War Strikers To Be Drafted In Defence Of War Effort
Premier Lloyd George said all workers will be treated as having left the munitions effort if they remain absent from Monday. Protection certificates lapse and such workers will be liable under the military service act. The government contrasted idle strikers with workers risking their lives at the front and noted union leaders urged a return to work. Reports from Birmingham and Coventry indicated some plants resumed operations after the appeal.
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Lloyd-George
Coventry
London
Trades Union Advisory Committee
Birmingham
Greene Named War Bureau Organizer for Fairfield County
Charles F. Greene was appointed by the State Council of Defense as its Fairfield County representative to organize War Bureaus in towns lacking them. The council aims to broaden war work coordination, focusing on soldiers welfare store welfare and Americanization of aliens.
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Charles F. Greene
State Council of Defense
British Planes downed and 16 airmen missing
The report states British aircraft fought German planes yesterday and suffered losses with 15 British machines failing to return. The message notes air operations and missing crew, reflecting wartime dispatches from the era.
Divisional Quotas For August 6 Call On City Expected
Bridgeport must entrain 73 men for Fort Slocum on August 6 with one more than Hartford. Milford seven, Ridgefield 1, Norwalk 36, Greenwich 21, New Milford 44 contributed by other boards. General Crowder cites 40 percent of 749,500 registrants likely classed for several military vocations and urges scrutiny of local boards failing to classify accordingly.
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Bridgeport
Fort Slocum
George M. Cole
Hartford
Milford
Ridgefield
Norwalk
Greenwich
New Milford
Crowder
Clauss Ioas
militar TV + ica
Navy
Marine Corps
Emergency Fleet
General Crowder
Danbury Bridgeport commuter express plan explored
A federal survey starts to gauge daily worker interest in a 30 cent Danbury to Bridgeport commuter train. The plan envisions morning and evening through service linking Danbury and Bridgeport to relieve congestion at Remington Arms U M C plants. Danbury officials push the idea with support from Otto M Echlitz of the Bureau of Housing and Transportation and potential backing from the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad.
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Remington Arms U. M. C
Bridgeport
N “Iew
Danbury
Chamber of Commerce
James Ye. Cute
Otto M. Echlitz
United States Bureau of Housing and Transportation
Washington
Cuff
Edilitz
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
The
Express
Kane Reelected District Business Agent for Carpenters Union
Martin J. Kane was elected to a consolidated district post covering Bridgeport, Fairfield, and Milford, serving a seventh year. He defeated C. H. Cannon and Ty A. Flannagan with a decisive vote, as members announced last night after a nearly two month ballot period.
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Martin J. Kane
Bridgeport
The
Carpenters and Joiners Union of America
Wairfield
Milford
C.H. Cannon
Ty. A. Flannagan
Kane
Welan
Americans Find Hundreds Of Dead Germans Near Marne Front
Allied advance along the Marne reports hundreds of German dead found in the front area. American troops liberated towns as they pushed forward and recovered bodies. A German prisoner said troops were tired of war and planned to desert. the crown prince’s fate appeared uncertain as fighting continued.
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Phks
Aisne-Marnne
Americ Trogpa
Thie
Marne
Yietins
Willy
Cetinastoel
Marne Re
Mong
Pere
Germin Solibiers
Coirs
Noel
Piggott Sees Half Coal Save With Care at Bridgeport
R J Piggott, State Fuel Conservation official and former Remington Arms power chief, told a High School meeting of power plant superintendents and foremen that Bridgeport could cut coal use by half with efficient plant equipment. He cited leaks, faulty steam traps, poor drafts, meters, and resistance to flow meters as major waste factors, predicting new federal efficiency rules will push installations. William P. Kirk of the same group backed the warning.
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Bridgeport
R. J. &. Piggott
State Fuel Conservation Committee
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
Bridgeport Works
Interborough Rapid ‘Transit Company
New York
Pines
Hey
United States Fuel Administration
William P. Kirk
Sugar ban limits to one lump sugar in coffee
Washington issued a National Food Administration regulation restricting sugar use with coffee and tea. In Bridgeport the rule was first enforced at the railroad station where travelers with extra sugar were refused and told the regulation would be broadcast nationwide. Local restaurants have begun enforcing the measure, forcing patrons to use the prescribed amount or drink coffee without sugar.
