Distribution of Pensions Costs This State 1200
New Haven July 13 Up to date the distribution of the widow's pension fund which began in May has cost Connecticut about 1200 yet no widow has been paid. Colonel Robert Eaton says towns must appoint local agents. only 34 of 186 towns have responded. Administration costs include Eaton at 3000, two deputies, and a stenographer. State set 150000 for widows with dependent children but none receive aid.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Robert Q. Eaton
Eaton
Harry E. Mackenzie
Raymond ¥. Gates
Haton
Tarvia work on Chalmers Avenue begins today
Tarvia will be applied to Chalmers Avenue today by the Bridgeport Construction Company. Wartenite has been laid on Beachwood Avenue between Clinton and Park Avenues, with the project completed Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalmers
Chalmers Avenue
Sridgeport Construction Company
Beachwood Avenue
Clinton and
Park Avenues
Milford Notes and Upcoming Events in July
Milford records 1400 telephone subscribers as of July. Reverend George W. Simonson returns Wednesday to lead Milford church prayer meeting after four weeks at a Centenary Convention in Columbus. Local social notes include visits from Augusta Bang and granddaughter Mildred Bang in Milford, and travels of Mrs J L Ford Jr’s family. Madame Alberta Carina to perform at Walnut Beach Strand Friday. Community club meetings and wedding notices populate the week with picnics, church parlor gatherings, and a July wedding line up featuring Natalie Ford and Harry Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
George W. Simonson
Mary Taylor Memorial
M. I
Columbus
Ohio
Augusta Bang
Misa Mildred Bang
New York City
F. Robert Mager
Pine Tree Farm
Gulf Street
Ming Flora Kutscher
Clinton Avenue
Bridgeport
Mildred .Mager
Ray
Brooks
Hartford
Annie Ford
Mildred Ford
Rogers Avenue
J. L. Ford, Jr
France
Nashville, Tenn
Thomas J. Falls
Fort Trumbull Beach
Levi Tenney
Elizabeth Tenney
Mont Clair
N. J
Wilbur Abbott
Todd
Manchester
Vermont
Helen Adams
Frank EH. Hine
Fishers Island
Madame Alberta
Carina
Schermerhorn House
Town Hall
Strand
Walnut Beach
Madame Carani
Jewel
Faust
William T. Hoyt
John Pole
Helene Y. Putney
Reconstruction Club
Congregational Girls
Plymouth Church
W. R., Corps
George van Horn
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
Ladies’ Benevolent Union
Natalie Ford
Grace for Delinquent Tax Returns Extended
Collector of Internal Revenue James J Walsh announced a thirty day extension for partnership and personal service corporations with fiscal years ending January to April 1919. The new due date is extended to July 15. The extension does not apply to corporations required to file Form 1120 A.
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Internal Revenue
James J. Walsh
The
Treasury
Walsh
Suit Seeks 495 Damages Over Heating Plant Removal
William Griffith and Mary Griffith of Stamford sue Homer Craw and wife of Norwalk in the Court of Common Pleas. They seek 405 damages for the removal of a heating plant from buildings owned by the plaintiffs. Case returnable to the September term.
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William Griffith
Mary Griffith
Stamford
Homer Craw
Norwalk
Court of Common Pleas
Plane offer for flight to the Pole by Antarctic expedition leader
London July 13 Two airplane manufacturers offered to donate a plane to J L Cope leader of the British Imperial Antarctic Expedition for a flight to the South Pole. Cope plans to bring an airplane aboard the Terra Nova to be used as the vessel becomes fixed in ice. Cope to be absent about six years with officers from prior expeditions. R C Mossman meteorologist from the Scottish Antarctic Expedition. A H Larkman chief engineer with Shackleton Expedition. Lt H R Hooke Royal Air Force, Shackleton veteran, to head wireless. Captain Hurley official photographer to go. Lt E Healy former Dublin Fusiliers to join shore party south of the Great Ice Barrier.
