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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
5
Hezekiah P. Porter Yale 1919 was killed in France on July 22 according to word received today. He was the son of the late Wallace Porter and grandson of the founder of B. and H. Scaville Inc., manufacturers here. Porter left Col.
NEW BRITAIN August 1 Schneider and Rubenstein wholesale bakers received notice from Sood Administrator Robert Scoville that their business must close Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. It is alleged they violated food rules by exchanging fresh bread for stale bread in a retail store.
Dayton Ohio August 1 employees of the Dayton Wright Airplane company the nation’s oldest builder of bi and battle planes celebrated completing and dedicating the 1000th aircraft for service in the 0 3% army figures.
William Sullivan, a salesman for Davis and Savard on Main Street, applied yesterday to Naturalization Clerk Munich for a passport to France. He plans to serve abroad with the Knights of Columbus as a camp secretary. The application was forwarded to the Department of State. The 5000 employees had a holiday with speeches from Governor Cox and company officials as the 1000th plane flew overhead. Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, praised airplane manufacturers for their wartime role.
Detroit dispatch records Henry Ford's Eagle T, the first of a submarine destroyer fleet, launched on River Rouge. The design emphasizes utility and low cost, with a 204 foot hull, steam turbine power, sheet metal construction, and eight foot draught. Ford praises disciplined teamwork and promises more ships ready to follow.
Battle Creek report states Captain Ralph Pillinger former construction quartermaster at Camp Custer was court martialled for conspiracy to defraud the United States in base hospital construction. He was sentenced to four years at Fort Leavenworth and dismissed from the service after a 20 year term was commuted.
Thomas W. Lamont of J P Morgan & Co buys the New York Evening Post from Oswald Garrison Villard and stockholders. He places control with three trustees led by Ellery Sedgwick while Rollo Ogden and Wendell Phillips Garrison remain in their roles. Willard continues as editor and proprietor of the Nation.
TERRE HAUTE Aug 1 Train No 21 westbound on the Pennsylvania railroad for St Louis left the track in the east yards. One coach was badly smashed as all coaches left the rails and three turned over. Ambulances are taking the injured to Terre Haute hospitals. DARLING HEARING TODAY Proceeding on habeas corpus by Emily Darling of Stratford against Irving C Darling and his parents.
Italian war office reports on the northern Italian front that eleven enemy planes were brought down by Italians on Tuesday. Raids involved planes bombing communication targets as part of ongoing operations credited to Italian forces.
In Washington officials including Director General Schwab and Shipping Board Chair Hurley declared the surplus steel for the shipbuilding program may fall short of 250000 tons for the next three months. Allocation to the Emergency Meat corporation and weekly requirements of 50000 tons were noted as factors in the planning.
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