14 Apr 1921
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1921
Page
1
Washington April 13 Congress pressed Harding program as the House moved to speed the emergency tariff bill. The day featured partisan clashes as lawmakers aligned on the Fordney tariff measure and a Knox bill to end the state of war was sent to the Senate.
Kent Viviani the French envoy and former premier told the Federal Council of Churches in America in New York that France’s wartime help amounted to moral aid only and urged unity in defense of liberty and religious tolerance. He cited Lemartine’s line about France being the Christ of humanity.
Senators in Hartford hear Senate bill 444 to abolish the tax commissioners office and return tax levying to four commissioners. Senator Delaney introduced the measure and has urged its support, saying it curbs political abuse of the office and serves Bridgeport's interests. A large delegation is expected at today’s Capitol hearing.
Senator Kellogg of Minnesota denounces ratification of the 24 million dollar Colombian Treaty as a pusillanimous act and a shadow on American achievements. He cites U.S. role under President Roosevelt in events surrounding Panama's revolt.
Article outlines President Harding's approach to forming a nation association through joint signatures with allied powers in a contractual obligation, and, if needed, separate treaties with willing nations. It discusses avoiding permanent European peace until German indemnities are settled with the United States, and whether the US can secure unified support or proceed with key allies and potentially face consequences for nonalignment.
Assistant Engineer Mulligan is named chief engineer to replace the late Charles A Kelley. Captain Lee retires after a chronic nervous disorder prompting a leave of absence. board awaits Comley’s formal opinion on demoted officers. Next week’s meeting may appoint captains and fill engine company posts amid funds shortage for Pleasure Head property protection.
Partial text reports an Illinois train wreck near Quincy involving a Reading Hoge line? coaches and passengers. The crash caused injuries to eleven people when a train changed down a 20 foot bank embankment three miles east of a Missouri line.
Ambition for postwar order and alliance status cited in President Harding’s Yap missive. Conflicting views on immediate peace and separate pacts underlie hopes for wider Allied support, with France and Britain urged to back American rights amid tense negotiations and uneasy consensus in Europe.
A garbled report recounts the life of William Allen a fourteen year old Black youth from Highland Street Day Revel. The text describes a hold up and hospital scene with ambulance arrival and questions of care. The piece references police and medical staff and a seeming vigil over a troubled incident.
A funnel shaped cloud struck Melissa Texas killing several children and leaving the town of about 1,000 homeless. Wires were down, isolation prevailed, and reports say the town was burning as rescue efforts began.
The British premier signals an opening for renewed miner negotiations while a triple alliance manifesto presses policy. Democrats oppose the emergency tariff bill and rally support, urging restraint as parliamentary division and treasury concerns dominate the debate.
Delegations urging clemency for Eugene Vu Tebs and others convicts meet President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty in Washington. Labor groups press for releases while rail officials warn deficits under wartime costs and potential service reductions on the New Haven Central New England line.
Locomotive firemen and engineers join strike ranks along with other workers whose attitude is doubtful. Government remains firm on refusing to consider portions of labor's demand. Premier Ghorge provides a further opening for negotiations in London.
Weather forecast from April 13 notes mostly clear skies along the East Massachusetts coast with calm conditions. Observations cite positions near New Haven and Bridgeport areas as reference points, with temperatures and lunar timing listed in the almanac style report.
The Telegraph publishes Josephus Daniels war era narrative revealing the Navy's wartime mobilization plan and secret documents showing Germany's U boat strategy. It details how Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, described shock events, state actions, and the Navy's readiness as U boats attacked and Washington prepared for intervention.
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