U-BOATS LURKING AT TWO WIDELY SEPARATED POINTS ON ATLANTIC
Registration day on Sept 5 urged by Crowder in a wartime manpower bill to compel with 13,000,000 men aged 18 to 45 to register. Crowder warns after September 1 only 100,400 of 1918 registrants will be available, prompting calls for urgent action and possible annual volleys of 21st birthday registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Washington
Crowder
Senate
House
Chamberlain
Milford Lad in Regulars Wounded In Thierry Scrap
Charles D. Hoyt of Milford, a member of Company I, 59th Regiment, was wounded while his unit pushed toward the Rhine. He is in a base hospital behind the lines in France. His parents in Milford await details on the extent of his injuries and the engagement in which he fought.
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Milford
Charles D. Hoyt
59Th
Rhine
Demmon P. Hoyt
Guk Avenue
Myrtle Beach
Porivata Hoyt
Washington
Ackenash Tribe
Hoyt
Charles E. Hoyt
White Street
Stratford
Red Men
Chancellorsville
The
Wilderness
Cecil Trowbridge
Heas
Camp Greene
Charlotte
N. C
France
Mayor to Choose Men to Confer on Light Bill Cut
Mayor Wilson appoints a committee to confer with United Illuminating on lowering street light numbers to save fuel. Lamps committee recommended the move, with hope of price adjustments from the company. Also, Alderman Lyons seeks six bath tents at St Mary's Beach amid ongoing complaints and a shell of a church building proposal. The house bill to amend the selective service act faces timing issues with reconvening August 39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Wills
United States Illuminating Company
United Numinating Company
John L. Lyons
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea
Henry A. Lewis
Pearsall
Lewis
Cornell Questions Robinson About Price for Paying
The Board of Aldermen debated paving costs with Warren Bros of Boston over Warrenite. City Clerk Robinson could not recall the exact price from memory, noting it was established in a prior meeting. Alderman Cornell pressed for labor wages and past payments, while Whitney praised Warrenite and cited a Fairfield avenue section forfeiture. The finance committee report passed without opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Warren Bros. Company
Board of Aldermen
Robert N. Blakeslee
Cornelli
Algonquin Club
Robinson
Hartford City
Wilson
Angongguin Club
Warren Bros
Finance Committee
Potter's Field Burials to Cost More Than Ever
City commissioners discussed rising costs in the Department of Charities and approved updating Potter's field burial charges. Rourke and Boucher reported material and labor price hikes justify a higher city rate per case. Superintendent Angus P. Thorne may set a new minimum with the undertaker firm, formerly $5.50, now sought at $10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Charities
Potter’s Field
Rourke
Boucher
Angus P. Thorne
Mulvaney Dies From Burns After Fall Into Boiling Water
John J. Mulvaney 76 Waterman Street died at home from burns suffered when he fell into a tub of boiling water at Locomobile plant where he worked as a plumber. Survived by wife one son in navy two daughters, previously of Waterbury. Funeral 9 AM tomorrow at Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Burial at St. Michael's Cemetery.
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John J. Mulvaney
Waterman Street
Locomobile Company
Mulvaney
United States Navy
Abolition of Sliding Scale for Soldier Pay Allotments
The government ends the sliding scale of soldier and sailor pay allotments, causing delays in May and June checks to dependents. From August 2, all enlisted men must allot $15 for class A, reducing most monthly payments. Some dependents may receive smaller checks and must adjust, with Red Cross Home Service assisting.
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Washington
Home Service Section
American Red Cross
Court House
Home Service
War Risk Bureau
War
Navy Department
Navy
Quartermaster General's Office
Army
Red Cross
Home Service Gestion
Home Builders Review New U S Sites in Bridgeport
Bridgeport hosts officials from the contractor awarded the $3,000,000 housing project and city leaders to inspect four proposed sites. Frank C. Poucher president of Colwell-Wingata Co. Walter Faddis vice president in charge of construction and W. W. Luyster to oversee the office division joined the visit.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Housing Company
Frank C. Poucher
Colwell- Wingata Co
Walter Faddis
Soldiers Send Thanks For Telegram Post Tobacco
Private George B Reid of Company IX 3rd Battalion 808th Infantry A E F thanks Telegram Post for tobacco sent. He notes no tobacco was available in his company and credits Remington Rim Wire departments GC 7 and B for delivering the box.
