Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-01
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Sergeant Peter Hackett, who was a
member of the Bridgeport police force
for 80 years, died here yesterday.
Jos. Schultz, town clerk at Bridge
port, dled from heart trouble.
An appropriation of $50O,OoO to pro-
mote fundamental research in physics
and chemistry was announced by the
Rockefeller Foundation.
! More than $1o,oC0,0o0 in loans to
railroads have brought the total ad-
vances furnished by the War Finance
! Corporation to S145000,000.
| Production of gold in Rhodesia,
South Africa, in February amounted
| to 52.471 fine ounces valued at &22O,-
| S85.
Ocean rates to Holland reduced SO
cents per cubic foot.
Statistics of the War Department
report scrap on hand Feb. rs amount
ed to 35i948009 pounds.
Railroads running east from St.
| Louis and Chicago report traffic hold
| ing steady.
Fresh and cured meat shipments for
the week amounted to S5,685,o00
pounds.
An increase of 20 per cent. in do
mestic telegraph rates effective April
/, was announced by Postmaster Cen
eral BurleSon.
British exports for the first half of
1918 were only 81 per cent. of the
total for 1918, whereas, the American
exports increased 80 per cent. during
the same period, British Board Of
Trade statistics show.
Army transport Scranton reported
by radio messages to the War Depart
ment her rudder was smashed 900
| miles east of New York
Food is now the important word in
Germany and the mark is only worth
what food it will buy.
Eighty big German cannons refused
by the United States Receiving Com
mission We're sold by the German
Government to a foundry, They will
be melted into farm implements.
General Pershing issued call for
more reading matter for the soldiers
of the American Expeditionary Forces
Sir Thomas Linton and 1000 troops
$50 of them wounded, of the Goth Reg
ment arrived at New York on the
: Aquitania.
Adam Forepaugh, son of the famous
circus man of the same name, and
: himself a widely known animal train
/ er, died at his home in Philadelphia.
Hungarian Socialists arrested Arch
duke Franz Joseph and Count Julius
frontier from Keszethely.
King Victor Emanuel and Queer
} Helena, of Italy, will visit LondOr
q | next November.
1 German reinforcements arrived a
y Danzig to bar landing of Polish troops
= Professor Sneddon, of Teacher
7 College, Columbia University. believes
the study of japanese should be in
: cluded in the pupils curriculum il
II public schools.
e Thomas H. Goodwin, president o
IL Hasting- on Hudson, is one of tn
n aspirants for wardenship of Sing Sins
y Prison.
n Manufactured goods made in the
l. S. A. are pouring into every port o
: the globe at the rate Of $20,000,G00
day,
Fruit growers of Monmouth County
n. j., believe the recent storms di
A not affect the fruit buds.
According to a statement made i
~ the Norwegian Parliament Norwa
i, has 2,000, ,000 barrels of herring for ex
=, port to the Central Powers or othe
= hungry countries, but England ha
70 refused to alolw them to be shipped
= Lifeboat Day will be observed o
~ May 6 throughout London under tn
If auspices of the Royal National Life
- boat Association, which was instru
/ mental III SdN1llS I.puv llNtS SlIltt VI
! ganized.
- - Miss Alice Hamilton, Nj. D., a spe
g cialist on industrial disease, was tn
- first woman ever placed on Harvar
University's faculty.
l. Colonel Sacardoso was appointed
+ form a new Portuguese Cabinet. h
is a member of the Democratic part.
A decree was issued by the Frenc
Government permitting the baking {
fresh pastry Use of bread flour
D making biscuits. and pastry was ais
ne permitted.
d A dozen freight cars and 4,5oo bale
C. Sumter, S. c..
Mt Secretary Baker declared office
~ and men of the cavalry regimen
ny along the Mexican border are givir
on service of the highest quality
j. A decree was issued by the Arse,
T. tine Government Matchmaking Il
lie port service of coastwise vessels in q
n effort to solve the strike.
Support of unemployed is costir
the municipality of Berlin $240000
day. A clerical force of $500 with
IT weekly payroll of $4,000 is needed
' keen track of the workless people.
e William G. Sharp, retirines Amer
ne can Ambassador to France was Il
oL principal guest at the luncheon givt
'm at the Inter-Allied Club by membe
10 of the American Embassy.
or Secretary Daniels, Admiral 5ens
al. and Admiral Wemyss, First Sea Lo
or of the British Admiralty, held an e
ieI tended conference in Paris. 1t
We understood they discussed the Germ;
'0o merchant marine question.
Orders for 10000 tons of steel ra
for reconstruction work in Northe
France were placed in this count
VS. according to advices from London.