Navy In Chaotic Plight During Early War Years
Navy officers testified before the Senate Investigating Committee about disorganization in the Navy Department after the United States entered the war. Captain Harris Laning blamed delays and secretarial interference for hindering key policies and plans, noting that plans often vanished or were left unacted upon. He cited officers attempting to push through actions without proper authorization and suggested the department could have worked more quickly with earlier clear plans.
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Washington
Navy Department
United States
Harris Laning
Bureau of Navigation
Senate
Laning
Bureau of Operations
Secretary of the Navy
Soviets in Germany Thought Impossible in Düsseldorf
In Düsseldorf officials say the movement is not a soviet revolution but a workmen protest against militarism and the Kapp revolt. Friedrich Stahl cites alignment with the people's will and aims to show democratic restraint while opposing militarism.
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Dusseldorf
A. P
Germany
Friedrich Stahl
Duesseldorf
Associated Press
Kapp
Gustav Noske
Berlin
Release of Hartford radicals on $1,000 bail each
Hartford March 24 A majority of alleged radicals detained after deportation hearings can be freed on bonds of 1000 each per a telegram from Assistant Secretary of Labor Post. Over fifty have already been admitted to bail and more may follow as friends raise funds. The message directs release of aliens held solely as members of prescribed organizations with bonds set at 1000 per person.
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Hartford
Conn
Assistant Secretary of Labor Post
Washington
Socialist Five Barred From State Assembly Seats
Albany March 24 The five suspended socialist members of the state assembly are ineligible and disqualified to occupy seats in the assembly, the judiciary committee counsel says in a brief filed with the investigation panel. The brief argues the organization’s acts prove the party’s seditious aims and its goal of government change by action and general strike.
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Albany
State Assembly
Assembly
Five m
Ciitists
London
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph Company
Spree River
Defense Corps
Empire
Prussia
Infidelity Tale Unfolds In Superior Court Case
Emil Mites testified he followed his wife Martha Miles from Broad Street to Canton Restaurant and then Alpine hotel on Gold Street in August 1919. He said he saw Mrs Miles with another man, registered, and he requested access to their room with the clerk. The couple were lightly dressed and Mrs Miles remained calm.
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Alpine Hotel
Gold Street
Superior Court
Emil Mites
lGcorse Street
Martha Miles
Miles
Broad Street
Canton
Cannon Street
Mra Miles
Sailor Granted Divorce After War Time Faithfulness Allegations
Harry G. Bender, a Columbia Graphophone Co. employee and former sailor in the U S Navy, testified in Supreme Court that his wife Anna L. Bender was unfaithful during his 1917 A E Y voyage to France. Witnesses described meetings with men and hotel visits. police records showed a 1918 theft arrest. Judge Curtis granted the divorce.
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Harry G. Bender
Columbia Graphophone Co
U. S. Navy
France
Iuperior
Jim
Monard Avenue
New Haven Baseball Club Incorporation Reported
Articles of incorporation filed at the secretary of state's office in Stratford name New Haven Baseball Exhibition Co. as the corporate title for New Haven ink of the Eastern League this season. Capital stock set at $180 060. President Geo. Weis announced the plan to build a six acre baseball enclosure in Madden, just north of New Haven.
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New Haven
Conn
Secretary of States
Startford
New Haven Baseball Exhibition Co
New Haven Ink
Geo.Weis
Madden
Standstill in wage talks for anthracite miners
Negotiations over a new wage agreement for anthracite workers in New York halted as mine owners decide whether to prevent a April 1 work suspension by granting retroactive pay. The present contract ends March 31 and a 3 p.m. reply from operators is awaited.
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New York
Oaee
Rider Seeks Damages After Stratford Accident
Lawrence Gay testifies in Common Pleas suit against John Evants over injuries from a motorcycle collision at Stratford and Connecticut Avenues. Gay seeks $10 damages, alleging negligent driving. Evants denies. Judge Booth reserved decision. Also a small grass fire on Golden Hill Street caused momentary alarm but no damage.
