Tanker Crew Saw Sub Sink
A German submarine was sunk in a running battle about 300 miles northeast of Nantucket last Friday by a British steamer. The tanker crew reported flames and hits on the submarine before it sank. 25 of the San Jose crew remained unaccounted for and more details were unavailable.
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Philadelphia
Nantucket
Boston
David Evans
Penistone
Evans
Eist
San Jose
Somke
Gruns
The
Captain Evans
Private Sullivan Among Wounded In Canadian Army
Private Sullivan among wounded in the Canadian Army. Private Frank Al Sudlivin, a report boy enlists in the Indian Reserves, is now shown slightly wounded. The article notes his age, birthplace, residence, and family connections. A weather forecast for Washington and New York appears in the same digest.
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Sullivan
Frank al Sudlivin
New York
Irrance
St Artion
May
Wonder Solitier
Jumninis
wPmy
Efoploven Vey
Die
Merpent
German Sub Pilot Seen in New York
Washington reports American naval officials acknowledge the possibility that German submarines off the Atlantic coast may have communicated with shore contacts and even landed crew members. An officer aboard the O. 2 Jennings was identified in a New York saloon, then vanished. Two submarines have ceased operations. Allied forces have destroyed over 200 subs, with 160 to 180 still believed active. The French trans Atlantic cable was cut again and later restored. The subs are cruiser-type with 17,000 mile ranges, carrying two 5.9 inch guns, and one possibly for cable cutting.
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Washington
Atlantic
Fdr
Iavy
O. 2
Jennings
New York
Perations
Timates
German Drug Plots Aimed at Army Camps Disclosed
Federal authorities report a coordinated effort by German agents to supply health and character wrecking drugs to soldiers at army cantonments. Two Brockton arrests were made, Nathan Simajovitch and Jacob Schanasky, with more to follow. Surgeons in several camps noted rising drug use among troops. A private at Cam Deynens, once a detective, aided the investigation. The drugs were sold at surprisingly low prices.
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Boston
Shen
Nathan Simajovitch
Jacob Schanasky
Brockton
Cam Deynens
Labor bodies urged to send women to picket Wilson
Mrs W J Ascough chairing Connecticut National Woman's Party asks labor women from Bridgeport to join a suffrage remonstration in Washington on August 22. Samuel Tavitslogi Hcent of the machinists union receives the telegram urging large delegation. A canvass among Lee corset workers begins to recruit delegates for the protest. the message notes willingness to face jail and emphasizes the need for strong turnout.
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W. J. Ascough
Connecticut
National Woman's Parity
Washington
Bridgeport
Biigeport
Myursdaar
Waey
Resulia
Fourtegn Jackson Place
Seize Needed Land For Housing Projects
Land seizure order announced for housing projects amid government action and planned cellula digging. Property owner resistance delayed requisition papers. manager Willian FH sought state intervention to proceed in Bridgeport area. notice posted stating condemned Jana haved and work to begin.
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Laural
Andere Westies
Poaeph Taelor
Vrewsetee Street
Tadeeu
Willian FH
Wis
Washington
Jerre
Barat
Mim
Lords St
Best
Bridgeport
Temporary Increases For Policemen And Firemen Passed
Bridgeport moves to grant a 25 percent salary increase to police and fire department members starting September 1 1918 as a wartime temporary measure. The ordinance passed unanimously with one absent member Alderman Primrose and was to remain in effect while war conditions persist and until both boards certify a return to normal wages. John A Leonard president of the Fire Commission attended.
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Bridgeport Police and Fire Departments
Board of Aldermen
Ps Uisicis
Primrose
Alfred W. Burdick
W. R. Kearns
Paul P. D'Elia
W. H. Brown
City of
Bridgeport
Boards of Fire and
Ypatice Commissioners
John A. Leonard
Board of Fire Commissioners
Danbury Citizens Organize to Help War Production
Danbury residents form a corporation named the Danbury War Production Society to support war materials in the city. The plan calls for a $250,000 capital block and aims to secure essential supplies for wartime manufacturing to aid local industry and employment.
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Danbury
Industrial Corporation
Dandene Fiiebiedy Corporation
Connecticut
Ea Phil Block
China Sends Troops to Guard Siberian Border
Washington dispatch reports that China mobilizes troops to the Siberian border to deter a feared German and Hungarian POW incursion allied with Bolshevik factions against Czechoslovaks in the Trans-Baikal region.
