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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1920
Page
1
Paris and Rome dispatches report Italian crowds assault Premier Giolitti’s Rome residence while pro D Anunzio factions clash at concerts. Reports claim Italian troops control Fiume with nine civilians dead in the siege and heavy casualties among Italian regulars as capitulation rumors spread.
Three liquor law violators appeared before Judge Frederic A. Bartlett in City Court. Fines totaled 250 dollars in two cases while a third was continued with bond set at 200. A bartender fled a Hallet Street saloon dropping liquor. another offender was fined 200 for selling booze without a license, his second offense. Police seized liquor during raids on Steve Luterans home, with Luteran pleading guilty to possession and fined 50.
South Norwalk December 28 A 25 percent wage cut announced by the Norwalk Tire and Rubber Company will take effect January 1. All employees were discharged and told reemployment would require substantially lower pay. Factory slowed this week, affecting over 400 workers.
Edward Sterns, owner of a Wall Street pool room, was struck with a monkey wrench by James Garver who was charged with assault and attempted robbery. Garver, from 184 Reservoir Avenue, arraigned in City Court with bonds set at $2,000. case continued to January 4. Sterns identified Garver as the assailant who fled after the attack. Warner Building tenants learn rents will rise 36 percent next year after Schulte Cigar store lease.
Meigs & Co Inc mails employees a Christmas policy offering $500 to $1,000 insurance based on tenure, with automatic coverage after six months. No medical exams. premiums paid by the firm. The plan, issued through Travelers and Co., remains subject to Workmen’s Compensation laws and can be discontinued at any time.
John Grime of Bridgeport sues Allan Fairchild, driver and owner of a jitney, seeking 19000 on grounds of a collision on October 8 1920 that left Grime with a broken leg and extensive injuries and prompts a demand for triple damages totaling 30000.
Joe Thomas John Gardonis and Peter Gober of 257 Gregory Street were arraigned in City Court on mutual assault charges after a Sunday night melee. Bottles were hurled causing cuts from flying glass. Gardonis was fined 25 dollars and costs. charges against Thomas and Gober were nolled.
Edison phonograph works to close tomorrow night and remain closed indefinitely. Record department unaffected. Company cites poor general business conditions. About 800 employees affected. December 28 citation notes the shutdown at Thomas A. Edison, Inc. facility in West Grange, New Jersey.
Roosevelt Memorial hospital leaders announced title to Palisade avenue property for a new freproof three story seventy room facility. Plans call for about 100 beds, a dispensary, clinics and a nurse training school, with open public access by April and subscriptions expected to reach seventy five thousand dollars.
The Salvation Army of New York files suit against Dinah H. Glazer Emmons Abbott Co and Robinson Clay Products Co of Stamford claiming 750 dollars. New Haven forecast fair and colder tonight and Wednesday. Connecticut area partly cloudy with lower temperatures and fresh west winds.
Postmaster Charles F. Greene announced today that starting January first delivery and collection would be made by government owned trucks. It is expected the local department will operate about ten. Previously this work was handled under contracts with private individuals.
ABridgeport report notes Dr Royal Copeland New York City health commissioner endorses brandy and cream as a remedy for coughs and hiccups. The message mocks the simple remedy already spreading among residents with humorous chatter about Paris and New York.
New Haven announces changes effective January 3 affecting several schedules. Train 82 from New York moves to 7 45 AM, stopping Stamford Stratford Bridgeport New Haven and Hartford earlier, aiding legislators. Train 46 from New York stops Stamford at 9 14 AM, Train 85 from Springfield to New Haven departs ten minutes earlier. Time is advanced at all stations with further Berlin branch adjustments.
Dublin reports a sharp rise in violence during Christmas in the martial law zone with twelve dead and nineteen wounded. Civilians include a woman among the dead. one police officer killed and two wounded. Fires burn in Tipperary. shelling at Balloaver and Limerick fatalities include a county officer and a prisoner. Countess Georgina Markievicz is sentenced to two years hard labor for conspiring to organize subversive groups.
In New York on December 28 Raymond Amos a Black man leaped onto a car and shot Lucia Harper one of the four Black passengers then killed himself at the corner of Thamn Street and Seventh Avenue shortly after a police sharp shooters squad passed. Police seek Charles Brown the chauffeur of the car believed to bear the late Bishop Charles Sumner Burch license number. Brown fled before officers arrived and it is unclear how he came to possess the machine. The other two passengers were Black women.
Washington December 208 President Wilson marked his sixty fourth birthday with many congratulatory messages. His daughters Miss Margaret Wilson and Mrs W G McAdoo joined him and Dr Stockton Axson, brother of his first wife. That evening Mrs Wilson and the president’s daughters planned to attend Miss Marjorie Brown’s wedding, cousin of the president’s first wife.
Police are still searching for the shooter who seriously wounded Clarence Johnson of 351 Pequonnock Street during a Saturday night brawl at a Main Street dance hall. Detectives report no arrests yet. Johnson's condition at St. Vincent's hospital is improved but remains serious.
Anna Bausch files suit in Bridgeport claiming 2500 damages after Lasse and Kuehn jr. jitney collision with Kuehn’s car driven by his wife on June 23 1920 at Noble avenue and Arctic street. She says she lost use of her left hand from the injuries.
Mrs Muriel MacSwiney widow of Corks late lord mayor arrived in New Haven with sister Miss Anna MacSwiney and aides. They were greeted by local women’s groups, escorted to Hotel Attic, and will host a reception at the arena with Miss MacSwiney slated as principal speaker.
Ardmore Oklahoma December 28 life imprisonment is the penalty likely if Clara Smith Hamon is convicted of the murder of Jake L Hamon a noted Oklahoma politician and oilman County Attorney Russell B Brown says first degree murder carries life or death the latter seems unlikely given public opinion and the judge may not seek the death penalty if convicted
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