Bride and Husband Die by Gas in New York Apartment
Reduced pressure extinguished a dome of a jet left burning in a bedroom, leading to the deaths of Charles Kramer and his 18 year old wife at 364 East 123rd Street. They were asphyxiated after the couple had been married a short time. A neighbor, Mrs. Marg rte of 228 East 58th Street, entered the apartment after the bell rang and found the scene. George Bauer, 50, an ice dealer of Stapleton, Staten Island, was overcome by illuminating gas at his home and died en route to Staten Island Hospital or remained hospitalized with a poor prognosis.
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New York
Cholas Kramer
East 123Rd Street
Marg Rte
East 58Th Street
George Bauer
Stapleton
Statenland
Staten Island Hostal
Bauer
Fraternal Adelphian Lodge Conveys First Degree
Adelphian lodge 1 C O TF last night conferred the first degree on five candidates two from Muensterberg lodge The decree team is preparing for the second degree at the next meeting Jerusalem Chapter R A M will confer the mark master degree and hold a stated convocation Bridgeport Elks Lodge releases 3360 War Savings stamps Peter H Belly Exalted Ruler fosters War Savings stamps drive with Wing stamps board members Hincks Bellew and others to speak at the Elks Home tonight
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Adelphian
Adelphian Lodge
Jastight
Muensterberg Lodge
Rmn
Jerusalem
Bridgeport Elks
Bridgeport Lodge of Elks
Peter H. Belly
Wief
Wings
Wilum T. Hincks
William Tygers
Post Office
Elxs’ Lodge
Hincks
Grand Iodge
Bellew
Quiet Front Report As Rain Dampens Front
From the American front in France Feb 13 the day passed with unusually little artillery activity due to rain and low visibility. The sector remains muddy with dugouts in use and trenches manned as rain hampers operations. Casualties among American troops for the 24 hour period were not reported.
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Ance
Associad Press
Secor
Dugis
Draft men on Sundays Examine Draft Men on Sundays continued
Bridgeport draft division No. 4 released details of a case where a registrant asked for a transfer after sending four page papers with affidavits from his parents. The board granted the transfer but with a shorter reply. Twenty one registrants from other cities or states have been moved to Board Six for examination. Twenty high school senior girls assist Division No. 2 officials in classifying registrants at city hall.
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Bridgeport
Engine House No. 6
Junior Patriotic League
Will Case Settled Does Not Reach High Court
A probate will dispute involving Mrs Mary A Brown of Bridgeport and Norwalk ends in settlement before trial in superior court. The 1917 will left most estate to William Billeau and James H O Rourke, with specific bequests to care for a burial lot and to Mrs North. The case halted as terms were agreed prior to a court ruling.
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William I
Norwalk
Bridge named chief of forage branch in Chicago
George S. Bridge of Chicago was appointed chief of the forage branch of the fuel and forage division at the quartermaster general's office. He will have headquarters in Chicago with a branch office here.
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Washington
George S. Bridge of
Chicago
Fuel and Forage Division
Quartermaster General's Office
Trolleys Telescope in Bad Crash
Two trolley cars collided on Main Street near Grand, injuring several and prompting ambulances from Emergency Hospital. Dr. B C Pasuth treated minor wounds while a mother, Mrs. Middy Memo, feared her baby was harmed before the child was found unharmed. Officials blamed faulty brakes and slick tracks. the motorman escaped injury as he moved to safety.
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Main
Grand Streets
B. C. Pasuth
Middy Memo
Commercial Street
Memo
Father and Son Banquet Planned at Nichols Methodist
A Fathers and Sons banquet is set for Friday evening at the Nichols Methodist church. N B Curtis will serve as toast master, Ralph Sprague speaks for the Dads, W S Paten represents the Sons, and William Wallace Rose addresses The Five Points of Patriotism. Readings from enlisted boys, plus games and music, will precede the meal by a half hour.
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Methodist Church
N. B. Curtis
Ralph Sprague
Paten
William Wallace Rose
Car collision saves passengers despite telescoped rear train car
An accident report notes no one was on the rear platform when two cars telescoped. As they came together, windows shattered but the slow travel was credited with preventing multiple fatalities among passengers.
