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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
2
Paris dispatch quotes General de Castelnau praising American Doughboys for courage and stamina. He recalls U S troops training with French forces, their resilience in trenches north of Toul, and the 1915 offensives. He notes individual bravery, mutual respect, and lasting Franco American military ties.
Policing clashes erupt as radicals confront police at Washington Square. Miss Shriner protests are interrupted as officers push a woman from the crowd. Dr Grant’s church leaders denounce brutality and plan court charges while Rev House joins the protest banner bearing down with autocracy chant.
Herbert Kaufman buys McClure's Publications Inc. and becomes editor with a finance publishing group including George L. Storm and Leon Sohinasi. Former Interior Dept official Kaufman has long been active in international literature. Reduced trolley fares in Greenwich raise protests as zone pricing doubles student costs.
Grace Gilbert Beard 17 daughter of Gilver and Grace Beard died at home on Beechwood Avenue. Funeral privately Saturday at 1 PM. burial in Long Hill cemetery. Thomas Eneridan Sheridan died at 220 Orchard Street after brief illness. Widely known in the city, he worked 25 years at the Tinon Metallic Cartridge Company. Funeral Saturday with a high mass at St Charles Church, burial in St Michael's cemetery. Mary F. Lee 26 wife of Robe W. Lee died at 62 Pie Forest Avenue after protracted illness. body to be sent to Wilmington Delaware for funeral services at Shariah. Burial in Evergreen cemetery, Wilmington.
Hamilton palace once the seat of the late duke of Hamilton and Brandon is being dismantled and its furnishings sold at auction. Paintings and jewels brought high prices including Romney’s Beckworth Children at 260000 while other pieces sold for 24090 15000 and 9740 respectively. The palace in Lanarkshire coal district dates from 1822 to 1828 and its Corinthian portico was modeled after the temple of Vespasian. The foundations have deteriorated forcing the partial dismantling.
William Westerman, president of the Rotterdam bank, returned from America and initiated a move for an international conference of bankers at The Hague to address postwar financial problems.
Cloudy and warm Friday followed by Saturday fair conditions across New England and eastern states. A storm off Cape Cod moved eastward and is no longer observed. Winds along the Atlantic coast shift from north of Sandy Hook to fresh south and southwest later Friday. Temperatures show many locations clear, with scattered cloudiness in the North Atlantic area.
In Washington December year, Congress recessed for two weeks as the nation’s capital observed Christmas. President Wilson signed the edge bill before recess, aimed at boosting American participation in foreign trade. He rested, dined, and golfed after a morning in the White House garden, then delivered gifts along the road to the country club.
Police halted a crowd of foreigners at the Wats line pier in Brooklyn as they sought to reach the steamship Patria with 1800 steerage passengers. Pier guards were overpowered once, but officers stopped the mob before anyone boarded. Immigration exams on board now slow, with over 200 passengers rejected for lacking funds under the law.
Governor elect Edward J Edwards indicates he will seek a law to legalize the sale of light wines and beer in New Jersey after taking office. He says the measure would regulate manufacture and sale for interstate commerce and that light wines and beer are not intoxicating. He expects passage and his signature upon presentation.
Winchester England gifts its municipal flag to Winchester Virginia as a symbol of friendship earlier veterans crossed the ocean to join the American Expeditionary Forces. In Paducah Kentucky Thea Cracken becomes the first policewoman in the state named after Elen Tio ck y.
On Christmas morning at St Marys Cathedral area in Trenton a housekeeper found an infant burned and dead after a stove accident at the Episcopal residence of Bishop Thomas Walsh. The tragedy involved Bridget Burns the housekeeper and the infant reportedly died at an early hour. Police and local dignitaries are responding to the incident.
Supposedly by BEL andNAV YOPUS, a Berlin Vienna sourced feature argues the Verdun campaign was doomed from the start. It attributes responsibility to General Von Falkenhayn, casts Friedrich Wilhelm as pessimistic and pacifist, and portrays tense royal estrangement with the Kaiser. A Bavarian king's visit exposes the prince's pleas for peace and his dismissed advice.
The Associated Press reports that Lille and nearby towns have rebuilt textile mills razed by Germans. Within a year production is projected to reach half prewar levels, with 30,000 men in Roubaix and surroundings and about 10,000 in smaller mills. Wool is recovering fastest, cotton second, linen slow due to short supply from Russia.
Local resident IMigs Russell notes the cost of living in Odesa before the war, recalling high prices for boots and clothes. She compares exchange rates with the pound and recalls how economic conditions in prewar times affected daily life.
