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Will Direct Work in Liber-V
ated Countries, Both Neu-
tral and Enemy—Norman?
Davis His Assistant
ENEEANEEEANEE,
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United Stateslto Take the
Lead in the Work
NEWER NAMED
Sllffli ASE
— QUESTIONS '
' DISCUSSED
Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett,
Mrs. Etta L. Knight and
Miss Elsie Hill Addressed
e’ Meeting Here Yesterday
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I:-'ARIS, Jan. 4.-—(By the Associated3
, 'l'E*:-ss).v-—l"l'esldenl Wilson has named ‘
9 National Woman’s Party' 1
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.ll-slwrl C. Hoover director general'
, all international organization for
' in» relief of liberated countries. both
neutral and enemy. Norman Davis.
l'nrnlel‘ly on the staff of Oscar T.
t‘rosby. special commissioner of ii-
nance for the United States in Eu-
will act as Mr. Hoover's ast
sisiant. '
This. announcement was made
by the American peace commis-
slv-n in u slam-mom, which says that
the designation of Mr. Hoover to
mini (liargu of the relief work is in
(uniformity with the request of the
misc-(l govrzrmncnis that the United
Slutl‘s‘. take a predominating part in
th.- organization and direction of re-
lim‘ measures. The statement fol-
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ENILIllNEEllST“
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Hulls and. Machinery for 10
Authoriied Vessels ,Ex-.
.ceed Estimate by $150.-
”00,000
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-—War condi~
Imus have brought about an enormous
Met-ease in the ‘cost of building war:
. ships. Rear Admiral Taylor, chief ol
the Bureau of Construction and Red
pair, told 'the House Naval Commit-
tee yesterday in discussing the 1920
naval appropriation bill.
ml that the bulls and‘machinery of
«its ten battleships and six battle
m ,iscrs authorized in 1916 would cost
:ia'irly $150,000,000 more than estimat-
"-1- Em increase of almost fifty pelt
i will. ' ‘
Cost of Mississippi
"The battleship Mississippi (3 new
ship delivered last year) was built on'
iromract for $7,115,000," the admiral
He estimatA .
SAY PRESIDENT ’
PLACED “Jfllllill”
Representatives Take Crack
« at Wilson for Keeping
Drafted Men in the Ser-
vice—Term Ended With
Peace—Say Administra-
tion Is Now Taking Ad-
vantage of the “Existing
Emergency” Clause
\VASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—-—-Wrnth at
"the manner in which the War De-
partment ls mishandling soldiers’ pay
and allotments and indignation at the
administration for alleged misinter-
pretation of the draft law in keeping
men in the army when they are ur-
gently demanding their return to civil
lire boiled over in the House yester-
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«eflltilljl ENEMY
Hugh ~P. Marron, I of Nor-
whlk, One 3
WASHINGTON, Jon.- 4.-—The War
, _ , Department announced yesterday the
Board Trans gtNorthern names at one officer and 264 enlisted
Pacific Are RepeatedSafe mph- .00} the American Expeditionary
Ashore; .. gun Faro); who arrived in France after he-
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All, the 2,5001 Persons on
.4. lug released from the German prison
“£1;me treacherous“, as:
NEARTHEVESSEL
Tho‘énn'sted men include:
Were Unable to Pull Her
New onion; Earl E. Murphy. Hart-
ford; William P. Cahiii, \Voodbury;
Harold _ L. Howley, Hartford; Israel
Bishovlch‘. Waterbury: Hugh P. Hur-
iday. Representative Green (la.), Rep-
lresentatlve Mann (111.) and others »
took advantage of the loose rules gov— !
eming general debate on the rivers?
“The- goal set by the National Wo-
men’s Party is the ratification and-3
passage of the Federal amendment;
whereby the Women of the United;
States will be given equal suffrage.‘
and but two Weeks remain in which
to reach this goal," was the gist of the
address given yesterday afternoon by:
Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett, of Hartford,
one of the famous picketers in Wash-i
ington and 'an ardent suffrage advo-E
cate and worker. Mrs. Bennett gave}
her address on the political situation,
of the national suffrage amendment ati
a meeting of the Connecticut branchl
of the National VVomen‘s Party hold:
yesterday afternoon at the home
of 4
the Misses Hill. at 40 West avenue. '
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HARTFORD, Jan. 4.~—-Pursuant to a
.plan of Secretaryof Labor William
:13. Wilson to effect co-operation be
.tween the United States Employment
’Service and the Vl’oman’s Land Army
’of America, Mrs. E. G. H. Sehenck, ol
,VVilton. chairman for Connecticut 01'
Ithe Woman's Land Army; Mrs.
