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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1918
Page
4
The House reconsidered the third Liberty bond bill and amended it to limit how local governments tax bank holdings. Under prior versions a bank could dodge local taxes by heavy Liberty bond purchases. The Senate finance committee informally discussed the bill and largely approved its main provisions.
Washington April 2 More than 200000 applications for war risk insurance filed by naval service officers and men on March 41 average policy 7300 dollars totaling over 1500000000 dollars. After a man passes 000 he is as young as he feels but seldom looks the part.
Washington April 2 Today's casualty list contained 22 names. It notes deaths by wounds accidents and disease including Second Lieutenant John R. Graham Second Lieutenant John B. Graham and Private Eugene W. Elston. Several officers and enlisted men were wounded or ill with pneumonia diphtheria and cirrhosis among the listed.
London April 2 The Russian government via a wireless statement says neither central nor local authorities are sending Red Guards to Finland. It asks the German government to report any information of Red Guards entering Finland and warns of severe measures for any such incursions.
Washington April 12 Vice Admiral William Lowther Grant commander in chief of the British forces on the West Indian station has taken up quarters in Washington as liaison officer of the British embassy. He succeeds Commodore Guy Gaunt whose naval attache duties will be handled by Captain Gerald Saurin. Commodore Gaunt returns to England immediately with undisclosed plans.
Sherman Tex April 2 Charles A Schneider a German enemy alien with no registration card jailed today charged with setting fire to grain warehouses at Howe last Friday destroying 80000 bushels of grain and 14 buildings He possessed maps of the US wheat and cotton belts in his possession CUBA'S PRESIDENT HONORED Menocal honored by France Brand cross of legion of honor awarded to President Menocal Havana April 2
An advertisement promotes a lemon based skin lotion using three ounces of orchard white and two lemons to create a quarter pint. It claims to whiten freckles, reduce sallowness and tan, soften skin, and improve facial hands and arms with daily massage.
The treasury issues one million Leyendecker posters for a final ten day Boy Scout drive led by President Wilson. Scouts will canvass house to house as "cleaners after the reapers" aiming to build on $23,288 2650 in the first drive and $102,084 106 in the second. The two by three foot eight color poster promotes the effort.
Washington April 2 The Senate opened debate on the Overman bill to give the President broad power to coordinate and reorganize war making agencies. Opponents seek amendments denouncing autocratic authority, while Overman insists the bill adds no new power only clarifies how the President executes Congress’s laws. He argues urgency due to department confusion amid wartime.
Paris reports German overtures via the Holy See seeking the return of Alsace Lorraine inhabitants who fled to France in exchange for an equal number of French civilians from invaded districts. Cardinal Gasparri sent the offer to Baron Denys Cochin, who declined to act as intermediary to avoid recognizing Alsatians as German subjects.
More than a dozen marriage licenses were issued at the town clerk’s office in a spring surge. The list includes Griffith William Jones 27 tiller 452 Remington Street with Neisy Ann Briggs 22 872 Tond Street, among others such as John J. Duffy 24 inspector 626 Lincoln Street and Mari Elizabeth Meanan 22 Main Street, Tsang Levnda 43 baker and Lina Knopp 37 Stamford, Fortunaio Gurnora 27 barber and Antonin Salvaxerco 17 Stratford, Michael Moe ffitt 28 laborer 259 Sixth Street and Anna Sheu 29 same address, Trudy Chaini 26 same, Frank Wathnng 33 factory 4160 Sprines Street.
Charles A. Tropwood appointed administrator for the estate of J. Leon Vehn after a petition filed in the county court. The petition notes the estate valued at $300 with a single tank as the known contents.
Two blasts injured and killed workers at chemical plants near Buffalo and Pittsburgh. A Flannery Bolt Co. oil cyanet explosion at Bridgeville caused multiple casualties as workers, some unable to recover, were transported by special train. Initial reports claimed five dead. National guard or police involvement not confirmed.
Clerks at the Bridgeport post office have been instructed to refuse any packages for American soldiers in France unless accompanied by written requests approved by the regimental commander. The order covers parcel post express and freight shipments but not letters or other first class mail.
A fragment discusses dress fabrics and colors described as indefinite, inconspicuous navy and blues with taupe gray and burgundy. It praises Black Silk as a versatile dress fabric for all occasions, noting its easy care, wipeability, and stain removal with water. It asserts silk washes well and offers long service.
Advertises one yard wide Black Satin Satin Rage at $2.50 now $1.95. Colored Taffetas in spring and summer shades offered at $2.25 now $1.69 per yard. Taffetas with hair-line stripes in gray black blue on sale at $2.25 now $1.69.
An ad listing Garden of Allah and Violet Brut Toilets Waters with prices and sizes, including Djer Kiss and Gardenia, plus Smileage Books for soldiers. It promotes Percales and Ginghams in spring patterns, 36 inches wide at 25 to 59 cents a yard, on the third floor. Hermann Hagedorn's Where Do You Stand, German-American edition, 50 cents.
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