Baldwin Regime Signals Policy Reversal On Impart Duty
The Baldwin government outlines plans to reverse taxes on certain imports and limit duties to general rules, arguing against country-specific tariffs. The debate highlights opposition from Snowder and Lloyd George, with emphasis on safeguarding industries and potential trade treaties. Lady Astor stirs interest with a bold new hat during parliamentary proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Asoviated Press
Macdonald
Dean
Labor
Philip Snowder
Lloyd George
Lady Astor
Liquor Law Violators Given Jail Sentences
Harold J Sames and Frank Finnegan Voth of 21 Adams Avenue South Norwalk were fined 209 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Justice John H Selleck at town court suspended the jail terms. State Policeman Francis trailed a vehicle carrying 30 cases of liquor used to transport contraband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarien
Arem Service
Byron
Harold J. Sames
Frank Finnegan
Voth
Adams Avenue
South Nore Walk
Jal
John H. Selleck
Fown Court
Francis
James
Winnegan
House vote to bar firearms from mail orders
A House action aims to ban sending pistols and firearms through the mail. Proponents argue the change would prevent illegal shipments while not hindering legal sale, manufacture, or possession. The measure targets mail order and house delivery channels nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dev
Meetings Tonight At Various Local Groups
A jumble of club notices lists gatherings and meetings across Bridgeport and surrounding areas. It mentions Star of the East and Italo American organizations, Bridgeport Philately, and other fraternal, ritual, and social groups with locations on Union Avenue Main Street Noble Avenue and central meeting halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of the East
Saepheris O. Pethieher
Union Avenue
Wezompom
R. M. Ylea
State
Bridgeport Philately
Meigs
Bridgepo
San A
Zoe
Gareolo Koma
Noble Ave
Sean T O Ceallaigh to Speak Here Irish Organizer
Sean T O Ceallaigh and an Irish Republic organizer are announced to speak at a public mass meeting on Sunday afternoon December 21 in Brissire theatre. The event promotes Irish independence and the Revoguation of the British rule, with speakers linked to the American Association and Irish national groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sean T. O’ceallaigh
Irish Republic
Brissire
American Association
Lael
Lealawe
Sepubtic Sealey Bt
Elie Pee
Hucal
Kameoorn Tey
Britain's Ancient Mystery Solved
An analysis dispels the belief Stonehenge and related structures in the British Isles are remnants of Druids or Westminster Abbey. It explains that megalithic sites are Neolithic or older and built in stages, with variants across England and the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malna
British Isles
Salisbury Plain
Westminster Abbey
Britain
Waterbury
Forrest L. Knapp Ordained at United Church
Forrest L. Knapp was ordained at the United Church in a Congregational ceremony. An ecclesiastical council met at 4:30 p.m. with pastors from various Congregational churches in attendance. Rev. Maurice J. Lamekles led invocation and service followed by Rev. Henry Wallan Tweedy and Rev. Horace Day DD who gave the ordination sermon and charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamipp
Kinagy
Coudon
Maurice J. Lamekles
Henry Wallan Tweedy
Afessor Vale Divinity
Horace Day
John Itt
Baldwin Testifies in Strikers Case
Roger Baldwin, director of the American Civil Liberties Union, was the star witness for the defense in a case against silk strikers. He denied being a millionaire and described his background as a Harvard graduate and former governor. He said his interest in the strike was to safeguard free speech and free assemblage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
Roger Baldwin
Atcertoan Iyil Fiberting Union
of Pine
Tapelty Hall
Livin
Harvard
Canent
Itis
Moore Installed as Legion Commander
The Fairfield LY Amelia Legion organization of command and adjutants from various posts met in Sterling Memorial to install George Moor of Bridgeport as County Commander and conduct business with guests in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield LY
Amelia Legion
Sterling
Stratford
George Moor
Bridgeport
Stonehenge as Bronze Age temple and sacred site across Britain
The text traces Stonehenge to Bronze Age sacred use linking it with Bronze Age burial groups in Sulmnary Plain and comparing it to similar tombs in Britain and Ireland. It discusses the trade of red glass beads from the Mediterranean, Minoan influence, and suggests Stonehenge as a temple used long before the classical period, with evolving interpretations through the Bronze Age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulmnary Plain
Britain
Ireland
Seolbeen
Gaul
Egypt
Stonehenge
Eld
British Isles
Pythias
Cornwalla Lao Light
Pfory
Doremembraneca
Slonenengs
Fesarte
Elers
Cory
Kirepeitshire
Policeman Surprised by Five Robbers at City Store
In Chicago on a December day a uniformed officer entering a fashionable store was overpowered by five robbers. They warned him not to draw his weapon and dragged him to a rear room with others. The bandits escaped with about $60,000 in jewelry and cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chucago
Death of John J. Ford Former Bridgeport Alderman
John J. Ford former alderman from the Second district dies at his Bridgeport home 600 Myrtle avenue after a brief illness. Born in Bridgeport he served three terms as alderman and was active in politics and municipal affairs. He was 61 and survived by his wife a son and two sisters. Funeral at Sacred Heart church with interment at St Michael's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert 4. Brown
Olivet Congregational Church
Z. F. Rutledge Brake
Forkstreet
Forrest L. Knapp
Elmer Beardsley
Colorado
Mr. Knapp
Fort Colling
Yale Divinity School
Y.M.I. A
Bridgeport
United , Church
Eecclesiastical Council
Bethany
Olivet
Black Rock
Kings Highway
West End
John A. Cornell
John J. Ford
Alerman
Second
Myrtle Avenue
Killian
Sacred Heart Church
Harold
Mary
Anna Ford
The
Elks
Woodmen of
St. Michael's
Cemeten
South End
Ford
Jane Valve Company
Harman Widow Dies Prompting Silver Plant Shutdown
The Harman silver plant in Graf ton closed at 4 this afternoon out of respect for Mrs. John F. Harman wife of the Handy and Barman Co. chairman. She died in New York City yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiarman Ailver
Grafton
John F. Harman
Handy and Barman Company
New York City
Yale Alumni Board Awards No Prize for Yale Song
Yale University committees under the alumni advisory board said no award will be given in the recent contest for the $1,000 Yale song prize. The decision follows the prior competition, with words invited from Yale students and alumni, and the anonymous donor’s offer to renew the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale University
Yale
Truck Stall Traffic
Yyadite was tied up for a few minutes last night when a truck owned by the A. N. Pierson Company stopped at Main Street and Walnyenne forcing a detour to Middle Street. A meeting of the Downtown Streets and Sidewalks group can now be held tonight in City Hall.
