Bolsheviks Threaten Warsaw as Front Rises Near City
The Moscow statement says Bolsheviks near Warsaw within a dozen miles, with Radzymin and Soldau reported captured then recaptured. Armored flotillas patrol the Vistula to block Bolshevik crossings while Soviet cavalry move west toward the Prussian frontier. American residents flee to Posen as martial activity intensifies. Polish and German reports describe skirmishes, troop movements, and public displays amid the war news.
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London
Warsaw
Moscow
Radymin
Soldau
Miana
Vistula
Thorn
Dansig
Posen
Jay Pierrepont Moffatard
Meseritz
Prussia
Germany
Essen
Freiheit
Rhine
Poland
Ratibor
Silesia
Americans Win All In The Hurdles At Olympic Games
American hurdlers swept the final, taking first through sixth in the 400 metre hurdles. Frank Loomis of the Chicago A. A. won in a world record time of 59. seconds, with J K Norton second and A G Desch third. Charles Paddock won the 100 metres title, ahead of M M Kirksey and H F W Edward, as Loomis led the hurdle race from start to finish.
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Antwerp
A. P
United States
Frank Loomis
Chicago
A. A
J. K. Norton
Olympic Club
San Francisco
H. F. W. Edward
England
Alikhan
France
J. W. Scholz
University of Missouri
Loren Murchison
Loomis
A. G
Police Commended for Safe Open Air Event Traffic Handling
A letter signed by Maurice R. Perry commends Captain Peter Hall and the West Precinct for keeping crowds calm at recent open air concerts on State Street. A Times survey cites the Police Department’s excellent performance last month, with special praise for the Traffic division handling bus influx after Valley operations ceased. Superintendent Flanagan notes smooth operations after his first month.
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Harvey Hubbell
Maurice R. Perry
Peter Hall
West
Shce
State Street
Times
Flanagan
Arrest in Fairfield for Misuse of Mails
Charles L. Lincoln of 178 Tanzis Hill Road was arrested by federal authorities on charges of sending obscene letters through the mails. He appeared before a federal commissioner and was held in $1,000 bond for a hearing on August 28.
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Charles L. Lincoln
Tanzis Hill Road
Fairfield
Meetings for and against Mannix in Australia
Rival meetings across Australia protested Archbishop Mannix arrival in England. Catholics backed Mannix and urged lifting his movement ban, sending resolutions to Premier Lloyd George and Eamonn De Valera. Anti Mannix gatherings supported the empire and the British and Australian premiers, condemning his utterances as sowing disruption and racial hatred.
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Sydney
Australia
Mannix
England
Lloyd George
Eamonn de Valera
Bridgeport’s Modernized Monte Carlo
The Times reports a vivid yet truthful tale of a new gambling form at Walnut Beach Bridgeport. Thousands gamble for fruit flowers dolls stockings and other items using unusual machines arranged so players face fixed overwhelming odds on Bridgeport’s doorstep.
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the Times
Walnut Beach
Bridgeport
Monte Carlo
Singer Vote Postponed to Tomorrow for Jitneys or Trolleys
The noon vote by Singer company employees was delayed because ballots were not ready. It will proceed tomorrow at noon with all employees eligible to choose between jitneys and trolleys.
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Singer Company
Knights of Columbus to be welcomed at Chateau Thierry
Paris reports that Chateau Thierry will host Knights of Columbus delegates for the Lafayette statue dedication at Metz on August 21. Mayor Flament telegraphed Edward L. Hearn to say the town will be the first battlefield town to greet the party, who will visit American cemeteries in Belleau Wood before meeting Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty to receive a stone from the historic bridge, to be gifted to the American Legion.
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Paris
Chateau Thierry
Knights of Columbus
Metz
Flament
Edward L. Hearn
Europe
Battlefields
Belleau Wood
James A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
Famou Chateau Thierry
Flaherty
American Legion
Bridgeport Band Wins Prizes At Connecticut Meet
Warner Brothers Drum and Fife Corps took second prize for best ancient corps in the state at the 21st Connecticut Fifers and Drummers Association in New Britain. Individual honours went to Edward Dempsey James Dunn George Sharron. Fred Church leads the band with Thomas H. Jones as secretary. The corps will attend Yonkers convention on August 28.
