Bridgeport Ambulance Men In French Red Cross Service
Howard C. Manion of Bridgeport writes from France that he is recovering in a base hospital after a light scarlet fever attack and hopes to rejoin service soon. Ernest Snader survived a shell burst near an ambulance, with four hospital patients injured but not seriously. Manion, confined with 400 others, longs for Bridgeport meals and local news while imagining golf in a hospital town. He may take another hitch or join the American Fighting Legion while awaiting fate.
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Howard C. Manion
Bridgeport
France
Willliam Parker
Th.e Stratfield
Manion
Ernest Snader
Snader
Subder
Connecticut
Fairfield
American Fighting Legion
Britain to Grow Full Wheat Supply Next Year
London June 1 Rowland E Prothero president of the board of agriculture told a London audience that Britain would grow sufficient wheat in 1918 to meet all domestic needs even with a general surplus leave the country. He said at normal consumption the country could obtain about 9 000 000 ally loaves.
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Britain
London
Rowland E. Prothero
Egriare Ee Ee A Menen
Great Britain
Fifty Take Donn Bar Exams at Yale
Fifty law students gathered at Yale Law School in New Haven for state bar examinations. The test started yesterday and continues today with candidates from various parts of the state.
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Yale
New Haven
Yale Law School
Phosphated Iron Promises New Vitality for All Ages
An advertisement extols Phosphated Iron as a life renewing tonic for the elderly and middle aged, claiming it renews blood and nerves. It urges adults to obtain capsules only from W. P. Hindle’s drug stores in Conn., warning against substituted tablets and promising energy and confidence for daily life.
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W. P. Hindle
Conn
Sis
Old Post Road Inn Quaint Colonial Tourist Retreat
A weary trip south to New York ends in Brookfield Center at the Old Post Road Inn. The inn offers a warm welcome, historic rooms, a firelit dining room, clam bisque, fried chicken, rhubarb tarts, and a peaceful, antique atmosphere reflected in its furnishings and a Farmers’ Almanac from 1867.
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Old Post Road
New York
Jack
Brookfield Center
Brookfield
Old Post Road Inn
Connecticut
Anl
Ask Employers To Make It Easy For Employes To Register
Boston June 1 Mayor Curley urges employers to inform their workers about the registration day set for June 6 and to arrange for they can register during the prescribed hours. He calls the duty a great act for young men and warns police will enforce the law against hindering registration.
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Boston
Curley
McAdoo Plans Expanded Liberty Loan Tour
Secretary McAdoo’s second Liberty Loan speaking tour expands to middle western and southern cities. He will address audiences in New York on June 4 and Boston on June 5, stressing over subscription to fund the war effort and a vigorous push for an early peace and justice.
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Washington
McAdoo
New York
Boston
MrAdoo
United States
Prizes for Gunners Sink Submarines
American resident H W Bard donates 125000 francs to the ministry of marine for prizes to officers and gunners on merchant ships who sink submarines. Prize fund set at 6000 francs per award to each recipient.
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Nice
H. W. Bard
Ministry of Marine
Sagamore liner disaster leaves only one survivor
Boston reports that 59 of 60 crew members on the Sagamore were lost after hitting a mine off the Irish coast two months earlier. Capt Fenton, former commander, says only one American crewman survived. An ordeal followed a rapid sinking and a nine day drift during which ten died. The ship’s fate remains tied to a mine or submarine influence.
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Boston
Jume 1
Sagamore
Fenton
Africa
Dr Gustav Gross Elected President of Austrian Lower House
Amsterdam reports Dr Gustav Gross leader of the German National league has been elected president of Austria's lower house. In his address he promised freedom of speech and impartial debate. He urged the house to prevent dissension and meet Austria's enemies' expectations for disruption.
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Amsterdam
Gustav Gross
German National League
Vienna
Inmates in Asylums Face Service Disruption Claim
Dr Frank Wood Williams warned at a medical psychology convention that conscription would paralyze care in about 200 state insane asylums, affecting over 60 percent of attendants or roughly 6,000 workers. The report notes a meeting of the board of appraisal of benefits and damages reviewing the layout of several West Morgan and Bancroft avenues and East Haton street.
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New York
American Medico- Psychological Association
Frank Wood Williams
National Committee On Mental Hygiene
NEW &F
West Morgan Avenue
Chalmers Avenue
Bancroft Avenue
East Haton Street
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Howard Manion III
Near Front
Phos
Phatedtron
M’adoo
Middle West
Borneo
DR. Gross
LOWER
Norfolk
Serge Coats
Copenhagen
Athletic Union
Nainsock
Chalmer’s Union
Suspen Meyeese
Paris Garters
Chambray House
Wwe
P. N
Ion Reade
Rice & Hutchins
J. P
Men’s &S UI
YOUNG
Cesar Misch
Spor Cred't
Chamber of Commerce, Central Labor Union
UNION
Park
Mr. Park
Crucible Steel Co
Park Steel Co
Pittsburgh
David H. Park
Crucible
Steel
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