Graphophone Strike Talks Continue As Officials Conference
Officials hold informal talks with the Chamber of Commerce and Columbia Graphophone Company representatives over the labor dispute. A meeting with striker delegates was held and reconvenes at 10 this morning as talks on a potential settlement proceed.
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Chamber of Commerce
Columbia Graphophone Company
Stfikers
T. , Roberts
Roberts
Co. of
Seward B. Price
Edmund S. Wolfe
Chamber
Samuel Lavit
Atfikers
Cohan May Quit Producing to Form Actors League
George M. Cohan, Broadway idol, plans to retire from producing to dedicate his fortune to building a new independent actors organization to counter the Actors' Equity strike. He signaled retirement from the Producing Managers' Protective Association and pledged $100,000 to foster a stage spirit. Under Louis Mann guidance, 459 actors joined and a constitution draft committee was formed pending Cohan's final decision.
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New York
George M. Cohan
Producing Managers’ Protective Association
Louis Mann
Actors’ Equity Association
Cohan
Managers’ Association
Glven
Upitt
Mann
Forces to Stay in Germany After September 30
The War Department announced that about 7,000 American troops will remain in Germany after September 30. The units include the Eighth Infantry, Seventh Machine Gun Battalion, Second Battalion of the Sixth Field Artillery, 36th Field Signal Battalion, First Supply Train, Fleet Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop, Company A of the First Engineers, Field Hospital Number 13, and Ambulance Company Number 36.
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Washington
Germany
Sixth Field Artillery
War Department
Colonel Richard Fitzgibbons Dies at 54 in Milford
Colonel Richard Fitzgibbons health officer of Bridgeport for 25 years and Civil War veteran died yesterday at 3 pm at his Fort Trumbull Beach summer home after months of illness. He served as head water inspector for Bridgeport Hydraulic Co for two decades and led reform efforts as health officer. Born in Montreal he moved to Bridgeport as a youth and rose from private to lieutenant colonel in the Sixth and Ninth Connecticut volunteers. He belonged to Elias Howe Jr. Post 3 G.A.R. Loyal Legion and the Army Navy Club. Survived by sister Ella Steiger and niece Anna J. Steiger. Funeral Monday at 4 am from the summer home, with requiem at St. Joseph German Church at 10, burial to follow at family discretion.
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Richard FitzGibbons
Bridgeport
Fort Trumbull Beach
FitzGibbons
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Montreal
Quebec
Connecticut Volunteers
Ninth Connecticut Volunteers
The
Hydraulic Co
Spo
Col
Mitz Gibbons
Elias Howe, Jr
Post
Loyal Legion
Army & Navy Club of America
Ella Steiger
Anna J. Steiger
Bridgeport submarine crew urged by commander in chief
Lieut Com Morris D. Gilmore arrives with the Lake built R-21 at Bridgeport Union street dock vowing to ship a full 26 man crew from the city that built the boat. R-21 is the first in its class commissioned by the navy and will train in New London before a southern cruise to Wilmington Savannah Key West Santiago Kingston and the Canal Zone winter.
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Morris D. Gilmore
Union Street
Gilmore
Navy
Bridgeport
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
New London
Wilmington
N. C
Savannah
Key West
Fla
Santiago, Cuba
Kingston Jamaica
Canal Zone
Austrian Draft Finished for Peace Treaty Return
Paris Aug 22 The final Austrian peace treaty draft is understood complete and will likely be handed to the Austrian delegation on Monday.
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Paris
Odessa Captured by Ukrainian Troops
London report says Ukrainian forces have captured Odessa, the Black Sea port, after heavy fighting north of the city. Bolshevik naval detachments from the Black Sea fleet were dispersed in a hasty retreat.
