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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1918
Page
6
Pasha Polonyea of FOW Spence Street lay dying on hospital ward after severe burns from a gasoline torch explosion at Raybedtor Caves yesterday afternoon. Fire brigade extinguished the flames. no damage to the plant was reported.
The article details voluntary and mandated cuts in coal use across industries to curb shortages. Garfield explains state authority to close industries and theaters during emergencies. New England plans include shutting down one day weekly for paper board, with some sectors authorized to reduce output for up to a month. Deliveries face late arrivals as officials aim to rebalance supply and demand amid congestion.
The council urged severe attention to the charities department and praised the current superintendent, noting the city’s best in Ridgeport. The board approved several transfers of appropriations including a $3038 fire department transfer to the gasoline account for firefighters drafted into the War Army.
The plan aims to curb public expenditures on nonessential projects and private construction not tied to the war. McAdoo and Treasury advisers expect initial actions within a week to tighten capital control, affecting bonds and securities, with a focus on directing funds to war-related ventures and preventing market competition with war bonds. Steps to unify financial resources precede the third Liberty loan to avoid private issues overshadowing government funding.
A second cold wave of winter moves east from the west with zero temperatures now east of the Mississippi River. Temperatures fall tomorrow with rain and high winds in the middle Atlantic coast, followed by snow Saturday night or Sunday and colder weather. A storm, centered over eastern Tennessee, precedes the cold. Snow covers southern states from the Mississippi to the Catalinas and Virginia Williston, N. D., records 22 degrees tonight as the coldest city.
Amid wartime draft tensions, local boards pursue claims of deferred industrial classifications and enforce removal of delinquents. A Third Appellate District meeting reviewed numerous claims while a list of registrants from Bridgeport and surrounding towns faced police action for delinquency. A New Britain case saw Edward Shack held on bond over conflicting country of birth statements on his questionnaire.
Washington reports about 200000 payments have been made from the 475 war risk appropriation. The Public Information Committee announced the third statement on army and navy pay and war risk insurance operation. Payments supplement regular soldier and sailor pay and provide protections for families and disability or death related to service.
Carmen VieNec of 69 Hamilton Street reports that DuNeo was arrested after buying a revolver with the stated intent to shoot his wife following a dispute over money. Police allege he carried a concealed weapon and planned the attack during the week.
A major blizzard drives heavy snow across Chicago and a deep freeze blankets much of the nation. From New Orleans to Lake Superior and west to Texas, the storm disrupts fuel and food, with towns like Devild Lake North Dakota at 32 below and Omaha at 22 below. The sea of cold stretches into Canada and prompts warnings of danger and fatalities.
Augustin DeStefano of 92 Steuben Street was arrested yesterday afternoon at police headquarters on charges of peddling without a license and carrying concealed weapons. He was released on bond to appear in city court this afternoon. Weather reports warn of a heavy storm bringing snow to northern Texas Oklahoma and Kansas with bitter cold across Chicago and the eastern United States.
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