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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1921
Page
7
An editorial argues against gendered mercy toward Ethel Nott, labeling her a moral bankrupt based on her past life and the Wade confession. It contends she acted knowingly, deserves lifelong punishment, and urges women to judge by higher moral standards and conscience. It questions whether justice was served in Mrs Noll’s case.
The piece argues that the opposition to publishing slacker lists is warranted as Francis G. Caffrey reports only 7 of 433 draft dodging cases prosecuted, with 427 dismissed for lack of facts. It notes 119 cases pursued on War Department info collapsed when false questionnaire charges surfaced, urging investigation before publication.
The new immigration law limits entrants to three percent of the 1910 US population, with only twenty percent eligible per month. It caps arrivals at seventy seven thousand two hundred six for 1921, risking early year exhaustion and potential deportations for late-month arrivals at Ellis Island.
After weeks of debate the Senate approved the naval supply bill with about two and a half million dollars less than the initial estimate of roughly 500 million. The Borah resolution for a disarmament conference was added as an amendment, and there is hope the House will support it by a decisive margin.
The report says former Emperor Charles and King of Hungary will try again to regain the Hungarian throne in August after a failed March attempt. He blames the failure on the time not being ripe, but critics doubt the time will ever be ripe and view the kingly bid as a fading craze.
The poem argues that the female of the species is more deadly than the male, citing bears cobras and human history. It describes women as instinctively ruthless in protecting offspring and enforcing social norms, contrasting them with men's cautious nature. The tone is declarative and polemical.
The Hartford Courant notes Worcester Telegram recounts Arthur Tougas of New Braintree hurt while harrowing a cornfield when a harrow tooth snagged a root and the hitching caused the implement to strike back. He fell under the device but escaped serious injury as the tractor stopped when his foot hit a switch. The piece argues progress brings new risks, from telephones to electricity and now tractors, using Tougas’s incident as a cautionary example.
Washington dispatches note a private remark about Spying on beans and jokes at the St Paul unveiling of Wash. bust. Separately Connecticut Manufacturers propose six principles for railroad labor policy, favoring a public railroad labor board and direct carrier-employee negotiations with the federal role as last resort.
Che-D Ty Read Co announces two sales starting that week on the second floor offering high class tailored suits in conservative styles. The basement features floor lamps and lamp shades sold at remarkable values with combined purchases allowed. Tricotines for women and misses number about twenty five in the group, suitable for summer and fall wear.
Advertises suits and coats in serge and gray Vigoreau at sale prices. Former prices ranged from $37.50 to $45.00. The collection includes all ages in Fine Homespun Suits with silk lined coats in tan and gray mixtures, now $35.00.
An essay extols modern public libraries and the role of librarians. It contrasts Gopher Prairie with thriving cities, noting libraries’ evolving openness, access, and the creed of a suburban library promoting book use for citizens.
A retailer lists shades in three price bands. Items priced at 99.80 in one tier appear alongside shades priced from 37.10 to 47.00 and a higher group from 63.50 to 89.90, outlining tiered options for customers.
The Naval Appropriations Bill advances 54 to 7 in the Senate, spurting a Borah amendment for an international arms conference. The House bill totals 396 million while the Senate version shows 494 million, with no room for compromise and public opinion urged to influence the conferees.
The D D Read urges House conferees to back the House bill and Senate conferees to drop the push for a 98 million increase as the nation debates naval rearmament far beyond 1914 levels. In Tonopah a pest house burglary occurred with a mattress and blankets stolen from a bed just vacated by a smallpox patient. police await developments.
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