activities while watch night services fill churches tonight and Catholic masses tomorrow. theaters stage vaudeville and burlesque, and churches hold choirs and prayers for the Feast of the Circumcision amid wintry winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Omerrow
Stratfield Fiotel
Oper House
Poll
Plaza Theatre
Lyric Theatre
Big Jim Garrity
Berk Theatre
People's Presbyterian Church
Lord Methodist Church
Office-seekers: see if the mayor will make this job here
Pittsburgh December 31 The creation of the office of official musician in the nation state and municipality was urged by Peter W. Dykema a Wisconsin professor at the Music Teachers National Association convention. He said Germany's Stadtmusikant model would benefit the people and that health recreation and civic life are social concerns.
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Pittsburgh
Peter W. Dykema
University of Wisconsin
Music Teachers’ National Association
Germany
Stadtmusikant
Dykema
Captain Olmstead to Retire in Bridgeport After forty years at sea
Bridgeport prepares to honor Captain George T. Olmstead, famed navigator of the Western Union cable ship, who will retire at midnight in Jersey City. The Bridgeport native, born in Stony Brook, moved home after decades of steady service repairing deep sea cables and guiding emergency missions, with his friend Captain Joseph Green.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Bridgeport
George T. Olmstead
Western Union
Jersey City
Joseph Green
Isis
Atlantic Uaintance
America
Stony Brook
L. I
Olmstead
Protector No
Capt. Olmstead
Wheeler &Wilson
Sound
Hudson River
Berkshire Division
New Haven Road
New York
Game Cock Towing Company
McWilliams Brothers’ Line
Capt. Greene
Newfield Avenue
Two Men Held on Arson Charges in Stamford
Samuel Weisenbaum and Abraham Lotta were held on $2,500 bonds each and charged with arson after a Sunday morning fire in Stamford's business and residential block. An investigator's report spurred the arrest. both defendants failed to post bond for trial in the superior court.
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Stamford
Samuel Weisenbaum
Abraham Lotta
Ibond
City boards see sweeping changes with new appointments
In Bridgeport a major reshuffling of city boards takes effect after January 1. Several incumbents are replaced on the fire, health, and apportionment boards. John T. King will join the board of apportionment and taxation. Carl Lindquist takes Canfield’s fire board seat. Max J. Buechler replaces John Dergo on the board of apportionment as Democrat. D. Ives exits Republican politics and health board. new picks include A. Léonard as president, and others on the health and charities boards with reappointments for Behrens, Harris, Jelliffe, and Zumn.
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Bose
John T. King
Bridgeport
Norman
Frank E. Clark
Wiliam T. Hincks
A. H. Canfield
Fire Commission
Malcolm Baxter
Appa T
Albert 5
Fia
Carl G. Lindquist
Hawley Hardware Co
Main Street
Canfield
John A. Léonard
Farmer
Baxter
Max J. Buechler
Fairfield Avenue
John Dergo
Buechler
D. Ives
Ives
Republican Club
West End
Tippecanoe Chorus
Ves
Republican Aaa 4S
Peet
Golden Fill Street
William L. Zepp
Board of Health
F. W. Behrens, Jr
Charities Board
Henry Harris
Athur Jelliffe
George H. Zumn Sr
Ous‘ground Commission
Robert A. McBride
James P. Kelly
Richard H. Merphy
William H. Brown
Police
Gommitzston
Police Department Appointments Delayed Amid Talks
No appointments were made at tonight's board of commissioners meeting. Officials offered no reason for the postponement after lengthy cross party talks aimed at selecting nominees. Sources say many candidates remained and parties could not reach an agreement, leaving action uncertain for the next meeting or a possible special session.
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Cocommissioners
UN Ss
Bartlett Favored as Senate President Amid Hartford Meeting
Republican senators in Hartford discussed a president selection with the balance favoring F. A. Bartlett of the city. Senator Evans of Milford also had support. Filing a bankruptcy petition yesterday, Ignatz Leichtman of Bridgeport swore he could not pay the filing fee, listing liabilities of 8315.83 and 8,002.41 unsecured, with stock in trade valued at 3,500 as assets.
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Hartford
F. A. Bartlett
Charlie] Evans
Milford
Ignatz Leichtman
Bridgeport
Former local physician suffers rare fractured neck in trolley fall
Dr. John H. Carroll, a 43 year old former Bridgeport physician with about 18 years in practice, lies at St. Vincent's hospital after a fall at Main and State streets. Doctors report a cervicodorsal fracture with spinal cord initially unaffected, requiring absolute quiet and potential surgery as a last resort. Carroll, educated in Baltimore, lived at 107 Madison Avenue and had offices near the Stratfield hotel site.
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John H. Carroll
St. Vincent's Hospital
Main Street
State Street
Geo. W. Hawley
J. P. Deery
Carroll
Hollister Avenue
Madison Avenue
Baltimore
Bridgeport
Stamford
Greenwich
Stratfield Hotel
Vessel Afire In Mid Ocean
Lloyds dispatch reports the steamer Perugia of 2566 tons bound from Leghorn to New York was afire yesterday off Fayal Azores. The crew reached the flames and the ship now resumes her voyage. The Perugia sails Genoa Leghorn Palermo to New York for Anchor Line.
