Jewish Women Open New Hebrew School on East Side
Under Bridgeport Council of Jewish Women a Hebrew Institute will open at Burroughs and Kossuth streets teaching six to eight instructors. The program aims to educate Orthodox Jewish children, expanding Jewish Americanization citywide. Mrs Louis Smirnow chairs the religious committee with a team including Miss Cotler and Mrs J Greenstein. a scholarship for top Hebrew student is planned.
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Bridgeport
Council of Jewish Women
Heibrew Institute
Burroughs and
Kossuth Street
Judge Norris to Speak to Women in Bridgeport
Judge Jean H. Norris, New York City magistrate and head of the New York Women’s Bar association, will visit Bridgeport to address the Business and Professional Women’s club at 8 oclock in Stratford sun parlors. She will discuss A Day in Court or the Experiences of the Weibman Judge, referencing her work in the Jefferson Market court for girls aged 16 to 21 and her calm handling of difficult trials.
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Adminster Law
Jean H. Norris
New York
Bridgeport Business and Professional Women’s Club
Stratfield
College Club
Norris
Gratia L. Rice
Wieman
Ninth
Borough of
Manhattan
Jefferson Market Court
New York Women’s Bar Association
Wiemien
Foremost Dramatic Critic to Speak Here
America's leading dramatic critic will lecture for Miss Grace Clarke's student players Thursday evening January 15 in the Wast Taylor of the Stratfield at eight o'clock. His subject The Actor and the Dramatist. He is known for influential reviews in Bridgeport and Vogue and has collaborated on several plays. Tickets may be obtained from the Student Playhouse and at the Stratfield the evening of the lecture.
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America
Jorftio
Grace ‘Clarke
Euing
Stratfield
Hamilton
Bridgemort
Grace Colborn
Tamitem
Pinero
BW. P. Dut‘ton Co
Players
the Authors
Mack Dowall
Miss Plumley to Speak at YWCA Banquet
Miss Emily-Louise Plumley, state director for Connecticut of the National Headquarters, will be principal speaker at the 0th annual YWCA meeting at Industrial Women's Service Center 1146 Bar nnm avenue Friday January 16 at 6 80 o'clock. Reservations due by January 12.
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Emily-Louise -Prumley
Industrial Women's Service Center
Barnnm Avenue
Plumley
Connecticut
wNational
Health Department
War Work Council
Avery State
Union
Albert E. Lavery
Lena Sheldon
Milford Teachers Still Hope For Salary Raise
Milford January 8 Special report Milford school teachers have not given up their push for higher salaries A delegation met the board of education to present further arguments A petition for a raise was denied due to lack of funds The board supports the request but referred it to the board of finance for consideration.
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Milford
Board of Education
Board of Finance
Birthday party honors Myrtle Dugan for tenth
Myrtle Dugan celebrated her tenth birthday at home on Maple Avenue hosting a party with games singing and refreshments. Guests included Eleanor Colby Ilaine Walsh Doris Walsh Irma Hull Donald Whitham Edwin Joy Oliver Hull Bobby Forgette and many relatives and friends from Bridgeport and nearby towns.
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Milford
Myrtle
George Dugan
Maple Avenue
Eleanor Colby
Ilaine
Doris Walsh
Irma Hull
Donald Whitham
Edwin Joy
Oliver Hull
Bobby Forgette
Dugan
Albert Wood
Fred Syner
Bridgeport
James H. Maher
Blanche Anderson
Anna Conklin
Mae Totten
Alice Wood
Earl Dusan
James Es, Maher
Prohibition Defeated In New Zealand Referendum
Wellington dispatch reports the recount shows prohibition failing to secure an absolute majority, so the current system will continue. The update follows the New Zealand referendum recount indicating no clear majority for prohibition.
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London
Wellington
N. Z
Wealthy Rockford Club Woman Arrested in Red Activities
Mrs Alice Beale Parsons a leading Rockford society figure was arrested on charges of participating in Red activities. Dr I Alfred Olsen, a prominent Swedish physician, was arrested simultaneously. Agents say Parsons admitted sympathy with Communist views and connections are being investigated. Parsons graduated from Rockford College and the University of Chicago.
