Rankin Delivers Maiden Speech on Food Bill in House
Washington May 29 Representative Rankin of Montana made her maiden speech on the floor of the House and won her initial fight by a unanimous committee vote. She secured an amendment to require the food survey to use women’s services where practicable. Rankin urged women to take an intelligent share in the world’s work to ensure universal feeding. Tremendous applause greeted her as she spoke and left the chamber after the largest audience yet for the food bill session.
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Washington
Rankin
Montana
House
Miss Rankin
Torrington Co to Be Incorporated in Hartford
Hartford May 28 The Torrington Co of Torrington has filed a certificate of incorporation showing a capital stock of $11,000,000. The company will manufacture knitting machines hardware and related components. Registration fee paid to the state was $3,100.
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Hartford
The
Torrington of Torrington
Secretary of State
Farmers urged to subscribe to Liberty Loan appeal
New York May 29 Carl Vrooman assistant secretary of agriculture released a statement urging American farmers to subscribe to the Liberty loan. The farmer colonists are cited as striking the first blow for liberty in this country and enabling the world to free itself from militarism. Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. and Liggett Myers Tobacco Co. each pledged $1,000,000 with offers to help employees buy in.
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New York
Carl Vrooman
Colorado Fuel & Iron Co
Liggitt & Myers Tobacco Co
Three Brass City Suspects Caught in Copper Theft
Bennié Ciggia Tony Terella and Philip Cicardi were bound over to the superior court charged with stealing 437 pounds of copper and German silver scrap from the Benedict & Burnham branch of the American Brass Co. Their arrest followed a breakdown of their car in Mamaroneck New York after the theft. Cicardi says he had no other connection beyond driving.
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Waterbury
Bennié Ciggia
Tony Terella
Philip Cicardi
Superior Court
Benedict & Burnham
American Brass Co
Ciggia
Terella
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Cicardi
Automobile Ownership At Issue In Court Plea
In a court affidavit the owner asserts the vehicle in question was his property. He claims the two co defendants were hired for a pleasure trip and had no authority over the car. The matter centers on rightful possession and use.
Rapid Growth of Beet Sugar Industry in U S
The federal trade commission reports growth in the American beet sugar industry from 1870 to 1914. By 1914 output reached 700000 tons, supplying 16 percent of domestic consumption, with 78 factories versus three in 1870, driven largely by federal and state government support since 1897.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Speed Registering of German Aliens
New Haven May 29 United States Marshal Middlebrooks urged manufacturers and employers of labor to speed up German alien registrations so the task could be finished by June 1 After that date the presidents proclamation will take effect allowing the arrest of all unregistered enemy aliens.
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New Haven
United States
Middlebrooks
Locomobile Co reorganizes Bridgeport operations and execs
Locomobile Co of America announces June 1 changes in its executive staff. M. A. Pollock becomes Bridgeport branch manager and P. W. Hine moves to assistant sales manager, replacing Clinton B. Amorous who leaves for Parish Manufacturing Co. of Detroit. A new separate Bridgeport service unit is created with over 40 staff to handle repairs and customer service directly.
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Locomobile Co. of America
M. A. Pollock
Laurel Avenue
Bridgeport
P. W. Hine
Clinton B. Amorous
Amorous
Parish Manufacturing Co
Detroit
C. C. Ostrom
Locomobile Co
Parish Co
Hine
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Pollock
F. C. Bancroft
Service Department
Bancroft
Stevens-Duryea Co
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Locomobile
Bridgeport Branch Service Department
Steamer Sunk in Atlantic Collision
The Norwegian bark Stifinder collided with the steamer Sylde off Hatteras on May 24. The Sylde was sunk and the crew are aboard the Stifinder with no further record of the other vessel.
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Lewes
Del
Sylde
Hatteras
Bernard J. Shanley Dies in New Haven at 57
Bernard J. Shanley of New Haven, longtime city auditor and former city clerk, died yesterday of pneumonia at age 57. He was a lawyer and is survived by his brother, former State Senator John F. Shanley.
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New Haven
Bernard J. Shanley
John F. Shanley
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Peerless
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Western Union Telegraph CO
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Broad St
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