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Stratford
Connecticut Avenues
Lawrence Gay
Common Press Court
John Evants
Gay
Ewantz
Booth
Golden Hill Street
Chemical Company No. 1
Father shoots son to save his soul in Tragedy
Chiggio March 24 Frank Pinano Jr. now at county hospital with three bullet wounds after his father Frank Pinano Sr. fired to stop his son from crime. Police warned murder charges if Jr. dies. The father says he would rather kill his son than let police.
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Chiggio
Frank Pinano, Jr
Frank Pinano
Offecrs
Frank, Jr
Pinano
Weather Outlook for New Haven Thursday Increasing Clouds
Fair tonight in New Haven with warmer readings inland. Thursday will bring increasing clouds and southwest winds as the day progresses.
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New Haven
Poisoned pickle linked to infant death and stroke man
A three year old girl at 92 Calhoun Avenue died after eating a pickle given by her mother, with Emergency hospital doctors failing to determine a cause before Medical Examiner Garlick said he would investigate. Separately Carl Nelson, 40, of 302 Wilmot Avenue suffered a stroke at his shoe shop and was taken to Bridgeport Hospital.
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Hertha Hanson
Calhoun Avenue
B. J. Coyle
Garlick
Carl Nelson
Wilmot Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
Wen J. Groark
Eberts Troops Still Holding Wesel Amid Siege
Government troops from the Ruhr area remain in Wesel on the Rhine across from Wesel while workers press siege lines. Reinforcements may enter if needed as heavy firing and machine gun bursts echo through the night. About 100 interned prisoners and a dozen wounded were brought over. Belgian troops arrived with artillery and set a post.
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Buderich
Rhenish
Prussia
Rhine
Wesel
A. P
Ruhr
Ebert
Representative Browning Dies Suddenly in Capitol Barber Shop
Washington report says Representative W. J. Browning of Camden New Jersey collapsed and died in a Capitol barber shop today from a heart attack. Browning, age unknown, had served since 1911 as a Republican leader on the naval committee and as chief clerk of the House. He defeated Democrat Extwin Dickerson in the last election by a large majority.
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Washington
W. J. Browning
Camden, N. Jr
Capitol
Browning
Camden
N. J
New Jersey
House of Representatives
Naval Committee
Naval
Congress
Extwin
Dickerson
Watchman Foils Break-In At Catonsville Liquor Stock
Baltimore March 24 watchman Thomas Kennedy saved a $75 000 stock of liquor at the country home of A T Carozza a wealthy contractor at Catonsville when men in police and soldier uniforms were refused admittance Kennedy detained the intruders in conversation as he watched from a second story window Their threats to break down the door prompted his wife to call police Two squads hurried to the scene the men fled in a motor car but stalled in a mud hose and escaped into the woods
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Baltimore
Thomas Kennedy
A. T. Carozza
Catonsville
Kennedy
More Than Sixteen Thousand Anti Bolshevik Soldiers Frozen
A Soviet military communique released from Moscow reports that more than 16,000 anti Bolshevik troops perished from freezing on the Steppes in southeastern Russia and western Asiatic provinces. The statement was received in London by wireless today.
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London
Moscow
Steppes
Russia
Population statistics show 1920 city gains across states
Census Bureau figures released for 1920 list Dayton Ohio at 152,820 up 37,253 from prior count. Parkersburg West Virginia 20,039 up 2,197. Middletown Ohio 18,420 up 3,107. Warren Ohio 27,050 up 5,969. Trenton Mississippi 6,951 up 1,295. Junction City Kansas 7,516 up 1,018. Kewanee Illinois 16,026 up 6,719.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Dayton
Ohio
Parkersburg
W. Vs
Middletown
Warren
Trenton
Miss
Junction City
Kas
Kewanee
Roraback Leads State Convention Trial Focuses on Dirt or Ice
In Norwalk a jury investigates Dr A H Baldwin's $50,000 suit against the City over a Ford rollover. Baldwin says a dirt pile caused the crash and injuries will be permanent. City argues reckless driving and no full damages. Trial ongoing at press time.
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A. H. Baldwin
Norwalk
Superior Court
Baldwin
E. J. Quinlan
Felr
Tme
Contesting Stratford Delegates Lose at State Republican Convention
New Haven March 24 John Henry Roraback named state GOP at large delegate faced opposition from Mayor Clifford B. Wilson of Bridgeport who urged a five member county slate and criticized Roraback leadership. Wilson cited shrinking Republican majorities and praised John T. King as Bridgeport leader while accusing Roraback of self serving tactics. Cont continues on page six.
