City laxity makes travel dangerous in Bridgeport streets
The Telegram reports widespread slush and blocking garbage in Bridgeport as gutters fail to be cleared and street crossings become impassable. City, landlords, and tenants neglect cleaning sidewalks. only a small crew remains in the street cleaning department after mass dismissals. Pedestrians tread water over their shoes and cross safety is at risk. Police yield no enforcement. Superintendent Cunningham says his department is stretched thin and doing all it can.
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Bridgeport
Thomas J. Cunningham
Director of Public Works
Redgate
Cunningham
Health Department
Hydroplane bearing Wanamaker is safe
Universal Service reports Curtis hydroplane bearing Rodmar Wanamaker Jr and four other aviators missing after a wide ocean search along the Florida coast. The plane reportedly reached land on the coast, but no arrival details were provided.
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Universal Service
Miami
Fla
Curtis
Rodmar Wanamaker, Jr
Florida
New York Fight for 80 Cent Gas Upheld by Court
New York's bid to enforce 80 cent gas was sustained by the state supreme court. Justice Greenbaum denied a request to permanently restrain the attorney general public service commission and the city from enforcing the gas law.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Greenbaum
King's County Fighting Company
Attorney General
Public Service Commission
Sveatigranchild
City Mayor Seeks Surprise Meat Sale via Dealers
Bridgeport officials plan government surplus beef and mutton sale at 18 and 12 cents per pound to retailers if wholesale and retail meat dealers agree to handle distribution. L. M. Balee of the New York surplus office will supply carloads of 39 000 pounds, with delivery free to the city and prices about 20 percent below market.
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Bridgeport
Wilson
L. M. Balee
None Supply Office
New York
Gendt
Government Zone Supply Office
Mr. Balee
Bridgsport
Hartford
Balee
Wison
Kinsella
Middletown
Holcomb predicts suffrage victory at Connecticut dinner
At the McKinley day dinner in Middletown Governor Holcomb predicted that within a year or two women will take part in the state Republican gathering. The speech attacked radicals and praised Americanism while praising the dinner’s political supporters from Bridgeport and New Haven.
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Middletown
Conn
Connecticut
Wilson
Graham Fr. Thompson
J. Frederick Baker
William J. Malone
Hartford County
Daniel J. Donovan
New Haven
Harry MacKenzie
Bethel
Fairfield County
L. M. R. Clark
Middlessex
Alfred J. Bailey
New London
Marcolm Rudd
Litchfield
Judge Robinson
Windham
William Henry Hall
Tolland County
Robert O
Association
Kelley
United States Powhatan Reaches Halifax Harbor
The disabled transport Powhatan was towed into Halifax harbor at 7 30 pm. Captain Randall reported three men slightly ill and the rest well. After ten days battling incessant storms since January 18, the vessel with 150 crew and 271 passengers, including women and children, found relief as weather allowed transfer to the Northern Pacific. Passengers arrived safely in New York last Saturday.
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Halifax
N. S
Halifax Harbor
Randall
Northern Pacific
New York
Revenue agents raid Red Hook Junkers on Yarmouth
New York January 27 revenue officers seized 66 pottles of whiskey from two small boats moored beside the Black Star liner Yarmouth uncovering the Red Hook Junkers gang. Officials say the gang has been supplying water front rackets with liquor smuggled ashore from vessels in the harbor. The Yarmouth, operated by Black-owned owners, had sailed with a large whiskey cargo but returned for repairs as prohibition went into effect.
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New York
Revenue
Black Star
Yarmouth
Red Hook
Sound Waves from Far-off Planets Possible Says British Astronomer
Sir Frank W. Dyson, astronomer royal, said it is quite possible to receive waves from other planets. He noted the Marconi wireless interruptions described yesterday by Signor Marc coni and left further interpretation to wireless experts.
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London
Dan
Signor Marcconi
Marconi
Frank W. Dyson
Astronomer Royal
Hope Fades for End to Deadlock on Peace Treaty
Washington January 27 1920 Peace treaty talks limp on with 48 hour extension heading to Thursday session Democrats clash with Republicans over Article ten and the Monroe Doctrine as leaders gauge sentiment and possible ratification moves. Delegations from New York urged immediate ratification while urging restraint until a final agreement emerges.
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Whiich
Senate
Drosttemm
Ping Dent Wilson
Whitehouse
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Fletcher resigns as ambassador to Mexico after 18 years
Washington reports Henry P Fletcher has resigned as United States ambassador to Mexico. The move ends 18 years of diplomatic service and comes as he cites inability to improve relations while President Carranza governs Mexico. Officials offered no confirmation, and Fletcher is away from Washington.
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Washington
Henry Pp. Fletcher
United States
Mexico
Hia
Carranza
Fletcher
State Department
Harvard observers locate another new star in nova discovery
Harvard College Observatory announced the discovery of another new star, found while examining plates taken nearly two years ago. The nova lies at right ascension 16h 4m 94s and declination 29° 7.8′.
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Gambridge
Mass
Jat
Harvard College Observatory
Airmen to Scrape Ice From Wireless Wires
Annapolis Md Jan 27 government wireless plant opposite the Naval Academy nearly out of commission due to sleet storms. A 404 foot captive balloon is sent from Cape May to relieve the issue and an aviator will arrive from Washington to scrape ice off the wires from the balloon.
