United States Homes Registration Service to absorb rooming bureaus
Bridgeport rooming bureaus will join the U S Homes Registration service at 303 Washfield Avenue under director E H Greene to unify housing aid for war workers. Most city bureaus already transferred, including factory and YWCA services. WC A plans transfer, with delays awaiting authorization. Public notices and slides urge applicants to apply, foreseeing a rush after summer.
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Bridgeport
United States Homes Registration Service
Washfield Avenue
E. H. Greene
Government Service
Greene
Washington
U. S. Service
Chary C. Smith
Bureau
United States Homes Service
U. S
United States Employment Service
Rooming Bureau
Trolley Plans for City Plaza and Street Extensions
City advances a plan to extend trolley service using a plaza upgrade to relieve traffic and housing issues. Skeptical real estate profiteers hold up the project by inflating property values for taxation and damage assessments. The proposal links North and Boston avenues trolley extensions with Middle and John streets to create a modern business center and better city communication.
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Connecticut Company
John Street
Boston
Middle
John Streets
Automobilist Robbed on Midnight Spin Near Trumbull
Mike Germa reports three men attacked and robbed him after signaling to stop near Trumbull on a lonely highway. He lost a gold watch and chain plus 300 dollars, was unconscious over an hour, and gave police a detailed description of his assailants.
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Trumbull
Mike Germa
Kossuth Street
Germa
Fairfield County Farm Bureau field day and grain surge
Fairfield County farm bureau members will host a field day at the Lapham estate in New Canaan on Friday featuring a smaller tractor demonstration, a Junior Food Army garden spraying demo, and an address on marketing by Professor Guy Smith, with a poultry exhibit by Professor Roy E. Jones. Agricultural survey shows a large rise in small grains across towns led by Trumbull at 149 percent, with Darien 85, Bethel 77, Ridgefield 61, and others. Over 7,500 youths are producing food in the county, contributing about 395,000 in value. Vice-President Waller C. Wood of New Canaan succeeds President Seth Low Pierrepont of Ridgefield in the Naval Reserve fly ing corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
County Farm Bureau
Lapham
New Canaan
Food Army
Guy €. Smith
Roy E. Jones
Fairfield County
Trumbull
Darien
Bethel
Ridgefield
Monroe
Danbury
Brookfield
Huntington
New Fairfield
Redding
Sherman
Westport
Greenwich
Newtown
Easton
Stratford
Stamford
Bridgeport
Waller C. Wood
Seth Low Pierrepont
Flying Corps
Naval Reserve
Farm Bureau
Weatherproof: weather all the day of him who is weatherproof
Poetic meditation on weather as a universal condition. The verse urges acceptance of sun or cloud as natural, and frames weather as harmless to a person who holds inner steadiness. It contrasts external conditions with inner constancy and selfhood.
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Mars
Veteran Civil War General Gibson Celebrates 91st Birthday
Washington reports Brigadier General Horatio Gates Gibson, the oldest living Civil War general, marked his ninety first birthday. A West Point class of 1847 survivor from Baltimore, he befriended McClellan, Hooker, Meade and Grant and witnessed vast changes from railroads to airplanes. He recalled battles from Vera Cruz to Fredericksburg, and now spends days with manuscripts and week visits to a medical dispensary.
