Combined Help Drive Opens With Stirring Address
A large Bridgeport gathering at the Stratfield hotel heard Dr. Nathan Krass of New York open the Combined Help Drive praising mercy and unity among Catholic, Jew, Protestant, and Israelite groups. Charles W. Vickery of Near East Relief warned of brutal conditions in the Near East, noting 292 bodies in one city and famine-driven devastation as prices rise, while urging rapid fundraising to relieve starving populations. The real drive starts today with workers reporting at noon and calling at Room 41 Stratfield or Noble 521 for information.
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Europe
Near East
Salvation Army
Nathan Krass
New York
Stratfield Hotel
Dr. Krass
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Bridgeport
Pile
Near East Relief Committee
Howard Heinz
Turkey
America
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Foch Says He Is Ready If Peace Treaty Is Rejected
Marshal Foch told the Council of Four that his plan for military operations will be put into effect if German plenipotentiaries decline to sign the peace treaty. The statement outlines contingencies tied to the peace negotiations.
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Foch
Paris
Marshal Foch
Council of Four
SEEK SOLDIERS AID IN NEAR EAST DRIVE
General Albert E Lavery leads a combined effort by Salvation Army Near East and Jewish Relief to recruit overseas service men recently discharged or available to aid the drive. Volunteers already number over a hundred, with hopes for more. Contact Room 41 Stratfeld Hotel or Noble 52 for details and a warm welcome.
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Albert E.lavery
Salvation Army
Stratfeld
Noble
City Council adjourns for charter ordinances and park deals
At the May 12 meeting Alderman Hamilton pushed date changes for school and bond issues to Friday. The council adopted the ordinance change after committee review. Rent from city plaza property totaled 9986.60 with 750 of that withheld for collections. Park bids: Beachwood park sale of 12 feet by 100 feet to Denton for 200 was granted and Beardsley park land for 800 to the Cassier estate approved. Seigel’s appeal over appraisal damages could settle for 900. A special-meeting request to extend the charter committee’s report to August was adopted to aid cooperation. Questions about Municipal Ice Plant board membership and carting ice prices dominated debate, with a call for a special meeting next Monday.
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Hamilton
Grand Street
Committee On
Henry L. Blackman & Son
Board of Aldermen
Board of Park Commissioners
Beachwood Park
Eaton Street
W. H. Denton
Beardsley Park
Edward Mrs. Nicholson
Cassier
Comley
Morris Seigel
Board of
Alderman McManus
Corneil
Miscellaneous Committee
Municipal Ice Plant Commission
Cornell
Bridgeport
Ensis
Algerman Cornell
Common Council
Amended League Declared Unacceptable by Lodge
Senator Lodge, Republican leader and foreign relations chair, said tonight the revised League of Nations covenant is unacceptable and likely to fail Senate approval without amendments. He argued the new covenant is worse than the old and more dangerous to world peace and American rights, noting that Senate suggested changes from Root were carried out.
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Washington
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Jin
League of Nations
Senate
Professor Miller to Speak on Immigrants and Nationalism
Professor Herbert Adolphus Miller, director of the Mid-European union and sociology professor at Oberlin, will lecture on Nationalism Bolshevism and the Immigrant before the Chambers of Commerce at Seaside Club tomorrow night. He has long studied immigrant assimilation in Cleveland and led Carnegie funded projects on Americanization. He is connected with Masaryk and Paderewski and is regarded as a leading expert on immigrant issues.
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Chambers of Commerce
Wien
Herbert’ Adolphus Miller
Mid-Jopean Union
Jology
Oberlin University
Miller
Cleveland
Russell-Sage Foundation
Carnegie Corporation
Masaryk
Presiden
Czecho-Slovakia
Tynace Paderewski
Right Rev Dr Greer Succumbs in Hospital
New York May 19 The Right Rev David W. Greer Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York died in a hospital at 6 10 tonight after a relapse following an intestinal operation. He was 75, survived by his widow a daughter and two sons. Also reported Stamford May 1 Edward Wolbrook president of Gorham Manufacturing Company New York died at his country home Strawberry Hill after a long illness He was about 70.
