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SUGAR CAUSES A RUMPUS
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The annual meeting of the hiorwalir;
(Mgiozationai church will be held“
this t-vening at 1:30 o’clock. l
ack of East Norwalk. manager of u
lnhtsllatlonwf ofllcerzt will be held gyocery store at 198 C aslatntere
'by lady Washington Lodge. Sheil- grocery store at 198 Canal street, was
horde of Bethlehem. this evening; fined 81 and costs. and Samuel Ber.
—Dont forget the Sock! Dance 1" :10 and costs, in the City Court. this
. the Blke' club home tomorrow nlsht. morning. Judge Young for assaulting
Dancing 8-1. i The assault was an outgrowth' of
> ' the sugar shortage.
Tomorrow, St. Paul's Day, lbere '1“ Skibo went to the place with the in-
. be services in Trinity church. 3t 9130 téntlon of getting sugar. He said he
‘ dclock. i bought two boxes of macaroni. and’
asked for sugar. that while he was
of the South Norwalk Trust Compasy. 1"".
Hosea are u a year. ‘ .
‘ ' -'bdy.groperies," Bklbo testified.
“BASKETBALL ‘ “paid 1 want sugar.’ and he told
Fri. night. Norwalk vs. Ansonia. Res't' ”A“: 'u the only '” 17 could get"
. seats. Dagon'a and Donneily's. "hm
‘ : fitfl‘hen aive me my money.’ I said.
Indies' Auxiliary. Spanish War Vet- ‘an a.“ will 80 to another store and
erunh, will meet in Town Assembly gfli.sirgar.‘, ..
. Hail tonight. and every member is cs- ‘liie mm, the money, took me
Weird ‘0 be 9'9“?“- ‘ huh. mg of the neck. pushed me
'— . out through the door. and kidked me.
Kalmsoa Encampment X0. 9, l. O. O. “a?“ othsrchap (Bermsn) went
; P.~,>will hold a meeting this evening, mtsldwawpupched me in the car.”
at which time there will be a social On mmmmhu‘m the “m".
, gathering and the Grand Encampment admltqdytrAttorney Mb.“ Phillips
unicorn will be ””3"" he had never before been in the store.
‘ He insisted, however. that Radack
‘ The “5” of 8““ "' James llar- told hi that he could have sugar, if
' grove. and State vs. Martin Black. he bouzht “our,”
”which were to be tricd this morning A Mrs. Bridack. who was in the
were postponed until 1 o'clock tonight. mm, buyinz "w. and mm. at
'8‘!" "1 \Benedlct “ ‘“ Bridgeport ‘0 the time, corroborated Skibos testi-
dsy on professional business. money. escem that she said Radack
' - "' I refused/sit first to give him his mo c!
The dance given by the Malone and back “d told him to buy some
Kisko, orchenrs'ai Bridgeport in the mm. i, h, "m", w“... .
To" Hall. 1‘“ night, 9'0"?“ to be ‘ (The Hoover regulations prohibit
hill? “"0"“ TM ““9“: V” "“l' combination sales in order to obtain
lent 1nd a large attendance was pres mm, “can; that in combination sale
' l GEL vof corn meal and sugar may be made).
' Radar-it testified that Sklbo asked
. whim. Frederick A. Lane, treasurer of him for the Mylar, after he received
4 the Norwalk Day Nursery. today re- md mild for two boxes of macaroni.
; celvol a check for $110.50 for the sale and that he refused to let him have
i! M the 00" given by Mrs. John Keogh gugag' unlelg he bought {'0 pounds
I? several days‘ ago.‘ The directors of of corn “my Witness said Sk'ibo
‘ ‘ the unwary desire to publicly thank thereupon called him a "dam Jew. in
Mrs. Keogh for her generosity. ‘tho Polish language. and "ti“ he or
. I ~ derod him out. of the store, taking him
hr the coat cleave to emphasise the
He denied kicking or striking
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The. annual ball of Court Narrult.
- No. 58.11 of A., will be heldthis even- order.
ing ands large number of peOple are him.
9 enpected to attend. The affair will be Mr. philiips, in his argument. said
. hid in the Town Assembly “all an] .M' the words used by Skibo justified
5 will below"! as the "Foresters Ten ih" accused in his conduct. Heintimst-
- Alliea” Grand Ball. c'l that [so ought to have "knocked
Skibo'a head off."
