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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1919
Page
5
In London the Princess of Cle returns home after a divorce and wartime service rumors. Reports claim she lived with her sister Duchess of Westminster Severina, who served in the German army. Spurious tales linked her to a Tower of London spying claim.
Bridgeport bankers expect distribution of about 1.09 million dollars in Christmas club checks in 1920. Park City banker Tronert D. Goddard notes hundreds of new Bridgeport Trust accounts opened in 1924 with gifts ranging from 50 to 250 dollars. He cites thrift as a remedy for unrest and urges saving, eliminating waste, discouraging speculation, and faster production, with Christmas clubs as a proven medium during the holiday shopping season.
Joby C. White the former president of the United Mine Workers of America and Rembrandt Peale an independent coal operator of Pennsylvania are expected to be named members of a three man commission to investigate wages and prices in the bituminous coal industry. President Wilson is to name the commissioners today and both White and Peale aided Fuel Administrator Garfield in the coal program.
Guiller no Meixueiro a rebel chief in Oaxaca for five years and ex governor heads toward Oaxaca City to surrender unconditionally to General Pablo Gonzales. The war department says Gonzales led negotiations for Meixueiro’s surrender. Also, a separate note from Dayton reports a man named Charile Groleilas rescued a 280 pound pig from a truck incident and now eats three meals daily.
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