Navy to decide today on sending body eight to Paris
Reporting from New York the executive session weighs sending the body of eight to Paris as 2,000 U S troops arrive from England aboard transports Lapland Minnehaha. Spectators cheer as George Washington departs and Red Cross workers greet arriving ships with sandwiches and coffee.
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Body OF Eight
Paris
York
Dermot
Englon
Lapland
Minda
George Nington
Narrows
George Ington
Red Cross
General Edwards to Speak in Bridgeport December 17
Gen Edwards will arrive in Bridgeport December 1 and speak at a Four-minute men gathering about the division exploits. Justice Wheeler will chair the meeting and other war veterans will lecture during the business session. Lt d Aigny and Lt H T C Walker, noted speakers, will recount frontline experiences amid the Zeebrugge fleet bottling reference.
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New Haven
Stratfield
Coseral Clarance R Dewarde
Bridgeport
Belore
Edward
Troon
Pw ‘Ner Sabeoud
George’ W. ‘Wheeler
Edwards
d’Aigny
Blue Devils
Postal Co. Seeks to Block Cable Lines Takeover
New York December 4. The Commercial Cable Company filed an injunction suit today to stop Postmaster General Burleson from taking control of the company's marine cable system. The complaint, by Charles E. Hughes and William W. Cook, warns of irreparable damage if the action proceeds. Continued on Page Two.
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New York
Burleson
Commercial Cable Company
Marine
Charles E. Hughes
William W. Cook
Senators Told How Jess Was Bought
Ashington December 4 Alexander Konta of New York admitted before a Senate committee that he conspired with Dr Bernard Dernberg German propagator to purchase a New York newspaper hostile to prohibition for publicity. He wrote to Dr Kerg on the matter and claimed the aim was to aid Dr Dembers the paper to sway American opinion. The inquiry probes brewers and German influence in press before U S entry. Weather notes follow with forecasts for New York and New England.
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Dernberg
New York
Hammerling
Ashington
Alexander Konta
Palmer
United States
Senate
Bernard Dernberg
Kerg
Carry
Prohibition
Dembers
Inter
Nelson of
Milne
Rabinowitz Returns on Northern Pacific Steamer
Private Morris Rabinownta with Company Hy 316th Infantry, wounded in action on September 99, returned to the United States aboard the Northern Pacific, arriving in New York Sunday. He wrote to Joseph Thackwray in The Brunswick confirming his arrival. Inducted May 24, he once ran a news stand with his brother at Middle Street and Fairfield Avenue and was well known in the city center.
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Morris Rabinownta
Hag
United States
Northern Pacific
New York
Joseph Thackwray
Brunswick
Tkabinowlty
National Army
Middle Street
Fairfield Avenue
Geader
Mrs. Catherine Bentley Dies After Fainting Spell
Mrs. Catherine Bentley of 1124 Park Avenue, wife of musician George Bentley, died yesterday afternoon after fainting at home. Found on the floor by her daughter, she had been active in fraternal circles and was about 45 years old.
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Catherine Bentley
Park Avenue
George Bentley
Connecticut Gave .013 of Entire Army
Connecticut furnished 44,900 men for the army during mobilization, the War Department report shows. The figure covers volunteers and selective service entrants, and includes those who trained in camps nationwide. Secretary Baker notes the document provides detailed activity data and assesses patriotic contributions from field and home front.
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Washington
Connecticut
America
United States
Newton D. Baker
War Department
England
County
Uthe
Baker
Pair Who Eloped On Armistice Day Caught in Chicago
A Bridgeport pair who eloped on Armistice Day were found in Chicago after circulars had nationwide police broadcasts. Mrs Leadadia Micholawski and Wladyslaw Dembbski, each leaving spouses and children, are held for desertion. Bridgeport police notify the local prosecutor. The couple, the wife soon to be a mother, face Chicago court action.
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Chicago
Micholawski
Bridgeport Police
Bridgeport
Leadadia Micholawski
Wladyslaw Dembbski
John H. Redgate
Bridgeport Police Department
Isa
Glass May Accept Treasury Portfolio
Washington December 4 Representative Carter Glass of Virginia, chairman of the House Banking and Currency committee, is understood to have been offered the post of secretary of the treasury by President Wilson. Nomination to the Senate is expected if he accepts. Secretary McAdoo’s resignation would take effect on the appointment, with Glass to assume as successor upon confirmation.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilson
Senate
Glass
G Yelnetanes
George Washington
MaAdoo
Treasury
Mied
Crete
Borah
Republican
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Foreign Relations Committee
Cummins
Iowa
Teaders
Knox
Pennsylvania
League of Nations
Walsh
Monetana
Poindexter
Johnson
California
Mranea
Nox
Congress
Swiss to Transport Rastatt Prisoners
The Swiss government offers to provide fully equipped trains to transport 2300 American soldiers from the German Rastatt prison camp to the French border. The move, arranged through the American Red Cross in Switzerland, will have the prisoners moved to France via Switzerland.
