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Newspaper

Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1920

Page

5

American Child Hygiene Convention Opens in St Louis

The American Child Hygiene Association began its annual meeting in St Louis with exhibits and public health nursing demonstrations from the St Louis Centers and Teaching Districts. Sessions run through Wednesday with fatal discussions by leading physicians and a principal address by Herbert Hoover, former Food Administrator.

International News Service St. Louis American Child Hygiene Association Herbert Hoover

Trial prep begins in Coughlin child kidnapping case

Philadelphia authorities press forward with case against August Pasquale after his confession to smothering 13 month old Blakely Coughlin and disposing of the body in the Schuylkill river. Officials say corpus delicti rules prevent murder charges without proof of the crime.

Philadelphia Blakely Coughlin George H. Coughlin Norristown August Pasquale Montgomery ‘County Pasquale Lynn B. Adams State Police Schuylkill River Coughlin Rose Asherman Major Adams

Disease Seen As Fate In Balkans As Sanitation Lags

In Sofia and rural Balkans disease is blamed on fate and superstition. Peasants distrust medical science and ignore mosquito control, sanitation, and hygiene. Homes are crowded mud structures with animals inside, little or no baths, and few doctors log inconsistent care.

Sofia Bulgaria Balkans Europe United States

Comrades Split After Seventeen Years Of Bond

David McBee a 70 year old prospector remains jailed in Sacramento while his dog is held at Quincy jail after a forest reserve fire arrest. McBee hopes to visit the dog in Quincy and return, fearing the animal will starve without him. He cannot raise bail and awaits release with uncertainty.

International Sews Service San Francisco Oct Sierras David McBee McBee Sacramento Quincy Eramento McRee

Daniels Claims 1918 Victory Won by False Pretense

Dunn North Carolina October 13 1919 Secretary Daniels contends the 1918 Republican win came through false pretense while five million Americans were at war. He says the House was won by home votes and the Senate by purchase. He praises soldiers for supporting the League of Nations and cites Colonel Whittlesy of the Lost Battalion for fight earned praise against surrender.

Dunn N. C Daniels House Senate Purchase America Germany League of Nations Charles W. Whittlesy Whittlesy Daniela League

Racial Equality Resolution Seen Beaten at League Meeting

A diplomat-verified forecast says Japan will face a three fourths defeat if it pushes a racial equality resolution at Geneva. Nations including Argentina to Uruguay line up against it, with the United States abstaining as a non member. England, France, Italy and Romania seek harmony but oppose the measure, fearing a Japan US dispute escalation. Bar silver rose in London, while Batoum port cites trade disruption due to bubonic plague.

Newton Paris Japan Assembly of the League of Nations Geneva Pacific Empire Viscount Ishii France Viscount Shii United States Tokio League

Big vaudeville and film bill at Polis theatres

The theatre lineup at Polis features The Branding Iron and Sun and Earth as top attractions. Other acts include Beatrice Morgan Co and John Connery in Moonsight Madness, Hall and Shapiro in Bumpin Around, Mooney and Conroy in The Plasterers, and a Pathé News program plus Her Fame and Shame. The Revenge of Tarzan stars Gene Pol lar with a live appearance by Pollar. The Lyric presents The Crimson Alibi with Edwin Wall and Arthur Chatterson. Park Theatre hosts French Leave with Reginald Berkeley, The Better Ole cast, and Bostonian Burlesquers led by Frank Finney. West End screens A Daughter of Two Worlds with Norma Talmadge, Empire shows The Girl in the Rain starring Anne Cornwall.

Hall and Shapiro Bridgeport Mooney and Conroy Pathe News Tarzan Gene Polar Mr. Pollar Thera Hera To Shanghai Harry S. Alford Finney Ott West Pnc Jennie Malone Norma Talmadge Jerry Malone West End Leroy Scott

Faulkner urges elected Public Utilities Board reform

New Haven attorney and Democratic candidate Fred D. Faulkner for State Senate from the Ninth district pushes a campaign issue to elect the Public Utilities Board members, shorten terms to two years, and require hearings before Commission decisions rather than appeals after. He notes the board now serves six year terms appointed by the Governor and oversees prices for trolley, gas, electricity, and other vitally important utilities.

Fred D. Faulkner New Haven Board of Public Utilities Commission Public Utilities Commissions

Credit tensions loom over growers at Fed meeting

Washington on October 13 credit difficulties facing cotton and wheat producers and other groups seeking Federal aid dominated the Fall meeting of governors of all Federal reserve banks at the treasury. Large producing groups urged the Federal Reserve Board to raise credit limits to avert losses running into several billion dollars during the current price adjustment.

Washinton Credit Alriculties Federal Reserve Banks Treasury Federal Reserve Board

Mrs. W. E. Allen Appointed Town Chairman

Mrs. W E Allen of this city was named Town Chairman of the Women's Motor Corps by State Chairman Mrs. E Alton. Allen has long led local women's activities and was recently chosen Republican chairman of the 21st 22nd and 28th senatorial districts. Congress will be asked for 1 500 000 in appropriations to expand certain trades programs.

Women's Motor Corps W &. Allen E. Alton Allen Congress Nism

Bowlegs Fashion Spreads Across Europe in Postwar Germany

Berlin reports fifteen years of bowed legs as rickets from wartime starvation affects thousands of children in Germany and Austria. American Quakers fund relief but many cases remain untreated, with locals joking that future workers will all have bowed legs and that straight limbs will signify class privilege or revolutionary danger.

International News Service Berlin Europe Germany Austria Bowless

Travel Restrictions Eased in The Hague for Western Visitors

The Hague announces lifting of many travel limits for American British French Italian and other western European tourists. Registration remains required for Germans Russians and eastern country travelers amid Bolshevik infection fears. The easing follows a summer of stringent controls affecting tourist traffic.

The Hague Holland Europe

Montana cattlemen push yearly shipments to meet notes

Montana cattlemen begin their large annual shipments to Middle Western markets. With stock depleted, they must continue shipping this year to cover winter notes for feed. Credit pressures force ongoing movement despite losses.

International News Helena Mont Montana

State stock shipments surge as drought bites ranges

The state shipped a record 641000 head of cattle last year as drought and cold forced long winters, with stockmen predicting five years before income tax payments recouped. Fall shipments normally run about 250000 head, and the first big trains left Sept 27 and 28 from central regions. Sheep also being sent out as demand continues.

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