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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1916

Page

2

Audion cable receiver to revolutionize ocean telegraphy

Washington reports a new audion based cable receiver promised to simplify ocean cable traffic by translating signals directly into audible form. Tests on the Sitka to Seattle line show heightened sensitivity, reducing reliance on specialized cable readers and aligning submarine cables with land and radio telegraphy procedures. The work, directed by Lieut. Col. George O. Squier, involves Dr. Louis W. Austin and Dr. Louis Cohen, with results seen as a major advancement for World engineering practices. George W. Anderson, Boston DA, arrives in Chicago amid rescue and relief operations. Kilpatrick arrives to assist wrecking tugs against the Sumner. Caesar’s Christmas cargo to Armenians and Syrians is delayed until Saturday.

Washington War Department George Q Signal Corps Government Radio Laboratories Ocean Government Signal Corps Sitka Alaska Seattle Wash George O. Squier United States Army Louis W. Austin Naval Radio Laboratory Bureau of Standards Louis Cohen

Submarine H-3 Wrecked Off Humboldt Bay Rescued Crew of 26

Eureka Cal Dec 15 By breeches buoy the crew of 24 men and two officers of the United States submarine H 3 grounded at the entrance to Humboldt Bay. Hazards included heavy seas fog and chlorine gas. after hours of peril the entire crew was brought ashore by breeches buoy, with commander Lieut H R Bogusch and Lieut E F Zemke among those aboard.

Eureka Cal United States Humboldt Bay Cheyenne Puget Sound Mare Island Navy Yard H.R. Bogusch E. F. Zemke W. E. Howe

Final Neighborhood Prayer Meetings Schedule

Neighborhood prayer meetings will be held this evening at 7 45 for one hour, marking the last gathering until New Year. Evangelism committee sets Jan 5 for restart with subject The Personal Witness to Christ and the Christian Life. List of homes across districts provided.

Committee On Evangelism Peter

Local addresses listed for Wood avenue and surrounding streets

A long street listing names and addresses for Wood avenue and nearby streets including Atkins Andrus Andress Libby Bradstreet Leach Williams Beach Oberley O Connor Snow Hammill Baker Hart Holsapple and Moore. Charles B Moore requests excusal from officer duties after 27 years of service. A joint installation of officers with the Sons of Veterans is planned for January. Orders for 1.5 million feet of mahogany billets were placed with C. C. Mengel & Brothers Co for airplane propeller blade manufacture to aid the entente allies.

Wood Avenue E. W. Atkins Aurel Avenue B. F. Andrus Fox Black Rock Raymond Andress Poplar Street A. A. Libby Yale Street C. W. Bradstreet Eaton Street Lewis Leach Sherwood Avenue Central Division Florence Williams Cottage Street O. D. Beach Atlantic Street Oberley Main Street David O'Connor South Avenue Luzy Snow Warrentreet Thomas Hammill John Street Emma Baker Harrison Street Thomas Hart Congress Street Fyler Holsapple Worth Street Charles B. Moore Astala Sons of Veterans C. C. Mengel & Brothers’ Co Louisville

G A R Post Members Muster In New Recruit

Elias Howe Jr post No 3 G A R saw nearly a dozen deaths this year while welcoming Thomas Bracken a Civil War private from Company E 10th Vermont Vols who was mustered in with full ritual last night Frank Miller is re elected commander James Henry Blakeman will be senior vice commander for the next year

Elias Howe, Jr Post Thomas Bracken 10Th Vermont Vols Bracken Frank Miller Business Cares James Henry Blakeman

Memorial for Fryatt Presented by Dutch Neutral League

The Dutch branch of the League of Neutral Countries presented a marble memorial plate with a bronze medallion in relief to the Great Eastern Railway in memory of Captain Fryatt who was shot by the Germans aboard the Steamship Brussels. Regular air mail service between New York and Chicago is being considered by the Post Office Department.

Amsterdam Netherlands League of Neutral Countries Great Eastern Railway Company Fryatt Brussels New York Chicago Post Office

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