Peoria Woman Reunites With Real Father After 43 Years
Greenwich June 3 Special a Peoria Indiana woman Mrs John B Duchesne learns she was adopted 43 years ago and reunites with her real father John H Shaw in Greenwich He had lived there while her foster parents ran a New York estate Her daughter offers to move in and care for him but he declines wishing to remain independent and continue living in Greenwich with his other family ties
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Greenwich
John B. Duchesne
Peoria
Thomas Shaw
Daisy
Adams
Division Street
Mrs. Duchesne
German peace envoy protests Rhineland republic backing
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the German peace delegation, sends a formal protest to the peace conference accusing occupying armies in Germany of arbitrary protection and favoring those trying to set up a Rhinish Republic. He also says troops prevent loyal Germans from expressing counter sentiment.
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Paris
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Germany
Rhenish Republic
Yankees Now Own Lusitania Medal
A Tus aia medal issued with German government consent after the Lusitania sinking is reportedly in American possession. It is bronze, about two and a half inches wide, showing the sinking of the ship and a skeleton behind a ticket counter. The reverse bears a German inscription and a caption translating to Anything for money.
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Associated Press
Doblenz
Germany
Lusitania
Pranas
Germ
Bridgeport Ice Firms Cut Price to Sixty Cents Per Hundred
Mayor Wilson announced a new cap on ice at 40 cents but reports say dealers will honor 60 cents per hundred, a 20 cent cut from prior levels. Consumers, led by a planned league, expect delivery at the reduced rate and demand an investigation if not honored.
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Bradstreet’s
Bridgeport
Tee
Wilson
Zai
Parsons
Consumer's League
CraZed by the heat Southport man hangs self in police cell
Felix Kale Werowit z of Southport, jailed after an alleged assault on his wife, hanged himself in a town jail cell using a belt. Found dead by a guard at dawn, the Medical Examiner notes he had been dead about two hours. Survived by his wife and four children. A separate item notes a blaze on Seaview Avenue near 10 o'clock.
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Southport
Southort
Felix Kalewerowitz
Donaldson
Gunmen Hold Up Jitney as Armed Pursuit Fails
Milford reports detail a three hour chase as two gunmen in soldiers uniforms hijack a jitney driver David Lloyd and his $2,100 car on Eel Hill. After forcing Lloyd to drive toward New Haven they flee toward Derby leaving two dollars taken from him. A general alarm is issued as police pursue and seek the uniformed pair.
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Millford
Milford
David R. Lloyd
Boston Terrace
Bridgeport
Kei Hill
Lloyd
Derby
Wei
New Haven
Eel Hill
Woodmont
Lloyd's
Men Apain
Broad Street
Death toll in tunnel horror eighty three men die
In Wilkes Barre Pa a massive blast from seven kegs of black powder in the Baltimore tunnel of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company killed eighty three men and burned fifty more as a train of mine cars carried the powder and workers two miles into the mouth. A trolley wire short circuit triggered the explosion after a spark shower. Rescue teams pulled the injured to surface and hospitals treated them amid chaos. Sixty nine men died in the tunnel and fourteen later the hospitals, with forty nine identified to date. James J McClosky a former baseball pitcher was among the deceased.
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Wilkes-Barre
Baltimore
Delaware and Hudson Coal Company
East End
August Thaddick
Mercy
James J.mcclosky
Philadelphia
Buchanan
Delaware and Hudson
One Local Player Left In Brooklawn Golf Tourney
Henry B. Stoddard known as Hank stands Bridgeport’s lone entrant at Brooklawn Country club in the Metropolitan Golf association event after two days of play. He defeated Cornelius N. Smith Jr. and James Parrish Jr. to reach the semifinals, while fellow Brooklawn players Seeley and Hubard fell to Marston and Kirkby.
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Brooklawn
Hank” Stoddard
Smith
Parrish
Seeley
Henry B. Stoddard
Hank
Bridgeport
Metropolitan Golf Association
Brooklawn Country Club
Cornelius N. Smith, Jr
Ardsley
James Co. Parrish, Jr
National Links Club
W. Parker Seeley
John T. L. Hubbard
Maxwell R. Marston
Oswald Kirkby
Robert Abbott
George B. Carhart
Greenwich
John N. Stearns, Jr
Nassau
Ned Sawyer
Siwaney
John G. Anderson
Stwaney
Jame
Anderson
Topmotcher
W. M. Reekle
Upper Montclair
James C
Reekle
Woome
Charles W. Benton
Senate Debate Highlights Peace Treaty Fight in Senate
The Senate spent over five hours debating the peace treaty and the League of Nations with sharp partisan charges. Senator Hitchcock demanded an investigation into leaks, while Senator Borah and Lodge accused each other of improper conduct. Acting Secretary Polk denied claims that financial sections of the treaty were in the hands of New York interests.
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Washington
Senate
League of Nations
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Borah
Idaho
New York
Democratic State Department
League
Polk
State Department
Tuodge
Poll
Department
Financia
Wilson
White House
Foreign ‘Relations Committee
Johnson
California
New Britain Boy Hanged While Playing Movies
Police investigate the death of 16 year old Joseph Tantaraski in New Britain as two youths allegedly lynched him by tying a rope to a tree limb and suspending him, with his brother Walter 9 stating the charge. Other witnesses report different versions and rope cutting. no arrests reported.
