Corset Workers Meet Warner Over Demands in Bridgeport
Union leaders and officials from Warner Brothers Corset Company will meet at Dever H Warner's office to press for a closed shop a 44 hour week a 50 percent pay raise and other points. A statewide agitation for better conditions and pay is planned with mass meeting and noon hour pickets at corset shops.
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Warner. Brothers’ Gorset Company
Ginion
DeVer
H. Warner
Warner Company
Mary G.pepper
Dorset Workers’ Union of
Danbury
The
Warner
Brothers
Secre
Farrers
M. Ornburn
State Federation of Labor
Warner Brothers’ Company
Orniburn
Warner Brothers” Company
Ito
Ith
Eagles’ Hall
Eagles' Hall
Fire commissioners appoint six men to rank as captain
The Fire commissioners at a regular meeting last night appointed six men to the rank of captain. Machinists George J. Frank Charles T Kerr and James H Flynn together with Inspector of Motor Apparatus Walter J Frank were named department mechanics with captain rank. Also appointed were Frank T Noonan inspector of fire hydrants and Edward J G Beyer as department painter, both given captain rank.
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George J. Frank
Charles T. Kerr
James H. Flynn
Walter J. Frank
Frank T. Noonan
Edward J G. Beyer
Sferr
Flynn
Noonan
Beyer
Do Not Leave Town This Summer Notice
Do not leave town this summer without arranging to have The Standard Telegram follow you to your vacation home. Daily subscription rate by mail is 50 cents a month.
St Swithin's Day Weather Lore In Bridgeport
The piece notes St Swithin's Day superstition linking rainy spells to the date. It recalls Bishop St Swithun's 9th century relic relocation, a July 15 ceremony, and a forty day rain period, warning readers to keep umbrellas ready despite sun.
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St.Swithin’s
Swithin’s
St. Swithin
Bridgeport
Winchester
Phareh-Abbey
Bridgeport Set as Zionist Center in Connecticut Plans
Bridgeport may become the center for Zionists in Connecticut if proposed plans from the newly elected executive committee led by Louis Smirrow are implemented. An invitation to the Zionist Organization of America, chaired by Justice Louis Brandeis, to locate state headquarters in Bridgeport was extended. A forum for organization topics was approved, with campaigns to raise membership from 2,500 to 5,000. Committees include Membership and Organization, Publicity, Education, National Fund, Zionist Periodicals, and others chaired by Meyer Soloft, Charles H. Shapiro, Mrs. La55. Finklestone, Henry Spitz, B. Rosenblat, K. Lifshitz, Rev. H Kotler, Zalkind, Rabbi Samuel, Michael Hoffman, Joseph W. Zeigler, Joseph G. Shapiro, Alexander Resnroff, Samuel Krupa, H. F. Shater, and Samuel Zimimer.
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Bridgeport
Connezticut
Louis’ Smirrow
Zionist Organization of America
U.S. Supreme Court
Louis Brandeis
Meyer’ Soloft
Charles H. Shapiro
La 55
Finklestone
Henry ‘Spitz
National Fund
B. Rosenblat
Zionist Periodiicals
K. Lifshitz
Samuel Zimimer
Southington Allows Sunday Movie Shows Near Governor's Home
A Southington borough vote 173 to 84 authorized Sunday movie showings despite Gov Marcus H Holcomb’s veto of the earlier Sunday prohibition law. The sole local theatre lies within 200 feet of the governor's residence, fueling interest in the decision.
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Southington
Sks
Marcus H. Holcomb
D Annunzio Plans Air Flight of 20000 Miles
Gabrielle D Annunzio the poet aviator plans a Rome to Tokio and return flight lasting about a month. The route covers 20000 miles through Asia via Muinar India Tongking and China to Japan with stations laid for replenishment.
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Rome
Associated Press
Gabrielle D'Annunzio
Ito
Tokio
Asia
Muinar
India
Tongking
China
Japan
D'Annunzio
Bitter party clash stalls sundry civil bill debate
Washington July 5 Democrats and Republicans fought a bitter parliamentary mix up over the sundry civil appropriation bill. A special rule would raise rehabilitation funds for wounded soldiers and sailors, provoking a clash over veto records and voting pressure. Speaker Gillett upheld a key ruling as the measure moved toward action amid disputes on vocational training appropriations.
