Sites Chosen for 606 New Homes Here
Two committees of city and chamber officials approve government backed housing, selecting sites near Old Mill, Fairfield, and Bridgeport for 606 dwellings. Plans call for 252 houses ready before snow, with diverse styles and brick or wood construction, funded by a $3,000,000 loan and aimed at easing city congestion after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Millenon
Handy and Hampany
Fairfield
Fairfield Me
Burroughs
Con
1C Company
Bureau of Sing
Washington
Report Housing Company
Chamber of Commerce
Carly
mMimittees
Etzd- On
Livin
Bridgeport
A.H. Ad
Portsmouth
Rie Bethichem
Prices Charged for Materials Scrutinized by Council
The finance report exposes disparities in city purchases from multiple contractors. Petruzzi sold 386 dollars of standard items while Burns supplied six at two dollars each. Also noted are higher costs from L. Petruzzi and Brennan Worshay for similar manholes and 40 inch sewers, raising questions about quantity discounts and contract handling. The council seeks explanations before approving the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Company
Petrugal
Brennan- Worshay
Forshay
Petrysxi
L. Jaques Construction Company
Brennan Worshay
Common Council
I. W. Behrens
Charity Board
Primrose
Finance Committee
Fractured skull in hotel accident at night
Carl Johnsen of 1521 Fair Avenue and Otto Lidquist of 149 Norman Street were injured after a fall at the Howard Avenue hotel around 11 pm. Johnsen struck his head on a radiator while Lidquist aided him. Both were taken to Bridgeport Hospital with skull fracture and severe head lacerations. Doctors and an ambulance driver helped push them to the hospital amid initial reluctance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Johnsen
Fairflatd Avenue
Bridgeport Hospitale
Otto Lidquist
Norman Street
Howard Avenlus Hotel
Johnson
Lindquist
Matthew Woley
Fred Mullins
Oysterman Held for Action by U S Officers
Peter Chinonick, employed on an oystering boat near Bridgeport Towing on Water Street, was arrested by federal authorities and detained at police headquarters. A separate report notes a sailor at large who took a Greenwich garage automobile, with two injured in a crash near Darien remaining at Norwalk Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Chinonick
Chinonick
Bridgeport Towing Company
Water Street
Blue Ribbon
F. B. Tones
Greenwich
Darien Laure
Norwalk Hospital
Rheims Battle Report Governs German Crossing Attempt
German forces near Rheims tried to cross the Marne using pontoons and latticing in woods and ravines along the northern riverbank. French defenses repelled the approach. tanks failed to break through as heavy artillery opened at midnight. Allies reported heavy German losses and uncertain division totals. The eastern Champagne front remained under French command led by a noted commander with a past in the colonies and Dardanelles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alimnoa
Marne
Champagne
France
Dardanelles
Rheims
Paris Relies on Staunch Defense Against Hunnish Attacks
Paris reports repulsed assaults by the Huns on Varunay and Les Marquises and the areas north of Presnes and Sonain. Eastern Theatre notes Greek gains on Struma patrols west of the Vardar, with Bulgarian raids repulsed near the Lakes west of Pegradec. Albanian advance reaches near Chekini and Crisja, in contact with Austrian positions. Prisoner tally up by about fifty. Our left links with the Italian right atop Cofodarza. Gura arrives. Boston acceptances for merchant marine training include Alexander W. Ghra of Bridgeport Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varunay
Les Marquises
Presnes
Sonain
Wicatre
Struma
Vardar
Monastir
Lakes
Pegradec
Devoli
Gramship
Chekini
Crisja
Cofo- Darza
Gura
Boston
Mass
United States Shinning Board
Merchant Marine Training Service
Alexander W. Ghra
Hancock Avenue
Bridgeport
Conn
Fight Wire with Fire in Bridgeport Army Talk
A Bridgeport gathering heard W. C. Arnold warn of German propaganda among 10000+ Russian workers in local munitions plants. Former Judge Wdoward PF Nobbs said propaganda endangers allied nations. A. T. Ambrose urged broader outreach to foreigners, arguing English alone does not make an American and stressing duty of naturalized citizens’ children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
W. C. Arnold
Algonquin Club
United States
Wdoward PF
Nobbs
Germany
Italy
Sapies
A. T. Ambrose
America
Emma Goldman
la Follete
