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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1926
Page
2
The government states efforts to keep London and other ports open while faced with scarce food and fuel. Troop convoys guard roadways, infantry protect trucks, and an envoy system may extend to other ports as officials warn of ongoing shortages and efforts to stabilize supplies despite unrest.
A newspaper summary reports Wet forces urging a Senate inquiry into the origins and activities of a small anti-prohibition group. Wheeler accuses wets of using hearings for propaganda while defending the Volstead Act and calling for stronger enforcement rather than repeal.
Firefighters battled a blaze at a farm after a farmhand fled to Ridgefield barracks for help. The house burned quickly, total loss estimated at 349 009 dollars. Police described Crawford as a 5 foot 9 inch, slim, fair complexioned man with blue eyes and light brown hair, wearing a white striped over shirt, brown mackinaw and boots.
Fragmented text argues that a small body of extremists within the trades unions, not Parliament or the Labour Party, undermined collective bargaining and threatens industry and national credit. It warns that such actions could ruin the country through reckless methods and loss of heritage.
The general council of the Jades Union Congress reaffirms the dispute is merely industrial not constitutional, denouncing Premier Baldwin’s claim of a war menace. It urges withdrawal of mine owners notices and the general strike to reopen negotiations, while denying any revolutionary aims and highlighting continued cooperation with the government.
Bethel mourns Kyle, Kilching, and Cater brothers of Psi Upsilon after a two-car crash near Schenectady. Kyle, a Bethel town clerk, died. Cater and Kilching were injured and moved to Ellis Hospital. Funeral plans pending as families and campus groups react. Kyle had been varsity track manager and a rising MTU student.
Henry M.than, president of the National Radio Trade Association, urged a charter to govern the diversified interests of the radio industry. The address opened the fifth annual convention in New York, with unity and closer control of broadcasting on the agenda for the sessions through tomorrow and Tuesday.
Trenton police intensified efforts into the Walter Ward disappearance after his car was found abandoned near McCinton Street. Investigators scoured hotels and hospitals, while questions about foul play linger after Ward’s brother suggested possible homicide related to his brother’s disappearance.
Three liners arrived here today from New York and Calcutta with passengers who were taken by special train to London. Officers and travelers aboard faced tense conditions as the Rottere dam Lapland and the Dongola discharged passengers and initiated onward travel.
The Baden Baden, a rotor powered vessel, sailed into New York Harbor under wind power alone, drawing thousands who cheered as the 600 ton ship docked. The voyage covered 6,200 miles in 38 days with rotor operation about 70 percent of the time, signaling potential fuel savings and rotor viability for future ships.
Patrol officer Patrick Louden was struck while patrolling Weaton State street near Park Avenue by a car driven by Sarah Wilmot sixty one of Bancroft Avenue yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Bridgeport hospital with a sprained knee after the collision as the driver said she turned from Park onto State thinking he was straight ahead. The officer was later allowed to go home.
Wireless messages from England report labor demands for King George's abdication heard by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. Other telegrams describe machine guns in London streets during the last 48 hours of the voyage, signaling unrest.
The Prince of Wales enters the House of Commons while George Buchanan of Labor calls for abolishing the throne. Lord Burnham warns of a British super-government by unions as Sir Worthing ton Evans denies death sentences for mutinous troops. Hon John Whitley begins an independent bid to end the strike.
A British government spokesman denied rumors that strike news is being censored and said the state would be first to report any serious strike developments. Reports describe patrols, troop convoys for food, police actions in Birmingham Plymouth and London, and widespread volunteer mobilization across cities.
Christina Rickard widow of Thomas Gilligan dies aged in Windszeport area after moving from Ireland in 1869 funeral set for May 12 at 8 40 and 9 00 at St Augustine's burial at St Michael's later obituaries for Hugh F Gilroy Mary Eien Skane and Mrs Alice S B Bray list services at St Charles Sacred Heart and local cemeteries with requiem masses and chime music details of pallbearers and deacons included.
The Foot Guard and Putnam Phalanx of Connecticut and the Richmond Blue of Virginia were redirected not to land at Plymouth due to a strike. The British Gazette said the official program for the visiting Americans was canceled though a London stop might be possible en route after visiting battlefields in France and Belgium.
London May 9 AP Sir John Simon former home secretary declares that anyone in unions joining the general strike who violated trade agreements has committed an illegal act making each member personally liable for damages. The Trades Union Congress council rejects the claim as political and insists unions retain right to withhold labor as part of an industrial dispute.
London May The British Seamen's union general president Lave lock Wilson sent a wireless message to all British mercantile marine crews denying any instruction to strike. He said unauthorized calls to strike come from the Trades Union Congress and that only the union council may order a ballot. He expected results by Thursday or Friday and warned that a lawful sympathetic strike would be declared if ballots favor it.
London May AP Sir William Joynson Hicks home secretary warned the government will punish rumor circulators about banks and financial institutions. He said circulating false reports of bank payment suspensions is a criminal offense designed to impair public confidence.
Belfast May 3 A general railway strike in Ireland could follow a wage-cut circular from Associated Irish Railways set to begin in June If enacted labor leaders predict railway workers will walk out The note also mentions radio adding about 5000 new words to the English language.
Lilian and Dorothy Gish toured London observing the Trades Union Congress and Labour Party rooms but stayed neutral in the strike. Crowds lined Trafalgar and Parliament Squares as Scotland Yard deployed extensive security. Parked buses filled Regents Park for auto repairs and transport coordination.
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