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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1920
Page
4
Mrs Capozzi of Ashford New York reports severe constipation for years and piles. After trying many physic remedies she used First Liver Tablets labeled Fruitatives and gained lasting relief with no after effects.
Fiume faces famine with no food deliveries in three weeks and fuel scarce. Italian naval convoy activity halts seizures, while price spikes strain the poor. Deportations of residents under ten years threaten Hungarians and Croatians. violence and arrests rise as D Annunzio presses for independence and provincial reorganization.
Binghamton N Y March 13 The street car strike ended at eight o clock this morning after the men voted unanimously to return to work The vote followed a meeting of the Common Council last evening when aldermen warned they would not vote an increase on street car fares while the strike was in force The council adjourned until Monday evening and the employees acted thereafter.
A large crowd gathered for Connors Clothing spring revue showcasing the latest fashion from Europe and America. Noted designers and style authorities presented women and men wear, including a striking green satin sport dress and hand embroidered georgette, with music throughout the evening and a final performance by George Bly.
Charles F. Willard, pioneer pilot, argues that airplane control is learnable by anyone who can drive a car. He explains that plane steering uses wheel or stick, foot rudder, and throttle, with three dimensional control including ascent and descent, and that modern pilots can operate with automatic ease after brief practice.
Constantinople reports Greek Italian and French occupying forces in Smyrna Adalia and Adana struggle against rising Turkish nationalist troops led by Mustapha Kemal. Arabs Kurds and other tribes conduct guerrilla warfare as fifty thousand allied troops guard the Straits Marmara and city.
The Masonic Ashlar Lodge No 14 was instituted at Ma sonic Terie with Grand Master Charles C Perkins presiding and 1st Grand Master Andrew J Hallock installing officers. Founding officers include George G Beers and August M Engleham with a banquet at the Algonquin club. The lodge received equipment as a gift from St John's Lodge No 3 and Corinthian Lodge No 106.
Confusion spread at Novoressiak as revolutionaries attacked a radio station and a British ship fired on harbor targets. evacuation rumors circulated while Denikine’s volunteers were moved to Crimea. A second item notes burglars stealing two watches and a revolver from John McGuire at 480 Broad Street.
Washington output centers on the claim that Congress bears responsibility for veterans' care after World War I. Rep. John M. Evans notes Republican control blocked larger appropriations, while Democrats fought to restore funding. The article also details training and employment figures from the federal Board for Vocational Training, plus a lengthy genealogical note on the Sprague family’s Gibraltar consular history.
A large mineral deposit was reported between the Southern Pacific tracks and the Gulf of Mexico about 125 miles west of New Orleans. A coal seam lies 150 feet below the surface, with a 79 foot depth, followed by a salt bed reached after 1949 feet of drilling. The salt bed is noted as among the world’s five greatest, possibly the largest. The Louisiana discovery occurred on actor Joseph Jefferson’s southern homestead. An Alaska coal mine is producing 600 tons per month.
London March 13 The flotilla of six destroyers presented by the Admiralty as a free gift to the Australian navy has just been taken over formally by the Australian High Commissioner These new vessels all of which have left the ships since the armistice differ so cretly in design armament maneuvering speed and range from the destroyers already belonging to the Australian navy that if pitted against them not one of the earlier vessels could be for more than a minute or two
London March 12 one of the most picturesque features of the London policeman is the old fashioned dark lantern giving way to the electric flashlight. The London Bobby previously lit a lamp and wore it on the belt at the back right side but the lantern produced heat was cumbersome and in scuffles could shower clothing with kerosene.
Mary Makara sues her husband Charles Makara in the Common Pleas Court for 5000 damages and an accounting after a dispute over ownership of a grocery store at 1803 Barnum Avenue. She also seeks partition of Barnum Avenue property she claims to own jointly with her husband.
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