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Washington
Riles
Vocational Training Board
Gillett
Champ Clark
Good
Madden
Tillinoig
The
Good Af
Appropriations Committee
Former Soldiers Charge Cruelties in France Prisons
Six former American soldiers testified before a House committee on abuses in French prison camps. They described merciless assaults by officers at sites named the stockade, prison farm number two, and St. Ann's Hotel. Witnesses claimed abuse occurred over months in 1818, with some officers convicted and others awaiting trial.
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Washington
Special House
France
St. Ann's Hotel
Sidney Kemp
New York City
A. Mendlepurg
Bal ‘Limore
Dia
A3rd
Illinois
Huidekoper
Cowan
General Headquarters
Johnson
South Dakota
Nationwide request to strike telephone workers this month
San Francisco July 1a. A request that all telephone operators and electrical workers unions be called out on strike before July 31 on behalf of strikers on the Pacific coast was sent to J. P. Noonan, president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, by the general strike committee. The telegram notes the strikers have not received a definite answer from Postmaster General Burleson and the strike has shifted from the telephone companies to the post office authorities.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
J. P. Noonan
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Burleson
Post Office
Explosion kills 26 aboard British tank steamer Roseleaf
Twenty six people are reported killed in an explosion on the British tank steamer Roseleaf at Cardiff Wales. The incident occurred July 15 and involves a maritime disaster with casualties among crew and passengers. Further details were not immediately available.
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Cardiff
Wales
Sixty Jitney Drivers Qualify Under Police Rules
About 100 association members met at the Labor Lyceum on Fairfield Avenue to fill out license applications and weed out drivers who cannot read or speak English. Some 60 owners representing bus lines and Ford jitneys qualified, with rival routes to be assigned after official approval stamps. President Massolli said changes may be needed as routes adjust and noted a few chronic kickers before benefits show. A follow up meeting is planned Thursday night to discuss licenses, regulations, lines, and routes.
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Police Department
Labor Lyceum
Fairfield Avenue
Jacob Massoth
Park City
Ford
Massolli
Ford Motor Company Formed By Name Change And Capital Rise
Dover Del July 15 Hastern Holding Company changed its name to Ford Motor Company and increased capital from 1,000,000 to 100,000,000 per filed certificate. The former holding company, chartered July 9 1929 with 100,000 capital, was renamed for strategic reasons listed in the certificate.
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Dover
Del
Hastern Holding Company
Ford Motor Company
Fastern
Rumor of Independent Rhenish State Circulating
A Cologne Volks Zeitung copy sent to Basle reports rumors in the Rhenish provinces that Germany’s central government may not oppose creating an independent Rhenish state if it stays allied to the German Empire. In Rome, Premier Nitti’s cabinet won a confidence vote in the chamber, 267 to 111.
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Basle
Cologne
Volks Zeitung
Germany
German Empire
Etalian
Rome
Associated Press
Nitti
Chamber of Deputies
Mail Service Between U S and Germany Resumed
Washington July 15. Resumption of mail service between the United States and Germany is effective immediately per an order signed by Postmaster Burleson. Mail to Germany will follow existing European rates and regulations, routed via Holland, Norway and Denmark since direct steamship links are not yet established.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Burleson
Holland
Norway
Denmark
Intruder Killed by Professor Identified as Student
Philadelphia July 15 police said the intruder shot and killed at the Alpha Delta Rho fraternity house at the University of Pennsylvania was Anthony W Holfelner a second year medical student from Buffalo New York. Professor Benjamin Franklin Schappelle an assistant Romance languages professor was awakened by a noise, found the masked intruder, and fired a pistol bullet through the heart. The student ran to a window and died shortly after on a street walk. Schappelle was arrested but released on 1500 bail on a manslaughter technical charge.
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Philadelphia
Prof
Schappelle
Professor Schappelle
Ed- Man
Prof. Schappelie
N G s Property Goes to the Old Guard Club
By unanimous vote of the Battalion committee of former National Guard organizations at Bridgeport armory, all equipment and property including furniture money in old company rooms were turned over to the Old Guard club. The property formerly belonged to Coast Artillery units Hospital Corps and Naval Militia. A meeting of the Old Guard club is set for Thursday at 6 PM over the Morris Plan Bank on Main Street.
