Special Red Cross Dividends Spark Debate and Plans
An unusual push to raise 100 million dollars in the Red Cross during the Week of June 17 prompts shareholders to consider a special dividend while avoiding any coercion. P Davison, chairman of the War Council, stresses voluntary support and clear understanding of contributions, with a letter to all shareholders to follow.
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Red Cross
P. Davison
Red Crom War Council
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War Council
Davison
Mr. Davison
MY. Davison
Canning Class To Explore Spinach And Peas Preservation
Bridgeport residents face spinach waste as a farmer plows under a bumper crop. The Bridgeport Equal Franchise League plans an open canning class at the Sanford homestead on Washington Avenue and Coleman Street to teach best methods for canning spinach and green peas. Miss Green of Fairfield County Farm Bureau will lead, with two sessions 10:30 to 12 and 2 to 4. Attendees may bring lunch and stay through both sessions. last week’s turnout was 188.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Equal Franchise League
Miss Green
Fairfield County
Fairfield County Farm Bureau
Sanford Homestead
Washington Avenue
Coleman St
Weather Forecast For New Haven And East Of Rockies
Partly cloudy conditions expected in New Haven with possible local showers tonight or Wednesday morning. Pleasant weather elsewhere east of the Rocky Mountains with gradually rising temperatures in the eastern district. Major James Bourke of the Army Medical Corps killed himself at his Washington home amid a mental breakdown.
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New Haven
Lake Re
New England
Rock Mountains
James Bourke
Army Medical Corps
Washington
Sale at 746 Broadst Cross to Include Ponies and Horses
Auction for Wednesday June 20 at 3 pm features two Shetland ponies with rigs, plus ten horses owned by a local concern to be announced. Also consignments of blocks, Wagons, Harness, and related equipment. A horse for every body.
Ruth Cruger Murder Case Linked to Ripper Theory
Ruth Cruger was found murdered in New York after four months missing and labeled a lust murder by medical examiners. Investigators uncovered skates at Alfredo Cocchi’s motorcycle shop linked to the case, with several suspects detained as witnesses and a planned police overhaul amid rumors of a shakeup.
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Ruth Cruger
New York
Rosenthal
Otto H. Schultze
L. L. Danforth
Cruger
Alfredo Cocchi
West One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Street
Wadleigh High School
Marié Cocchi
Victor Brady
Joseph Palumbo
Cocchi
Woods
Herman Rosenthal
Italy
Grace Hamiston
P. F. Solon
Social and Personal Notes From Local Events
The closing reception of Miss May Mall’s dancing classes will be at Miss Slocum’s hall on Monday June 25 at 8 pm A social hop and interpretive toe dancing will be featured. A charity variety show for St Augustine’s church is planned for Thursday at 8 pm at St Augustine’s school hall Pequonnock Street led by Miss Julia Farran and assistants. The program includes Uncle Sam’s Daughters a play The Bracelet with Sequences by Alfred Sutro and a Highland Fling. Fashion Show and Festa for the Red Cross to be held at the McNeil residence Black Rock with canvas for dancing and oriental decorations. Various shops and departments organized by local ladies and a garden party for Allied Relief fund are noted along with ambulance films from the Hippodrome Moving Pictures. Engagement announced Catherine Brown to Meryin Holley Everly. Grand Red Cross recital tonight at Stratfield ballroom tickets nearly sold out with carols to conclude the event. A Brooklyn youth Haroti Moyer received life imprisonment for killing William McMahon after a dispute. An attempted bridge bombing at Argentina reported with no casualties.
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Miss May Mall
Miss Slocum
St. Augustine's Church
St. Augustine’s School Hall
Pequonnock Street
Sodality of the Church
Julia Farnan
Lillian Lucey
Irene Carroll
Aurelia Berger
Bracelet
Alfred Sutro
William B. Prendergast
Harvey Western
Miss Farran
Western
Edward O'Neil
Judge Banker
Elizabeth Farran
Banket
Marguerite Linehan
William
Miss Aignes Fitspatrick
Smithers
Sona
Kenneth McNeil
Black Rock
Red Cross
Walter B. Lashar
Newport
Harvey Hubbell
Robert Hincks
C. Valentine Barrington
Frank C. Hunt
District Income Tax Nears Ten Million in United States District
The Connecticut district including Rhode Island reported total income tax collections of 9,906,658.40 as of June 15, with tax receipts from corporations totaling 5,093,801.11 and individuals 4,812,852.29. Officials expect year end totals to approach 17,000,000 across all taxes in the district. Revenue figures were telegraphed to Washington by Collector James J. Walsh.
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Rhode Island
Treasury Department
Washington
James J. Walsh
Patriotic Meeting at Casino Promises Overflow Crowd
The Casino hosts a patriotic gathering tonight organized by the Manufacturers' association. Yale University's Charles R. Brown will address The Moral Issues in the Great War, with the Manufacturers' chorus joining the program. Rockwell Heating and Piping advertises services at 8051 Main and Hillside Avenue.
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Charles R. Brown
Yale University
Manufacturers’ Association
Manufacturers’ Chorus
Cortez C. Rockwell
Oocuatean
Main
Hillside Avenue
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Paris
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Wire and Water Sale
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Main Street
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Home Guard
State Armory
Angelne Bartlett
Daughters of Veterans
Linclin Circle
Cart
Sidney J. Dunning
Grace Jones
Argentina
Berlin
Germany
England
Cyrus Presto
Cyrus Pharmacy
Fairfield Avenue and
Gourtland
Bridgeport Horse Auction
South Ave
Barnum
Porterhouse
Sirloin
Prin
Mohican
Elgin Creamery
Hamburg
iLean Dixie Bacon
Sunbright Cleanser
Bisk
THE
Mohican Company
William S. Maher
Florence O’brien
Anna Ryan
Katherine Kane
Helen O’reilly
Katherine Lucey
Marie
Edward Fagan
F. E. Lewis
Saugatuck
Allied Relief Fund
Henry Sturgis
Henry 8. Glover
Anna B. Jennings
William Paulding
Fairfield
Hippodrome
France
Henry Morris Brown
Bufalo, N. Y
Catherine Brown
Meryin Holley Everly
Greens Farms
Grace I. Clarke
Stratfield
Red Cross Fund
Haro Ti Moyer
Brooklyn
The Smith=Murray Co
Fairfield Ave
Bridgeports
Voile
Grgandie
Copenhagen
Mary
Sopasine
Spoon Family
G. W. Fairchild & Sons,’ Inc. Jewelers and Opticians
First Methodist Church
Broad St
Clinton N. Howard
the Little Giant
Rochester, N. Y
Casino
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