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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1918
Page
7
A fire at the Daly Bros. Supply and Engineering Co. rear building on 150 South Elim Street caused about 40000 in damages. The Our Lady of Lourdes church and Notre Dame convent faced danger during the blaze, which occurred at the supply house early today in Waterbury.
Freudenheim an Austrian convicted of attempting sedition among Harlem’s Negroes was sentenced in federal court to seven years in Atlanta federal prison. An industrial insurance collector, he organized private agitation among Negro patrons urging resistance to the draft and promising German rule after the war.
City children totaling 22 000 have entered the War Savings drive. The school stamp contest starts next Monday and ends September 15. Contestants receive an official card with name address and school. They must buy stamps from post offices or sub stations and credit will be recorded weekly to War Savings headquarters. Isaac Moss chairs the contest and will send letters to contestants to be signed by a parent.
Members of the Comfort club held their first annual field day yesterday at Beardsley park with many attendees. A box lunch was served at Anne Hatheway cottage after the event. A ways and means meeting at Mrs. C. I Crosby home is set for Monday to plan fundraising for the ambulance company.
London headquarters say enemy attacks four posts south of Meteren were repulsed after heavy artillery and trench mortar prep. Many casualties. a few prisoners captured. London troops conducted a daylight raid southwest of Albert, taking seventeen prisoners and four machine guns. Other minor prisoner captures reported on the front. Oseka launched. third Ferris type wooden steamer built by Portland Ship Ceiling company christened by Miss Hope Rumery.
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