Stratford Plans Mass Red Cross Fund Drive
Stratford will raise five thousand dollars for the Red Cross during Red Cross week. A mass meeting is set for Sunday in Stratford with Wheeler and Wilson band from Stratford Center to Read Hill for a concert. George A. Fairchild will preside and introduce Chaplain Orville A. Petty. In case of rain the event moves to the Congregational church. Six teams of ten will solicit funds with three teams led by women and three by men.
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Stratford
Red Cross
Wheeler and Wilson
Stratford Center
Read Hill
Strathead Boy Scouts
Bonor
George A. Fairchild
Orville A. Petty
Mr. Petty
Execuive
Cause of Humanity
Great Red Cross Fund
Stratford Marks Big Red Cross Campaign Kickoff
The town of Stratford with 15 000 residents will host a mass meeting to launch the Red Cross drive and daily progress reports will be sent to Red Cross Headquarters in New York. The event offers Stratford a chance to surpass neighboring towns and its strong Liberty Loan subscription record.
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Red Cross
New York
Stratford
Liberty Loan
Liberty Bond Drive Reveals varied NY Patriotism
In New York street corner meetings Liberty Bond salesmen attract diverse donors. A widow with an only son vows to buy bonds for soldier clothes, a laborer hopes to support a war effort though out of work, and a sick woman offers small installments. A man says he is too old to fight but will take a chance, while others pay priorities to keep the nation strong. A large $10,000 check lands amid $1,000 asks as the bond drive proceeds amid civic fervor.
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New York
Liberty Bond
Eeere
Georgetown University
Race Track Bonds Fail to Draw Investors at Belmont Park
A group of salesmen tried to sell bonds to Belmont Park spectators on Saturday during the race meet. While fans offered cash for pony bets, the bond pitch failed to attract buyers, leaving the salesmen disappointed and disillusioned by the crowd's focus on gambling.
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Belmont Park
Western Union Ordered to Equalize Rates
The Interstate Commerce Committee ruled that Western Union Telegraph Co. must equalize its rates for transmitting messages for Commercial Cable Co. and Central & South American Telegraph Co. by August 1. The Commercial Cable Co. petition for reparations was denied as rates were not shown to be unreasonable.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
Commercial Cable Co
South America
Central and South American Telegraph Co
Interstate Commerce Committee
Western Union
Commercial
Eighteen Dead In Factory Collapse At Munition Plant
Paris reports eighteen killed and sixty injured after a beam failed causing the third floor to drop in a munition factory. About 800 workers were inside when the structure collapsed. many escaped before the end came.
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Paris
Teach New Yorkers America is at War
New York begins a war education drive with 2,000 speakers as Francis G. Landon opens recruiting offices. The campaign aims to counter enlistment slackness by public education, noting high labor wages as a major recruiting obstacle in New York City.
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America
New York
United States
Francis G. Landon
New York City
Manufacturers to Pay Storage of War Goods
The Connecticut State Council of Defense approved a plan to fund the storage of war materials bought by the federal government from private firms. The Storage Committee, led by Bissell, will seek subscriptions from manufacturers ranging from 25 to 200 dollars to hire experts and cover expenses. Government storage facilities are currently inadequate, risking delays as goods await storage and transport. Plans for Chicago’s new medical school, funded at 5 500 000 dollars, were also announced.
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Connecticut State Council of Defense
Federal Munitions Board
Bissell
Washington
Germany forces U S women to leave country
Copenhagen June 15 Michael J. Stark of Chicago an employee of International Harvester Co in Neuss Prussia arrived here last night after finally obtaining a passport. He notes Americans face passport refusals until the war ends while German authorities urge American women to depart. A Duluth singer Miss Stozilius, hired by Mannheim Opera, was released from her contract due to the war.
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Copenhagen
Michael J. Stark
Chicago
International Harvester Co
Neuss
Prussia
Germany
America
Miss Stozilius
Duluth
Mannheim Opera
Bread may last till new harvest
London dispatches report the Food Department announced that after spring sowing ended and a survey of the old harvest, talks on Romanian grain imports confirm ration continuation until the new harvest. Potatoes remain scarce and will be replaced by flour or bread.
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London
Berlin
Food Department
Husted Divorce Trial Set After Week of Delay
Jessie Shepard Husted sues Mills H. Husted of Greenwich for cruelty. Trial scheduled to begin next Tuesday in superior court after absence of Greenwich defendant’s New Haven attorney. Local wedding gift ads follow with mantel clocks cut glass and engagement rings from M J Buechler at 48 Fairfield Avenue.
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Jessie Shepard Husted
Mills H. Husted
Greenwich
Superior Court
David Fitzgerald
New Haven
Greenwich Society
Rogers and Oneida
M. J.buechler
Fairfield Avenue
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Joseph P. Coughlin CO
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State License Inc
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Highland Spring
Bridgeport
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United States Tires
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