Five More Lofty Factories Soon for Arms Plant
Bridgeport Arms Works expands with five additional five story structures to rise behind the current buildings. Thousands of yards of excavated material move nightly to prepare the site of a new almshouse grading project. The main building slated to be machine ready in weeks, with extensive brickwork and steel skeletons progressing, signaling a major regional construction push and amplified workforces.
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Bridgepoints Works
Boston Avenue
Arms Works
Remington Armory
Tyne
Bridgeport Arms Works
Jis
Almshouse
East Main Street
M Main
Tunchesem
Children Saved From Brutality By Court Order
In probate court Judge Miller ordered Mildred and her sister Jennie, both aged, placed in the county home at Norwalk after Charities Association testimony described frequent parental beating and liquor-fueled abuse by their father Steve Caliente. A torn coat in court was cited as evidence of rage. The girls testified that two rough men saved Mildred from further harm.
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Miller
Mildred Caliente
Charities Association
Mildred
Jennie
Norwalk
Leet B. Meyers
Steve Caliente
Greek King Constantine to undergo further surgery
Athens June 5 Announcement that King Constantine of Greece has worsened and will undergo another operation possibly removing one or more ribs. His temperature 99.6, pulse 102, respiration 20. He has pleurisy for weeks and relapsed after a late May operation. His wife is sister of Emperor William of Germany.
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Athens
Constantine
Greece
William
Germany
Stabbed in sidewalk altercation over girls crowd
Torrimeton June 5 Gioranni Checarite, 9, is in Litchfield County Hospital, Winsted, with serious head injuries after a street fight over sidewalk space with two girls. John Ramsey, 16, and Joel Baker, 17, are held at the police station. Ramsey says Giordanni showed a knife. Ramsey allegedly threw a stone.
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Torrimeton
Checarite Gior@anni
Litchfield County Hospital
Winsted
John Ramsey
Joel Baker
Giordanni
Ramsey
Girl Leaves Him At The Gate He Shoots Himself
Torrington June 5 Eugene Kelly 23 committed death by his own hand after Miss Catherine Ashe the woman he once dated declined to let him escort her and a friend home from a dance. They rode in a jitney to the Ashe home where she bid him good night. As she passed him the butt of a revolver showed from a pocket. After a half hour of conversation they left and heard a shot. The father found Kelly dead in the yard with a bullet in his head and a revolver beside him. Ashe's friend and she were hysterical for hours.
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Torrington
Eugene Kelly
Catherine Ashe
Aedance
Kelly
Ashe
Miss Ashe
Snatches Woman's Bag In South End
Mrs. Mary Williams of 648 Main street told police a big man brushed by her at Railroad avenue and Broad street at 11 last night, snatching her purse containing 2.75 dollars and fleeing before she could cry out.
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South End
Mary Williams
Main Street
Railroad Avenue
Broad Street
Labor Scarce Here Firms Call Again For More Workmen
Labor is scarce in Bridgeport according to contractors. The Oscawanna Building Co is sending out a hurry call for as many laborers as can be procured. Workmen cannot be obtained in sufficient numbers and work is being retarded at the site of the new project.
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Bridgeport
Oscawanna Building Co
Newark Ends Bitulithic Monopoly Fight in Newark
Newark residents rally behind Commissioner Gillen as the city battles paving officials over bitulithic contracts. Chester avenue bids open to bitulithic despite asphalt advocates led by Breakenridge and Tichenor. many Italian-speaking signers withdraw as cost concerns rise.
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Newark
New Jersey
Legislative Committee
Gillen
Board of Works
Chester Avenue
Branch Brook Park
Bloomfeld Avenue
Breakenridge & Tichenor
Halsey T
Three Boys Arrested for Repeated Grocery Burglary
Police in Bridgton arrested Fred Fermo 15 Peter Ferraro 12 and Mike Santer 12 for four burglaries at Moses Friedman’s grocery on Hamilton Street within a week. The youths used a case knife to enter and left with small sums of cash spent on confectionery.
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Sollee
Brid
J. H. Barton
W. H. Halpin
Moses Friedman
Hamilton Street
Fred Fermo
Green Street
Peter Ferraro
Pembroke Street
Mike Santer
Teachers to hold indignation meeting over merit system
Bridgeport teachers threaten contract refusals as they contest the boards merit system. Competent counsel says signing contracts is optional, signaling a tense June 14 board session and a Monday afternoon Teachers' Association meeting urging all to attend.
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Board of Education
Bridgeport Teachers’ Association
Duncan to Head Factory Inspection Department
Hartford June 5 William F Duncan of Southington will be in charge of the factory inspection department upon the retirement of John J McPartland state factory inspector July 1 The department will be consolidated with the labor department when the change is announced by Commissioner of labor to be William S Hyde today
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Hartford
William F. Duncan
Southington
John J. McPartland
Labor Department
William S. Hyde
Hamilton Under Fire At Naval Academy Probe
Midshipman Stuart A. Hamilton faces possible court martial and dismissal from the U S Naval Academy amid a probe into alleged gouging during a modern languages final. Secretary Daniels and congressional officials heard the case with six other midshipmen. decision expected soon.
