Mangin drives French gains as German defense shifts
French forces under Mangin break through near Noyon and advance toward Bleran courtelle eight miles southeast. Prisoners stream from Tartiers and Morsain as French aviators harass Germans and artillery mounts push the line east of Carlepont toward Caisne Wood. German offense is forestalled by a strong French artillery action and fresh German troops are moved up at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blerancourtelle
Noyon
Tartiers
Morsain
Oise
Carlepont
Caisne
Lombray
Four-a-Verre
Croisette
Caisnes Wood
Bellefontaine
Bleven
Baden
Bitro-Phosphate Promises Healthful Flesh and Nerve Rise
An advertising claim extols Bitro-Phosphate as a nerve builder and flesh promoter. It asserts benefits for weak, nervous people, including increased strength, improved sleep, weight gain, and brighter eyes, urging use with each meal. Cautions warn against its use by those not seeking to gain flesh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartigan
Front lines push east of Fam poux as Haig advances
British and French forces press the German retreat along the Lys salient and Somme sectors. Haig’s troops move east of Fam poux with prisoners taken. Mangin’s French army reports 2,800 Germans captured and gains from La Quenotierie to Valpriez farm. Germans retreat behind lines while robust artillery inactivity indicates movement.
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Haig
Merville
Lys Salient
Hazebrouck
Outtersteen
Vieux Berwin
Somme
Mangin
London
Tenth Army
Cuts
Blerancourt
la Quenotierie
Bailly
Champ de Merlier
Petit Maupas
Veraponia
Valpriez Farm
Soissons
Vezaponin
Tartiers
Camelin
le Mesnil
Lys
L’epinette
Vierhooek
la Couronne
Lacre
Associated Press
Fran. Soissons
Teutonic
Aisne
Oise
Aroun Kove
Arras
Garmins
Isailly
Scarpe River
Marshal Haig
Scarpa River
Campoux
Partie
Scritish
Vierlock
Lacouronne
L’moinette
Tstaires
Lassigny
Royse
Beuvraignes
Neyon
Vesle
Chaulnes
Roye
Beuyraignes
Cesle River
British advance east of Fampoux and near Vierhoek
East of Arras along the Scarpe the British widened their line slightly east of Fampoux while to the Lys north of Merville they took Vierhoek and La Couronne. Field Marshal Horne reports local fighting on both banks of the Scarpe with British success securing positions east of the enemy’s former posts.
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Haig
London
Arras
Scarpe River
Fampoux
Lys River
t’Epinette
Merville
Vierhoek
la Couronne
Field Marshal Hare
Scarpe
Two Westport Men Reported in War Casualties
WESTPORT Aug. 20 Two local men are listed in the casualty rolls. Joseph Meyers is reported missing in action, and Joseph J. Dunnigan is severely wounded. Meyers has a brother in service. the family lives in Waist Saugatuck. Dunnigan resided with his brother on State Street and was a popular Democrat with political interests.
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Westport
Joseph Meyers
Joseph J. Dunnigan
Meyers
Walter
Saugatuck
Dunnigan
Rank
State Street
Two Italians Ready to Join King Victor's Army
Two Italians, registered with Board No. 6, Maffeai Gentile of 32 Beach Street and Salvatora Cianto of 728 East Main Street, applied yesterday for passports to return to Italy to fight Austria. They plan to go to Syracuse, Sicily, where they were born. Passports valid from September 1918 to January 1923. Both men were in Class 5 as aliens to be eligible to leave the county.
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Italy
Austria
Maffeai Gentile
Beach Street
Salvatora Cianto
East Main Street
Bath
Syracuse
Sicily
Salsberry Caught Trying to Steal Car in Getaway
Samuel A. Salsberry ex munitions worker and Albert R. Wells were captured near Hartford after attempting to steal an automobile from a garage. Shots from a nearby house deterred them, a posse pursued, and both were recaptured and jailed in Norwich. Salsberry, 40, recently wed a jail inmate, has a violent criminal history including a May 6 shooting at Preston.
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Samuel A. Salsberry
Norwich
Albert R. Wells
Andover
Hartford
Posse
Salsberry Wells
Salsberry
William R. Casey
Samuel Woodward
Halsberry
William Kinney
Preston
Hermuinn Chapman
Norwich Hospital
Beidseport
East Liverpool
Ohio
Bridgeport
Paulsday
Manpower Bill Moves Toward 18-Year Call
Debates rage over a work or fight provision and a McKenzie amendment to call all men 20 and above before 19 and 18 year olds. The House committee favors mandatory calls and deferring youths while senators seek admin approved rates, amid labor protests and charges of covert labor conscription.
