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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1921
Page
5
First Prize Nut Margarine costs about half as much as butter. It is pure vegetable and cocoanut oils churned to creamy smoothness with whole milk and contains no animal fats. It promises to replace butter on table and in kitchen.
Admiral Benson, chairman of the Shipping Board, calls ship owners to employ American seamen whenever possible. He warns that reliance on foreign labor due to wage differentials threatens U.S. shipping and could lay up many vessels, urging owners to improve domestic labor efficiency rather than hire foreigners for short term savings.
Lord Decies allies with Home Rule supporters as he declares intent to contest a southern Irish constituency. He concedes the Enabling Act is imperfect but a gift of self government, urging readers to elect him to the southern Parliament.
The American steamer Honolulu arriving from New York with provisions for Cork relief was met at Queenstown Ireland by an armed guard, which stayed aboard despite the captain’s protests. Over a hundred tons of supplies were shipped from New York on December 23 to aid Cork fire and disorder victims.
Dr C C Marshall of the New York conference is selected as pastor of the First Methodist Church to succeed Rev Paul E Edwards, who leaves for James Methodist in Brooklyn. Marshall, a Columbia and Drew Theological Seminary graduate with an honorary Syracuse Doctorate, will begin February 6 after pastoring Tuxedo Stamford Kingston and Metropolitan Temple in New York.
The Chamber of Commerce launches an inquiry into city department finances. Experts will audit records across offices in City Hall, with Seward FR. Price guiding directors to meet heads for cooperation. The chief accountant—reported from Denver as Cole—will present statements today or tomorrow.
Louis Deschamps laid the cornerstone for Saint Assise station in Gassise, France, designed to transmit 24 000 words hourly with a new alternating system. When completed in 1923, the station aims to rival global links, linking with Lafayette and other stations, under a General Wireless Telegraph Company framework with American and French investments and a US Navy representative present.
Captain George Tiawe and the Euphrates crew from Newfoundland after five days in heavy seas reach New York aboard the Galileo. The Canadian trawler sank after December 27 near Johns, with crew rescued by the Galileo.
The American Railway Express Company announces a nationwide movement called the right way plan to raise express service standards. First meetings will be held January 11 in express offices as workers discuss proper handling of shipments and shippers are urged to cooperate by starting their shipments right.
Water charges for the quarter end ing January 1st 2921 are now due on the dice of the com at 20 Main Street. All bills must be paid before January HSL. Business hours or Saturdays from 1pm to 4pm.
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