Lighting of Streets Budgeted at 115 296 in 1918
The Lamps Committee of the Council filed a requisition with the city auditor asking for 115 296 27 to maintain the city's lighting system for the coming fiscal year. The request is about 11 000 more than this year and includes 25 new key lamps on State street and changes to 25 more lamps. It seeks funds for tungsten lamps and for Roosevelt street bridge lighting.
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Com- Council
State Street
Hght- Roosevelt Street
High cost trap targets Camille in fraud case
Camille of Trumbull Road allegedly altered price marks at the Bank Street Public Market to cheat on goods. A complainant alerted Patrolman Green leading to fraud charges. He faces trial in city court tomorrow.
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Camille
Trumbull Road
Green
Tomor
Relatives of Dead Youth Seek Father in Bridgeport
Telegram from the chief of Bo Pisinville New Jersey informs locals that a young man named Griswoki has died in Pisinville. Detectives are investigating and relatives in Bridgeport are urged to aid locating his father and brother.
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Bo- Pisinville
N. J
Griswoki
Bridgeport
Men Boast of St Charles Service Flag Unfurled
A St Charles parish plans to unveil a service flag bearing 247 stars to honor local men in military service. The church vestibule will feature the flag and two honor rolls listing the names and addresses of the servicemen.
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ST. Charles
Charles Church Parish
States
Monute Men Prepare for Campaign Funeral Notice
Friends are invited to attend the funeral mass for Anna Louize at St. i church at 9 o'clock on Monday December 28 1917. Interment will be in St Michael's cemetery with an automobile cortege. The deceased is listed as Johanna and the late Barry of 114 Jones Avenue.
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No. Prospect Street
Anna Louize
Johanna
Barry
Jones Avenue
St. i
St Michael's Ceme
Card of Thanes Extend Kindness Note
Card expresses sincere thanks to Frisnda neighbors and all for kindness. Address at 679 Fair Ave corner of Park Ave with Hialsey & Co. T 29 b.
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Card OF Thanes
Frisnda
Fair Ave
Park Ave
R, Hialsey & Co
Destroyers Sink German U- Boat and Take Crew
The Navy reports destroyers Fanning and Nicholson sank a German submarine during convoy escort on November 24. Submarine crew, including four officers and 25 men, were captured after surrender at 4:28 p.m. The incident earned praise for Lt. Walter O. Henry and Coxswain Loomis, with British admiralty and Vice Admiral Gims commending the action.
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Washington
Navy Department
Fanning
Nicholson
Daviss
Loomis
Elser Harwell
Francis G. Connor
Galvuy Ols
Gott
Walter O. Henry
Harwell
Comnor
Admiralty
United States
A. & Carpenter
Connor
G. Fort
Gims
Cunard Ship Vinovia Sunk by German Submarine
New York officials confirmed reports that the Cunard steamer Vinovia a 5500 ton freight carrier was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the British Isles. The vessel built in Sunderland in 1966.
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New York
Cunard Line
Vinovia
Inles
Vinevia
Sanderland
City Complains of Obstructions On Congress Street Plant
After repeated complaints to city officials the United Dominating Co refused to remove sidewalk obstructions in front of its plant near the railroad viaduct on Congress street. City Clerk Robinson filed a complaint with the police superintendent. Cable spools pipes and other materials blocked the sidewalk for days, forcing pedestrians into the roadway.
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United Dominating Co
Congress Street
Robinson
Eames Re elected Park Board President for Thirteen Years
George M. Eames was re elected president of the Board of Park Commissioners for the thirteenth consecutive time at a board meeting. Appointed in 1908, he followed his father Albert Eames who led the board for 22 years. Eames will have served 23 years by 1928 and serves without pay. City Auditor Ber nan Keating is the only longer serving official.
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George M. Eames
Board of Park Commissioners
Eames
Albert Eames
Hames
Bernan Keating
Arcanum Lodge Names Officers After Yearly Meeting
Arcanum lodge No. 41 L O C F and many older members attended the final meeting of the year. Two candidates advanced to the third degree, two new members were admitted by transfer, and officers were elected: Noble Grand Ray S Vanstone Vice Grand Ben Stewart Recording Secretary Lester H Vanstone Treasurer B Curtis Custodian George Pianist Fred B Grannis
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Arcanum Lodge
Noble Grand
Ray
Vanstone
Ben Stewart
Lester H. Vanstone
B. Curtis
George
Fred B. Grannis
Divorces Sought Over Cruelty Infidelity and Desertion
Lilly Withall Burr of Darien seeks separation from Harvey R. Burr of New York claiming infidelity and intolerable cruelty since 1916. They wed July 3 1907 in Pound Ridge New York and have two children. Leith Gindley of Norwalk seeks divorce from Arthur G. Gindley of New York alleging cruelty from 1916 1917 and changes of name. Sarah Jane Hart of Bridgeport petitions for divorce from Ephraim Hart of Waterbury citing desertion since 1908 after marriage August 7 1907.
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Lilly Withall Burr
Darien
Harvey R. Burr
New York
Pound Ridge
N. Y
Frank Holward
Muriel
Ephraim Rl Hart
Hart
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Section Hand Fatally Struck by Train in Stamford
In New Haven on December 29, a Stamford section hand named Dominico Lippolus was fatally injured when struck by the Boston Express near Stamford station. Snowfall and transportation troubles disrupted Connecticut travel as the storm persisted and temperatures neared zero.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Stamford
Dominico Lippolus
Boston Express
Arrest of Frederick Stoff for breach of the peace
Frederick Stoff of 487 Helen Street was arrested on a breach of the peace charge after an abusive incident at 2s7 Myrtle Avenue when informed that his wife, employed there, was not present. Police report details of the morning arrest.
