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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
8
In a grueling two mile stretch, Recruit Sullivan, ranked No. 3 in the rear squad, nearly collapsed before the captain ordered the company to halt. Sullivan groaned that the captain had taken the words from his mouth as he finally loosened his pack.
Eight year old George Fredericks was shot and killed while playing near Norwalk. Coroner Phelan said Fredericks was not with two other boys involved as Manzi and Gazsio experimented with a loaded revolver nearby. The coroner will return Friday to continue the inquiry into criminal negligence given the youths' extreme age.
Toronto butchers press for a 9 am tea break with 10 minutes company time to drink. They seek 10 minutes to don outfits and 19 more at night to dress for the street. The demands form part of a proposed renewal by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen, alongside a 44 hour week and a 60 percent wage rise. Packing plan managers say terms cannot be granted.
Harry J. Robinson of this city sought a divorce from Florence Hewitt Robinson of Everett Mass claiming he was not the father of their child born in 1915. Mrs Robinson denied the charge and testified he deserted her after forcing her from a Roxbury hospital and again in a Boston subway station. She said she did not neglect their other children and denied impropriety at Brown's residence in Peabody where she worked.
Inez Wakefield Bishop of New Haven sues Yale D. Bishop proprietor of the Colonnade at Savin Rock and Bishop's hotel for divorce alleging intolerable cruelty and seeks alimony with property valued at about $100,000.
Thomas H. Lake of Milford son of submarine inventor Simon Lake and head of Lake Torpedo Boat Co. is sued for divorce by Gildys J. Lake. They married July 3, 1909 and have three minors. wife seeks custody of all. Divorce action to be heard in New Haven county Superior Court. Two girls injured in a State Street crash with a trolley car. Nellie Hickey hospitalized with possible internal injuries and Marion Knoblin treated at home for bruises.
Emergency ambulance crews and Dr J A Maxwell acted swiftly after Gregory Borg of 87 Clarence Street attempted suicide with iodine. Borg was treated with antidotes and a stomach pump at St Vincent's Hospital and recovered.
The Chamber of Commerce plans a referendum on establishing a Department of Public Works by the national government. Directors will meet tomorrow afternoon at 4 oclock to discuss the vote and details.
A jury sided with Henry Carstesen in a case brought by Simon Zalinger seeking 500 damages over a Park avenue collision in 1918. Zalinger claimed negligence. Carstesen denied it.
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