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Universal Service
Rockford
Lil
Jan
Alice Beale Parsons
I. Alfred Olsen
Communist ’ Party
Parsons
Olsen
Rockford College
University of Chicago
Naugatuck Teachers Seek Higher Salary Increase
The Naugatuck Board of Education heard a request from the Naugatuck Teachers’ Association for a $560 raise and a new minimum annual salary. The district has 70 teachers.
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Naugatuck
Board of Education
Naugatuck Teachers’ Association
Naugatuck Bishigh
Boy Scouts Explain Citizenship Training at School
Gerald W. Pratt, executive of the Boy Scouts of America now in this city, spoke to parents and teachers at Huntington Road School on the Boy Scouts as a training agency for efficient citizenship. He outlined what parents want a boy to learn to become a good citizen and emphasized the Scouts as a major source of this knowledge.
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Gerald W. Pratt
Boy Scouts of America
Huntington Road
Boy Scouts
Mr. Qratt
Indictments in wood alcohol cases emerge in Springfield
Ten indictments for manslaughter were reported by a special grand jury after two days of evidence in the alleged sale of whiskey containing wood alcohol. The cases connect to deaths of more than sixty people in the Connecticut valley. No other indictments were returned for illegal liquor sales or related secret indictments.
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Springfield
Mass
Connecticut Valley
Hays Predicts Large Republican Victory in 1920
Denver report of E H Hays chairing the National Republican Committee declares the GOP will win the 1920 presidential election by a large margin. He criticizes the Wilson administration and accuses government employees of bias. He claims Democrats will use census data and postmaster orders to flood the country with campaign literature.
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Denver
Col
Will E H. Hays
National Republican Committee
Colorado State Central Committee
Republican Party
Hays
Washington
Democratic Party
Burleson Hhad
Former Cork Sheriff Dobbin grazed by bullet outside home
Sir Alfred Dobbin former high sheriff of Cork, narrowly escaped a gun attack as he left his residence. The bullet grazed his overcoat causing no injury. He was noted for opposing James Larkin in transport workers disputes. Local fraternal circles, meetings, and entertainment plans were also reported.
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Cork
Alfred Dobbin
James Larkin
Tons of Iron Collapse Wrecks Hartford Plant Worker
In Wartfort on January a stock room collapse at the Hoyas Pypewriter plant buried several workers under upright iron bars. Albert Q. Churro, 35, of 22 New Park Avenue, formerly Bridgeport, was crushed and rescued by six men with blocks and tackles. He was taken to Hartford Hospital in serious condition.
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Wartfort
Hoyas
Pypewriter Company
Albert QO. Churro
New Park Avenue
Bridgeport
Remington Arms
Hartford Hospital
Dry law enforcement hampered by small federal budget
Washington report says prohibition cannot be enforced nationwide with only 2,000,000 appropriated by Congress. The Internal Revenue Bureau warns that an additional 2,000,000, plus funds for the states, will be required to carry out enforcement.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Bureau
Steamship St Lupuis Scuttled to Fight Fire
In Hoboken New Jersey on January 8 the former transport St Lupuis was scuttled by opening sea cocks to extinguish a fire that had raged end to end despite a seven hour firefighting battle.
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HOBOKEN, N._ J
St. Lupuis Waits
Snails as Weather Prophets Teach Family Caution
The article explains that snails signal weather by their behavior. When rain is imminent they retreat to shelter under leaves and stems. They reappear only after the danger of renewed rain passes, offering families a natural forecast.
German Plea Diwected in Paris Frontier Demand Refused
London January dispatch reports Paris Supreme Council rejected Germany’s demand to modify its frontier as fixed by the peace treaty. Terlin notes no change urged. The decision upholds postwar boundaries and maintains the treaty terms.