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House
Baker
General March
Crowder
Senate
War Department
House — Committee
Kuhn
McKenzie
Illinois
Dent
Clouse
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Big Ems
Training ship enlistees announced for Merchant Marine
List of men accepted by the United States Shipping Board after final examination at Baynton for enrollment on its Merchant Marine training ships includes Victor A. Vitalia of 694 Ariel Street Bridgenort Conn.
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Boston
Miss
United States Shipping Board
Bagton
Victor A. Vitalia
Arelic Street
Bridgenort
Conn
Freckle Cream From Lemons Advertisement
A vintage ad explains mixing three ounces of Orchard White with lemon juice to create a cheap freckle and sunburn remover. It promises lighter, softer skin by daily application to the face neck arms and hands, claiming harmless results.
Mangin's Thrust Key To Fach Program
Washington observers call Mangin's operation a pivotal part of Allied plans on the Picardy front. They see the French Yenith Army advances of 24 to 38 miles along a 15 mile front as decisive evidence that a broader, winter-impeding strategy links the Roye pocket, supply lines to Noyon, and a breakthrough toward Novyon and the German line. British actions near Arras and Merville are linked to this overarching objective as strategists expect a larger thrust to complete the Rheims to sea offensive cycle.
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Washington
Arst
Picardy
Oise
Weeh
Flanders
Manvzins
Roye
Noyon
Novyon
Crerman
Arras
Merville
Rheims
Trolley Flooring Fire Prompted Quick Passenger Exit
Short circuit on a trolley car motor on Congress Street caused smoke and flames to spread through the floor just after 10 o clock last night. Passengers escaped quickly as a still alarm and No. hose wagon responded. only a small quantity of chemical was needed to quell the blaze.
Child Injured At Yellow Mill Grounds In Bridgeport
Five year old Fred Lito of 1812 Scawlew Avenue lies in Bridgeport Hospital with a broken collar bone after an accident yesterday at the Yellow Mill recreation grounds. He was admitted by a passing auto.
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Hart
Fred Lito
Scawlew Avenue
Bridgeport
Yellow Mill
German Raid in Woevre Repulsed by Our Forces
WIPH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE Aug 20 A raid by from 30 to 40 Germans in the Woevre was beaten off by the Americans Sunday night despite the raiders trench mortars and gas shells. An American patrol discovered the raiding party in moonlight and attacked with rifles and grenades. A sharp fight followed and the raiders were driven back to their lines.
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WIPH
France
Associated Press
Woevre
Caruso Weds Daughter of New York Lawyer
Enrico Caruso the grand opera star obtained a license to wed Dorothy Tark Benjamin daughter of a New York patent attorney and was married minutes later at Marble Collegiate Church on Fifth Avenue. Mrs. John S. Keith served as matron of honor and Bruno Girata the tenor’s secretary was best man. The couple will remain in New York City.
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York
Enrico Caruso
Dorothy Tark Benjamin
New York
Fifth Avenue
John
Keith
Bruno Girata
Air
Caruso
Shadrinsk Falls to Czecho Slovak Army in WWII
Shadrinsk an important railway junction east of Yekaterinburg fell to the Czecho Slovaks according to a Petrograd despatch. Local Soviet officials were murdered by the populace after the capture. Plus probate notices list Catherine Carney estate valued at 5 000 with personal estate 171 31 and Philip Lt. Holzer as administrator. Chester Smith reported among Pershing casualty list as severely wounded on the front.
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Amsterdam
Shadrinsk
Yekaterinburg
Kurgan
Petrograd
Rheinische West- Vachsche Zeitung
Tessen
Banbery
Chester Smith
Byron Smith
Library Place
Danburs
Pershing
Young Smith
102D Infantry
Camp Devens
Standard Bureau Branch Office Opens in Bridgeport
The United States Bureau of Standards establishes a Bridgeport branch under Gauge Branch chief James Mumper. The Meigs Building will house inspectors and gauge work for munitions and government items, coordinated with the Ordnance Department. The move follows calls for interchangeable gauges to ensure uniform measurements across factories and plants, with oversight by Capt. F. Mead and support from major engineering bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C
Int
Bureau O Standards
Cleveland
San Francisco
Basto
Ordnahee Department
Gauge Department
Division of Inspection
FR. Mead
Washington
American Society of Mechanic, Engineers
H. E. Harris
Bridgeport
Army
Navy
Ministry of Munitions
United States
Canadian Munitions’ Board
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Society of Automotive Engineers
Shaiton
Harris
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