Polish Pogrom Proofs Push Jewish Protest in Bridgeport
Bridgeport Jews submit detailed proof alleging massacres of Jews in Poland amid pogrom charges. Leaders name victims, cite dispatches from General Pilsudski and Foreign Minister Rosenbaum. protest at Lyric theatre demands action against anti Jewish persecution.
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Bridgeport
New Republic
Theodore E. Steiber
Maurice E. Resnick
Carl M. Beck
Joseph
Quint
Charles H. Shapiro
Lyric Theatre
State Department
Pilsudski
B. L. Smykowski
Dr. Smykowski
Shapiro
M. Rosenbaum
Lithuania
Vilna
Weller
Europe
Hier
Rabbi Rubinstein
Nahum Sokoloff
British Commission To
Palestine
Plsudski
Paderewski
Poland
Shapira
Lysie Theatre
Smykhowski
Plisudski
Merritt Moves to Get a New Post Office Here
Washington reports Congressman Schuyler Merritt introduced a bill in the House to appropriate 1 250 000 to buy a new site and build a Bridgeport post office. The measure would allow sale of the old post office site to the Treasury after completion. Merritt previously pursued a similar plan without success.
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Merritt
Washington
Schuyler Merritt
Bridgeport
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
German Suggests Novel Way to Pay Indemnity
Berlin June 4 Bernard Dernhberg former colonial minister suggests a new method to raise indemnity by having one million German workers work one extra hour daily at the usual wage. The plan would generate 630 million marks monthly, about 177 million dollars.
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Berlin
Bernard Dernhberg
President Wilgon orders manhunt after bomb plot
Paris June 4 President Wilgon expressed gratifications over the escape of Attorney General Palmer and others marked for assassination by bomb plotters. He directed all governmental agencies to pursue the culprits and ensure punishment. Flynn aids in nationwide inquiry as coroner’s jury fails to finish verdict on Palmer bomb incident. Pittsburgh detectives and Justice Department agents probe bomb explosions at residences of federal officials with fourteen suspects detained for possible deportation. John Johnson of IWW among detainees.
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Paris
Wilgon
Palmer
All America
Flynn
Washington
Secret Service
William ‘J. Flynn
Investigations Bureau
Departments of Justice
Pittsburgh
Department of Justice
W. HW
Thompson
W. Sibray
Konion
John Johnson
I. W.W
Deportation Likely For 28 Radicals Held In Cleveland
Cleveland police and federal officials converged after raids last night on radicals linked to the Mayor Davis bombing. Twenty eight men were detained and expected to be turned over to immigration authorities tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Harry J. Davis
Wiil
Turks consider British protectorate claim in Constantinople
Paris reports June 4 that Turkish leaders are weighing the option of a British protectorate over Constantinople. The dispatch notes official discussions and possible implications for the region.
Senate approves Susan B. Anthony amendment for woman suffrage
The U S Senate voted 66 to 80 in favor of adopting the Susan B. Anthony constitutional amendment after a decades long fight. It now goes to the states for ratification with House passage 304 to 89. Wilson may sign. Senators Brandegee and McLean opposed.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Susan B. Anthony
Senator Sargent
California
Wilson
Gillett
White House
Brandegee
McLean
Sixty Cent Ice Price Promised by Monday Mayor Says
Bridgeport residents heard that ice price cuts to 60 cents may take effect by next Monday after conflicting statements from Sprague Walker and city officials. The public has crystallized demand for the reduction, with residents expecting relief on June 9 at the latest.
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Bridgeport
Standard Telegram
Mate
Wilson
Bridgeport Tee Delivery Company
Earl D. Spmwigue
Harry W. Walker
Heat Persists as Bridgeport Swelters Yet Again
Bridgeport endures another hot day with no rain in sight. thermometers hit 94 at 3:30 yesterday, the highest June reading in 26 years, humidity at 64 percent, and officials predict more heat today. Parks and Seaside park attract crowds. bathing pavilion hosts 300 bathers and 200 dancers under a recreation board event. Captain Baum eyes new trolley-bath route to ease transportation to the beach, while volunteer lifeguards report four drownings averted since opening.
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Bridgeport
William Jennings
Seaside Park
Baum
Jennings
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Pacific
Big Brothers and Sisters
Milford
Fairfield
Seaside Park Pavilion
Board of Recreation
Parr
Waildemere Avenue
Speedway
Barnum Dike
Pari
Envoy Reports British Rule in Ireland Amid War Presence
Edward Bunne recounts a 10 day Ireland visit detailing British destroyers patrolling the coast, war planes overhead, armored cars in Dublin, and trials by court martial. He claims habeas corpus is eroded, juries abolished, and mass surveillance stifling meetings, with thousands risking arrest. He cites castle authorities provoking riots around the Dublin Mansion House.