:Houghton Bulkeley, of Hartford, State
‘gSecretary; Miss Elspeth Merck. Exec
utive Secretary, and Miss Antoinette
Dorr, Assistant Secretary. will become.
officers in a division of the Employ-
ment Service in this state. this divi—
sion to be likewise known as the We
man’s Land Army of America. This.
announcement was made today at the
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:NATIONAL WOMAN’S
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i MISS MURRAY
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Miss Grace N. Murray, of Guilford,
state organizer of the National W0:
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and harbors appropriation bill to?
speak their minds in a way which
could not be mistaken. The treatment
given wounded men was roundly dc
nounced, too, and thé' pomp and cere
mony of the President's entertainment
abroad did not escape a tongue lash-3
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Frederick, Lawmnce Secures
$100——Served Jail Sentence
fer Former Theft
Frederick Lawrence was arrested
this morning ‘by Detective Sergeant
Thomas Hunt for embezzling funds
from the Bristol Hotel. He was plac-
ed in a cell at police headquarters,
where he is awaiting his trial at 3' 4
Lawrence is a man about 55 years
'of age, and is well known about the
city. It will be remembered he was:
implicated in a robbery at the Cllfi'
ford Hotel 'last summer and as a re-
sult of his part in it he served a tWO‘
months’ sentence in the Bridgeport
jail. Upon his return to this city he
went about from place to place With“:
a. pathetic hard-luck story and at'last
appealed to Leo Gonch, proprietor ‘of
3the Bristol Hotel.
Conch took the man to his hotel.
‘made a position for him as clerk and
‘clothed and fed him. Two weeks ago
:he noticed a shortage on Lawrence's
books and when be confronted the'
,man with his accusations: the embeii
lclement was admitted. Later when
t the books were balanced it was found
that $90 was short. One week later
twhen another’accounling’ was'taken it
3was discovered that 810.50 more wasl
3missing. despite the fact that he Was
geompeiled to make a daily report to
Mr. Goneh.- . . - 7 ' l.
Conch immediately‘put the matter}
before Prosecuting Attorney Cramer
said. “but the company which built it man Suffrage Association, appeared at C. Hegeman and this morning Law-
_ lost a large sum of money, and wh
hi'js on the battleships California and
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James McGra’th, With Aero
Forces, Writes to‘ Sister-—
In. Charge of, Largest 0f-
ficers Mess. in, France
Est Class Sergeant James McGrath
Ivan Expeditionary Forces in France
tutor. Mrs. Clarence Banks,
"oodward avenue.
«lent of New Canaan,
M-"o forces over a year ago;
The letter follows:
France, December 16. 1918.
in JP Sister: '
tion-ived your welcome
fir-r, 26th and also
“Lilli and Lestel‘,..and was glad
l-mr you got my letters;
W. H. sister, I can now tell you more
I wanted to was Lieutenant T. S. Jacobs. of Vi’est'
. “blur What] am doing.
' .zr‘n Aero Squadron, P. O. 724, Amer-l
ms written the following letter to his
of 77
McGrath is a res«
but ls‘well
"WWII in this city and enlisted in the the troopship Siboney which arrived To the 30th Infantry. He wears on his
letter of
the cards from senger list‘ showod Private William
to Balinsky. of Philadelphia, listed as a
last evening. and in an address to
{the audience made it very plain that
gher party which numbers 35,000 mem~
bers in Connecticut, is not at all in
sympathy with the various, groups
composing the National Women’s Par.
13' or their actions, in Washington.
[ticketing the President and the White.
House, and conducting violent demon-
strations. She said that the associa-
‘tion intends to carry on an intensive
campaign in Norwalk within a short
time, previous effort having failed ow~
ing to the attitude of a party of Nor-
walk militants. Miss Murray was
quite pointed in her remarks against
.the performances of the’ National “’0-
;men’s Party and expressed her regret
:that they had adopted such method.
"to help along the suffrage cause.
‘WESTPORT LAFAYETTE
FLIER ARRIVES HOME
NEW YORK.
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Jan. ~i.——Oflicers of
here yesterday, ‘reported ithat one
night at sea a soldier wearing a full
trench equipment was seen to leap
overboard. All attempts at rescue
were unavailing. A check of the pas-
casual, was missing.
Among the Siboney’s passengers
77-3“! ”Hill“: at once. but had a very, port, Conn. who went to France 27
Ht-ourtunt job and they :kept promis‘ months ago, and joined the Lafayette
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mgnmil the armistice foe signed and Escadrille.
He wore the oral! do
uguerre and had a record ofthree Gert
e_n both the Regent and Palace Theatres, 1 rence “'85 taken into-custody by Ser- 3
; geant ’Hunt.
