War Cabinet Debate Continues In Senate Clash Over War Plans
Senators clash over the war cabinet bill with praise for wartime achievements and warnings of a breakdown in the military machine. Reps discuss constitutional concerns while Secretary Baker’s cross examination is postponed to Wednesday to avoid disrupting tomorrow’s sessions.
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Chamberlain
Reed
Military Committee
War Cabinet
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Wrdsworth
New York
Republican Committee
Thomas
Colorado
Kirby
Arkansas
Beker
Administration
Commmiitsee
Baker
Six Years and Not Done Yet
At the city council meeting last night Alderman Barns proposed that all sand and gravel sold in Bridgeport be sold by weight. The proposal was sent to the ordnance committee. Alderman Lyons offered two public playground resolutions for the west end in the Fourth district, one to open a playground and another for a comfort station, referred to the recreation commission and the streets and sidewalks committee respectively.
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Barns
Bridgeport
Ordnance Committee
Lyons
Recreation Commission
West End
A Beautiful Complexion For Only 30 Cents
Advertiser touts Peterson's Ointment as a quick cure for pimples dark spots and skin blemishes promising a clear smooth complexion in a week. The ad asserts money back if the product fails and urges men and women to buy now to impress others.
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Petersen
Peterson
Strikes and Battles Reported Across Fronts
The report notes clashes at Jena amid student sympathy leading to strikes. American forces repel German assaults in Lorraine, extend bombardment, while British casualties total 6354. Venice, Padua, Treviso, Mestre bombed. civilians suffer. Romania engages Russian forces in Moldavia and Bessarabia, disarming divisions and securing depots.
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Padua
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Castrone
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Morehouse May Act to Hold Mrs. Chapman
Stratford prosecutors consider swearing out a warrant for Mrs. Chapman over alleged theft of thousands. Witness Margaret Graham accuses her. others reluctant to file complaints. Missing secretary William Ritch may be with her seeking repayment of about $20,000.
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Chapman
Charles J. Chapman
Lordship Manor
Bridgeport
Ivan L. Morehouse
Stratford
Tts
Mrs. Chapman
Loth
Wait 12 Weeks in Quarantine to Be Married
Three men of the 302d field artillery at Camp Devens plan marriage while awaiting quarantine. A measles case delays their return. Names include Carl Brandt Pittsfield IK, Fort Harry Paldwin Shoreham VT, and Howard License Pawlet VT. The article notes broader camp matters, including a push to expand regimental bands in the 76th division and Pershing's band size recommendations.
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Ayer
Mass
302D Field Artillery
Carl Brandt
Pittsfield
Harry Paldwin
Shoreham
Howard License
Pawlet
General Pershing
Paris
Phan Minstrel Show Arrangements Promised By Club
Arrangements for the annual minstrel and circus to be given at the M. A. February et are all but completed. This show has been anticipated with enthusiasm by the boys and their parents. This year's entertainment will be the best ever, full of wit and humor.
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PHAN
Col Cutler to Speak to Jews on Army Work
Bridgeport Jews show interest in plans by the Hebrew Welfare Board led by Col Harry Cutler of Providence to secure a permit to build a welfare building at Camp Devens Massachusetts. The facility will serve over 2000 Jewish soldiers and headquarter welfare workers and religious activities.
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Hebrew Welfare Board
Harry Cutler
Providence
Cutler
Secretary of War
Washington
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Army Camp
William Wreigel
Baker
Col. Cutler
Weigel
B N a i B R i t h to Send Ambulance to French Front
At a New York convention B N ai B R ith announced a fully equipped ambulance to serve in France under the Red Cross emblem. The gift came from Horeb lodge New Haven to District Judge No 1 headquartered in New York City. Maurice P Davidson was elected president urging support for the war effort. Charles H Shapiro named committee chair on intellectual advancement. Sigmund Loewith named mileage chair.
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New York
France
Horeb Lodge
New Haven
New York City
New York State
New England
Canada
Yonkers
Maurice P. Davidson
Charles H. Shapiro
Sigmund Loewith
Colby Urges Faster Shipyard Work At Dinner
New York February 4 United States Shipping Board chairman Bainbridge Colby urged Americans to wage war in mind heart and spirit and pressed urgent shipyard effort. He said rivet workers must raise output from 130 to 400 per day warning of U boats and the need to arouse duty and danger to speed ship construction.
