Salute Rules for Officers and Enlisted Men Reach Debate
Military observers note confusion over flag salutes and officer salutes across branches. The 1917 Army drill regulations detail when to salute, how to address officers, and actions during meals, formations, and public venues, with specifics on armed versus unarmed salutes and the role of sentinels.
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Bridgeport
United States
United States Army
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Pia Wil
Uniformed salutes for national anthems and colors
The text sets honors for national anthems and flags. In uniform, service members uncover or salute as appropriate, with the headdress held opposite the left shoulder. Inclement weather allows a slight raise of the headdress. Officers and enlisted men render honors when passing uncased colors.
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United States
Registration Day For War Draws 21 To 30 Men
The article notes a single registration day on Tuesday June 5 1917 for men aged 21 to 30 inclusive. It stresses registration is a public duty distinct from the draft and that failure to comply risks imprisonment with no time allotted under the draft act.
D M Read Company Employees Banquet at Newtown Inn
Forty couples from The D M Read Co of Bridgeport traveled to Newtown for a Saturday night banquet and dance at the Newtown Inn. A full course dinner followed store closing, then music and dancing on polished floors. The event closed with happy remainders and calls for another such function. Committee members were Harry Wheldon, Eddie Florenzie, George Brown and William McLellan.
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Newtown Inn
D. M. Read Co
Bridgeport
Read's
Harry Wheldon
Eddie Florenzie
George Brown
William McLellan
Hibernians Plan Danbury Convention in August 1918
The biennial state convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and auxiliaries will be in Danbury in August 1918. Arrangements were made at a New Haven conference of the state board officers and county presidents yesterday.
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Ancient Order of Hibernians
Danbury
Amde
New Haven
Near death from bullet wounds in Waterbury assault case
Waterbury May 29 Michael Chicot of 735 South Main is at the point of death in St Marys hospital with two bullets in his intestines. His alleged assailant Augustine Salvatore of 54 French St is held without bail on a charge of assault with intent to kill, pending his injuries outcome. Atlantic City meanwhile suffered a prolonged blackout during a severe electric storm.
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Waterbury
Michael Chicot
South Main Street
St Mary’s Hospital
Augustine Salvatore
French St
Chicot
Woman found dead by own action aboard City of Lowell
The body of a well dressed woman about 35 believed to be Ann Wells of New London was found hanging in a stateroom aboard the steamer City of Lowell bound for New London. A penciled note described suffering and intent to end life in the Sound, with two sealed letters and a small handbag as belongings.
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New York
Ann Wells
New London
City of Lowell
Houston Street
North River
John Wood
Shevlin
Charles i Street
Dr. MacGoldrick
Riordan
Emma Barnes
Norwood Avenue
Conn
George Wells
Boni
Hartford
Woman Named May Barnes Tyler Dies by Own Hand
Mrs Edwin B Tyler formerly Miss May A Barnes of New London killed herself on the steamer City of Newell after weeks of mental trouble. Relatives say she had a prior stay at Norwich hospital for observation, though no treatment was deemed needed. She disappeared from home on May 22 and was later reported dead in New York.
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New London
Edwin B. Tyler
May A. Barnes
Lowell
New York
Norwich Hospital
Ben
Belgian officials refuse to serve under German order
In Havre on May 29 Belgian officials remaining after the invasion refuse to continue service under the German decreed administration. M Sauveur, secretary to the Minister of the Interior, resigns and is placed under the governor general as fixed residence in Germany. The Bon Ton theatre in Jersey City burned to the ground.
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Havre
France
M. Sauveur
Interior
Germany
Bon Ton Theatre
Jersey City
Coal Investigators Still Proceeding In Work
Washington May 29 No evidence to warrant additional proceedings against anthracite operators and dealers has so far been found. Attorney General Gregory told House Judiciary Chairman Webb in reply to Representative Dyer. Bituminous coal investigation has led to some indictments in New York and broader inquiries into price increases.