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Stratford
Wilson
J. Henry
King
New Haven
J. Henry Roraback
Clifford B. Wilson
Bridgeport
Stratfons
Grandegee
John T. King
Rombeck
Republican Nation
Reraback
Delaware In Doubt On Woman Suffrage Ratification
Dover March 24 with the third day of the extraordinary session under way the Delaware legislature debated whether the South state would ratify the woman suffrage constitutional amendment. Gov Townsend predicted the resolution would be put over while Senator Walter of Wilmington prepared to introduce it for committee reference amid a tight upper house margin.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Townsend
Walter
Wilmington
Short
Senate
Authorities to curb minors in poolrooms theatres and cinemas
Early report says officials will crack down on proprietors who admit under 18 without a guardian. Police warned to arrest violators. City had seen minor gatherings and a gang planning a hold up at a local pool parlor prompting the move.
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Solomon Cheshensky
East Side
Man Dies in Work Train Collision at Montonese Crossing
North Haven March 24 a work train on the Air Line branch of the NY NH HR struck a delivery automobile at Montonese crossing. One man Henry Frenette 26 Mount Carmel was killed and three others injured.
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North Haven
Air Line
N. Y
Montonese Crossing
Henry Frenette
Mount Carmel
Legion proposes fourfold soldier relief plan for veterans
Washington reports representatives of the American Legion prepared a new four option relief plan for veterans. It includes land settlement home building aid vocational training and adjusted compensation with daily rates and loans. Former servicemen would choose one option and file within a year of Congress passage.
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Washington
American Legion
House
Ways and Means
Franklin Oller
Thomas Miller
Executive Committee
Army
Navy
Congress
Farrel Named Deputy Internal Revenue Collector for Conn
William H. Farrel of New London is named deputy internal revenue collector for Connecticut by IRS Chief John J. Walsh. Farrel succeeds Thomas F. McAuliffe, who moves to the prohibition enforcement staff.
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Hartford
Conn
William H. Farrel
New London
Internal Revenue
Connecticut
John J. Walsh
Thomas F. McAuli
Prohibition
Munson divorce bid stems from drinking habit
Marie Snow Munson testified in Superior Court that her husband Edward A. Munson, an employee of U M C Co, drank heavily after marriage causing instability and reduced wages. She described his pre marriage beer, then ongoing drinking that impaired work on Fridays and Saturdays.
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Marie Snow Munson
Superior Court
Edward A. Munson
Munson
Main Street Cloak and Salt Shop
California Street
Halle Ruins Deepen as Troops Tighten Grip
Leipesic Maren reports Halle, a major industrial town northwest of the city, was cut off from communication last night. Troops reportedly gained the upper hand this afternoon after large parts of Halle were reduced to ruins.
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Leipesic
Maren
A. P
Halle
Miners in Westphalia Warn Resistance as Troops Lurk
Reports from Paris on March 24 say Westphalia remains tense with miners hostile to government troops. A labor leader says miners would die rather than surrender and plan to destroy mines and wells if attacked.
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Paris
Westphalia
Grmany
Sinn Feiners Guard Leaders In Cork City
Troops and Royal Irish Constabulary occupied strategic points in Cork with armored cars and machine guns. Sinn Fein leaders were guarded amid threats echoed after the murder of Lord Mayor Thomas MacCurtain. Police and guards remained alert as crowds thinned. A nine year old boy was treated for a dog bite near Dover Avenue after an incident yesterday.
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Cork
Ireland
Royal Irish Constabulary
Sinn Fein
Thomas MacCurtain
Kroope
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Judiciary
Sailor
NEW Haven Baseball Club Incorporated
Nelson
Beseiged Town
Rep. Browning
Population Statistics
Roraback
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Legion
House Ways and Means Committee
Farrell
Umions
Husband
Constantinople
Alli Said Pacha
Gov't
Sinn Feiners
Dog Bites Boy
Harold Abbott
Dover Avenue
Owen J. Groark
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