Perryville surplus sale linked to 84 000 sheets controversy
The Bridgeport Telegram reports on the Veterans Bureau Perryville depot affair involving mismanaged surplus property valued at millions. Thompson Kelly bid for varied items including 84 000 sheets many in original packaging, raising questions of secrecy and executive interference as Forbes and O Leary oversee the sale process.
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the Oaks
Algonquin RD
Brooklawn
Country Club
Italy
Goldfield
Beechwood Ave
Glenwood
Maplewood Ave
Goldfield's
State
Hurd Ave
Stratford
Stratford Ave
E. Bishop
Park Ave
Clarkson St
Lewis St
Call Noble
Beat Vocal and Instrumental Music University Society
Main St
Cigeant Atlantis Hahn
Eastie
Ohn
New England Electrical Appliance Co Os Ae
York
Hawkes
State St
Perryville
Senate Committee
Wiliam C. Black
Veterans’ Bureau
Colonel Forbes
Clarence H. Bierman
Department of Public Health
Forbes
Senate
Army and Navy
Bureau of the Budget
O’leary
O'Leary
Scott
Commander O'Leary
Goldberg Anions
Thompson-Kelly
Thompson
Washington
High Heaven
So-and-So
Gevin
Hashy-Smith
Anchester
W. J. Burns
Department of Justice
O' Leary
Gov
Red Cross
Gava
Hendrix
Bureau
Army
Thompson- Kelly
Veterans Bureau
Public
Charles R. Forbes
Senatorial Investigation Committee
United States Veterans’ Bureau
John F. O’ryan
New York
David I. Walsh
David Reed
Tasker Oddie
Dr. McNet
Davidson
Bob’ Forbes
Beatty
Eonder
Kunkle
Dexter
Witwan
Madcliffe
Matia
Inventory plan for Perryville Veterans' Bureau assets described
Washington The Surgeon General reports a first hint of selling supplies at the Perryville Md depot. A physical inventory will classify property by serviceable or unserviceable, regardless of source, to determine surplus suitable for the Public Health Service. A conference will precede any disposal to minimize overhead.
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Perryville
Forbes
Senate
Witneses Mortimer
Williams
United States Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
W. C. Hlack
Veterans’ Bureau
Avgnet Wall
Charles BR. O'Leary
Supply Department
United States Veterans Bureau
Washington
F. C. Smith
Public Health Service
C. R. Forbes
Germans Fight To Get Iron Crosses In Berlin Dispute
Berlin reports reveal about seventy thousand Prussian frontline soldiers still seek Iron Crosses after four years. The issue, raised by the Reichstag and backed by the Defence Minister, Prime Minister, and Prussian Diet, has produced no deliveries. Critics attack Premier Braun as postwar decorations face delays while 60,000 Iron Crosses await distribution or recognition through documents.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Defence
Dr. Braun
France plans 150 mile per hour aerial railway
French expert commission reviews a high speed aerial railway concept with two car trains and 4.80 meter track width. Proposals from Troyes to Bar sur Seine echo Laur’s earlier plan. Ground space needed is minimal with 150 meter cable supports, and cost estimates suggest about 606,000 France per kilometer, roughly one third the cost of conventional rail.
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Francis Laur
Troyes
Bar sur-Seine
Paris
Laura
France
Ralia
New York Times
Preacher Denounces Dual Morality Standards in Columbus
Rev Daniel F Rittenhouse pastor of First Baptist Church denounces two moral standards for men and women in Columbus on Feb 1 He argues modern society must reverse its judgment of a fallen woman and that a male accomplice often remains lauded as a gentleman in the community.
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Columbus
Daniel F. Rittenhoure
First Baptisl Church
Rev
Rittenhouse
Veteran Affairs memo reveals wartime depot abuses letter
An illuminating letter from a Veterans Bureau worker details embezzlement and mismanagement at the Chillicothe depot, alleging officers and staff traded favors and inflated freight costs. The Senate Investigating Committee surfaced the document, with unprintable portions removed, as context for wartime supply misconduct.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Tripp
Chillicothe, Ohio
Black
Perryville
Senate
Underwood and Underwood
Funeral notices from Stratford and city obituaries 1924
A dense OCR of Stratford and surrounding city death notices lists multiple obituaries and funeral details. Entries include Andrews of Bridgeport aged 4 ½, Fryer Stratford Jennie D. aged 62, Hagberg of Lesbia Street aged 49, Galya and Godfrey family deaths, Juhasz Westport aged 36, Larmour Stratford, Miller Warren Street, Moore Union Avenue, O’Hara Benham Avenue, Seely Stepney aged 7, Smith Dewey Street aged 50, Stevenson Mary Shelton aged 76, Sullivan Arch Street aged 62, Taylor Greens Farms, Joitec Danbury aged 41, and an Anniversary Mass for Farrell at St Augustine’s.
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Caroline Bonneree
Charles C. Godfrey
Patt
Lesbia Street
First Swedish Baptist Church
Colorado Avenue
Murday
Mountain Grove
Johnson
Stratford
Com
Emily
Johannes
John. Gon
Temple St
Conn
Juhasz
Westport
Andrew Juhngs
Bostwick Avenue
St. Stephen's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Larmour
Victorias
Frank Larmour
Wood AR
Bt Augustines Church
Michaels
Miller
Joseph Miller
H. G. Demme
Union Avenue
Lakeview Cemetery
O’hara
Margaret McGee
John J. O'Hare
Benham Avenue
St. Augusth
St. Michaels Commytery
Seely
Stepney
Mary Emily Seely
Stepney Center
Smith
Peter Smith
Dewey Street
Mountain Grave
Stevenson
Harry C. Stevenson
Coleman Street
Mary Shelton
William H. Stevenson
Sullivan
James Bulwan
No. Arch Street
St. Augustine Church
St. Michael's
Taylor
Roosevelt Hospital
M. Y
Bessie We
Arthur C. Mary Taylor
Greens Farms
Charles Fables
Perl
Eeemi Brook
Willow
St. Peter's Cemetery
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Jas. W. Black
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Asid
Court of Probate
District of Bridgeport
Matherine
Holland Jennings
P.O
Undercliff Sanitorium
Meriden
State Tuberculosis Commission
State Capitol
Hartford
Walter T. Arnold
West Main Street
SW. Grant
George W. Gombar
Black Rock Exchange
Fairfield Ave
NOBLE
Bretford and Mulford
Langner
Devon
Cate
N. Thompson
Boston
Thompson-Kelly Company
Navy
Foster
Perryside
General Sawyer
Thompson Kelly Company
Wealympton
Sidney G. Brown
Egla
H. C. Smither
U. S. Veterans Bureau
Smither
U 8
Aalé
Sawyer
War Navy
Wil Irwin
Charles R.forbes
Laddie
Roy
Kormin Tenpleton
Rotary Public Im
Bashington District
Tir. Dassen
Rhrene
Db. C
Colling & I
Cezter
Amd
Enlace Forbes
Gene Glem
Upp
Vamp
McGinnit
Revenner
Dyp
Foulk
Doe Bartlett
St. Augustine's
Farrell
Charles L. Dennis Undertaerer Funeral Home
Harry F. McCabe
West Ave
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