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China
Siberian
Washington
Sial
Tred
Child of Fire Is Badly Burned in Fall into Bonfire
Esther Kaplan age 6 of 244 Center street is in critical condition at St Vincent's hospital after falling into a bonfire in the rear yard on Center street. Her clothes ignited and relatives aided in removing flames before an ambulance arrived.
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Esther Kaplan
Center Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
Liberty Building to Tap Subterranean Water Gusher
Bridgeport engineers report a subsurface water vein beneath the Liberty Building United States Ordnance department use eyedown deep well drilling at Mank sheet to 500 feet. The plan expects a steady flow to supply the building with 75 gallons per minute, cutting overhead costs and reducing reliance on hydrants. The project, underway with the Bridgeport Drilling company, aims to source crystal water for drinking and building needs, with the derrick active on ante street.
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Bridgeport
Liberty
Ornance Department
Feuer
fLapides
Davi Meyer
Uydranlie Canonry
Certian
Bridgeport Drilling Company
Plan for 4th Regiment September field day near Huntington
Fourth Military district officers discuss a large late September field day at Huntington Fair Grounds as a temporary training camp. Colonel Clifford B. Wilson favors intensive close order drill and naval formations for congested marching, with Bridgeport to receive a regimental drill at Seaside Park. Company C Camp Moon led by Captain William Thouns-Dury conducted bayonet drills, signaling broader units likely to join.
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Fourth Military District
Clifford B. Wilson
Huntington Sair
Bridgeport
Seaside Park
Co. G
Huntington Fair Grounds
Camp Moon
H. B. Moon
Company C
Cap Wiliam
Men Enlistment Push Amid Congress Delay
General March orders weekly registrations beginning August 24 to raise enough men through December for quotas. Delays in the manpower bill may shorten training afterward but shipping abroad will proceed. Projections call for 158,000 in October, 150,000 in November, 140,000 in December, with 200,000 in February and beyond to year end.
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Congress
General March
General Maren
Pepi
Mirrshak
Crawder
Carfare increase request presented to city council
Aug 19 Hoston report notes Mentley W. Warren counsel for Springfield Street Railway Co. asked permission to double carfare after midnight between Midwieil and faA lines. The filing seeks approval for higher night rates.
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Hoston
Midwieil
F Aa. M
Springfeld Street Railway Company
Mentley W. Warren
Allies Fast Erasing German Lys Salient
British and French forces report rapid gains along the Lys front with Roye railway station now in British hands and advances of about five miles in the salient. Mangin’s Tenth Army reached Le Ahmel north of Ribecourt, signaling progress in Oise valley operations.
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Lys Salient
Roye
Paris War Office
Lassigny
Pimprez
Oise
Ribecourt
Haig
London
Mangin
le Ahmel
French Army Seizes Heights South of Noyon
Aug 19 report from France says the Tenth French army captured heights dominating Carlepont plain south of Noyon and took the town of Pimprez in the Oise valley east of Ribecourt. They also captured 2,200 German prisoners.
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Noyon
France
Associated Press
Carlepont Plain
Pimprez
Oise
Ribecourt
French Penetrate Lassigny in WWI advance near Soissons
French troops north of the Oise reached the western outskirts of Lassigny and captured Pimprez as they push beyond Thiescourt woods. Morsain fell nearby with 2,200 German prisoners reported. aviation crews claimed several enemy aircraft and balloons downed.Haig reported British gains on the Lys front, with Merville entered and marches toward Paradiese and Les Puresbecques.
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Lassigny
Paris
Oise River
Thiescourt Wood
Pimprez
Noyon-Compiegne
Soissons
Morsain
Matz
Oise
Fresnieres
Thiescourt
Dreslincourt
Aisne
Carlepont
Fontenoy
Morain
Berry-au-Bac
Guignicourt
Meseries
Chapelet-sur-Retourn
Army of the East
Albania
Vardar
Haig
London
Lys Salient
Merville
Paradise
Les Puresbecques
iMerville
Field
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Navy Dept
Wilson
Doris Stevens
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Liberty Building
March
Marshal Haig
Chaulnes
Herleville
Lihong
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