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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1918
Page
3
Ashinston reports January 20 as many food retailers sign a conservation pledge from the administration. Campaign runs until 359,000 are enrolled. Pennsylvania ranks second with 6 400 and third with 6 325. Marketing notes list Cold remedies like SANATIVE BROMO QUT E tablets from E W Grove with ads.
Joseph Gallalias Waring was arrested in Stamford by a Bridgeport detective. He admitted a series of robberies in Tsir field County totaling over $60,000 in goods and that he escaped from Trenton Prison, New Jersey. The report notes a warning about procrastination on bills.
Snow and extreme cold affect railroad traffic as open top cars are limited, demurrage rates rise, and 10000 cars move from mines. Exemptions for essential industries are listed while fuel officials urge faster unloading and adherence to curtailment rules.
Washington announces a war service exchange under Major E N Sanctuary in the adjutant general's department to handle all army tenders and serve as an information bureau linking applicants with the labor department and other agencies. Winslow Russell and John J Coss are named associates. Preparations to handle 4000, Woe bushels of grain per month completed by Canadian Pacific Railway at St John New Brunswick.
Bridgeport leaders form a war bureau subcommittee to speed unloading and clear freight jams. The group urges railroad officials and drivers to organize, unload cars within 24 hours, and deploy extra trucks as embargoes ease.
Abraham Lodge ILOG honors retiring president Jacob G Klein and installs new officers led by Henry Greenstein as the lodge departs from a traditional ball due to hard times. Klein receives a gold ring for decades of service including the lodge’s 50th anniversary.
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