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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1920
Page
10
Fragmented OCR recounts Georges Clemenceau fearing Paris would fall during a critical drive involving Poincaré, with mentions of military and political maneuvers. The narrative notes Clemenceau pressing the President and references February to March events and high level discussions.
A garbled report notes Judge Wheeler receiving Italian honors, including the title of Commendatore, from the Italian government. The record is incomplete with several illegible sections but indicates a ceremonial conferment of high honors.
Hearing the New York newspapers praise a test at Carnegie Hall, customers can compare a store phonograph to the official Laboratory Model used by Edison. The device, claimed to cost three million dollars in research, promises authentic realism and readiness to replicate the Anna Case performance.
The New Edison delivers near perfect voice reproduction as Miss Case sings in darkness, the audience unaware she has left the platform. Critics praise the realistic duplication and note the identical voice in pink drapery and mahogany cabinet. Alfred Fox Piano Co. advertises the device and a budget plan.
The British Army Council exonerates General Dyer amid controversy over his actions in Punjab, despite findings by the Hunter Commission that his order led to the killings. The decision relies on a written statement from Dyer, amid reports of thousands wounded and civilian casualties.
A veteran speaker laments unmet peace after war as about thirty wars, large and small, rage across lands. He recalls promises of postwar peace not delivered and warns of ongoing conflict and danger from leaders and soldiers alike. He notes widespread combat on land and sea and the persistent sense of peril.
The first three days of this week in the Superior court will be set to clear up 44 unontested divorce cases on the docket. Monday schedules 15 cases, Tuesday 19, and Wednesday remaining. An order for summer adjournment will be issued and the April session will end. The Common Pleas court will adjourn Friday.
Four local young men from Bridgeport completed preparatory studies for priesthood at Lingle Institute. Iraneis No tun, Neary, Alexander Ts ler, and Michiel Guerin from Sacred Heart, Church of the Immaculate Sacrament, St Charicle’s, and St Mary’s parishes graduated. In September they will receive assignments to theological seminaries to complete their studies for the church.
Three candidates enter the Maine primary to challenge Governor Carl B. Milliken as the Republican party fields rivals for a two year term. The biennial state election is scheduled for September 15.
The article notes no successor to the position following Goodwin's resignation. A new wage system sets minimums at $2 per hour for general workers, with new hires receiving 40 cents an hour initially, 7 cents for the first year, and 60 cents per hour for safety operators.
A police report details a fatal shooting tied to a family quarrel in West Ol Annee Nod on Sune 20. The suspect, Newell Smith, allegedly shot and killed his wife during an argument at their home, then took his own life, leaving investigators to determine motive and gather statements from two other individuals aged between nineteen and twenty who witnessed parts of the event.
June 20 report from Vera Cruz notes four new bubonic plague cases and three deaths. A sanitary brigade led by American expert Mitchell is organized. An American destroyer arrived from New Orleans with seven thousand vials of anti plague vaccine.
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