Governor Crowder Defines Adequate Support for Soldiers
Hartford December 31 Governor Holcomb received from General Crowder instructions for local exemption boards on providing adequate support in soldiers pay and war risk allowances. He says adequate support cannot be fixed by a rule of the dumb but must be determined with common sense and empathy in each case, balancing dependents' interests and government needs. The classification scheme aims to raise armies with minimal hardship for those left at home.
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Hartford
Holcomb
Crowder
Entente Allies Weigh Russian Peace Bid in Paris Talks
Washington reports that Entente nations including Britain and France plan to meet in Paris to discuss Bolshevik proposals with Russia. Officials say any peace deal would be presented to the U S State Department, while German efforts to use the Russian negotiations to disrupt the Allies are suspected driven by counter moves.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Russia
Ameratate Department
Armany
Vatican
Long sought in six year wire theft case in Texas
A report from Bridgeport states Charles A. Long is accused of stealing a silver upper wire valued at 1100 dollars from Western Union. Police arrested a man today and Long, said to have traveled widely, is sought by Bridgeport authorities. Redgate, police chief, notes connection with a 1912 Bridgeport case and a Dallas link.
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Aumour
Texas
Charles A. Long
Eport
Western Union
Wan
Ding
Bridgeport
John Ti. Redgate
Niles
Dallas
Tex
Longdeen
Enports Pass Six Billion Mark
Ishington reports the United States commerce department estimates that the country’s 4S reached a new high of over six billion dollars in 1917, marking a record migrk in total value.
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Ishington
America
Department of Commerce
Dawson City Sees 86 Below This Season
Record low of 86 degrees below zero reported at the mouth of the Pelly River, 150 miles up the Yukon from Dawson City. Whitehorse records 72 below zero as the cold continues over several weeks.
Promises Full Rifle Supply for All Forces
Washington reports Major General Crozier testified before the Senate military committee that complete rifle supplies will be available within a month for all American forces. Regulars and national guardsmen will have Springfields before Feb 1, with remodeled Tinfields for the first national army finished in a week, and a full American machine gun supply by July 1. He defended ordnance policies and clarified issues around the Lewis gun, gas stories, and a new powder factory planned to reach 1,000,000 islands daily.
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Washington
Crozier
Senate Military Committee
Isaac N. Lewis
Lewis
War Department
Geveral
England
France
Secretary of War
Congress
Army
Department
Hitchcock
General Crozier
Draft Detainees Respond to Questionnaire Net
Hundreds of Bridgeport draftees who dodged the first draft are surrendering to police through the new questionnaire system. The plan probes entire careers and past ten years, steering many to seek enlistment rather than appeal. Draft boards, noting the trend, are promptly sending those who come forward to camp without delay.
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Bridgeport
U S May Pay Railroads for Taking Over
President Wilson's legal advisers completed a bill to compensate railroads under government operation and authorize government purchase of equipment to lease. The measure will be introduced in the House by Rep. Sims and in the Senate by Sen. Smith and Sen. Pomerene. The Railroads War Board cited freight surges from war production as the cause of congestion and noted a sharp rise in traffic since 1906. Director General McAdoo ordered railroads to close accounts at midnight and reopen tomorrow under a revised government accounting system.
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Washington
Wilson
Representative Sims
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Pomerene
Joseph W. Folk
Interstate Commerce Commission
John Barlow Payne
Shipping Board
McAfroe
Railroads War Board
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Canada
Germany
Great Writain
Russia
France
Austria
McAdoo
Hig
Jiaasi
New York
New England
Mississippi
Ohio River
War Board
Railroad War Board
Hale Holden
The
Burlington
Wr Board
John Ne Williams
Henry Walter
Atlantic Coast Line
Ward Chambers
Food Administration
Walker JD. Hines
Fairfax Harrison
Southern
Rea
Pennsylvania
Kruuschnitt
Southern Pacific
Billiott
New Haven
Holden
Four Brotherhoods
Federal Board of Mediation and Concilation
Wheeler Named Head of War Bureau in Bridgeport
Hartford December 31 Judge George W Wheeler of the Supreme Court of Errors accepts from Governor Holcomb the appointment as chairman of the war bureau in Bridgeport an auxiliary to the state council of defense.
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Hartford
George W. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Errors
Holcomb
War Bureau
Bridgeport
State Council of Defense
Huns Lose Gain Made at Cambrai
Deep snow covers the western front as British and German forces clash at Cambrai. Germans briefly enter a British trench on the Welsh ridge but are driven back by a counterattack led by Field Marshal Haig. Heavy fighting and artillery duels continue on multiple fronts, including Monté Tomba in northern Italy.
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France
Cambrai
Hindenburg Line
Marshal Hais
Mément
Italy
Monté Tomba
Arrest Engineer and Fireman for Cedar Hill Wreck
New Haven December 41 Following a coroner s finding holding them responsible for the death of Mereld ih Small a railroad fireman Charles H Clark engineer and James J Dean conductor of a switching crew were arrested here today on the charge of manslaughter The men arrested caused a light engine to get in the path of an express train from New Haven at Cedar Hill on the night of December 22 and Small was killed in the collision that resulted Small was fireman of the switcher and resided in Springfield Clark and Dunn both of this city are held in 3000 bail for preliminary trial in the Hamden town court on Monday next
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New Haven
Mereld Ih
Small
Charles H. Clark
James J. Dean
Cedar Hill
Springfeld
Clark
Dunn
Hamden
Cold Wave Abates Yet Two Suffer in Bridgeport
Bridgeport endured a severe cold spell with temperatures near four below zero. A teamster collapsed from the cold near Water Street and Railroad Avenue, later dying from frostbite and a fractured skull after being taken to St. Vincent's hospital. Police could not identify him. pockets contained keys and tobacco. He remained unconscious in critical condition.
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Bridgeport
Waterstreet and
Railroad Avenue
Leslie Slocum
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Jack
Prast
Main Street
Teanster
Water Street
Aranki
Thrift Campaign urged by Federal Reserve Board in War Time
Washington dispatch reports the Federal Reserve Board urging banks to promote thrift campaigns to help finance the allies. It urges the public to save, wear old clothes, avoid luxuries, and teach the meaning of saving in support of the war effort.
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Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Bridgeport manufacturers plead for coal to keep munitions plants
Bridgeport manufacturers and the local chamber of commerce urged urgent coal shipments to sustain munitions production and avert mass layoffs. Telegrams were sent to Secretary Baker, Secretary Daniels, Director McAdoo, and Fuel Administrator Garfield demanding immediate action. Meetings discussed closing nonessential operations while preserving schools, with a plan to keep munitions plants running.
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Manufacturers of Bridgeport
Manufacturers’ Association
Manuufacturers’ Association
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
Baker
Navy
Daniels
McAdoo
Gearfield
Ultimata
Carl F. Siemon
United States Fuel Administration
Marty W. Walker
R. E. Beers
State Russell
Harfoord
Bridgeport
Algonquin Club
Garfield
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East
Owder
Isider
Dawson City
U.S
MDGE
Haig
Cedar Hill Wreck
Eastern Railroads
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