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New York
David UW. ‘Greer
Greer
Bishop ‘Greer
Poward Holbrook
Stamford
Edward Wolbrook
Gorham Manufacturing Company of
Strawberry Hill
Gillett Elected Speaker as Republicans Take Congress
The 6th reconstruction Congress convened with Rep Gillett of Massachusetts elected Speaker over Champ Clark by 227 to 172. Sen Cummins named president pro tempore. Republicans gain full control in both chambers for first time since 1911. House to push general deficiency bill and major reforms amid a busy first day.
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Congress
Wilson
Paris
Senate
Elouse
Gillett
Massachusetts
House
Champ Clark
Missouri
Cumyiius
Iowa
Pittman
Nevada
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Enant
France
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House Appropriations Committee
Berger
Victor Berger
Wisconsin
Dallinger
Lodge
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
Pope Appeals to President to Use Power for Lasting Peace
Cardinal Gasparri on behalf of the Pope urges President Wilson to press the Allied peace delegates for a lasting settlement. The note argues for Germany’s position and humanitarian motive, asking that President Wilson use his influence to secure an enduring peace among the powers.
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Tie
Mouse
Jison
NC-4 to Leave Horta for Lisbon Flight Attempt
Read Admiral Jackson announced that the seaplane NC-4 under Lt Cmdr A C Read would depart Horta tomorrow at 7 oclock Greenwich time with a stop at Ponta Delgada. Weather permitting the mission aims to cover the 925 nautical miles to Lisbon, Portugal, to complete the trans Atlantic flight.
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Admiral Jackson
Ponta Delgada
Azores
Navy Department
NC-4
I. A
Lisbon
Read
Portugal
Horta
NC-3
Theican Naval Trans
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Delgsi
Jackson
Navy
Tower
Hawker Plane Aboard Failure Off Irish Coast
London and Azores reports confirm Harry Hawker's Sopwith plane failed to reach Lisbon, forced to land off Ireland amid fog and heavy seas. Admiralty, warships searched the area with wireless and flares, while a relief effort to locate Hawker and navigator Greve continued into morning.
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London
Harry Hawker
Britain
America
Europe
Admiralty
Irish
Jingle Bay
Hawker
Air Ministry
Greve
Royal Air Force
England Waits In Suspense For News From Daring Airman
London waits in tense suspense as reports emerge on Hawker and Grieve attempting an Atlantic crossing in a Sopwith machine. Admiralty search fleets sail west of the Shannon. early rumors say gale slowed the craft, others doubt reliability. Crowds at Brooklands hoped Hawker would land there. weather over the Irish Sea worsened. Mrs Hawker stays at the airdrome, remaining hopeful despite anxiety.
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Bawker
Atlantic
Hawker
Grieve
A. Sopwith
Hawkker
Admiralty
AML
Brooklands
Lieving
Royal Air Force
Azores
Irish
Frederick J. Raynham
Ireland
Hawker's Associates Fear Worst Has Befallen Courageous Comrade
Harry Tawker and Mackenzie Grieve, air adventurers in a Sopwith biplane, vanished after setting out for a single Atlantic flight. As storm warnings loom, radio and telegraph reports yielded no news, and authorities feared the mission may have failed.
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Hawker
Sy, Igelns
Harry Tawker
Pavigatoy
Mackenzie Grieve
Air Adventurers
Governor Names Brown Delegate to Conference
Governor Tulcomb named Dr. Watter Ir. Brown CT city health officer as delegate to the National Conference of Social Work in Atlantic City the week of June 1 to 7. Brown’s medical health and social work experience have earned prior gubernatorial commissions and recognition.
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Tulcomb
Connecticut
National Conference of Social Work
Atlantic City
Watter Ir. Brown
Brown
Governor to veto boxing measure ends chance of law
Hartford May 14 Governor Holcomb said he would not sign the boxing bill creating a state athletic commission. He had warned he would veto any prize fighting bill and suggested legislators stay in session to pass it over his veto. The measure thus dies by pocket veto.
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