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London
Odessa
Black Sea
Youth Admits Series of Store Breaks in Bridgeport
Joseph Giada, 18, of 178 East Main Street, confessed to police detectives that he carried out a string of store burglaries in Bridgeport over the past week. He described additional unreported incidents and led officers to recovered items including tires, clothing, gloves, shirts, ties, and automobile parts with an estimated value around 2,500 dollars. He used a motorcycle and carried a suitcase to transport goods.
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Bridgeport
Joseph Giada
East Main Street
Detective Bureau
Ise
May Otters
New England Sire Company
Fairfield Avenue
Kellogg Sales Company
State Street
Loulis Silverstein
T. O. Wilson
Harrison Street
James Burr
North Main Street
Giado
Grado
State troops disperse mob of 1000 strikers in Hammond
In Hammond Indiana state troops dispersed a mob of about 1000 that formed after a mass meeting and attempted to march past the Standard Steel Car Company plant where workers are not on strike. The crowd scattered when troops advanced.
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Hammond
Ind
Standard Steal Car Company
Ambassador Page resigns as ambassador to Italy
Thomas Neelin Page of Virginia formally resigns as ambassador to Italy. No successor chosen yet.
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Washington
Thomas Nelein Page
Virginia
Italy
State Department
Three Injured as Boston Express Crashes at Cedar Hill
NEW HAVEN Conn Aug 22 Three persons were injured when an express train leaving New York at noon for Boston via Springfield crashed into a freight train in the Cedar Hill Yards of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Traffic on the main line was blocked about an hour and a half. One passenger, Lawrence Sylvester of Springfield MA, was scalded and had a broken arm. The engineer Benjamin Thayer and fireman A P Cleary of Springfield received minor injuries after jumping from the locomotive. Three loaded freight cars overturned and the locomotive plus four passenger cars derailed. fire was soon subdued. The railroad blamed a switch left open and an investigation is under way. Initial reports warned of possible fatalities as ambulances and police rushed to the scene.
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New Haven
Conn
New York
Boston
Springfield
Cedar Hill
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Lawrence Sylvester
Mass
Benjamin Thayer
A. P. Cleary
Pas Ger
Trurst
Peace treaty action stalls as Senate committee debates Shantung clause
Senate foreign relations committee, amid efforts to report the peace treaty by week’s end, plans to hear amendments. Republican leaders say they will cooperate, with talks focusing on striking or modifying Shantung provisions and concerns over international labor provisions and Germany trade.
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Washington
Tne
Senata Foreign Relations Committee
Inge
Sablajec Agin
Japan
Shantune
China
Shantung
Profih. Tk. Williams
Germany
Senatra
Thomas
Colorado
International Labor Organization
Fair
New Mexico
Wilson
Fall
Meinly
United Sates
Yesterddayst
Upper Silesian unrest viewed as guerilla warfare
The Aug 22 report says Polish resistance in Upper Silesia is a local guerilla action with limited political aims. Insurgents control most of Katowice district, lootings occur, and government troops fall back to Katowice. Reinforcements are sent to defend the frontier and disrupt insurgent lines. Despatches note mine workers ready to resume, rails and lighting plants back in operation.
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Brelin
Upper Silesia
Kratlowita
Myslowitz
Kattowits
Kipine
Oppeln
Polish Troops Deliver Crushing Blow in Eastern Front
Copenhagen reports Polish forces have crushed Bolshevik units and pursue Soviet troops across the front. The Polish general staff states Rovna fortress in Volhynia fell after hard fighting near Minsk, and Polish forces reached the approaches to Thumen-Dactyn.
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Copenhagen
Staf
Warsi
Rovna
Volhynia
Pubno
Minsk
thumen-Dactyn
Profiteers Targeted With Fines Or Prison Time In High Cost Move
House votes to extend the food control act to cover clothing, fuel, fertilizers, and other necessities. Proposals to include gas, cotton, and other items are debated, with many amendments rejected. Aim is to implement President Wilson’s recommendations to curb the high cost of living. includes small retailers and farm groups in its scope.
