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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1920
Page
10
New York reports thefts up 200 percent over last year with about 100 homes and businesses burgled daily. Insurance firms note $1.6 million paid out this year and project losses near $7.6 million if uninsured thefts are counted. High premiums and restricted items like furs, silks, and feathers are reported.
Selectmen expect a heavy turnout of applicants for voter status today and tomorrow. President Alfred J. Knapp estimates between 5,000 and 5,000 people will present themselves, with a ten o'clock deadline for swearing in. The surge reflects the presidential year and rising female participation, with 11,990 already sworn, about 62 percent of registrants, and expectations to reach 80 percent by close. Foreign born men sworn this year average 75 percent, vs about 25 percent in earlier years. Over 400 registration slips have reached the Registrary of Voters since October 5, many bearing women’s names entrusted to canvassers. Registrar Lounsbury cites delays from clipping handling, but nothing can be done to swell this year’s voter list.
Alderman Thomas J. Connor of the Sixth district urges a truce between Tesing and Cunningham factions as tensions widen. He professes neutrality yet aims to mediate and restore harmony, amid a polarized Republican district. An old medicine advertisement fragment mentions Falay's Honey and Tar for cold relief and a quoted testimonial from Mrs Geneva Robinson.
Milford Oct 17 The annual town meeting reconvenes at the town hall to reconsider the finance board report. Voters will decide on the proposed tax rate after last week’s opposition over a 22 1 2 mill levy and after excluding several budget items including road roller, automobile truck, and land funds.
Total bituminous coal production for the week ended October 9 rose to 12,075,000 net tons, up 700,000 tons or six percent from the prior week, with anthracite at 3,847,000 tons, up 43,000. shipments also increased, giving a brighter view of winter supply, while the National Coal Association urged maintaining the 12,000,000 ton per week target and improving car schedules.
Motor Vehicle Commissioner Robbins Stoeckel plans a recommendation to the next general assembly in January to place jitney routing and vehicle standards under state commission control. The proposal would have the motor vehicle department handle car upkeep and related features with a standard insurance policy for jitneys to protect the public. The 1819 assembly reportedly opposed giving the public utilities commission authority over jitneys, but Stoeckel argues legal control remains unsatisfactory.
Senator James A. Reed arrives to resume inquiries into campaign expenditures and delegate transportation tied to the Sonata Campaign Fund. The probe will hear the fifty third witnesses, including Edward Goltra and M. R. Hollister, publisher of the Jefferson City Capital News, with other figures named as witnesses.
Snow, sleet and winter begin in Riga Ost marking a pause in Balkans action. Bolsheviks and Poles narrow on Riga as site for permanent peace talks. Delegation secretaries stay, plan to start treaty work after Libau ratification of preliminary peace and armistice.
Superintendent Samuel J. Slawson will preside at the annual fall meeting of the Connecticut State Teachers association in Woolsey Hall New Haven Friday. The program features Thomas Hy Finggan commissioner of education Harrisburg Pa Henry W Holmes Harvard on value of teachers Olive Jones New York president principals on salary campaign A B Meredith educational outlook William McAndrews George B Ghandier Wi S Dakin and others with simultaneous meetings in Hartford Norwalk and New London Simultaneous sessions address topics include education outlook teacher shortages and state campaign.
Milford November 14 begins the fourth annual Red Cross roll call. Elmer Holbeck, principal of Central Grammar School, leads the membership campaign. Milford's quota is 1400 members with fees split fifty fifty between the local chapter and national headquarters.
Martin Henry aged 32 of 266 State Street was removed to Hillside Home Saturday after an episode at Emergency Hospital. He reportedly rested comfortably last night and was responding satisfactorily to treatment following a struggle with responders and ambulance staff.
Transcripnasia October 14 reports Turkish Nationalists moving against Armenians in the Near East with advancing forces near Tiflis. The ambiguous dispatch notes Turkish troops and Armenian resistance as fighting continues in the volatile region.
A fragment references Novo Selim about 20 miles southwest of Kars and Sarahamish in the same region, noting Armenian evaluations. It mentions protests by Armenians against invasion and a Bolshevik agent Legrand claiming the United States and others promised to defend frontiers.
The readable bits mention Armenia, an appeal, and fruit varieties such as raspberries and cherries. It references forefathers and Henry, suggesting a long historical view of cultivation in England and unfamiliar fruit a century ago. The legible content is sparse and fragmented.
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