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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
7
Bill collectors and curious people seek details about men from city draft board clerks. The clerks divulge only draft numbers and refuse further information, citing questionnaire contents.
Bronx County Judge Gibbs dismissed indictments against Sergeant Charles Rafsky and Patrolman John Thorpe of the New York Police Department. They were accused of extorting 14 dollars from a Bridgeport truckman with threats of arrest. Rafsky had been suspended since September and held on 15000 bail.
Testimony from four manufacturers at the Labor Board hearing on minimum wage classifications reveals complexity in defining machinist and toolmaker roles. Executives from Locomobile and Graphophone discuss diverse occupations, piecework and pay ranges, urging a general living wage over occupation-specific rates while warning a fixed minimum could disrupt production. Union officials recount alleged discrimination against union members and describe past retaliation for union activity.
A 16 year old Miss Florentine Burns from Bridgeport secretly stayed with her aunt in New Haven for a week where she met Fred Forrest, 25. After a rapid romance, her parents blessed the marriage and Rev. Arthur H. Goodenough tied the knot. The couple now reside in New Haven.
Rev Theodore Buessel, a Bristol based German Lutheran pastor, was found guilty of violating the espionage act by a U S district court jury. Sentence deferred until tomorrow after arrest on May 28 for disloyal and seditious utterances praising Germany and the Kaiser. Police recover abandoned Maxwell car on Tunxis Hill road with 88-573 markers. unclaimed and no missing report. York East Methodist District conference notes wedding events in New Haven and Bridgeport with bride and groom's families confirming marriage plans and approval.
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