Mandate for Armenia debated as U S aid urged
The text argues for American mandating power over Armenia, urging Congress to authorize executive action. It highlights Armenian Christian populations under Turkish rule, past massacres, and the moral case for aiding Armenians to become independent. It reflects a period view of religious and humanitarian duty guiding U S policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Armenia
America
Congress
Persia
Russia
Turkey
Ararat
Churches of America
Connecticut Republicans block woman suffrage plan
The Stratford and male Republican leaders denounce enfranchisement, blaming the Roraback machine and key figures Brandegee McLean and Holcomb for opposing the inevitable measure. They fear women voters could upset election outcomes and threaten political power. The dispute reveals a stubborn, entrenched opposition within the party.
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Stratford
Connecticut
Brandegee
McLean
Roraback
General Assembly
Holcomb
Bridgeport High Girls Selected for Barnum Prize Oratory
The Times lauds five Bridgeport High girls chosen for the Barnum prize in composition and oratory, urging boys to emulate them after noting male underachievement. It calls on students to reflect on why boys fail to qualify in annual high school tests and uphold longstanding standards.
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Bridgeport High
the Times
B. Hi
Sugar Hoarders Warned Against Lever Food Act
Hoarders warned under the Lever Food Act section that any person who wilfully hoards necessaries may be fined up to 5000 dollars or imprisoned for up to two years or both. Hoarded items include those held or arranged in quantities beyond reasonable personal needs for dependents over a reasonable time.
Hoover Campaign Expenditures Reported In Senate Inquiry
Expenditures of 66332 dollars, excluding California primary costs, were made in Herbert Hoover's Republican presidential bid. John Lucey, Hoover's manager, testified in a Senate investigation as receipts totaled 62185 dollars. Senator Reed pressed about Hoover's residence, and Lucey declined to confirm a London address.
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California
Herbert Hoover
John Lucey
Hoover
Senate
Senator Reed
Missouri
Lucey
London
England
Federation Seeks Volstead Act Repeal and Holiday Resolution
A federation endorses repeal of the Volstead Act, calls for election day as a legal holiday, and urges Wilson and Baker to release political prisoners. It condemns New York lawmakers for expelling five Socialist members, warning loss of ballot rights could spur use of violence opposed by organized labor.
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Wilson
Baker
York
New York
Organized
Memorial Day Parade Formation Order
Continued from page one the formation for Memorial Day with Land and British Great War Veterans. Third Division led by William T Meyers marshal Fairfield Band Uniformed Rand O4d Fellows Co A 29th Rest Woodmen of the World Co F 1st Regt Knights of Pythias Fourth Division led by Hon J M Brown marshal Unetowa Fire and Drum Corps 1st Section City OMclass 2nd Section Warner Bros Grenadier Drum Corps one company of school boys from each city school Harver G Went commanding Rear of Police.
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William T. Meyers
Fairfield Band
Rand
Co. A
Woodmen of the World
Knights of Pythias
J. M. Brown
Imarshal
Unetowa
City Omclass
Warner Bros. Grenadier
Bergdoll Escape Probe Fails to Find Trace
Philadelphia May 25 Military and civil authorities probing the Bergdoll escape report little progress in fixing responsibility or locating Grover C Seredoli. Colonel Donaldson and Captain O Hare question Gibbons. McAvoy says army inquiry only and no publication until permission. No trace found. numerous clues and yacht rumors investigated without result.
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Philadelphia
Department of Justice
Grover C. Seredoli
Coloonel Thomas Q. Donaldson
Inspector General's Department
John J. O'Hare
Military Intelligence Department
War Department
D. Clarence Gibbons
United States
McAvoy
Army
Gibbeny
Gibboney
Bergdoll
Exclusive Italian bond sale announced in Bridgeport
Justice George W Wheeler said Bridgeport Trust Co will hold an exclusive sale of Italian bonds Friday evening from 7 to 3 30 to aid Italy's industry with a 25 million dollar issue due in five years paying over 7 percent. Bonds cost 201 per 100 and balance due in 60 days redeemable in gold in New York or Rome.
