Government loan seen for Bridgeport trolley cars
U S loan to trolley company in Bridgeport likely to aid purchasing more streetcars as population and munition worker housing rise. Officials indicate the Bureau of Housing in Washington may provide a loan similar to that given Bridgeport Housing Company. Agreement hinges on population growth and labor demand. current car supply handles traffic, but more cars may be needed if growth continues.
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Connecticut Company
Bridgeport
Bureau ‘of Housing
Washington
Bridgeport S
Joseph S. Goodwin
Goodwin
Connecticut
Purose
Bureau of Housing
Ifhe
Shots by Woman Scare Prowlers Away From Home
Mrs Howard Lewis of 1885 Quarry Street fired two shots from a sun in the home after 10 PM when she saw five men prowling on the front porch and yard. Police Patrolmen Burns and Eichel reported no trace of the intruders after the incident as she protected her children and pet.
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Howard Lewis
Quarry Street
Lewis
Burns and
Eichel
Fourth Precinct
Othe Hond
Forecast highlights for East to Middle Atlantic regions
July forecasts report fair to partly cloudy conditions across East New York, South Portion, and Land areas with slightly warmer temperatures in the south. Moderate southwest winds dominate the North and Middle Atlantic coasts. Almanac notes dawn and dusk times and celestial data for the period.
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Washington
East
New York
Eand
North Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
Moon
Girl Bather Develops Paint Camouflage System
Fairfield July 14 W omen at the beach attempt to dodge censors by painting blue color on exposed limbs to resemble swimsuits. Unofficial observers soon noted the disguise as the authorities anticipate more applicants to become beach censors.
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Fairfield
Mirldow
Sui
Avius
Connecticut Bank Plans to Double Its Capital Stock
Connecticut National bank asks stockholders to vote on doubling current capital stock from 322100. If approved, existing holders receive first rights to new shares. those uninterested may sell rights. The bank, active in large business, recently bought adjacent property to allow possible future building expansion.
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Connecticut Bank
Connecticut National Bank
Haseen
Advisory Body to Aid Distribution of Needed Labor
Five men will form an advisory committee under a new government labor program in Bridgeport. The group includes two manufacturers, two labor reps, and a public chairman, serving without pay. They will guide the centralization of labor starting August 1 and handle non essentials versus essential war industry concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
America
Burritt
United States Employment Service
Leo A. Korper
Hartford
Five Hurt In Barnum Ave Car Crash
Five people were injured when two trolley cars collided near Seaview and Barnum avenues yesterday afternoon. Emergency hospital staff treated the wounded, and a Barnum avenue car suffered front end damage while the New Haven car’s rear was telescoped. Passengers on the rear platform sustained injuries, with two women fainting.
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Seaview
Barnum Avenues
Maxwell
New Haven
Barnum Avenue
Protorium
Barnam Avenue
New Registrants Examinations To Begin Soon
Local draft boards have classified nearly all 1918 registrants and will conduct physical examinations on Sunday July 21 at high schools. Board Four starts with its 1818 Class 1-A examinations, with some boards ready to test others. Board Three has classified 7 of 225 registrants as Class 1-A and may call them soon. Hearings continue for 1917 deferments, with deferred men given a chance to show why they are not Class 1-A. Late marriage men are placed in Class 1-X.
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Board Four
Board Three
Coal price talks loom as Bridgeport faces heating ban
Bridgeport weighs new coal costs with dealers seeking higher transport charges. The local fuel board chair T. J. Pardy and Connecticut Fuel Administrator Thomas W. Russell discuss a tentative price above 60 cents a ton due to labor and charter costs. New Haven records a 10.25 dollar wholesale price, 30 cent rise for bituminous coal. Boston announces a December 1 heating ban, echoing Hartford discussions.
