Americans and French enter Fere-en-Tardenois clash update
Passengers on a British liner report battles with German U boats 750 miles off the New Jersey coast and with an apparent American submarine. The ship accompanied the Justicia when it was torpedoed and sunk off the North Irish coast. E H Butt recounts three submarine encounters beginning July 19.
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Atlantic
New Jersey
Justicia
North Irish
E. H. Butt
Augusta
Archibald Butt
Taft
Train Mangles Herd of Cattle Near Botsford
Passengers on an afternoon train from Brookfield Junction to Bridgeport witnessed a wreck when the engine struck a herd of cows near Botsford station. Three cows were killed and others injured. a herder narrowly escaped trampling. The train, delayed by an obstructed view, stopped after the impact to check for engine damage.
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Brookfield Junction
Bridgeport
Botsford
Newtown
Gorizia Veteran Dies After Gas Attack in Bridgeport
Sebastiano Tartaglia 29, Bersagieri veteran who was gassed at Gorizia and later discharged for physical deficiency, died Friday night at Bridgeport hospital three hours after falling ill while playing cards. He came to Bridgeport a year and a half ago to join his brother at Pembroke street, received last rites, and will be buried at St. Michael's cemetery with flags on his coffin.
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Gorizia
Sebastiano Tartaglia
Bersag-ieri
Bridgeport
Orazio Tartaglia
Pembroke Street
John Formichella
Tartaglia
Michael Keating
Holy Rosary Church
Louis E. Richards
St. Michael's Cemetery
Weather forecast for East New York and New England
Partly cloudy Monday with possible thunder showers at night or Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday. North and middle Atlantic winds gentle to moderate from the south and southwest. Moon rise and water readings mentioned in the fragment. exact values unclear.
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East
New York
South
New England
North
Middle Atlantic
Seven Connecticut Men Named in New Casualty List
Washington July 28 Army casualty list shows killed in action 38 died of wounds 11 died of disease 13 died of accident and other causes 8 wounded severely 115 wounded degree undetermined 1 missing 535 total 225. The list names Captains Newell R. Fiske Crawford Conn William T. Shaw Tatum D C Lieutenants Robert C Crandall Stamford Conn Raymond Jauss New York Sergeants John W Carrick Monongahela Pa John F Donovan Boston Frank Downer Pittsburgh George Katterhorn Wallingford Conn Clyde Mummey Kenton Ohio Corporal Charles Caleb Crews Gilroy Calif Bugler Leon F Burgess Holyoke Mass Privates Irrank Blocklinger Dubuque Iowa Henry L Bouret Natick Mass Bennie L Brown Vigor Wa Lonnie A Childers Newalla Okla Albert Downing Hast Boston Mass Wilbur Fulton Covington Ind Edwin Donald Lindsay Council Bluffs Iowa Herbert C Murbach Swanton Ohio George Homer Baxter Sutherland Comes Rock Va Died of disease Sergeant Qmer Albert Huntsinger Hartford City Ind Corporals Fravel Alleman Goshen Ind Arthur Dieball Chicago Postal Clark John T Hyland Camden N J Privates James H Allyn Gundale Washa Roscoe W Bishop Martinsville Mo Albert L Caldwell Couch Mo Walter Clark Sumner Miss Noah M Faust Linn Creek Mo Hanford Hanson Northland Wis Harry Dudley Sarvis Greensboro Ala Max Swink Connelly Springs NC William Whelan Cleveland Ohio Continued on Page Two
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Washington
Newell R. Fiske
Crawford
William T. Shaw
Tatum
D. C
Robert C. Crandall
Stamford
Stamford, Conn.; Raymond 8
Natick
Mass
Bennie L. Brown
Vigor
Lonnie A. Childers
Newalla
Qokla
Albert, Downing
Boston
Wilbur Fulton
Covington
Ind
Edwin Donald Lindsay
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Herbert C. Murbach
Swanton
Ohio
George Homer Baxter Sutherland
Comers Rock
Qmer Albert Huntsinger
Hartford City
Fravel
Alleman
Goshen
Arthur Dieball
Chicago
John T. Hyland
Camden
N. J
James H. Allyn
Goldendale
Washa
Roscoe W. Bishop
Martinsville
Tls
Albert L. Caldwell
Couch
Walter Clark
Sumner
Miss
Noah M. Faust
Linn Creek
Hanford Hanson
Northland
Wis
Harry Dudley Sarvis
Greensboro
Ala
Max Swink
Connelly Springs
N. C
William Whelan
Cleveland
fHed
David Menshew
Pulim
Beaches Overflow With Perspiring City Folks
Bridgeport drew crowds from the city to beaches and countryside plopping into the water and sun. An estimated 60 000 people sought shore access as sun and heat produced pain and sand heated by strong rays. Jellyfish appeared in the water as crowds swarmed to seaside cottages and parks yesterday.
