Designate A Revenue Collector For Inland Tax
A federal official will open in Bridgeport next month to assist and collect income taxes for 1917. Singles earning $1,000 or more and married couples with combined income $2,000 or more must file tax returns by March 1, 1918. The officer will be at the post office building daily 9 am to 6 pm until March 2. Penalties range from 20 to 1009 dollars and possible jail for failure to file. The officer will provide forms and guidance for taxpayers. Quebec proposes secession from Canada as a provincial legislative motion is introduced. Quebec previously opposed conscription.
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U. S
Bridgport
Davery
Ballard Silent On King Doll Letter Promise Missed
County Commissioner Ballard refused to reveal any details about a letter he said John T. King ordered to close Baby Doll's den of iniquity. He had promised to show the letter and its envelope to a Farmer representative at 1 30 pm Wednesday but did not appear and then declined to discuss further.
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Ballard
John T. King
King
Reims
Ipannill Murder Row at Police Dept Sparks Clash
An on the record dispute between Detective Captain Cronan and Sergeant Burns over the Norris Pannill murder triggers questions about police conduct. Burns defends officers and says no gunfire occurred until after Pannill fled, while Cronan defends his accusation of police blame. Captain Cronan, Burns, and Superintendent Redgate figure in the heated exchange as the Coroner’s investigation continues.
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Edward 0. Cronan
James
Burns
Norris Pannill
Tnday
Phelan
Cronan
Detective Bureau
Pannill
Sergeant Burns
Police List of Men Who Failed to Return Questionnaires
The first division board filed with the police its list of men who did not file their draft questionnaires. Police have five days to locate delinquents before they are deserters and lawfully pursued. The names include Frederick Bayne, Jacob Feipbers, Kostanty Bielawiec, Frank Unrbin, Stefan Osinoki, Simeon Guobosky, John Kerezsi, Charles Zaisow, Lung Hong Payn, Sherry Sinan, James Arvanitides, Bartley Clarke, John Crowley, Max Kesselman, Andrew Bores, John Furios, Thomas P. Smith, Fabian Trevon, Percy Simmond, Myles Bright, Ignatz Jarow, Josef Azeto, Edward Grzankowski, Primo Pezagento, Nikolai Verentinov, Frank J. Lewis, Walter Radomski, Emily Yasel, Albert Bolin, James Reilly, Michael Moscia, Frank Baireuk, Stephen Kelemen, Ralph Merrill, Donald Forsyth, Giulo Vincenzo, Stephen Sorke, Stanislaw Boluc, Arthur Olsen, Edwin Whitcomb, Joschin Hudak, John Raky, Robert Marston Jr, Wladyslaw Gocubrewski, Herbert Smith, Gustav Rowin.
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Police Department
Frederick Bayne
Broad Street
Jacob Feipbers
Fairfield Avenue
Kostanty Bielawiec
Gregory Street
Frank Unrbin
Lisbia Street
Stefan Osinoki
Courtland Street
Simeon Guobosky
Lafayette Street
John Kerezsi
Bostwick Avenue
Charles Zaisow
Ridge Avenue
Lung Hong Payn
Sherry Sinan
Cherry Street
James MM. Arvanitides
Bartley C. Clarke
Hansen Street
John F. Crowley
Max Kesselman
Madison Avenue
Andrew Bores
John Furios
Andover Street
Thos. P. Smith
South Avenue
Fabian Trevon
Osborn Street
Percy N. Simmond
Myles B. Bright
Walnut Street
Ignatz Jarow
Josef Azeto
Auburn Street
Edward Grzankowski
Atlantic Street
Primo Pezagento
Main Street
Nikolai Verentinov
Frank J. Lewis
Walter Radomski
Lafayette
Emily Yasel
Warren Street
Albert V. Bolin
James Jos. Reilly
West Avenue
Michael Moscia
Frank Baireuk
Stephen Kelemen
Johnson Street
Ralph
Merrill
Donald J. Forsyth
Giulo Vincenzo
Stephen J. Sorke
Columbia Court
Stanislaw Boluc
Arthur Thos. Olsen
Liberty Street
Edwin A. Whitcomb
Joschin Hudak
John Raky
Spruce
Robert H. Marston, Jr
Wladyslaw Gocubrewski
Austin Street
Herbert Smith
Linden Avenue
Gustav Rowin
Myrtle Avenue
Russian immigrant refuses exemption waiver in draft office
In the Third Division local draft board office a Russian alien worker at the Remington Arms plant, with a wife and two children, refused to sign a waiver for any exemption claim. When asked about his family he pointed heavenward and said I want to fight.
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Legal Advisory Board
Third Division
Remington Arms
Rockefeller foundation adds $100,000 to K of C war fund
New Haven December 21 Rockefeller foundation contributes 100000 to the Knights of Columbus war work for 1918. The drive shows Pittsburgh 400000 Omaha 73000 Hartford 50000 California 300000. Suprem e secretary notes 75 buildings in military camps cost about 600000 with 200000 worth of equipment. Weather unsettled tonight with possible rain Saturday.
