Lashar suggests five cent trolley fare and worker voice plan
Bridgeport Trafic commission chairman Walter B. Lashar outlines a program to operate Bridgeport lines for public benefit. Proposes a city corporation to lease tracks and power, purchase 100 Birney cars, and cut fare to five cents with a five-member board including a trolley worker representative and investor and utility leaders.
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Connecticut Company
Referendum on United States entry to League of Nations
The Standard Telegram reports nationwide results on a referendum asking if the United States should join the League of Nations to preserve peace. Bridgeport totals show 3,229 Yes with 2,? counted today, across other cities the combined ballots include New York 64,276 Yes 22,109, Chicago 3,967 Yes 2,207, and multiple papers listing varied tallies, all referring to the Wilson league.
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Bridgeport
United States
League of Nationa
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
New York
Globe
Chicago Daily News
Rochester Times- Union
Zialloting
Lashar plan outlines five cent fare in Bridgeport trolley deal
Proposal calls for forming a Bridgeport corporation to lease tracks and power from the Connecticut company, purchasing 100 Birney safety cars, and reducing city fares to five cents. A five-member board would include a trolley workers’ representative, a Common Council member, an investor representative, the Connecticut company’s local trustee, Charles G. Sanford, and the local lines manager.
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Charles E. Sanford
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Common Council
Charles G. Sanford
Physician Deluca Claims Isolated Influenza Germ
Dr Horatio R DeLuca of 485 Noble Avenue announces he has isolated a bacillus like the typhoid germ with spore formation from influenza patients spine. Injected into animals it reproduces influenza symptoms. the germ resists antiseptics. He plans a New York Medical Journal paper and seeks a serum to kill the germ.
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Noble Avenue
Luca
DeLuca
Bridgeport
New Haven
New York Medical Journal
St. Vindens Hospital
Italy demands Adriatic domination as Paris talks strain
At Paris four factors threaten the peace conference including Italy's demand for Fiume and domination of the Adriatic, skepticism over allied unity, Wilson's illness, and Clemenceau's strain amid Swank fighting for France's guarantees. Italy accuses Lloyd George and Clemenceau of stacking the cards and calls for Premier Orlando to quit.
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Germany
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Clemenceau
Liloyd- George
Adriatic
Italy
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Japan
Asia
Nippon
Fiume
Danes in Schleswig Holstein Seek Plebiscite in Paris
A delegation of Danes from the region south of the proposed Schleswig Holstein boundary arrived in Paris and urged a plebiscite to decide the district's status. They say their arguments were not heard when the boundary commission was convened.
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Associated Press
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Boundary Commission
Mount Vernon Brings 26th Division Home to Boston
The Mount Vernon, former Kronprinzessin Cecilia, arrived with nearly 6,000 soldiers of the 26th division led by Major General Harry C. Hale. Fog delayed harbor events but crowds cheered as thousands greeted the troopship. Soldiers will entrain to Camp Devens tomorrow and demobilization plans may shift to April 25 pending talks with General Hale.
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Congressmen Glynn Arrives With Party Near Rhine
Coblenz April 4 The 42nd division packed for home departure with the first troop train from Ahrweiler scheduled Sunday afternoon. Transportation officers estimate sixty hours from the Rhine to Brest. Congressmen James P. Kagan of Connecticut joins others for a several days visit with bridgehead troops in the occu pied zone.
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James P. Kagan
Connecticut
Treaty May Come Wednesday In Belgium Case Illness Slows Wilson
President Wilson rests at the White House after a severe cold as Belgian Premieres hold talks on the treaty. Doctor Grayson says influenza is unlikely, urging careful watching. King Albert of Belgium presents Belgium’s case to the council while progress on reparations and commissions is reported to draft the treaty.
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Andre Tardieu
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Edward M. House
Jitney Fleet to Carry Sympathizers to Capital
About 100 jitney drivers met at midnight at Fairfield avenue to discuss jitney regulation by the Public Utilities commission. The issue will be heard at the state capital next Wednesday, with drivers planning to assemble opposition. Citizens of Bridgeport will be carried to Hartford, and a large mass meeting of jitney men is planned for next Monday night in the city area 680.
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Public Utilities Commission
Bridgeport
Tmartford
Sone
Reds Offensive Foiled in Paris Conference Talks
Paris reports state the Archangel Murmansk area danger urged reinforcement. Brigadier General W. P. Richardson heads to north Russia with 200 troops. American plans still aim to withdraw as Bolshevik threat remains. Relief to Archangel Likely by May due to ice, with sea relief possible for Murmansk. Allied forces claim Bolsheviks repulsed in east Bolsheia Ozera attacks March 31 and April 1 with heavy Bolshevik losses and lighter Allied casualties.
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Murmansk
W. P. Richardson
Tasker H. Bilisa
London
Bolsheia Overa
Bolsheia Ozera
King Albert urges fast council action to settle Belgium needs
King Albert in Paris presses the peace council for immediate Belgian relief. He states three urgent aims: a ten billion francs advance, export of raw materials from England and the United States, and cession of the left bank of the Lescaut river and the Lemberg peninsula. Bank turmoil and German marks left in circulation compound the crisis.
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Associated Press
Belgium
Albert
England
United States
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Lemberg
Ministry of Finance
Four Hoboken men found guilty of second degree murder
A Hartford jury convicted William Miller John Neuss William Bessler Michael McDonnell and Fred J Wiein all of Hoboken New Jersey of second degree murder in the January 6 1947 shooting of W Madden a Cheney Silk Mills guard in Manchester. Sentencing set for tomorrow with life imprisonment. The trial lasted 12 days with 600 jurors summoned and six hundred telephones. A $20000 reward remains for James Moore the alleged sixth participant and Francis Murphy of Jersey City is jailed in connection with the case.
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Fred J. Wiein
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Neuss
James Moore
Francis Murphy
Jersey City
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Iseuss
Klein
Foch Expected in Paris as Peace Talks Progress
Paris dispatch notes Foch expected to arrive from Spa tomorrow amid negotiations on Poland troops in Danzig and the broader peace conference. British authority and Erzberger voice cautious optimism that an amicable settlement may be reached, with a signing target by Wednesday next and broader agreement by Sunday.
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