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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1920
Page
14
In Ilford on April 2 the highway construction faced a delay due to a short supply of material. Work is to resume next week if the weather stays fair, with construction having started recently but paused for material shortages and weather considerations.
Amusements note Miss Wilk as a leading woman producer with a heavy week at Lyric theatre presenting a farce about sleepwalking and bedroom scenes amid a chorus of musical comedy. The week features The Heart, The Common Law with Clara Kimball Young, The Lion Man, Sennett comedy, and Pathe News plus Lyric Orchestra. West End shows Judy at Rogues Bar and Realart features Ellesworth. Hippodrome offers The Amazing Woman with Ruth Clifford and a Christie comedy. The Jellicoe Street Called Straight screens at Jelité, while Park and others present big comedies and Mollie Williams Greatest Show at Pars Theater.
A noisy program review notes diverse vaudeville acts headlining the Empire and a Jack Pickford feature at the Strand. Performers include The Ward Sisters Dooly Bele 4 man and a male dancer while musical acts and a violinist appear. The Blood Barrier Brady saga and Gloria Agpe in Burgla also feature, with audience applause noted.
Washington April 29 The Department of Justice reports radical May Day demonstrations include plots against federal and state officials with assassinations and assaults linked to the Communist Labor Party effort. Palmer says inflamed literature and emissaries circulated. several small fires occurred in Goldendale area as part of unrest.
Open Shantung question noted as Tokyo relays to Minister Obata in Peking a renewed push to reopen negotiations with the Chinese government over the return of Shantung territory to Japan. The report cites semi official statements signaling continued diplomatic effort in April.
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