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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
8
Tokyo reports a new official release confirms a deadly incident at Kwan-Cheng-Tsu in Manchuria. Sixteen Japanese killed or wounded, including four officers, amid fighting about 200 miles west of Kirin. Foreign observers seek clarification and investigation.
Chicago dairy distributors announced a price hike effective tomorrow raising milk from 14 to 18 cents per quart and cream from 16 to 16 cents per half pint for local customers. The notice targets Chicago residents and reflects a regional adjustment in dairy costs.
Policeman Curtis I Barr of the New York City Police Department resigns claiming his pay cannot support himself and two motherless children. He plans to return to Alabama to resume trapping coins and earns ten to thirty dollars daily. After his wife’s death and rising living costs he was forced to break up his home.
Allied dispatches from Vienna report Bela Kun remains in control of the Budapest government. Allies hope he will heed appeals to transfer authority to the socialists rather than the radical minority communists. Talks with Agoston and Budapest socialists indicate momentum toward forming a new government.
Rep Fitzgerald introduces a House resolution urging sale of the year's crop at market prices funded by the wheat guarantee surplus. The measure claims market prices would lower flour costs and reduce living expenses, potentially sparking a broader price-cutting movement.
Paris and Havre reports confirm dock work stopped as employers lock out due to docker union demands. In Brest all port work ceased while Havre sees about 3500 workers out, with 300 temporary laborers hired for the French quartermaster's department.
Hartford July 31 The Underwood typewriter Co plant reopened after an eight day shutdown. A few hundred strikers returned to work with manager Charles J. Rice saying workers would resume on the old basis by next Monday. After that, remaining strikers would be discharged.
A fragmented note from New York indicates a recess follows the New York stock exchange action. The passage references July and voting today amid market activity on a Saturday.
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