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Pardy
Russell
Boston
New England
Bridgeport
T. J. Pardy
Hartford
Thomas W. Russell
Connecticut
New York
Leo
J. J. Storrow
Pirate insider Pirnitzer held as dangerous alien in 1915
Julius Pirnitzer former president of the Trans Atlantic Trust company and three other officers were arrested in New York as dangerous enemy aliens. The bank had been taken over and reorganized by alien property custodian A. Mitchell Palmer. Other detainees included Andrew Gomary Guido Von Steer and Dr Isidore Szelsely.
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Trans-Atlantic Trust Company
New York
Gondos Brothers
Julius Pirnitzer
A. Mitchell Palmer
Andrew Gomary
Pirnitzer
Giuide von Steer
Isidore Szelsely
Pirnityer
Budapest
Emile Werkowitz
Hector Gondos
Bridgeport
Trans- Atlantic Trust Company
Lagent
Central Powers
Robert Puy
Tirnitzer
United States Secret Service
Pernitzer
1 Crusade
Soan
Deutschland
Arrest Janitor Charged With Defiling U S Flag
John Hamil a janitor at Hall school was arrested on a warrant charging him with defiling the United States flag. He was taken to the Second precinct station after 7 pm and released under $100 bond furnished by himself. Prosecuting Attorney De Laney issued the warrant following a neighborhood complaint.
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King
United States
John
Hamil
Third Street
Hall School
DeLaney
Soviets Claim Gains Along River Region
London July 11 Reuters dispatch from Peking dated July 10 says the Czecho-Slovaks control virtually all western Siberia from Tobolsk east of the Urals to Semipalatinsk near the Chinese frontier. The Trans-Siberian railway is under their control from Cheliabinsk to Krasnoyarsk. Irkutsk Bolsheviks defeated, report confirms earlier despatches.
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London
Siberia
Reuter
Peking
Tobolsk
Urals
Semipalatinsk
trans-Siberian Railway
Tcheliabinsk
Ural Mountains
Russia
Krasnoyarsk
Irkutsk
Industrial Survey In 2nd District Finished by Pierce
Bradford D. Pierce Sr director of the district and Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce president led a survey of industrial concerns in the second regional district. The effort catalogs which firms can do war work and at what speed. Results will be transmitted to the government with data tabulated by Pierce and assistant F Kingsbury Bull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford D. Pierce, Sr
Bridgeport Charmber of Commerce
Pierge
F. Kingsbury Bull
New York
George Gove
The
Chamber of
Branchville awaits first postmistress as age grants hand
BRANCHVILLE Conn July 11 A male post office hedge ends when a local girl is to become postmistress at age. Senator Harvey and Merritt secured a reply from Washington noting Branchville’s post will not be discontinued and that Miss Muldrum, an engineer applicant, will assume the role in September.
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Merritt
Washington
Muldrum
Branchyvilne
Conn
Mane
Branchville
Senator Tharvey
Sissall
Omererae Seluvier Merritt
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C
Senator Bisset
Post Office Department
Post Office
Sonerith
Ivanehvile
Oflien
Lani Voars
Schuyler Merrits von
Bolshevik Offensive Pushes On In Volga Siberia War
London dispatch reports Bolshevik forces pushing against the Czecho Slovak army in the Volga region with significant gains. Czecho Slovaks retreat in Siberia amid counter offensives as Bolshevik troops advance toward Stavropol Yaroslav and Rybinsk while reports of mutinies and railway sabotage surface. Detachments flee toward Rybinsk. measures taken against them. Eastern sector sees Czecho Slovaks retreating after occupying Tcheshardrinsk as Council troops counter.
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London
Volga
Moscow
Siberia
Department For
People’s Commissariat of War
Syzran
Simbirsk
Bugulma
Ufa
Samara
Stavropol
Caucasia
Yaroslav
Rybinsk
West Siberian Railway
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U.S
Trolley CO
Chamber of Commerce
Eidlitz
Miti
Barnum Ave
Contlough
Shar
Vpage 13
Tian
Daily News
U. S
Pierce
Bolsheviki Report
Talis
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