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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1921
Page
6
Veaseington April 25 The War Department announced a sale of surplus canned meats valued around 1,000,000 pounds to Thomas Roberts and Company of Philadelphia for 5,316,276 dollars. The goods cost 34 cents per pound to the government, while current market price averaged 21 cents.
Mr. Wainwright said the War Department had for months tried to dispose of the surplus and planned to sell to foreign governments if a buyer had not been found. The sale price was approximately 1 to 2 cents.
The Wrenen steamer Roussillon from Serre was held at Quarantine after officers reported the death of a child from smallpox. Aneit 20 steerage passengers were moved to Hoffman Island for vaccination and observation.
Marine planes returned safely to Bolling Field after a 5000 mile flight from Fayetteville NC. The expedition, led by Major T C Turner, was escorted by three other planes and originally aimed to fly from Washington to the Virgin Islands. An outbreak of bubonic plague at San Domingo redirected the route to San Domingo, Porto Rico.
Porto Rico April 22 railway strike suspends all railroad service including mails. About 800 of 3,100 employees are out. Strikers protested a discharged station agent and the company’s refusal to reinstate him.
In Boston on April 2 a labor dispute among women workers in garment shops near Summer and Hawley sparked a crowd of hundreds. Fistfights and pepper spray disrupted business districts until police restored order. Maria Lastella and Josephine Madzok were arrested on related charges. Lena Garmon, leader of the alleged attack, was en route to her job.
The naval appropriation bill valued at 390 million dollars would cut naval personnel from 143000 to 100000 and is expected to be taken up by the House appropriations committee. It includes 90000000 for continuing capital ship construction authorized in 1916. Separately, seventy five chauffeurs were robbed of 5000 dollars in Buffalo by four men at a club on East Eagle Street, escaping in a car.
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