English firms to take back $7,000 veterans
About 10,000 British firms have joined the governments scheme for employing disabled service men, guaranteeing positions for 97,000 veterans. Enrollment targets 5 percent of each firm’s workforce, with total staff around 1.65 million. Some 40,000 disabled men remain awaiting work, while government training costs are projected near 100 million dollars.
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United Kingdom
Bankers’ Trust
London
Pisn Calla
Lloyd George
National Federation of
Detroit Club Plans Formal Boxing Dues For Evening Attire Crowd
An editorial notes Detroit Boxing Club aims to host bouts as social events with formal dress. It cites a London National Sporting Club link, mentions necessary attire from studs to dress gowns, and urges readers to prepare for a refined arena experience.
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Detroit
Detroit Boxing Club
National Sporting Club of London
D. B. GC
Ragort
Lou Everett
D. B.C
National Sporting Club
London
Spike
Interscholastic Meet Set At Yale Bowl This May
Schoolboy athletes will gather at Yale Bowl on May 22 for the 18th annual Interscholastic high meet. Yale track officials plan a premier event, hoping to exceed past participation as 200 preparatory and high schools are invited, aiming to surpass last year’s 12 schools amid unsettled postwar conditions.
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Yale Bowl
Yale Field
Yale
Cnoven
Penn Oarsmen Use Mirrors to Perfect Rowing
In Philadelphia on March 13, about two hundred University of Pennsylvania oarsmen spend two hours after noon gaging at themselves in large mirrors to correct errors in rowing form. Coach Wright calls mirrors invaluable for crew candidates, noting each man can see mistakes as slips occur and immediately correct them.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Wright
Elks Plan Gala Night At Park Theatre With Stars
Bridgeport lodge No. 36 Elks host a Monday gala at the Park theatre featuring Charlotte Greenwood in Linger Longer Letty to benefit the lodge building fund. Oscar Fisman, with brother Max, brings a long musical comedy record to the Morosco show, while public seating goes on sale Sunday.
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Esquire
Park Theatre
Bridgeport Lodge
Charlotte Greenwood
Elks
Joseph Barraja-Frauenfelder
Letty
East
Mr. Figman
Harry Frazer
Mr. Fisman
Max
Oscar
New York
Yale Leads Effort for Common College Calendar Plan
Yale has taken the lead in pushing a unified academic calendar with 16 Eastern universities including Harvard Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Corwin notes the aim to synchronize vacations and reduce classroom disruption. An average of 205 recitation days exist across the group with about 32 days unused in the year.
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New Haven
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
University of Pennsylvania
Robert N. Corwin
Yate
Washington
Ambherst
Boston
Bowdoin
Brown
Dartmouth
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Middlebury
Trinity
Tufts
University of Maine
University of Vermont
Wesleyan
Williams and Yate
Four Bridgeport Inventors Get Patents March 9 1920
Patent list shows Bridgeport inventors William J Newton Clarence J D Platt George B H Thomas FB Anderson and others awarded patents on electric switches lock sockets typewriting machines valve grinding devices and more. Includes firms Salta Textile Mfg Co Shoninger Co Ulmer Leather Co and traders in Bridgeport New Haven Hartford Meriden Norwich New Britain Winsted and New Haven.
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A. M. Wooster
Main Street
Bridgeport
Conn
William J. Newton
Clarence JD. Platt
George BH. Thomas
FB. Anderson
George W. Campbell
Hartford
Carlos Ruiz
Curtis H. Veeder
Wartford
Wm. W. Ferguson
New Haven
Henry G. Voight
New Britain
Charles W. Ostrander
Winsted
Edwin H. Weber
Meriden
Bracket
Salta Textile Mfg. Co
B. Shoninger Co
Ulmer Leather Co
Norwich
Compensation awards listed by compensation commissioner
The Compensation Commissioner EB Buckingham approved several weekly benefits: Eugene Davidson receives 1161 dollars from The American Graphophone Company for a finger fracture. Dennis Galvin gets 10.96 from Blyth Wood Sanitarium for a sprained wrist. Bertha Parsons 11.60 from Cornwall & Patterson for a nail loss. Samuel Mabie 18 from Turner Machine Co for thumb injury. William J. Davis 12.85 from City Steam Laundry for burns. The rest of the text appears to be literary and unrelated notes.
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EB. T. Buckingham
Eugene Davidson
State St
American Graphophone Company
Dennis Galvin
Greenwich
Blythwood Sanitarium
Bertha Parsons
Lee Avenue
Cornwall & Patterson
Samuel Mabie
Danbury
Turner Machine Company
William J. Davis
The
City Steam Laundry Company
Plan daily run by air Tony proposed from New York to Hartford
The Pan American Air Service Corporation plans a daily dirigible service from New York along the Sound to Greenwich Norwalk Bridgeport New Haven Hartford and up the river to Springfield with returns to New York via Danbury. Ships are 181 foot baby blimps carrying six to eight passengers. Landing fields to be set up with Hartford discussions and Springfield headquarters eyed at Hotel Kimball. A later goal is service to South America.
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Hertford Courant
Hartford
Panamerican Air Service Corporation
Fifth Avenue
New York
Sound
Greenwich
Norwalk
Bridgeport
New Haven
Springfield
New Britain
Nes
Danbury
Dirigible Company
York
Kimball
Airship Transportation Company
South America
More One Year Enlistments Are Now Approved
Colonel James R Lindsay announces that one year enlistments or reenlistments are authorized in Engineer Corps Field Artillery Quartermaster Corps and Construction Division. Men are needed for Panama Philippine and Hawaiian Departments with a three year service period. Apply to the Army Recruiting Station 925 Main Street Bridgeport for full information.
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James R. Lindsay
Infantry
Army Recruiting Service
Engineer’ Corps
Field Artillery
Quartermaster Corps
Constructon
Construction Division
Panama
Philippine
Serst
Army
Main Street
Bridgeport
Conn
Great Dirigible Will Be Built In Philadelphia
The world's largest dirigible will be built at the Philadelphia navy yard with a Navy crew to attempt a Pacific crossing. Fifty two draftsmen join the design team and work will begin soon. The airship will weigh about 33 tons and carry 30 tons. It mirrors lines of the B-34.
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Philadelthia
Mar
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Pacific
Ines
Spaniards Flock To U S Passports From Madrid
From Madrid, March 13, the Madrid American consulate reports visa applications for America have surged beyond prior records since January. Most applicants hail from Salamanca province, many affected rural villages emptied by emigration. They are mainly farm workers with skilled tradespeople like bricklayers. some bring families, others delay until home is prepared or save for a fortune then return to Spain to work land for extra income. Requests for permanence are common, with many replying they want the visa forever.
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Madrid
Mar
America
Salamanca
Spain
State Highways Receive War Dept Motors for Roads
About 24,000 motor vehicles intended for war use have been turned over to the Agriculture Department by the War Department for distribution among state highway commissioners for road building. Allotments are based on the amount of federal road funds each state receives. Already 12,000 have been delivered to states and the remainder will be distributed.
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Washington, Mar
Department of Agriculture
War Department
Rail cars to boost 1920 road building plan
Officials expect rapid securing of railway cars for transport within two to three months. The equipment will greatly aid the extensive road building program planned for 1920, supporting logistics and construction efforts.
The Recruiting Sergeant Explains Army Branch Choices
A vintage recruitment piece emphasizes fine soldier training across branches. It highlights infantry cavalry field artillery engineers coast artillery and notes the prospects of outdoor life specialized training and career preparation.
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United States
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