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George W. Wheeler
Italy
Bridgeport Trust Co
Justice Wheeler
New York
Rome
De La Huerta Named Mexican Choice for President
Reports from the Carranza aftermath outline a contested death and shifting loyalties. Eleven officials linked to Carranza were placed on a train to Mexico City but sent to prison at Santiago Tlaltelolco. Provisional President De La Huerta plans to take the oath June 4 as factions vie for control and new actions unfold in Vera Cruz and Chihuahua.
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Carranza
Plaxcalantonge
Manuel Aguirre Berlanca
Interior
Ygnacio Bonillas
United States
Paulino Fontes
National Railways
Santiago Tlaltelolco
Luis Cabrera
Treasury
Herrero
Cabrera
Carrera
Tlaxcalantongo
Mexico City
Cerro Azul
State of Pueblo
de la Huerta
Fernando Inglesias Calderon
Antonio Villareal
Ignacio Enriquez
Chihuahua
Francisco Villa
Vera Cruz
Associated Press
Venustiano Carranza
Tlaxcalantonso
Rodolfo Herrero
Neighborhood Improvement club meeting agenda at Chamber room
The executive committee of the Neighborhood Improvement club will meet in the Chamber of Commerce assembly room in the First Bridgeport National bank building this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Reports from the ways and means committee and district organizations will be discussed plus a yard clean up contest for school children highlighted.
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Neighborhood Improvement Club
Chamber of Commerce
First Bridgeport National Bank
Ways and Means Committee
Mail to Free City of Danzig Routed via Europe
An official post office notice states mail for the Free City of Danzig should be addressed to Free City of Danzig Europe. Mail may be routed through Danzig in Poland Prussia or Germany, as the city no longer belongs to Germany.
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Free City of
Danzig
Poland
Prussia
Germany
Europe
Free City
Drunkenness Fined for Ex-Soldier Liquor Source
John Daly of 2654 Fairfield Avenue was arrested for drunkenness and fined $15 in City Court this morning. He said he obtained liquor from an ex-soldier friend and appeared before Judge Frank I. Wilder.
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John Daly
Fairfield Avenue
Daly
Frank I. Wilder
Fenian movement noted as 1870 border tensions rise
The Bridgeport steamer to New York is joined by a group of about 30 city residents linked to Fenian activity. Cap. Fitzpatrick and Lieut. Hope lead the party headed for Canada. A news dealer accompanies with a commission as major of a Fenian regiment. St Albans, Vermont, Fairfield near the border, serves as a rendezvous. Further developments awaited by relatives.
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Bridgeport
Weeks
New York
St. Albans
Canada
John Fitzpatrick
Edward Hope
D. Murphy
Main Street
Fairfield
Vermont
New Haven Railroad Petitions for Receiver Denied
New York May 25 Federal Judge Dallas W Mack denied 1400 stockholders of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad the petition for a limited receiver to pursue the companys action against the board led by William Rockefeller. The judge said stockholders affidavits lacked direct facts and noted misgiving about appointing a receiver absent proven lack of honesty. He also deemed the attempt to intervene in the Adams suit undesirable but allowed five petitioners to intervene at plaintiffs expense.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
William Rockefeller
Dallas W. Mack
Mack
Edwin Adams
Threatening Direct Action By House Republicans Over Relief Bill
More than a hundred Republican lawmakers backing the soldier relief bill warned of direct action if leaders delay consideration beyond Thursday. The meeting of the insurgents set plan to delay final action, with Campbell announcing the postponement. Judge Howard J. Curtis presides over The Electric Specialty Co. versus The Peerless Unit Ventilation Co. breach of contract case in Superior Court.
