Resignations Highlight Police Board Meeting Amid Controversy
The Bridgeport police board accepted resignations of Patrolmen Grim and Gorga s as a firing threat and charges lingered after a 20 year old accuser. The board commended Patrolman Stowe for his role in a recent incident while stamping others’ actions as exonerated. A new special policeman was appointed and restaurant music permits were granted along with a German relief drive plan.
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Maze
Tin J. Griffin
Clifford M. Gorgas
Garah Babcock
Norwalk
Grim Nor
Gonmia
Ingamuch
AL Toy
Routhé
Non AH
Redgate
Herbert L. Stowe
Yaynich
Stowe
Matstaughtar
Savan
Peter Kehoe
Joseph EH. Kehlman
Wwilmot Avenue
Edward J. Wee*han
Cedar Street
Joseph Casillo
Casilllo
Fairfield Ave
Nué
American Relief Fund
Schwabben Hall
Germany
Bridgeport
Park Board Grants Plane Base Permit
Park commissioners approved sketches by Clinton Barnum for remodeling the Seaside barns into an athletic facility. Work to begin soon and target completion by early summer. James Graham reappointed supervisor at Seaside. Lee C Schmidt named keeper at Beardsley.
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Pure Board
Clinton
Barnum Steles
Anower
ALS
James Graham Wad
Geaside Park
Homes Keezan
Jeurper
Seaside
Lee C Schmidt
Keep
Beardsley Park
Lincoln Center Reopens With 600 Plus in Attendance
Miss Veronica Donahue led the Blessed Sacrament junior choir in a community tunetton at Lincoln School bust night. The program, planned by M. E. Bassett, featured "Cums to O Mountain" and a tableau with junior choir members, plus a tap dancing finale supervised by Grace Little. The event ran to 10 30 and promises another program next Thursday with local talent.
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Veronica Donahue
Edith Frillen
Hulda Conray
Helen Shuh
Ruth McEnerew
Maury Garet Gan
Grace ‘Little
Turkes and Armenians in Vigorous Battles
News blares reports of ongoing fighting between Mustapha Kemal forces and Armenian defenders amid sieges in eastern Asia Minor. A dispatch from New York notes Hassan Beverly sent to Germany carries the latest account of the clash and military movement.
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Washington
Mustapha Kemel
Survi
Eadhin
Acom Asia Minor
Hassan Bevley
Rail managers give men until tomorrow
Rail managers extended the deadline for workers, with continued debates on strike action. The piece notes disruptions across Jersey City Hoboken and mentions efforts to reroute services and restore normal operations. Tempo remains tense as unions press demands and management assesses next steps.
New York Longshoremen Vote At Mass Meeting To Stay Out Of Strike
New York April 14 Coastwise longshoremen on strike for five weeks joined a general strike from Boston to Galveston. At a mass meeting they voted not to return to work until they receive the same wages as deep sea longshoremen. They demand 9 cents more per hour, and overtime and holiday rates raised from 1 to 1.20 dollars per hour.
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New York
Boston
Galveston
Two Killed in Clash Between Detectives and Negroes at B and G Yards
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on April 1, two railroad detectives and five African Americans clashed at the Baltimore and Ohio yards. Detective Ben Ikohut, 3 years old, was killed. James Wright, a Black man from Townsown, died later. Five suspects were arrested earlier for suspicion, released, and threatened to return for the officers.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Ben Ikohut
Connellsville
Juliet
James Wright
Townsown
Poliee
Philadelphia shop strikers accept managers offer
A Philadelphia district committee representing various shop crafts accepted the management offer to settle grievances within the company. It promised that striking workers would return to work at once, ending the dispute.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Aes
Palmer red statements cited by Gompers in Cleveland
Samuel Gompers commented in Cleveland on April 15 that Attorney General Palmer sees only red. He criticized the view that agitators and the press on railroad strikes were responsible for unrest, urging a broader examination of the charges.
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Queveland
Palmer
Jg Red
Samuel Gompers
Yeds
Railroad Sirtlee
Palmer lies declared by Foster in statement
Pittsburg April 11 Willan me Foster who organized the steel racket and directed it until it collapsed said today that Attorney General Palmer lied when he raided. Foster asserted the roster included six or seven names and claimed Palmer knew it.
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Pittsburg
Willanme Foster
Gene Aietend
Mitchell Palmer
Son
Unclear OCR Text on Strike and Charges
Fragmentary report describes organizers, a strike then liquidations and charges against attorney Ker Piney. Mentions bank figures and attendees, with unclear names and dates. No coherent event or outcome is verifiable from the readable fragments.
New Haven Freight Handlers Go Out on Strike
Twenty five freight handlers at Rolle Dock in New Haven, employed by the New England Steamboat company, walked off today on union orders from New York. Providence dispatches report that workers at the New Tings Navigation company sites joined or considered action after Marine Workers' Union headquarters ordered sympathy action. other lines remained at work this evening.
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New Havien
Rolie Dock
New Eng Inn Steunship Company
Awit
New York
Providence
New Tings Navigation Company
Orfis
Marine Workers’ Union
Owew York
Marghanis
Bay State
Colonial Line
Columbus Switchmen Vote to Remain Out
Columbus O April 16 Approximately 400 railroad switch men here tonight voted to remain out while railway officials prepare to discuss demands. Captain Edward Bourke, a Roosevelt protégé, retires from the New York Police Department after 28 years of service.
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Columbus Switchmen
Columbus
Bombie Jeetiuiles
New York
Edward J. Bourke
Yollee
Cea
Theydore Roosevelt
Eve Roosevelt
Nike Callahan
St. Velt
Bourke
Weather outlook for Southern New England and Mississippi districts
Cloudy with showers and cooler by Saturday across Southern New England and eastern New York. Showery weather expected Friday and Saturday for most districts of the Mississippi region. Temperatures will be lower Saturday across the middle Atlantic and New England states. Winds along the Atlantic coast north of Sandy Hook to Hatteras, with cloudy weather and showers. Almanac notes and station readings from New Haven and other cities show varied cloudiness and chances of rain.
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New Vi
Mississipi
New Haven
Lus Co
Atlanta
Atlan Clear
Pasion
Buffalo
Denver
Hartford Clouy Tatteras Lane
Agekeynville
Rounais City
New Faven Clowes
Orieng
Clowey
York
Norfolk
Pittsburgh
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Hoboken
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Gompers
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Ker Piney
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