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London
Associated Press
J. L. Cope
South Pole
R. C. Mossman
A. H.larkman
Mr. Cope
H.R. Hooke
Royal Air Force
Hurley
E. Healy
Duvblin Fusiliers
Terra Nova
Great Ice Barrier
Curlew Sea Scout Training Ship Heads Toward Bridgeport Visit
The Curlew, famed Sea Scout training ship, left Bear Mountain New York Monday and will dock in Bridgeport for a day. Commanded by James A. Wilder and portmaster Herbert G. Horton the Curlew sails with a fleet of smaller craft and about first class scouts from Pennsylvania Ohio New York New Jersey and Massachusetts. The voyage marks an ambitious nationwide series of scout expeditions along major waterways including the Hudson and Connecticut.
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Bridgeport
Big Sea
Hudson River
Bear Mountain
New York State
Sea Scout
Boy Scouts’ of America
Pacific
Atlantic
Gulf
Mississippi
Susquehanna
Ohio
James A. Wilder
Honolulu
Herbert G. Horton
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Besar Mountain
Hudson
Spuyten Duggvin Creek
Long Island Sound
Connecticut
Mail Seized During War Delivered In Australia
A German handling of Australian liner Matunga mails shows their long voyage. Captured and sunk by Wolf off New Guinea in August 1947, the mails were held in Germany over a year, delivered to British authorities after the Armistice, sent to Sydney two years late. In Pusan two teachers swallowed poison at the local girls border school, Miss Kikuye Nakano and Miss Mikiye Makino, leaving notes about low spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Matunga
Wolf
New Guinga
Germany
Pusan
Korda
Pusan Cits
Roads Face Bankruptcy If Railroads Return to Private Ownership
July 1 reports Percy R. Todd, president of Bangor & Aroostook, warned before the Manufacturers' Association of Connecticut that U S railroads could go bankrupt if returned to private ownership without new protective legislation. He noted many roads fail to earn rental or taxes. The speaker criticized political rhetoric while stressing industry concerns.
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New Haves
Manufacturers’ Association of Connecticut
Taft
Percy RR. Todd
Bangor & Aroostook
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Congress
Todd
Officer Kearney Bounced by Bus in Fairfield Crossing
Traffic Policeman Tom Kearney rests at home with a sprained wrist and arm abrasions after mudguard of Dr M C Berk’s car struck him near Fairfield Avenue and Main Street Saturday afternoon. A jitney bus followed and wheel passed over him. He returned to duty in a few days.
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Fairfield Avenue
Main Street
Tom Kearneys
Kearney
M. C. Berk
East Street
Father Walsh Officiates at Norwalk Church Change
Rev. John W. Walsh, formerly of Bridgeport, now serves St Marys Church Norwalk succeeding Rev James Mayness. He arrived Saturday afternoon to assist Rev T Rin and precedes Rev McGuiness assigned to St Marys in South Coventry.
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Norwalk
John W. Walsh
Church of the Blessed Sacramennt
Bridgeport
James Meayness
T. J. Rin
St Mary's Church
Father McGuiness
St. Mary's Church
South Coventry
Father Walsh
Mrs Norton In Collision On Barnum Avenue
A car owned and driven by Mr Norton of 205 Gilbert Street collided with a vehicle driven by Will Luciano at Barnum Avenue and Hallet. No injuries. Police reported damage to both cars and no arrests were made. Marshal Hai notes a war dispute but no clear loser identified.
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Smith College
Donald Hine
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Robert G. Eaton
Harry Miller
Perse Ag
Cutford
Charlies Gordon
Westport
Long Island
Mineala
Camp Upton
J Elizabeth “Merritt
Wills
Merritt
Greenwich
Lake George
Necco
Andy
England
GRACE
Revenue
Tom Kearney
Plebd
Marshal Hai
Council
Vienna
Indian Packing Company
Green Bay, Wis
Navnsool
Ranteed
America
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