Bridgeport business leaders foresee boom after peace
Industrial heads in Bridgeport express optimism that a peace treaty will restore normal business. Executives including George Eames of Singer, Dever H. Warner of Warn Bros Co, H. Collier of Crane Vahe Co, and Frederick J. Kingsbury of Bridgeport Brass note improved activity and expect a quicker revival once the treaty is signed and embargoes ease.
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Bridgeport Industria
Chamber of Commerce
Trean
Pease
Standard
Interro Bator
Ceater
George Eames
Singer Sewing Machine
Dever H. Warner
Warn Bros. Co
Europe
Wv. H. Collier
Crane Vahe Ca
Ins
Frederick J. Kingsbury
Bridgeport Brass Co
Walker Killed Walking Tracks Near Brewster Bridge
Varga 50 of Fairfield died after being struck by an express train while walking along railroad tracks near Brewster Street Bridge. He suffered a broken neck and internal injuries as he headed home with groceries. Medical examiner granted body release. coroner to hold an inquest today. a wife in Europe survives him.
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Brewster Street Bridge
Varga
Fairfeid
Donaldson
Fairfield
Mullins
Scott & Redgate
Garden Hill Street
Phelan
Europe
Expect Favorable Action On Measure
The Common Council is expected to approve a new ordinance regulating jitney buses in the city at the next meeting. The ordinance requires jitney drivers to file written applications with police and specify their routes, which must be approved to avoid congestion and hazards. Penalties are set for violations and for breaches of permission terms.
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Common Council
Tis
Cornell
McManus
Strikers Urged to Return as American Brass Company Ties Tension
Officials say no plant openings needed. shops expected to reopen Monday. Deputy sheriffs and extra police guarded gates at dawn as workers gathered but no violence occurred. Mayor Mead urged workers to return and promised protection while company and union consider demands. The meeting saw American Brass employees organized by language groups.
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Zmilis
John C. Mead
Mead
Lmerixi
Srass
Weather Forecast for New York and New England
Partly cloudy conditions with possible showers in southern New England on Saturday. Sunday expected to be fair with little temperature change. North Atlantic winds moderate and variable Saturday, fair Sunday. Pressure near normal elsewhere with a tendency to fall. Local thunder showers possible Saturday in Southern New England. Observations taken at 8 p m near Bridgeport by Middlebrook Almanac.
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New York
New England
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
North Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
Labor debates at Nations League and union convention
The convention spent much time on League of Nations labor indictments as Andrew Furusath led a faction attacking it. Debates covered prison reform, free speech, and labor rights while protests opposed alien labor in federal projects and calls for civil service expansion were rejected.
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International Labor Office
Germany
League of Nations
Andrew Furusath
Seamen's Union
Fuaruseth
Federation
Fort Bliss
Texas
Quartermaster Corps
Army
Obituary notices from diverse families in Bridgeport area
Obituary notes list Julia O'Brien 22 of 612 Park Avenue daughter of Daniél and Mary Sullivan O'Brien died yesterday at Bridgeport Hospital. She was a Lyric Theatre cashier and Sacred Heart Church communicant. Survived by three sisters and two brothers. Funeral plans unspecified. Also mentions Nellie Myers funeral held yesterday from Lieberum Heaphy and Lakeview cemetery burial. Samuel Thornton funeral with large John Hancock attendance and St. Michael's cemetery burial. other committal services for Mrs. E Wheeler Mountain Grove and Rev. Paul Edwards officiating.
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Park Avenue
Daniél
Mary Sullivan O'Brien
Bridgeport Hospital
Miss O'Brien
Lyric Theatre
Sacred Heart R. C. Church
Marguerite Tichey
Sadie O'Brien
Dorothy O'Brien
Joseph
James O'Brien
Nellie Meyers
Nellie Myers
Charles Meyers
Courtland Streat
Lieberum & Heaphy
State Street
Lakeview Cemetery
Samuel Thornton
Olive Street
St. Augustine's BR. C
Joseph Gantey
Robert Spencer
John Hancock Life Insurance Co
Michael J. Kiley
James B. Cress
Jarry P. Corcoman
Willian J. McCombs
John Www. Small
John A. Hoeleworth
St. Michael's Cemetery
James B. Nihil
Bla A. Bughes
Punetas
Eliza
Hughes
Main Street
Paul Edwards
M. OE
Mountain Grove
Mary F. Wheeler
E. Wheeler
Bayonne
N. J
John G. Saddler
Christ Episcopal Church
President to appoint seven member inquiry commission
Paris June 2 President Wilson decided to appoint a seven member commission to investigate reported pogroms in Poland The panel will be headed by Henry Morgenthau former ambassador to Turkey and will include Jewish members The move follows requests from Polish and Lithuanian governments
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Paris
Wilson
Boland
Henry Morganthau
Ambior
Turkey
Str
Morgenthau
Fire at Motion Picture Theatre Kills and Injures Dozens
A fire last night at a motion picture theatre in North Pale High t caused heavy casualties. About 150 people were killed or injured, including many children, with 27 bodies recovered from the ruins as rescue efforts continued.
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San IW
Palmer defends alien property role amid sales protests
Attorney General Palmer told a Senate subcommittee that his accusers did not challenge the sale amounts but the manner of the sales for enemy property. He sought a full inquiry claiming the protests aimed to disrupt the enemy's industrial base in New York and New England.
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Washington
Palmer
Senate
New York
New England
Harvey T. Andrews
Bosch Magneto Company Attorney Claim Ambiguity
The Bosch Magneto Company of 8 Garfield Mass faced questions over a man who claimed to act as attorney for the company’s general ger and identified himself as a German subject.
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Bosch Magneto Company
Gfield, Mass
Ger
Steamship West Point Engine Breaks Down at Sea
Wireless reports say the steamship West Point en route from Baltimore to Rotterdam suffered a engine breakdown 00 miles east of HALIVAX. A separate incident near Pembroke Street left 4 year old Rudolph Robosk with facial and ear abrasions after a fall from a nearby automobile. he was treated by an ambulance surgeon from Emergency Hospital and sent home.
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Halivax
West Point
Baltimore
Rotterdam
Here
Rudolph Robosk
Pembroke Street
Ukrainian Army Concentrated Between Ghrucz and Dniester
Dispatches report Ukrainian forces massed between Ghrucz and the Dniester river near the frontier of Eastern Galicia. They attacked Tarnopal and penetrated the town as population flees.
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Warsaw
Galicia
Ghrucz
Dniester River
Itarnapal
Neaing
British submarine sinks Russian boat
London June 20 Russian cruiser Oleg sunk Wednesday by a British submarine near Telbuchan lighthouse. The Oleg was a vessel of 6,770 tons. Wireless dispatch reports confirm the sinking as announced.
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London
Oleg
Telbuchan
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