The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-28
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joseph Lassen of Stamford has
filed suit in the common pleas court
against Saul Pearlin and others
claiming damages of $1,000 for
collision of autom obiles which occur.
red in Noroton, August Il, 1920.
Lassen claims the driver of the Pear
lin car was at fault.
John Harvard catcher for a semi
professional ball club at Quincy, Ill,
has been signed by the ST. Louis
American League club and ordered
to report at once.
Harry Blues, So, of So Central ave-
nue. fell from the roof at salts rex
tile yesterday afternoon and fractur-
ed his left shoulder. He was taken
to the Galen Hospital in the Emer-
gency ambulance.
Steve Kovosters, As. of 797 Beech
wood avenue severed am artery IN MS
right arm yesterday afternoon while
he was at work in the American
Tube & STAMPING Co. DR.. Groark of
the Emergency staff removed the in
jured man to the Bridgeport hospital.
Alleging that supplies valued at
s11,346.S7 and purchased by the VIII
liam Roberts Laboratories of Green
witch, have never been paid for, Ar
thur Fredericks and others of New
York are bringing suit against him in
the Superior court for damages OF
$4,000.
The Selwyn Paper Company OF
New York has filed a suit against the
Commonwealth Box Company of
Stamford to collect a bill of $1,100;
Benevelli Brothers. of Stamford, also
sue the same company to collect a bill
of $5s0.75, both on common law
counts.
>The Stamford Gas and Electric Co.
has brought suit against Stella L
Whalley of Stratford, claiming dam
ages of $4,000 for an electric bin
which has been running from May
IS, 1914 to July 1, of this year, and
still remains unpaid.
Professor Albert Einstein, the Ger
man philosopher and scientist, whose
recent discoveries in physics have
made him famous, contempIates leav-
ing Germany, owing to the persistent
hostility of the Pan Germans.
Only $4,000 Bolsheviki soldiers
have entered East Prussia and been
informed, according to an official an
nouncement made in Berlin, says a.
despatch.
DIR. A. A. Sachmatov, Professor of
Russian language at the University of
Petrograd has died of starvation, ac-
cording to a Stockholm despatch.
Young woman takes her own life on
receiving Information that coal would
go to $40 a ton this winter.
Grandsons of William K. Vanderbilt
have each been left a million by his
will.
Shippers offer virtually no opposi-
ton to advance in express rates asked
for by the American Railway Express
company.
Fred Gutman of 1647 Barnum ave-
nue. a Connecticut company Conduc-
tor on the line running between Sill
yer Sands and New Haven, was ar
ment.
Solomon Blater Of 1926 Stratford
avenue, paid $3.50 yesterday for two
worthless pieces of glass that were
sold to him as diamonds.
Lloyd George is accused of riding
over King Georges desire to show
clernencv in the case of MacSweeney,
lord mayor of Cork.
William F. Sessions, head of many
important industries in Bristol, died
suddenly vest erday at his home in that
place.
Diamonds and jewe1ry valued at
5000 were stolen yesterday morning
! from the home of Paul Rennicks on
Gregory street.
Two block parties were held last
night, one by the Barnum Recreation
center on the lawn at Barnum school
and the other near RenneH street.
| The Warner Brother Company and
| the Raybestos company have decided
! to open branch factories in Canada.
Plans have been perfected by which
the United States is to build a mon
ster Zeppelin. 1t will cost $1,75o, 900
and be $50 feet long.
| Longshoremen will try to tie up
every British ship in American ports
| in the hope Of freeing from jail, Ter
renee MacSweeny, lord mayor OF
Cork.
Hundreds of YD men enjoyed an
| outing at Double Beach today. They
had as their guest Maj. Gen. Clarence
Edwards.
Three young fellows were arrested
| as the ones who have heon carrying
| on a series of holdups for the past
| two years in Orange
| Two children were badly injured in
East Canaan yesterday when an au-
| tomobile in endeavoring to turn out
| to avoid hitting them turned over on
| thems