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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1919
Page
7
A compact note describes a touring vehicle with ample touring range for everyday driving and an emergency range while noting express train like speed and power. It emphasizes economical operation and notable tire economy.
Washington May 26 The War Risk Bureau will mail checks to families of soldiers and sailors and dependents of Civil War veterans without waiting for the urgent deficiency bill signing by President Wilson. Authority to send the checks forward without delay was cabled to the Glass Bot Wilson after the president learned Congress had passed the $4 deficiency measure. The bill is on its way to Paris for signature.
Rome May 26 Gabrielle D Anunzio poet aviator resigns as lieutenant colonel in the Italian army after general command orders his immediate return to camp He says the order is political in nature and asks to be retired asserting his right to do so as a volunteer.
The coast guard and radio compass station at Fourth Cutl, Scituate, Mass, was destroyed by fire today. Nearly all lifesaving equipment was lost except a small surf boat. The crew escaped by jumping from second story windows.
Jessie Dunbar of Hartford appeared in City Court yesterday charged with failing to pay railroad fare. Judge Bartlett ordered her remanded to Hillside Home under care of a patron, noting she is 40 years old and appears nervous.
Revered Fox and choir members at St George's Church prevented a major fire during Sunday services when altar hangings near a candle flame caught fire. Rox and fellow choristers fought and tore down the hangings, limiting damage to woodwork. Several choir members suffered burns to their hands but the cost to the structure was minimal.
Report from Warsaw states Polish troops advanced in eastern Galicia taking Kamienka pole about 400 kilometres from Lemberg. Ukrainian forces on that front are described as disorganized as Polish units press the pursuit.
A historic ad proclaims a scientist’s breakthrough in food preservation. It claims the Kovar Process exhausts oxygen and replaces it with a harmless inert gas to protect flavor, avoiding chemical preservatives, cold storage, or heat. It highlights canned beverages, packed goods, and bottled products.
A general sympathy strike was declared in Calgary this morning in support of workers already on a Winnipeg general strike. Commercial telegraph operators had not yet joined, according to information received locally.
A Stratford man, Harry Fenn, driving a Locomobile, collided Saturday with a Ford driven by Waterbury resident Frank Smith. Smith was thrown from his car, landed on his head, and was taken to a physician. He is not believed to be seriously hurt. police filed the report at Waterbury headquarters.
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