Mr: I Judge Young said ‘M‘ While me Is-
. _ —Ich ?03- . Isa“)! '39 not julllfllblect‘mée‘fi‘m‘
- _ oilet Mum, the accused in hiscondn '
- MM Sun, u T is! a no, of people mitigated the offence.
Guaranteed by us to be sat ac- , mm... pinned guilty andbls Heir
tot-y. Step in and 8" MM- , ‘
amp-won Corporation mun-m vim-"W *“ m M
or held that there were not the same
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DOfiN'ELEY 3 - , M Court—demure High
, ‘ ‘ .. .. , School trl SaysSbe Saf-
. not!!! soswan . t feted Great Hardships
Broken Lines Of
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ROGERS a. STEVENS
STAMFORD, Jan. 24.-——Louis RE'!- ;
man. employed in the store, was fined g
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Your papers will N “f9 m the "ml/tin the store a woman was given somel
'{i «‘ffladack told me i would hav'e to
will never let it so by him-"43- TH”? PORTLAND .m
Zl.—Sylvester
January 14 with pretty Esther Strick-
land. the 17-year-old daughter of Kr.
and Mrs. Frederick E. Strickland, of
Strickland street, was arraigned be
fore Justice of the Peace Harry How-
ard this afternoon and. after hearing
the testimony of the girl and of John
Accordion a Glastonbury Jltney drlv
er. the justice bound Rovlali over to
the superior court under bonds of
82.500. As he could not furnish the
bonds. the ltalian was taken to Jail.
A story of hardsth and suflerinr
was‘tOId by the girl. who sat in the
witness chatr‘aud gazed defiantly at
the crowded courtroom. Illed with
people. She testified that. after leav-
ing the high school on the afternoon
r'.’ January 14. she took a trolley to
,Gillersleeve Terminus and was met
:there by Roviall. with a Ford auto
irroblle. With two other girls and .n
ibo)’. she got into the machine and
__ INN-s driven by Rovioli to the home of
' gone of the girls. wheae the two girls
lilild the boy got out. Ravioli then
1drove down Cornwall lilll towards the
itOlll‘ 6073!".
. _ i At the junction of the road. above
, 1: r ‘Hemloclt Hall. he stopped and took
.SOCIEfiI I at man in. she testified: After pro-
. cesdlng a short way. Rovioil chsng
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O‘vertfoats
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. So. Norwalk
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the our while ltovioli not tntio the
back seat with her. The car was
headed towards Glastonbury but. ac-
cording to her testimony, they had
not gone much further than the
home of es-Beisctman Luther Wilcox.
who lives about a quarter of a mile
_ on tho Glastonbury road. when Ro-
Ivioli gItltt out and. despite her pro-
Griswold-Shove I, tests. so helped her out of the car.
The girl tanned that Rovioll threat-
M" and u", ““9”“ N- 8”" °' sued to burn her father's house it
ill Grbve street. announce the mar. she did not go with him, ‘
rlage of their eldest daughter. Halo: After the auto disappeared. the
Frances, to Sergeant Harry Vincent girl "3‘12,“ “'9 '“lhabehhfl- “W
,Grlswold at the Presbyterinn Mans-'3. throughmet n:;m:;."m Alibi; ”77::
ilrldgeport. Saturday evening. January her memory m vague. She claim
19, by the Rev. Alexander Allison. ed that” sllxnight, the following day
The bride is a graduate of the Nor-'3"l ”a: ml‘mt'h'he, {Milling all":
- e w s n e on em
"1" high school. elm of 191" anl town. Not until last SHIISaV night.
for the past four years has been 3 fl” I‘M-t Wu", "uh . place of
member of the clerical force of the shelter. with 'he exception of gun,
Singer Manufacturing Company at :‘n which! Mumght shel'tgr last,“
I . seven ouses
Bridgeport. She '5 the Worthy Ma- ‘th: am an s was too frltrhtened
tron of the local Chapter of the Order to “tempt to fit . ay/from the ital-
” the Eastern 3‘35... ”15 Griswold. inn. Shogid tha'tiw Hondaynight
formerly of Torringtonhconn. is a, until shimmy. “Latin had for food
member of the Signal Reserve Corps.l V“ 0” liaft'fof brra‘rand sheh 1;»
Aviation section, and at present sta .fgflft’l'm.” oatfanow to queue er
“0"“ '" CW.” "”000“. “mm-I The girl was that in her testimony
doors“. where he waits orders for and told her story in a clear. decisive
foreign ”rvlce, .tone. Thiéy reached it small but near
,East Hampton Saturday morning and
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l Roviaii. the Italian who disappearedi
ed seats with the man, who drove .