Flo
Rent profiteering drive organized in Bridgeport
The meeting at the Algonquin club launched a bridgeport effort to curb rent gouging. A new city rent committee will investigate cases, stop evictions for rent disputes, and prosecute noncompliant landlords. Members include labor real estate and public representatives with legal counsel on the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werton
Charities Department
I. TE Greene
United States
Iegistration
Busta Paen
Courts of Justices of the Peace
National
Ot Labor Policies Board
Last Chance
Council of Defense
Algonquin Club
Bridgeport
William MM
Plair
Washingston
G. E. Alling
Aartford
Iout Minute
Speakers Bureau
William YW. Bee
National Headquarters
America
Bullard
Front of 65 Miles Battle Rages Near Rheims
Allied war dispatches describe German efforts around Rheims and Verdun aimed at driving toward Paris. British forces gain ground near Ypres while French Italian troops push in Albania and the Italian front. In Palestine Turkish and German units are driven from Jericho with heavy losses. Murman coast control cited. Kazan key in middle Russia captured by Czecho-Slovak forces. London air report records nine enemy aircraft shot down and bombings at Bruges and Zeebrugge. Berlin reports French advances southwest and east of the Aisne. Villers-Bretonneux action yields slight gains for British. 328 prisoners taken at Neuve-Chapelle area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rheims
Miurne
Verdun
Paris
Ypres
Hnés
Albania
Palestine
London Air Report
London
Roulers
Warneton
Bapaume
Bruges
Zeebrugge
Villiers Bretonneux
War Office
Tidgewood
Villiers Bretonnens
Nidgewood
Law
Eng
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Marne
Bonar Lew
Walter Runican
Bonar Law
Foch
State Prepares To Take 13 443 Soldiers Votes
Connecticut plans to mail duplicate ballots to 13 443 electors in camp and at sea for fall elections. Ballots travel on separate ships, with envelopes showing town and district, then deposited in local ballot boxes. Counts by county include Hartford 3 089 New Haven 4 518 Waterbury 2 etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Connecticut
France
Secretary of State
Traftford
New Haven
Wairfield
Litchfeld
Middlesex
New London
Windham
Tolland
Shipping boom as United States orders ships from Japan and China
The United States contracts over 100 million dollars for ships from Japanese yards and a first Chinese yard order for 120000 tons. Deliveries of about 130000 tons from Japan are planned by September 7 with steel shipments totaling around 135000 tons. Some vessels enter war zone service while others serve coastwise and South American trades. Advisory labor committee in Washington appointed to oversee unskilled labor, with Burritt as ex officio head, meeting after August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burritt
United States Employment Service
Mr. Burritt
Washington
United States
Orients
Island Kingdom
China
Hese
Japan
Janan
Navy Department
Americans Press On Under Heavy Shelling on Marne Front
American troops advanced under gas shelling and high explosives, pushing toward German positions near Jaulgonne and the Marne. They repelled a German attempt to cross with pontoon bridges, held the line, and even advanced against the river defenses as hospitals faced shellfire. A British report notes American prisoners exceeding a thousand after a decisive counterattack south of the Marne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Paris
The
Marne
Marne Front
Jaulgonne
Vaux District
Jautgonne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Old Milleen
Fairfield ‘Avenue
Connecticut Avenue
Cornell
Ollette Grein
Carl Johnson
U.S
Allen
Plattsburg
Europe
War Relief Committee
Army
Allen S. Olmsted
LE Roy
U. S
E. P. Bullard
Mr. Dee
George W. Wheeler
Bridgeport War Bureau
Luis
Justice Wheeler
Haig
C. Arnold
Charles H. Shapiro
E. ©. Cortright
Wv. A. Redden
J. A. WH
Robinson
K. DT
Buckingham
Paul
Chapman
W. W. Bent
Hears
Lann
Wilson
Alexander Alison
Volga River
Moscow
Berlin
General Headquarters
Ithebns
O'Shea
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
George Shea
Parasdise Green
Connecticut Land and Tille Company
Josephine Prackneck
Holcomb
John Buckley
Buckley
Covernor Holcomb
State Council of Defense
Justice of the
Paoce
Frederick E. Morgan
Ignac Colas
Harry White
Burton
Galas
Harold White
Beardsley Street
Golas
White
Oriental Builders
the Kaiser
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!