Yanks and French relations amid wartime propaganda
Edward M Thierry reports from Regan France on how German propaganda aided by French merchants and perceived by Americans sparked tension. The piece argues two French classes profit from high prices while a third, the peasants and children, show appreciation for American aid and the war effort.
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Edward
M .Thierry
Regan
France
United States
America
Treapa
Propeganda
Germany
Candy firms boom as July 1 draws near
June notes a surge of new candy firms forming with July 1 looming. A $50,000,000 candy corporation reportedly filed papers and paid a $25,000 tax while movie concerns and auto companies join the scramble for sweetmen, signaling rapid growth in the sector.
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ANDY
NEA
Abbany
Judgin
Ant Mobile
Chinese Wife to Rejoin: Navy Lieutenant Plans Orient Life
Lieutenant Commander William C. Dronberger of the U S Navy expects to reunite with his Chinese wife as peace arrives. She came to America in 1906 and studied four years before meeting him in Shanghai with the Asiatic squadron. They plan to spend their remaining days in the Orient.
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Wi Cononberger
Mayor urges new disposal plant and river shore cleanup
The mayor told the Board of Aldermen that a second sewage disposal plant on the east side of the river is recommended to keep shores and harbor clean. He called for West End land at the disposal plant to be made into a park with a crossing to Seaside park. Bridges on Stratford avenue and Grand street will be completed and opened within two months. City Attorney reported Fred L. Uhie will withdraw his appeal if awarded 27 120 damages after an initial 23 500 award. An Alderman urged action on the Trumbull Road railroad crossing to install an electric bell.
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Bostwick Avenue
Board of Aldermen
West Ind
Seaside Park
Stratford Avenue
Grand Street
Comiey
Common Council
Fred L. Uhie
Board of Appraisal of
McManus
Trumbull Road
Bunnell
Lower Reservoir
Public Utilities Commission
Widows suit over crash with Connecticut Co at Park Avenue
Mrs Sarah H Arnold widow of Capt George H Arnold sues Connecticut Company alleging injuries from a Park Avenue car incident last September. She claims the motorman failed to stop at Park and Fairfield, threw her to the ground and caused severe injuries. Action returnable in Superior Court this month.
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Rom
Park
Avenue Las
Sarah
H. Arnold Say
Hearing Suit For Eight Thousand Three Hundred Dollars
John W Banks presided in a Superior Court committee hearing today over Bernith Sacks suit against Jennie Nassenbaum for 8300 dollars. Plaintiff claims finished materials and labor for a building section in the North ad above amount. Defendant contends construction was per contract and satisfactory.
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Superior Court
John W. ‘Banks
Oday
Bernith
Prisoners Start in on Farming Work
New Haven June 2 The first contingent of prisoners from the county jail will be sent to county farmers for farm labor tomorrow under guard. County commissioners and jail officials met today to inventory equipment as preparations begin for the distribution of prisoners to farms.
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New Haven
New Jar
Frahwerk starts ten year espionage term in Leavenworth
Jacob Frahwerk former editor of the Missouri Staats Zeitung begins a ten year sentence at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary after a one day respite to see his daughter laid to rest. He was convicted last June for editorials favoring Germany and opposing American troop deployment to France.
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Kansas City
Bowers
Jacob Frahwerk
Missouri Staats Zeitung
Federal
Leaven- Morth
Germany
France
Men Remove Tires From Automobile in Shelton
P. L Getety, a local businessman, saw two men outside his home in Shelton on June 2 removing tires from his car. They fled when challenged, taking with them a valuable overcoat left on the front seat. The report also notes anticipated disclosures in the Dorsen bankruptcy case, with trustee Frank T. Staples expected to present a new witness at the next hearing.
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Shelton
P. L Getety
Dorsen
Frank T. Staples
Abraham Dorsen
New York Cotton Exchange to observe holiday rule change
New York June 2 The New York Cotton Exchange says it will not share the New Orleans market holiday as during the war. A by law rule allows the board to permit a similar price shift here if New Orleans moves more than 200 points on a day New York is closed.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
Rosa Luxemburg’s Body Found in Canal Near Berlin
The body of Rosa Luxemburg, radical socialist murdered in Berlin earlier this year with Karl Liebknecht, has been recovered from the Landwehr Canal. It had been lodged behind the dike, delaying divers.
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Rosa Luxemburg
Berlin
Karl~ Liebknecht
Landwehr Canal
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M. Pat Benazar
Chamibe of Deputies
le Fayette
Hera
Shinese
U.S. Naval Office
Arnold
Connecticut CO
Frison Team
N. Y
New Orleans Exchange
Paris
A.stein & Company Makers
Chicago
Crouch & Plassman Wholesale
Kovar Distributors
Howard Ave
Bridgeport, Conn
Piels Kovar
Seautimly Capwene
Cae
THE
Hughes and Chapman CO
Stratford Ave
Brdgepor
Burlap & Twine
Stilliman Pike Barnum
Main ‘Street
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