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New York
Bainbridge Colby
United States Shipping Board
Far Western Travellers’ Association
U S Airmen Triumph Over German Foes In Aerial Battles
A Lafayette squadron repelled German air attacks with three enemy machines brought down while suffering no losses. Thomas Hitchcock Jr. and David E. Putnam scored victories, with Hitchcock linked to Mineola’s aviation field and Putnam marking his third kill. Additional notes cover Harvard graduate Masoni Magoun Jr. in a Royal Flying Corps duel and the death of cadet Wyles B. Bradley from Ellington Field in a fatal crash.
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Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
Long Island
David E. Putnam
Brooktine
Mass
Paris
Hitchcock
Putnam
Thomas Hitchcock
Mineola
France
Asyiation Service
Cambridge
Francia Peabody Magoun, Jr
Harvard
Royal Flying Corps
Masoni
Magoun
Houston
Texas
Wyles B. Bradley
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Ellington Field
Bradley Sell
Camp Kelly
Dittman Sentenced to Five Years in Fortress Confinement
Berlin Feb 4 Radical Socialist deputy Dittman, tried by an extraordinary court martial for inciting to high treason and restraint from public authority, was ordered to serve five years confinement in a fortress after the trial.
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JAI
Berlin
London
Wilhelm Dittman
Extend Time 60 Days to Take War Insurance
Washington Med 4 A joint resolution extending the time in which soldiers and sailors who entered the service before last October 15 may apply for government voluntary life insurance for sixty days from February 12 was prepared today for introduction in Congress. Owing to difficulties of insurance solicitation among the scattered forces many of the men have neglected to enter their applications. An extensive campaign is under way this week by the soldiers insurance bureau of the treasury department to solicit insurance applications.
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Treasury Department
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Soraite Tea
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Pridgeport
Carl F. Siemon
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H.C. Stevens
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Iast Math Street
Thomas Layvnis
Charles Zachariar
James Cakavell
I. I. Hume
Stevena
Kidnapper of Girl Sent to Observation Hospital
New York police yesterday sent the kidnapper of three year old Gillian Renner to the observation ward of Bellevue Hospital for ten days. A police magistrate ordered the confinement to determine sanity before the case proceeds on the kidnapping charge.
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New York
Reh
Sophie Berg
Gillian Rener
Bellevue Hospital
Holiday Coal Situation Saturday Conference Delays Lift
Railway officials and fuel administrators debated extending the fuelless Monday policy amid a cold east wave and snow. Local coal orders were restricted as Bridgeport fuel authorities moved to clear orders, while restaurants formed a coal distribution association to receive allocated shipments.
Ayer Citizens Vote Against Liquor Sale
Ayer Massachusetts voters rejected liquor licenses by a wide margin. Citizens, military authorities, and church groups campaigned against licensing with a final tally of 378 nays to a small number of yeas. The vote reflected local control over a liquor issue.
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Ayer
Masa
National Army
Explosion at Prague munitions depot prompts speculation
A Prague Bohemia munitions depot exploded with many lives lost or damaged. Some accounts say the blast was intentional. Authorities in London and Dublin report the incident as a possible act of sabotage or accident at the depot near the capital.
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Dodhs
London
Prague
Bohemia
Take 1 450 Men for Service
The report covers draft board activity with 71 men in regular service appeals and detailed counts from Boards Three to Five. It notes examinations, acceptances for regular and special service, rejections, and forthcoming plans including a February 28 deadline for those in the first draft and two men from Local Board No. 5 heading to Camp Devens.
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Medical Advisory Board
County Court House
Focal Boards
Hartford
German Alien Registration Rush Drives City Census
Thousands of German and Austrian alien males over 14 registered in New York and nationwide as police and post offices conducted a government census under justice department rules. Clerks handled batches, fingerprints drew protests, some lacked photographs, and many without permits faced investigation. The effort aims to track nativity, occupation, and relationships to aid surveillance during wartime.
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Luckley
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Felie
Department of Justice
Suckley
Washington
United States
Hungary
Departement of Justice
House
Webb
Judiciary Committee
New York
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