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Edward’ . Bunne
Iinois
Paris
Ireland
Holyhead
Dublin
Rishten
Westport
Belfast
Cork
Mansion House
Fireman saves caller from ledge by leaping from hotel
Timothy Fitzgerald, a Brooklyn firefighter, vaulted from the tenth floor of a stylish hotel and entered the ninth floor through a window to stop Mrs. M. M. Cande from leaping to her death. Three policemen held a rope while Fitzgerald attached a life belt and jumped to intervene. Mrs. Canda was restrained and taken to a hospital in hysteria.
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Timothy Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
M. M. Cande
Plegeratis
Fitzgerald
Army
Quartermaster’s Corps
Canda
Columbia Youth Captures Honors In Golf Tourney
ALT Walker, a 20-year-old Columbia University student, won the 36-hole qualifying round of the 19th Metropolitan Golf Association amateur championship at Brooklawn. He led a talented field including Oswald Kirby and Maxwell R. Marston with a 150 total. Stoddard and Hubbard posted strong scores amid generally high totals as qualifying round ends.
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Alt
Walker
Columbia University
States
Metropolitan’ Golf Association
Brooklawn
Oswald ‘Irirby
Maxwell R. Marston
Ned Sawyer
Clardiner W. White
W. MM
Reekie
John N. Stearns, Jr
Flo
Iho
Bridgeport
Brooklawn Country Club
W. Parker
Hank" Stoddard
John TL. Hubbard
Robert Abbot
Uali- Hea
Bowers
Tete Bolind
Jonathan Grout
Sport
Alleged Robbery Fight Sends Vet to Street Cafe Brawl
Harold Jones of 372 Connecticut, a World War II veteran, claimed $159 was stolen at Star cafe on Middle street. A brawl ensued with four men, Jones stripped to his shirt, and officers with clubs broke up the melee, arresting him at 11:36.
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Harold Jones
Connecticut
Star Cafe
Middle Street
Jones
Fairfield, Avenue
Maloney
Suntanne
Cassidy
Americans Fabrics Co Files Incorporation
A certificate of incorporation was filed in Hartword by the American Fabrics Company of Bridgeport with capital stock of 4 million dollars. A 2 thousand dollar state fee was paid. Incorporators are Walter B. Lashar Wilmont F. Wheeler and Edmond S Wolfe, all of Bridgeport. The firm is the successor of the International Textile Company, a German-sowed concern led by
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Hartword
Secretary of State
American Fabrics Company of
Bridgeport
Walter B. Lashar
Wilmot F. Wheeler
Edmond 5S. Wolfe
American Fabrics Company
International Textile Company
Onritises
Unacceptable, because impossible: Vienna council reject peace terms
Vienna reports say June 4 the Austrian government would not accept the St Germain peace terms with ministers voting unanimously. Paris notes similar dissatisfaction as German terms are debated by the Council of Four. Austrians remain calm yet wary, while German and Allied discussions focus on reparations and borders.
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Vienna
Paris
Rhein Hie
Dorten
Wies
Wrench
Altho
Lnst
Lst
Geneoff
Semenoft
Gra
Mongolia
Dyatrograd
Wilson
Council of Four
Council
Sarre Wiatiewhart
Sin
Silesia
Germany
Posider
Herr Noske
Borah to Read German Treaty in Senate if Possible
Washington June 4 Senate debate over the German treaty widened with Senator Hitchcock proposing a committee inquiry into claims that copies of the unpublished treaty are in New York. Lodge and Borah welcomed the probe to identify who has copies and how obtained. Borah said he would read a copy into the Senate record if he can obtain one.
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Borah
Senate
Washington
Germany
Hitchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Senator Borah
Republican Committee
New York
RB Borah
Lnion
Johnson
Repy
California
Sta Pirtmiente
Tse
Batth
May 1918 Paid Circulation Rise for Post and Telegram
The Post and Telegram reports an 8 percent increase in paid circulation for May 1918. Telegram figures show May 24,309 in contrast to 16,788, with totals and net gains across May and related Sundays noted, indicating growth in readership and reach for the publication.
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Post
Standant
Rescue at pond saves drowning trio from water
Out beyond their depth in the pond this afternoon were rescued. Nero of Boston aided by bystanders, with two girls Antoinett 13 of 63 Sachs street Rose and Halveshin 1% of 52 Sach Whey attended by OD Hannessey and sent home.
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Nero
Boston
Antoinett
Sachs Strose
Halveshin
OD. Hannessey
Hom
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Theodore Steiber
Constantinople
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Alabama
Austria
Sprague
Weather Sharp Jennings
Batish Mltary
Erin
Nnmission Head
Island
Columbia Youth
Seeley
Stoddard
Middle Street Cafe
Americans Fabrics CO. Files Incorporation
Sunday Post
Stratford
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