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Bridgeport
Connecticut Fifers
Nd Drummers’ Association
New Britain
Warner Brothers
Edward Dempsey
State Street
James Dunn
Connecticut Avenue
George Sharron
Holister Avenue
E Fred Church
Liberty Street
Thomas H. Jones
New York State Association
Yonkers
McGraw to Tell of Liquor Purchase in Slavin Probe
Prohibition agents ordered John J. McGraw to appear at the U S District Attorney s office for questioning about a Slavin investigation report alleging he bought liquor at the Lambs Club New York Giants manager McGraw faces inquiry. meanwhile the steamer William Choates arrived Bridgeport with paper cargo and will run three trips weekly between Bridgeport and New York.
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New York
Prohibition
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
U. S. District Attorney’s Office
Mqnor
Lambs Club
William Choates
New Service Freight Line
Bridgeport Crucible Company
New York City
Bridgeport
Threats To Ponzi Tower Over 45 Day Promise
Boston August 16 officials resumed the Ponzi inquiry with pledge no new damage to New England. Ponzi seeks bail from East Cambridge jail on mail fraud charges. If a bondsman is found, state charges of larceny loom. Guarded home, threats alleged by investors drawn to 50 percent in 45 days. Officials probe Old Colony Foreign Exchange owner ties, while Brightwell Meyers Meyers sit in jail on 50 000 bonds each.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
New England
Ponzi
East Cambridge
Lexington
Old Colony Forc‘en Exchange
Charles M. Brightwell
Raymond Meyers
Fred Meyers
Jarceny
Prohibition officers end week with three whiskey arrests
Prohibition officers Welsh and Cantillion closed a weeklong anti whiskey crusade with three Saturday night arrests. They raided Steve Pepersck and Alex Lorenzo at Hancock and Pine, finding a five gallon can of whiskey. Prohibition cases were filed before U S Commissioner Hugh J. Lavery with bonds set at 7500.
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Welsh
Cantillion
Steve Pipersck
Alex Lorenzo
Hancock and
Pine Street
U.S
Hugh J. Lavery
Pepersck
John Montanano
Lexington Avenue
Lavery
Adam Mor
Barnum Avenue
Stamford
Michael Valinete
Thompson Street
New York
Valinete
McCarthy
Stamford Force
Bridgeport
Tony Castellan
Jerry Redazete
J Appuzzo
Vincenso Pisimi
Greenwich
Commissioner Lavery
Freed of blame for killing but held for police
In Brookfield Center on August 12, seventeen year old Raymond Lynch was cleared of manslaughter in the death of Annie A. Anderson but recommended for charges of driving without a license muffler at night and insufficient lighting. Deputy Coroner Stevenson reported the accident involved a Cadillac with faint lights and a hard of hearing victim. Three passengers testified as to the events.
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Annie A. Anderson
Brookfield Center
Raymond Lynch
Steveson
Henry C. Stevenson
Lynch
Suppie
Long Hill Assault Probe Underway Over Robbery
Constable Emil Berger investigates an alleged assault and robbery reported by Charles Fredzen of Howard Avenue Hotel. Fredzen says a man and woman lured him into a city car on Saturday night in Long Hill, he was struck with an iron bar, dumped in a ditch, and robbed of $25 and a watch.
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Emil Berger
Long Hill
Charles Fredzen
Howard Avenue Hotel
Connecticut firm refuses to restore jitneys in Bridgeport
The Connecticut company will not restore its cars to Bridgeport before the 30 day limit. President Storrs told a Times reporter the firm would wait for city action on jitneys. The Board of Aldermen may take no immediate move, while local businessmen consider a resolution to reinstate trolleys.
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Storrs
City
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Times
Wilson
U S Warships to the Baltic
The armored cruiser Pittesburgh and a destroyer were ordered to the Baltic Sea to protect American interests. They are at Cherbourg, France, and will proceed immediately to Russian waters, per the navy department.
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Washington
Pittesburgh
Baltic Sea
Cherbours
France
Navy Department
Cox Prepares for Opponents in Three Addresses
Columbus, Aug 16 Governor Cox planned three more addresses this week to press his attack on Republican opposition. He will speak at the Democratic State convention in South Bend Ind tomorrow, address the State Democratic Editorial Association on Thursday, and attend a Cox Day celebration in Canton Ohio on Saturday. He is expected to stress his line against a separate peace with Germany in favor of the League of Nations as outlined in his Ohio and Wheeling, W. Va., speeches.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cox
South Bend
Ind
Democratic Editorial Association
Canton
Wheeling
W. Va
League of Nations
Germany
Cleveland Club Offers World Series Tickets on Pennant Win
The Cleveland baseball club announced it would accept applications for world series tickets but take no money until the club wins the pennant.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Baseball Club
Auto theft spike prompts nationwide police appeal
Descriptive circulators have been sent to Police Headquarters across the country to recover 20 automobiles reported stolen from this city since March 31. Police note numerous other thefts with recoveries after loss reports at headquarters.