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Washington
House
Met
Hinnton
Texas
Palmer
Department of Justice
Iwo
China Shorn of Shantung The Better of Two Evils
Senatorial testimony recounts how the Shantung settlement gave Japan control in Chinese Shantung. Professor E T Williams, former Far Eastern expert, describes opposing the decision and notes his resignation was not due to opposition. President Wilson weighed options vs China and Japan amid allied pressures.
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Wilson
China
Shantung
E. T. Williams
State Department
Senate
Great Britain
France
Japan
Washington
Shantung Province
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Williams
Stenen
Wiliams
Mranuce
Gerbs
Buffalo Flier Sets 440 Mile Flight Speed Record
J D Hil of Buffalo broke 440 mile air speed records by flying from Buffalo to Mineola in four hours and ten minutes. The flight serves as a pathfinding run for the Toronto Newark air race scheduled for next Monday, announced tonight by the American Itoga.
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NW York
J.D. Hil
Buffalo
Mineola
Iytoga
Toronto-Newark
President Should Quit Dreaming of Brotherhoods
Fragmentary report quotes President Wilson condemning efforts to link high living costs to the League of Nations and criticizing the justice department for not enforcing the Sherman Antitrust Act. The piece notes amendments to food center measures and accuses the administration of inactivity and profiteering.
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Wasthing U'Ton
Wilsai
League of Nations
Dreamiong Gebout
Wilson
Department of Justice
Hay
Large Pin Plant to Open in Pridgeport Soon
John A. Stanley president of the Eagle Pin company announces Pridgeport will host a new large pin manufacturing plant. The venture will focus on composition pins that resist cracking and loosening, with patented machinery for editing and straightening the pins. First shipments expected within the next year.
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Pridgeport
John A. Stanley
Eagie
Notin
Germany
Mingland
Frauen Seed Limited
Folm Stanley
Charles IV. Wall
American and Company
Mashnilian Aldiver
Aldiver
Stanley
Willer
Telegram
London’s Trade Board Bans Articles
London August 22 The reward of true tonight issued a long list of articles under the term valuable key industries the prohibition after September 1 with the pure tilting duty by House. It includes outlet derivatives for dyestuffs no number of cata chemicoils optical glass scientific and optical instruments hosiery magnetos and gauges.
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London
True Tonight
Heeuse
Governors Conference Backs Suffrage Support
In Salt Lake City a Governors Conference declared in favor of woman suffrage. The gathering, announced by the national association, urged constitutional change to grant voting rights and shape presidential creation policies.
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Governors’ Conference
Salt Lake City
Agni
Aliens Win Restrictions on Government Land Leases
A Senate vote without record debate adopted the Simoat amendment permitting aliens to lease government lands under restrictions. The action tightens rules amid foreign government concerns and discrimination fears.
Mexicans Aiding U S Expedition In Bandit Hunt
Marfa Texas August 22 reports say Mexican troops aid the American punitive expedition against bandits holding two American aviators. General Joseph T. Dickman rejects more troops but seeks additional planes for liaison. Troops march toward a new base to scout bandit trails while precautions against ambush remain strict.
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Marfa
Texas
Presidio
Americas
Gener
Joseph T. Dickman
Mexico
Jeln
Dickman
Villa
Presest
Amu Cays
Iette
al Presidio
Conchus River
Ojinaga
Wille
Gjinaga
Mesais
Canyon
Geearo
Wuehillo
San Jose
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NEW
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Managers Association
Evening Post
Sunday Post
Circulation Department
Post Publishing CO
Milford
Broadway
St. Joseph's
Richard Fitactebons
Wantamond
Boston Express
Wirehcack
Nebraska
Lodge
Upper Silesian
Loial Anzeiger
Kattowitz
Frontier
Rovno
Potes
Dubno
Buffalo Flier
J. D. Hill
Long Island
Eagle Pin Company
Trade Board
Reo
Iy Dea
U.S
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