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Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1920

Page

4

Tippity Witchet Wins Parole Handicap At Aqueduct

Sturdy Tippity Witchet, George W. Loft’s gelding, ran best race of the season on a wet track at Aqueduct to win the Parole Handicap mile. He surged from behind to prevail by a length and a half over Lawrence Waterbury’s Sennings Park, with Naturlalist narrowly third for E. Widener.

George W. Loft Tippity Witchet Aqueduct Lawrence Waterbury Sennings Park E. Widener

Austria faces red surrender without help

Austria confronts impending winter distress as imports falter and foreign loans are urged. Dr Heisch warns Bolshevism may take hold if relief is delayed, noting Austria's dire debt and rationing while appealing to the United States and international financiers for rapid support.

Austria the Times Relsch United States America Brussels Heisch Reisch Europe

Believe Man and Wife Killed in Wall Street Blast

Pittsburgh residents fear Floyd Johnson and his wife from Homestead may have died or been injured in the Wall Street explosion. New York police telegrams indicated the wife was killed and the husband seriously hurt, prompting officials H. M. Woodward and M. M. Hawk to head to New York. The couple had been visiting Atlantic City when the blast occurred and disappeared afterward.

Pittsburgh Floyd Johnson Homestead Wall Street New ¥ York

Deny Plan to Nationalize British Mines

London, Oct. 1 Hubert Smillie of the Federation of Miners denied reports that next Monday’s national coal strike aimed to force nationalization of the mines. He urged the public to seek full facts, argued the movement seeks higher wages and lower coal prices, not political nationalization, and warned against dislocating industry or tying up transport.

London Hubert Smillie Federation of Miners National Coal Shike Smille Board of Trade Great Britain Smillie Miners’ Federation of Great Min Russia England Scotland Wales Arma Rove It & Bot Bie Saar

Fayolle to Meet Pershing for Medaille Militaire

Gen Fayolle of the French army was to arrive in Washington on October 1 to confer the Medaille Militaire on Gen Pershing during a ceremony at Fort Myer Virginia. The award honors exceptional gallantry and valor of corps.

Washington Fayolle Pershing Fort Myer

Wesleyan Reports $2 265 000 Endowment Fund Raised

Wesleyan University trustees announce in New York that $2 265 000 of the $3 000 000 endowment fund has been raised following their meeting at the Hotel Biltmore in Middletown.

Middletown Wesleyan University Board of Trustees

Exposé Links Mrs Johnson Case to Fatal Telegram Claim

Anxious relatives alerted New York authorities after a telegram described a woman matching Mrs Johnson's description as killed by poison and a man believed to be Mr Johnson seriously wounded and hospitalized in New York.

New York

Lodge to Speak in Hartford on League Tonight

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts will address the League of Nations at Foot Guard Hall Hartford tonight under the auspices of the woman's advisory committee of the Republican state central committee. As chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee he leads discussion on the Versailles Treaty terms.

Hartford Henry Cabot Lodge Massachusetts United States Senate League of Nations Foot Guard Hall Woman's Advisory Committee Republican State Central Committee Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Leader of Lodge Reservations Heads to Kans Promise

The article notes the League of Nations critic and author of the Lodge reservations, a key figure in the fight against the covenant, set to attract a large audience. He may respond to Governor Cox of Ohio who attacked him in Witchita, Kansas, yesterday.

League of Nations Wilson Witchin Kans James M. Cox Ohio

Conditions in Europe Show Economic Improvement

Brussels October 1 speakers at the International Financial conference report distinct signs of economic improvement in war shaken nations and optimism for the future. Some speakers predict in a few years the world will resume active competition among sellers and the current buyer dominance will fade.

Brussels

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