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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1919
Page
7
A London cable from the relief administration headquarters says delays in remittance payments to Americans sending to Germany were caused by the German government. The cable notes Germany first delayed all payments and later refused to pay remittances of 590 dollars and more, claiming the funds were for speculative purposes.
The notice details remittance payments starting July 14 for individuals up to and including $5,000. Receipts from the Hamburg mission arrived on September 3 and will be sent immediately to New York.
John Bodner of 544 Ellsworth avenue chauffeur for M Gall of the West End was halted by a lantern bearing man and robbed of $2 at Peat Swamp Westport. Two accomplices in a second car joined the robber and fled toward Bridgeport after the money was taken. Bodner reported the theft to Norwalk police near the Norwalk Westport line. The article notes higher war death totals than in the prior century.
A Fairfield man Leonard Williams, 39, received 15 to 20 years for assaulting a 10 year old girl Edith Stone after a prior similar offense. Other defendants include Joseph Iachadurian jailed a year for assault on Stella Ohla, and Carnegio Centofanti fined 200 dollars with four months jail suspended. Multiple cases of aggravated and simple assault, embezzlement, and statutory burglary outline a busy session of the Criminal Superior Court with various sentences and probation.
London September 11 Winston Churchill secretary for war says British policy to evacuate North Russia remains unchanged despite delays from evacuating Russians including women and children. He admits junction with Admiral Kolchak before winter is unlikely and denies British troops are used or government bears responsibility in Petrograd operations.
The French military mission to Brazil will comprise about 24 officers led by a general. They will serve as technical instructors at the school of the general staff and other training institutes, with aviation expertise already provided by an existing aviation mission. The article notes Russia leads in war deaths, followed by Germany and France, with America much lower.
Report from the County Court House states the murder trial of Louis Mingarello for the Labor Day killing of James Banco will not proceed this term. Mingarello reportedly refused a guilty plea to second degree murder, requiring a jury trial.
The New York Sun describes Vienna’s Schwarzenbergplatz fountain, lit by hidden reflectors and powered by candles, with a vast bowl shooting multicolored sprays. The lights shift from gold to blue, green to violet, with water droplets refracting in ever changing hues as visitors watch from nightfall.
A critical musing on Scotland as a subject nation and English pride. The piece recalls New Year gatherings before St. Pauls, cites a Walter Scott dramatization with a Shakespeare jab, and notes the phrase when Greek meets Greek as a marker of fierce contest.
Milford reports an 18 year old named Richard Davis of New York confessed to stealing about $7 worth of railroad tickets and game clothes from the AVaodment station. He and an unidentified companion broke a window to gain entry about 1 o'clock this afternoon. Davis will have a hearing tomorrow morning.
Supreme Court Justice Wagner ordered a special jury to be drawn next Monday to try Gus Alonen and Carl Parvio publishers of a Finnish newspaper indicted for publishing articles tending to anarchy. Indictments stem from a legislative investigating committee. Counsel for the defendants opposed the district attorney’s motion for an extraordinary term of the criminal branch to try the cases.
In Belfort during the 1870 siege Bartholdi carved a snow lion as a symbol of French resolve. The statue inspired troops, and the Lions line marked the defender’s spirit. After armistice France retained Belfort. Bartholdi later recast the lion on the citadel rock.
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