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in yesterday’s edition of the Stamford
Advocate, r ding 9. Norwalk soldier
whose name is'nét‘given,'who was ar-
rested in that city New Year's night,
for intoxication:
Having returned home from France
a few days ago, a soldier was found
drunk at the railroad station by Gill.
cer McCarthy. and was in such a con-.
dition that the officer was obliged to
take him to headgarte/rs by taxi. The .
yOung man was shouting lustily. jump 1
,ing intothe air, going over the top, 1
'using his .
knife, which be imagined was his bays *
onet—and had all the people at the
station, around the midnight hour, in
Efear of the “terrible Yank.”
He is 2. Norwalk boy, and belonged
shoulder a regimental decoration giv-
en to him by the French Government.
He also wears a croix de Guerra, a.
six-months’ service' stripe, 'and a
wound stripe. He bears tw0 scars on.
his face. One was inflicted by 3 mm
chine gun, which shattered his jaw.
The mark where the new, ' jawjgrew
can easily be seen. He was truly a
war hero. The judgesuspendodisen-
'ience, with the, condition toat‘he 59
home and so to ‘worgsfon‘he'
disehargedé He yes; . ' '
mung—WM
ran, mevolk; Joseph M. McNamara,
New ”Hum; Curl Sudock, 470 on
street, New Haven; Albert J. May-
Mlchelp Mar-tone, 377 East street,
From the Send “Cargo
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Electrical Works -HaVe Bee
Damage Done, Accordm
Politiken
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g to Vienna Advices ~ to' the.
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flEthERSAflflRESSSHflWlNfi APPRECIATION
Turkish Army, in‘Withdrawing From lnvaded Territory, ’
Continues Outrages Ag ainst the Armenians '
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Is Being Removed
hard, 983“ Main street, New Haven:
iseaward list during the s
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‘were lowered over the troop oblp’st
«The
:a mile of the Northern Pacific. China announced here yesterday.
FIRE lSLAND, N. Y", J”.'4.~—R£-
moval of two hundred wounded, the
last of the army trumped Northern
Pacific's soldier passenger list aboard
the stranded liner, was begun curly to- -
day under clearing skies and in an
even sea. Submarine chasers and no-
vl launches, carrying the men to the
hospital ship Solace. were expected to 3 1 I
complete the operation b are noon. - , - . .
Four naval launches ‘d w alongside , , .
fif‘SlASKER HUNT
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the ship, which develop : heavier
Departmentflvlustice, t;
W . l," W " claim
kDeoerters From Army
Jopephbfknnngew Milford; John L.
Oakley, Hartford; Angelo Commune,
Derby: Raymond F. Law. New Haven.
side, the soldiers sawthe'sun for the;
first time since their transport ran]
aground, within a few hours of their
home port, early Wednesday morning.
submarine chaser,_ her dock
brown with pmerrundsolsgnr‘m
in khaki. shot awafifrofiitbo. big .vos- a, , _ ”a.
sel's lee in a flood-ofsunllght..flotot “H ,
boats followed mane chaser-'3 broke, WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-—A‘ nation-,
wallowing through the seas to‘rd‘wlde slacker hunt is to be carried out
the hospital'ahlp Solace. which had by department of justice and army 0!:
edged shoreward to within less thandlcials to round up all draft dodgers, it
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servers on gum-e, «watching through; Department of Justice operatives an
glasses: saw the helpless soldiere'over’the'eountry have been instructed;
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 4.——Fresl1
fighting has occurred during the
last few days around Lemberg.
where Ukrainian troops are mak-
ing progress and are bombarding
the city, according to Vienna ad-
vices to the Politiken. The elect ri-
cal works at Lemberg have been
destroyed and considerable other
damage has been done.
ROME. Friday, Dec. :3 (British
Vl’ireless Service) .——President “711.
son became a citizen of. Rome to—
night. The ceremony took place
in the historic capital, designed by
Michael 4.33310. Assisting in the
services were King'Victor Emman-
uel and Queen Helena; members
of the Italian Cabinet, members of
the Diplomatic Corps,_ingluding
Ambassador and Mrs. Thomas Nel.
son Page, and municipal and mili—
tary authorities.
" Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, accompan—
“Yon have done me a very great
honor. Perhaps you can imagine '
what a feeling it. is for a citizen
ofone of the newest of the great
nations to be made a citizen of this
ancient city. It is a distinction
whch I am sure you are conferring
upon me as representative of the
great people for whom I Speak.
One who has been a, student of his-
tory cannot accept an honor of the
sort without having “his _memory
run back to the extraordmry ser-
ies of events which have centered
in this place.
