Help or We Near Close With Only Third Quota Met
Bridgeport struggles as Combined Help Drive reports show a little over one third of the $109,000 total raised by noon. Efforts focus on boosting industrial and corporate pledges to reach $56,000, with letters sent to about 5,000 residents urging contributions by Wednesday night. Division totals show varied progress and appeals from Generals Lavery and Shapiro as final results loom.
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Lavery
Albert E. Lavery
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L. F. Polle
P. J. O'Reilly
Geoge
Harr
Cohen
Lionel Levy
Theodore Phillips
Samuel B. Plotkin
Charles F. Greene
China to Sign Pact With Reservations
Paris May 26 The Chinese president has informed the Chinese delegation by cable that the cabinet and speakers of both houses authorized the delegation to sign the peace treaty with reservations concerning Shan- Une and related terms. The note indicates formal approval with caveats to be stated in the agreement.
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China
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War hero York tours New York subway in grand ride
Alvin C York the famed World War I hero enjoyed an underground tour of the Interborough Rapid Transit system in private car service. He was escorted by senior company officials and met by President Theodore Shents. York telegraphed Senator Miles Poindexter to accept honorary membership in Spokane’s Red Head Club before the trip.
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Alvin G. York
Theodore
Red Head Club
Spokane
Wash
Black Rock Folk Seek City Park at St Mary's by the Sea
Black Rock Civic Improvement Association members urged city officials to create a park along St Marys by the Sea with water frontage and a bathing area at low cost. Executive leaders plan to push the proposal through city channels while continuing sewer and garbage-collection discussions and community association plans.
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Pack
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Z. A. Reynolds
One Mishap Two Arrests In One Day For Cesare
Tony Cesare aka Custer of Easton caused a Sunday motor mishap near Fairfield injuring his sister. He first faced Greenwich speeding charges, then reckless driving after a collision on airfield Road. He was fined $25 in Greenwich and a Fairfield case remains pending.
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Boston Post
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Fourth of July back to good old noisy displays
Bridgeport plans a revived Fourth of July with fireworks and noise. Restrictions will ban cannons, loaded cartridges, and revolvers while allowing sale of fireworks July 1 to 4. The city aims for a large night display and enhanced safety measures with permits and police arrangements.
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Idhinson
Johnson
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Bishop Brewster Entertained by Vestrymen Here
Bridgeport vestrymen gave a complimentary dinner to Right Rev Shauncey Brewster and Rt Rev A Champion gon at the Seaside club. Attending were Attorney William F. Comley, Wallace A. Smith, and Jonathan Godfrey. The bishop urged civic participation and church placement to serve human life, praising the park system but noting missing schoolhouses and poor ventilation. He proposed an organization of vestrymen from city Episcopal churches to focus church presence where most needed. Wallace A. Smith reported delegates to the general convention did not include Bridgeport. Christ Church Hartford relinquished its property to the cathedral, and Sunday school attendance in Bridgeport had fallen amid influenza fears.
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Marys Crew Rescues Two British Aviators at Sea
Danish ship Mary spent fourteen and a half hours rescuing Harry G. Alanker and Lieutenant Commander Ixenheth Mackenzie Grieve after their Sopwith plane failed over the Atlantic. The men signaled distress, landed on the sea, and were picked up ahead of the Mary by the Gull heat. The Mary’s crew faced a heavy northeast gale and strong seas, with the aircraft lost but the ship remaining afloat. Old Erribo and the British destroyer Woolston then took the rescued men aboard.
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Harry G.alanker
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Grieve
Greenwich
New York
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Newfoundland
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Atlantic
Gillain Dukn
Erribo
Woolston
Reed Attacks League Arouses Senate Storm In Debate
In Washington on May 26 Senator Reed of Missouri led a sharp Democratic attack on the League of Nations covenant in the Senate. The debate featured bitter exchanges as Republicans called the plan dangerous and Democrats defended it, citing White race and national destiny fears. Senator Reed warned that only party loyalty would push the country to back the covenant, while Democrats and Republicans clashed over the treaty text and its global implications.
