Mayor Wilson Seeks Support in Bridgeport Clean Up Drive
Mayor Wilson addressed the Bethany Men's Club at Bethany chapel urging support for a steady campaign to suppress white slavery and immorality in Bridgeport. He warned of deferred street paving and sewer projects due to bond difficulties, and vowed continued vice raids until criminals are behind bars or banished.
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Bethany Men's Club
Bethany Chapel
Wilson
Bridgeport
North End
City Police Chief Redgate Stay Delayed By Board Deadlock
Mayor Wilson and the Police Commissioners failed to reach a decision after a three hour executive session on Superintendent John H. Redgate. The board remains split with Murphy and Anderson opposing retirement unless formal charges are brought, while Wilson and Stantey favor immediate retirement.
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Wilson
John H. Redgate
Police
Frank D. Anderson
Richard H. Murphy
Redgate
Charsea
John C. Stantey
Murphy
Anderson
Americans Help Armenians in Finding Friends
Hundreds of Armenian families in Asia Minor are being reunited monthly through volunteer help from the American Committee for Relief in the Near East. A mother and daughter reunited in Balikeehir after years of displacement, with others seeking long-lost relatives and homes in America. The piece also notes extensive Armenian orphans and a human-interest anecdote about social mobility and equality before the law.
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Constantinople
American Committee For Relief
Near East
Asia Minor
Levon Shamiian
Falikeahtr
Caris E. Mille
Princeton
N. J
Balikeehir
Shamlian
Bitlis
Levon Shamlian
Levon
Seranoush
Aintat
Women heckle Bran-degee on Irish question in Senate
In Washington on June 2 two women sympathizing with Irish freedom heckled Republican Senator Bran degee of Connecticut during his Armenian mandate remarks. Ushers ejected several interrupters as the disturbance spread to the House floor and galleries. Five more women from Boston New York ACs joined the scene, prompting cheers, hisses, and a temporary suspension of proceedings until order was restored.
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Washington
United States Senate
Brandegee
Connecticut
Marshall
Briand
Ireland
Moyra Quinn
Kathleen Savage
Mary Ferrick
Helen O’brien
Boston
Mary McCarty
New York
Gallery Civilian Outburst Sparks Ejection in House
Representative Slanton proposed cloning the galleries and had the sergeant at arms arrest women. Shouts of you can't do that echoed as Doorkeepers tried to restrain the crowd. After several minutes the protesters were ejected amid complaints of too few truck drivers for food and too many luxury cars for chauffeurs.
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Slanton
Democrat
Texas
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