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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1923
Page
17
Indian Mohammedans divide into two factions over the Near East crisis. Nationalists favor the change in the Sultanate and loyalty to the new Turkish Sultan. Conservatives oppose the change, fearing it harms Turkish prestige and challenges Angora Assembly actions.
Islamic world leaders celebrate the new Sultan with mass meetings in major Indian and Burmese cities. In Rangoon a Mohammedan mosque hosted a large crowd with Buddhist monks present, attendance reported over twenty thousand.
Hartford January 26 Many Republican chiefs and sub chiefs plan to skip this year’s McKinley birthday dinner at the Elton Hotel Waterbury due to hard travel schedules slick roads and a lack of party cohesion Governor Charles A Templet on leads the Connecticut McKinley association and former Governor Frank O Lowden of Illinois will speak.
Alvin Owsley, national commander of the American Legion, praised French resolve in Ruhr while urging unity to defend democracy. He warned against disloyalty from foreign language press and Bolshevik elements, calling for cooperation to safeguard industry and patriotism in peacetime.
President Harding approves establishment of a naval base at Alameda in San Francisco Bay and an appropriation of 100,000 dollars to start construction. Secretary Denby told the House Naval Affairs committee that Alameda offers 340 acres of waterfront land for the base.
New York January 27 A proposal for an international cooperative exchange agency would unite nations as partners to solve war political and social problems Senator Stockhart of Iowa said before the Council of Worldmakers He argued it would win support from farmers laborers and war veterans and that interstate and foreign commerce should be run under federal control modeled on Rochdale cooperative plans He urged repeal of antitrust laws once this is effected He cited English cooperation as a model and noted broad sympathy among workers and farmers for a producer consumer cooperative system as a permanent global solution to cost disparities and economic injustice.
Union representative Al McKeon announced Bridgeport painters are not seeking a pay raise. The local scale remains at 1 dollar per hour, while Wilton painters voted to raise to seven dollars per day starting March. Current Wilton rate is six dollars per diem.
Oscar J. Gontz of 66 Fayarweather terrace was arrested yesterday morning for driving without a license. He allegedly nearly struck Officer Thomas Maloney who tried to halt his car. A short chase ended in Gontz capture.
Police asked to aid in locating Charles Sedford 22 son of Charles Bedford president of Vacuum OM company and grandson of J T Bedford of Greens Farms He was reported missing while undergoing treatment for a nervous condition at Bleomingdale sanitarium New York.
Hartford January 26 Senator Challenger introduces a bill to prevent tampering with voting machines and restrict demonstrations within 72 hours of elections while town clerks retain control. The measure proposes a $100 penalty for violations and aims to cover all municipalities.
A watch and 15 dollars in cash were stolen Thursday night from the Dawe theatre on State street, police were told in a complaint filed yesterday morning.
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