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Washington
House
Tudee Howard J. Curtis
The
Electric Specialty Co
Peerless Unit Ventilation Company
Man Fined for DUI After Black Rock Collision
Steve Dominico of 166 Bellcourt was fined 75 dollars plus costs in City Court after being charged with driving under the influence and operating without a license stemming from a Sunday night collision in Black Rock. Two divorce cases were sent back to Superior Court. Bertha Beers Pease seeks divorce from James Arthur Pease for desertion and requests to resume her maiden name. Mary E Ward seeks divorce from Renase J. Ward for intolerable cruelty and desertion and asks for custody of their minor child.
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Steve Dominico
Bellcourt
Black Rock
Bertha Beers Pease
James Arthur Pease
Mary E Ward
Renase
J. Ward
Drivers Fined After City Court Arraignment
Lawrence Santy and James Lucey, jitney drivers, were arraigned before Judge Frederic A. Bartlett on reckless driving charges after a Wood and Maplewood accident. Lucey fined 25 dollars plus costs, Santy 25 dollars and costs. In a separate fatality, 10 year old John Cieaturo died from injuries from a Madison and Capitol motorcycle crash. driver Scott and sidecar passenger Irriccio remain critical. Freight congestion shows slow improvement as LC C agents report a potential peak pass. Franklin J. Kenyon named administrator of Minnie Kenyon estate valued at 8500 dollars, mortgages and cash in bank. he is the sole heir.
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Lawrence Santy
Fairfield Avenue
James Lucey
Olive Street
Wood and
Maplewood Avenues
Frederic A. Bartlett
Lacey
Santy
Cieaturo
Madison
Capitol Avenues
John Cieaturo
St. Vincent's Hospital
Scott
Irriccio
St. Vincent's
Franklin J. Kenyon
Minnie Te, Kenyon
Remington Arms to reorganize into broader company
New York May 25 The Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co plans a reorganization expanding into non firearm products. A charter filing in Delaware shows 10 million authorized capital with potential mergers including several Connecticut cutlery firms. Meridan president says only expansion planned, not major Connecticut mergers.
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New York
Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Connecticut Corporation
Remington Arms Co
Daver
Del
Meriden
Charles F. Rockwell
Meriden Cutlery Co
Connecticut
Remington Arms- Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Bridgeport Corporation
Committed to State Farm for Women at East Lyme
Ramat Violet Weaver was committed to the State Farm for Women at East Lyme by the City court this morning after a prior arrest on a charge described as being a common woman.
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Violet .Weaver
State Farm For Women
East Lyme
Obituary notices from Milford and nearby towns
Deaths reported May 24 1920 include George W Dayton Sr aged 38 in Dayton Milford with funeral May 27 at 3 pm from Avon and Dayton streets burial Milford cemetery Alexander Pratt aged 88 with funeral May 27 at 3 pm interment Fairview New Britain Conn John W McLarney 22 son of John F and Mary at USN Base Hospital No 5 Brest France funeral May 26 8 30 am from Mullins Scott Redgate Golden Hill St and St Patrick's Church interment St Michaels cemetery Hannah Carey Wren aged 73 wife of Peter W Wren funeral May 25 St Augustine's church high mass interment St Michaels cemetery includes auto cortege details.
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Dayton
Devon
Milford
George W. Dayton
Avon and
Dayton Streets
Milford Cemetery
Pratt
Alexander Pratt
Stratford Avenue
Fairview
New Britain
Conn
McLarney
U. S. N. Base Hospital No. 5
Brest
France
John W
John F
Mary McLarney
Mullins, Scott & Redgate
Golden Hill Street
St. Patrick's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Wren
Hannah Carey
Peter W. Wren
St. Augustine's Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
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Federation Seeks
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J. Moss Ives
Danbury
Michael Mason
Trumbull
Mary Wallwick
Long Hill
Warren E. Smith
Tropical Suit Co
Frank D. Haines
LC. C
Ramat
Thomas H. Sullivad
Mattheis
Hayes
St. Col. Ogden
Robert Wells Co
Noble
Acme Office Equipment Maintenance Co
Bridgeport Savings Bank
Barnum Ave
Porter
Matin St
Main St
Fairfield Ave
State St
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