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U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Stuart A. Hamilton
H. H. Hamilton
Naval Service
Hamilton
Naval Academy
Representative Aelin
Virginia
Bridgeport High School
Fullam
Ralph McK. Nelson
New York
Chaplin E. Evans
Connecticut
L. P. Wessels
North Carolina
James E. Moss
Maryland
T. W. Harrison, Jr
D. E., Duncan
Michigan
Board of Inquiry
Robert Moss
Daniels
Midshipman
Nelson
President approves middies' dismissal in exam case
Washington June 5 President Wilson has approved the dismissal of two of seven midshipmen accused of culpable negligence in connection with use of advance information in examinations. Their names will be made public later by the navy department.
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Washington
Wilson
Navy Department
Prefers Losing $50 To Causing Clerk's Loss of Position
Mrs. L. A. Marston of 33 Cottage street reported to Bridgeport police that she used a $50 bill at a Main street drug store for a small purchase. She was told she had handed a $50 instead of a $5, and she remains about $50 poorer. She would rather lose the money than see the clerk discharged, and police investigations continue.
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Bridgeport
L. A. Marston
Cottage Street
Main Street
Kangaroo Tank Steamer Arrives With Submarine Vessel
New York reports the Kangaroo, a French tank steamer, arriving from Bordeaux. Designed to carry a submarine, it features opening bows for submarine entry and secure interior docking. The Kangaroo is the first of three vessels of its type.
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New York
Bordeaux
Aerial and Undersea Raids Stir Britain Amid Losses
London reports indicate German air and submarine attacks last night. American residents including M K Shaler received anonymous warnings to leave London, with calls to fill bathtubs with water. The War Office confirmed raids but did not name attacked towns. several ships and trawlers were sunk while crews were rescued.
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London
Robert P. Skinner
M. K. Shaler
Belgian Relief Commission
England
Jane
Berlin
Wilson Finishes Note to Germany on Lusitania Sinking
Washington reports President Wilson nearing completion of a new note to Germany over the Lusitania sinking. Cabinet approved the text, with minor phrasing changes expected before transmission to Berlin via Ambassador Gerard. Bryan indicated details would be released when the note goes forward.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Lusitania
Berlin
State Department
Gerard
Foreign Office
Bryan
Bridge site dispute as plans proceed without plan commission input
Stratford avenue bridge plans move ahead along the present route despite city plan commission opposition. Engineer plans ready by July, bids soon after. $2,811.77 borings approved. $400,000 bond sale urged. three real estate men to estimate property costs, with report pending.
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Bridge Commission
Stratford Avenue
City Plan Commission
War Department
Blackham
Common Council
Ex Soldier Slayings Linked and Liquor Prosecutor Appointed
Stratford gains John J. Corr as liquor prosecutor as Ivan L. Morehouse moves to Stratford town court. Interpreting reports from Bridgeport, authorities seek Antonio DeLisa in connection with Thomas Daine's death. Coroner Phelan opens inquiry into Doine's fatal head injury at Ams Co. plant amid witness accounts.
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John J. Corr
Stratford
Ivan L. Morehouse
New
Stratford Town Court
Corr
Antonio DeLisa
Bridgeport
Thomas Daine
New York
Boston
Phelan
Abarc
Doine
Giovanni Battesta Dadona
Ams Co
del Lisa
George B. Cowell
Francisco Franze
Welisa
T J. Pardy
T. J. Pardy Construction Co
Bridgeport Hospital
Gerard Scouts Story of Warnings in Berlin
Washington dispatch reports Ambassador Gerard in Berlin saying warnings for Americans to leave were based on embassy guidance that war zones in Europe are unsafe for U.S. citizens. Secretary Bryan notes the warnings echo long standing caution since the war began.
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Gerard
Berlin
Washington, Jans
State Department
Germany
Europe
Bryan
Aerial and Submarine Raids Stir England
London June 5 German air raids struck the English coast while German submarines operated in the North Sea and Bristol Channel. Ten vessels were attacked in three days, with one British vessel the Victoria lost and crewmen plus a boy passenger killed by shells. The Inkum, a 5,000 ton Liverpool steamer, was captured. Several neutrals including Danish Norwegian and Swedish ships were sent to the bottom. Austro German forces advanced toward Tulibha northeast of Przemysl as Russians fought stubbornly on the railway fronts. Continued on Page Two.
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Enghend
British Isles
War Office
Oii
Little Boy
Lowestoft
Norwich
Horace
Economy
North Sea
Ena May
Peterhead
Strathbran
George and
Mary
London
England
Przemysl
Bristol Channel
Tulbhia
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Warren Bros. CO
Duncan
McPartland
City
British War Office
Arranza
Vera Crus
Carranza
Mexico
Republic
Forday
J. Arusta
John P. Silliman
Villa
el Paso
Tex
Miguel Diaz Lombardo
Chihuahua
Commission
Ivan Morehouse
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
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