Registration drives across Bridgeport mobilize men 21 to 41
Bridgeport joins nationwide call to register 10 million volunteers as crowds form at city halls. Officials report heavy turnout, multilingual registrars, and police guards keeping order. First certificates issued by noon. officials expect nationwide tallies by days end.
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IBY Company
Kaiser
Wilson
Bridgeport
H Im
Morton Sterling
Bridgeport Equal Franchise League
Women’s Council of National Defense
W. H. Sveley
Elizabeth Seeley
Council Chamber
Home Guard
Bridgeport Near Three Million in Liberty Loan Subscriptions
Bridgeport’s Liberty Loan subscriptions neared 3 million dollars by noon today. Charles G. Sanford, Fairfield county committee chair, said the figure would be reached soon. The campaign aims for a 5 million goal with efforts ongoing through June 15 despite skepticism. Over 1.125 million is on deposit at the First Bridgeport National Bank. The Slovak Gymnastic Union of Bridgeport bought 20 thousand dollars in bonds via American Bank & Trust Co.
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Bridgeport
Liberty Loan
Charles G. Sanford
Fairfield County Committee
Sbridgeport
First Bridgeport National Bank
Slovak Gymnastic Union of Bridgeport
American Bank & Trust Co
Plotter's Trial May Bring Out More Evidence
New York reports police have strong leads linking the German wireless system to plans for wireless outfits intended to convey information to Berlin and depart for Mexico. Investigators say papers found at homes of arrestees show agents assembling wireless parts in a downtown storeroom, later moved to a tea and coffee warehouse. Henry Frencke, an electrical engineer, and four others face postal law conspiracy charges as authorities disclose 150 wireless outfit plans and a man who approved supply bills. Frencke, once a Hamburg American Line engineer, allegedly delivered letters from Germans to sailors for routing to Germany.
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New York
Henry Frencke
Mexico
South America
O. K
Frencke
Manhattan
Hoboken
Brooklyn
Germany
Pair Accused of Passing Bad Coin in East Side
George Bushy and Louis Stamon were arrested at the Remington Arms barracks by Capt. George Coley and Detective Kane for allegedly flooding the East Side with counterfeit 25 and 50 cent pieces. A large stack of spurious coins was found on them at the station and police plan home searches for the coinmaking machine and further evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bushy
Louis Stamon
Stratford Avenue
Remington Arms Co
George Coley
Kane
Remington Arms
Four Teens Take Gas Without Payment Near West and Fairfield
Four young men in a New York registered car stopped at a gas station at West and Fairfield avenues. They obtained four gallons of gasoline, waved to the attendant, and drove off without paying.
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New York
West and
Fairfield Avenues
Bassick Co absorbs three concerns forming large hardware maker
The M B Schenck Co of Meriden Universal Works of Newark NJ will be absorbed by the Bassick Co of Bridgeport newly incorporated with 6 million capital to manufacture hardware. Officers include Edgar W Bassick president W A Schenck vice president and W R Bassick treasurer. The Burns Bassick M B Schenck and Universal Caster Fndry Co become branches of the new corporation which may grow to include more firms. The company will not manufacture war munitions and aims to produce iron steel copper wood and other material based items.
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M. B. Schenck Co
Meriden
Universal Works
Newark
N. J
Bassick Co
Bridgeport
Edgar W. Bassick
W. A. Schenck
W. R. Bassick
W. F. Burns
H. Knapp
F. C. Bassick
A. E. Lhelisle
N. W. Cumming
D. B. Diss
Burns & Bassick Co
Universal Caster & Foundry Co
Bassick Company
Bressick Co
Hartford Draft Protester Arrested at Union Station
A man identified as Louis Brodyat, 410 Central Park West New York, a commercial traveler, was arrested at Hartford Union Station for displaying anti draft material. He is held without bail for a hearing before U. S. Commissioner Richard J. Carroll, with claims of arrival from Springfield. No other dangerous papers were found.
