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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1922
Page
7
Residents in the Black Rock district oppose renaming Black Rock School to Hallen School. Petitions circulated in western city parts will be presented to the city fathers. Objection centers on many Black Rock groups linked to the school and fearing loss of identity.
London in March reporting Margot Asquith faced sharp criticism from Lord Lee of Fareham over her claim that drunkenness was widespread among young Americans. Lee criticized the assertion as cruel and untrue during an English-Spending Union luncheon tied to Washington conferences.
Dr Edward F McGovern was appointed city physician at a Charities board meeting replacing Dr Joseph Keegan Junior. Dr Francis P Carroll was reported as the new city physician and joined the Englewood hospital staff.
Samuel Miller, owner of a confectionery at 44 Railroad Avenue, was fined $45 and costs in county court yesterday for keeping cider with illegal alcoholic content. He claimed he was unaware the cider was hard.
Geonard Coppal of 2113 Scarge straat was convicted dope peddler and arrested Monday for violating his parole from the Criminal Superior Court. He was arraigned in City court yesterday and the case was continued until March 21.
The Post Offices department announced higher parcel post dimensions to Germany. Effective yesterday, the largest package may measure up to six feet seven inches in combined length and girth.
Providence March 1 A new plan for settling the Rhode Island textile strike is to be presented at the State Board of Mediation and Conciliation meeting. The plan, drawn from figures supplied by Labor Commissioner George E Webb, calls for wage reductions of 19 percent and a 20 percent cut, with additional details to be set in the terms of the modus operandi. No further developments were opened today in the strike zone and order prevailed.
Bernard M. Baruch has joined the effort to block ratification of the four power treaty. He met with Republican irreconcilables and opposing Democrats, signaling Wilson era ties and possible administration influence against the pact. Baruch's talks with Wilson and the former president's silence on the treaty fuel the effort.
Dublin officials reported grave anxiety over events in Limerick as two motor ambulances were said to head there from Tipperary amid rumors of serious developments. Captain O Shaughnessy, a liaison officer at Limerick, had been captured by armed men of the mid Limerick brigade and moved to Clonmel.
The Colts Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company filed an appeal in special court against Hartford city assessment of its property. The firm slates its property value at 2,216,006 dollars, while the city assessed the property at 14.15 million? The report notes the dispute over assessed value and property tax implications.
Andrew X Richardson, former detective sergeant in New Britain, and Jacob Winkle of New Britain, appeared before Judge Tudge Wolfe in Superior Court for sentence on charges of receiving and concealing stolen automobiles. The judge deferred sentence until tomorrow.
John E F Bailey, 44, of Essex, was found dead in a Yale hotel room in New Haven. The medical examiner ruled an overdose of medicine the cause. Also noted is a historic moment as American Indians join a world conference, Ruth Muskrat to interpret US relations at the World Student Christian Federation gathering in Felcin, China, next spring.
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