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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
6
A sensational period ad claims Parisian Sage can quickly stimulate scalp growth and restore thick hair. It touts a clean antiseptic formula, a money back guarantee, and urges immediate use to prevent further hair loss.
Probable cause found in cases of Michael Sitchenko of 46 Hamilton Street and Michael Chininsky of 41 Bishop Avenue after arraignment for burglary. Bonds set at $1,000 by Judge Bartlett. The pair, arrested at Lyford Bros. store on East Washington Avenue, fought police during arrests. A church pastor linked Chininsky to a prior residence shooting. They allegedly gained entry by window glass, but a cellar exit siren tipped off owners.
General Pershing will stay in France until the middle of July. Reports in Paris indicate he would return to the United States by July 4, but officials confirmed the extended timetable.
A Tageblatt correspondent reports Bela Kun’s plan to issue huge paper money as sole payment for labor in Budapest. Peasants refuse it, making goods unaffordable. two pounds of beef or fat cost hundreds of dollars at wartime exchange. Budapest stores close, Hungarian hotel occupied by commissaries, barricades and machine guns. Marriages rise due to easier unions. baths and cures reserved for the proletariat. hospitals struggle with operations and laundry.
Three incidents of Bolshevik interference near Vladivostok disrupt railway operations guarded by American troops. The Omsk express hit removed rails 30 miles north and wrecked. Krayevski station, 103 miles north, was attacked by 200 Bolsheviks and repelled. The Shamakovia bridge, 127 miles north, was partially burned.
Coblenz dispatch reports Germans moving war supplies from beyond occupied zones as peace talks stall. Materials retreat from Frankfurt area toward Coblenz and beyond 60 miles, with Ruhr withdrawals nearing completion. Reports note banks and industry shifting east as Allied moves loom. exams delayed.
June 12. Disorder erupted at several ports in England and Wales over wartime labor migrations from Africa and other regions. A night-long clash in Cardiff and Barry Dock left one white man dead and many wounded. Negro quarters saw boarding houses stormed, fires set, and lootings reported. Armed negroes exchanged fire with police in Liverpool.
Paris dispatch reports Captain Lafon and French aviator Jeff Lebourges departing north of Paris at 2:20 a.m. to fly about 3,400 miles to Constantinople in three relays. They anticipate crossing the Alps near Mont Matterhorn and the Adriatic between Venice and Trieste, aiming to reach by 6 p.m. twilight.
Leviathan completed a voyage from Sandy Hook to Brest and back arriving in New York on June 12. The liner carried 14 300 people including passengers and crew, a record high and 23 more than any previous crossing. The total round trip time was 7 days 4 minutes, about six hours faster than the prior record.
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