Transfers Batched Across City Departments Amid Contingent Fund Shifts
The boards and committees authorized more than $4,000 in transfers from Mia reserves to support the claims committee. The city’s apportionment board moved funds from the contingent and milinger accounts to tax refunds, pensions, personal damages, and compensation. Departments including Park, Police, Public Works, and Education reallocated money to maintenance, repairs, supplies, salaries, and equipment. Overall, numerous transfers totaled several hundred to thousands across lines such as general supplies, repairs, and labor.
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Agen
Claims Committee
Board of Apportionment
Mia
Thas Committee
Walter W. Garrity
Harry Pritchard
Beard
Bleckarmith
Publc Warts Department
Cewine
Board of Education
City Engineers
Fire Department
Bealth and Charities
Light and Power
Citizen Soldiers Gather at Armory
At the armory a Citizens Soldiers meeting featured speaker Leongic Asheim praising unit formation and defense policy. Robert Brune pressed for enrollment rates while officers discussed quotas, constitution, and by laws. The Committee for this purpose was reappointed, with Elias Greniger as chairman joined by Norman Tickney Edwin Goldsmith and George Schuler.
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Reid
Robert Brune
Gapiain Leongic Asheim
Elias Greniger
Norman @tickney
Edwin Goldsmith
George Schuler
Wood flour and its uses in industry
Wood flour is finely ground sawdust with an annual U S production around 24 000 tons valued at about 750 000. A 194% European import adds 6 413 tons. About 15 500 tons or over 60 percent of annual consumption go to linoleum manufacture. It also tops cementing mixes for flooring, and fills dynamite cartridges with 7 500 tons used this way. It is employed in panels, knobs, and other small parts.
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United States
Europe
China
Siam
Oriental
Sumatra
Mongolia
Violet Ebay's Ultraviolet Radiometer Goes On Trial
A new electrical radiometer, volume 4a, measures ultraviolet content. Dr Petit, a government scientist at the solar Cheervaorv Pasadens in Cal, vents the device and prepares its use in a hospital to gauge curative powers.
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Petit
Pasadens
World’s cheapest homes span many lands and peoples
Real estate costs are tiny to many builders in distant cultures, from central Africa pygmies to Nigerian tribes and Cape Verde lava houses. The piece notes bamboo houses in Japan, peat in Shetland, lava rock in Cape Verde, and thatched domes in Siam and China, with various adaptations for floods and predators.
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Washington
AsSo~ciated Press
Africa
National Geographic Society
Cape
Obituaries from Bridgeport area mourn several residents
A cascade of obituaries notes the deaths of Mrs Helen Kinane Blackhurst and Mary Murphy Coburn, with service details and survivor lists including kin and locations in Bridgeport Union City and surrounding towns. Other notices include Emil Fischer, Jeremiah Harrington, Thomas Mannion, and William J Smith, detailing funeral times, burial sites, and family survivors. A naval officer, Lieut Commander William Bailey Whittelsey, is also remembered with Arlington burial and final services in Washington.
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Mary Murphy Coburn
Edward Coburn
West
Sid Street
Union City
N. Oj
Coburn
Daniel Murphy
Olyer W. Coleman
New Cumberlain
Penn
Fair Meld
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
New Cumberland
Kogy
Windsor Locks
Conn
Miss Coleman
George F
John F
Bridgeport
Mary D
Margaret Conway
Harrisburg
Pew
William J Smith
Calhoun Avenue
Nellie Smith
J. Simone
R. F. Bermer
Melvin MacCauley
Everett
Mayn
Joseph Burton
South
Boston
Mass
Edward
Ireland
M J Gannon
John Street
St. Augustine's Church
St Michael's S Cemetery
Willam Bailey-Whittelsaey
US. Navy
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
CG. H Dickens
Finnres
Whittelsey
Navy
North Avenue
Lmenoon
Stephen Sherman Fish
Whittelasy
Nomination of Joan J Esch in Senate questioned
Hearings on the nomination of Joan J Esch to the Interstate Commerce Commission ran over four weeks in Washington. The committee closed without a vote as traffic groups pressed to block confirmation citing the Lake Cargo Coal case. Senator Barkley warned against insinuations about Esch character while noting the commission's growing emphasis on economic factors in rate making.
