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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
16
Lawrence Mississippi August 16 The Pacific Mills announces reopening October 1 restoring old wage scale retroactive to September 5 for workers returning immediately. Rev Fr James T O Reilly chairman of Citizens Strike committee calls it a great victory for operators and urges workers to return. other mills expected to follow.
Washington Aug 16 Major W. TF. Lent of New York was named District Manager of the Second Veterans bureau district with headquarters in New York City Director Forbes announced Lent has led the bureau Employment service for the second district covering New York Connecticut and New Jersey and oversees the vocational training for more than 13000 discharged former service men.
Ernant Dunshaw, recently arrested for impersonating a policeman, was committed to the state insane hospital at Norwich by order of Governor Lake after doctors deemed him insane. A separate London note reports Lord Northcliffe's death, with King George sending condolences to Lady Northcliffe.
Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo is advertised as pure greaseless and cheap. Two or three teaspoonfuls in warm water create a rich lather that cleanses and rinses easily. It claims to leave hair soft, bright, fluffy, and free of dust and dandruff, with no drying effect on the scalp.
In Los Angeles a hidden Ku Klux Klan oath was revealed at the trial of 36 Klansmen accused in the Inglewood masked mob violence. Prosecution says the oath pledges allegiance to a so called eligible government over the United States.
Paris Aug 19 Henry Morgenthau outlines a plan to form a $50,000,000 international corporation to reorganize Austrian industry and save its intellectual life. He argues for external, benevolent yet decisive leadership, with aims to mobilize Austrian wealth, attract deposits, and develop Vienna's art, industry, and tourism.
Chicago August 16 Professor Rollin D Salisbury noted scientist traveler and University of Chicago faculty member died after illness began June 4. He was an authority on geology and geography and a member of the Peary Arctic Rescue Expedition reaching Commodore Peary in the Arctic regions in 1892. Born Spring Prairie Wisconsin August 17 1848.
FALL RIVER Mass August 16 Peter Deriski held on first degree murder charge after police say he clubbed his wife Mary and 14 year old step daughter over the head with an axe following a quarrel. Both women died in a hospital.
Maurice Kaan aged sixteen of 129 Madison Avenue sustained a fracture of the right wrist while cranking an automobile yesterday. John Gossack, four, of Golden Red Avenue, was bitten on the right tile finger by a dog yesterday and treated at Emergency Hospital by Dr. B J Susalin.
Aug 16 New Britain announces a 150 room hotel to cost between 600000 and 700000 dollars. The American Tfotel corporation will build on the old St Mark's church site at West Main and Washington streets. It will likely be named the Ettbu Burritt after a noted resident.
New York Aug 16 A firefighter William F P Hogan kept passengers calm during a subway car tilt smoke incident. His reassuring shouts and quick actions halted a potential crush toward station doors as the train reached the platform and passengers moved to the street.
Montreal August 16 At least twelve boys died in a fire that destroyed the Jewish Boys Home at Shawbridge Inn last night. Up to noon today twelve bodies were recovered from the ruins and feared more lives were lost. Most victims were under 15 years old and burned beyond recognition.
Eph Tantext of New Bedford, a presumed escapee, appeared in court yesterday morning after allegedly stealing 2300 dollars from Miss Igaret Majotches and vanishing weeks before their wedding. He was bound over to the Criminal Superior Court in bonds set at 2000 dollars.
Ten automobiles seized by enforcement agents because they were used to transport liquor were auctioned by the United States Marshal in New Haven and brought in 91,254. In New York, Joseph Viola, a tailor, shot his wife Emna in their kitchen and then killed himself. Mrs. Viola was taken to a hospital with a neck wound and was not expected to survive.
Moran Transportation barges 20 and 60 brought Aug 3 are condemned and sit at City Ice and Coal dock. Pearl oyster sloop at California street undergoes overhauling. Lake submarine 48 expected back in Bridgeport after government tests. Starpack tows soft coal to City Ice and Coal. Yard coal delayed. Starbuck to New Haven. Captain Benedict operates motor boat Anna for Bridgeport Motor Works.
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