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Washington
Rasatt
Red Cross
Switzerland
France
Red Cross to Open Citywide Membership Drive Dec 14
Bridgeport’s American Red Cross chapter announces a citywide membership drive starting December 14 to enroll every resident. A mass meeting will feature Dr. David Hughes recounting his experiences as chaplain to the Welsh Fusiliers. The executive committee and workers meet to outline plans with district canvassing and a goal to enroll all men women and children. Official headquarters opened at Broad and John streets.
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Bridgeport
American Red Cross
Asa
David Hughes
New York City
Seward B. Price
Chamber of Commerce
WN. IV. Bishop
H. Willard Fleck
Frank J. Brennan
Bradford D. Pierce, Jr
Broad and
John
Lake Co Worker Killed On Devon Bridge
William L. Allen 22 or 23 years old was struck and killed instantly by an eastbound train on the railroad bridge over the Sousatonie river near Devon. Allen, employed at the Lake Submarine Boat plant in Bridgeport, was walking to his rooming house after work. The engineer did not see him in the darkness and the entire train passed over him. Medical examiner Dr. L. J. Pons ordered the body taken to the morgue awaiting relatives. Police seek to locate his family. Allen may have lived in Norwich prior to coming to Devon.
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Devon
Sousatonie
William L. Allen
Bridgeport
Allen
Lake Submarine Boat Plant
L. J. Pons
Devor
Lake Plant
Norwich
Nugent Wounded in Action July 12 in France
Word reaches Nugent sisters that Private Nugent of Company C, 3rd Army Division, infantry, was severely wounded on July 12 while serving in France. A Bridgeport native, 26, he had prior stomach illness and worked at Crane Company before being drafted in September 1917. He moved from Camp Devens to Camp Greene then to France in April.
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Nuagent
Cy HN
Avis
Misses Myre
Jennie Nugent
Brony Avenue
Belie
Flarris
Washington
Nugent
Third Army
the Martie
Paris
Foeh
Nugents 12
Tham
Bridgeport
Camp Devens
Hee
Crane Company
Camp Greene
North Carolina
France
Two Examiners To Aid Winters In Labors Here
Jaseph McCoy of St Louis and Willard J Aborn of Olive land Ohio arrived in Rigport to assist Alpheus Winters in the office. Both men have held the same position elsewhere and will handle the large daily workload. McCoy supervised awards for Mason Machine employees at Baunton Massachusetts. Aborn handled Bethlehem Steel Company cases there.
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Jaseph McCoy
St. Louis, Ste
Willard J. Aborn
Ttluveland, O
Rigeport
Alpheus Winters
Mr. Winters
McCoy
Baunton
Mass
Mason Machine Company
Aborn
Bethlehem, Pa
Bethlehem ‘Steel Company
Young Slayer Evans Confesses Holdups and Murders
In Hoboken a young man Evans and accomplice Strasser confessed to numerous hold ups and robberies from Deer Island to Bridgeport. Evans admitted pulling many jobs, using force, and later killed a Hoboken officer during a confrontation. The pair drifted south, met a girl, and the jealousy led to their unraveling. The arrest followed after Evans shot and killed a member of the Hoboken police.
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Hoboken
Evans
Jes Strasser
Deer Island
Riile
Strasser
Quincy
Strassers
Bridgeport
Guyes
Vith
Five Bridgeport Men Discharged By Army Camps
Five Bridgeport men returned home to civilian life after honorable discharges. J By Stanley of 726 Pembroke street Metin Hoddinott of St Ogden street and two companions arrived from Camp Devens with discharge papers. Silas Dowson came home from Camp Devon and will resume work at Spits Textile. Hoddinott to be re employed at Salis Textile plant after Canadian service.
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Bridgeport
United States
J. By Stanley
Pembroke Street
Metin Hoddinott
St Ogden‘street
Safily
Camp Devens
Silas Dowson
Devon
Spits
Tie
Royal Air Forces
Canadian Army
Yester
Camp Borden
Canada
Hoddinott
Salis
Earthquake Harms Copiapo and Vallenar in Chile
An earthquake struck northern Chile damaging Copiapo and Vallenar. Copiapo reports show 10 percent of buildings destroyed and several deaths. many residents homeless. Telecommunication outages hinder details from Vallenar and surrounding districts. Copiapo, a mining and mercantile city, lies near Caldera and the volcano. Valle nvarn population over 5,000.
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Santiago
Chile
Copiapo
Vallenar
Vallenhr
Vadlenar
Atwonma
Caldera
Capiapo
Atacama
Copiano
Valleuar
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Gen. Edwards
Enators
Jess
Shington
New England
Rabinowitz
Northern
Pacific
Sec. Baker
Nutmeg State
W. L. Allen
War Labor’ Board
Repesentatives
Young Slayer
Number
Sen.frelinghuysen
The
Chilean
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