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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1919
Page
1
Secretary of State Frank Pook may be named acting secretary of state for one session of President Wilsons term if Secretary Lansing resigns. Rumors in Paris suggest he could attend cabinet meetings as a placeholder until a new appointment is made.
The body of Zigmond Kovacs was found in Cedar creek on Wednesday afternoon after he apparently jumped into the water. A bottle, one third full, of medicated alcohol was found in his rooms. Landlady Mrs Nagy said Kovacs had been drinking with several men on Saturday and later left saying he would embark on a long journey. The death is reported by Medical Examiner S M Garrick.
Short Hills resident was arrested yesterday afternoon on reckless driving charges and held for a morning hearing after a collision between his car and another from Natehell Dairy. The crash at Fairfield and Shenwood avenues left Fleury Medlicott of 82 Beechwood Avenue injured, treated at the Emergency hospital.
In Memphis Tennessee a United States marshal deputy and a former detective were shot and killed in a duel on Monroe Avenue downtown. A bystander was wounded as the two men discharged revolvers after an auto stop sparked the confrontation.
Paula Boulka, 46, of 403 Van Slieg, fell from the second story of the International company plant yesterday morning, fracturing both feet. He was rushed to Bridgeport Hospital where physicians fear spinal injury may be present. A photograph was taken for records but an exact spinal diagnosis could not be made.
The Lawson airplane landed safely at a field near Washington after crossing from New York amid heavy headwinds. After a three day stop, the crew planned to depart for Dayton Ohio with a likely stop at San Francisco en route.
Arthur Brinters of Newtown makes a record catch of nine fish in local waters this season at Silver Beach. The catch weighed four ounces per fish with large scales and a total around nine fish reported with accompanying details from ILA El Reach on September 13.
In Munich on September 19 Max Soul the former Spartacan leader and five associates were condemned to death for the murder of hostages during the Soviet campaign. Josef Seidl and Herren Selerhoger Wil Purzet and Sehmer also got death sentences. Seven others received fifteen years penal servitude. The prisoners faced the verdict calmly before a military guard.
Philp Thorsey of Huntington sues Anna V Thorsey alleging she took $1,000 and $91,000 in money from a local bank and that a property transfer to John Mrosko was fraudulent. He seeks $490 damages and a half interest in the property, claiming his wife acted without warrant and the deal defrauded his rights in Superior Court.
Ansonia resident Manville, aged, was critically injured yesterday afternoon after a fall down a flight of stairs at Fountain House. He is hospitalized at Gustin Hospital with serious injuries.
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