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Washington
National Food Administration
Bridgeport
Aso
Bullard Engine Plant Cost Totals $3,062,600
Army Ordnance reports Bullard Engine Works among 16 gun plant sites and lists $3,062,600 total costs for the Bullard facility with $4,002,000 allocated to handling and equipment. The program funds erection and machining of siege and anti tank guns, with plants producing artillery from 1.5 to 10 inches. Location outlined as Pittsburgh at a stated cost.
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Bullard
Army Ordinae Aequarment
Taitlord
Westlands
Ariert
Bullird
Pittehareh
Faa
Siamese Aviators to France Reach Five Hundred Trained
Paris reports that over 500 Bangkok-born pilots trained in Siam are prepared to join France in active service. Prince Vaidyakara, Siamese legation secretary, told Paris Midi that Siam’s contribution may seem modest but reflects a people’s strong sentiment toward France.
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Paris
Bangkok
Siam
France
Prince Vaidyakara
Paris Midi
Eight U S Army Officers Fall in Soissons Sector Action
Eight U S Army officers died as the drive continued near Soissons and Missy-au-Bois in a hard fighting front south of the Ourcq. Colonel Hamilton Smith Lieutenant Colonel Clark El-Mott Major J M McCloud Lieutenant James Lodar and Captains Sidgrerson Mood Hamel Titchard Nolmes Wohnes and Lodar were killed by machine gun fire or shells while leading troops.
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J. M. McCloud
Soissons-Arras
McCloud
James G. Lodar
James A. Sidgrerson
Fulvis A. Mood
Alfred R. Hamel
James N. G. Titchard
James H. Nolmes
Lodar
Wohnes
Missy-au-Bois
Smith
Orry-la-Ville
Luzarches
Bootlegging Case Bound Over for District Court Hearing
Four men Edward McCurk George Slavin Harle Williams and Samuel Gilman were bound over to the United States District Court in Hartford next September after waiving examination at a hearing before U S Commissioner Hugh J Teavery. They were arrested in South Norwalk last Friday night by DOJ agent Charles I Tame on the charge of selling liquor to sailors in defiance of federal law. Bonds set at 500 each. The penalty is up to one year in jail or a 1000 fine or both. Slavin McGurk and Williams allegedly smuggled drinks to sailors at the Wattling Sunsa saloon where Slavin was bartender. Gilman was a hotel waiter. The raid followed complaints from World Navy departments about liquor furnished to sailors in the area.
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United States
Hugh J. Teavery
Edward McCurk
George Slavin
Harle Williams
Samuel Gilman
Department of Justice
Charles I. Tame
South Norwalk
United States District Court
Hartford
Lach
Slavin
McGurk
Williams
Wattling Sunsa
Norwalk
Omsk Provisional Government Assumes Full Authority
London July 26 Reuters dispatch from Pekin reports the provisional government at Omsk has resumed supreme authority in Siberia and proclaimed Siberia's independence. It has annulled Bolshevik decrees and re established the Siberian duma as it seeks approval from distant authorities.
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London
Omsk
Siberia
Reuter
Pekin
Siberian Duma
Yhudivostok Homcchinort
British Cruiser Sunk by U Boat. 10 Missing
London July 6 The British armored cruiser Marmara was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine Tuesday night. Thirteen crewmen are missing and presumed drowned. A separate British torpedo boat destroyer was sunk earlier this week. no reliable record confirms the vessel's exact identity.
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H. M.S. Marmora
Elinks
London
Miartaiara
Maesday
Mae Adimiralty
Allied forces push toward Fere-en-Tardenois in fresh offensive
The ninth day of the Soissons Rheims salient battle saw fronts in flux as French American British and Italian units pressed along the Marne toward Rheims while forest fighting reduced German positions north of the Marne. At Oulchy le Chateau and VilIontaire the French and Americans advanced eastward capturing guns and prisoners.
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Soissons-Rheims Salient
Salient
Marne
Rheims
Reuil
Mery
Hill 204
Vrigny
Champagne
Rheims-Soissons
Oulchy le Chateau
Vil Iontaire
Oulchy
Fere-en-Tardenois
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London, Jr
British Airemen
Whatster R&port
Rss
Cease
TPMN
Siite
Eidlitz
Piggott
Arms Co
U.S. Army
Olea Tabak
John Tabak
Boston Avenue
Frank J. Gisvlias
Omsk Government
Nuavat
Marmara
Wes Josank
Che Meninsnine
Oriental Stevway Navigation Company
Bross
Belfast
Associated Press
Saliet
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