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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1918
Page
7
John W. Garrett the American minister at The Hague is named to represent the State Department and lead the U S mission that will meet German delegates in Berne Switzerland within a month to discuss the treatment and exchange of prisoners of war.
An Atlantic port report says a lumber laden steamer was chased for a half hour by a German submarine off Cape Hatteras last Friday. No shots were fired and no torpedoes were seen. The vessel escaped harm by zigzagging.
The Newfoundland three masted schooner Gladys M. Hollett, attacked by a German submarine and thought sunk off the coast Monday, was towed into port today. The vessel lies on her beam ends but can be righted and made seaworthy again.
Henry G Foote president of H G Moote Lumber Company of Minneapolis visited Bridgeport last week renewing acquaintances and praising local progress. He spoke on strong crop prospects in Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota citing labor as the main hurdle to meeting demand. His father David T Foote aged 77 resides with him in Minnesota.
NEW YORK Aug 9 The campaign by the Young Women's Christian Association to raise funds will be planned for August 13. The drive aims to support the organization’s activities and programs in communities nationwide.
A lightship torpedoed incident in Christian association will be discussed with plans to raise funds for war work. The War Work council of the organization will meet in Portland Maine on August 13 with Mrs Endicott P Rody of Groton Massachusetts and Mrs E M Townsend of Oyster Bay New York outlining hostess house programs for men in army and navy camps. Mrs James Cushman of Newport Rhode Island will preside as the society women appeal for nationwide cooperation.
In Neath Wales on August 5 Premier Lloyd George, attending the Welsh Eisteddfod, said the end of the tunnel through which the allies had traveled for four years was nearing. He added he was confident they would prevail because they fought for the right and God of righteousness would aid them.
The Warner Brothers plant paused for five minutes at 2 55 in tribute to Corporal Joseph A. Kelley of Company K 102nd Regiment killed in action in France July 20 The factory, from president Dever H Warner to every employe, publicly mourned the loss of a popular and esteemed worker who was the first from the firm to die in the conflict.
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