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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
6
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a safe candy flavored laxative for children. It warns of bile and constipation causing weakness and drooping, claims Cascarets cleanse the stomach liver and bowels, and notes a 10 cent price with dosing for children one year and up.
Attorney General Gregory plans to send to President Wilson Hughes report on airplane production. It summarizes testimony from army officers, managers, engineers, and plant officials, with criticism of inefficiencies and praise for successful production directors. The document outlines planning, execution, costs, and schedule progress.
The Men's Assembly brings Hit-the-Trail Holliday to the First Methodist Church Saturday for a community service. It is billed as the most ambitious production yet and offers entertainment and profit. Admission is free and the public is invited.
The mid week service at First Presbyterian on State Street and Myrtle Avenue moves to Friday at 7 45 pm in preparation for holy communion next Sunday. Rev Alexander Alison Jr leads with the Young Peoples chorus of forty voices led by St Davis. New members will be received after the service. The Romanoff Mystery follows with a discussion of Nicholas III's death and his imagined travels and identity claims across history. The draft 18 to 21 cohort is praised for boosting military strength and morale as youths undergo training. The piece notes the economy of spending on entertainment as an example of broader economic ideas.
In Milford, the Legal Advisory board under Judge Omar Flatt remains in session daily from 10 to 6 assisting with the Hing out of questionnaires and affidavits. Rooms filled Tuesday, with another session planned. assessors meet Thursday and Friday, and owners failing to file sworn lists risk loss of appeal rights.
Washington October 30 Fred Hewitt editor of the Machinists Journal is named alternate on the War Labor Board for Willam Johnston president of the International Association of Machinists He argued the Machinists case before the board and helped settle the strike after Eldits wage award Hewitt is well known here His wife is described as an enthusiastic war worker and Hewitt is noted for learning to darn his own socks.
Washington, Oct 30. Senate finance committee revision of the war revenue bill will be reported to the Senate about November 21. Key issues include gross sales and consumption taxes. The plan to tax insurance companies at 17 percent of net revenue was approved. A refund of premium taxes accumulating this year was rejected.
A man reflects that steady work limits fame while a German U boat rowed into view. An American submarine halted the threat as a periscope surfaced nearby. The crew prepared lifeboats, but the sub shifted course and vanished from the stern.
Roger Nash Baldwin, director of the National Civic Liberty Bureau and officer of the American Anti-Militarist Union, pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the draft law by failing to submit to a physical exam. He claimed to be a conscientious objector and accepted punishment. Judge Mayer sentenced him to one year in prison, minus twenty days already served at the Tombs.
New Britian Oct 30 Clans of the Tuinders Clark M Co estimate 25 000 damage from a fire destroying a celluloid storage vault on Center street. Flames burst out at one o clock after an explosion. Assistant Fire Chief William J Noble injured mildly when he fell into a sidewalk cavity from the initial blast.
The son of Temes Hemingway banter of this city died from wounds in action. Rev Maurer of Center Church noted the burial rites and the regiment’s casualty report, with services planned for the near future.
Ten sailors were landed here today by a United States naval vessel as survivors of a steamship wreck two weeks ago. The men were rescued from Life’s bonis in which they had been adrift and were still suffering from exposure.
John Wiske Washberein, pioneer of the modern photo gravure method and longtime producer of engravings for major magazines, died today in Worcester. He contributed to the development of the process used by leading publishers.
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