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Annapolis
Severn River
Naval Academy
Cape May
Washington
Republicans Split Over Universal Military Training Plan
The dispute between Senate and House Republican leaders over universal military training surfaced publicly. Mondell warned the party would face political oblivion if it supports the plan, arguing it would cost about a billion dollars and require bond issues. Wadsworth cited possible cuts in army spending if four months of training for ages 18 to 21 are adopted, while noting cost to camps and equipment. Harrel declined a House military committee assignment amid opposition to the policy.
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Senate
House
Senate Military Committee
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Mondell
Wadsworth
New York
Mdndell
Verly
Harrel
Oklahoma
House Military Committee
Only 275 Extremists Remain Held on Ellis Island
New York January 27 Only 275 of the 28 extremists sent to Ellis Island for deportation proceedings after Federal raids on a communist quarter last month remain in custody. The rest are out on bail, averaging six released daily. About 68 “perfect cases” await actual deportation, with 43 arrested in Detroit and 20 described as leftovers from the Soviet Ark Buford, which recently delivered 249 radicals in Finland.
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New York
Fills Island
Detroit
Buford
Finland
Epidemics Spread in Eastern Europe
Vidnma Jan 27 The spread of epidemics in eastern Europe is gravely alarming Austria Influenza in virulent form is concentrating in Vienna and Budapest Reports from eastern Silesia and Slovakia say that the plague is developing rapidly In Teschen people are falling in the streets Three members of the Diet were among the victims Many government offices are closed Spotted fever is spreading Ukraine Bessarabia and Poland
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Austria
Vienna
Budapest
Silesia
Slovbakia
Teschen
Ukraine
Bessarabia
Poland
Boston Freight Men Set Nationwide Noon Strike
Boston union leaders said about 2,000 freight handlers on the Boston and Maine Boston and Albany and New Haven railroads will strike at noon tomorrow at city sheds and docks. The walkout, delayed from yesterday to protect perishable freight, demands a twenty cent hourly wage increase.
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Boston and Maine
Boston and Albany
New Maven
Charge Socialists Unfit Because of Party Pledge Read
Albany dispatch details prosecution tactics in the trial of five suspended Socialist assemblymen charged with disloyalty. Evidence focused on their oaths of office amid party constitution bans on funding military or naval purposes. The record included radical documents and a Moscow manifesto, with witnesses presenting oath and militia funding provisions.
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Assembly Judiciary Committees
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Socialista
Chicago
Lenine
Trotzky
New York
Louis Waldman
Soviet
Russia
Stanchfield
The
Socialist Party
National Party
Wilard B. Bottome
Yonkers
Michael J. Driscoll
Joint Legislative Committee
Moscow
Sola the new comet sighted by Wis observatory
A January 27 report from William Bay Wisconsin notes Sola, the new comet named after a Spanish discoverer, was sighted by astronomers. The discovery confirms the comet's position for observers, though naked-eye visibility remains limited. The sighting follows a week of tracking by scientists.
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Universal Service
Chicago
Wiliam Bay
Wis
League Hesitates on Action Awaiting Treaty Status
Washington dispatch notes the League of Nations plans a February London meeting to discuss the permanent court of international justice as the council weighs how the treaty outcome in the Senate will shape decisive steps. The oil of the League marks a cautious start to its first business session under the new framework.
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London
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S. Senate
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Associated Press
Washington
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Paris
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United S
Hague
Elihu Root
Ifs
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Cominls
America
Flu Cases Surge in Bridgeport with 42x day total
Bridgeport health officials report 42 new flu cases in 24 hours raising concern though deaths remain zero. Health Officer Walter H Brown and Joseph S Goodwin discussed ventilation and spitting bans on streetcars with trolley company cooperation. Shortage of nurses cited. calls for trained domestic and nursing volunteers.
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Bridgeport
Health Department
Walter H. Brown
Joseph 5. Goodwin
Connecticut Company
Goodwin
Dr. Brown
Trolley
Brown
Charities
Main Street
Madison
Noble
Board of Health
Henry Callahan
Vecsey to Construct 20 Single Family Houses
Twenty single family houses approved for construction by Geza Vecsey on Fayerweather Street and Harborview Place. North Waverweather Street and south side of Fayerweather will host six on the west side of Harborview Place. Other permits granted include a frame garage at 161 Elm Place for A C Tyler and various brick additions and storefronts on Washington Avenue, Str Avenue, Bassiciue, and B Street for several owners.
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Fayerweather ‘Stree Harborview Place
S .m
Geven
Waverweather Street
Fayerweathe
View Place
Elm Place
A. C. Tyler
Washington Avenue
Co Breweries Company
Str Avenue
John Bergen
Bassici Nue
Filippo Ballette
B Street
Joseph Cellar
Virginia House backs suffrage plan to referendum
In Richmond on January 27 the Virginia House of Delegates voted 55 to 39 to recommend sending the woman suffrage amendment to a referendum, signaling the legislature's support for putting the issue before voters.
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Virginia House of Repress
Richmond
House of Presentatives
Virginia Legiature
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