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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1922
Page
6
The Americas envoys were selected by popular vote with polled 115,700 votes in the city. Three delegates were chosen, entitling Miss Anne Morgan to lead a party to France July 22 under the American Committee for Devastated France. The envoys will depart for six weeks as a grand welcome is prepared by the French.
Yale and Harvard crews prepare for the annual Thames race as crowds fill Old New London. Harvard is listed as favorite though Yale plans strong effort after recent reshuffles. The four mile course features historic results at New London with past winners and dates noted.
Walter Lyman Brown, director for Europe of the American Relief Administration, reports improved conditions in Poland and Austria yet ongoing needs in the East and industrial centers. He notes Poland will feed 400,000 children until October and 300,000 until next June while Austria receives continued aid post withdrawal. Czecho-Slovakia shows recovery, with focus shifting to parental education and clinics. The program operates on a non-political basis with shared responsibility among nations and local communities.
Paris reports that passport visas have been abolished between France and Spain. The move does not affect travelers from the United States.
Catholic priest from Michigan touring the United States exposing popular spiritualist tricks and explaining them. He presents and demystifies methods used by mediums as part of his tour, aiming to reveal fraud and warn the curious public.
Alla Moskova, renowned interpretive dancer, wins a San Francisco divorce from Boris Petrof and plans to study music in Milan Italy. Petrof grants decree and $100 monthly alimony while dropping his $50 000 alienation of affections suit against Gregory Chop luck, a New York importer.
Detroit June 23 Half the population of the United States lacks access to public libraries, officials of the American Library Association say. The issue will be highlighted at the association's forty fourth annual conference June 26 to July 1. A county library exhibit is being prepared with items from Minnesota Texas Indiana New Jersey Boeta California Maryland and Michigan. California will be shown by 190 photographs and a display called photospire. Texas will feature photographs and a Cook County map showing its library system. A nationwide map will indicate states with library laws permitting libraries in counties. A toy village model of a library center and a radio talk by Azariah Root of Oberlin College will also be presented.
The film features Herbert Rawlinser as a crook who secretly sabotages crooked oil speculators by building a fake oil well. Also noted is Maclyn Arbuckle’s acclaimed portrayal of the prodigal judge from Vaughan Kester work The Prodigal Judge. The Community Theatre screens it for the last time tonight in Cleveland. Chief George Wallace marks fifty four years as a Cleveland fireman during a day with twenty one alarms.
Washington June 23 The Department of Agriculture has reached an agreement with Britain allowing frozen pork cuts to be imported into England. Previously banned due to British inspection requirements, the new pact permits frozen cuts bearing U S Department of Agriculture stamps to enter England as freely as whole carcasses and cured meats.
Paris reports that world radium supplies may increase as uranium deposits are found in Switzerland and Madagascar export of radioactive minerals is set to grow. This could lead to lower radium prices and greater availability of the element.
Walter Merritt reports an unprecedented Pittsburgh surge in construction with new offices, apartments, and homes rising across the city. Projects include a massive banking building by Melton National Bank, a 30 story Empire Building addition, the Bell Telephone Building, and a $5.5 million Oakland district apartment complex housing 2,500 families. University of Pittsburgh expansion plans may reach $2 million, while street and infrastructure improvements multiply. War-time price stabilization shifts easing as contractors hire thousands and rents begin to ease.
A Santa Barbara fisherman, Louie Garcia, reports a cigarette smoking fish tale from the coast. He describes the creature as a king miah or ronkie, claiming the fish will puff on a cigarette held in its jaws with evident satisfaction.
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