Firebugs Threaten Stratford High Fire Losses Reach Two Hundred Thousand
Railroads Move to Finish Fight on Workers Strike looming as railroads plan wage cuts. Union leaders vow to resist, rejecting collective bargaining as a method to determine wages. Key figures Jewell Walsh and other union chiefs press for the fundamental principle of collective bargaining.
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Chicago
M. Jewell
Highway Department
AL BL of
American Association of Railways Executives
Evence
Jewell
Frank P. Walsh
Railway Brotherhoods
Ncted
Bridgeport Explores Bond to Hire Unemployed Workers
City mayor argues for a $500000 short term note to fund public works and employ displaced workers during industrial downturn. He stresses aid must be temporary and job focused, not charity, noting hundreds already in city service and the need to provide livelihoods rather than handouts. Continued on Page Six.
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Clifford B. Wilson
Times
Toye
Fire devastates Stratford High School in fierce blaze
A incendiary seeming fire at Stratford High School destroyed the building, injuring five Stratford firefighters and prompting hospitals to treat them. Bridgeport aid helped control the flames as water froze on walls and stairs amid cold weather. Officials estimate damage around 200000 dollars and race to relocate students to churches and nearby buildings.
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Stratford High School
Stratford
Bridgeport
Stratford Board of Education
EB. H. J. Hennessey
DeRuyter Howland
David Dinan
Bridgeport Fire Department
Bridgeport Department
Oscar Swanson
William Hanford
Harry Flood
Stratford Department
Hansford
Albert Anderson
Herbert Smith
Caruso Still Improving Despite Persistent Fever
New York opera singer Enrico Caruso remains in improving condition, doctors reported at 11 30 today. They said his course is progressing in a satisfactory manner though his fever has not subsided, indicating steady but incomplete recovery.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Hts
Immigration Train Surge Near Bridgeport Amid Typhus Alert
Thousands of immigrants passed through Bridgeport this week en route to the South and West. A train with several hundred foreigners halted overnight, sourced from Boston amid New York port closures due to typhus. They were kept aboard while authorities manage the unusual entry surge.
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Bridgeport
Boston
Ocean
New York
Ellisland
Brilaeport
No Deal Reached On 20 Percent Building Wage Cut
Union carpenters rejected a 20 percent wage reduction planned by contractors who will enforce it next week. Builders insist the cut will stand even without union agreement. The Bridgeport building trade is weak and work may halt Monday if union men refuse the cut.
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Bollders
Bridgeport
Falls and Fire Blaze Across Min gudate Terrace Suburb
John Keenan of 34 Pleasant street pitched forward on a curb while stepping from a trotes man avenue vehicle. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital with facial lacerations and a brain concussion. In a separate incident incendiaries ignited several fires in Min gudate Terrace causing about $50,000 in damage.
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Trotesman Avenue
John Keenan
Pleasant
Bridgeport Hospital
Wilmington
Mingudate Terrace
Lake Bosses State But Admits That Wife Bosses Him
Hartford report quotes Governor Everett J. Lake admitting he leads the party and state but loses at home. He recalls a banquet remark about being boss, then recounts his wife and daughter siding against him, leaving him politically defeated inside his own household.
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Hartford
Everett J. Lake
Union Defender's Day
Brooklawn Births Show Big Contrast In Bridgeport
Health department figures for 1920 show Brooklawn in the Fifth District recording 70 births and the lowest infant mortality, while the East Side Tenth District reports 62 deaths among 148 infants, with 4,179 total births citywide and a White birth majority.
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Brooklawn
East Side
Department of Health
Bridgeport
Brooklin
Peete Enfants
East Sle
Bniy
Former Champ Kunz Beaten Up in Local Lunch Room
Norwalk reports former state Lightweight champion Kunz beaten by a stranger in a lunch room. Kunz, now proprietor of the Germanis hotel, received two black eyes and minimal police involvement. New Haven forecast expects unsettled weather with possible snow and colder temperatures.
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Norwalk
Kunz
Germanis
New Haven
Bridgeport Boys Elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Yale
New Haven Phi Beta Kappa announced elected candidates including Bridgeport residents Stanton E. Rockwell of 570 Beechwood Avenue and Theodore C. Weimer of 46 Chapel Street. Connecticut honorees also include T. F. Bannon Winsted H C Jackson Darien and J M Morse Windsor Locks. Arctic to sail from Quebec for two year Hudson Bay cruise next summer.
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New Haven
Phi Beta Kappa
Yale University
Secret Society
Bridgeport
Stanton E. Rockwell
L. ¥. Rockwell
Beechwood Avenue
Theodore C. Weimer
Chapel, Street
Connecticut
T. F. Bannon
Winsted
II. .C. Jackson
Darien
J. M. Morse
Windsor Locks
Three Hold Up Men Slug Victim On East Main Street
Thomas Riley, 42, of 558 East Main street, was attacked at 4 am by three men who stole $34 and a watch, leaving him jaw and lip lacerations. He was treated at Emergency hospital by Dr. Kornblatt. Ansonia firefighters reported two Woot lawn avenue houses owned by Harrison Potosky destroyed by fire,valued at about $6,000, partly insured.
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Thomas Riley
East Main Street
Kornblatt
Ansonia
Wootlawn Avenue
Harrison Potosky
Black Rock Club to reorganize under new name
A reorganizing group plans to form a new country club to replace the bankrupt Black Rock club. About 300 former members are invited to a meeting tonight to set a charter, officers, and quarters for the summer season. The effort aims to provide country club facilities and establish the new organization within months. A receiver will be appointed after bankruptcy proceedings and a judge is overseeing the case.
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Black Rock Country Club
Black Rock Club
Nisi
Internat Ble Brewing
Clul
John Keogh
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Marjorie
Frank R. Valentine
Jersey City
N. J
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Priscilla Alden
Betsy
Salon Arctic Cruise
Ottawa
Ont
Arctic
Quebec
Hudson Bay
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