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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1919
Page
13
A YMCA official, labeled special secretary of the City YY, announces constant availability to assist soldiers sailors and marines with information and help on the Government Farm Land Plan allotment bonus insurance travel pay and related matters. He is on duty in the lobby including evenings.
Paris reports say the peace treaty was advanced by the supreme council of the peace conference. Boundary lineations of Bulgaria’s terms are clarified and the document appears complete. Dobruja and Tatare are noted concepts amid Allied aid and necessary transfers.
Polish Premier Tadeusz and committee presenters discuss a peace treaty with Germany in Warsaw. The document urges Germany to grant minority rights for Poles in Germany, while allies say such rights will be a condition for any future League of Nations entry.
Paris July 30 Premier Clemenceau with Captain Tardieu faced the Chamber of Deputies committee weighing the peace treaty. He and Tardieu answered objections on possible German concentration and allied military aid, arguing a 100000-man army could not be expanded to several million ready for war. the hearing lasted three hours.
A New York survey of tenement housing reports shocking results. It tallies 271 people living in squalid rooms, including 501 children, with filthy stairs, garbage, and inadequate faucets. The commission notes insufficient light, cramped spaces, and weak enforcement of housing laws, urging reforms and stricter standards by 1907.
Boston born Samuel H. Stone a Second Lieutenant in Company IT Holst regiment faced court martial for deserting his men at No Man's Land and at Chate Thierry He reportedly drew enemy fire then withdrew leaving troops to manage losses His prior service included guarding state forces before federalization.
In a letter to President Seng of Germany, Chancellor Renner says German Austria’s struggle for existence remains difficult and rejects any move toward League of Nations involvement. He argues Austria cannot accept foreign minister policies and warns against premature recognition.
Edgar d Ruch of Easter testifies before the House Interstate Commerce Committee for the Associated Industries of Massachusetts opposing vesting jurisdiction over part to port rates in the Interstate Commerce Commission. He claims the move would curb competition among rail and water carriers and notes massachusetts shipping interests resist the change.
AP report from July 29 states Dr Karl Selfferich, once vice chancellor, failed to induce Mathias Erzberger to sue him and will pursue legal action over alleged lies. Despatch dated July 27 cites Erzberger as responsible for Germany's moral collapse, while Berlin voices echo the accusation.
Scouts from Curlew expedition visited Bridgeport headquarters of Sears in AL yesterday afternoon. Reported by James Wilder, 40, chief seasc out, with crews from across the state on the cruise.
Paris reports that J P Morgan & Co leading an American bankers syndicate have arranged with the French ministry of finance to sell French treasury bonds in New York at sixty and ninety days. The issue totals fifty million dollars and the American treasury department was said to be consulted on the plan.
Premier 2 Cl Menceau led a French protest to the German peace delegation against selling national properties in Schleswig where plebiscites would decide the population’s fate. The note warned that such sales would be used to assess Germany’s debts and that the peace conference would be responsible for proceeds.
The army plans to begin demobilization around August 14, leaving about 80,000 American troops in the occupied areas. The force includes elements from the eighth organization, likely deployed to a colony, with a company of milky pakee and an artillery unit. The program may shift with interallied service.
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