Connecticut May Adopt State Draft to Augment Guard Strength
Hartford discusses a state draft to fill Connecticut National Guard units beyond federal quotas. Gov Holcomb and the state council of defense weigh using a state conscription to raise the guard, in light of shortages in infantry and coast artillery. Secretary Hewes informs Gov Wilson of the Hartford meeting to finalize Connecticut’s quota.
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Bridgeport
Connecticut National Guard
United States
National Council of Defense
Hartford
National Guard
Apru Awarang Wis Ucuio Iui
Ashly Seasin
Holcomb
State Council of Defense
Wilson
Thomas Hewes
Connecticut
Coast Artillery Corps
Regular Army
Navy
War Department
Infantry
Coast Artillery’corps
Adjutant General
Prominent Bridgeport Society Man in Manicure Suit Divorce Hearing
In a Bridgeport divorce case, Mrs. Husted denies receiving letters from Lawrence Cornwall and other correspondents. Attorney Fitzgerald fights to admit letters as evidence while the witness recounts alleged trips and past associations, including visits to Greenwich and New Haven. The hearing continues.
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Bridgeport
David B. Fitzgerald
New Hichins
Husted
Lawrence
Laurence Cornwall
Cornwalls
Greenwich
Theo Homestead
Hot Springs
Fitzgerald
Cornwall
Curtis
Bem
Conroy
New Haven
Chester
Billie Birks
Garde
Lawrence Berry
Busted
Miss
New Ha ‘Ven
Aisepey
CROP CRISIS AND WAR RELIEF DRIVE FOR BRIDGEPORT
Prolonged drought and heat threaten German crops as a vast Red Cross fundraising drive launches across Bridgeport. Teams report varied subscriptions totaling 17,581 with 52,851 initial nucleus. city aims to reach 300,000 for national Red Cross relief. Prolonged drought limits rain, grain crops fail around Berlin, and Dutch reports warn of near total German crop failure amid wartime strain.
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Red Cross
Stratfield Hotel
Bridgeport
Stratfield
Copenhagen
Germany
Berlin
Jung
Weather Bureau
Oder River
Hamburg
Berlin Kreuz Zeitung
London
Amsterdam
Ribe Liftstiende
Prussia
Issue Appeal to Women for Help
Washington June 19 The nation wide drive to raise 100 million dollars for the Red Cross was in full swing with indications of generous contributions from across the country. Campaign committees in many cities reported sums exceeding their allotted amounts and a large clerical force worked at Red Cross headquarters chalking returns on the bulletin boards. Boardman appealed to the women of America for support.
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Washington
Red Cross
Weather Update Partly Cloudy With Showers Possible
Partly cloudy conditions persist with the possibility of local showers tonight or Wednesday morning. No widespread rain expected, but brief showers may affect outdoor plans. Temperatures not provided in the readable text.
Food and Hoover argue over food control bill amid shipping war
In New York and Washington on June 19 the Archbold oil tanker was sunk by a submarine with four crew lost, while Herbert Hoover defended a food administration bill before Congress. Hoover said the plan would organize resources, curb middlemen profits, and stabilize prices without creating a dictatorship, and outlined proposed commissions for flour and sugar to ensure supplies for Allies and the United States.
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New York
John OD. Archbold
Standard Oil Co
Archbold
John D. Archbold
France
John D.archbold
Havre
Rouen
Washington
State Department
Herbert C. Hoover
Congress
Hoover
North America
Germany
United States
England
Cuba
Sugar Commission
Gages
Matt Agricultural Committee
Reed
Missouri
Poles Press for Independence From German Rule
June 19 Copenhagen reports Poles in the Austrian parliament push for independence from stern German policy. They threaten to vote against the budget and war credit, challenging Premier Clam Martinic and Foreign Minister Czernin. The crisis alarms Germany, with mixed Vienna and German newspaper reactions.
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Copenhagen
Vienna
Vossische Zeitung
Clam-Martinio
Count Czernin
Vossische Zeitung Uécreamodinent
Clam| Martinic
Elment
Germany
Cologne
Reichsrat suspended after pro Germans clash with Poles
In Zurich on June 19 the Vienna Reichsrat session is described with deputies claiming Poles were hanged by German orders. Polish deputy Danzinski cites the Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung. tension erupts as Pan Germanist Heine calls for more hangings, prompting Slav and Polish members to rush the speaker and suspend the sitting amid uproar.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Danzinski
Vienna
Reichsrath
Arbeiter Zeitung
Striberny
Heine
Bridgeport High School to Graduate 203 Students
Bridgeport High School will graduate a class of 203 members on Thursday evening, June 28. Enrollment projections suggest a total school population near 1,300 for next year with the 750 new freshmen and about 651 continuing to advanced work, plus 75 to 100 parishioner pupils entering the first year. Schedules may run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to accommodate all, with facilities built for 1,500 pupils.
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Bridgeport High School
Bridgeport
Morgan & Co. Transfer $11 Million to Britain
New York reports another $11,000,000 in gold from Canada credited to Great Britain through J. P. Morgan & Co. The transfer underscores ongoing financial support during wartime.
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J. P. Morgan & CO
Britain
New York
Canada
Great Britain
President Wilson Urges Red Cross Week in Bridgeport
Clifford B. Wilson, mayor of Bridgeport, relays a message from President Woodrow Wilson urging civic support for Red Cross Week and the $100,000,000 Red Cross war fund, tying contributions to Liberty Loan support and wartime sacrifice.
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Wilson
RED Cross
Clifford B. Wilson
Bridgeport
Liberty Loan
America
Woodrow Wilson
Guardsman Shot by Two Dynamiters in Montana Tunnel Assault
Missoula Montana June 19 Private I Haines a National Guardsman was shot in the foot last night during a clash with two men who attempted to force entry into a nearby railroad tunnel beside a power team. Haines ordered them to halt and they fired about two dozen shots before he was wounded.
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Missoula
Mont
I. ‘. Haines
National
No Lives Lost When Toronto Vessel Sinks
Detroit June 19 The steamer Nati Tonco of Toronto sank in the Detroit River after a collision with the passenger steamer United States. There were no casualties.
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Toronto
Detroit
Detroit River
United States
Alaskan Volcanoes in Violent Action
Seward Alaska June 19 The Pavlof and Shishaldin volcanoes on the Alaskan peninsula were in violent action late in May and early in June according to word brought here today by the steamer Dora.
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Seward
Alaska
Pavlof
Shishaldin
Alaskan Peninsula
Dora
Shipping board awards 16 steel steamers contracts
The United States shipping board let contracts to Moore & Scott Ironworks of Oakland for immediate construction of 16 steel steamers of 3,400 tons each. The company estimates the contracts involve 25 million to 30 million dollars.
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San Francisco
Uniited States Shipping Board
Moore & Scott Ironworks
Oakland
Washington
Treasury Receipts Surpass Billion Dollar Mark
Washington reports ordinary receipts of the treasury exceed one billion dollars for the first time in U S history in a fiscal year. The total to date reaches 1 015 281 817 dollars, compared with 660 400 953 a year ago, amid plans to raise war revenues.
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Washington
Treasury
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Gore
Agricultural Committee
Sheppard
Texas
Mr. Hoover
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STERN
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