“But as I have thought t‘day, I
have been impressed by the 7 con-
trast betWeen the temporary and
permanent things,‘ Many polity
col as have centered about
Rome,me the time when from 0
little city she grew to be minim
of a great empire. Change» after
achan’ge has swept away my
raised aboard the hospital [ship
through her port. The Solace was
rolling heavily. but the navy men
worked skilfully and the rescues were
effected without accident.
'that the files of every draft office are
available for information on men who
"failed to respond under the selective
service regulations or who, having an-
swered, the‘call. failed to entrain for
ied by the king and (111981}; dYbVe lthmgs, altering the very form ‘of
to the capital after the dinner at
the Quirinal. Following the cere- _ _
many, Mr. Wilson said: ‘ ‘Wum‘e‘ on. Page‘Threel
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'tlons early today were not regal-dodges
bayonet—or rather, his.
camp. _
. Two classes of persons'are involved
lln'thousands of violations of the draft.
1m, it was said today at the provost
mnhelgflmral‘s ofllce.
“then two big wreckage tugs. after
an hour‘s work. foiled to _ stir the
troopshlp; imbedded in ten feet of
sand, naval vessels began taking of!
baggage in summit to lighten .the
vessel. .
Captain menus. Coast Guard once!
in charge oi," naval . operations. on
shore, sold the transport one under
little strain and in no ‘danger._ She
grounded. he added, at high tide and
with a south Wind driving the seas
high on the beach, and similar condi-
tions would facilitate‘her salvage. NEW HAVEN, Jam 4.-—To the home
Army 00“? Guard and Red Cross towu'of‘ the 10211:! United States In-
workers, still on‘duty on the beach, fanny fammfor “a engagements at
kept vigil in a biting northwest wind, 561.33%; Chateau. Thief”. and‘oth’
With a temperature below freezing...” Wm.m Major-General Charles
while the aftermath of the night’s E: Edwardn.~,who commanded the 26th
snowstorm crowned sand dunes. tmvgsfonzo‘ ‘wthh‘the‘loan was a
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.——The , condl~
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GENERAL EDWARDS
. . IN. NEW'IIAVEN
unit. today to“ nicer relatives of the ,
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Hear Battling speech by Ar:
thur [Intention—Elect Of-
gi‘eers and Feed the Inner
The’Men's Assembly of the Non
men .ln-hls’ former command. The re-
ception was cameo out under direc-
tion. of the Chamber of Commerce. A
luncheon followed, at which Governor "
Holcomb andeayorS‘ of Connecticut
cities and delegations from many‘
towns we're present. Later Generals
Edwards will visit Yale University and
favorable for~ the immediate removal
of the two hundred seriously wound-
ed American soldiers still aboard the
transport Northern/ Pacific, hard
aground on-the treacherous sands off.
Fire Island. A’northe’ast storm. accom-
panied by snow, which set. in last
night, was still in progress atdawn,
kicking up *a heavy sea.
Unless the- storm abates soon. coast,
guard officers fear that it will be im» in
possible to take of! the helpless men‘
today. Resassurlng messages continue
to come from the officers of the
transport that there is no immediate
danger. More than a score of war-
ships and' other craft are standing by. 1917. _
Vi'hen darkness caused a suspension 3
of the work of rescue yesterday, 2,--
041 soldiers had been taken from the WEED ARRESTED FOR
liner by naval and coast guardrcraft DESERTION FROM ARMY
in the face of great difficulties. On, - ,
Thursday, 259 soldiers and Red Cross:
nurses were carried ashore.
at public meeting in‘ Wooisey Hall. :
Atthe' several informal gatherings;
which General Edwards took part.
were officers of the, 102nd who have
returned to their-110w Connecti~!
cut or are here on. yea. e
Regiments .at Yale Field on Aug.y24,
Private Howard D. Weed, of Fort H.’
___ G. Wright. was arrested yesterday af-
ternoon by Patrolman! John Toothill.
ANNUAL ROLL-CALL i. c, , ,e ,e .0...
