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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
9
Taft denounces race hatred and antisemitism in a speech to the Anti-Do Raullery League. He warns that leaders fueling anti Jewish fears bear responsibility for suffering and evil in the world. The remarks cite dangers of unfounded charges and bigotry and call for measured, fair addresses.
In Toledo, the Bleetzic Auto-Lite plant and Willys Coverland subsidiary will shut down tomorrow, leaving 400 workers unemployed, announced by company president Dr QO. Miniger.
Maud Daniels a Christian Science secretary vanished from her Boston home on November 20 with a small suitcase. Friends say she confessed a secret love and believed the relationship could endanger her reputation. The case prompts theories of distress, an elated mood before disappearance, and speculation about who knew her feelings.
Coblenz German merchants had 38 stores placed under off limits for overcharging American soldiers. The army said the order ends January 15 as the protection measure expires. Merchants later agreed to cut prices by about 20 percent. An army probe found profits as high as 700 percent in some cases.
War Risk Bureau clerks rush mailing of December veteran and beneficiary payments totaling 15 million dollars and reaching 351.6 million in insured, compensation, and other war claims. By December 13 the bureau reported 225,607 active accounts had been paid, marking rapid year end disbursements.
Wolstan Dixey prominent advertising man was killed when struck by a motor vehicle in the night at Polladelphia. He was about 52 years old and formerly editor of Feintera Tuk, founder of the Sphinx club, New York, and a longtime advertising executive known for phrases and jingles used in national campaigns.
Police report five Germans named Georges Chari and Hugo Beulus arrested on charges of il leal importation of art treasures. The paintings valued at up to 790000 include works by Mou Jot 18 Cevaene and Aeronardi. The items were found in a local hotel after admission of the theft from Berlin.
Two firemen were killed and four injured when a wall collapsed during a blaze that gutted the Star theatre. The debris burial led to a $50,000 loss as the city faced a string of recent fires including an infectious disease hospital and a suburban bakery complex with heavy damages.
The body of Right Reverend Charles Sumner Burch, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New York, was laid to rest in St John the Divine Cathedral after public rites attended by about 2,000 prominent figures. The funeral featured a procession of some 200 clergymen and Greek and Russian church clergy in colorful robes, with governors, mayors, and notable public figures among the attendees.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, hospitalized since early in the week in France, is to undergo an operation. Physicians said the procedure would be performed either tomorrow or Saturday.
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