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London
Jan
Terlin
Supreme Council
Paris
Connecticut Governor Urges National Thrift Week
Hartford Jan 8 Governor Holcomb in a proclamation urged Connecticut residents to observe National Thrift Week starting January 17. He warned of unprecedented extravagance and lavish expenditure eroding the public and private purse and urged frugal habits.
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Hartford
Holcomb
Connecticut
Ratifications to be Exchanged January 10
Paris dispatch reports the supreme council fixed January 10 for exchanging ratifications of the peace treaty with Germany. The ceremony will be held in the French foreign office, with the date now regarded as certain.
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Supreme Council
Paris
Germany
World War Silver Boom Imagined by New York Financiers
New York financiers in close touch with the metal market claim the war drives demand for silver. They estimate untold wealth for silver producers in America and Mexico as unbacked paper money expands and oriental trade grows, with the United States and Mexico supplying about three quarters of global silver output as debates over bimettalism continue.
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York
Jan
New York
América
Mexico
United States
W.J. Bryan
Census Enumerators Report Strong Admittance in City
Census enumerators report little objection to entering homes as they gather data in the city. They turned in about 200 names per day over the last two days while facing difficulty obtaining ages and mortgage information. The oldest resident is a 91 year old woman at Hillside Home, with several residents over eighty already registered.
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Hillside
Italians Celebrate In Victory Banquet
The Victory banquet held by the city Italians last night drew prominent natives. Toastmaster Harry Paoletta honored those who fought for liberty. Anthony Cirillo spoke on Italy’s role in the world conflict and predicted gains from victory, including Fiume. The feast closed with the Stars and Stripes and the Italian anthem played by the orchestra.
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Harry Paoletta
Anthony Cirillo
Italy
Fiume
Prussian Minister Receives Papal Audience in Rome
In Rome on January 8, Diego Von Berg, the new Prussian minister to the Holy See, was received by Pope Benedict in a private audience rather than the usual formal credential ceremony. The minister’s credentials were sent to the Vatican after his appointment last June since he could not travel to Rome then.
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Rome
Diego von Bergen
Holy See
Benedict
Vatican
Local man held on $300 bail for theft of batteries
Barney Bkionsky of 44 Cleveland Avenue was arrested for stealing several electric batteries from Bridgeport Metal Goods. He was locked up at police headquarters last night on $300 bond and will be arraigned in City Court this morning.
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Brotherhood of America
Circle
Alpha Circle
B&b
Commodore Hull
Circle of Derby
Order
Fairfield Avenue
Progressive Circle
Bridgeport Metal Goods Econoony
Barney Bkionsky
Cleveland Avenue
French visitors arrive to study American manufacturing methods
New York on January 8 reports the arrival of nine French men who will study U S manufacturing methods plant organization and industry in general as an initial step in securing France's commercial goodwill and trade with America.
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New York
America
France
Whitman to testify before extraordinary grand jury
Former Governor Whitman is reportedly to appear as a witness before the extraordinary grand jury in New York related to sensational graft charges. Letters in a city department file allegedly accuse a former city magistrate, an assistant district attorney, and a newspaper man of involvement in a case tied to gambling and vice raids during Whitman’s administration. Assistant District Attorney James B. Smith calls the letters absurd and says the newspaper man was in Europe at the time. he doubts the ex magistrate’s involvement and suggests the accused be allowed to testify.
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New York
Whitman
Gambster
Grand Jury
James B. Smith
Europe
Grand
New Is Not Insane Says Psychiatrist At Trial
Los Angeles January. Harry New on trial for the murder of his fiancée Freda Lesser is alleged to have shown no prior insanity, with Dr. Louis Weber stating the defendant did not suffer delusions. Weber described New’s courtroom conduct as deliberate and controlled, including moments of motionlessness and direct answers to questions after previous inability.
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Los Angeles
Harry
New
Freda Lesser
Louis Weber
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Myrtle Dugan
Rockford, AL
G. F. Pratt
Jeclares G. C. P
Wil H. Hays
Slr
Alfred ‘Dobbin
Underwood Typewriter Company
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St. Louis
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