Draft Board No 2 Sends Five Men To Camp Meigs
Draft Board No 2 announced five men from the district will depart for Camp Meigs in Washington on July 15. The contingent, part of a city quota for limited service, includes William Turton Earl Naramore Humphrey Toomey James W Coughlin and Leon Bellows. Hearings were set for second quota registrants to appear and testify on deferred classifications with ninety more ordered to appear today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Avenue
Humphrey Toomey
Park Avenue
James W. Coughlin
Grove Street
Leon
Bellows
North Avenue
U S Navy Launch Sunk After Aiding French Vessel
A U S Navy launch aiding a French destroyer to tow a disabled American seaplane was sunk by German shore batteries. Two crew members likely drowned and two were captured. Assistant Surgeon Albert Mason Stevens and Quartermaster Philip Goldman were taken prisoner. Seaman Tatulinski and Voet are missing. two others swam ashore and were rescued. Stevens, later said to be assigned to foreign waters, is Yale and Oxford educated with a wife and child in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert Mason Stevens
Philip Goldman
Voth
New York City
Charles Joe Tatulinski
Cleveland
John Peter Voet
New Orleans
New York
Navy
United States
Yale
Oxford
Stevens
Connecticut to Give 1 609 000 in Y M C A Drive
Hartford reports Connecticut’s quota for the Y M C A drive next fall is set at 1 609 600 based on revised figures. The quota equals the Liberty loan share plus Fairfield county, lifting New England’s overall share to about 9 632 000 and placing Connecticut at roughly one sixth of the region’s total. In Brooklyn news, Robert Davis alias Sergeant Johnson is wanted for larceny and desertion. federal authorities may take charge, with Davis held at North Avenue Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Connecticut
George C. Hubert
New York
War
Fairfield County
Robert ‘ Davis
Ryohnson
Brooklyn
United States Army
Davis
North Avenue
Coroner Delays Findings in Two Bridgeport Deaths
Coroner John J. Phelan continues investigations into the Bridgeport Brass plant death of John Chuka crushed by 2,500 pounds of brass pipes from a crane, and the Housatonic Shipbuilding scaffold collapse death of Ephraim Wakelee of Stratford. A witness who allegedly failed to insert proper pins in the scaffold is sought but has left town, delaying inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chuka
East Main Street
Bridgeport Brass Company
John J. Phelan
Phelan
Ephraim Wakelee
Stratford
Housatonic
Realty Record Deeds Transfer Land and Buildings On Fairfield Avenue
Realty Record lists warranty deeds and quit claims transferring parcels and buildings in town. Meyer Goldberg and Isidor J. Goldman to Wilbur A. Smith. Susannah Blamey to Paul Fernando. Telesphor Thibault and Amanda Thibault to John J. Byrnes. Others include Robert A L Adams to George Botwright and Eliza Botwright. Adolph Hersh Korvitz to Malvina Moses. Abraham Bernstein to Joseph Furer. Hans Christensen and Gustave Christensen to Angelo Petralekas. Philip Cohen to Leopold Weiss. Vincenzo Fasanello to James Fasanello. George W Jewett to John H Spittler. Marcus Hirsch to Frederick A Parsons. Katherine Borstleman and John H Borstleman to Steve Warhol. Charles H Hinman to Myer Goldberg and Isidor J Goldman. Mary Larkin to Patrick F Flanagan. Mary B Gilbert to Isaac W Gilbert. Edwin Langdon to James E Palmer. Philip Cohen to David Condon. Parcel easterly, northerly, or southerly on various streets including Fairfield avenue, Holllster, Colorado, Norman, Hanover, Lexington, Calhoun, Brewster, Maple, Thompson, Hallam, Park, Kent, East Main, and North avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer Goldberg
Isidor J. Goldman
Wilbur A. Smith
Fairfield Avenue
Susannah Blamey
Paul Fernando
Hollister Avenue
Telesphor Thibault
Amanda
Thibault
John J. Byrnes
Edith B. Byrnes
Colorado Avenue
Robert A. L. Adams
George Botwright
Eliza S. Botwright
Norman Street
Adolph Hersh Korvitz
Malvina Moses
Hanover Street
Abraham Bernstein
Joseph Furer
Lexington Avenue
Calhoun Avenue
Hans Christensen
Gustave Christensen
Angelo Petralekas
Brewster Street
Philip Cohen
Leopold Weiss
Maple Street
Vincenzo Fasanello
James F. Fasanello
Thompson Street
George W. Jewett
John H. Spittler
Hallam Street
Marcus Hirsch
Frederick A. Parsons
Park Avenue
Katherine Borstleman
John H. Borstleman
Steve Warhol
Kent Avenus
Charles H. Hinman
Myer Goldberg
Mary Larkin
Patrick F. Flanagan
Center Street
Mary B. Gilbert
Isaac W. Gilbert
North Avenue
Edwin Langdon
N.S. Wordin
James E. Palmer
East Main Street
David Condon
Mill End Sale draws crowds with big savings
This ad like passage extols the Mill End Sale as the finest event for dry goods and staple items. It touts plentiful stock, wartime price concerns, and large crowds, promising ongoing savings, satisfaction, and economy for shoppers already convinced by the spectacle.
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Draft Board No. 2
Camp
Meigs
Quintet
Howvann’s
Illette
Aegade
Peewee
Kodak
Fritz Hawley
Opticians
ST. Bridgeport
Ridgeport
New Haven
Realty Record
G. W. Fairchild & Sons
Main St. Arcade Corner
Bridgeport
Conn
Mill End
THE
Howland Dry Goods Company
Mullins’ Typewriter Exchange
Main Street
Pobi
Corona Folding
Shelly
Barnow
Union St
NEW England Steamship CO
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