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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1921
Page
13
Mrs. Fannie I Crosby launches a Bridgeport Clean-up Week to aid unemployed ex service men by cleaning attics to yards, painting and yard work. Over 1,000 veterans seek local work, with carpenters, plumbers, painters among skilled applicants. donations of clothes and food sought. contact Barnum 9206 for work by hour or day.
Federal officials and 16 states will tour from Niagara Falls starting July 11 to examine proposed Great Lakes St. Lawrence waterways improvements. Cabinet members, senators, representatives, and engineers will join under the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Tidewater Association, traveling by Canadian steamship to Toronto Quebec and Montreal with group discussions and conferences planned.
Massachusetts Agriculture Commissioner Arthur W Gilbert urged that no more poppies be introduced for propagation. He warned the Flanders poppy could spread rapidly and seed dispersal by wind might endanger crops across agricultural districts.
Alexander Howat and August Dorcy presidents of the Kansas Miners union were sentenced to six months in jail and fined 3500 by Judge Frank W. Bosse in Cherokee County District Court. They were convicted last week of violating the Kansan industrial law by calling a strike.
Charles A. Prouty, longtime former member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, died at his Newport home after several weeks illness. He served 18 years on the commission and was later appointed its position in valuation. He was 63 years old.
XUIMHG ENCAMPMENT F C 0 Nutmeg Encampment T a 10 will host a meeting at hall 1088 Broad Street second and month Fa m tonight Plans will be discussed followed by luncheon
Constantinople, a key Near and Middle East import export hub, suffers a commercial standstill as Muslim and Turkish politics create uncertainty. Merchants hoard goods, demand for payments dwindles, and American ships avoid Bolshevik ports. Retailers push high prices. wholesalers reship losses to the United States. Refugee Russians as street vendors flounder amid broken markets.
Reading suggests that with a new government in Russia, longterm credits may become accessible. The text notes that business improves when such a government is established, implying economic stabilization and credit growth.
Grand Haven, July. Benjamin Bergman, custodian of the local post office, arrested for stealing $10,000 from registered mail pouches sent from the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago to a local bank. Bergman reportedly confessed and a portion of the money has been recovered.
Three factories in Mexico City now furnish nearly all interior footwear and much along the border. Juarez consular data show Mexico's steady demand for U. S. raw materials foods grains machinery and agricultural implements. US exports rise while Chihuahua remains poor this revolution era.
In Utica New York Deputy Sheriff Charles Kammerlohr was fatally shot by bootleggers near 1 am as he and Deputy Ireland pursued suspects. The wounded bootleggers Isidore Comiskey and Nathan Denmark were captured, while a possible third assailant fled in a roadster. Comiskey sustained multiple wounds. Denmark had arm and leg injuries. Police say more gang members may be at large.
Paris reports a bill before the Chamber of Deputies to establish and operate a war capable fleet of 1000 airplanes. Deputy Paul Benatz argues against heavy government costs by creating a commercial corporation to run passenger transport and postal routes while keeping military readiness for rapid action. The proposal envisions using aviation to develop colonies and sustain wartime operations.
The Banco Nacional de Cuba creditors are protected as the 8-creditor run remains under liquidation. El Mundo cites Eduardo Durruthy, secretary of the Federal Bank Liquidation commission, as saying assets were $64.5 million with liabilities of $87.49 million. The secretary notes economies save about $70,000 monthly and the bank will return to normal once national problems are solved.
A report details Seth Shepard of Washington DC being attacked while aboard a small yacht near Noank and later found dead in the Mystic River after the body was recovered. The article also notes Irivan Mesnikian becomes Armenian Soviet president under Bolshevik pressure and offers cautions on sleeplessness and late-night habits with nutrition guidance.
A fragment from a Kalamazoo shop page advertises Read quality items including two strap pumps and slippers in black and brown kid and calf, with prices nine to eleven dollars. Also listed are sanitary cloth blankets and cookery by Nelson priced two dollars, urging households to use fruit daily and preserve it for winter.
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