Navy Offers Contracts For Machinery Needs
A number of naval requirements were received today at the Second Regional district War Industries board office, with most tasks suitable for Bridgeport factories. Manufacturers may visit the regional office in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to view specifications. Regional Director Bradford D. Pierce Jr. seeks full engagement.
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War Industries Board
Bridgeport
Chamber of Commerce
Bradford D. Pierce, Jr
Wilton Case Discharged In Boston Federal Action
The Wilton case in Boston ends as the charge against Hugh Wilton, machine shop owner, is dismissed for lack of probable cause. A federal commissioner ruled there was insufficient basis to hold him for the grand jury amid wartime inquiry into excessive billings on airplane factory work.
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Boston
Hugh Wilton
Wilton
Getting Huns Is Pleasant Calling Nichols Declares
Private Albert Nichols of Bridgeport writes home from France praising war work and the Army life. He recalls assembling engines before service and notes the large French audience, helmet requests, and mud and rain while recounting frontline tales. In Massachusetts, 54 shoe makers in Haverhill refuse to recognize the Allied Shoe Workers union amid a wider strike.
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Ed Huns
Albert Nichols
Bridgeport
L. F. Nichols
Fox Street
Nichols
France
Bullard
States
Ash Creek
Haverhill
Mass
Allied Shoe Workers Union
Overcome Redness and Freckles with Wix Treatment
Advertisement promotes applying pure mercurized wix on the face to remove redness tan and freckles. Overnight use supposedly flakes away dead skin as fine cuticle and gradually renews the complexion. Claims no pain or inconvenience with daily application and notes one ounce of mercor ized wax available at drug stores.
Potatoes Seen Slashed by Seventy Percent This Year
Harold Woodruff of F. H. Woodruff and Sons predicts a national potato crop cut by 70 percent, with Long Island yielding about 25 barrels per acre versus over 80 in prior years. He cites blight, aphids, and drought, notes Maine seed losses, and says onions and corn will offset shortages while prices stay steadier for now.
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Harold Woodruff
F. H. Woodruff
Maine
New Jersey
Milford
Timothy Callahan
Stratford
Callahan
Long Island
Fairfield
Southport
Bridgeport
North Carolina
Aphis
Bridgeport Men at Camp Meigs Earn Promotions
Moon on furlough from Camp Meigs Washington reports Bridgeport draftees in excellent condition and rapidly promoted. Names include Charles B. Mivne a possible lieutenant candidate, Robert Wirls now a sergeant, Daniel Scinto company clerk, Joseph Coushuin band duties, Angus AlelkKny quartermaster clerk. All study hard, fatigue training harden them. Camp Meigs selective service men left Bridgeport a month ago with physics exams guiding limited service but some qualifying for general service for overseas duty.
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Moon
Camp Meigs
Washington
Bridgeport
Charles B. Mivne
Atlas Hotel
Robert Wirls
Daniel Scinto
Joseph Coushuin
Angus Alelk
New Sites Considered to Shelter 300 Families
Government studies two additional sites in Stratford and Bridgeport to house about 300 families in group housing. In total nearly 2 million more may be appropriated, boosting Bridgeport funds to about 5 million, with rents planned for about 1,000 munition workers families.
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Renal Pstaite
Stratford
Bridgeport
Wrelington
Slosberg Heads to Flying Field of France
Benjamin Slosberg son of Mr and Mrs Raphael Slosberg of 174 Arch Street enlisted in the Aviation corps December 17 1917 as a Mechanic and is on his way to France poised to join an aviation field overseas. He spent three months at Kelly Field Texas in March and later moved to Garden City Long Island before deployment. Previously he worked in New York City and attended Bridgeport schools after leaving the Blue Ribbon garage on Girafield Avenue.
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Benjamin Slosberg
Raphael Slosberg
Arch Street
Aviation Corps
As & Mechanic
France
Slosberg
Kelly Field
Texas
Garden City
Long Island
New York City
Bridgeport
Blue Ribbon
Vgirfield Avenue
Undertakers Among Recruits At Camp Devens
At Camp Devens in Massachusetts draftees arriving from New England in July include eleven undertakers among fifteen thousand white recruits and a frightened mix of other intriguing individuals among black volunteers. The report notes diverse ambitions from a carnival worker to a ship navy preference, with blacksmiths ready to forge.
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Camp Devens
Davens
Ayer
Mass
New England
Thomas I Sna Williams
Percy Heng Vie
Greenwich
Corn
John D. Rockefeiller
William Penn Nklin
Ife
Limes
T4th Infantry
Lee If. Packer
Artillery
Navy
Hospital Surgeon Dies Of Wounds At Front
NW York Angl & Mealor Howard W Beal died of wounds in France after a career as a surgeon in Worcester and Boston. A Harvard Medical School graduate, he led the American Woman Hospital at Paignton Tongetane before returning home ill. He offered service again at the start of WWI and served near Montdidier before being wounded.
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York
Ang
America
Montdidier
Edwards Defines Cabarets in New Revenue Decision
New York August ruling by William H Edwards internal revenue collector defines cabarets as any place where admission price for public amusement is included in the bill for refreshments. The decision cited a seaside restaurant minstrel band as a cabaret with a proprietor charge of twenty percent and a government tax of two percent of the total bill plus requirement for a receipt.
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New York
Internal Revenue
Edwards
Pmr
Malvy to Spend Period of Exile in Spain
Paris reports former Interior Minister Malvy receives five years banishment for malfeasance in office. The Senate high court of justice conviction is cited as the basis, and The Temps notes he will travel to San Sebastian, Spain for exile.
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Malvy
Spain
Paris
Havas
Interior
Senate
High Court of Justice
Temps
Matvy
San Sebastian
Eyes Deserve Care and Proper Assistance
Do you subject them to unusual hard work in bad light or neglect when they tire quickly Misuse and inattention are abuses and must be paid for in discomfort or defective sight Give eyes a chance to perform their duty and consult an oculist He is trained medically and prop to prescribe the aid needed
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USA
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