England Breaks With France On Wrangel's Acts
Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons he had thrown General Wrangel overboard as France already recognized Wrangel's control in South Russia. He said Wrangel must act on his own responsibility if he attacked Soviet forces again, and warned labor's ultimatum on war in Russia would be resisted as a challenge to democracy.
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Lloyd-George
Commons
Gen. Wrangel
France
Wrangel
House of Commons
Gen. Wrangie
Wrangie
Russia
England
Moon
London
Stoyn George
Saron Wrangel
Lloyd George
Fight for Fourth District Delegates Heats Up At Republican Rally
In a tense buildup to tonight's caucus at State street and Colorado avenue, Wilson and anti-Wilson factions mobilize voters for a primary delegates fight. John A Leonard leads opposition and promises an independent ticket as intra party strife erupts for the first time in a decade.
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Republi Jcan
State Street
Colorado Avenue
Fourth
John A Leonard
Fire Commissioners
Toledo Storm Wrecks City Streets and Pours Paving
A severe storm hit Toledo on August 16 causing an estimated five million dollars in damage. It damaged extensive paving, flooded cellars, and paralyzed traffic, marking one of the most severe storms in the city and district history.
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Toledo
Bus men heard in city court over exhaust violations
Eleven jitney drivers were arraigned for auto law violations in city court. Angelo Bender, fined 10 dollars, had a warning for repeated offenses. Several defendants had cases nolled on payment of costs. others, including DiBlasio, continued to a later date.
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Bartlett
Angelo Bender
Alsace Street
Hender
Bamlett
Pietro Patruccio
Middle Street
Edward C. Palisier
Carver Street
Aurilio Battistino
Stratford
Harold Quick
State Street
Frank Karee
Alfred Street
James S. Andrews
East Main Street
Carmine Gaué
Middle ‘Street
Harry Codriano
Walnut Beach
Sam Geer
Grand Street
Fred A. Bottome
Hickory Street
Bottome
al- Ghenzio DiBlasio
Judge Banks Did Not Hint Changes In Ordinance
Judge Robert E. DeForest counsel for jitney men issued a statement this morning denying a newspaper claim that Judge Banks suggested changes to the proposed jitney ordinance. He argued the report misrepresented Banks’s position and stressed the ordinance’s illegality under state motor vehicle statutes. The judge’s memorandum held the ordinance void for conflict with state laws and allowed the council to fix routes for public motor service vehicles in Bridgeport.
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Robert E. DeForest
Banks
Common Council
Bridgeport
Shooting Incident in New Haven Linked to Liquor Fight
New Haven police probe a liquor dispute after John Gaudioso was shot three times and left for hospital. Gaudioso says two assailants on the street fired, then fled, and two men in a passing auto, later identified as Frank Marcone and Louis Bianco of Springfield, Mass., helped him.
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New Haven
Conn
Aus
John Gaudiese
Gaudioso
Frank Marcone
Louis Bianco
Springfield
Mass
City Seeks Funds for Burns Raid Police Costs
City officials jaw over securing 7500 dollars to cover police expenses from the Burns raids on April 17. The Board of Apportionment meets at 4 pm to decide if cash can be drawn from a miscellaneous fund. Also up for approval is Eastern Engineering’s 50183.96 bill for tearing down the Steeplechase Bridge following a prior committee review.
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Board of Apportionment
Eastern Engineering’ Company
Weather Outlook for New Haven and Connecticut
Unsettled weather with showers likely tonight and Tuesday. A front from Texas to the St. Lawrence Valley brings clouds and thunderstorms across Indiana to the coast. Temperatures remain not warm, with variable winds and no significant changes in the last 24 hours. High pressure centers in Minnesota and South Carolina.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Texas
St. Lawrence Valley
Indiana
Coas
Minnesota
South Carolina
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Radzymin
Berlin
East Prussia
Vossfache Zeitung
Chicdro Federation of Labor
Constantinople
Kiazam Karabekir
Erzerum
Turkey
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Marne
Bridgeport Band
McGraw
U. S
Baltic
Judge Banks
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