Navy yard stores list 18 000 dozen eggs for sale at 60 cents a dozen. The eggs were seized from unnamed shipments. A ton of adulterated sugar has been sold to dealers who will resell it at a future date.
Dec 25 Willingpion Tenants of the Church of the New Jerusalem appeared before the anti rent court and accused Rev. George Henry Dole of doubling rents and refusing repairs on dwellings. The case highlights alleged exploitation during tense rent disputes.
A Providence report notes workers at a Gorlan manufacturing firm will receive a wage increase starting next Monday. The piece, sourced from Universal Service, mentions the new Christmas presents tied to earnings and references a tense labor situation with details unclear due to damaged text.
New York dispatch reports Major General George Squer, army chief signal officer, announcing a wireless apparatus enabling ten or more conversations to be carried on simultaneously over long distances. The method uses a single wire with currents traveling in the air beside it. Tests have been successful on the Harlem division of the New York Central, and operation is expected between New York City and Albany soon.
Reichs Aneriger reports new order empowering the national economic minister to ban all exports. Export permission becomes export permit issued by central bureaus under headquarters control. Costs rise under decree to improve social conditions. penalties for illegal export include confiscation imprisonment and fines up to triple value.
Police believe a Philadelphia woman, a reputed leader of a daring crime ring, is involved in the early morning shooting death of Mrs. Morris Goldstein in Passaic. An accomplice waited in a running five passenger car. a handbag with letters linked to the suspect led to questioning of Harry J. Nelson of Jersey City.
The government ships pure wheat flour in small packages through regular trade channels to aid consumers facing high living costs. Julius Garnes announces availability via United States Grain Corporation with posters for retailers and guidance on filling orders, noting shipments take about one to two weeks.
Wondon December 25 heavy talk by a Millicency club member Higham seventh fold members discuss wealth and how to win big incomes He says ten thousand a year men never seek a position and opportunities are created Noting discontent among those earning forty thousand He urges decisiveness courage to say yes or no and perseverance to endure pain to reach high earnings.
London report notes Crusoe’s musket said to have been given to Alexander Selkirk when ashore on Juan Fernandez Island. The weapon has circulated among British museums while Selkirk’s adventures inspired Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. The musket was insured for 1500 pounds and briefly linked to Selkirk’s naval service.
The Bridgeport Bachelors club was entertained at a Christmas dinner hosted by president Dick Cone at the Amazon. Thirty five members attended with vaudeville acts and music by the Canadian Overseas jazz band. Attendees included Albert Jennings Stephen Keefe Charles Hurd Andrew Orawa Joseph Mulvihill Samuel Kennedy Maurice Kaulf Clarence Young George McPherson Thomas Mellroy William Thompson Edward Barry John Musgrayva Peter Daly Walter Brown Arthur Gifford James Walsh Robert Farrell William Tynan James Calen John Dolian Patrick O Donnell Moffat Flaherty William OShaughnessey Michael O’Dwyer Thomas Flynn Arthur Creeden Edward Dowling Maurice McConnell James Kincaid Cornelius Dougherty Stephen Donovan Timothy Sullivan Clarence McDonald.
A Chicago police wanted man in connection with the Dec 7 murder of James Murphy, a chauffeur, was captured asleep in a farmhouse near Holcomb, New York. Pinkerton admitted complicity, claimed Murphy’s shooting was accidental, and implicated Frank Baloski in the holdup and shootings. Baloski was captured earlier. Pinkerton faced attempted robbery charges, detectives said.
In New York on December 25 the police dispersed several hundred radical paraders during an attempted Christmas Day rally by the League of Amnesty for Political Prisoners. Demonstrators were dispersed, placards destroyed, and numerous arrests made for disobedience to disband as warnings of drastic action altered the plans and caused the procession to form irregularly.
Fire damaged a clothing case and burned a lamp in the Abet and Company tailor shop at 39 Fairfield Avenue last night causing about 16 dollars of damage. Chief Jonhr son of the Fire Department noted the blaze was discovered promptly by a pedestrian who alerted a theater watchman. The fire could have spread to the Plaza theater if not stopped in time. A separate obituary notes the death of Georar Ac Mahoon, a Civil War veteran of the Connecticut National Guard, who died today in Cranston.
George Nelson of New York was arrested in New Rochelle after allegedly attempting to pass a 70 dollar check bearing the United States rail road administration signature. Police found papers and documents said to be stolen from Grand Central Station.
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