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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1920
Page
6
Readable text indicates a project on Boston Avenue comprising 14 rooms and three new houses. The fragment suggests a real estate or construction item, likely noting a development or housing units on a single street.
Bandits hold up a New York Central train in Buffalo yards injuring a trainman and stealing about $100. Five men operated, two covering the engine crew and three entering a Pullman coach, with shots fired as they entered. Mary Jane Smith, 13, of Cleveland, was grazed by a bullet. brakeman George Sinclair was shot in the leg. John Depka and Stanley Depka were later arrested for involvement.
Washington report on bankers urged aiding farmers through cooperative warehousing and selling groups. Joseph Hirsch of the American Bankers Association Agricultural Commission said bankers feared market entering but must back cooperative distribution to help agriculture, noting bankers can provide business organization know how.
In Meriden on October 12 a five person New Britain party traveling to Bridgeport were injured when John Ohson drove his car into a tree on Old Colony Road to avoid two passing vehicles. Passengers include Anthony Lawson and Mrs Lawson. all were taken to Meriden Hospital where Mrs Lawson sustained severe lacerations. The driver suffered minor injuries. no serious harm expected.
Edy A. Filene of Boston testified before the Senate committee on campaign expenditures denying a claim that he went to Germany on a mission to press Germany into the League of Nations. He called the assertion untrue and pride hurting, urging accuracy in the record.
Rome Oct 20 Jugo Slavia has promised to evacuate the plebiscite district of Klagenfurt in Carinthia and as a result Premier Giolitti will participate in negotiations for the settlement of the Adriatic question. The negotiations are expected to begin immediately. If the Jugo Slavs refuse to accept the Italian proposals, Italy will resume her complete liberty of action.
Boston report: a patrolman arrests John Kelly a deaf mute after he halts when a shot is fired in the air. The New Bedford item notes playful teens throwing eggs at a vacant house and a judge ruling on the use of a birch rod in similar conduct.
London dispatch reports H G Wells arriving from Russia with a phrase he heard in Petrograd, hunger and want, but order. He met with Lenin and toured Petrograd and Moscow, asserting similar conditions across Russia and calling reports of unrest mere humbug.
In Vancouver on October 21, British Columbia repudiated prohibition after a plebiscite showing 15,0090 in favor of repeal. Officials weigh how liquor will be dispensed, with expectations of a liberal policy. Government stores may replace open saloons for distribution.
London Oct 21 E J Costello managing editor of the Federated Press of Chicago was served with a deportation order by Scotland Yard after a room search and seizure of his papers. He had planned to sail for America on October 2 and was released until then. Costello had been visiting Germany and the Baltic states and denies any entry attempt to Russia.
A London fire that began last evening in the hop exchange at the borough district continued burning into the morning. Early estimates set the loss at about 1,000,000 pounds, with substantial damage feared to property and stock.
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