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Hartford
Louis Brodyat
Central Park
West
New York City
Union Station
United States
Richard J. Carroll
Brodgat
Springfield
Dooley
Broidgat
Lang
Carroll
Brodyat
Russian
Poland
Providence
Riots Quelled by Militia at Joliet Prison Ill
Rioting at Joliet state prison 40 miles from Chicago prompted temporary Warden Bowen to seek militia aid. Federal troops were deployed to Joliet to quiet the unrest as three fires burned and soldiers moved to clear inmates from blaze and cell rooms.
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Chicago
Joliet
A. L. Bowen
Tll
Eee
French Chamber Demands Restoration of Alsace Lorraine
Paris parliament votes 453 to 55 in secret session to restore Alsace Lorraine to France and back a league of nations. Declarations stress justice and permanent peace, with Ribot urging unanimous support and rejection of secret diplomacy.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
France
League of Nations
Paul Deschanel
Klotz, Charles
Dumont
Paclaists
Soverei
Ribot
Dumont-Klotz
Republic of the
United States
German destroyer sunk as Tyrwhitt squadron clash ensues
The admiralty reports six German destroyers engaged Commodore Tyrwhitt's force in a running fight. One enemy destroyer, the S-20, was sunk and another badly damaged. Seven survivors were captured with no British casualties. Ostend base bombardments by British ships were unopposed and effective.
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Com. Tyrwhitt
London
Tyrwhitt
Admiralty
Ostend
Dover
French Recover Losses on Aisne Front
Paris reports on June 5 that French forces recaptured positions northwest of Froidmont farm on the Aisne front after German capture. The war office notes violent nighttime artillery fighting in Champagne near Mont Carnillet and the Casque with a spirited attack restoring some trenches.
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Paris
Froidmont Farm
Aisne
War Office
Champagne
Braye En Laonnois
Mont Carnillet
Casque
Allies repulsed on Bank of Vardar front
Sofia reports on June 5 that the Macedonian front saw repeated enemy assaults repulsed. The War Office notes on the right bank of the Vardar four French attacks were beaten back with heavy losses after artillery bombardment, citing around 300 dead before barbed wire entanglements. The report also mentions repulsed British attacks in another sector.
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Sofia
London
Macedonia
War Office
Vardar
Minor raids reported on British front in France
London reports only slight operations with hostile raiding parties driven off southeast of Lens and south of Armentieres. The British lines left several enemy dead and captured a number of prisoners during raids south and east of Ypres.
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London
France
Lens
Armentieres
Ypres
Seaplanes Report Safe Return After Raid Near Ghent
London reports continued Allied strikes on Belgium targets. Naval aircraft attacked the St Denis Westrem aerodrome near Ghent with many bombs dropped. Seaplane base at Zeebrugge and shipping at Bruges were also bombed. All planes returned safely.
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London
Belgium
St. Denis Westrem
Ghent
Zeebrugge
Bruges
Italian Losses Put At 180000 In Isonzo Battle
Vienna reports the official tally from the tenth Isonzo battle shows Italian losses about 180000 with 160000 killed or wounded and 16000 prisoners taken. The front near Jamiano and Arco saw heavy combat while Italian positions around Mount Kuk and Jamiano were captured by the enemy.
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Vienna
London
Igonzo
Jamiano
Trieste
Repo
Gorizia
Faiti
Arco
Tyrol
Isonzo
Mount Kuk
Italy
Policeman Bolger Fights Two Gangsters in Lexington Street
In court this morning Romano and an accomplice assaulted Policeman Walsh, with Bolger firing as Romano fled. The defendant Romano was found guilty, fined fifty dollars and two months in jail. his partner remains at large.
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Bolger
Carmine Romano
Harral Avenue
Thomas Walsh
Romano
Lexington Avenue
Walsh
Poles Form New Polish Army Within French Forces
President Poincare signed a decree creating a Polish army inside the French force. Poles serving in France will form the nucleus and others will be invited to enlist for the war. They will fight under the Polish flag, be organized like the French army, and financed by the French government.
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Paris
Poincare
Weather forecast: showers tonight and Wednesday
The forecast calls for showers tonight and Wednesday with cooler conditions on Wednesday. Southeast winds become moderate, bringing softer air and a cooler feel across the area.
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Boy Scouts
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U. S
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