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Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
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Pennsylvania
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California
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Assembly of Nations
League
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Conde's Coy Riding Lands Him in Jail
Conde, using the alias Hotel Waldorf New York, was detained after a weekend of taxi rides along the Post road. He tried to cash a worthless $100 check drawn on a Mexican bank, later attempted another cashing, and asked friends in New York to send money to cover the taxi bill. Police cited delays while they tracked his financial status and he was taken into custody.
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Waldorf
New York
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le Hind
First Oial Bank of Mexico
Pivatunis
C. Beatty
Cloude
Tyler Takes Poison On Hearing His Sentence
Cleveland, Ohio May 26 T Roy Tyler leader of a bank raid gang is en route to the Ohio penitentiary after an attempt to kill himself failed in court Tyler collapsed when the verdict of guilty was read and was treated in jail hospital He had previously attempted suicide years ago in Stamford Conn and was brought here from Brooklyn where authorities had failed to connect him with the Brooklyn Savings Bank robbery and killings of two employees
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Mfey White
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No Change of Face on Foeus Fatal Day Looms
Amid chaotic dispatches from Europe and Asia, reports detail a deadly Kalut eruption in Java wiping out numerous villages and leaving thousands killed or injured. The evolving postings note German peace talks, reparation debates, and strategic recognitions shaping postwar settlement dynamics.
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Foes of Suffrage Stave Off Debate In Senate
In Washington on May 26 opponents of woman suffrage blocked expedited Senate action on the constitutional amendment. Supporters planned a renewed push Wednesday aiming for a Thursday vote. The Jones motion to bring the measure to the calendar failed 64 to 27, with Southern Democrats insisting on normal debate procedures. Despite opposition, observers conceded enough votes to assure passage of the suffrage resolution.
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Boy's hardships may cost him his life
Joseph Simko of 99 Grand Street is hospitalized after falling from a bicycle at Boston and Nobie avenues when he reportedly grabbed a trolley car and the front wheel hit a raised road surface. He suffers possible neck fracture, rib injuries, and scalp lacerations. an Auto owned by Attorney Lewis Hornhinut rushed him to Bridgeport Hospital.
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Withdrawal of U S Forces From Archangel Front
Washington reports the withdrawal of American forces from the Archangel front is under way. Cable advisories to the War Department say the 88th Infantry await evacuation and that individual soldiers may return as casuals per a recent department directive.
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Jobless British Veterans March on Commons
Thousands of discharged soldiers and gallers out of employment armed with stones marched toward the House of Commons. Police barred the approaches and the crowd was scattered. The procession later regrouped and moved toward Buckingham Palace before disbanding with no further disorder reported.
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London
House of Commons
Buckingham Palace
Young lad drinks poison and dies at cigar store
Thomas Donovan of 141 Frans street drank carbolic acid at McGrath's cigar store in Malu and Arch streets with James Neary. He died an hour later at St Vincent's hospital. No motive found. friends say he was in good spirits at noon.
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Frans Street
Jimmy Neary
McGrath
Malu and
Arch Streets
St. Vincents Hospital
Flo
United Linen Supply, Co
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Proprietary
Neary
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Donovan
Donavan
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Esthonians Capture Important Railway Center
London reports on May 26 that Esthonian troops have seized the key railway junction of Pakve between Etiga and Petrograd, according to Helsingfors dispatches received in Copenhagen and wired by the Exchange Telegraph company.
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Foe's Counter Proposals To Be Ready Tonight
Paris circles report German counter proposals to the Allied Peace terms will be ready tomorrow night. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau is expected to present them on Wednesday at the French peace conference.
German reactionist interview comments on fate after peace talks
Bisalin May 26 report quotes a German reactionist saying the remaining material of the Reich would be used only if the peace settlement preserves it. The interview with a correspondent discusses independence of socialists and the firm resolve not to surrender or submit.
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Failles
Waerts
Army measure to be resubmitted despite stalled debates
Washington May developments leave unsettled national affairs as officials prepare to refile the army bill after it failed to pass in Congress. The plan calls for a force of about 530,000 officers and personnel in a temporary framework.
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Sary Baker
Chave
N. C.4s Motors Tuned Up for Hop Off
The Associated Press reports from Ponta Delgada that the American seaplane N C 4s engines were tuned up as weather experts forecast favorable conditions. Winds are expected between 20 and 30 miles per hour while flying near the Azores, aiding the coast of Portugal sortie.
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