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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1920
Page
13
A three ton auto truck carried off more than $8,000 worth of dry goods from Isaac Nyden at 272 Lindley Street in a Sunday night burglary. Entry was through rear doors and six fronts were opened from the inside. the thieves fled without a trace, leaving the store ransacked when Nyden opened up Monday morning.
Christian Endeavor Week is observed by all churches in the city. Special services will be held nightly at First Presbyterian under Rev. Alexander A. Rosnekil Jr. A conference and rally follow Saturday with a supper. Dr Donald B. MacQueen will speak on loyalty. AUSTRIAN SPY EXECUTED in Paris, Dient Cunelli, an Austrian, who spied for Germany during the war, was executed in the morning.
New York reports a continued decline with fresh low exchange rates for British, French, Belgian, Danish, Italian, and Japanese markets. The pound fell to 3.4818 dollars, francs at 13.72, and Belgian and Italian remittances slumped about 68 and 72 percent. Montreal quoted a 12 1/2 cent premium on the American dollar amid grain-hill offerings and Swiss watches lobby for intervention.
The Bahia Blanca, the former German steamer, is postponed for sailing to the United States until February 18 after shipping firms demand guarantees by the Argentine government that the ship will reach its destination before loading cargo.
The court was asked to appoint a special commissioner to take testimony in original proceedings brought by Pennsylvania and Ohio against Virginia over a slice law restricting natural gas. The request seeks relief in the dispute affecting gas consumption and interstate energy regulation.
Realty records show numerous quit claim deeds and mortgage deeds involving Elizabeth C G W Lockwood Bryant Electric company and others. Transfers cover blocks on Tiancock Central Manhattan Carroll Lesbia Wentworth Harbor Harbor and related streets with various buyers banks and companies.
Chicago grain prices rose as corn gained due to scarce terminal supplies. May futures touched 1.3578, July near 1.424. Oats slipped up to 1/4, provisions fell amid large government livestock figures. Bulls cited farmer holdouts for 1.50 and railway labor rumors as support, while Russia opening and bearish financial views pressured traders.
Strickland W Gillilan the noted humorist will address the Men’s league of the Park Street Congregational church Friday night at 8 o’clock. Gillilan spoke here three years ago and his monologues The Sleeping Car and Hospital Experiences drew big laughs. His poem The Cry of an Amen has been described as a thrilling appeal to every man who professed religion.
C Glenn Cole of Corning shot himself in an afternoon act of despondency over the death of his son Lieutenant Sidney T. Cole who fell in France. Cole, a Cornell graduate, served as a director in multiple industrial and financial organizations.
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