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Washington
Gregory
Webb
House Judiciary
Dyer
Missouri
New York
United States
Department
Senate orders inquiry into Mongolia accident
The Senate Naval Committee will investigate the Mongolia armed merchant ship disaster in which two American Red Cross nurses were killed. Senator Frelinghuysen’s resolution for a thorough inquiry was adopted, directing the panel to conduct the probe rather than a special committee.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Mongolia
Red Cross
Senate
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Mayer Subscribes Million to Liberty Bonds
Levy Mayer, a member of the Illinois state council of defense, subscribed yesterday to 1,000,000 dollars in Liberty bonds. He becomes the second council member to reach that amount after J. Ogden Armour, who had purchased 1,000,000 dollars a week earlier.
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Chicago
Levy Mayer
Sgn
Illinois State Council of Defense
J. Ogden Armour
Suspected murderer escapes after fatal coal yard attack
A colored man named Wilson dies at the hospital from a fractured skull after a quarrel at a coal yard in Derby. Police say Walter Dallard, also colored, struck Wilson with a shovel and then fled. Both men recently came from West Virginia. FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS JOHN REC. & SON
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Derby
Wilson
Walter Dallard
Dallard
West Virginia
Establish Status of Enemy Aliens Along the Boston Waterfront
Federal authorities opened an inquiry into the status of enemy aliens living near or employed on the Boston waterfront with plans to bar or relocate them. U S Marshal Mitchell cited protection of naval and merchant vessels as the aim while over 1,500 Germans in the state have sought permits to reside or work in barred zones.
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Boston
United States
Mitchell
Socialist Victor Berger Protest Fails Over Passports
Milwaukee socialist and ex congressman Victor Berger protested Secretary Lansing against denying passports to American socialists for a Stockholm peace meeting. He did not receive a passport but learned the United States had not changed its policy.
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Washington
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Congress
Lansing
Stockholm
Berger
Youth Injured in Sidecar Motorcycle Crash
East Lyme reports 17 year old Percy Mackay of Brooklyn riding in a side car en route to New London when the motorcycle overturned while dodging a skidding bike. He was taken to a New London hospital in serious condition with internal injuries.
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East Lyme
Percy Mackay
Brooklyn
New London
Absolutely New Method For Superfluous Hair
Advertisement touts a new method to remove hair with phelactine sticks sold by druggists. Claims imperceptible roots extraction, instant hairlessness, and no irritation. Trademark promises satisfaction or money back, priced at one cent per word.
Railroads play important part in Italian war
Rome May 293 The War department states 240 miles of narrow gauge railway lines completed on the Italian front. Soldiers and sailors in Albania have laid sixty miles of narrow gauge lines, built 180 miles of macadam roads in the first year. These roads traverse mountains and swamps and mark the first good roads in the region since ancient Rome.
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Rome
War Department
Albania
Danbury to Host 1918 Hibernian Convention
New Haven May 29 The Ancient Order of Hibernians and auxiliary groups will hold their next convention in Danbury in August 1918. The decision was adopted at a state board of officers and county presidents meeting.
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New Haven
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Auuiliary
Danbury
State Board of Officers
Death in Brooklyn Widows and Children Mourn Bertha Hurlburt Southwick
News from Newtown reports the death of Bertha Hurlburt Southwick of Brooklyn, widow of Edward Southwick. She leaves five young children, her mother, and four sisters. funeral arrangements and local condolences noted as families plan to move or host visitors. Dr N H Kiernan recovers from pneumonia and H B Perham is re elected head of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers after a close vote.
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Newtown
Grace Meyers
Edward Southwick
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bertha Hurlburt
Fred Leiss
Hurlbert
William Meyers
Josiah Tilson
Roy
Dorothy Meyers
Bertha McCarthy
Sandy Hook
Thomas Mickano
Bridsport
N. H. Kiernan
H. B. Perham
The
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
J. D. Bode
Boston
Paris Zoo Faces Food Crisis Sacrifices at Jardin des Plantes
Paris officials announce drastic measures to conserve fodder with the Paris city menagerie to be reduced. Every animal feeding on hay or grain, except rare replacements, will be killed to save fodder for horses and cattle and bread for the people. Some species like wild boars, the hind, and certain exotic animals will be sold or spared. Camels will be preserved due to their utility.
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Paris
Jardin Des Plantes
Algiers
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John Rec. & Son
Sec
Hibernian
John Beck & Son
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