Bridgeport Should Share Home For Legion Fund Drive
George Steenspun urged Bridgeport residents to fund a club house for local service men, arguing broad participation beats a few large gifts. The campaign drew nine speakers in theaters with a total subscriptions tally of 3,320.00 to date, as banks and individuals continue to give to support the American Legion project.
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Maerican Legion
George Steenspun
West End
Bridgeport
Ctinis
Cuy
Conmillie
France
Sadiq
Lynn Wilson
Politheatre
W. W. Bent
Plaza
Willinsteinks
Ellaire
Major Adam
Straud W. I. Kirk
Bijou
Judg F. L. Wilder
J&american
E. T. Ekingham
Hppodrome
Philo C Talhoun
Parkwity
Davia
Fever Theater Enterprises
Lapides & Fever
Ralph T. Beers
James J. Contin
Jos. L. Kochiss
Bamuel Mellitz
Strikes Shut Down Zurich After Widespread Labor Protest
Dispatches report Zurich and much of Switzerland hit by a large strike over high costs. Six people were killed, including two girls, as soldiers used force amid barricades and rioting. Business halted and fighting followed the protest.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Ile
Ff Baste
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Premier Paderewski Before Fish Diet War Talk
By Associated Press early reports from Warsaw indicate Premier Paderewski urged German recognition of Poland’s freedoms and territories. He spoke of solemn confirmation by Germany and allied powers while warning of bloodshed for returned lands. In Connecticut, L J Bamberg, pastor of the First Baptist in Hartford, died at 52 after serving Holyoke and other towns.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Premnier Paderewski
Poland
Germany
Actress Claire Whitney seeks marriage annulment in New York
Claire Whitney, the motion picture actress, filed suit to annul her marriage to Jean van Hoegaerden, a Belgian who states he served as a captain in the Canadian air service. The complaint says van Hoegaerden was married to Whitney in New York on November 12, 1917 while already married to Claire Marie Leonie Louise van Hoegaerden of Brussels. He has acted in films as John Sunderland. Whitney’s attorney Warren Leslie notes the defendant faced trouble in Chicago over check transactions and has been advised by the government he will be returned to Belgium.
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Claire Whitney
New York
Jean van Hoegaerden
Canadian Air Service
van Hoegaerden
Plainiff
Claire Marie Leonie Louise van Hoegaerden
Brussels
John Sunderland
Warren Leslie
Chicago
Belgium
Salesmen Should Not Know Too Much About Goods
A New York Times letter argues against overloading salesmen with product details. The writer, a woolens and specialty fabrics firm manager, advocates minimal information focused on price weight and composition, claiming ignorance boosts selling power and reduces customer confusion. He cites personal experience with a fabric misrepresentation and predicts a future pure fabric law to supply buyers with essential facts while easing sales pressure.
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Wether
New York
SAD FATE OF A HAM IN A VILLAGE SHOP
A young man buys a ham and returns days later to complain it is not good. The shopkeeper insists the ham was cured last week and disputes the claim. The scene ends with the shopper suggesting the ham may have a relapse in a humorous exchange.
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Guyer
Curat
Youndon
Work of citizens to defend the nation urged by conference
A call for every citizen to help defend the nation against European agitation and radicalism. The message argues that reliance on others must end and each person should aid authorities, report plots, and support national preparedness. Prepared by the Conference Committee on National Preparedness, Inc. in New York.
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Conference Committee ON National Preparedness, Inc
HENRY
Wish Wou
Alan R. Hawley
James Ki. Clark
Madison Ave
New York City
Government personnel doubts spark Senate debate
A fragmented Senate debate questioned government waste and staffing in public buildings. A Congress created commission seeks control over space use in all public halls except presidential, Congress, and Smithsonian spaces, while studying salaries and employee counts. Senators Smoot and Hitchcock pressed for authority to audit staffing as officials note misallocated duties and crowded offices hinder work.
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Laby
Senate
Hind
Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Sunutor Smoot
Jesut
Smoot
Hitchcock
Government waste and duplication in health service spending
An inquiry notes 37 agencies spending public health funds with duplication and waste. An efficiency commission exists but senators and representatives are only now seeking to identify names and propose improvements, offering guarded hope that the wasteful pattern may end.
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Portland Oregonian
Slayings and memorials tied to a Berlin embassy
A fragmented account notes a double meaning around the slaying of a diplomat, a large money payment, a special embassy of Chinese nobles to Berlin, and a pylon seen as a memorial to killed ambassadors. It also mentions South American commercial orchards estimated at 20 000 acres, mostly for drying varieties, and a cryptic Weather Bureau remark about rain.
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Berlin
Hide Seim
Columbus
Weather Bureau
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Cridgeport, Conn
the Housatonic Machine & Tool Co
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Norman St
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