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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1921
Page
4
A Visitance Committee of the Safety Council has been organized with drivers and non drivers, cooperating with the traffic bureau to observe and report automobile law violations. Captain James Walker of the Traffic Department will instruct members on laws to observe and reporting methods, with no uniforms or badges issued.
The Meek transportation taxes repeal takes effect, lowering rail fares. The specific reduction trims the New York fare from 2.17 to 2.00 dollars. The wartime levy, a percent tax on trips, was part of the government’s finance measures.
Rhaiman Horvath of Fa Auburn Street suffered a fractured hip and other injuries yesterday morning when his auto was struck by a truck that crashed into a parked vehicle on Stratford Avenue. Moris Kirshner of 89 Mar Avenue Brooklyn, owner of the parked truck, was arrested for improper talk. The injured was removed to Bridgeport Hospital.
Dr. Alm Tersler, directing St Luke's International Hospital, travels to New York to recruit Americans for a Japan center modeled on Western ideas. Proposal aims to convert St Luke's into a hub with 260 bed hospital, 150 Japanese nurses training, and a medical science and social service campus, needing about 1 090 400 dollars.
Sydney officials received a request from the Department of Local Government and Education for a copy of a planning report related to John Nolan Bonin. An arrangement is being made to provide a copy, with an equivalent of about $130 in American funds.
A famed Russian writer, Masin Usrits, now in Berlin for humane treatment, appears to be affected by suffering from Bolshevism. The report suggests his health has deteriorated under the strain of the regime.
The SK. OF C. will start a correspondence school with classes in advanced accounting and bookkeeping within two weeks. Eligible ex-service members will receive training free of charge.
In the Kara Sea Siberian rivers the Ob Yenisei and Yenisei route grain to ports iced by wartime shortages. Crews abandoned ships in storms, four vessels foundered while two others saved 12,000 tons of supplies. Only about half reportedly reached Archangel amid famine relief failures.
Four women passed examinations for the bar in London. The men have also completed their final exams but are not yet called to the bar. they must finish their charge and are expected to be called next year.
The marshal sails from Port Said and plans calls in Singapore Saigon Bangkok and Yokohama as part of a broad mission to visit allied governments and chiefs of state in Asia. He will proceed to Tokyo Kyoto and Peking before returning via Honolulu San Francisco and New York.
In Barnstable County a case against John D jathin Gener and Joseph Andrews natives of the Cape Verde islands for assaulting Miss G rude Butler and robbing her escort William O Eldridge came to Superior court. Defense cited demonstrations last summer suggesting an unfair trial. Eldridge and Butler testified returning from a concert near Burrard's Bay on August 17. A mob stormed Wareham police station and state troops were stationed to keep order. Nov. 28. Ben-
Americans captured by bandits in the Patagonia region of Argentina have been released, the State Department was advised today. Reports to the State Department on the earlier discovery were meager but suggested the release.
A sale catalog style list details numerous holiday toys and gifts with varied prices. It enumerates pianos, baby items, bells, wagons, dolls, games, books, sewing sets, and ride-ons. Prices range from a few cents to several dollars, with many items offered in multiple styles and sizes.
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