26 Nov 1920
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1920
Page
1
The Graphophone Co shutdown worsens Bridgeport demand and orders. Some manufacturers push wage cuts to lower prices and revive purchasing power, while a large group opposes cuts, arguing sustained wages support consumer demand. debate continues with continued coverage.
London November 26 impressive military honors were paid to nine fish army officers slain in Dublin last Monday. Bodies arrived by destroyer, chief mourner Sir Hamar Greenwood led ceremonies. King George represented as crowds lined the streets and flag draped coffins were borne on gun carriages. Guards band played, detachments from all services and loyal Irish honored the affair. Services for six officers were at Westminster, three others at Westminster Cathedral.
The Moore family pursued clues that Kenneth Moore might have left home to join the army or navy. Police and investigators examined the possibility as they search for the high school student who has been missing since the prior Wednesday. Aware that Moore was seen in Mish school and had ambitions in New York, investigators checked the route to New York and possible arrival points.
A resident seeks damages from the City of Bridgeport for $1,000 claiming the discontinuance of Asylum Street by the Board of Aldermen in June 19 ia and effective April harmed his property access from the public highway. Court docs show the dispute centers on municipal action affecting local rights.
Tonight Joseph F Day of New York will begin a major real estate sale in Bridgeport East End. The East End Realty Corporation lists 404 dwellings and 190 vacant lots formerly owned by Remington Arms UMC Co. The sale marks one of New England's largest land disposals.
Joseph P Day announces a major auction of dwellings apartments and vacant lots in Bridgeport near a new munitions plant erected by Joseph T Day and General Electric. The sale is at the High School Auditorium starting this evening at 7 30 and continuing tomorrow at 1. If unsold, sessions resume Saturday at 7 30. All properties sold to the highest bidder without reserve.
Coblenz November 26 Twenty nine tons of turkey were eaten by Doughboys of the American Army of Occupation on the Rhine for Thanksgiving. The "Gay" was observed throughout the American forces.
New York November 26 John Roma nelli a Brooklyn undertaker was sentenced to three to seven years in Sing Sing for distributing wood alcohol blamed for over 100 deaths a year ago. He was spared murder charges by legal technicalities and later faced grand larceny counts for moving drums of the intoxicant. He confessed and implicated six others.
Thanksgiving traffic trouble rises in Connecticut as multiple injuries occur. Mrs Rarph Colvin of Hampton suffers a fractured skull after a crash with a truck owned by Southern New England Telephone. State Police members Thomas Mitchell Anthony Tomanio and Daisy McCarthy are seriously hurt in Hartford after their Ford touring car collides with a trolley. Hartford death rates from automobile accidents run higher than the national average in the covered cities. In Los Angeles racing updates, adie Donnell remains injured after yesterday's crash with Gaston Chevrolet who died instantly and Lyle Jones critically hurt.
November 26 Jones & Company, the largest firm in America, announced new selling prices for finished steel items effective immediately. Bars cost 2.78, structural shapes 2.45, plates 2.65, with wire and cold rolled steel to be adjusted. no wage reductions will occur at present.
The Times seeks a written identification of the profile subject described as fond of hunting and fishing, a joiner, and member of Elks, Masons, and social organizations. The man is in business but not on Main Street. Gene Sansone is credited with the correct identification of Joseph V. OConnell of the Gum Rubber Co. Fairfield Avenue and Harrigan Street.
Bridgeport bankers deny restricting mercantile credits to lower prices. They say credits are given when inventories show assets at new, lower prices, while overstocked goods at old values limit lending to maintain sound banking. The policy aims to support prudent credit while potentially lowering prices.
Arthur Griffith Sinn Fein founder and acting head of the Irish Republic was arrested by Black and Tans in Dublin, amid a day of violence across Ireland. Professor McNeil and several Sinn Fein MPs were seized. clashes, bombings, and arson left two dead and others wounded in Cork and Galway.
Jonathan B. Sanford of Redding filed in Superior Court seeking to void the election of Frederick A. Judd as probate judge after a one vote margin. The petition claims 582 ballots on Nov 2 with 12 rejected and 570 valid, 284 for Judd and 283 for Sanford, plus three uncounted and four later added ballots without a recount. A recount petition requests open ballot box and appointment of a committee.
Jitney association officers from Bridgeport New Haven Hartford Waterbury and Norwalk meet at 310 Fairfield Avenue to draft bills for the General Assembly session in Hartford next January. The proposed Cates Bill style plan would appoint a Supervisor of Buses in each city who controls jitneys locally and requires a percentage of gross receipts to be paid to the state in place of licenses, covering taxes and repairs.
Referee John J. Keogh appointed Charles Meliitz and Attorney Harry Silverstøre as appraisers in the bankrupt estate of Max Lefkoff, a 1370 Main street clothier. A third appraiser will be named later. Hearing set for 10 o'clock Monday. An offer to pay 30 percent was made. Lefkoff’s liabilities are about $33,000 with assets around $3,000.
Washington reports harbor and waterways needs for 1921 totaling 78,207.60 dollars with a rivers and harbors bill of 57,206.30 dollars plus sundry civil items. Major General Harrison H. B. Bach's annual engineer estimates earmark funds for Mississippi River improvements, Muscle Shoals plant, New York harbor adjacent waters, and Delaware and Chesapeake inland waterway projects among others.
Three armed thieves bludgeoned the night watchman at a 164th Street motor taxicab service, bound and blindfolded him, then cracked the office safe and fled with 5100 in cash and promissory notes. Gablamonte, the guard, resisted and was struck, later waking to find the safe open and the money gone. Other items note overcrowding-law arrests for two jitney drivers and a London wedding of the Duke of Westminster to Violet Rowley.
A forecast for Friday through Saturday notes generally fair conditions in New England and nearby areas with no major temperature changes. Central and southern regions see slightly below normal temperatures with moderate northwest winds and a disturbance over Texas causing unsettled western districts. Pleasant weather east of the Mississippi prevails as northern districts stay midseason warm.
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