Lloyd George Wins Big Endorsement In Election
Complete returns show coalition unionists 324 and coalition liberals 127 with Lloyd George favored across coalitions. London solid for the coalition, Yorkshire and Lancashire heavy coalition wins, independents scarce. women and soldiers votes cited as key factors in the landslide and a reckoning for governing classes if reform stalls.
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London
Associated Press
Coalition Unionists
Coalition
Lberals
Laborites
Unnionists
Asquithian Liberals
National Party
Independents
Socialists
Sinn. Fenners
Irish Nation
Alists
Unionists
Lloyd- George
Heaters Sold For Cold Spell In Local Ads
An advertisement promotes gas and oil heaters as essential for the first real cold spell. Perfection and Nesco heaters are offered in several models, with prices ranging from 0. AQ to 8.50, highlighting rapid warming and coziness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perfection
Nesco
Wages fixed for wireless operators by Shipping Board
The Shipping Board set monthly pay for wireless operators on American vessels from Atlantic and Gulf ports. Chief operators will earn 110 dollars, assistants 85 dollars, with no bonuses or sliding scales. The decision was announced from Washington on December 29.
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Washington
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Shipping Board
Strengthening Tonic Ad Promises Health Boost
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a simple syrup suspension of tron and quinine. It claims energizing, fortifying effects and notes the product is palatable to children.
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GROVE
Merry Party at Dworken Home on Lafayette Street
A Christmas vacation gathering at Minnie Dworken's 754 Lafayette street home featured dancing and a musical program. Guests included former schoolmates and local residents from Waterbury Hartford and Ansonia, with performances by Greenspun Bernstein Greenstein Col lins and Raskind. Luncheon was served as the event concluded.
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Dworken
Lafayette Street
Minnie Dworken
Hyman Dworken
Miss Dworken
Bridgeport High School
Columbia University
David Greenspun
Istelle
Lena Posner
Waterbury
Ethel Granate
Hartford
Mollie Arons
Ansonia
Samuel Dworken
David Davidson
Edward Friedman
George Dworken
A. Neuss
Ben Arons
George Arons
Theodor Swartz
M. Greenstein
Samuel Collins
David Raskind
Morris Moscowitz
Meyer Swartz
Nathan Dworken
Simon Meyerson
Sarah Kane
Harry Dworken
George Albert
Morton Greenstein
Taxpayers urged to attend Bridgeport meeting on taxes
Bridgeport Taxpayers' Association invites all taxpayers to an 8 o'clock Wednesday meeting in Grand Army hall to discuss proposed property valuation increases from 206 to 25 million and a potential 25 mill tax rate to fund municipal needs.
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Bridgeport Taxpayers’ Association
Grand Army Hall
Majin Street
Bridgeport Tax Payers’ Association
Bridgeport
May Settle Dispute At Meriden
Several hundred former employees of the International Silver Company gathered in Meriden to hear a communication from the company head outlining the firm’s position. The letter’s contents were not disclosed. A ten member committee was empowered to act, and a settlement after over three years of dispute is believed imminent.
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Setile
Meriden
International Silver Company
Man Arrested On Warrant For Theft At 9 31 Hallett Street
George Previs of 9 31 Hallett street was arrested last night by Detective John J. Garrity on a theft warrant. He was jailed and to be turned over to Meriden authorities. Alleged to have defrauded a Bleriden storekeeper of over $106.
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George Previs
Hallett Street
John J. Garrity
Meriden
Bleriden
Overseas Naval Veterans Return to Duty Here
Seamen Patrick Bogash of 230 Lexington avenue and John Nagy of 268 Pequonnock street have returned to duty at the Norfolk training station in Norfolk Virginia after serving in foreign waters. Bogash saw action off the coast of Scotland while Nagy took part in mid ocean naval battles.
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Patrick Bogash
Lexington Avenue
John Nagy
Pequonnock Street
Norfolk Training Station
Norfolk, Va
Bogash
Scotland
Nagy
Mid- Ocean
Locomotives Shipped From New Jersey to France in Nine Days
The United States Army Transport force moved 73 ton American built steam locomotives to France in under twelve days from ship side to railfront. Ships loaded with thirty six locomotives each at 20 minute cycles, using hay filled floors and steel rails, with over 4oo locomotives shipped from New Jersey. Major Dan OBrien led the Marine director overseeing the extensive operation.
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New York
France
United States Army
New
England
America
New Jersey
United States Transport Service
Dan O'Brien
Cuba
Mexico
Philippines
Army
Two Disabled War Veterans Seek Training To Rejoin Workforce
Two applications for vocational training were filed with the Bridgeport Red Cross Home Service department by Earl Green of 1526 Pembroke Street Navy veteran and Andrew Varga of 626 Bostwick Avenue Army veteran. The program aims to help disabled soldiers and sailors return to work as jobs remain hard to find, said George S. Warren, chair. Warren will speak Friday night at the High School auditorium on government plans to aid injured servicemen and women as well as how to keep up insurance. a pamphlet “After you get back” will be distributed to relatives. Later, a Hillside home escape storyline notes a patient, Gus Blethuishot, who fled a locked room, cut an artery during escape, and was treated at Bridgeport Hospital after being found hiding on Boston Avenue. The item ends with a quip about skating by Bill Hohenzollern in Holland this winter.