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Compa
Milford
Bather Drowns Unnoticed At Fairfield Beach
The first drowning at Fairfield beach in six years occurred yesterday around 3 PM. Domminick Capozzi aged 1, son of Mr and Mrs Guy Capozzi, was recovered by Life Guard C J Siefried two hours after he vanished while swimming with Leon Ruggi. Despite life guard, Dr I E Gaylas, and Dr F B Gavlas efforts, Capozzi could not be revived. Ruggi reported leaving his coat with Capozzi and seeing him swim to the raft before disappearing, actions not reported for two hours. Ambulance and hospital staff were alerted at 0:30 PM and arrived within minutes. medical examiner Dr W H Donaldson oversaw the case.
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Fairfield Beach
Domminick Capozzi
Guy Capozzi
George Street
C. J. Siefried
Life Corps
I. E., Gaylas
Capozzi
Leon Ruggi
Jockers
Ruggi
Mullins
Fisley
Gavlas
W. H. Donaldson
Fairfield
Man Drowns Off Seaside Park In Long Island Sound
A man drowned about a mile off Seaside Park opposite Iranistan avenue in Long Island Sound around 4 10 pm yesterday. Lieutenant Hucld Forest of No 11 Engine reported the sighting and described two lifts above water before the third submersion. Police were informed, but authorities noted the strong current would hinder a timely search and the body might not wash ashore for many hours.
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Seaside Park
Iranistan Avenue
Long Island Sound
Hucld Forest
No. 11 Engine Company
Forest
M. A. Raum
Wife Saving Corps
Raum
War Labor Board decision delayed past August 1
Four War Labor Board investigators arrived to study wage statistics and living costs delaying the wage decision that could affect up to ninety percent of the city’s industrial workers. I K Russell and Allen F P Colby led the team with Miss Carolina Wilson and Mrs Sarah Whelan. Further inquiries will clarify womens wear wage data and translation delays from hearings in Washington.
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National War Labor
War Labor Board
Russell
I. K. Russell
War Board
Washington
Colby
Whelan
Miss Wilson
W FE
Freeland
Edi
Twenty Firemen Overcome In Blaze At Stamford
Stamford July 28 More than twenty firemen were overcome by smoke fighting a blaze in the grocery store of Acker Merril Condit. The fire confined to street floor and basement with upper floors lightly damaged. Loss estimated between 16060 and 20000. Origin undetermined. Help summoned from Glenbrook and Sound Beach as smoke laid them out. Edgewood Arsenal ordered soldiers to assist with gas masks and supplies for fire crews.
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Stamford
Gmoke
Ble
Acker, Merril & Condit Company
Glenbrook
Sound Beach
Edgewood Arsenal
British Munitions Strike Likely to End Today
London July 25 reports from across the country indicate the munitions strike has improved and most workers will return to work tomorrow. District committees, after mass meetings in Birmingham and West Bromwich, advised resumption Monday morning though Birmingham members favored continuing the strike, the two thirds vote needed was not reached.
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London
Ministry of Munitions
Birmingham
West Bromwich
Private Hanrahan Wounded in Fifth Paris Drive
Private Gray Hanrahan of Bridgeport is severely wounded in the action of the fifth attempt to capture Paris. He is in a base hospital in France after being wounded on July 15. He left Bridgeport for Camp Devens last September and went to France in March. Hanrahan's brother Dennis serves in France with the 102nd Regiment and was wounded but has recovered.
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Ciermans
Paris
Gray Hanrahan
1St Infantry
1St Army Corps
Mra
Mary E. Hanrahan
Whitney Avenue
France
Hanrahan
Washington
Bridgeport
Camp Devens
Locomobile Company
Dennis Hanrahan
102Nd Regiment
Paris Couple Get Five Year Terms For Blackmailing
Andre Biscaye and his wife Anna Biscaye were found guilty of illegally detaining James Samuel Slater of Webster Massachusetts in a chateau and forcing him to sign checks in their favor. The court deemed extenuating circumstances and sentenced them to five years each while ordering restitution of money, furniture, and jewels. Raymond Barrau was acquitted. Also missing is Tule De Dirans, 40, of Strathfield Road, last seen leaving home late Saturday night. He is described as 5'6" tall, about 200 pounds, with two fingers missing on his right hand, and wore a dark suit and white T shirt.
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Tule de Dirans
Strathfield Road
Picked Troops Hold At Wings Of Salient
Franco American troops press the German retreat from the Marne reaching the Ourcq river and penetrating Fere en Tardenois, a key supply base. On the allied right, French attacks push the line nearer Rheims, while enemy reserves reinforce the wings and heavy enfilading fire continues from north of Soissons and Rheims. American and French forces batter the south line, with crossings anticipated, tanks, guns, and air bombing aiding the advance in one of the war’s major battles.
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Fere-En-Tardenois
Ourcq
Marne
Soissons-Rheims
Rheims
Dormans
Soissons
Salient
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Harvard
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