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New Britain
Tune
Joseph Tantaraski
Iis
Walter
Joseph
Jim
Relief Welcomed As Heat Eases In City
Sweltering city residents felt relief as a cooler air mass lowered noon temperatures by five degrees. A SW breeze reduced heat at beaches and some outlying work stopped briefly in the morning. By nightfall residents enjoyed a more comfortable first half of the week.
Council at work on solution for foe's proposals
Paris dispatch reports the Council of Four advancing talks on German counter proposals and Austrian terms. Britain France and Italy reject a fixed reparations sum, while plans for an Austrian peace clause and future payments are left to a commission after resource assessment. Protests from Paderewski and South African independence push and Bolshevik advances in Copenhagen shape the broader peace scene.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Germany
St. .Germain
Austria
Way
Copenhagen
Lloyd-George
Union of South Africa
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Italy
Nationwide Western Union strike ordered by telegraphers
Washington reports employees of Western Union in Florida to New Orleans and across several states were ordered to immediate non strike. J Monenkamp, head of the Commercial Telegraphers union, announced the action in support of Atlanta operators and predicted a nationwide strike within days. New York leader Carlton dismissed the impact, noting only about 700 of 40,000 eligible Western Union workers are union members and fewer than 400 in the affected territory.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
South
North Carolina
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
New Orleans
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Tonigh
J. Monenkamp
Konenkamp
Atlanta
New York
Aviators Low in Spirits by Failure to Find James
After searching hundreds of miles over Long Island Sound and the New England states for Captain Mansell R. James the Canadian ace missing since his flight from Pittsfield Mass to Atlantic City the pilots Lts Jack Frost and Ralph Stark returned to Hazelhurst Field discouraged by the fruitless search two men and a plane remain missing or unaccounted for in the forecasted route.
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Mineola, L. L
Long Island Sound
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Mansell R. James
Pittsfield
Mass
Atlantic City
Mineola
L. 1
Jack Frost
Ralph Starkweather
Hazelhurst Field
New York Exchange Recovers From Tuesday’s Shock
New York trading recovered from Tuesday losses as an active session saw speculative interests, possibly thinking reports of a revival of the money committee were unfounded, control the market. Favorable factors included another gold import from Canada totaling $5,500, OC G.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Money Committee
Canada
Seek Order Reopening Willys-Overland Plant Toledo
A petition filed in U S District Court seeks to reopen the Willys Overland plant in Toledo Ohio, closed after last Tuesday s shooting, and asks for a restraining order to prevent idle workers from interfering with operations.
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Toledo
Ohio
Innes
United State District Court
Willys-Overland Automobile Company
Grascini Listed Dead Then Regained in War List
The Standard-Telegram prints a list of Bridgeport boys who died in the war. Angelo Grascini, 22, of 38583 Main Street, was declared missing October 14 in the Argonne Forest. An official War Department notice dated May 28 states he was killed in battle and had been erroneously listed as missing.
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Bridge Port
Standard- Telegram
Angelo Grascini
Main Street
Columbia Graphophone Co
War Department
the Argonne Forest
Four ships sail home with 9110 troops from France
Washington reports tour transports carrying 9,110 troops left French ports on June 2. Orizaba sails from Brest with 4,052 and due at Newport News June 11. Arcadia from Bordeaux with 1,086 due June 13. Suwanee from St Nazaire with 1,994 due June 14. Henderson from St Nazaire with 2,025 due June 14 in New York.
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New York
Burleson Orders Foreign Telegraph Lines Operated by Government
Presidentially authorized order relieves private U.S. Telegraph and Telephone lines from private control. Burleson directs immediate operation by government pending Congress action. Officials cite wartime needs and risks of private conduct. Strikes threaten service as hearings consider returning properties to private owners.
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Washington
Junesot
Burleson
Congre
Telegraph
Koons
6000 Walk Out In Seymour And Jamestown Factories
June strikes hit Seymour and Jamestown furniture plants as about eight Seymour workers demand higher wages while Jamestown workers push for an eight hour day nine hours pay and a ten percent raise. officials say they did not know of the walkout.
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Seymour
Jamestown
Fort Trumbull Man Injured By Trolley
Milford June 5 John Ferguson of Cherry Street Trumbull narrowly escaped death after alighting a westbound trolley at Baldwin and Cherry. He walked in front of an ear car, was knocked down bruised and knocked about, treated by a physician, and is resting at home.
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Milford
John Ferguson
Cherrystra Trumbull
Baldwin
Cherry Str
Saul
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Standard Telegram
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ICE Victory
Wife
Seaview Avenue
Taft
Joseph ‘Tantarski
Council AT Work
Foe
Belgium
Holland
Council of Foreign Ministers
Orbids
Berlin
Magrtin
Mayence
Frankfort
German Empire
Vienna
Otto Baur
Peldkisch
Renner
James
Bying
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Grassini
Burleson A
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Fort Trumbull
Ferguson
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