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A. N. Pierson Company
Dtvonwell
Main Street
Wal Nyenne
Middle Street
Chyp Hall
Gompers' funeral details drawn from final rites schedule
The body of Samuel Gompers lay in state as thousands filed by. Burial will be in Sleepy Hollow cemetery in Tarrytown with an asphalt sarcophagus from Baltimore. Funeral train escorted by Metropolitan police and Elks rites will be observed with services at the club broadcast.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
Sleany Hollow
Tarrytown
Gowpers
Washington
Baltimore
Nellow
Metropolkan Poline
Stereovers
Ser
St. Cecile Masonite Lodge of
Elks
Belgium to Offer Public Loan Through Morgan Guaranty Syndicate
New York date cabled report says the Belgian government will offer a 50.9 million dollar loan through a nationwide syndicate led by J. P. Morgan & Co. and the Guaranty Trust Co. The sale aims to stabilize finances and consolidate floating debt, lifting Belgium's U S borrowings this year to 90 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Py J. P. Morgan and Company
Guaranty Trust Company
Helgium
United
Windy pinch party at Firemen's Hall draws prizes
The Mc Pewehor association held a wind pinch party at Firemen's hall this noon. Prizes were won by James Wu, Pro ノ Mrs. Ty Middleton and Mrs. George Rutherford. Regular association meeting set for tomorrow at the schoolhouse at 3 o'clock.
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Lordship
Tee
Ml Pewehor Association
Ivald
Firemen's Hall
James WU
Ty Middleton
George Ruther
Schol House
Charles A. Ross to Star in Benefit Play Tonight
Charles A. Ross will headline The Ambassador a musical comedy romance by Edward S Hackley to be staged at the Park theatre by the Imperial Colored Players of Bridgeport for St Marks P. E. Mission. A 60 member cast headed by Kenneth Haritone features a modern military Oriental episode directed by the author and Mrs. Sarah Brown Toss. The cast includes Dorothy Collina Gladys Cook Clarice Butler Edna Martin and many others. An old Christmas Eve superstition ends the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Ross
Cannon Council
Edwin S. Hackley
Park Theatre
Imperial Colored Players of
Bridgeport
St. Mark's
P. HE. Mission
Ross
Kenneth Haritone
Sihewers Gascom
Sarah Brown_Toss
Dorothy Collina
Gladys Cook
Clarice Butler
Edna Martin
Frances Montara
Gertrude Dixon
Esther MacCalla
Agnes Siipin
Tattie Gibson
Dorothy Burtiss
Bertha Lee
Edna Harris
Margaret Clark
Mabel Clark
Sarah Grinage
Marion Parrar
Carrie Nichols
Jucy Dosey
Mabel Man
Tara
Vertha Goodman
Iris Eaton
Marion Pinckney
Grace Mille
Beatrice Means
Gertrude Faulkner
Henry A. Scott
Willan Harehett
Blanche Baptiste
Howard Scipio
Albert Copeland
Julius A. Dixon
Travel Saunders
Eyer White
Hallet DeKiulle
Ambrose Tetts
Arthur Collins
Marschal Emery
Walter Nobin
Harold Smith
Claud Crinage
Harold Carter
Andrew Kennedy
John Holly
Herman Farrar
Theostere Ebarran
Abraham Farrar
Kenneth Farrar
Willian Potter
William Grimes, Jr
Fire Delay Hits Post Printing at Middle Street Plant
Smoke issued from between floors in the Post Publishing plant at 140 Middle Street prompting a still alarm at 2 53 p m. Firemen found charred flooring from possible spontaneous combustion and used chemicals to snuff the spark. The presses were halted briefly delaying part of the afternoon edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Publishing Company
Middle Street
Chemical Company No. 1
Truck Company No. 2
Firamen
Sparke
Greenwich Town Assessor’s Wife Ida Banks Dies
Mrs. Ida Louies Banks, 65, wife of Town Assessor Jobrt J. Banks, died at her fillbank Avenue home. Active in Greenwich First Church and women’s clubs, she is survived by her husband and five children. Funeral Friday at 1:30 pm from the home, burial at Middle Tent Cemetery North Castle, Rev. A J Martin officiating.
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Greenwich
Ida Louiesbanks
Jobrt Ji. Hanks
Fillbank Avenue
Banks
John Davis
Warmington
Laura Banks
Geenwich
John
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Monmouth
Iren
Tomit Teagan
Mindersteey
Thomas
Tee Geale
Satsusata
Itera
Petain
Hiltain
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Legion
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Lustig
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