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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1922
Page
4
Police search for a man suspected of firing at officers after a Vernon shooting wounded two, with reports linking the incident to earlier shots through a window at a shack. Authorities say a mental state may be involved as a wide manhunt continues.
Islip, N Y Feb 1 Captain P Haff famed American skipper has died at age 41. Son of the late Captain Henry C Haff he sailed on Volunteer in trials to defend the America's cup and skippered Mineola and Marquette among others. He raced with Henry Lippitt of Providence for 15 years winning 12 first places with the Wasp and related yachts.
A new Film Mutual Benefit Bureau combines wealth and cinema to aid New York mothers and devastated France. Miss Ann Morgan leads a broad committee routing charity profits from film productions. The bureau coordinates authentic locations and sets, boosting artful films while supporting the Maternity Centre and humanitarian work in Northern France.
New York February report by Joan Burnham of the Migratory Fish Conservation Committee warns that water pollution and improper spawning rules threaten fisheries nationwide. She cites off California coast losses from potae splera and notes Atlantic sturgeon and salmon have nearly vanished. A federal Migratory Fish Conservation bill mirroring the migratory bird law is proposed to protect U S waters.
The Home Service section of the American Red Cross in County Court Hall reports 122 compensation and treatment claims from disabled veterans were attended. Many longstanding cases were settled last month and 148 more were addressed in December, with Milligan directing daily efforts to reclaim compensation and care.
Premier Stam poultsky denies Bulgaria intends to seize Thrace from Greece claiming no motive or means for war. He says under treaty Thrace was ceded to great powers with promises of economic access via Thrace of the Aegean and notes Bulgaria is impoverished and unable to take hostile action.
The 1921 reports show 4,750,762 pupils enrolled across 90,462 schools with 401,136 officers and teachers. Net gains include 44,000 more pupils and 14,255 new church members from Sunday school, marking the largest yearly increase since 1909.
General Pershing adds Philippine war relics to the Nebraska State Museum collection. The first shipment arrives from Washington, including Moros spears, a brass helmet, a large brass mail coat, a brass plated cuirass, a set of ten brass bells, native cannons, and various kris swords. The items came with Pershing’s notes from army maneuvers in the islands.
The Soviet executive committee rejected Nikolai Leaning’s plan to reduce the Tussian ny by dust amid a Moscow dispute. A counter resolution stated the European pollutant situation does not permit, as Trotsky referred to the invitation to the international economic conference in Feneuge as a trap.
A planned University of Iowa expedition will enrich the museum collections with specimens from the South Seas. Financed by W. Brown of Des Moines, the voyage may visit New Zealand and possibly Japan, with departure from the United States within about a year and several months of travel in the southern Pacific.
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