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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1920
Page
4
A rapid montage of events reports a deadly street crash in New York on 66th street injuring four others, political maneuvers in Hartford and New Haven, a Mineola air mail launch, and primary results from Georgia and Wisconsin. It notes Sen. Lenroot leading in Wisconsin, Walsh edging Long for the Democratic governor nomination, and factory negotiations in Italy amid strikes.
Monroe notes list residents visiting Bridgeport for Labor Day and family visits. Schools opened on Sept 7 with good attendance. Local meetings include a Democratic caucus for town ticket at the town hall. St Peter's services resumed after two months away. A fashion note previews a Pearl of the Orient gown in velvet with pearls and a peacock feather accessory.
About 100 Milford Preparatory students in pajamas marched through town to mark the fall term. Chief Maher and Officers Douglas and Fowler intervened to disperse the crowd. A brick was thrown at Chief Maher, striking Officer Douglas in the knee as police pursued the fleeing students. The situation escalated when Maher ordered Douglas to fire.
A mob clash at the telephone company rear area left Spencer H. Setley wounded by a bullet in the knee as he cleared a fence. He was treated at police headquarters by Dr. C. K. Heady and later moved to the dormitory. Setley and another student Louis Gimble were charged with breach of the peace. Witnesses criticized Officer Douglas for firing into the crown of students. The injury is described as not serious.
New York reports fifty of one hundred Russian refugee boys who escaped from Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island remain at large. Red Cross officials search the island for the fugitives amid police belief that Bolshevist sympathizers aided the breakout. In a separate note, Liverpool council presented a solid silver cradle honoring an heir born during the mayor's term.
The Bridgeport Times asks readers to indicate their preferred transit using a coupon printed in the issue. Subscribers are urged to mail the coupon to The Times Office to aid accurate tabulation of public opinion on whether jitneys or trolley service is favored.
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