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Frederick Stoff
Helen St
Myrtle Avenue
Heney Plans to Extend New England Packing Probe
Boston December 29 The federal trade commission ends today its local inquiry into the meat and rendering industries with evidence of packers control over hides leather and rendering firms J E Maloney of the Brighton Dressed Meat Co testified about selling hides to the American Hide and Leather Co and Francis J Heney questioned if it was a Swift concern William M McDonald described a failed independent rendering venture with $100 000 in bonds a $50 000 capital and a $5 000 six month bonus with high interest and mortgage on the plant He said the bank pressed for money and he lost his plant Heney said he would return to finish the investigation and President John J Martin of the Exchange Trust Co denied charging 10 interest or a loan bonus to McDonald
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Boston
Federal Trade Commission
J. E. Maloney
Brighton Dressed Meat Co
American Hide & Leather Co
Francis J. Heney
Commission
Maloney
Heney
Swifta
William M. McDonald
McDonald
Extae Trust Co
Washington
New England
John J. Martin
The
Exchange Trust Co
Ncking
William McDonald
British labor unions protest food shortage in London
The national convention of the trade unions labor party and war emergency workers passed resolutions condemning government delay in organizing an equitable food distribution system. They demand equal sharing for all families with compulsory rezoning, and warned of a growing crisis if fairness is not pursued.
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London
National Convention of
Trade Unions
Labor Party
War Emergency Workers
Robert Smillie
Miners’ Union
Bevan
Dock Workers’ Union
2000 Pigeons Sought By Army For France Service
Baltimore officials report the pigeon department of the Signal Corps asks for 2000 homing pigeons to aid American forces in France. A city meeting g discussed supply plans with a mid February availability anticipated. Provost Marshal General Crowder notes no new draft call before February 15.
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Baltimore
Pigeon Department
Signal Corps
France
Crowder
Americans Are Needed in France Says Knights of Columbus Official
Walter N Kernan Overseas Commissioner for the Knights of Columbus reports from Pershing's headquarters that wartime needs call for able bodied men of trades in France but no man under forty should be sent abroad for active service. He notes many Americans are doing valuable work in France and others should remain stateside. he cites both men and women who have returned or stayed for curiosity or sight seeing.
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New York
Walter N. Kernan
Knights of Columbus
Pershing
France
Mr. Kernan
United States
Francis Kernan
Take Munition Plants Inventory
Washington reports the government is inventorying all U S plants able to produce munitions and that have produced munitions in the past. Thousands of smaller shops have entered the munition industry on a limited scale as farming-implement factories expand to larger scale production.
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Washington
U S Submarines Copied by French
American built submarine chasers on duty in French waters have proved so satisfactory to French naval authorities that the navy may copy the 110 foot type boat. A French report on sea worthiness noted a storm drove a French light cruiser and several destroyers to shelter, leaving only an American built chaser on Guam with a convoy of merchantmen.
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Washington
Guam
State Council Proposes Sweeping Coal Saving Plan
The Connecticut State Council of Defense fuel committee suggests radical measures to save coal. Proposals include reducing hours for saloons theaters and other amusements closing private greenhouses and extending school holiday recesses. Public meetings will discuss curtailing saloon hours from 8 am to 9 pm. Cardinal Gibbons has urged similar action.
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Hartford
United States
Committee On Fuel Conservation
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Cardinal Gibbons
Women Nurses for Hospital Ships
Mrs Milli cent Watson of Chelsea faces a $4,000 trespass suit in Atlantic City court over attending services at Chin Methodist Protestant church on December 16 and 23. Lee P. Washington represents the church elders who had Watson read out of the church previously amid charges of slander against a deacon. The church seeks $2,000 on each of four counts plus costs. Secretary Baker told the Senate committee that camp conditions were improving.
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Atlantic City
Millicent Watson
Chelsea
Berlin taxi stalls amid fuel scarcity and wartime burdens
Berlin newspapers report scarce gasoline halting most taxi activity though 270 cabs exist. Substitutes rise, with 16 000 reported since the war, 7 000 for food. Prices may rise as raw materials costs and wages climb. notices cite coal shortage and store closures in Poser province.
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Berlin
Germany
New York
Tageblatt
Thomas Cairenen
Pharmaceutical Institut
Vossische
Zeitung
Posen
Fifth Army Corps
Poser
Ning
Vostliche:Bettung
Vorwaerts
Deutsche:“Tageszeitung
Germania
Zeitung Am Mittag
Lokal-Angeiger
Abendpost
Ore
Overheating Furnace Sparks Morning Blaze
An overheated furnace in a house at 521 Connecticut avenue caused a blaze in the cellar beams. The fire alarm rang before ten o clock, drawing firemen out in the cold. The Red Cross drive in Manhattan lists 450000 members.
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Connecticut
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Mannheim
FLM
Leonar
Orromerr
PO Main
Navy Dept
Cunard
C.F
Regular
Royal C. Johnson
Aberdeen
Camp Meade
Congress
N. E
Howland
Kuppenheimer
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Fman
SvErCoa
Argans Ann
Sridgeport
Jel
Howland Dry Goods
U. S
State Council
Baker
Senate Inquiry Committee
Red Cross Drive
Manhattan
Cadit Sulins
FaringeTian
George M. Forbers
University of Rochester
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