! Judge Nehemiah Candee and
V'lmufiem—nfle
The home of Mr. Kaylor. Park Row,
Stamford. was the scene Monday
night of a happy gathering of his co-i
workers at the Y. D. F. factory. the
occasion being Mr. Kaylor's birthday.
A very pleasant evening was passed.
including dancing. the music tor which
was furnished by the Y. D. T. orches-
tra. assisted by Mi‘sslaulse Bushwein.
pianist. of South Xorwalk. There were
also pianola selections. singing by out-
of town talent and refreshments“
Among the many useful presents was a
beautiful smoking stand from Mr. Kay-
ior's friends at the. Y. D. T. factory.
The surprise of the evening was Mr.
Kaylor's announcement of his man.
marriage nest saturday night to Mrs
Vesta Croweii. The invited guests
were: Mr. and Mrs. C. Barrett. Mr.
and Mrs. T. Hushion. (Mr. and Hrs. C.
Otimer. Mr. and hip. E. Iabus, fir.
and Mrs. R. 0. Council. Mr. and lira.
J. Haggerty, Mr. and Mrs. Van Dus-
tine. Mr. sum-Mrs. John Ott. Mr. and
Mrs. T. Benson. Mn and Mrs. R.
Eliott. Mr. and Mrs. MacDougall, Mrs.
Vesta Crowcll. Miss Margaret Ward.
Miss Clara Etruscan-(Ilsa 'May Joals
Mina Battle motivational: Kayla.-
Im aPrks, J. Winn, E. Kingsley. w.
'Hyiand . J. Lockwood and George
Pease of Stamford; and Air. and fairs
upper. Miss Louise Busbweln and»A.¥
Braves of aou‘th Norwalk. ’ ‘ u
Poatala have been received from
,7 Earl Coleman. son of Ir. and Ira He was me for about thirty lil-
mam of “High street.
downtown. 3'er is in the aviation
corps of the United sum army st‘
San Anton”. Tessa. '/ - :
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tonantJohnKaogh or the Isl-of:
Kmhscnsuwmtoarisssport'
yesterday. spouting for the plsiatll,
lathseassotlavaaovanhbopt
«Privatovheil 'r. nous «banana;
[edtfhesbouldtakstbcmbome‘
temlned there. until found by Demty
Sheriff Eugene House of East Glaston-
bury. Tuesday running.
The girl testified that liovloll as-
saulted her during the time she was
with him. also that he sent to Hart.
ford and bought a plain gold- ring
telling her that he would marrv her.
This she claims she refused to do.
She Then said that there were other
houses in sight of where she stayed
on Saturday. She stated that Rovioli
had her, write to her people. telling
her that if they knew she was alive.
they would not hunt for her.
On crass examination she testified
that she did not go with him willing-
ly. and that she: dropped a school
book which she was carrying on the
road. and a black mitten in the mead-
tsw, to leave a trace of her where
abouts. She said that she thought
Rovioli was crazy. that be acted pecu-
‘llarlv and told her that he felt "badly
in the head." She said that although
he had made her small prczcnta in the
past he had never made any advances
toward her andshe only knew him
as one'wouid know any boarder in
home for five years.
