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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1918
Page
4
Hot ashes dumped in a wooden ash box started a fire at 120 Poplar Street, damaging John Panttizi’s home by about 25 dollars. The alarm was pulled from box 216 at Fairfield Avenue and Poplar Street and responded to by Company Five early yesterday afternoon.
Amsterdam reports German papers mark the first anniversary of US entry into World War I. Articles debate the wisdom of American involvement and accuse Wilson of anti German sentiment. Critics claim the U boat threat may end entente shipping reserves in months.
Stratford April 7 Specially On Saturday morning Hoy Scouts in automobiles posted Liberty bond posters. The Congregational church named stars for each family with a boy in service. A water main break near the railroad bridge disrupted traffic, washing sand onto trolley tracks. War bulletin boards, erected by the National Council of Defense, display war news and names. Local residents returned from breaks, schools reopen, and baseball practice starts as Easter vacation ends.
Reported arrests of revolutionists who attempted to invade Costa Rica at Villa Conception. Leader Ville reportedly disappeared. Revolutionaries well supplied with arms. government probing supply sources. Nicaragua residents in Castu Itlen being forcibly recruited. President Tinoca reportedly has 4000 under arms amid wartime losses. Weser Zeitung notes America falling short of Entente expectations.
Milford launches a structured Liberty Loan drive from April 6 to 30 with captains and 25 teams. Leaders from Milford Trust and local committees explain terms, maps, and weekly payments while a parade opens the campaign. Milford aims to reach its $125,000 quota, aided by factories, schools, Red Cross, and Boy Scouts as community groups rally for the effort.
Stamford reports P. Diana of Sound Beach has openly criticized pro German groups and the Kaiser. Early today he found a German note under his door warning against further agitating. This is the fourth such note since April 1. Diana cannot read German and says earlier threats have followed similar patterns. He dismisses the scare, recalling a past dynamite incident at his home. In another item, Carming Petrillo is jailed in $1,000 bail on possible white slavery charges after involvement with Jennie Horton of Troy.
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