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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1918
Page
5
Receiver William F. Rose asks the Superior Court under Judge Hamas for dissolution of the George J. Hawes Corset Co now in receivership for about two years. He also seeks allowance of his fee and final return, with dividends to be disbursed according to the court.
Louia Turner a Meriden garage owner testified in the Meriden suit brought by L. Tredennick and company against D N Clark of Huntington. He said the 1915 Ford car involved in a Shelton collision on April 6 was worth 450 in 1917, and after repairs costing 466 its value fell about 180. Clifford Lombra also sued in the same hearing before Judge Haines in the Superior Court.
President Wilson requests Herbert Hoover and key Food Administration staff sail aboard the Olympic to direct relief for starving Europeans. Hoover will coordinate with Dr Masaryk of Czecho-Slovak republic efforts and discuss postwar food strategy, sugar supply, and reconstruction while unsure on peacetime policy. He plans return by Christmas and will assess payment methods for German provisioning.
Creditors largely paid with $140 owed to Harold C. Sherwood and $1,000,389 to George E. Hawes. Henry C. Sherwood had attached these claims but released the attachments. Receiver holds about $4,000 to pay dividends at 14 percent. Hawes Corset factory was in Veer Jend, capitalized at $50,000 with 254 common and 150 preferred shares, stock value $100 per share.
The Home Service of the Red Cross of Connecticut will hold a conference at the Taft hotel in New Haven on Tuesday November 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with lunch. All sections will be represented to discuss postwar problems including influenza aftercare rehabilitation of disabled veterans and Tuberculosis and shell shock issues.
Federal Food Administrator Robert Scoville will speak at Danbury Farm Bureau sessions today with morning meetings at the Post Office building and afternoon talks in Odd Fellows Hall West Street. Other speakers include Richard Dodge on dairy production E E Rogers on farm labor and Mrs William Pierson Hamilton on Woman's Land Army experiences. Highlights include a noon dining hall in the Post Office building and notes urging attendance amid the global food crisis with invited married men quoted on costs.
Physicians worldwide promote an inside bath as more vital than exterior cleanliness. Start each morning with hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse stomach liver kidneys and bowels of yesterday’s indigestible matter and toxins. Those with bad breath coated tongue dull head or constipation are advised to obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate to demonstrate the value of inside bathing.
Sapts describes safes for monies and offices to protect valuables and Liberty Bonds from fire and thieves offered by Marsh the Safe Dealer at 622 Fairfield Avenue. Lily Bonds accepted as part payment. Desks and typewriter desks sold at low prices. Telephone Barnyig 4063-6.
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