Tax on profits of newspapers may be dropped
Bridgeport leaders warn the city must raise about 200000 for Red Cross war relief as nationwide drive nears. Hartford New Haven have pledged around 200000 each while Waterbury reported 400000 total. Senate finance committee may revisit and keep a 5 percent tax on net newspaper profits but could drop it amid objections to higher postage.
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Bridgeport
Red Cross
War Hand Campaign Committee
United States Army
Navy
Wilson
Waterbury
Hartford
New Haven
T. M. Read Co
Fairfield Avenue
Main Street
Stratfield
Dean Grown
Yale University
John G. Coyle
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Renrose
Agered Gate
Proclamation Urges Bridgeport Support for Red Cross
Mayor Wilson will issue a proclamation Monday commending Bridgeport people and the Red Cross during a special week. The document outlines the Red Cross efforts and calls upon the city to donate to the humane cause and participate in patriotic fundraising.
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Wilson
Bridgeport
Red Cross Movement
Red Cross
Stratford to Host Red Cross Parade June 17 in Town
Stratford plans a June 17 parade featuring bands soldiers and Boy Scouts to support the Red Cross drive. Grand Marshal W H Hart leads a civic committee with Lt Fred Atwood and C L G officers plus local citizens. The march forms at 3 p m on Main Street and ends at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument with prayers remarks and the national anthem.
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Stratford
Old Town
Erican Red Depth
W. H. Hart
Boy Scouts of America
Wheeler & Wilson
Fred Atwood
Marcia Phillips
Orville Petty
C. N. G. Americas
E. C. Carpenter
F. M. Patterson
C. G. Gunther
Elliott W
Expect Quick Vote on River and Harbor Bill
Under Speaker Clark’s injunction to speed action the House debated the $29,000,000 river and harbor bill. Leaders aimed for a final vote tonight. if not, the bill would be laid aside for the food control bill.
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Washington
Clark
House
Decision on Food Control Bill Monday
Washington reports that the food control bill was sent to the Senate without committee recommendation following President Wilson's call for immediate action. The measure may be brought up for decision on Monday.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Pershing Begins Army Headquarters Work in Paris
Paris June 18 Major General Pershing arrives at the new American army quarters in Rue de Constante near the Invalides and meets General Petain for lunch after three days of French honors. He lays a wreath at the Picpus cemetery and receives praise from Marquis de Chambrun for the Lafayette lineage.
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Paris
France
Gen. Petain
Gen. Pershing
Picpus
Marquis de Chambrun
Marquis de Lafayette
United States
America
Lafayette
Red Cross Receives Eight Ambulances for France
Chicago June 16 Eight ambulances for services in France have been presented to the Red Cross by E J Mc Coy of Chicago.
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Chicago
France
The
Red Cross
E. J. McCoy
Ugron Named Interior Minister in Hungary Cabinet
Budapest telegram reports Gabriel Ugron appointed minister of the interior in the new Hungarian cabinet. Amsterdam dispatch confirms the appointment dated June 16.
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Ugron
Amsterdam
Budapest
Gabrial Ugron
Winter vacation in public schools under coal shortage
Bridgeport schools may shift the annual vacation to winter due to coal shortages. Col. Elmer H. Havens says the board had not taken up the plan, but the city may need to adopt it. Several thousand tons of coal are needed to heat schools this winter and dealers report no coal available.
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Bridgeport
Elmer H. Havens
Board of Education
New York
Col. Havens
S.J. Slawson
Frederick Smith
Root Mission Stirs U S Bid to Shape Russia Peace Terms
Washington awaits the Root mission as talks begin with Russia’s Petrograd government and US Russia negotiations. Officials note the council of soldiers and workers delegates is not the sole voice. peasants and business leaders back wartime prosecution, while Root aims to act cautiously to gain influence on Russia’s course.
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Washington
Ruasig
State Department
American Commission
Russia
Petrograd
Council of Soldiers
Council of Delegates
American Chamber of Commerce
Root
Belgium Mission to America Arrives in United States
Belgium's official mission to the United States arrived at an Atlantic port. It is led by Baron Moncheur former minister to the United States and now head of the political bureau of the Belgian foreign office in Havre.