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Washington
Horatio Gates Gibson
West Point Military Academy
Hooker
McClellan
Burnside
J. E. Johnson
Bragg
Meade
John Quincy Adams
General Gibson
Baltimore
John Gibson
Elizabeth Jameson Gibson
Maryland
Gibson
General Gates
Saratoga
Cincinnati
West Point
Long Green
Ringold
Academy
Sam Grant
Grant
California
United States
Military,academy
Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose P. Hill
Confederacy
Mexico
Ward
Republic of Mexico
General Scott
Vera Cruz
Pueblo
Mexico City
Franklin Pierce
Martin Burke
Sherman
Burke
Scott
Hardie
Baron von Steuben
Monterey
Santa Anna
Fortress Monroe
San Francisco
Braxton Bragg
South
Bragazal
P Cign
Gibson _ jin California
Crook
Sheridan
Hooda
Feneral
Bette
Hood
Fort Sumpter
Geeral Gibson
Ohio Volunteers
Fredericksburg
Antietam
South Mountain
Williamsburg
Atlantic Fortresses
Élu
Joseph—Figeleson
Johnson
Tam
Army Medical Dispensary
W. Point
Good Old Summer and War Time Tidbits
A compact Tribune page blends strains of humor and homefront morale. It notes German and Turkish sentiments, Viereck’s image, and Ludendorff’s strategy while echoing summer weather verses and rural observations from Washington Street.
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Washington
Hold Fast message from Lloyd George rallying war effort
Lloyd George urges Britain and allied democracies to endure and persevere as the war enters its fifth year. He warns of Prussian autocracy, calls for unity with Wilson, and stresses that Americans back the soldiers to secure final victory. The alliance with France and Italy is framed as essential to making the world safe for free peoples.
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Lloyd-George
Confederation of Peoples
Britain
Lloyd- George
Wilson
Hindenburg
United States
Marne
America
Mistah Rat Face: A Wartime Label for Wilhelm II
An American commentary condemns the Crown Prince of Germany with the epithet Mistah Rat-Face. It praises American soldiers for coining the phrase, cites Verdun and the retreat from the Soissons Rheims pocket, and imagines the impact of such abuse on the German heir as the war proceeds.
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Mistah Rat-Face
Empire
Crown Prince
Mistah
Hohenzollern
Wilhelm
Europe
Verdun
Soissons-Rheims
Willie
Saving Russia and Allied Forces Land at Archangel
Report from Archangel says American and allied troops have landed there and that a US Japan agreement exists on how to aid Russia. The move aims to end the war with Berlin’s threats waning and Wilson’s cautious approach now seen as effective. Russia to be saved from internal turmoil and the war’s worst pressures.
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Russia
Archangel
United States
Japan
Berlin
Wilson
Draft age widened to show wartime resolve
The War department urges raising the draft age to demonstrate full national commitment and to signal to Germany that the United States will win the war. The move is framed as a strategic necessity to reinforce morale and increase pressure on adversaries.
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War Department
Congress
Germany
Fom
New Haven Sailor Praised by Daniels
John W. Rogers of New Haven Comn Seaman was commended by Secretary Daniels for courage and self sacrifice during the April explosion of the steamship Lawrence H. The notice notes Rogers’ actions in the incident and includes archival passage about the Washington reporting.
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New Haven Sailor
Daniels
Washington
John W. Rogers
New Haven
Lawrence H
William Henry Watters, Jr
Phe Ny
Last Day for Women to Sign Canning Pledges
Today is the final day for Bridgeport women to sign canning pledges at Read's store. At 5 p.m. total pledges will be announced to see if the 100000 quart quota is met. Irene Weed will answer canning questions and bulletins will be distributed.
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Read's
City Home Economics' Committee
Bridgeport
Irene Weed
Sanford
John Gaylord
Wiliam Holagh
Washington Avenue
Six Motor Cases Disposed Of at Hearing Yesterday
Deputy Motor Vehicle Commissioner Macdonald disposed of six motor law cases at a county courthouse hearing yesterday morning. Sentences included license suspensions for reckless driving for Olsen and Gottlieb, a suspension for Wuterich, a continued case for Fancher Jr., and dismissals for Keeler and Wuterich. Devaney’s license was restored after Coroner Phelan absolved him of blame in Tallot’s fatal Stratford avenue bridge crash.
