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Newspaper

Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1920

Page

6

Appropriations Debate Over Tax Reductions Query

Washington lawmakers clash as Rep Mondell claims a trillion in savings through appropriations while Rep Byrnes argues that indirect moves inflate totals. He cites $5.403 billion available for expenditure and questions why taxes were not cut accordingly.

Washington, D. C House Mondell Republican Congress James F. Byrnes South Carolina House Appropriations Committee Byrnes Congress Concrest America Treasury Shipping Board Railway Administration Tailway Administration Directins War Finance Corporation Liberty Repub-ioon Thec Congress

Bicycles Recovered Await Ownership Claims at Police Bureau

Ten bicycles recovered by police are stored at the detective bureau awaiting ownership claims. Reporters who had machines stolen should call police headquarters to identify the bicycles. Unclaimed bicycles will go to Clerk Smith and be sold at auction. Nathan Straus decries dying rich. He expects many to help him tie to a respectable Long Island City star.

Detective Bureau Nathan Straus Long Island Siar

Crowded High School May Hold Outdoor Sessions

Superintendent Samuel J. Slawson informed the Board of Education that September registrations could exceed 400 over present figures, risking crowding. Entering class expected near 900 from public and parochial schools, prompting possible outdoor sessions. Several resignations and leaves granted. Rooney resigns to join manufacturing. Contracts awarded for painting and groundwork at multiple schools. wall agreement discussed between St. Augustine's and Washington schools on Piquennock street.

Samuel J. Slawson Board of Educators Slawson Mary Poison Katherine O'Hara Winstow Lincoln School Almira Gaylord Elias Howe Edna L. Callahan Hall School Martha E. Curry Grand Street Evelyn Thompson Bernice H. Clark Sybil L. Gorman Charlotte Barske Natalie Boson James J. Rooney Rooney Madison Bridgeport Construction Company Black Rock Burns Company Garfield Roger Sherman Staples Summerfield Island Brook Kossuth Street Samuel B. Plotkin Mary Goore Tome Committee On Schools Committee On James B. Nihill St. Augustine's School Washington School Pequennock Street

Stratford Woman Dead From Gas Poisoning in Kitchen

Mrs. Sarah Blackman of Sherwood Place Stratford died yesterday afternoon from gas poisoning after a burner leak. Neighbors found her seated in the kitchen. Medical Examiner Dr. William B. Cogswell ruled accidental death and permitted removal to Hawley Wilmot undertaking rooms. She leaves one daughter, Miss Dorothy Blackman. Funeral set for Thursday at 2:30 PM.

Sarah Blackman Sherwood Place Stratford William B. Cogswell Hawley & Wilmot

Obituaries and funeral notices from Stratford area

Mary A Bates died at home on Seymour street after a brief illness with brother Samuel Jackson and sisters Mrs Joseph Vaughan and Mrs Joseph Holdsworth surviving. Funeral 2:30 pm from the home, burial Lake View cemetery. Thomas Sheehan of Broad Street died at Bridgeport Hospital after brief illness. Survived by wife, child, parents, siblings and five brothers. Funeral from Carroll Avenue home. Charles Fox, 87, longtime Standard employee, died. Burial Mountain Grove. funeral Tuesday 3:30 pm at Henry E Bishop mortuary chapels with Rev Paul Edwards officiating. Julia Kick Wheeler died. funeral Sunday at Wells Place home. burial Union Cemetery Stratford. Sergeant A C Goulden injured when his car collided with a trolley on Pequotknock street. car damaged, trolley thrown from rails.

Mary A. Bates Pany Geenne Bates Seymour Street Samuel Jackson Brooklyn Joseph Vaughan Joseph Holdsworth England Lakeview Cemetery Thomas Sheehan Broad St Bridgeport Hospital Burns and Bassick Company Park City Charles Fox Standard Martha Fox Henry E. Bishop Fairfield Avenue Paul B. Edwards Mountain Grove Cemetery Julia Kick Wheeler Wells Place Stratford Robert C. Whitehead Stratford Congregational Church John Bennetto William B. Bristol Arthur P. Park George O. Lines Union Cemetery

Hard Work Is Now Necessary for Italians

Rome report cites former Premier Nitti urging sustained hard work and limited amusements for years. The article notes higher taxes on theatres and hotels hosting balls and dances, state fees of 50 to 500 dollars per event, Sunday car bans after 8 PM, and a 35 horsepower limit on cars. Sunday outings to Frascati and Tivoli decline, forcing Romans to seek new ways to pass Sundays.

Rome Nitti Frascati Tivoli

Hay Fever Remedy Kolox Promises Relief

Advertises Kolox as a widely tried product to ease hay fever by improving breathing and sleep. Claims it prevents this year’s attack and offers a quarterly sample via druggists. Describes hay fever as upper air passage irritation from pollen or dust with unclear definite cause.

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Writing Paper of Dainty Shade Tints 72 Box

Vacation must have writing paper as this sale offers fine lawn writing paper in pink white lavender blue and maize Each 72 cent box contains 48 envelopes and 48 sheets Highlights a portable stationery need for travel in a period tone

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