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Yorkshire
National Democratic Party
Labor
Lancashire
Scotland
Liloyd- George
Birmingham
Lloyd-George
George Nicoll Barnes
War Cabinet
Glasgow
London
English
Wales
Home Service Department
Bridgeport
American Red Cross
United States
Earl Green
Pembroke Street
Navy
Andrew Varga
Bostwick Avenue
Army
George S. Warren
Warren
Red Cross
Hillside Home
Gus Blethuishot
Boston Avenue
Gus
Burns
Dmerseney Hospital
Bridgeport Hospital
Hillside
New Wage Scales For Ship Officers In Effect Jan 1
Washington December 25 The Shipping Board announced new wage scales for licensed officers on steamships operating from Atlantic and Gulf ports effective January 1 to May 1. Scales depend on vessel size across five classes with no bonuses. Masters 300 to 375 dollars monthly. chief engineers 212.50 to 287.60. first officers 181.25 to 206.26. second officers 162.50 to 187.50. third officers 143.5 to 143.76. fourth officers 143.76 to 150. junior engineers 125. The changes mandatorily apply to Shipping Board vessels, with voluntary adoption urged for private ships to maintain traffic stability postwar.
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Washington
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
The
Shipping Board
Famine in Bavaria Disturbs Country's Safety
Munich reports show Bavaria facing worsening economy with rising unemployment among men and women, increased open positions, and workers seeking jobs in the countryside. Coal shortages, labor refusals by Saxon miners, and reduced transportation hinder production and power for food concerns, amid plans for state-aided industry overhaul.
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Munich
Bavaria
Ministry ‘of the Interior
Bohemia
Ita
Saxony
Entente
Who Has Meehan's Pig in Seaview Street Dispute
The Meehan household on Seaview Avenue faces a pig theft scare as a 40 pound prize pig stolen from the Meehan pen threatens plans and public trust. Thomas Meehan, respected Bridgeport legal guardian, warns a single police officer could uncover the thief and recover the animal.
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Meehan
Meshan
Seaview Avenue
Beauty
Thomas Meehan
Bridgeport
German Propaganda Claims Berlin Fighting Casualties
Paris dispatch reports the German propaganda bureau stating 76 killed in Christmas Eve fighting in Berlin. It says attackers lost 56, with six sailors and five policemen killed among sailors. It notes heavy damage to the imperial castle and more than a hundred shells fired.
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Paris
Havas
Berlin
Imperial
Fall Down Stairs Fractures Ankle At Home
Patsy Lizzo of 440 Grand Street slipped on stairs yesterday morning sustaining a fracture of the left ankle. He received first aid from Dr. B. J. Burns at the emergency hospital before being moved to St. Vincent's Hospital for treatment.
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Patsy Lizzo
Grand Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
B. J. Burns
German Trade Doom Predicted by Ballin Letter
Sidney Australia dec 29 Albert Ballin Hamburg American Steamship Co chief warned in a 1917 letter that whether Germany or Britain won the war German foreign trade would suffer disastrously. He said Britain and the US would gain while Germany’s merchant marine stayed weak, and warned of hostile Anglo Saxon influences hindering resumption of sea trade. Ballin’s death later occurred amid reports he killed himself after conflicts with military leaders and the German state.
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Sidney
Australia
Albert Ballin
Hamburg-American Steamship Co
Herr Ballin
Rothenau
Privy
Berlin
J. M. Paxton
Sydney
London
Ballin
Germany
England
Reichstag
Britain
United States
Japan
Norway
Denmark
Holland
America
Balfin
Dominiona
Geheimrat
Privy Councilor
France Changes Rate of Interest On Short Bonds
Paris reports the government capped interest on short national defense bonds popular in France after over 1 billion francs worth were sold in early December. Bonds span one to twelve months with rates moving from five to 3.5 4 and 4.5 percent across durations.
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France
Paris
League for Protection of Kaiser Is Formed
Berlin reports the formation of a League for the Protection of the Kaiser with aims to appeal to former advisors and diplomats and to submit documents to prove the emperor’s innocence in the outbreak of the war. Prince Henry of Prussia was proposed as president, with Von Hindenburg as a candidate. Equal measures of alcohol benzene are used to produce motor fuel in France.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Prince Henry of
Prussia
18 League
von Hindenlin
France
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Reid & Todd
Main ST
Howland’s
Atlas Turkish Baths
Columbia
G. A. R. Hall
ST. Louis
Edward M. Flesh
United States Food Commission
United States Food Administration and Grain Corporation
Europe
Herbert Hoover
United States Food Administrator
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Father
Bill Hohenzollern
Hun
Hamburg
Ludendorf Fe
Militar Party
Empe
Ludendorf
League For Protection’ of
Kaiser
New York City
Kingsbridge
Road
Bronx
Soldiers & Sailors
Corbit’s
Golden Hill St
Court House
City Savings Bank
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