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Macdonald
John Olsen
Alpine Avenue
Herman Gottlieb
Norman Street
Charles W. Fancher, Jr
Stratford
Benjamin A. Keeler
Norwalk
F. J. Wuterich
Benham Avenue
John F. Devaney
Smith Street
Phelan
Joseph Tallot
Devaney
Stratford Avenue Bridge
Tea Poisoning By The Medical Editor Draws Warnings
The medical editor warns of tea poisoning seen in hot summers as iced tea consumption rises. Symptoms include head fullness, neck ache, stomach unease, faintness, restlessness, and sleeplessness aggravated by acid fruits. A case notes nine glasses daily. Treatment is to swear off tea. Also mentions a wartime curiosity incident and a Brooklyn machinist’s mate rescue.
Slavic Legion Organized Into Separate Units
Recruiters outline creation of the Slavic Legion in the United States as a national army unit. To be formed from Jugo Slavs, Czecho Slovaks, and Ruthenians, with regimental, battalion, and company structures by race where possible. Officers must speak unit languages and English. aliens must pledge loyalty and fight Germany and Austria. Recruits welcomed at Fairfield Avenue station.
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Fairfield Avenue
United States
Congress
Cecentral Officers’ Training School
Camp Lee
Germany
Austria
Slavic Legion
National Army
Ata~tion
Obituaries Summary for Mary E Morehouse and Others
Community mourns as Mary E Morehouse 73 dies at 21 High Street. Funeral at 2:30 PM tomorrow from Rourke and Boucher mortuary. burial in Long Hill cemetery. Also noted are services for Frederick J Knablin, Winifred M Giblin, John DeRosa, George L Pelham, Marcella Leigh, and Willy Schneider with church rites, pallbearers, and interments at St Michael's, Sacred Heart, Blessed Sacrament, Lakeview, Mountain Grove, and local cemeteries.
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Mary E Morehouse
Mary E. Morehouse
High Street
Howard
Rourke and
Boucher
Main Street
Long Hill Cemetery
Frederick J. Knablin
Frederick J Knablin
Gallagher
Sacred Heart Church
John A. Sullivan
Peter Brady
John Horan
Frank Gallagher
Thomas
Frederick
Robert Knahlin
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Winifred M. Giblin
Shelton Street
St. Charles’ Church
Michael F. Keating
Thomas Gloster
Charles M. Kelly
Arthur Reed
Edward Garrigan
George Viet
Joseph Dachman
Harold Keane
Edward Boehm
Gloster
Kelly
St. Michael's Cemetery
John DeRosa
John
Frank DeRosa
New York
DeForest Avenue
Church of the
Marcella Leigh
Lawrence Busat
Bradley Street
Thomas Finnegan
Patrick Elliott
Stephen Costilnick
Edward Moran
Hyrial
St. Michael's
Willy Schneider
Noble Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Salts Textile Company
Walker and Banks
Mountain Grove
Tasty Cottage Cheese and Potato Dishes Free Booklets
Readers are urged to request free recipe booklets from The Bridgeport Telegram. The promotion touts cottage cheese and potato dishes as summer friendly substitutes for meat and wheat, with soups sauces eggs and desserts. Send a two cent stamp for return postage to The Bridgeport Telegram Washington office.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Formation Bureau
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, D. Cc
Live Political Gossip in New York City Districts
The piece notes a fusion of Democrats and Republicans in New York City congressional districts with Socialist strongholds facing probable defeat. It mentions Will Hays as a potential Republican vice presidential candidate in 1920 and Indiana’s pull in national ticket plans. Jeanette Rankin criticizes privately owned newspapers and proposes government operation with a single community paper.
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New York City
Will Hays
Republican National Committee
Beth Republican
Indiana
Jeanette Rankin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frederic J. Haskin
Quince
Gettysburg
France
Central
Mary Walker
Viereck
Holland
Ludendorff
Sammies
Yanks
Lord Kitchener
George Sylvester Viereck
U. S. Army
Luderdorff
Castleton
Frank Joseph Grogan
Brooklyn
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