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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1922
Page
2
President Harding remains silent on the bonus issue as Rep Frear criticizes House opponents and presses for a plan without a broad sales tax. Secretaries Mellon and Grissinger clash with critics, warning against financing the bonus via taxes or borrowed funds.
President Harding plans to press Congress on funding a veterans bonus via a sales tax, promising to veto any alternative. He aims to meet House leaders upon return and insists the sales tax is the practical path to award the service men.
Bethel officials and residents resist vaccination mandates amid a quarantine push. Dr Black cites rapid spread without strict isolation and urges vaccination as best defense. The state plans fumigation and house cleaning as health authorities press for compliance amid protests. Local committee to confer with Dr Blair in Hartford.
The Moscow government signals a return to prewar policy by reopening the stock exchange after years of tight financial control. A trade tribunal and a triple commission of financial specialists are set to oversee liquidation of state debt and revise penal codes as Moscow winds back from full wartime controls.
Bridgeport’s population rises with regular postal service across Stratford and Fairfield counties. Government census shows Bridgeport 1900 at 74,200. 1910 at 102,000. 1920 at 142,000, with 1918–1922 trends indicating arrivals and removals reshaping the city’s residential patterns. If Stratford and Fairfield joined, total would reach about 176,060.
British observer Percival Phillips notes the prince’s tour stirred mixed reactions among Indians. He cites stringent security, mass mobilizations, and boycotts managed by authorities. He warns a crisis looms as self-government concessions and British prestige hang in the balance.
London March 1 Lady Astor lauds British women police for crime prevention and social care. She argues their work, though with limited powers, saves costs by warning stranded girls, offering shelter, and reducing criminalization of the vulnerable rather than pursuing harsh punishments.
Reports from Berlin say German postal workers refused Russian mail due to refusals at Thaval post office. Authorities consider examining all Russian items as health officials weigh precautions. Kiely urges caution on Silesian mail, noting most letters travel via Germany and England and parcels from Ripon.
Prospects for immediate passage of a 4g new law by the Rhode Island legislature were dashed when the Lavardar bill, moved by the House on Wednesday, was referred to the Judiciary Committee of the Senate. Proponents urged calendar action, but the Senate voted 3 to 2 to send it to the committee, with the looming study before the Senate.
In New York on March a criminal case targets the American Cotton Exchange over bucket shop operations. District Attorney Ban ton said evidence will be submitted to City Magistrate McAdoo who led a hearing into alleged fraudulent methods among exchange members. If McAdoo cannot convene a police court hearing, the matter will go to the grand jury.
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