Soldiers aided by Red Cross report shows 1919 service rise
Bridgeport Red Cross Aftercare committee reports increased support for returning servicemen in 1919. Records show 1 783 assisted to obtain compensation, 78% aided for vocational training, 692 received financial aid, and 190 secured employment through local trade schooling and arrangements for home Christmas visits. Medial exams arranged for all disabled men, and aid extended to lost discharges records uniforms and travel allowances.
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Bridgeport Red Cross Chapter
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David M. Trecard
U. S
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George Ta “Warren
Red Cross
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New York G.O.P. Committee to Meet Today
The Republican state committee will meet at noon to set February 19 or 20 for the state convention at Carnegie Hall. Hu Hlihu Root is named temporary chairman. The meeting, under George A. Glynn, is expected to last under an hour with no other business. Delegates at large to the Republican National Convention are to be recommended, with Calder, Wadsworth, Thompson, and Boyce as likely picks. Miss Mary Garrett Hay has been mentioned but declined to run.
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New ‘York
Republican
Hlihu Root
Carnegie Hall
George A. Glynn
State Committee
Calder and
Wadsworth
Tichu Ron
William Boyce
Thompson
Mary Garget Hay
Midate
Stays of Execution Ordered in Phillips County Death Sentences
Arkansas Supreme Court issued stays of execution for African American inmates on murder charges tied to the recent insurrection in Phillips County. The stays halt executions pending appeals, with a new date to be set by proclamation if the high court upholds the sentences.
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Wipe Rock
Phillips ‘County
Ark
Atansas Suprema Court
Supreme Court
Grocery Firm Creditors Seek Settlement
A sheriff appeared at the Western Pacific Grocery company storehouse in the wholesale district with a writ, but an attachment on behalf of a New York firm is held in abeyance while a settlement offer is considered. The grocer operates six stores citywide, with Shapiro & Shapiro representing creditors and Henry F. Shannon representing the company.
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Western Pacific Grocery Company
New York
Shapiro & Shapiro
Henry FE. Shannon
Strike of mechanical engineers spreads nationwide
Stockholm Strixe reports the strike of mechanical engineers spreading across the country with about 70 percent of workers idle. Train workers and employees in other industries may join a general strike after January, and wood pulp mills also threaten action. Employers in these industries consider a general lockout in response.
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