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Belgium
United States
Baron Moncheur
Unow
Havre
Hold Local Man As Burglars Accomplice
Louis Raabe of Lindley Street was arrested in Reading Pennsylvania by Pinkerton detectives for alleged involvement with the Johnson brothers in multiple jewelry robberies. He is held for trial in New Brunswick. The Johnson brothers remain jailed in Norwich awaiting trial for a robbery following their escape from New Brunswick.
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Louis Raabe
Lindley Street
Reading
Pinkerton
Johnson Brothers
Newswick
N. J
Norwich
Raabe
New Brunswick
Johnsons
Sleeper's Watch Stolen in Home Burglary
Irving Richmond of 88 Broad Street reported a burglary in which a thief entered his room while he slept and stole a gold watch and 14 dollars from his trousers pocket. The incident was reported to the police today.
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Irving Richmond
Broad Street
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Soar in New England and Bridgeport
Bridgeport's Liberty Loan total reaches 4.98 billion with Stratford adding 72 million and Bridgeport proper at 4.909 billion. New England subscriptions exceed 26 million districtwide with estimates between 270 and 300 million, while officials note many small contributors bought 50 and 100 dollar bonds.
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Philippines
Bridgeport
Stratford
Federal Reserve
First Bridgeport National Bank
Bridgeport Trust Co
Connecticut National Bank
City National Bank
T. L. Watson & Co
American Bank & Trust Co
James Staples & Co
Stratford Trust Co
Hincks Bros.*& Co
Liberty Loan
N. Penrose Hallowell
New England Liberty Loan Committee
Liberty Loan Committee
New England
Boston Federal Reserve Bank
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Financial
New York
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
McAdoo
Secretar McAdoo
Ex-police officer faces trial for intimidating witnesses
Michael Annunzita 33 of 115 Jones Avenue was held for trial in superior court on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, bail set at 2000. He allegedly threatened saloon owner Fortunato Ridolfi and family to stop testimony after a previous swindle involving Gillespie. Ridolfi alerted Capt. Cronan. Annunzita was arrested June 3 after police complaints and prior discharge by police commissioners.
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Michael Annunzita
Jones Avenue
Frederic Bartlett
Amnrnzita
Fortunato Ridolfi
Middle Street
Montagana Gillespie
Brooklawn Avenue
Ridolfi
Annunzita
E. O. Cronan
Cronan
Alexander DeLaney
Detective Bureau
Gillespie
Fairfield Line
Waterbury
Focal Bank
Machinists plan 15 percent wage increase request
Beginning next week machinists in city shops will seek a 15 per cent raise. A meeting will set a standard work schedule while workers oppose varying hours. If the Lever food bill passes by July 1, a general strike may follow, says Business Agent Samuel Levit.
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Congress
Samuel Levit
Machinists’ Union
Soldiers toast Pershing as army pardons minor offenses
Paris reports the army committee of the chamber of deputies adopted a resolution to remit all outstanding punishments for minor army offenses in Pershing's honor. The measure also asks for an extra pint of wine for soldiers to celebrate the American general's arrival.
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Paris
Army Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Weather forecast reads warmer tonight and Sunday
The forecast calls for warmer temperatures tonight and Sunday with mild to warm conditions. No precipitation is expected and daytime highs may reach the upper 70s.
Transport with Escort Is Sunk by a German Sub
Paris reports the transport Annam, 6,075 tons, built in 1899 and owned in Marseilles, torpedoed in the Ionian Sea on June 14 while under escort. Bombs were dropped toward the submarine, which did not surface. The Annam was towed but sank within hours. there were no casualties.
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Ionian Sea
Paris
Marseilles
German Sub Sinks Japanese Steamer with 29 Lost
The Japanese steamer Tansan, 2415 tons gross, built in 1894, sailing from Boston May 9 to Manchester, Eng., was sunk by a German submarine. Captain Nichikawa and 27 crew members, all Japanese, are believed dead. The Tansan, unarmed, carried a general cargo and was under charter to Patterson Wylde & Co. of Boston. ship and cargo valued at 1,600,000 dollars.
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Boston
Manchester
Eng
Nichikawa
Patterson, Wylde & Co
Sir Charles Tennant
Russia renews fighting along eastern front gains in Galicia and Volhynia
The war office reports increased Russian fighting in East Galicia and Volhynia with activities continuing at several points. In the Italian theater no major changes. in Carinthia artillery fire rose in the Ploecken sector, a Monte Rombon attack was repulsed, and artillery on the Sette Camini plateau grew more violent.
