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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1918
Page
2
News wires report German troops, excluding certain conscripts, to be demobilized gradually as troops reach headquarters. Paris relieves the army of occupation at Strasbourg, prompting ovations for Marshal Foch. Haig notes continued forward movement on the western front toward Behe and Liege.
Local churches stage multiple services and programs for Thanksgiving. Notable speakers include Samuel J. Abrams and John T. King, with a music program directed by Fritz Weber. A library reading and public reading rooms are open, and Salvation Army and Swedish corps present musical offerings. A soldiers and sailors dinner is planned for the city, with tickets available at the 5 area.
A historic advertisement advice piece promotes home remedies for colds and pneumonia prevention. It touts daily teas and tonics to cleanse kidneys, including lemonades, jalap root, and a golden medical fix from Dr Pierce. It also recommends hot foot baths and ammonic tablets, claiming to boost system resistance.
Commissioner Enright charges soldiers and sailors with misconduct that delayed armistice signing and threatened public order. He urges police limits on uniformed personnel, direct demobilization transfers, and local draft boards paying off soldiers to prevent riots as camps release troops.
Princeton N J November 27 PRINCETON university fixed the status of all students as the army training corps demobilizes starting the week of December 1 About half the men in the Princeton unit were regular students and will continue degree work dropping military studies Some 450 were admitted to service units on high school certificates Those with adequate preparation may continue studies later for residence or standing in university All departments including graduate school reopen January 2 and returning students will be restored to their classes.
Washington reports the distribution of sugar under the certificate system will end on December 1 while requests for conservation remain unchanged. Domestic consumers should observe a voluntary four pounds per person per month and public eating places must limit sugar to four pounds for every 90 meals served.
Berlin workers stage local wage protests as unplanned strikes ripple through large firms. Former wartime munition workers press for wartime prosperity pay, while employers push for peace production and wage realignment.
An Oldsmobile owned by Alfred Oventier of 298 Stratford Road was stolen last night from Broad Street near Fairfield Avenue. It bears Connecticut license 5074. Police are conducting a wide search. A Thanksgiving event at Black Rock Shore and Country Club was announced. Mr and Mrs Peter Crosby of 40 Tesiny Avenue seek two soldiers or sailors to join their Thanksgiving dinner.
In a November 27 report Governor Stephens promised careful consideration of whether to reopen Thomas J. Mooney’s case after his wife Mrs. Herman Mooney faced related allegations. Secretary Wilson criticized the San Francisco grand jury investigation into Densmore’s charges as biased and urged a broader inquiry. The San Francisco labor council pressed for a retrial or pardon, but no action timetable was given.
Patrolman Michael Arnolsky escorted John Marowsky of 69 Crescent Place yesterday to Fort Slocum N Y to serve as a delinquent conscript. He was apprehended for evading his duty and will enter the recruit camp before likely depot duty at a distant garrison.
Post office staff will largely rest for Thanksgiving with some workers on duty to deliver perishable goods as received. Postmaster Charles F. Greene noted turkeys sent from Bridgeport are higher this year with about 200 birds shipped by local workers to their families. 150 turkeys arrived yesterday via parcel post. Lawrence Keane of 79 Connecticut Avenue was injured at the Lake Torpedo plant when a crane pinched him between a crane and an iron pillar. he was taken to Bridgeport Hospital and listed as in comfortable condition. He began painting when the motor started and could not free himself. Dr Joseph Keegan led the emergency response.
The report lists Bridgeport servicemen with two dead and four wounded. Private Joseph P. Witzsimmons died aboard a ship en route to France after pneumonia while in transit. Private Joseph Penza is reported dead of wounds in France. Frankly Rosa is convalescing in a France hospital from arm and leg wounds. Private Joseph J. Flanagan was wounded in action in September. Private William C. Parsons was wounded in October and is hospitalized in Tours. Sergeant Frances Malone was wounded for a third time in France, with his brother James Malone also serving and wounded.
Two letters from Dick Barlow secretary of the foreign chapter of the Mothers Comfort club will be read at the Presbyterian church tomorrow afternoon. A bridge and whist party is set for Wednesday at 2 30 in the Stratfield sun parlors with Mrs Harrall donating the spaces and reservations available from Mrs Crosby or committee members. All mothers and friends of the boys in service are invited.
Under Ensigns direction 25 sailors from Philadelphia navy yard arrived to assist diamondling machinery at the Liberty Ordnance plant. Housing was scarce so Katz baths on Pembroke street took in many while the rest were housed by General Secretary W Seymour Lacy of the M C. All sailors received Thanksgiving dinners tickets from the police department.
Boston November 27 H H Frazee announced exhibitions between the Red Sox and the New York National League club in the south during the spring training season next year. Frazee said the Giants were not to train in Marlin Texas and the Red Sox had received proposals to train in California and Florida.
Fairfield hunters report abundant wild ducks along beaches and marshes. A Bridgeport hunter claimed 19 birds in a single outing. The short message notes daily hunts yield good bags amid coastal shorelines and marsh edges.
