De Valera to Address Bridgeport Irish Freedom Group
Edmund De Valera, leader of the Irish Republic, plans to visit Bridgeport to speak on the Irish question once a date can be set in coming weeks. The De Valera Branch Friends of Irish Freedom announced plans for a $20,000 fund drive starting July 21, with a public meeting slated for July 26 to kick off the campaign.
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Day Law Mandate Prohibition Debate Advances in House
Washington July 8 The House adopted a special rule by 236 to 59 for immediate consideration of prohibition enforcement legislation. Indicated sufficient votes to enact the passage with limited debate though a final vote on the bill itself seemed unlikely this week. Chairman Volstead led the principal speech defending the judiciary committee report amid controversy over beer content.
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Shelton Court Holds Thief Under Big Bond
Carmine Morsi of Derby was bound over to the Superior court on a charge of stealing an automobile. Bonds were set at 1000, but he could not post and remained in county jail. The alleged theft occurred during Shelton’s June 23 welcome home celebration, involving a Ford owned by Frank Piasko of Seymour and later recovered in Seymour.
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Strike of 90 Shelton girls continues at Radcliffe mill
Belton July 9 The strike by 90 girl employees at the Radcliffe brothers mill continues with the workers out about two weeks. Shorter hours and higher wages are demanded while the stocking department girls press for a settlement as talks resume.
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Waterbury Awarded a German Cannon Prize
Waterbury Connecticut along with Quincy Massachusetts Portsmouth New Hampshire and Billerica Massachusetts was named among four New England towns to receive captured German guns offered by the Treasury department as prizes in the Liberty Loan campaign. The guns are prepared for shipment to the winning cities.
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