Enrolling Blanks Run Out for Bridgeport Sailors
W P Hindle, Bridgeport sea training bureau agent, ran out of enrollment blanks yesterday as 12 men sought entry after a first day of 17 applicants. Three were accepted and will be sent to Boston for physicals. Recruits Harold B. Laverd, Howard F. Smith, Charles H. Lang, and John F. King enrolled for merchant marine training aboard the Governor Dingley and Calvin Austin with pay during a one to two month course. All must serve through the war and may find postwar employment in the merchant marine.
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W. P. Hindle
Bridgeport
Sea Training Bureau
New
Merchant Marine
National
Boston
Haroldb. Laverd
East Main Street
Howard F. Smith
Suburban Avenue
Charles H. Lang
Putnam_ street
Cook
John F. King
United States Shipping Board
Governor Dingley
Calvin’ Austin
New Ireland
Firehouse discipline and commendations amid rescue praise
Two firefighters faced reprimands after alarms failure while Chief Johnson praised Lieutenant Bain and others for efficient rescue at the Arc in the Colonial apartments last week. The board adopted a general order of commendation for the rescuers and read applications from nine men for department membership, placing them on file.
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Johnson
Bain
Department
Arc
Colonial Apartments
Board of Commissioners
William F. Harding
East Main Streets
James T. Gallagher
Fairfield Avenue
William A. Wall, Jr
Grove Street
George, Schofield
Smith Street
Peter J. Ferrine
Tuexington Avenue
George C. Verella
Fairfeld Avenue
Sidney A.yomlin
Fulton Street
Walter I Beardslee
Noble Avenue
John T. McNamara
William Street
John J. Madden
James Street
Rail workers face wage raises amid output collapse and exodus
Witnesses told the commission that skilled railroad workers left for shipyards and munitions plants, reducing output to about 60 percent. Union officials warned wages lag behind living costs, and engineers cited enticing pay in other trades. Proposals floated include significant increases for mechanical workers, section crews, masons, and signal builders, with some advocating overtime pay and minimums to restore morale.
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Franklin
Warren S. Stone
The
Engineers
A. E. Barker
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
J. D. Parsons
J. R. Weller
American Association of Engineers
F. Richardson
Chicago
Stranklin
Commission
Lane
Carmen
ANE
Obituary for Davis W. Boyd Derby Veteran Leader Dies at 90
David W. Boyd aged 90, a longtime member of the State Veterans association and I. O. O. F., died yesterday in Derby. He belonged to Housatonic lodge I. O. O. F. and spent 40 years with the New Haven Knights Templar.
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Davis W. Boyd
David W. Boyd
State Veteran's Association
Derby
Housatonic Lodge
New Haven Knights Templar
Tolman the Loan Shark King Dies at 68
Daniel H Tolman once famed as King of the Loan Brokers died at his Montclair New Jersey home at 68 He built a nationwide network of agencies in 27 states and the District of Columbia and faced multiple legal troubles including a 1923 guilty plea for irregularities in his business and a later six month prison sentence pursued pardon attempts from Governor Glynn torn down by appeal denial
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Montclair
N. J
Daniel H. Tolman
Tolman
Columbia
Trenton
New York City
Hegg
Glynn
Tolyman
Add 3 to Death Toll of Flyers
Secretary Baker reported a surge in air training accidents as thousands of students qualify for flight, with one fatality among a string of incidents. He urged a thorough search of machine and method faults to reduce hazard in training flying.
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Baker
Peyton C. March
Army
Signal Corps
Sya
Ambrose Commissioned First Lieutenant in Slovak Regiment
In Bridgeport, Clayton G. Ambrose has been commissioned a first lieutenant in the First Slovak regiment. He is the son of Anthony S. Ambrose and one of three men from the regiment to receive commissions. The regiment was partly recruited in Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport
Anthony S. Ambrose
Ambrose
Commise
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IGN
P. L. Crosby
Nichols
R. R
S.anargyros
Plorii and Co
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