Fail to locate poison whiskey in Bridgeport
Internal Revenue agents from Hartford report no appearance of wood alcohol used to adulterate whiskey in Bridgeport. Two days of active enforcement found no evidence of tampering with whiskey sold locally, despite noting the practice of diluting whiskey with water Jamaica ginger and prune juice to extend supply.
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Bridgeport
Internal Revenue Department
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Hartford
Jamaica
Germany to deposit twenty billion marks in reparations
Paris January 13 The opening period for Germany to pay Allied debts begins with the commission on reparations set to determine the total Germany must settle by May 1 1921 Until then the commission will ensure Germany fulfills its obligations The fixed sum is 20 000 000 000 marks in gold or its equivalent in material fabrics and securities
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Paris
Germany
Commission On
Suit for Wages in Greenwich Court
Judge John I. Booth reserved decision yesterday in the action of John Kelly of Greenwich against James Cumiskey of the same place. Kelly claimed a balance due him for wages, alleging $196 owed including a wage raise from 2.75 to 4 dollars a day. Cumiskey admitted owing 103 dollars and said he promised 3 dollars daily. The case was heard in Common Pleas court.
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John I. Booth
John Kelly
Greenwich
James Cumiskey
Kelly
Cumiskey
Common Pleas Court
Talk on Americanism by Bridgeport official at Baptist church
Robert F. Bradley, secretary of the Bridgeport Americanization bureau, will address the Women's Missionary societies of all Baptist churches in the city at the First Baptist church Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. His talk, titled Americanism, will cover the aims and methods of the local work.
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Robert F. Bradley
Bridgeport Americanization Bureau
Women’s Missionary Societies
Baptist Churches
First Baptist Church
France halts five Normandie dreadnaughts construction
Paris reports the cabinet ordered stopping work on five Normandie class dreadnoughts laid down before the war but never finished. The decision follows steps to prevent completion and carries implications for naval buildup and postwar plans.
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Paris
Trial of auto thieves opens in New Haven
New Haven January 13 A jury was ascured and trial begun before Judge Gardiner Green of Peter Walters and Edward Maher both of New York charged with theft of automobiles. About fourteen vehicles described with charges including breaking and entering garages and taking autos.
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New Haven
Gardiner Green
Peter Walters
Edward Maher
New York
Missionary Miss Coe Talks on Hindoo Mission in India
Amy B. Coe of Madison Conn told the Universalist Ladies Missionary society about Hindu schooling civilizing and medical work in India She described Hindu courtesy and her upcoming return to resume missionary duties after a furlough and travel plans to India
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Miss Coe
India
Amy B. Coe
Madison, Conn
American Baptist Board
Tadies’ Missionary Society
The
Universalist Church
Lindow
Legion
Miss. Coe
Saltzgaber to Remain on Pension Commission
Gaylord M. Saltzgaber will stay as commissioner of pensions after reconsidering his resignation at the request of President Wilson. The president said he was too valuable to lose, and Saltzgaber had wished to retire to private life at his home in Van Wert Ohio.
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Washington
Gaylord M. Saltzgaber
Wilson
Saltzgaber
van Wert
Ohio
Three Arrests Made in Mexican Murders
Three men alleged to have killed American citizens Earl Bowles and W J Roney near Fort Lobos earlier this month have been arrested, according to a Tampico district report relayed by Colonel Carlos de Orasco, chief of operations.
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Mexico
CYTY
Earl Bowles
W. J. Roney
Fort Lobos
Carlos & Orasco
Tampico
Measles Surge Prompts City Health Inquiry in New York
New York Jan 13 Dr Royal S Copeland health commissioner orders immediate study of measles rise. Dr W H Park director of bureau of laboratories to lead investigation after 2,221 cases reported in the last ten days.
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New York
Royal S. Copeland
W. H. Park
Bureau of Laboratories
Polish Jews Flee Paris Refugees Reported Near Kiev
Polish Russian Jews flee Bolshevik advance between Kiev and Woloczys. About 15,000 refugees at Zmernik in pitiable condition. Similar plight reported at Oskirow as Warsaw dispatches detail the crisis.
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Kiev
Woloczys
Warsaw
Zmernik
Oskirow
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Roney
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Florence
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Lever Bros. Co
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