Milford notices on checks due and Red Cross drive
Milford reports from Aug 7 note Treasury notices placing allotment and allowance checks in the mails. Beneficiaries not yet receiving June checks should visit Mrs. Cecil H. Trowbridge in Milford with information. Other items include local band concerts, entertainments, family news, and Red Cross activities at Broad Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Treasury Department
Cecil H. Trowbridge
Home Service Section
American Red Cross
Broad Street
Alilford
Conn
Treasury
Washington
Paul
America
Julia Pogers Beach
Ruth Wilcox Brown
Marian Fowler
New Haven
Red Cross
George Wm. Munson
West River Street
Sanford Madison
Home Acres
New Haven Turnpike
Shell Makers in England Speed Up Order to Somme
Two days after the big drive began, 5000 shells were produced to reach British gunners in time for the first counter-attack. The Manchester district, including Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, North Wales, and Isle of Man, transformed textile plants into a vast war munitions complex. Lloyd-George urged immediate output in June 1915, guiding firms to use existing resources for rapid shell production and expanding into airplanes, vehicles, guns, mortars, grenades, mines, engines, and other munitions. Within ten miles of Manchester City Hall, 2.5 million people generate 1.6 million horsepower, with 80 percent devoted to war munitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Ingland
Joby
Asso- Prass
Associated Press
Ministry of Munitions
Westmoreland
Cumberland
Lancashire
North Wales
Isle of Man
David Lloyd-George
Manchester District Engineering Trades Employers’ Association
Manchester City Hall
Ross Mother Recieves Letter From Son Killed in Action
On the day his casualty list listing him as killed in France appeared, Mrs Helen Ross Weingarten got a letter from soldier Paul Ross dated July and 28. He writes of good American efforts, being promoted to first class private, and pride in Bridgeport. He mentions a possible Paris trip for July 14 and asks his mother to send magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Helen Ross Weingarten
Paul Ross
Ross
Bridgeport
Unitad
Ife
Paris
German paper raided by federal agents in Chicago
Federal officials raided the offices of Der Zeitgeist in Chicago at the request of Philadelphia agents, seizing a large batch of correspondence and documents. Dr. Michael Singer, former editor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung, is connected to the paper's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
der Zeitgeist
Michael Singer
Philadelphia
Singer
Illinois Staats Zeitung
Lynch in Marene Bridging Coast Marine Training List
American citizens accepted by the United States Shipping Board for its Merchant Marine Training Service include George TY Lynch of 205 Black Rock Avenue Bridgeport Connecticut. He arrived with maidenhair ferns and tiger lilies, plants carried from Charles Island years ago to this cottage garden.
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Lynch
Marene
Boston
Mass
United States Shipping Board
George TY
Black Rock Avenue
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Charles Island
When a Feller Needs a Friend Drawn For The Telegram
A wartime telegram illustration describes air raids during August with aircraft losses, bombardment of railways and airfields, and observed direct hits. The text notes 24 hours of bombing yielding multiple targets and training evidence of enemy damage as the author mentions Our machines and crews in action.