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Washington
Associated Press
Stohn J. Esch
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coolidge
Senate Inveristate Comimerre
Dewings
Neely
West Virginia
Lake Cargo
F. C. Fulbright
Houston
Texas
National Industrial Traffic League
Congress
Jardine Backs Bill Regulating Cotton Exchanges
Washington Feb 24 The Vinson bill to prohibit manipulation of cotton future trading and grant the Agriculture Department authority to regulate cotton exchanges received endorsement from Secretary Jardine in a letter to House Agriculture Chairman Haugen. Jardine said the bill re enacts essential futures provisions and applies grain futures law to cotton, with a noted doubt about restricting private crop news.
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Washington
Associated Press
Vinson
Tn Agriculture Department
Jardine
Haugen
House Agriculture Committee
Georgia
Congress
Bureau of the Budget
Department
Girl Rum Runner Fires On Police In Washington Escape
A girl riding behind a man in a car believed hauling liquor from Southern Maryland to High Point New York fired on two motorcycle police in Washington. The car sped toward North Carolina, hit a motorcycle, and fled at about 76 miles per hour as officers returned fire. Police had learned the pair were making regular liquor runs.
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Washington
Associated Press
Maryland
High Point
N. Y
North Carolina
Uquor
Dundee to Clear Self with California Board
Baltimore Jos Dundee, holder of the featherweight title, faces a potential matchup with Ace Huagine of Lincoln, Nebraska. California authorities promised early review of Dundee status after he skipped a scheduled Los Angeles bout with Hodkins over the guarantee issue. The local commission, aligned with California, suspended Dundee and noted refunds problems for the Los Angeles fight crowd.
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New York
Fy Universal Service
Baltimore
Jos Dundee
Ace Huagine
Lincoln
Nebraska
Boxing Commission
Calfornia
Dundee
California Commission
Hodkins
Los Angeles
Hudkins
Nat
California
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Tax Board
Leonard Asheim
Violet Ebay
Orient
Helen K. Blackhurst
Helen Kinane Blackhurst
Robert Kinane
Ruth Anna Blackhurst
Margaret Kinane
Frank Tighe
Gordon Street
St. « Patrick's
St Michael's Cemetery
Wary Murphy Coburn
Oliver W. Coleman
Emil E. Fischer
Irsnistan Avenue
Herman G. Wiemer
German Reformed Church
Jessie Murray
James Keegan
John Slattery
Edward Felge
Leonard Rhymus
Harrison Golie
Joseph Biegler
Burtu
Mountain Grove
St. Paulus German Lutheran Church
Park Cemetery
Jeremiah Harrington
Stratford Avenue
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
St. Michael's Cemetery
Harrington
East Bridgeport
East End
Thomas J. Mannion
Mullins
Scott Bird
Redgate
New Milford
Olick Risisky
Olick Hisisky
George Street
Hebrew Sick Benefit Association
Independent Order of I 0. B. A
Grand Street
Bridgeport Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Jewish Consimmation Relief Society
Bessie
Nathan
Louis
William J. Smith
Robert T., Whittie
James H. Gordon
Robert T. Whittle
John R
Katherine Kennedy Whittle
James Henry Gordon
Fairfield County
Michael's
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Wells Ethzer
Riverside Cemetery
Norwalk
Gordon
Clifford Street
Brcken
Dorte Masonic Lodge
New Haven Valley
Park City
Breckin' Bull Post
Home Guarda
William B. Whittelsey
Julia Gribisch
Juha S
Linen Avenue
Vincent's Hospital
Frank Polke and Son
State Street
A&uoviogh Re
Joan J. Esch
Senate
George H. Bishop
Grant
Ghia Alsp
Oe Bsc
Stinley
Victor
Eles
Coen Guay Come
Corbin
Ee Ren Ieee
Vader
Grant Cosse Main Street
Bridg
Ake
Felts
Fac
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