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George B. Reid
808Th Infantry
A. FE. FL
Snmr
Town Farm Tract Sold For Housing By City Council
The Bridgeport Board of Aldermen gave the US Department of Labor an option on 11 acres of Town Farm for 1 dollar until September 15, then 22 thousand dollars total for the tract, to exchange for Lakeview Cemetery association property on Boston Avenue to relieve housing congestion. Public hearings set for August 12 on related petitions and rail line moves.
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Board of Aldermen
United States of America
Department of Labor
Edward J. Murphy
City of Bridgeport
Lakeview Cemetery Association
Boston Avenue
Wilson
MacFayden
ATR
United States Housing Corporation
Hadden Street
Rowsley Street
Nash Lane
Colony Street
Standish Street
Plymouth Street
Carver Street
Ordnance Court
Essex Street
Bradley Street
Hadley Street
Horace Street
Malcolm MacFayden
South Avenue
Crane Company
Railway Lnes
Town Farm
Old Mill Green
Munitions Shops Seek Jobs for Rejected Draftees
CAMP DEVENS Mass Special report 1 869 draftees rejected from New England camps sent home after a few days in the army. Munition plants request these men be steered to work as many rejections rose to 12 75 percent in two weeks. Provost Marshal General Crowder orders scrutiny of local boards for indifference in processing rejections. Many cases of physical defects and deformities were noted among the rejected.
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Devens
Mass
ANES
New England
Crowder
Village Company Encounters First Night Of War
A village setting records a company unable to buy cigarettes. The tune greets them on their first night with an air raid, marking their initial exposure to wartime danger as three officers and men push forward against hostile forces.
Submarine activity reported along Atlantic seaboard
German submarines operate at two Atlantic points including off Virginia where the O B Jennings sank and Canadian waters where fishing craft were destroyed. The Jennings crew of 30 to 32 landed at Norfolk. a second boat with the captain and 18 men is missing. Five ships sunk in Canadian waters include American fishing schooners Murfell Annie M Perry Dornfortein. No lives reported lost.
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Virginia
Jennings
Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
O. B. Jennings
Middle Atlantic
Navy Department
Norfolk
Canadian
Long Island
San Diego
Fire Island
Naval Court of Inquiry
Dornforntein
Nova Scotia
Nelson A
Yarmouth
Lockport
Nelson
Laughlin
McLaughlin
Fundy
Jo Simms
Sabes Marine
Derifontein
N.S
Lahare
Strange Namesake Gassed In France McDonald Learns
Donald McDonald foreman at Remington Arms received a telegram from Ottawa dated Aug 4 1918 wrongly informing him of Sergt William Archie McDonald gas casualty. The notice, addressed to a non existent McDonald family, was likely a misdelivery prompting public outreach to reach the intended recipient.
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France
McDonald
Ottawa
Canada
Donald McDonald
Remington Arms Plant
Ont
Rem. Arms Co
William Archie McDonald
General Hospital
Boulogne
Remington Arms
McDonalds
John Street
Mr. McDonald
J. Cleveland
Afe
McDonald Draft Notice Causes Confusion in Telegram Year
A Donald family resident at 30 Johm Street faced draft confusion as a telegram indicated Canadian Army service. The Remington foreman admitted his name was used in error, misidentifying him with another McDonald amid stale notices and published reports.
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Donald
Johm Street
Remington
McDonald
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House Military Committee
Arges Haste
Thierry
59Th Infantry
Buechler
Aes
Fairfield Ave
American Hardware Stores
Pairfield Ave
Middle &T
Dent
House Committee
General Crowder
Potter’s
Police Commissione
Lyons
Parkeninimigent Board of Recreation
Police Commissioners
Admiral Scheer
Internationa Film Service
von Holtzendorff
von Tirpitz
Reinhardt Scheer
Holtzendorff
Copenhagen
U. S
H. HM. Christy
Fritz& Hawley Opticians
Main St
New Haver
P. T. Barnum
Bridgeport Savings Bank Incorporated
Cor
Main & State Sts
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