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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
11
Professor John MacNeill and Arthur Griffith, both Sinn Fein leaders, were seized by British forces in Dublin amid the same operation.
Sixty classes of 2 500 children on half time as the chamber committee on public schools met in new quarters to survey conditions. They found 24 basement rooms in use and 27 portable schools, with 2 500 children in 60 classes forced to content with half-time. Superintendent Slawson led the Gary system discussion as a path back to life contact.
Chamber of Commerce survey group meets with the public school committee to discuss the Broad street extension. Directors disavow speaking for members and back opposition until school needs are met. A referendum of the membership runs from today to December 6.
Edinburgh reports five dry districts Kilsyth Sanquhar Kirkintilloch Auchterarder and Tuthergoin under the Temperance Act local veto. Many towns voted no change while Newport Langholm favored unrestricted traffic amid heated campaigning and pro and anti prohibition slogan exchanges.
The report notes abolition of 99 saloon licenses in Glasgow and hints at future attacks. Church leaders worry over church influence in national life. It may be three years before another pool is taken, with Glasgow remaining wet but proving supportive to prohibitionists.
Dublin proposes selling official paraphernalia to raise funds for city employees or charities after government agents refused to turn over public funds to the Sinn Fein city government. The move follows a financial dispute over access to funds used for public administration.
A High Sheriff proposes selling the city chain of office to fund Pigeon House Hospital for consumptives after funds were withheld. Sinn Fein Councillor P T Daly pushes selling pictures from the Mansion House to pay city employees, with some works by old masters at stake.
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