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London
Lloyd's
Fayal
Azores
Perugia
Leghorn
New York
Genoa
Palermo
York
Senate Defeats Literacy Test Amendment in Immigration Bill
Washington reports the Senate rejected 24 to 26 an amendment to extend the literacy test carve out to those facing political or religious persecution. A second version requiring persecution be shown by discriminatory laws or overt acts was also defeated as debate raged. The day closed amid a heavy storm over northern Europe.
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Washington
Senate
Allies' Heavy Losses Hold Up New Attacks
Ambassador Walter Hines Page held talks with Sir Edward Grey after Britain studied President Wilson's protest about American shipping being detained by British warships. Officials said a reply to the American note will be prepared soon in a friendly spirit.
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London
Walter Hines Page
Edward Grey
Wilson
War News From Fronts Across Europe and Asia
British Foreign Secretary Grey outlines London’s stance on the detention of American ships. In Alsace the French invasion army advances with Steinbach partly captured. Russian sources report Galicia fortress defenders in dire straits and Austrian food-laden plane found near Przemysl. Western fronts show steady Allied pressure, while German eastward advance toward Warsaw stalls. Transcaucasian battle rages with heavy casualties, and Japan states no request for Europe army though Paris cites France and Russia in favor. Serbia plans to invade Hungary per a Paris quote.
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Great Britain
Page
Grey
London
Wilson
Earl Grey
Alsace
Paris
Steinbach
Galicia
Ysl
Przemysl
North Sea
Germany
Poland
Warsaw
Berlin
Petrograd
Transcaucas
Artilery
Europe
Tokio
France
Russia
Servian
Servia
Hungary
Paris and Berlin War Reports Recount Front Actions
Official French and Berlin statements detail trench fighting and advances from Champagne to Alsace. Reports describe repulsed French counterattacks, ground gained near Mesnil Les Hurlus and Steinbach, and Turkish forces movement in Transcaucasia while Berlin notes western front quiet at times and 250 French prisoners captured near Flirey.
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Paris
French War Office
Aisne
Champagne
Alger Farm
Sillery
Rheims
Mesnil-Les-Hurlus
Beaus Hiour
Argonne
Fontaine Madame
Meuse
Mo Selle
Mortemart
Upper
Alsace
Steinbachl
Berlin
London
Westende
Linas
Camp Chalons
Flirey
Toul
Sennheim
Stelmbach
East Prussia
Poland
Vistula
Bzura
Rawka
Battle at Sarikamish Reported by Caucasus Army
Delayed communication from the general staff of the army of the Caucasus describes the Sarikamish battle. The dispatch notes action and outcomes tied to December events and Petrograd reports.
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Petrograd
Army of the
Bombardment of Pola Reported by Berlin Despatch
A Berlin despatch says more than 30 French and British warships are engaged in bombardment of Pola, the Austro Hungarian naval base on the Adriatic, as the city endures renewed shelling.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Pola
Adriatic
British Take Largest of Solomon Islands Bougainville Occupied
British forces occupy Bougainville, the Solomon Islands largest island. The British flag was raised there on December 3. An inquest in London records the destruction of the battleship Bulwark as an accident.
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Solomon Islands
Melbourne
Australia
Bougain Ville
London
Plan Delayed for Fresh Kitchener Army on Western Front
London reports Britain expects a major allied offensive in the west to wait for Lord Kitchener's new army. Analysts note heavy early losses but stress the need to defend eastern fronts and safeguard communications as La Bassée remains a German stronghold. Italy's Avlona move and unrest in Austria-Hungary influence the broader European crisis. The Dunkirk raid prompts renewed German retaliation and Dutch sentiments to answer blows.
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West
Lord Kitchener
Esteen
la Basses
la Cacses
Etron Hold
London
Austria
Carpathians
Greece
Italy
Romania
Portugal
Avlona
Austria-Hungary
Chagnel
Dunkirk
France
Cuxhaven
Hdneland
Crown Prince Praises Servian Troops After Campaign
Crown Prince Alexander of Servia commends his troops for heroic defense and victory over the enemy. He notes five months of siege, reports crushing defeats of opponents at Tssr and Jadar, and proclaims no enemy on Servian soil with Belgrade in sight of a crowning peace.
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Paris
Alexander of
Servia
Nish
Havas
Tssr
Jadar
Bridgeporters Await Result of Bar Exams
Among those who took bar examinations at Hartford yesterday under the supervision of William Waldo Hyde were George Ferrie Benjamin H. Gordon George Hawley and David W. Price of this observer There were about forty candidates.
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Hartford
Willam Waldo Hyde
George Ferrie
Benjamin H. Gordon
George & Hawley
David W. Price
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Bridgeport Now Stamp Depository
John F. Clancy
Donovan and
Department of Internal Revenue
Federal
New Haven
OUT OF Fire Board ON Tax Board
Health Board
Police Dept
Bartlett
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Ambassador
Transcaucasia
Kars
Yaliniz-Chame Pass
Ardahan
Rovigno
Servyian Prince
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