The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-11
Bridgeport
 Briefs

 The parishioners of St. Johns Cath ollie Slovak church gave the pastor of the church Father Andrew E. Ko- mara, a testimonial dinner yesterday. The affair was given in appreciation of Father Komara's 10 years of work here.
 Dr. J. H. Holmes. speaker at the United Church Forum last evening, predicted that we woud have rule of labor .in this country here within a few years
 Several local men will attend the Airplane conference in Hartford next Friday. Among them will be Mayor Clifford B. Wilson and Stanley H. Bullard, president of the Chamber of Commerce.
 Rev. F. W. Hodgdon, New England secretary of the Pilgrims Memorial fund, occupied the pulpit yesterday morning in the United church in the absence of Dr. William Horace Day who was preaching in Middlebury col lege.
 A regular monthly meeting of the board of managers of the EmpIoyes' Tuberculosis Relief association will be held Wednesday night at 211 State street.
 The Tooth anniversary of the Greek independence from Turkish rule was celebrated yesterday by the various Greek organizations of this city.
 Several local grocery dealers report that there is a number of cases of extreme poverty here due to the un- employment situation
 Augustus CIassens, former New York assemblyman, gave an interest ing address yesterday, entitled "The Home," at a. mass meeing held in the Metal Trades hall
 The Irish in America were urged to boycott British trade in the United States, in an address given by John l.. Jones. a Welch miner and organ iZer for the British Labor party at a meeting in the Casino held yesterday, by the Irish-American Labor league. process by which Gov. Roberts certi- fled to the Fed State Department ratification by the Legislature of the Woman Suffrage Amendment.
 Directors and syndicates of moving picture houses in France decided to close theatres unless restrictions on American pictures are removed.
 Daylight saving will go into effect in New London, Conn.,, April 24 for five months.
 Mayor Edward L. Bader of Atlantic City announced Pageant Day. Sept. s, will be municipal holiday.
 Potatoes are selling for Is cents a bushel at Travers. City. Mich, the lowest price reached in many years.
 Pomeranian Junkers have asked the German Minister of Labor to send 10000 Russian RnlSheViEi nriS- oners to them for use as strikebreak- CTS in the agrarian strike.
 Dr. Walter Simons, German For eiGn Minister, was arrested as a sus- .picioUs character by the Italian police on the Italian side of Lake Lugano, while on a vacation.
 Twenty-one persons were killed at Rio de Janiero in a collision on the Central Brazil RailwaA.
 N. K. Wroe, president of the Ma tona1 Bank of Austin, Tex, said for mer Postmaster General Albert S. BurleSon will leave soon for Europe to sell Texas cotton
 Twenty-three men, who are alleged to have been leaders of a procession Cramp Shipyard, Philadelphia, were arrested on charge of melting a riot.
 Postmaster General Hays announc- ed a reward of $5,0OO will be paid postal employees or other persons for every mail robber captured.
 Dona1 O'CaIlaghan, Lord Mayor of Cork, will be deported, the Depart ment of Labor decided.
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