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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1919
Page
3
Derby Mills area workers at Ansonia Co. held a meeting Saturday amid a live strike as talks with owners and city officials continued. Moulders union pressed for higher pay while the cessation of work shuttered the Birmingham plant, with about 89 helpers out and 406 men idle pending a return to work.
June 18 report notes Whitlock May and James Hamilton Finis as potential successors to the American legation in Rome. Belgians favor upgrading to embassy status, while other U.S. figures like Herbert may be considered.
Disorder across Spezia ended as authorities restored order after mobs sacked villas and looted neighborhoods. The city, known for its summer resorts, faced widespread damage and an unsettled atmosphere following the disturbances.
Obituary notices report Martha Hall wife of William Hall died Thursday and funeral at 2 PM from 45 Curtis Avenue with burial in Park Cemetery. Gertrude A Wood widow of Aaron Wood dies at 75 in Haston with funeral at 8 PM from her home and burial at Center Street Cemetery. Joseph W Drew longtime Singer employee dies at 60 at 386 Barnum Avenue. funeral at 2 PM from his home with burial in Lakeview Cemetery. Eliza H Ropping Reed dies at 64 at 349 Noble Avenue. survived by husband and three daughters. funeral at 3 PM from her home and burial in Seneca, NY. Catherine Hughes dies at home. survived by husband Thomas and three daughters. funeral at 9 AM from East Avenue and St. Charles Church, burial in St. Michael's Cemetery. Ela Caldwell Anderson wife of Rev John W Areson dies in Evanston Illinois. funeral in St Luke's Chapel Evanston and burial in Oakwood Chicago.
Juarez Mexico June 135 Fighting resumed in Juarez at 4 40 p m. By six o clock rifle fire was general and Federals charged the rebels down Calle Comercio the main business street. Colonel J Gonzalas Escobargar Tigson was wounded five other officers reported injured as both sides exchanged heavy fire. Fighting between Villa followers and Federal troops continued into the evening and the scale suggested a decisive action may be near.
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson plans to stay in Paris three or four days after returning from Belgium next Friday before sailing from a French port for the United States.
Afternoon crowds flocked to Fairfield Beach as jittney teams shifted routes to the popular sun and surf. Bathhouse concessionaires reported best business of the season while sunbathers enjoyed warm skies and supplies of talcum powder. At Fairfield Beach some bathers wore stockingsless outfits despite regulations, drawing attention to fashion and local norms. In city baseball action, over three thousand fans watched the Eastern League contest at Newfeld Park as the home team beat the Berkshire Bills 6 to 4, with additional crowds at Sedside Park and Yellow Mill for amateur games and other park events.
Paris police failed to trap a stylish woman thief who robbed a jeweler of 135000 dollars. After posing as a rich client she used a forged cheque, selected pearl necklaces and diamond rings, and fled from a hotel room window as inspectors watched.
June 15 forecast shows showers Monday in New England and Middle Atlantic states with cooler, mainly fair conditions east of the Mississippi Monday and Tuesday. Northeast winds, possible showers, and cooler temperatures in parts. Observations list numerous cities with barometer and temperature readings. daily almanac calculated for Bridgeport vicinity.
Captain Alcock reports a terrible journey across the Atlantic with Lieutenant Brown. Dense fog and sleet challenged the flight, but they reached Galway amid celebrations. They praise the flight’s feasibility and plan repairs and a London flight.
Galway, Ireland. Lieutenant Arthur Brown, navigator of the Vickers Vimy biplane, completes a non stop Atlantic crossing and wins a bride, the daughter of Major H. Kenedy, a British Munitions Ministry official, in Clifden.
The two British aviators Alcock and Brown completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight despite night mists and gale. Naval and government leaders welcomed the achievement predicting it will popularize long distance air travel and spur further record flights.
A Bridgeport reader recalls a 40 day period from April 15 to May 24 in which Cinot, a herbal remedy, restored a man’s health after severe stomach, liver, kidney, and bowel troubles. The testimonial credits Cinot for renewed appetite, regular bowels, strengthened kidneys, and active liver, with no iron or harsh chemicals. The Cinot expert promotes Hartigan's Drug Store in Bridgeport as the source for the remedy.
Manley, president of the Aerobrut of America, congratulates Captain Alcock on his arrival on the Galwas coast and asserts the flight proves a land plane can cover nearly 2000 miles over sea. Bartlett, Peary expedition ally, hails Alcock as winning the greatest sporting contest. He predicts more pioneering aircraft will follow.
In Tuscaloosa Alabama a sixty foot pleasure launch Mary Francis with 53 aboard mostly children turned turtle on the Warrior river three miles above Tuscaloosa. Eighteen are drowned and fifteen missing. A mattress fire at 90 Wall street caused about $20 damage and was put out shortly after 8:30 p.m.
Rev Peter H McClean of St Marys Milford reportedly declined the rectory offer to succeed the late Rev Walter J Shanley at St Peters Danbury. The offer was made three weeks ago. A separate item notes a dog bite on Anna Cullen 10 of 126 Sixth Street yesterday morning requiring cauterization at the Emergency hospital.
Salvatore P. Genuario, elected justice of the peace in Norwalk, passed his bar examinations after several failures but too late to secure the prosecuting attorney position. Judge Candee appointed Jesse T. Dunbar as prosecutor for the coming year, ending Genuario’s bid. Genuario, pleased with passing, praised Dunbar as a good man.
Proclamation in German papers orders civilians to remain in home towns and avoid resentment as Allied troops cross the Rhine and push deeper into Germany. Reports say civilians up to 90 miles beyond occupied zones consider withdrawing or moving inland. Two children baptized at Olivet Congregational Church. Frederick Mills' family of 259 Lindley Street.
The Olid e Guard club delays opening of new rooms in Morris Plan building on Main Street. Rooms will be vacated this week and furniture moved. final plans to be decided at Thursday Armory meeting. The club votes to admit all ex National Guardsmen regardless of state and entertainment committee plans another dance in the coming weeks.
Harvard University president A Lawrence Lowell delivered the baccalaureate sermon to a class thinned by war. Nineteen graduates were killed and many others remain in service or recently discharged. He urged dedication to resisting evil and honor for those who fought to lift the world to a higher moral plane.
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