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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
4
An American services agency headquartered in Texas recruits about six thousand seasonal workers for summer farm work across agricultural communities. Workers are assembling on farms while harvests near, with many eager to start in the country.
Signposts with Hell4Fire Corner Piccadilly Haig Avenue stand behind front lines in France. Over 10 000 exhibits assembled at Crystal Palace to form the Imperial War Museum, opened by the King in June and running four years. Displays include ordnance from destroyers and guns, war paintings, trench tools, and scenes of German army life.
Senator King of Tahao defended the Federal Reserve Act in a Senate debate, arguing it saved the United States from bankruptcy during the war and stabilized finances better than prior policies. He questioned Republican opposition, cited Aldrich Vreeland limits, and urged a repeal plank only if the act is repealed.
Louisville May 12. Lager beer, higher pay, and lower living costs in Germany attract 10 men of the First Division at Camp Zachary Taylor to request transfers to American forces in Germany. Officers report soldiers in Germany earn about $1 daily, able to buy 1,400 booners of beer, with beer at one tenth of a mark and Rhine wine priced at 15 marks a quart. Serst Donald McCraney of the First Division notes many veterans would return if possible.
Resi- Kietner of the Sixteenth Infantry says he will go to Germany to lower living costs. Returning veterans report joyful life on the Rhine with weekend river trips and week-long visits to European cities.
New Castle County Down Ireland May 13 The last of the American entrants in the British Women's Golf Championship Tournament was eliminated today Miss Marion Hollins of Westbrook New Jersey was knocked out as the field narrowed toward the final rounds The pursuit of the title continues with remaining competitors from Britain Ireland and other nations continuing to contest the event.
The only American survivor was defeated in the fourth round by Mrs. Molly Griffiths who won by six up and four to play. The House yesterday passed a bill appropriating five million seven hundred ninety seven thousand dollars for improvement of the Lighthouse service.
New York on May 18 reports the weather bureau warning for small craft along the Atlantic coast from Delaware breakwater to New London. Northeast winds will be fresh to moderately strong this afternoon, tonight shift to northwest.
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