The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-11

Mss Bert Sinclair or East Ma1n street will be the hostess tomorrow evening at a meeting of the .~Take-It- Easy club. The members of the club are Miss Mae Nolan, Miss Nora Mcguire, Miss Sara Giblin. Miss Sana Giblin and Miss Bert Sinclair.
 A large fair, food sale and tea will will be held on Thursday afternoon by the Rectors' Guild of Christ church of Stratford in the parish house. Mrs. E. A Skinner is in charge. Plans are now being made to be held by the Guild during the early part of June
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 City officials, members of the board of aldermen and their friends were guests of the Hotel Prevalent man agem ent last evening and enjoyed an excellent chicken dinner.
 Mrs. Lizzie O'Brien. widow of the late Patrick O'Brien. was found dead in bed at her home, 454 Bunnell street yesterday.
 Albert Riccio, age 10, of IT Green street, fell 20 feet from a fire escape ; . The boy was rendered unconscious by the fall but was not seriously injured.
 The inventory of the estate of the late Timothy McNamara returned to the probate court yesterday showed a valuation of S14,0OO.
 Superintendent of Schools s. J. SlaWson will address the Mems League of OIivet Congregational church at s O clock Thursday evening"
 Victor L. Berger, Socialist congress- to Bridgeport yesterday. He leaves town this morning for New York where he will be the guest of Arthur Brisbane. of the New York Journal.
 Bridgeport's city managed charter bill and the bill for doing away with the present single headed tax com mission, were sheIved in the House of Representatives. yesterday.
 A new law is proposed to require the trolley company to pay for the paving of a section within eight inches on either side of the track This bill if passed will relieve the trolley company of some of the bur dSn of paying for street paving.
 P. V Gahan. superintendent of the board of recreation. stated in a dis cussion of the play ground situation, yesterday, that "Play space is the cryL ing need of Bridgeport" Owing to the board of appOrtionment failing to make the appropriation asked this year by the recreation board but 1 , of the p play grounds in this city will be opened his summer.
 The State anti-strike bill was ta- bled yesterday. in the House of Rep resentatives after a long debate. Rep resentatives c. l.. Dennis and W. F. D. Fitzpatrick of Bridgeport took ac- tive part in opposing this bill which was drawn to protect the public wei fare against unwarranted strikes and lockOutS.
 A hearing on the appointments of judge and deputy judge of the City court of Bridgeport will be held be fore the judiciary committee of the Legislature at o'clock this after noon The committee has under con- sideration bills ting the names of the following positions designated: Senator Alexander L. Delaney, judge; Deputy Judge Frank l.. Wilder judge; Senator Earle Garlick. judge and deputy judge; Attorney Albert J Merritt. judge and deputy judge; At tornev Richard swain, deputy judge; Attorney Theodore F.. Steiber, deputy judge.
 By vote of 19S to 159 the House fixed the size of the United States Regular Army at 150,O0O men exclu- sive of Philippine Scouts. The ap- propriation for an Army Of this size is S72OO0 as carried in the bill.
 President Harding contributed $25 to the American Legion fund for the decoration of American graves in Europe flor those sons of the Re public who gave their lives in the World War"
 4 resolution calling upon the Treas ury Department to coin the proposed I1 cent piece bearing the portrait of the late President Roosevelt. was adopted at the opening session in St. Louis of the American Zinc Institute. . Wheeling Steel X Iron Co.'S plant at Benwood w Va, resumed opera tions. About 400 men returned to work Laborers accepted wage re- duction of 13 cents an hour.
 Walter F. Brown. of Toledo was appointed by President Harding as his personal representative on the commission which is reorganizing the executive branch of the Government.
 President Harding has requested vestigate charges of profteering in contracts and purchases made by the War Department during the war
 Gov. Miller refused approval to the bill seeking to transfer the appoint ments of the Marshals from the May or of New York City to the Municipal Court Justices.
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