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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1919
Page
21
Manchester June 21 Cotton mills across Lancashire shut at noon. Around 500,000 workers are affected and 55 million spindles and thousands of looms may halt by Monday. Mill owners plan no resumption, while the cotton reconstruction board meets Monday, likely to consider the crisis.
Milford police under Chief James M. Maher raided the Oak Grove hotel on Walnut Beach on a Saturday evening arresting proprietor Charles Carscar and bartender Jacques Marshall on state liquor law violations. A two gallon jug of liquor was seized as evidence and both men were released on $200 bonds pending Milford town court Tuesday morning.
Stratford reports the T. J. Pardy company has begun clearing four wooden buildings to prepare the site for a $120,000 three story building at the center. The structure will house four stores rooms for the Cupheag club offices and tenements. Harold Lovell says the stores and tenements are already rented. Schools will close for summer Friday June 27 and reopen September 2 with graduation and commencement events planned in town.
Myrtle Beach June 22 John Jredrick Hedrick seven, son of Mr and Mrs James Hedrick of Harrison Court, was struck and run over by an automobile owned and driven by A T D Allen of New Haven at Fagan's corner. He was thrown to the ground, then the car passed over him without serious injuries. The driver was not held. A head on collision followed on Electric avenue between a Ford driven by John Avrila and a Chevrolet driven by James G Hanes, both cars badly damaged and towed to a Milford garage.
Geneva June 21 Professor William Rappard of Harvard and Geneva Universities has been appointed secretary general of the League of Red Cross Societies. An announcement was made at a luncheon for Professor Rappard who spoke of hard work ahead for the League in Europe and Asia after the peace treaty to wipe out disease and combat famine.
Fairfield June 92 Special. Deputy Game Warden John E Boyle opinions on bathing attire at the peach day event. He says men's swimsuits are too revealing and should be barred while girls may swim without stockings.
Rev. Edward A. George at United Church argued the League is a necessity for world health, linking harmony between nations to overall well being. He warned that no injustice anywhere can be neglected and criticized Monroe Doctrine as obsolete amid calls for broader coordination and future peace.
A Bridgeport group from Valhalla No. 1 of the Half Century club joined a Hartford ceremony for Valhalla No. 2. Led by Leonard Sandstrom, the delegation reported a successful dedication and a pleasant visit. The club has roots in Bridgeport, Hartford, and nearby cities, observing visits for ill or deceased members and planning a July Fourth summer meeting in West Haven.
Myrtle Beach closes campaign for Salvation Army Home Service with a final Tag Day appeal. Mrs John Li Pole led local workers and young women, while Stephen J Bonny and returning servicemen canvassed dance halls and amusements. The town’s quota is expected to be greatly exceeded.
A bar room scuffle at Polokof and Swirskey's last Saturday left William Leagall with a four inch neck wound and a shoulder cut. John Notowich was treated for a cheek cut. Police arrested sailor Jake Rooney on assault with intent to ill.
A historic note shows 1,700 Britons hold 14 million acres, a third of the land, while many own none. The government pushes estate breakup and commoners eye redistribution. Land agents moved 600,000 acres last year and expect 1,000,000 this year as cities, railways, and rising taxes spur buyers and small farmers to take charge. Boston ponders a 29.265 million dollar municipal budget amid Massachusetts’ shrinking total.
The Times notes in its Sunday issue that the Saint Jean de Maurienne treaty of August 1917 between Italy and the Entente is often forgotten yet pivotal. It granted Smyrna to Italy conditioned on Russian ratification, which Bolshevik Russia could not provide, while Britain later swapped Smyrna to Greece for Venizelos backers in Macedonia, and Italy's bid to rule Anatolia was blocked by Sonnino.
Paris June 22 William Trotter of Boston secretary of the Race Petitioners writes an open letter to the supreme council of the five great powers after being refused a audience by President Wilson. He details six cases where Black men are said to have suffered democratic class discrimination. He asserts the war to democratize the world has been won and demands equal rights for colored people similar to ethnical minorities in Austria.
The teeth perform the first digestion step by grinding food and mixing with saliva. Proper chewing aids digestion and prevents disorders like dyspepsia and gastritis. The Napa-Minic method by Dr. Weldlich claims painless curing of tooth problems, promoting porcelain dentistry and painless extractions and fillings at Main and Cannon streets.
Wartime readers hear of Allen's Foot-Iuse antiseptic powder for shoes. Soldiers and sweethearts praise relief from painful corns bunions and tender feet, claiming easier walking and comfort for heels and callouses.
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