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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
14
Attorney General Palmer orders federal district attorneys to focus on coal profiteering amid rising mine prices. Letters allege mine prices range up to 11 dollars a ton with exporters driving demand. Production costs averaged 2.32 dollars per ton at the mines in January 1920, with 60 percent of output from the principal bituminous regions.
The ministerial deadlock persists in Vienna as the latest effort at a settlement appears to be a bid by the Christian cliques. The report notes ongoing discussions and shifting positions among key government factions with no clear breakthrough.
Socialists and a Pan German coalition establish a new bourgeois cabinet. TheTl servants and social democrats have not opposed the plan and seem willing to permit the passage of life to all respectfully.
The Sjodin Holmes negligence action began in the Superior Court yesterday after a collision between two machines at a corner in Trin. Sjodin, July 24, 1018, alleges recklessness against the truck driver. Clifford L. Colw represented west on South avenue. The defense denies the claims and the case resumes Tuesday morning.
New York June 17. An organization formed as Publ purchasing Corporation aims to co operate in paying for print paper and paper units. Delaware laws guide the cooperative effort with a large list of regional newspapers named among clients and an executive committee led by Tason Rogers.
A fragment reports 6000 motor vehicles allocated for the National Guard. The text is incomplete but indicates a large delivery or delivery plan connected to national defense. Further details are unclear from the readable portion.
Leading financiers like Lord Beavertrook and Lord Ashfield join the film boom. Sir Hugo Gumble-Owen, chairman of British American Tebaccs, also becomes an evacuated director of a 11 million dollar film concern. Small producers and crews are pushed to the wall as moneyed hands move into cinema.
Workers from all sections will meet in Vienna to discuss plans for a boycott of Hungary over alleged persecution of Hungarian workers. The Budapest government leads Vienna press with propaganda to avert the move, warning American beer supplies would be hit first if curbs occur.
A Hartford club gathering of the Sons of the American Revolution announced state representation with Governor Morgan G. Hartford named among other delegates. The board of managers discussed ensuring care for Revolutionary War veterans statewide. Bridgeport participation included routine officer elections and a plan to expand membership to 1,168.
A Paris case centers on Jaondru known as Bluebeard who reportedly promised marriage to 235 women and corresponded with 152, yet gave no engagements. Officials press charges of murder while he clings to silence as circumstantial evidence piles up against him.
In a Site perlor court verdict before Judge JT D Haines, John J Colborne administrator won damages of 900 against John Dexso for injuries to Emily J Colborne who died after a car strike on a sidewalk on November 26. The action arose from a collision with Dexso driving his machine. Damages were claimed in 1916.
Lena Johnson of California departs from Washington for San Francisco amid a quiet three day stay in Riverdale Maryland. The senator avoided visits to his capital office and kept to his home during the trip.
London June 17 report says Britain has no plan to scrap the Turkish treaty but is considering changes to objectionable clauses. Government concerns over the Middle East strain prompt ministers to weigh adjustments to ease the crisis and avert broader conflict.
Bridgeport mayor Chorl 3B. Wilson will be a prominent delegate at the twenty second annual state convention of the Modern Order of Eagles in New Sirita on June 20 and 21. DelroyD Michigan June bt Reverend K. Diotenhauer of Chicago was reelected president of the Evgneldal Lutheran synod at its seventh trent convention. A recommendation to fix mint professors in the synod seminaries at 2800 dollars a year plus house rent was adopted.
Flenny N. Sarto of Bridgeport and Severed ot out Uirarins attended the forty second annual conference of the American Library Association in Colorado Springs from June 2.
Parts, June 17 report final wartime statistics indicate total soldiers killed reach 1,002,370. The tally reflects ongoing global conflict reporting with strong emphasis on casualties. Officials note the figure consolidates verified deaths from multiple fronts and is updated as new records arrive.
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