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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1918
Page
7
In a City League game the Rosebuds beat the Lawrence team by a slim margin in a tense clash. A separate junior contest saw Daytons edge rivals by a close score as both sides traded hits and fought for control throughout.
Sizable shifts in the American League lead as Sisler overtakes Burns of the Athletics for top pace in batting. Merkle tops the National League, with Daubert and Sarin among plate leaders. Yankees show early power while Chicago and Brooklyn trail with key hitters. Also notes early season games in Kansas City and Milwaukee.
New York June 30 An energetic search by the American Defense Society and its 2076 branches for black walnut timber continues for government aero plane propellers and gun stocks. William Guggenheim urges patriots to report suitable trees two feet or more in diameter, 12 to 36 feet tall, straight and knot-free. Offers go to Guggenheim, 44 Hast 25rd street, New York, and if wood qualifies fair prices will be paid. donations are not accepted.
The piece quotes Walter Brown on five major sickness groups, highlighting degenerative diseases such as organic heart disease, nephritis, arteriosclerosis, cerebral hemorrhage, and accidents. It notes increasing deaths from these, urges early diagnosis and hygiene, and cites pneumonia as the leading single cause of death.
A draft board reduced requisition to 16 men for Army July 22, down from 99 in May. With over 200 men in Class 1A, filling the quota is expected. Reclassifications under work or fight rules will proceed, and non essential workers are being shifted. Two men were sent to Camp Upton to replace two rejected. Mulvey and Hajjar moved, each seeking transfer to Board No 2.
Private Arthur Stokes formerly of 1156 Park Avenue was wounded by German fire in France. His mother, Mrs Catherine Stokes, receives a Windsor Castle letter from King George written on castle stationery with the British coat of arms. The report notes a prior Ireland facial demonstration and a letter from the king to other American soldiers.
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