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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1921
Page
8
Met Opera star Rosa Ponselle claims you can achieve a bobbed look without a cut by tucking ends under and arranging hair. She surprised friends with the effect and says her method is simple, inviting readers to try the pictured arrangement for themselves.
Switzerland remains a winter sports magnet with Davos hosting Europe’s largest ice rink and top skaters. The country attracts visitors from many nations who seek tobogganing, bob-sleighing, skiing, and scenic Alpine beauty across Jura to Grisons.
Eight clerks of the House Appropriations Committee study parliamentary law and procedure under Chairman Madden to aid the panel. The courses include hypothetical questions, precedents, and open discussion in the committee room with lectures from the House Parliamentarian and other members.
Detroit reports Mrs. Lillian Scheckels a nurse confessed in court to a prior bigamy while defending her husband Charles R. Guider alleged to be a bigamist. Judge Keidan heard her dramatic testimony amid family and civic onlookers including Guider’s parents and Bluffton’s mayor. Guider walked free as prosecutor found no case. Augusta Trevor, who recently married Guider, faced custody issues before the court.
Lord Dunsany a poet dramatist and soldier argues poetry is essential to humanity, equal to material needs, and shaped by human feelings. He contends poetry arises from deep emotions and offers pleasure beyond mere wealth. Also, Mr and Mrs Harry C Webster announce the engagement of their daughter Ethel to Arthur J Gileon of Woodmont Avenue, connected with Singer Manufacturing.
Col Charles Whittlesey, famed Lost Battalion commander, is described as a casualty of war in spirit and trauma. Justice McCook and others recall his deep sense of responsibility and inability to find peace, warning that many soldiers endure lasting gas and nerve injuries as the war’s horrors haunt them after Armistice. The piece notes rising gas-related injuries and pervasive fear, leaving a ghostly afterimage of conflict.
E D Nolan seeks the IAM presidency promising direct talks with the Soviet government and regional banks to aid labor. William H Johnston, former IAM president, traveled to Russia to discuss gear manufacture but was denied entry and criticized Bolshevik rule. Nomination is next month ahead of an April election affecting AFL policies.
Nolan as president of the International would push labor reforms including a revised strike policy, regional labor banks to help workers secure housing and cooperative ventures, and a national educational department for craft and general labor legislation. The move would align with the United Mine Workers and other progressive Internationals to push a militant tone in AFL policies.
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