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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1919
Page
15
Washington June 2 The Department of Agriculture announced the cotton crop’s condition was 75.0 percent of normal on May 25 in its first seasonal report. No area planted estimate was made. that figure will be issued in July.
Berlin dispatch reports Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau and the German delegation doubt any prospect for German counter proposals to lead to negotiations. The German head says he will act right and wait for results. French press questions whether the Germans will sign while asking if they will negotiate. The Temps notes the French expect nothing but a response, viewing enemy leaders as unlikely to near an agreement.
New Haven June 2 The Savin Rock arrests followed charges of secular law violations. A moving picture theatre owner whose 23 percent exhibition had been ruled legal two years ago has quit showing pictures. Other grove amusements were deemed not permitted and their cages were closed for a month. Some concessionaires reopened briefly before police warnings. In court today employees reportedly refused to work, leaving proprietors to sell tickets.
In London on June 2 the crew of three American naval planes were guests at a luncheon hosted by the American naval headquarters staff. The party marked the end of the current entertainment program for the Atlantic flight expedition led by Commander J. M H Towers. Lieut. Cmdr A C Read and Lieut. Cmdr P N S Bellinger, with Lieut. H H McCullough, will depart for Paris tomorrow and return Wednesday night for the official British reception.
Paris dispatch reports the allied governments will present Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau with their reply to German counter proposals on Friday. The notice says the reply will reject the German terms and compel acceptance or refusal before June.
Newport R I June 2 Rear Admiral Wm B Sims who led U S naval forces in European waters during the war assumed the presidency of the naval war college as it resumed after suspension. Thirty officers including rear admirals captains and commanders are in the opening classes.
More than 1,000 union plasterers joined the carpenters and lathers in a Boston strike for a one dollar hourly wage. About 4,000 building trades mechanics are out, and the building trades council warned against an open shop policy, opposing it with 30,000 to 36,000 workers ready to resist.
A large class of children will be confirmed at Park Avenue Temple tomorrow at 10 o clock. Rabbi Abrams will lead the services which feature Feast of Weeks observances. The program includes processions, hymns, prayers, and the reading of the Ten Commandments, with certificates awarded at the end.
Arnold Newlander, a Rosenbaum school student of 422 Ridgefield Avenue Milford, charged with manslaughter in the death of Cullen Brown of Detroit. hearing continued to next Monday at 9 a m before Judge Platt. bond set at 1000 dollars. coroner Mix Parrish New Haven found him criminally responsible for the May 15 fatality.
The Supreme Court declared federal statutes against altering forging or counterfeiting bills of lading constitutional. The decision set aside federal court decrees and dismissed Ohio indictments against August Ferger Thomas M. Dugan and Robert H. Rasch. The exchange notes a quoted line about someone speaking like a book.
Pittsfield Mass June 2 No trace has been found of Captain Mansell R James a British aviator who departed Tyringham Thursday morning. He was last seen over New Marlborough heading toward Canaan and Winsted Connecticut.
A New York ad displays linen table cloths in several sizes from 2x2 yards to 54x54 inches with luncheon cloths and napkins, plus damask options and Madeira pieces. It lists prices from $2.50 to $7.50 and includes dinnerware items like sugar bowls, relish dishes, marmalade jars, salad bowls, olive trays, and accessory sets with assorted finishes and patterns.
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