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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1920
Page
16
The schooner Trio arrived yesterday from Mat Lo with 720 bushels of potatoes. They will be sold to Bridgeport Housewives at the dock at the foot of Wall Street.
The Tao Methodist church of Milmomd will hold its annual event on Sunday with a bus departure at 9 oclock to Beardsley and Edgeport for games and sports, inviting all members to participate.
Washington reports quote Eamonn De Valera denying knowledge of any Irish government funds allocated to a Sinn Fein effort to back a U.S. presidential campaign. He insists no official notification exists and rejects tying allocations to partisan purposes while stressing he has avoided taking sides in American politics.
Chicago August 10 The railroad labor board granted a 16 cent per hour raise to most American Railway Express Company workers totaling about 30 million dollars retroactive to May 1 The new wage increase applies to five employee classes with uniform 10 cent lifts except 2 500 shop men who got 19 cents The decision leaves rules and working conditions unchanged and mirrors a prior $600 million railway raise issued last month Washington recommendations floated to raise express rates by 40 million dollars to cover wage costs will be reviewed by the Interstate Commerce Commission with T G Harrison saying the rise is to be funded by the express company.
Conrad Janke, a Bridgeport native and actor living in New York, turned himself in to police on Monday night admitting he dodged the draft. He claimed he registered first under the initial call, fled to Panama during the second order, and returned fearing arrest.
Meriden Aug 10 Joseph Nigugoda saloon keeper was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to a Gary by the poles court today despite protesting he sold a non alcoholic drink named sunshine not moonshine whiskey. Joseph Konarski another saloon keeper was discharged and Niczro na’s bartender will be tried.
The Logomobile band will perform at Sunnyside Park offering a program of classical pieces old favorites and some of the newest dance music for a broad audience this evening.
Antonio Buseau of Trumbull Road was arrested Sunday for discharging a shotgun in city limits and fined 25 dollars plus costs in city court Saturday morning.
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