Influenza cases rise in Bridgeport amid hospital prep
Ninety one new influenza cases in 24 hours bring Bridgeport total to 230 with two deaths and five pneumonia deaths. Health officials stress lower virulence versus last year as Red Cross plans a canteen and medical aid networks expand across hospitals and charities.
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Bridgeport
Walter H. Brown
Brown
Board of Education
Bridgeport Hospital
Englewood Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
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Red Cross
United Congregationals Church
CN. Worthen
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Joseph F. Keegan
Joseph Howard
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Catholic Charitable ‘Bureau
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Helen Bard
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Wisting Nurse Association
Alleged Betrayer of Edith Cavell Sentenced in War Trial
PARIS Jan 30 Georges Gaston Quien was sentenced to 20 years for intelligence with the enemy after his prior death sentence for betraying Edith Cavell was dropped. His second trial followed an appeal challenging a 4 to 3 court martial verdict. a new trial was ordered previously.
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Edith Cavell
Parus
Georges Gaston Quien
Miss Cavell
Court of Appeals
Quien
Mar‘tial
Rescue at Sea for Mielero Crew by Sister Ship
In Wilmington North Carolina on January 30 radio reports say the tank steamer Mielero sank at sea Monday and its crew were saved by the sister ship Sucrosa. The men were rescued this afternoon after drifting in small boats for five days.
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Wilmington
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Ohio City treasurer pleads guilty and is jailed
Warren Ohio January 30 Charles B Kistler former city treasurer pleaded guilty to embezzling city funds and was fined 100640.10 double the amount embezzled and sentenced to one to twenty years in the state penitentiary by Common Pleas Judge C M Willins A warrant for the arrest of Mrs Lillian Jane Wilson of Cleveland has been issued as she is sought by police
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Lillian Jane Wilson
Cleveland
Andrew G Mickelson Second Flu Victim
Andrew G Mickelson died after three days of influenza at 1467 Iranistan Avenue. He is the second flu death in the city and is survived by his wife Frances Rock, two daughters Mabel and Catherine, his parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Mickelson, two sisters Mildred and Clara, and a brother Martin. Funeral is 2 PM Monday at Park Cemetery.
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Iranistan Avenue
Frances Rock
Mabel
Catherine
Oscar Mickelson
Mildred
Clara
Martin
Park Cemetery
Ances
Club kills wife then kills self near Port Plain
Fred Schwartz, 65, a retired farmer, clubbed his wife to death this afternoon at their farmhouse near Port Plain and then drank poison to commit suicide. A daughter found them. The scene followed reported illness in the family.
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Port Plain
Fred Schwartz
Schwarz
Hee
Farmers Fear Aid Shortage Could Disrupt Economy
Washington officials report 40000 farmer replies to a post office survey show unrest over labor shortages high wages and middlemen profits. farmers consider leaving farms or reducing acreage due to lack of labor and city lure, while officials call the mood a grave menace to production and economic stability.
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Post Office Department
George L. Wood
Post
O Office Department
Senate Post Office Committee
James I. Blagslee
Blakeslee
Senate
Blaksles
Ieast
New England
New Poll Theaters to Rise on Main Street Springfield
Theatre magnate Sylvester Poll announces two new playhouses on the old Wheeler Jet site in Springfield with 3800 and 2300 seat capacities. Construction starts March 1 pending milder weather, adding ten stores and two-story offices on Main Street. A $1,000,000 Hartford theatre and Bridgeport projects nearby are noted as context.
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Poll
Mysterious “Waves” Heard in Baltimore and London
Intermittent waves were recorded at multiple wireless stations all day and night, not like code but repeating a mystery formula. Signals appeared across commercial and amateur bands with identical broadcasts in London, prompting speculation of a powerful new transmitter or planetary communication ideas from Mars or Venus. Hopkins scientists propose celestial disturbances or internal earth activity as explanations.
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Marconi
Naval
Tandon
Mars
Venus
Earth
E Hopkins University
19 Year Old Boy 5 Candidate for President
Antonio Gibbon, a 19 year old Mexican vice consul, sailed from Clondgon for Vera Cruz to announce his bid for the presidency. He plans a campaign in Mexico to settle foreign debts and seek a dignified national standing, coupled with a friendly approach to the United States for Mexico’s welfare.
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IBY Robert VT. Prow. Co
CG Empressial Service
Clondgn
Antonio Gibbon
Vera Cruz
United States
Police Board Meeting Delays Appointments Until Feb 15
Police Commissioner John C. Stanley cannot consider new appointments due to finals. Tonight's meeting will cover only routine business, with appointments deferred to the February 15 board session.
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Police Board
John C. Stanley
Protest Over Ex Kaisers Extradition in Hanover
About 5,000 people staged a demonstration in Hanover to protest the extradition of former Emperor William of Germany. Officials later marched to Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s home where he received an acclamation and delivered a brief patriotic reply.
