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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1920
Page
13
An apparent summary from Hartford reports the pension fund for the quarter ending March addressing administrative actions and allocations to widows' suppport. The note references Esten and the board, with unclear names and figures due to OCR issues.
Boston report states officials claim a communist strategy guides national actions. Proceedings reference five individuals and legal acts tied to authority and safety measures amid disputed charges involving German and domestic actors.
Miss Mary Wilon Apple of Alban Pennsylvania was found dead in Gonrar Woods near Versailles Sunday evening. D Noung, head of the Society of Offenses Organization, states no autopsy will be performed. Body disposition awaits family instructions from Allentown.
Chairman Good of the appropriations committee opened a discussion on a cash bonus for veterans, estimating potential cost near four billion dollars. He cited opposition from American Legion posts and argued the payment would spur unemployment and tax strain, while supporters claimed it honored those who did not go to war.
In New York owners and mine workers negotiate a new wage contract as the union seeks a 6 cent per day increase. A counter offer from operators will be studied after a brief afternoon session with miners and operators adjourning to tomorrow. Workers demand a clause for pay for two hours when entry to the mine is blocked by lack of employment. Operators may assign workers to other tasks if coal is unavailable.
In an annual session in New Haven on April 30 the Connecticut Society of Found Patriots chose Tracy Warren of Bridgeport as partner. Deputy governor Laurence L. Lewis of Waterbury and secretary Arthur Z. Gook of Waterbury were named among officers and counselors. Rev. John F. Davenport of Waterbury served as chaplain, with Ernest B. Elworth of Hartford as state attorney and Arthur Adams of Hartford as genealogy historian.
Bon Matthew Caplan of 272 Maple Wood Avenue was arraigned in City Court yesterday on charges of stealing an automobile owned by Robert C. Hadley of 409 Washington Avenue. The car was parked in front of Hadley’s home when a witness identified it and Ranger officers recovered it. Caplan allegedly altered the vehicle’s markings to hide ownership.
London reports official quarters show Japanese casualties reaching two thousand in the Siberian campaign that seized Nikolsk and Rhebarovss from Russian forces. The dispatch notes the Russian front saw heavy action as Japanese troops advanced, with subsequent Allied and Russian assessments of the engagements.
Regular sizes 75 cents extra sizes 85 cents. SES 1.00. Main floor. Double an extra size very large s style only.
A new Rider Haggard novel “Allan Quartermain” revival shown. Medium chest priced 17.00 large 25.00. Exhibit in basement displays art fabrics for draperies tapestries and printed linens Geneva cloths with novel weaves and patterns. Also a sale price 1.75 for the book.
The piece notes improvement while avoiding obstruction to progress and mentions a spring cleanup producing burnable refuse. It describes two styles of heavy wire with covers, raised on short standards for better draft. Prices listed: 2.00 2.75 3.50 and 4.00 5.50 7.00. Basement
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