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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1920
Page
14
Two Greenwich youths, sons of local residents, were arrested on burglary charges after stealing liquor valued at about 2000 dollars and disposing of it in Charles Town. They were placed on probation for one year pending court disposition. The case was brought out in court here.
The statistics show about 430,000 miners at bituminous mines with daily wages ranging from 5 to 15 dollars. It notes 68/318 workers and mentions several Gary areas and related figures, highlighting earnings and employment distribution among miners.
Ash Wednesday observances are noted in several churches with services scheduled throughout the day. Trinity Episcopal holds 7 and 10 a.m. services with choir. Christ Church offers a single afternoon service. St George and St Luke’s list early morning and evening rites. Calvary parishioners attend the 10 a.m. service with St John’s church offering 4 p.m. events. Rev De Pe Gain Dotty from New York City will speak at St John’s.
James Hunter of New York City will address Bridgeport Philosophic Society at Laokrenme Hall. The talk covers labor issues with an election of officers and reorganization plans on the agenda. Attendance urged for members and the public. Coroner Phelan to continue Greenwich shooting inquiry today about two men killed by Major A L McMurtray and Bacon at Mrs Agaison Morris’s Sound Beach home.
The police board sought to adjust patrol staffing by trimming new hires from 87 to 18 as the common council reviewed a revised budget. The ordinance, debated Monday, would set patrolmen at differing pay grades with most receiving around $2,000 yearly and others at lower levels, reflecting a redistributed police department budget.
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