AT BAPTIST CHURCH 33.33%... minim”: mi. mill:
The annual roll-call of the . South that they place Weed under arrest
Norwalk Baptist Church. heldlaat ev- and hold him until the arrival of a
enlng proved successful and a v , guard. He is Wanted at the fort for
pleasant evening was‘ passed. Frank desertlon. ‘ ‘
M. Glover presided as chairman of the .Weed 18 we“ known about the city
occasion and under his direction on and considerable comment was caused
appropriate program Was presented. last summer when he W8? hanging
Miss Ruth Brack favored. with a de~ Jibmlt the city, garbed 1!! his uniform
llghtful vocal. solo and Miss Lillian for several weeks. He was at last fin-
Hopkins followed with several ex- 3113’ picked up for driving an auto.
cellent piano selections. ‘ Rev. J. Har- without a license and was released un—
rison Thompson opened the evening (let bonds. :He forfeited his bonds,
festivities with ashort address ofwel. and disappeared from the city. amen
come_and‘iltte'r in the evening Rev, entlyretumlng to his camp. H» in. mm
Ellis Gabon _, of on bury. gave a logkedfpgatwggltcemheafiufinefm.
trons" forcefulnddroas whi‘ ’medwere,e .a‘ ng ea v on
s ' ‘ ” ' 7h? ’mggguard {comfort Wright to take'hlm.
"Ms. m eflht‘mmd
tonight he will be the chief figure at ‘
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walk M. E. Church held their annual
meefing'laat night, and osan incident
or‘mther as. a. mental appetizer there
to. heard a. regular account cf~the ad~
venturesof a regular soldier in the
late unpleasahtness overseas.
Arthur Untorinan, of the United
States Flying Corps. was the speaker
and, while his name might.have a
slight Teutonic suggestion, his ac.
tions under fire proved that he was;
“Pure Yank" in the fighting game.
His adventur‘es with the Rainbow
Division,_first with the original “Fight-
The 102nd ing 69th." as an in‘fantrymau, later asi
was a merger of the First and Second a machine gunner in the aviation set-i
vice, and finlly as a dispatch rider in
the frdnt- lines, were well téld, “and
gained weight by their Simplicity.
Thrilling indeed, was the story of
.how the airplane in which a pilot, an
observer, and himself, 'as- a machine
gunner, gave battle to»~the Hun, and
had their craft shot down, killing the
pilot so desperately .wounding the ob-
server, that he is not yet out of dan-
ger, and while not injuring him se-
erely, rendering him unconscious,
and causing him to become a victim
of gas poisoning, which laid him up
for some time. .
Even more so was his story of how
when barely convalescent he was call-
ed upon by his captain to bear dis.
patches to the fight lines, and notfie-
ing donated by the fact that that or-
{iconsaw to it that he made his will
before starting out.
How he delivered his message safe-
ly, only to be hit by a bit of shrapnel,
as he was returning, which wounded
him severely in the hip, and which
may yet cost him a leg. -
and:
All of this suffering was worth the:
notion rofghie contain who visited nun
‘ ' ‘ ”he was ; brought- to, they
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;Chairman 3 p
t nounces That City Has
'. "Places intheStatci
Final reports on the sole. of War
Bavingo'Stamps for 191,8"1'91'0 con»
plated this morning and tNoi'Waih- en-
;oya the distinction of h‘avdng sold ev-
ery single War Savings Bump in the
"local post emcee including large" “I"
lplies sent. in on special requisition
‘during the last few days.
Nam“: come to the front with ‘ a.
rush during the final days and » tig-
, the year. This excellent Showingyln
place Nor-walk among the ten loading
'cities of the state without doubt." .’
ln.conunenting~upon the campaign
'John Cavana‘gh, chairman of the Non-
walk War Savings Committee, said:
"The results are very gratifying. Nor-
walk. as usual, hasnot only matched
,her sister cities in the state but ha.-
excelled many of those in the‘same
:class. The sale in the schools was par-
‘ticularly well organised and willprovo
:very beneficial during the coming
;year and the coming generation the-
écause of the excellent habits it boo
;started. This is also true of the
,bulk of the nine thousand indlyi
3pledgen given during the Registra
lBay Campaign.
ltbese pledges were not only kept but
exceeded. The factories. banks and
post onces have aided tremendously
in the distribution, as have the insole
'nnce companies. four War Savings 80-
cieties and many merchants. The. Sen-
etlnel and Hour, the generous contrl~
lbutors. who gave space or money to
lune advertising. the Fonr‘Mlnnte Men.
310m clergymen 'and the Regent and
shines Theatres have supplied llbeml— ‘
Ely, the publicity without which one»
'ceos could not have been achieved.
,The Registration Day Campaign, the.
low and "lieutenants, the Wax-fin.“
lingo Committee and the Special Sales
lent-mum recently appointed sewed
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Media any way; towards attain?” '.
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MR SAVlNfiSST‘lllfS-
Excelled _ Many Other“
As usual on every patriotic drive, ,
in almost every case ~
1her afiairs, but the thing that she ”
lNllllWilll skull?
urea show total sales of 8400:0003 for '
faithfully. ‘Grnteful ll 4
more due to all those who partied I”;
Norwalk Chronicler