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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1918

Page

17

Express Robbers Split Loot From New Haven He re

Six men are held on heavy bonds for a sensational split loot robbery of Adams Six Press company in New Haven. The heist on June 20 on the Milford turnpike netted 55 000 in bonds and 1200 in cash. Authorities say principals Dominick Riccitelli Martin Wie Weiss and Solomon Kunct have been caught.

Milford Bridgeport New Haven Adams Six- Press Company New York Express Cauglht Dominick Riccitelli Martin Wie- Weiss Solomon Kunct Ars New Traven Iwunet Express Company Tresitelli Isseweiss Morris Nusselbammas Henry Hollander Uonte Konick

American Aviator Is Interned in Switzerland

American aviator of the expeditionary forces, Ashengen, has been interned in Switzerland after running out of gasoline near Swiss territory on June 26. His Chicago home is noted.

Switzerland Washington Tieu- Temnunt Dames Ashengen

Band Concert for Men in Service Slated Tonight

Washington park hosts a 90 minute band concert under the Board of Recreation for servicemen in uniform plus invited men. Locomobile band performs with a program including America overture solos and several dances. About 60 men from Eighth Regular Division units in Bridgeport attend.

Washington Park Board of Recreation Quartermasters’ Corps Bridgeport America Washington Delaware Pershing Rhine Johnnie Green France Dixie Tome

Stratford Guards Capture Store Raider In Early Morning

In Stratford this morning Williare Ff Burr surrendered to Chief Nichols after Legrand Woolsey and Fred Bruce of Company H State Guard cornered a burglar at the Gen Y W Bolster auto store on Stratford avenue near Hard's corner. The thief, bound over to the Superior court, had smashed the front window and scattered goods. a nearby witness described the break in as the alarm led to Woolsey’s pursuit. The intruder, from the Union Hotel Water Street Bridgeport, faces $500 bonds. A woman neighbor alerted police. Separately at Amsterdam, the Frankfurter Zeitung notes Russia changes loom as entente pressures may unravel the current government. Two men enlist in the naval reserve in New York, slated to be sworn in in New Haven.

Stratford State Guard Williare FF Burr Legrand Woolsey Company H Fred Bruce Woolsey Bruce Balster Nichols Union Hotel Water Street Bridgeport Superior Court Hard's Corner Butster Naval Luigi Carrano Lexington Avenue Naval Reserve John Gebhlin Shelton Street New Haven

Weather notes show cooler June with above average rain

William Jennings of the United States Weather Bureau reports June averaged one degree cooler than the 25 year June average. Total rainfall reached 5.27 inches, exceeding the 25 year average by 2.21 inches.

William Jennings Co-Operative Observer United States Weather Bureau

Leave of Absence For Clerk Rooney Goes Navy

Clerk of Supplies James J. Rooney of the Department of Education enrolls in the Navy and will be called within ten days. The Board grants leave of absence during service and covers the pay difference between naval remuneration and his current salary. A protest from Luella Callahan complains of smoke from Mariners Dairy on North Avenue and a health-threatening ditch in the yard.

James J. Rooney Department of Education John C. Shurley Navy Luella Callahan Tend School Mariners Dairy Company North Avenue

Telegram readers urged to arrange summer mail forwarding

Notices remind subscribers to forward papers during summer vacations. Call the circulation department or notify the paper before leaving town to receive forwarding without charge. The piece also mentions teachers and youth programs and notes a leave of absence for overseas YMCA worker Traymond FE Dulen.

Barnum VW. M. GG Traymond FE Dulen ML. A Waterbury New Haven Bridgeport Committee On

Draft Evaders in Arkansas Hills Fire Near Soldiers

A telephones operator reported fighting in hills near He Springs Arkansas between alleged draft evaders and a detach of National Army soldiers from the Fourth regiment. No confirmation of the battle or casualties was available tonight. Evaders reportedly fled into the woods as posses closed in.

Arkansas Hills Little Rock Ark He Springs National Army Regim Arkansas National Guard

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John Cashin Charlies Morgan Cashin University Club Shy Frankfurter Zeitung Russia Amsterdam Entente Rooney Education Department Nineinane Ans Ann San Ai Boys’ Union Caesar Rascus Adsar Men's Arrow B. V. D. Union Foothills
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