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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1918
Page
8
A fragmented, seasonal column notes wartime stamps and bonds campaigns, Thanksgiving musings, and local life. It mentions war savings stamps, Christmas magazines, holiday images, post office needs, and social shifts among workers, with lines on Britain and poems by Edgar A. Guest.
Translation of extracts from Bolshevik records in Vladimir describe a state custodianship of women after age eighteen. The decree makes eligible married and unmarried women for state‑assisted matches, with men chosen monthly and children deemed state property. The piece denounces Bolshevism and warns of its alleged oppression and control.
The piece notes lingering public restiveness over President Wilson as he heads to Europe for a landmark peace conference. While some leading newspapers urge fuller public candor and confidence, the editorial defends his wartime leadership and commitment to making the world safe for democracy.
The piece highlights wartime service, noting five hundred battles with submarines and long patrols by destroyers, some Bridgeport sailors aboard. It recalls the return of large defense guns stripped from the coast and credits them to the final Allied victory along with pride in national achievements.
The piece calls for December to be observed as Britain's day, honoring the empire and its wartime role. It emphasizes Britain's navy and army enabling others to join the war, notes nearly one million lives lost and billions donated, and urges due recognition of these sacrifices by the people.
Connecticut led the nation by providing state aid to schools and has kept the practice. Last year’s aid totaled 577,161, a sizable sum in a near million dollar school bill. A registry shows 84,294, not all attending public schools, with church schools aiding substantially and a small fraction of ages 5 to 19 not attending.
In habeas corpus proceedings Judge Joel H. Reed ruled Mrs. Clara Erickson of 63 Riverside Drive New York must remain at Dr Givens sanitarium in Stamford for now. The case notes her abduction by her husband and alleged cruelty and delusions while experts provided mixed opinions on her mental state.
Worner S. Cummings of Stamford will deliver the oration at Bridgeport lodge no 36 memorial service in State street lodge rooms Sunday at 2 pm. Attendance expected near 400 as 90 members are serving. An orchestra of 40 under Prof John J Ray will perform.
The state board of canvassers reviewed the November 6 vote and found a sharp decline from two years earlier. Total statewide congressional votes were 476,988, down 26,812 from 1916, with district tallies showing modest gains for some parties and large margins for others. Sheriff and state senate results in Fairfield County and various districts are listed with pluralities ranging from 81 to 3,830, highlighting a fragmented outcome.
AMERONGEN Holland Triday Nov 22 By the Associated Press The former German emperor goes for a drive with Count Von Bentinck and a police guard He receives flowers and dainties daily yet letters of hatred arrive at the castle addressed Wim Hohenzollern which are kept from him German inmates at Weil am Rottent camp recently fought over the portrait of the former emperor news from the same dispatch notes camp clashes and soldiers demand different display Meanwhile in Washington November 27 the army central officers training camps will shorten instruction by one month closing February 14 graduates may enter the officers reserve corps
Frederick J. Haskin argues that the United States must massively expand its merchant marine to support Europe’s reconstruction and troop transport. He notes current tonnage, targets for 1920, and the Navy Shipping Board’s role, including training programs and potential recruitments to meet a 10 million ton future.
The Ukrainian federation in the United States claims Poles seized Leninberg, eastern Galicia, provoking protest. It denounces Polish forcible incorporation and cites Wilsonian self determination, vowing to await peace conference rulings. A mass meeting is planned December 1 to discuss the Ukrainian congress in Washington December 15.
Washington November 27 The Emergency Fleet Corporation AF of L plan a three two three board to review decisions of the shipbuilding labor adjustment board. Navy Commander J J Ackerson M R B Tuttle W G Hudson named as corporate members. labor seats await selection. Appeals from yard wage awards filed as protests noted.
New York report says government agents uncovered evidence of a large colony of slackers in Buenos Aires tied to Maurice Radam. Indicted by a federal grand jury, Radam appealed for aid claiming membership and financial support from friends in the United States.
Former Massachusetts governor and senator elect David I Walsh is described as the first Democrat sent to the Senate from the Bay State since the party’s rise. The piece notes expectations he will engage Senator James Reed of Missouri, and discusses mileage costs, adjournment incentives, and anticipated presidential moves toward Europe amid cable government takeovers and a peace conference.
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