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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1921
Page
5
The piece argues that automakers bear little road upkeep cost while railroads pay for roadbeds. It notes public taxes fund roadbeds and suggests auto owners should fund road construction via mileage fees or tolls. The administration resists federal road aid, seeking local maintenance provisions and non-federal subsidies.
The administration must push through a sound tax measure amid potential party splits in Congress and rising popular resentment at the polls, a key test of its legislative agenda.
A report by Edward M. Yeoman referee in bankruptcy recommends criminal prosecution for embezzlement and misappropriation by Frisble & Co. members, a bankrupt stock brokerage firm. Hugh M. Alcorn, state’s attorney, will decide later this week on possible action while on vacation. Prosecution was foreshadowed during reclamation hearings over firm’s disposal of securities clients bought and paid for.
Federal probes traced a widespread network of fake factories withdrawing large alcohol quantities under permit. A mother company and fourteen subsidiaries looted 2,704 gallons of alcohol in a year, shipping medicines camouflaged with flavoring extracts while official action shuttered the operation, filed penalties, and indicted ring leaders.
A secret ballot election for a new employees committee at Pennsylvania Railroad was directed by the U S railroad labor board. The ruling requires absolute ballot secrecy and a conference by August to plan the election. Pennsylvania officials indicated no action as the deadline neared.
A letter reportedly penned by Mrs Madelynus Obenchain to John B Kennedy and signed Mrs J Belton Kennedy surfaced in Los Angeles. Officials say the undated note written likely in Evanston Ill shows reconciliation with Kennedy and hints at a quarrel. Investigators press on a shotgun search in Beverly Hills where Kennedy was killed and plan further questioning of Arthur C Burch. a Chicago gun-repair receipt was found in Burch a wallet. The diary places Obenchain in Evanston January and June, with multiple meetings with Belton and B, and the August 1 entry notes a planned beach conference that did not occur. Reports add the Pennsylvania railroad board may act per demands.
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