City Manager Charter as Advocated by Mayor Wilson
The Telegram prints installment on the city manager charter drafted by a commission appointed by Mayor Wilson. It outlines the manager’s duties, the four administration departments safety welfare works and finance and how appointed officials are chosen or removed.
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Wilson
Élly Jaahfer
Bridgeport
Irmelherety
Cezaminsios
Amd
Sfety
Department of Welfare
Bridgeport Public Wbrary and Reading Room
Department of Works
Board of P Building Commissioners
Park Department
City Emsiater
Pabtic Works
Parime and Sewer Commission
Aldémaanic
Board of
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Ta Persong
Asregiors
Board of Education
Commission
Department of Safety
Pellew Department
Fire Department
Buereaug
Strhoning
Srch
Department of
Aufety
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Afery
Buvests
Mie Diregter
Moo Ig
Policemen's
Senator McCormick Harding's Envoy Arrives In Germany
BERLOS December 24 Senator Me Qi McCormick of Illinois arrived from Warsaw three days overdue and found himself among Germanys most publicized figures. The German press and public assume he is President-elect Hardings confidential representative. McCormick went directly to the American military division greeted by Brigadier General Loring Dresel.
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Berlos
Me Qi McCormick
Thinois
Warsaw
Germany
Santa Claus
Harding
Motormick
Aging man beaten by crooks in New Jersey incident
In Meneo Park New Jersey on December 14 John M Cornell a 79 year old tenant proprietor awoke to a man rifling his pockets. A second man attacked Thomas J Mefflomett at his garage as two men drove up in motor tracks seizing tools and striking the caretaker on the head before fleeing.
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Meneo Park
N. J
John ME Cornell
Deaton
Reactix
Wan
Thomas J. Mefflomett
McConnel
Heales
Cardinal Gibbons in Still Better Condition
Baltimore dispatch reports Cardinal Gibbons shows slow improvement after a restless night. For first time in several years he will not preside at the Christmas morning service at the cathedral. A Christmas Eve Mass will be held at the home of Robert T. Shriver in Union Mills, Md, led by the cardinal’s secretary.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Christman
Robert T. Shriver
Union Mita
Crime in America Leads All the World
Washington reports that the United States leads in crime with far higher per capita rates than England, Wales, or London. Rosy Fosdick notes in his analysis that U.S. law overregulates private conduct, breeds contempt for laws, and highlights racial mix as a key issue. He argues too many laws and moral policing undermine liberty and fail to address root causes.
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Frederic J. Taskln
Washington
Washingston
Liverpool
New York
England
Wale
London
Raymond B. Posdice
Fosdick
Crue
Europe
Commission On
America
Tgs
Wwe
Bitk
Germany
Law and liberty clash in a nation of paradoxes
The text rails at American law and personal liberty, arguing that much law as written leads to absurdity and restricts freedom. It laments the nation’s self-proclaimed civility while criticizing how statutes and enforcement erode individual eastlessness and practical rights.
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United Staties
Alleged Hootch Case Delays Court Hearing for Limeura and Marine
In Willimantic the liquor prosecution for Carl A. Limeura and Tony Marine, both of New Haven, was postponed due to the district attorney's unpreparedness. A Windham county chase led to the arrest of the pair. Limeura’s paper work showed an alias, and both face liquor law violations. Additional occupants of a car tied to the case were named, including Charles Chippe, Tory Mandello, and Rosa Veleca, all from New Haven, as officers probe possible associates.
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Charles Chippe
Tory Mandello
Rosa
Veleca
New Haven
Harses
Srest
South Norwalk Man Awarded Compensation
Tul Warren of South Norwalk, former Crom and Knapp employee, receives 12.10 for six weeks disability and a 20 percent loss of the left leg through a Workers Compensation award. An investigation cites a prior fracture and assigns 30 percent of eye use loss to the prior injury.
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Tul Warren
South Norwalk
Crom and Knapp
Baward
Buckingham
Warren
Ship From New York Aids Cork Victims
London Dec 24 The Evening Standard Cork correspondent reports a relief committee meeting announced a ship sailing from New York with goods for victims of recent fires and disorders. American sympathizers are sending large sums, and the English and American Society pledged aid.
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London
Evening Standard
Cork
Relief Committee
New York
Four Divorces Granted Before Christmas by Judge Maltbie
Four divorces granted yesterday in the Superior court before Judge J W Maltbie. Names include Gladys Marguerits Weinholz Tillotson of Greenwich from Harold Irving Tillotson of Ocean Grove N J for desertion since May 1916. Gerald Booth of Bridgeport from Jemima Warren Booth of Paris unknown for cruelty. Norman Lawrence of Stamford from Dara Wells Lemorence of Hudson Falls N Y for desertion. Josephise Barlow Mills of Meport from Afacrie Malls ofport married 1903 with custody of one child sought. Also action in Dodd v Dodd reserved pending amendment. Cruelty charged by Mrs Dodd. Custody sought for two minor children.
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Jodre W. M. Maltbie
Maltbie
Gladys Marguerits Weinholz Tillotson
Greenwich
Harold Irving
Tillotson
Ocean Grove
N. J
Gerald 7
Booth
Bridgeport
Jemima Warren Booth
Paris
Norman Lawrence
Stamford
Dara Wells
Josephine E. Dodd
John J. Dodd
Dodd
Mebbie
Erboklyn
Nettie Bassett Foley
Newtown
Wiliam
Burglars Crack Safe At Montreal Business
Montreal December 24 burglars dynamited a safe at Alderman Louis Rubenstein's business establishment and stole a sum reported as eight thousand dollars. Police searched for clues and suspects in the wake of the break in.
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Montreal
Louis Rubenstein
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Bee
Chas
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