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Vienna
Father and Son of New Britain on Steamer Sunk by Sub
Washington reports the Moreni was torpedoed on June 12 with the armed guard crew listed. Names include Thomas Ralph Smith gunner and Evan T. Smith, plus John Sylvester Long and John Francis Long, and the Liddles Ross Arthur and Joseph Agar Liddle with Evans Mills, New York.
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Father and Son of
New Britain
Washington
Thomas Ralph Smith
Evan T. Smith
John Sylvester Long
John Francis Long
Elm S&t
Conn
Ross Arthur Liddle
Joseph Agar Liddle
Evans Mills
Junk Dealer Arrested for Receiving Stolen Goods
Abe Fleishman, Pembroke street junk dealer, arrested on charges of receiving stolen property. Tony Domico, a street vendor at the carnival grounds, had his license suspended for buying stolen chewing gum from five boys. The youths face charges for stealing $100 lead piping from Lafayette street and stealing chewing gum from Nelson bakery on Myrtle Avenue.
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Abe Fleishman
Pembroke Street
Tony Domico
Lafayette Street
Nelson
Myrtle J Avenue
Fleishman
Fine Suspended In Case Of Mother Who Taught Boy To Rob
Mrs. Stella Vincinsky of 124 Grove Street faced Judge Bartlett in city court as her 14 year old son, sent to the reformatory for burglary and theft, accused her of supplying a bag and sending him out to rob. The mother, holding her three month old baby, received a $25 fine with costs suspended. The sentence was lenient.
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Rob
Stella Vincinsky
Grovestreet
Reformatory
Bartlett
Priority Shipment Bill Passed by Senate
The Senate approved the administrations priority shipment bill without a record vote. It would prevent obstruction of interstate commerce and allow the President to direct that shipments essential to the prosecution of the war receive transportation preference over railroads. The measure now goes to the House.
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Washington
Senate
Administrations
House
British Retain Posts Against Heavy Attacks
London reports a German assault on British positions south of the Ypres Comines canal was repulsed after heavy artillery bombardment. A few Germans who reached our trenches were killed or driven out, with British troops holding the line.
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London
Ypres Comines Canal
War Office
Ypres- Comines Canal
Jence
Italians Take Corno Cavento Fortified Austrian Stronghold
Rome reports Italian forces captured Corno Cavento a heavily fortified Austrian position in the eastern Trentino in an official war office statement. This advance marks a significant breakthrough in the region as Italian forces press toward Austrian lines.
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Rome
Corno Cavento
Trentino
Italian War Office
Changes In Russian Commanders at Front
Petrograd reports Admiral Madimoff, head of the Black Sea fleet, has left his post and will be replaced by Rear Admiral Verdervski. General Yutie vitch, chief in the Caucasus, is succeeded by General Prievaisky. Austrian espionage agents posing as parlementaires are arrested near Russian lines.
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Petrograd
Madimoff
Black Sea
Verdervski
Yutievitch
Consessus
Prievaisky
Parlementaires
Germans Seen Blockading Two Spanish Ports
A semi official note states the German submarine U 53 towed via Cadiz on June 11 was active outside Cadiz on June 12. A Norwegian steamer was torpedoed off Huelva and a Russian sailing vessel attacked between Lerache and Cadiz, prompting belief a group of submarines has been deployed to blockade Cadiz and Huelva.
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Paris
Cadiz
Huelva
Lé@rache
Huevia
Entire Petrolite Crew Safe After Submarine Attack
All crew and gunners of the American tank steamer Petrolite, reportedly sunk near Gibraltar by a German submarine, have been accounted for alive and reported well.
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Washington
Gibraltar
Bullecourt Region Sees More Fighting
Fresh engagements between British and German forces develop in the Bullecourt region and east of Monchy according to the German army headquarters official statement issued in Berlin.
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Bullecourt
Berlin
London
Monchy
French Repulse Raids on Heights of Meuse
Paris June 16 The French reprised several raids near hill 304 on the heights of the Meuse last night an official war office statement said this morning The artillery fire centered around Craslonne and Moet Carnilat was part of the action.
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Paris
Meuse
War Office
Craslonne
Moet Carnilat
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