05 Aug 1920
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
1
President Harding calls for a peace oriented vision at home to avoid imported racial antagonisms tied to abroad strength. He emphasizes concord as the great national need and rejects expansionist policy as a path to unity.
The Crank, a wealthy, unnamed man suspected in the kidnapping of a 13 month old child in Norristown, Pa., was arrested in Egg Harbor New Jersey after a large police operation. Authorities say the baby is believed to be with others who do not know its location.
Washington August 4 Suffrage leaders fear Tennessee desertions by pledged legislators threaten timely ratification of the National Suffrage amendment. Defeat there would likely prevent women from voting in the forthcoming presidential and congressional elections, while North Carolina votes August 10 and is viewed as unfavorably disposed.
New York August 4 Jimmy Shanks of Park Row runs Uncle Bill's pawn shop and warns that easy money days are over. Tight money limits loans to about 100 dollars, causing people to sell diamonds worth six to seven hundred. Jewelry lenders report soft jobs disappearing as national living ages approach.
Danbury gathering of 1,200 Republicans honors Rep Schuyler Merritt as Gov Marcus Holcomb says women will vote rationally for the Republican ticket once constitutional suffrage is achieved. He argues Congress must enforce treaties and warns over League of Nations decisions. Page Two continuation noted.
Bridgeport faces a trolleyless city as jitney bus monopoly grows. Rush hours bring overflowing buses and crowded street corners while residents complain of slower main routes. Connecticut Co remains silent as city questions shift to local action amid staffing rumors.
A terse note from Tokyo replies to a US remonstrance over Saghalen Island asserting Japan’s claim rests on mainland ties. US officials doubt any legitimate right to annex Saghalien beyond a mainland district, deeming Japan’s reasoning duplicitous and lacking justified land transfer.
At Silver Beach on Winchester avenue two mothers, Minnie Barnelli and Brinbisi, fought in front of children, hair loss, scratches, and injuries reported. A crowd separated them. Milford police detained both in bonds of 20 dollars each for trial on breach of the peace charges.
August 4 reports from Topeka indicate strong gains for Sen Curtis and Gov Allen in renomination bids. Curtis led John A Edwards two to one, while Allen's edge over George Snow of Oakland grew to three to one. Democratic contest for governor remained undecided due to sparse returns with Jonathan Dovly leading on available votes.
London April 4. Bes William Gervish headmaster at Magdalen College Lincolnshire orders pupils to fasten collars high and forbids long hair or wearing bows. He threatens expulsion for students who show hairstyles or sit in ways that encourage fashionable dress.
Five destroyers patrol Miami harbor entrance under Wilson order to prevent landing of the Western Union cable from Barbados. The British owned Colonial would land the American end, linking to a British line. State Department warns the master such landing violates American law. British embassy notified. Work began last summer. permit requests paused awaiting international talks in Washington in September.
London dispatch notes Polish administration considering immediate evacuation of Warsaw as Red Army nears within thirty five miles, archives reportedly moved to Cracow for protection. British and French actions in readiness for potential peace talks and military movements across Europe unfold amid uncertain armistice prospects.
London August 4 Polan d and Ireland pressed Premier Lloyd George on dominion home rule during a busy day. A deputation from Dublin and Cork urged immediate Ireland home rule while meeting with the prime minister along with Sir Stanley Harrington and Andrew Bonar Law among others.
The Knights of Columbus in New York adopted resolutions supporting a free and independent Ireland and urging U S recognition of the Republic of Ireland. DeValera’s letter cited British violence in Ireland and urged America to renounce backing the Irish coercion as unjust. The convention ends tomorrow with a pilgrimage to Rome beginning in the afternoon.
Washington reports that coal prices will rise due to new interstate freight increases. The American Wholesale Coal Association says soft coal will rise 40 cents to 1.25 per ton and hard coal about 1 dollar per ton, boosting annual coal costs by at least 75 million dollars.
Federal investigators in Boston struggle to explain the foreign exchange profits of Charles Ponzi, whose ascent sparked confidence and curiosity across the nation. A flux of investors sought refunds as authorities pursue whether Ponzi’s methods were legal, with note bundles totaling over 500000 displayed and the man resisting full disclosure.
New York Aug 4 Seventeen American Near East relief workers and one English woman were held as virtual prisoners in Adana for over two months. Relief worker Clara L. Bisset of Milford Connecticut listed among captives. News dispatched from Cyprus via Near East relief notes famine threats and aid efforts amid Armenian killings.
Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson, will leave Washington tomorrow for Dayton to represent the President at the formal notification of George S. Cox as the Democratic presidential nominee.
London April 4. Faced with the prospect Red Russian armies may occupy Warsaw within three days, British cabinet ministers met today to discuss a protest to the Moscow Soviet government over the treatment of Polish armistice commissions and to clarify the terms of the armistice.
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