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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1919
Page
3
Minutes indicate the board will consider a deficit of 93489 with 45000 charged to teacher salaries. The budget proposal asks for 400000 to fund new school construction to handle rising enrollment, with emphasis on education funding and council budget planning.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels is expected as a guest at the launching of the submarine G-16 at the Lake Torpedo Boat Company yard at Seaview Avenue. Mrs A McNeill will sponsor the boat and officials from lake torpedo mix will attend a Christmas party following the launch and a banquet at Greentown Country club.
Philadelphia police report two injured victims after a nighttime incident on Spruce Street and Broad streets. John Grasso and Michael Pajenski sustained facial wounds and a fractured foot, with Grasso claiming a bottle was used to strike him while Pajenski encountered a moving trolley car.
The Bridgeport Minstrel Club hosted a Christmas reception and cantata on Saturday night with strong attendance. Performers included Graham Wilford J Pollard 12 Moss and A Thomp son. Earlier in the afternoon about 250 children visited, receiving candies and toys from Santa Claus portrayed by J Ransboton.
Members of the Y M C A boys division will engage in a busy Christmas vacation with a set schedule starting Friday at 2 PM. Tournaments include ping pong, checkers, pool, billiards, bowling, nine ball, and a New Year’s Eve reception on Wednesday, plus a treasure hunt and horse tournaments among other activities with prizes for winners.
Transportation experts discuss Bridgeport as a potential foreign trade harbor. The Grane Valve Company has shifted raw metal shipments from Buffalo by rail to water routes via the Hudson and Sound, saving money. Officials estimate grain and other products from the west and from Europe could be exported or imported through Bridgeport, reducing time and costs vs New York or Boston.
Tokyo reports on December 1921 that the Dutch government has engaged 160 German prisoners of war held in Japan to serve on police forces in Java and Sumatra. Many of the six thousand POWs captured at Vlaudchau, about to be released, elected to remain in Japan, joining its growing technical industries.
Local recruiting station at 15 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport reports November as the biggest recruiting month in peacetime U S Marine Corps history. Bridgeport office continues its share while no orders have come from Washington to Haven.
A catalog excerpt describes traveling cases in leather finished with fine linings. It highlights men and women interested buyers, listing items such as combs brushes toothpaste holders and shaving accessories. Prices cited run around $10.50 and $21 for ebony fitted sets.
Auction listing offers a set of six teaspoons a set of six table forks and a set of six table spoons for eight dollars total. Residential ad suggests a local sale of mixed flatware pieces labeled as community silver and other beauties.
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