John Accordica. the Glastonbury
jitney driver. was called heat. I]!
testified that he bought a Ford auto-
mobile on Monday noon, January 1i
from Ravioli for 8200. as he told
Accordion he did not want a car an!
snore. The jltney driver drove Rovioli
bsck’to Portland from Glastonbury,
arriving at the four corners at ‘13:”
p. m. Ravioli asked him to wait there
until he took the auto to the terminal
of the trolley st Gilderaleeve for a ‘
load of school girls. claiming that
there would be a fbli ' and as
boom for the new owner of be auto.
sndrstnnhgpiukedupAceor-
atBeinloekHall. At tbtathae
'it atrioiuanoumsthoonlyonentl
theear. - - ;
Accordion took the wheel and ash;
ill”,
Ravioli said:-
‘Oo up toward your “We" must
see a man." v
After drivilga short way IN"
”a.
back.
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; Sugar and Ships
llntbeinterestoftbepublicitservatbe
Companyiaearnestly
supporting the Government’s, policy to regulate
the supply of sugar so that it shall be sufficient
for the needs of
and ourselves.
.Mmlfimmflu
-W’t£bflsenewaop.ofcsnesngarcomin¢io.flsesngss
situation ismorewfavosabletbaaitwasamonthago. There
willbesugnrenooglnaccordingtopreaentindicaflonaifex- 4.
flsvagantuseandlwastesseavoided.
Mar has disturbed the
whole world's suns supply.
It has not only wiped out any
available surplus. but it has
put all nations on a bond-to-
Tbe European Allies were
the first to feel (the pinch.
Before the war. enough sugar
was produced on the Con-
fluent to supply till Europe.
Today, two-thirds of this
sugar-producing area is with-
inflte battle lines.
' England. France and other
nations have had to turn
elsewhere for a sdpply of this
indispensable food.
Andibeycsmetolhbs—f
flsellnited'fiatesdependsfor
its cane sugar. During 1917.
.Cubs aold‘and shipped to
Europe nearly 1.” tons
of rawrsugor—one-flsisd of its
. a”
win addfflon to the normal
increase in the consumpflon’
of sugar as food in this conn-
fly. the nation-wide move-
ment to save the fruit crop
last season greatly incensed
its use. ‘
But this increased con-
sumption of'sugnr has been a
'real factor in combating
waste. lt’enobledtbehmeri-
can 'bonsewifetoaddtotlse
store of the food of the na-
flon at 'aflsne whoofsnita
and vegetables were plenti-
ful and cheap.
, Thesugsrisnot onlyintbc
fruit ins. but it has carried
into the pantriesoftbcconn-
try a Mainly“. fruits“
vegetables which would
otherwise have been lost.
Sugariflelfisnotonlyafood.
but it isolso tlsegreat pro-
server ofotberfoods.
1. As the demand for sugar
grew. b'oth here and shoal.
Cuba’s snppkwasexba'uabed
last fall. Everyavailable
ton in Porto Riccalll other
gallant But this was not
enough. and the shortage .
'xlnwar'fline flat all _
At the some flute. an abun-
dance of sngnrwas and sflll
is locked up in far-away Java.
as unavailable as unmined
gold-because ships cannot be
spared to transport it.
Every 5.M-lon ship which
can be saved by giving
England sugar from Cuba
means the release of a ship
whicb’can make three trips
and take a total of 3.” sol-
diers from the United States
to Trance.
If we can save the Allies
from taking any Java sugar
in 1918. we will release for
transport purposes enough
ships to carry over to the
Western front and supply
about 150.000 to 200.000
soldiers.
'Mflwameflmnwewill
necessarysngar. Therefore.
it is to the interest of the
common came to save ships
sndsendsoldiess.
The American Sugar Re-
finingComponybnsputfortb
cveryposaibleefforttokeep
upthcaupplyofsugarf’ortho
UnfiedShtacveninlimited
quantities. and to stabilize
tbepricetotbeconsumes.
' lnordertoenoblethewidest
possible distribution of sugar
.—-sotlsatall may have some
Cane Sugars in convenient-
size packages.
These small-unit cartons
o
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andcottonbags emblem“
cerstolimittbeir salessothat
waste and boarding may be
prevented. ~
ltwill be {necessary for
grocers and consumers to
watch carefully their distri-
bution and purchases during
'flseWingperiodofre-
,adiusflneut.
The refineries
arenowstarflng ops-daup-
pliesofrawsugarcomingfor-
ward.butitw_ill takoweeks.
rehunofnormal__ 7. °
’flosnewlvescancooperate
wills tbisplan by buying
tine-numerous»
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