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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1921
Page
4
A large cargo of shipbuilding materials arrived in Japan aboard the Inaba Maru from England. The 3,000 ton shipment included heavy boilers and bulky machines and was quickly dispatched to naval yards and shipbuilding works for the ongoing expansion of Japan's naval programs.
Penver June 11 C J Whitehurst a local insurance man buys the abandoned Fourth Congregational Community Church to escape rent costs He and his wife and small daughter now live in the church basement with a kitchen bath and a large room divided by imaginary lines for living space The auditorium will be partitioned into several rooms as plans advance
Harvard undergraduates mock Yale values in Bagshe Proletarian parody claiming Calvin Coolidge saved Boston and kings are hen pecked. It satirically suggests the American Revolution was a mistake and Harvard men see themselves as more moral while deeming Irish revolt against Britain disloyal and colonial loyalty to Britain loyal.
SalemMass June 11 Paul Jackson Harvard student, twenty two, insisted on jail cell after arrest for operating a car without a license. He asked to borrow a camera to obtain a self portrait behind bars as a family heirloom, saying it was the most fun he had in days. After bail, he invited officers to dinner. A dance will be held at the M and W H club house on Madison avenue next Thursday with Lafay's Quintet.
London June 11 The Board of Guardians has been amused by the Ministry of Health and its proposals for new benefits for workhouse inmates. They now say the ministry has passed the limit of sanity and has suggested providing night shelters for tramps who accept local workhouse hospitality.
Hartford reports the National Tuberculosis Association annual meeting will gather 1200 to 1500 anti tuberculosis workers in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria. Key speeches include Dr Gerald Webb and Commander Frederick W Galbraith addressing ex service needs and vocational training for arrested TB cases.
Sacramento reports California criminals migrate east to summer resorts on the Atlantic coast and Midwest. C R Morrill notes eastern burglars are less cautious and use forced entry, while California thieves prefer picking locks. Morrill says they’ll return in winter as California’s climate attracts wealthier eastern offenders.
The article praises including Turkish Bath in the curriculum for health and vigor and notes the get-together spirit it fosters. It emphasizes weekly swimming classes improving efficiency among workers, especially for women. Published in The Times.
Mrs. Mary Brickel is held in Cleveland in the death of Daniel Kaber publisher of Lakewood. Kaber was stabbed twenty times in July 1919. He is the son in law of Mrs Brickel. Eva McArdle Kaber and Miss Mary McArdle were arrested in New York for complicity. Mrs Kaber cut her wrist with a safety pin but was not seriously injured.
After four years of service, Company D of the Connecticut State Guard was mustered out last night in the State Armory. Col L. J. Herrmann spoke, with Capt R. A. Glenn Lt B Seltsman Lt Q R Burr and Sgts G Seltsman J A Murtagh also remarks. A program of entertainment featured rewards of $10 gold pieces to four officers and a pipe and humidor for Sgt Donahue.
Bridgeport reports a July 4 conference by the Chamber of Commerce and nationality representatives to plan Americanization exercises at Heardsley Park. A total of 6875 building permits were issued by the Building Inspector yesterday. A card party and dance organized by St. Charles Parish Eucharistic League will occur Tuesday evening at 8. Mrs. Thomas Weller chairs the committee with several parish women assisting.
At a meeting of the Raymond Harris post Women’s Auxiliary arrangements were made to send a representative to the state convention in Hartford next Saturday and Sunday.
Hon Joel F Reed issued recommendations in divorce cases. Frank C Stevens vs Mary Emma Stevens denied for lack of desertion proof and insufficient three year state residency. Anna F Kilmas East Portchester to receive decree custody of eight minor children and alimony of 18 dollars weekly. Antonio Vaz Monterro Gomes found guilty of intolerable cruelty and divorce granted to Mary Conover Van Buren Gomes. The defendant is Portuguese.
Mrs William T Hincks a Bridgeport suffrage worker attended the dissolution meeting in Lyme held at Miss Katherine Ludingtons home after a 5 year span of activity The association founded in 1869 passed out of existence with its banners and key documents turned over to the State Library highlighting years of opposition and eventual accomplishment.
Boston June 11 Miss Maude H Miner secretary of the New York Probation and Protective Association addresses a Twentieth Century Club women's conference. She outlines dangers to girls from jazz venues and promiscuous automobile rides in moving picture theaters, expressing sympathy for runaway Boston girls in New York and noting dull inactive work lives.
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