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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1919
Page
7
A local club gathering is noted with names including Rode Meyer and Maya Wilson. The fragmentary text references ages and a 46 75 year detail, but context remains unclear and event specifics are not fully legible.
Washington reports show women staying in war industry roles across streetcars, machine shops, rail yards, and factories as men return unemployed. Veterans, employers, and the War Labor Board navigate job reassignments while women resist relinquishing their posts, aided by high demand for skilled labor and rising wages. The piece cites the Cleveland example and notes broader shifts in employment, shortages in teaching and dressmaking, and debates over fair pay and dependence on women in midwestern and eastern cities.
A wartime employment guide outlines the Bureaus for Retiring Soldiers and Sailors, US Employment Service offices, and job openings. It explains how the American Library Association compiled a list of aids, and urges readers to request the booklet from the Bridgeport Standard Telegram Information Bureau.
The first airplane show in Philadelphia opened today at the Commercial Museum. It features every type of flying craft used by Uncle Sam in his WWI effort and displays armament used by the Navy air unit, part of the Victory Loan drive.
Members of the Isawames club will travel to New Tliven for a meeting tonight at the Hotel Taf, with New Hasin club and Cum mings noted among attendees. A bicycle was found jacked up near Pequed now slick and is at headquarters awaiting a claimant.
April 23 reports a labor dispute turning national after a conference between the strike committee and the party. Tom Johnson, president of the labor council, stated the strike is national and that representatives from other centers have joined, signaling broad support for action.
Iowa surpasses its Victory Loan quota, becoming the first state to exceed the goal. A message from state director of sales at the federal reserve district in Lincoln notes strong support from local groups and civic leaders to boost Liberty Loan sales.
A Russian wartime communique reports Cossack troops initiating an offensive 222 miles south of Samara and west of Uralsk, in coordination with Siberian forces under Adina Solenik. The statement notes continued operations and attrition against Bolshevik lines as of April 22.
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