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National Guard
Bridgeport
Qld Guard Club
2Nd
4Th
Ith Coast Artillery
Hospital Corps
Naval Militia
Old Guard Club
Jorris Plan Bank
Main Street
Foreigners Join Marine Strikers In New York Harbor
International seamen act in sympathy with American strikers as crews of Dutch Danish Norwegian and Swedish ships deserted in New York harbor. American union delegates faced resistance from British crews while a cable message was prepared to inform the British union. In Boston about forty steamers were held as marine workers strike, with the Ontario sailing late to Baltimore and Norfolk.
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New York
Gus H. Brown
Eastern and Gulf
International Seamen’s Association
New York Harbor
Boston
Trans‘portation Company
Ontario
Baltimore
Norfolk
Senate Reopens Fight on the Daylight Law
Washington July 15 Repeal of the daylight saving law believed settled by the House yesterday in sustaining the President's veto of reform legislation was reopened today at a conference between leaders of the Senate and House agricultural committees. Senate leaders insisted on another vote by the House on the rider to the agricultural bill to repeal the daylight saving act. The matter will be considered tomorrow by the full Senate agriculture committee.
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Washington
Rene
Avas
Senate
House Agricultur
House
Jdense Agriculture Committee
Rantzau Named Germany's Minister to Austria
Vienna July 15 Count Von Ulrich Brockdorff Rantzau has been accepted by the government as German minister to Austria. He headed the first German peace delegation at Versailles and succeeds Herman Mueller who was appointed foreign minister late in June.
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Vienna
Associated Press
Count von Ulrich Brockdorff-Rantzau
Austria
Count von Brockdorf
Rantzau
Germany
Versailles
Herman Mueller
Pittsburgh Brewers Quit As Demurrer Is Rejected
Pittsburgh action ends beer brewing for a time as Judge Thompson overrules demurrers by officers and directors of Pittsburgh and Independent Brewing companies in wartime prohibition case. Home storage issue looms as House debate tightens enforcement. writ issues in Nebraska seek referendum on federal prohibition amendment ratification.
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Pittsburgh
Brewers
Demurrer
Thompson
House Committee
Pittsburgh and Independent Brewing Companies
William J. Brennan
Allegheny County
Lincoln
Neb
Amsberry
Nebraska
John H. Hopkins
Omaha
Senators Charged with Lust for Conquest in Shantung Standoff
Washington July 15 The Senate fight over the peace treaty shifts to Shantung provisions with charges America underwrote Japanese claims. Lodge bills Japan bought by Germany and England’s help while Norris and Williams warned of peril. Hitchcock defends legality of German rights. committee seeks Versailles records and drafts for a League Covenant.
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Washington
Senate
League of Nations
Shantung Peninsula
Japan
Tokio
Foreign Relations
Shantung
Norris
Nebraska
Born
Idaho
United States
Mus
Hitchcock
Germany
Williams
Mississippi
Lodge
Versailles
Complede Nata
White House
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Calif
Britain Pledged Support To Japan on Reciprocity Basis
A Senate charge claims Japan secretly secured pledges from Britain France Italy and Russia in early 1917 to cede Shantung to Tokyo in the Versailles settlement. Senator Norris cites copies of diplomatic correspondence, alleging Britain and France traded support for Pacific and China strategies to aid Japan. He says ratification would mark a dark page in U.S. history.
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Lodge
Japan
Germany
Asphe
Pacific
Formations
China
Norris
Underwood
Alabama
Senate
Great Britain
France
Italy
Russia
Shantung Peninsula
Tokio
Norris Republican
Nebraska
Frrance
Shantung
Pacific Isles
Britain
Pacific Islands
Equator
London
French Stand Back of Japan Demands at Conference
The Japanese government pressed allied talks awaiting Britain's reply while negotiating with others. A message from Tokyo to the French ambassador, signed by the Japanese minister, stated that the Imperial Government supports its proposals in the current conference context.
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Equator
Japan
Tokio
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D’annunzio
Roma
Special House Committee
NATE
Ford Company
Astern Holding Company
U. S
Anthony Hoalfelner
Buffalo N. Y
Penn
University
N. G
Marine
House Judiciary Committee
U.S
Jory
Dent Wilson
Gover
Sion
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