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New Haven
Rockefeller Foundation
Supreme Office
Knights of Columbus
Pittsburgh
Omaha
Hartford
California
Supreme Secretary of the Order
City to Use Jail Laborers for Street Work
County commissioners and a special legislative committee agreed at a Dec 26 joint meeting that Bridgeport may use county jail prisoners for street work. About 150 inmates, currently under contract producing shoes and cement blocks, expire July 1, prompting consideration of reallocating labor to aid coal deliveries to needy families and clear snow blocked streets.
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Bridgeport
Yale Athlete A Munson Dies in Tragic Train Incident
The body of Alexander McKee Munson, 23, Yale alumnus and rower on the 1915 and 1916 crews, was identified by his father Robert B. Munson of New York. He was found beside the New York, New Haven & Hartford tracks in Stamford and may have been struck by a train while crossing to board his own. His brother serves in France with the Lafayette Escadrille. a sister in Boston is married to the son of former Massachusetts governor.
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Stamford
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Robert B. Munson
New York
Alexander McKee Munson
Yale
France
Lafayette Escadrille
Boston
Gov
Russel
Massachusetts
Driver Hurt in Maplewood Crash After Milk Wagon
A trolley struck Louis Dolingo's milk wagon at Maplewood and Park avenues early today. Dolingo, 114 Beers Street, suffered a scalp wound and left the scene seeking treatment. He has not been located and may be injured or disoriented wandering the countryside as police aid his family.
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Maplewood
Park Avenues
Louis Dodingo
Beers Street
Dolingo
Christmas coal relief promised for Bridgeport as deliveries start
The Bridgeport coal dealers and fuel committee chair Carl F Siemon reached a plan ensuring Christmas coal deliveries despite muded streets. One week after the storm mains remain the only passable route but 100 half ton orders were distributed today. A distraught woman, Mrs Andooyak Chakinyaan, caused frustration at the line while nurses from the neighboring hospital treated others. State Administrator Thomas W Russell plans another Washington trip to secure bituminous coal for factories to avoid a disruption in supplies.
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Bridgeport
Carl F. Siemon
Siemon
Main Street
Andooyak Chakinyaan
Seaview Avenue
Edward Bolger
Hospital of the Manufacturers’ Liability Insurance Co
Coal Committee
Thomas W. Russell
Russell
Washington
Ansonia Shoe Dealer Louis Sochrin Dies After Illness
Ansonia December 21 Coroner Mit was called to investigate the death of Louis Sochrin a local shoe dealer who died at Griffin hospital after a brief illness following a dinnerhour attack in his store. Physicians could not determine the cause of death and no suspicious circumstances are reported. Sochrin was described as a robust man in good health before the illness.
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Ansonia
Mit
Louis Sochrin
Griffin Hospital
Sochrin
Train collision in Kentucky leaves 47 dead
An express train destined for New Orleans collided with a rear of a Bardstown and Springfield local near Shepherdsville, Kentucky. The crash, described as the worst in Louisville and Nashville history, occurred just after the local train departed the station, killing 47 passengers.
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Shepherdsville
Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Louisville
Bardstown
Springfield
Caee
Fifteen Soldiers Die After Distillery Fire and Riot
Petrograd reports a distillery raid where 15 soldiers drank themselves to death as an armored car attack sparked a blaze. Fire crews were blocked by rioters while wine flooded streets. Other dispatches note Bolshevik advances in Central Asia and leadership reshuffles on the Ukrainian front.
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Petrograd
Tashkant
Russian Turkestan
D. G. Stcherbatieff
Romania
Artillery Duel on Verdun Front Escalates
The war office reports active artillery fighting on the Verdun front east of the Meuse with intensified fire near Hartmansweilerkopf and east of Thann as the line remains volatile on the eastern sector.
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Verdun Line
Paris
Verdun Front
Meuse
War Office
Hartmansweilerkopf
Thann
Congressional probes broaden in shipping army work and sugar shortage
Washington reports launch of a Senate Commerce Committee inquiry into the Shipping Board with Hurley as first witness. Sugar shortages topic returns with George M. Rolph testifying on price fixing. Army war preparations inquiry uncovers prewar clothing orders for up to 1.5 million troops authorized by Baker and Sharpe.
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Washington
Congressional
Shipping Board
War Department
The
Food Administration
Senate Commerce Committee
Hurley
Senate
George M. Rolph
Sugar Bureau
Rolph
Senate Military Committee
Quartermaster General
Sharpe
United States
Baker
Taffy Poisoning Suspected In Bridgeport Boy
Five year-old Austin J. Hurtz of 90 Bond Street was rushed to the Emergency then Bridgeport Hospital after suffering a semi conscious condition. Doctors diagnosed overeating taffy as the cause and the boy soon recovered enough to go home.
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Austin J. Hurtz
Bond Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Danbury Man Struck by Railroad Train on Icy Tracks
A 170 year old Sherman resident in Danbury was struck by a Central New England railroad train while walking to work as a section hand. He lay in the snow until discovered by a passerby with injuries described as potentially fatal. Farmers fired on two army balloons near Macon Georgia.
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Danbury
Sherman
Central New England Railroad
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Quebec
Confederation of Canadian Provinces
J. N. Francoeur
Lebiniere
Mr. Ballard
Ipannill
Police Dept
Heaven
Alex. Munson
Dolinga
St. Louis
Carl Siemon
London
Exchange
Congress
R. R
Macon
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