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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
2
President Carter supports a World Court proposal as a measured step toward peace. Senator Fess reports mixed reactions in the Midwest with fears about League of Nations entanglements and a push for clear reservations to avoid implying league membership.
The report outlines Germany proposing railway assets as loan guarantees and discusses tax receipts, wartime losses, and a planned international conference to negotiate reparations. German officials warn that Britain’s rejection could hasten the fall of the Cuno cabinet.
Meeting notices list several groups with contact at 181 State Street 1625 Main Street and others including Golden Hill council American Insurance Union Daughters of America and Women’s Christian Temperance Union plus Machinists Harmony Rebekah Lodge and Golden Gate lodge. Readers asked to notify in writing of time or change.
A heavy rain deluge yesterday created a four foot flood under the Fairfield Avenue railroad viaduct, halting traffic and trapping a trolley car. Two automobiles stalled. traffic diverted via Cherry Street. Fire and church alarms were reported as wires were struck by lightning. A 92-year-old man at 276 West Main was briefly stunned at the dinner table by the crack of lightning.
Fairfield County merchants urge action on bad roads. York from Bridgeport notes widespread disrepair and detours, hindering travel and commerce. The Telegram calls for cooperative highway efforts among towns including Fairfield Norwalk Stamford Stratford Westport Trumbull Danbury and others to build permanent, better roads.
A Philadelphia social figure, Countess of Suofel, injured two people in a reckless driving incident and was held at police headquarters. The report notes other society names connected to the scene and ongoing investigation into the severe crash.
Atlantic City June 7 Lou Flolland of Missouri was reelected president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World and the convention selected London England for the 1924 gathering. Jesse W. Neal of New York was reelected secretary treasurer of the association. The convention condemned the practice of public incitement and distasteful political content as controversial.
Paris reports that the German reparations note is unacceptable to France, adding that any discussion depends on dropping passive Ruhr resistance. France and other Allies oppose the proposal, preferring a broader, joint approach while Germany delivered the note to the Allied Commission.
Nearly 20 000 Shrines and families visited the White House for an open house with President and Mrs Harding. Officials count about 40 900 total visitors since Monday as admission rules were loosened, police limited entry to groups of a thousand amid long queues on a hot day.
A fragmented economic discussion argues repudiating inflated currency to restore price levels, noting harmful effects from currency falls on profits and trade. It cites experts from universities, bankers, and policymakers warning that mismanaged money raises inflation, reduces purchasing power, and lags in effect.
Stephen Stevengus White, 35, of 363 Prospect Street, lies in St. Vincent's Hospital with a fractured skull after being found unconscious on State Street and Hownd Avenue last Tuesday night. Police probe and a coroner’s inquest are planned as investigators seek motive and manner of injury. Timpson of 135 Wear Avenue says he left White with another man after a quarrel. the other man is not identified.
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