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Berlin
Hanover
Wiliam
Holland
von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Republicans Favor $50 Million Europe Food Credit
Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee reached an informal agreement to back a $50,000,000 communal food relief loan to European nations including Austria and Armenia. The plan, supported by some Democrats and steering committee members, aims to aid starving populations while Poland’s role faces opposition. Tomorrow the full committee meets to finalize the measure and consider whether to specify beneficiary countries or fund recipients through the U S Grain Corporation, with profits cited from prior grain sales.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Yordney
Democratic Committee
Kitchin
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Garnet
Texas
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Steering Committee
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Austria
Budapest
Poland
France
England
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Armenia
Europe
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United States Grain Corporation
Herbert Floover
Influenza Outbreak Strikes Aldershot Garrison
Authorities battle a serious influenza outbreak at Aldershot with many soldiers in military hospitals and the disease spreading into the civilian population. Medical teams, rapid containment measures, and civilian precautions are in force as winter illness concerns rise among residents and troops.
Martens Reveals Soviet Couriers Braving Death
Soviet agent Ludwig C A K Martens told the Senate sub committee how couriers carrying propaganda funds for the USSR faced death and capture across European frontiers. He described attempts to gain recognition from President Wilson and placed provisional contracts worth 25 million dollars with American firms while claiming diplomatic immunity. He noted twenty messengers started last year, seven reached him, nine were jailed, and three were shot in Finland as they tried to pass through Germany to the United States.
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Russia
America
Europe
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
United States
Senate Foreign Relations
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State Department
Wilson
Moscow
Finland
Florida cattle clash ends in three deaths
Jan 31 in Pelle county Florida three cattlemen were killed and a fourth captured after a confrontation with deputy sheriffs during attempts to cut wire fences around phosphate land owned by American Agricultural Chemical. Deputies Newton Watcher and Samuel Williams say the cattlemen opened fire, prompting a battle. The dead are T. W. Albritton known as Tinka, A. J. Albritton, and Miram D. Alderman. Jesse Albritton is reported dead. Surviving cattle raiser is said to have confessed.
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Pla
Pelle
American Almricultural Chemical Company
Florida
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A. J. Albritton
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Jesse Albritton
Coolidge Flags Moral For Organized Labor
Boston January 30 Governor Coolidge told a Dartmouth College Alumni Association dinner that readers of rightist organized labor should recall what happened to organized industry when it believed it could live without the law. He warned that capital and labor must reflect the will of the people and that government must be supreme to solve the nation’s difficulties.
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Coollidge
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Boston and Vicinity
Rightv Organized Labor
Striking Actors Threaten Chicago Walkout
Chicago Jan 30 A general walkout by actors was indicated tonight before Monday following a clash between the Equity society and the Shuberts. Members of the Hello Alexander cast were dismissed for refusals to sign.
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Equity Society
Shuberts
Hello Alexander
No More Soviet Arks to Depart United States
Washington reports the Bureau of Immigration may end plans for sending Soviet Arks like the Buford. Commissioner Caminetti said it may be cheaper to deport radicals in small groups aboard regular passenger ships and that 1,400 aliens have already been sent since last June.
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Bureau of Immgration
Consid
Caminetti
United States
Camlnetti
Sinn Fein Elected Mayor in Derry City Clash
Belfast Jan 30 An unmatched scene as Alderman O Doherty won Derry's mayoralty by 19 to 0 against opposition. The nationalist victory sparked cheers and chants with threats to ban insulting flags at the Guildhall. O Doherty declared a new chapter and vowed no British delegates would be received during his year. A Sinn Fein councillor was also elected mayor of Sligo.
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Belfast
O'Doherty
Derry
Ireland
Sligo
Eleven IWW members on murder trial in Centralia case
In Montesano Washington jurors were sworn in to try eleven alleged IWW members for the murder of Warren O Grimm one of four victims of the Armistice Day shooting in Centralia Several jurors face further examination before peremptory challenges are complete
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Washn
Warren O. Grimm
Centralia
Washa
Sleeping sickness germ isolated in patient blood
Rome January 30 Professor Massi oggi a of Bologna University is reported to have isolated the germ of sleeping sickness in the blood of patients. He is said to be preparing a serum to combat the disease.
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Masgiora
Bolgona University
Taft Plan Refused by Democrats on Reservations in Senate
Washington Jan. 4. Democrats press for peace treaty reservations while Lodge and Republicans insist on sticking to Taft’s language. Hitchcock signals floor move as Lodge cites Monroe Doctrine issues and frames two reservation proposals as nonnegotiable. Debate threatens to reopen treaty questions in the Senate. White House briefed on positions.
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