Obituary notices for Mulvaney Ennis and McCann
Obituaries announce funeral services for John J Mulvaney at his home and the Church of the Blessed Sacrament with burial at St Michaels. Stephen Ennis’s funeral proceeded from Cullinan Mullins Buckley to Sacred Heart church with pallbearers named and burial at St Michaels. Joseph McCann 74 of Lafayette street died yesterday after 20 years at Curtis and Curtis Manufacturing. he leaves a wife, three daughters and two grandchildren. funeral from Sacred Heart church. Anna McCarthy widow of John R McCarthy died at Bridgeport hospital. she leaves a husband and a four week old daughter. Edward J Hoyt infant son of Edward and Ella Hoyt funeral at 141 Frank street with Park cemetery interment. Mrs TMi Roberts funeral at Bishop mortuary chapel then Blessed Sacrament church. pallbearers named and burial at St Richards cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Mulvaney
Waterman Street
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
William Byron
Jeremiah Griffin
John Gallivan
Edward McGlynn
Peter Flanagan
Willam Flanagan
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Stephen Ennis
Cullinan, Mullins, Buckley and Company
Golden Hill Street
Sacred Heart Church
Gustavus Kabel
Willam Kabel
George Kabel
James Weldon
Patrick Kane
John Drew
Joseph McCanm
Joseph McCann
Lafayette Street
Curtis and Curtis Manufacturing Company
Court Peqionnock
Foresters of America
McCann
Thomas
Ames Dunn
Mary Herbert
Saai, N. J
Margaret McCann
Anna McCarthy
Anna McKenna
John &. R McCarthy
West Liberty Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Edward J. Bort
Mdoward J
Edward
Ella Hoyt
Frank Street
Park Cemelets
Thc Roberts
Roberts
Henry
Wairfield Avenue
Churith
St. Richadl's Cemetery
Burton Roberts
Charles Wurlison
George Roberts
John Hickey
Fraternal Lodges Plan Bus Ride and Meeting
Star of Bridgeport Lodge and Shepherds of Bethlehem announce a bus ride to be held soon. The committee will meet at 7 40 tonight at Mrs Edward Crowley’s home 187 Gilbert street Corinthian Lodge FP and AM will hold a stated communication at 7 30 next Tuesday in the Masonic temple. This year’s clothes are very fashionable, Albany Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alethea Circle
Walter Maroney
Pilgrim Cottage
Fort Trumbull Beach
Aid Society
Ladies Aid Society
Hatfield
Razee
Gillette's Corner
New Haven Avenue
Red Cross
Walnut Beach
Mrs. Platt
Susan
Peter Rabbit
Kathleen Putney
Helen Putney
Joan Bush
Charlotte Besser
Mary Dolphery
Star of Bridgeport Lodge
Star of Bridgeport
Ludge
Shepherds of Bethlehem
Edward Crowley
Gilbert Street
Corinthian Lodge
A. M
Masonic Temple
British Flying Corps Downs Five Bodies
London August 7 official communication on aerial operations reports the British Flying Corps downs five German machines tonight. No details on location or crew casualties are provided in the brief release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Flying Corps
London
Strafe and Sinking of Lightship 71 Off Cape Hatteras
The Diamond Shoala Lightship Number 71 was destroyed by a German submarine near Cape Hatteras to disrupt maritime commerce. Twelve crewmen escaped to shore, a salvage plan for a new lightship is underway, and officials note no village or lighthouse attacks. The incident follows prior raider activity off the Virginia Capes and Canadian waters as wartime losses mount. A separate tally reports 1,074 overseas casualties in the Army and Marines, the highest daily total since the Marne-Aisne push began, with 122 soldiers killed, 292 Marines, and 437 wounded across services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cape Hatteras
Atlantic
Navy’ Department
Coast Guard
North Carolina
North Carolin
Daniels
Virginia Capes
Virginia-Carolina
Canadian
New York
Navy Department
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Marne-Aissie
Cal.diers
Army 99
Marine ‘Corps
Marine Car
Witness ban on foreign military observers and wartime patrols
A fragment discusses forbidding military experts from neutral nations other than allies to witness American army operations in France and notes a Spanish mission seen visiting the American front. It warns that in combat zones near Virginia Capes only barred observers can shield information while U S forces pursue the enemy with patrol boats and seaplanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eniited
France
Amecan Front
Virginia Capes
Pra
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Beatrice Anderson
Swampscott
Massachusetts
IF. D. Neidermeyer
New York City
C. L. Wilcox
Broadstreet
F. D. Neidermeyer
Camp Gordon
Raymond Smith
Military Police
Ordnance Department
Walter McCarthy
56Th” Artillery ‘Reet. C. A. C. American Expeditionary Forces
Walter
John McCarthy
Alitford
S. J. Boni
H. M
Ame
Mendleson Corporation
Naugatuck
Enion Street
NEW England Steamship CO
Berkshire Hills
Howe & Tworoger
MGRS
Princess Hotel
Ote
Porte
Clark
Berkshires
Greylock
New England
Henry N. Teague
Leslee
Williamstown
HOTEL
Nonotuck Holyoke, Mass
P. J. Behan
Shell Makers
England
Somme
Illing
OPP, Library
Briggs
Sinty
Albany Journal
Mary Merton
Oxfords
Wonder
Bridgeport, Conn
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