Private Gretano Veneruso formerly a waiter at the Stratfield and Seaside clubs in Company A 428th Infantry reports to his brother Angelo Veneruso at 147 Lexington Avenue that he was wounded in the field while in active service in France on October 14. The bullet was removed by doctors at a base hospital on October 16.
The Knights of Pythias of Connecticut plan a Saturday visit by Supreme Chancellor Charles Davis of Denver with a welcome at Stratfield after meeting at the railroad station. State officers from New Britain and Bridgeport will join a reception committee at Knights of Pythias Hall at 8, with open meeting, entertainment, and refreshments.
A special committee was formed from the general committee for the observance of Britain day. Justice George W Wheeler Rev Alexander Alison City Clerk J A H Robinson Robert Vance and Joseph Hubert named to draft a program and arrange speakers for the December meeting. The panel will report back to the general committee Friday at 5 o clock.
The United States Registration service arranged the lossing of 36 sailors who arrived from Philadelphia to assist in closing the Liher Ordnance plant operated by the American Can company. The plant will close Saturday and the sailors will arrange for removal of machinery to Washington.
Rev. William Horace Day of the United Congregational Church was elected chairman of a committee at Stratfield hotel meeting of 100 clergy and laymen to form a permanent federation of Evangelical churches. The group aims to locate new churches in unoccupied fields and secure closer cooperation in church affairs.
Stratford, Nov 27. Mrs William Burr of Holleyspot road was struck by an altramobile near Avon park while stepping from a waiting room. She suffered considerable bruises but walked home. No arrests were made.
A special report from Fairfield states a large thermometer on the Robert Shackleton estate at Greenfield Hill showed 26 degrees below zero shortly after 7 am yesterday, marking the coldest reading in this Connecticut section.
The Senate finance committee substantially completed the revision of the War revenue bill. Amendments raise six billion dollars in 1919 by reducing individual and corporate income taxes, repealing the war profits tax, and relaxing excess profits rules. For 1920 the plan lowers the normal income tax rate, abolishes the 8 percent war profits tax after 1919, and sets excess profit rates between 20 and 40 percent.
John Wrank aged 80 from Huntingtown district died Tuesday at 10 36 after a fall while en route to the mailbox from his farmhouse. A ruptured blood vessel caused by the fall was noted by the town medical examiner. He left home daily at 10 30 and collapsed mid route. survived by two sons J H Peank Jr and Fred Heank and one daughter Mrs William Grady. Funeral from the late home Friday at 2 pm, burial in Huntingtown cemetery.
Fifteen members of the Rainbow crew anchored in the harbor will join a Soldiers and Sailors club dinner at the Hibs club rooms in State street this afternoon. More than 100 soldiers and sailors without private invitations will be guests, with special music and a turkey feast.
Lieutenant Ed Spall, Lester Baldwin, Jed Roberts and Frank Curtis received a turkey each from Stratfora Citizens' committees at the Ding Bac duty rooms. Thomas Keely of St John's drug store won a prize for the most original poem on the Kaiser.
Philadelphia reports the Emergency Fleet Corporation will buy Hog Island shipyard real estate for 1.76 million dollars, making the U S sole owner of the new building establishment. The gov has spent about 60 million on the plant, with continued ownership not committed.
Harry K Thaw, long at the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, was moved to Pittsburgh by his mother over Thanksgiving for a temporary visit. Judge James Gay Gordon secured the county court order allowing the trip, with Thaw to return to the institution early next week.
Frank Gilpatrick of 1540 East Main Street reported last night that his residence was entered between ten and eleven o clock and jewelry and valuables estimated at six hundred dollars were taken. Entry was gained by forcing a duplicate key in the front door. Police are conducting a thorough investigation.
John Kasjerosky of 45 Hallett Street, an employee of the United States Housing Corporation, narrowly escaped death when a ditch bank collapsed on Boston Avenue. He suffered facial injuries but was rushed to Bridgeport Hospital where doctors say he will recover.
Mike Cherko of 421 Helen Street suffered a fall from a motor truck owned by Home Brewing company Tuesday afternoon. He is in serious condition at St. Vincent's hospital and listed as unconscious at press time.
Local column reports Corporal Joseph Wisneski of Company A lexisnd regiment France expects to be home soon after serving in major battles and gas attack. His family notes his brother Frank is overseas. A wedding at Greenfield Hill Parsonage unites Miss Bister Marie Banks and George Ferris. The Sunday school society votes to suspend activities indefinitely to support lower grades. Community notices share travel, teaching staff moves, and Camp Fire Girls plan a December fundraiser for an Army child.
In early days, a grandmother served as the local druggist using fields and forests herbs. Peppermin, mullen, skullcap, thor Toyort, wormwood and other simples formed remedies for indigestion coughs nerves colds and sprains. Mrs Lyrain Inkham of Lynn Mass created Vegetable Compound from such roots and herbs over forty years ago claiming it cures ailments in women.
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