German Vanguard at the Marne Brings French Back from Ailette
London and Paris reports describe German forces reaching the Marne and pressing near Rheims while French and British troops contest gains. The British statement notes Germans have not yet captured Chateau Thierry and still attack to the north. Parallel dispatches say the French have fallen back toward Noyon and Soissons, with persistence on the Ailette front and continued resistance north of the Marne.
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the Marne
Ailette
London
France
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Ral
Rheims
Noyon
Soissons
Paris
Gern
Ai River
Charteve
Jaulgonne
War Office
Fere En
T Nois
Mar
Americans Gain In Woevre In Raid Amid Casualties
In the Woevre sector American troops penetrated German positions to about 400 metres, destroying forward works, blowing dugouts, and reporting few American casualties. General Pershing noted killed, wounded, and prisoners inflicted on the enemy with no other sector action of note and an enemy aircraft shot down.
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France
Associated Press
Toul
Washington
Woevre
Pershing
Lorraine
Father Distraught by Charge Against His Son
Irving Fields, 32, of Broad Street, was arrested at police headquarters on charges of soliciting Red Cross funds without authorization and pocketing the money. His distraught father said he would prove a mistake, claiming the son worked for Mr. Lashar and would clear the matter up. Fields reportedly collected $5.90 before being stopped. police say the money was not turned over as claimed. Weather notes and almanac lines follow.
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Red Cross
Lashar
Irving Fields
Broad Street
Wheeler
Derrick
Fields
Yale and Harvard Tug for Tie on Housatonic Course
Yale and Harvard row to a rare tie on the Housatonic River course marking their first joint appearance at Bridgeport where preparations are set to handle crowds. Both crews are credited with 25 wins in the clash and a pistol is scheduled for six o'clock.
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Housatonic
Bridgeport
How Crews Will Be Boated VALE Positions
The planned rowing lineup lists Mc Henry Bow Munson Vail Knox Adams Austin Mead Hyatt as stroke Knott Coxswain with Harvard crew members Bowen Coleman Linder Batchelder Parkinson Withington White Emmett Reynolds. The two mile race distance is set with start at 6 pm and referee W Meikelham.
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Harvard
Bowen Coleman Linder Batchelder
Parkinson Withington White Emmett (Captain
Reynolds
Harvard Yale Regatta Sets Test on New Derby Course
Thousands in Bridgeport and Derby watch the fifty first Harvard Yale regatta on a two mile Housatonic course above Derby dam. The event breaks a 25-25 deadlock and draws crowds from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Harvard crews arrive, practice halted by limited observation, and parking plans line the riverbanks as hotels prepare to feed spectators after the race.
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Bridgeport
Harvard
Yale
Derby
Alu YU Liu
Derby Dam
Shelton
New Haven
New York
New Jersey
Pennsyyvania
Fairfield
Housatonic River
Crimson
Aim to Cut Down Draft Rejections at Cantonments
Governor Holcomb plans to reduce army camp rejections to about two percent. Captain D Chester Brown, medical aide, reviews rejections and examinations to speed up recruitment. Some boards reported up to fifteen percent rejected, causing delays and hardship as men were sent home and replacements sought. Brown advocates consultation with the medical advisory board on cases not in first class condition.
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Holcomb
D. Chester Brown
Army Board
Brown
Curtain Catches Fire At Catherine Street Tenement
A curtain brushing a gas jet in a second floor tenement at 288 Catherine Street started a still alarm last evening just before 10. The No. 4 hose cart arrived but found no blaze as the fire had already been put out.
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Catherine Street
Brewers Seek New Jobs and Win Wage Increase
Park City brewery workers from production and distribution departments sought other employment as a shutdown occurred. After a one day cessation, breweries granted a general wage increase of $3 per week, with hours unchanged and operations resuming, though deliveries were briefly interrupted and some retailers faced shortages.
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Brewers
Park City
Althonen
Pearl Lang
Sua, Avis & Savard
German Maps Sought to Gauge Bridgeport Loyalties
War Dept calls German born Bridgeport residents to present loyalties by providing maps and data on occupied France and western Germany. The effort, led by War Bureau in Bridgeport, aims to assess support for America and expose German leanings, with Justice Department later evaluating individuals of German extraction. Contributors should limit details to a single town or landmark for efficient tabulation.
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Bridgeport
America
United States
Berlin
France
Germany
Hamburg
War Buren
War Bureau
Department of Justice
Liberty Loans
Washington
Druggist Attacked During Robbery Attempt in Pembroke Street
Dr Frank J. Schevcik, 64, was beaten into unconsciousness by an unknown man as he closed his drug store at 1190 Pembroke Street. He suffered ten gashes on the head and was taken home after being examined by Dr Frank E. Gavias. Detectives Wheeler and Petrick investigated, finding no robbery of goods or money.
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Pembroke Street
Frank J. Schevcik
Oud Shelton Street
Frank E. Gavias
Gavias
Scheydk
Dr. Scheveik
Wheeler and
Petrick
Corrigan to Get Honor Award for Halting Runaway
Bridgeport residents honor Traffic Officer Patrick J. Corrigan for stopping a team of runaway horses at Main and Congress streets last Saturday. He likely saved lives and property but suffered severe injuries. The Board of Police Commissioners unanimously voted to decorate him with a gold bar of merit, to be presented June 15. He received indefinite leave to recover. he will wear the bar on his coat sleeve.
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Bridgeport
Main
Congress Streets
Board of Police Commissioners
Patrick J. Corrigan
Felice Redgate
Wheeler
Corrigan
John €. Stanley
Board of Commissioners
Tilas Shane
Stanley
Jail Prisoners to Go to Work on Highways
Connecticut will put county jail inmates to work on state highways and for farmers starting Monday. About 20 prisoners will be transported to Black Rock turnpike for 10 day assignments under BR Donnelly supervision with armed guards and minimum groups of five for farm work. Additional prisoners already labor at the Naugatuck Valley Ice Co and county courthouse grounds as the program expands.
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Fairfield County
Connecticut
New England
New Jersey
North Avenue
Black Rock Turnpike
BR. E. Donnelly
Frank 3. Ballard
Naugatuck Yalley Ice Company
Bridgeport
Golden Hill Strean
Two Navy Planes Complete Flight Across to Cuba
Two United States naval hydroairplanes arrived at a Cuban port after flying from an American port. President Menocal, Secretary of War Jose Marti, American Minister Gonzales and Cuban aviators pan chitto Terry and Parla later piloted flights in one hydroplane. The three officials called the experience wonderful.
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Havana
United States Naval
Menocal
Jose Marti
Gonzales
Panchitto
Terry
Parla
Crozier Returns from Trip to France
Major General Crozier chief of ordnance and member of Secretary Baker war council returned to Washington after an extended Europe trip to observe handling of ordnance problems there.
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Washington
Crozier
Baker's, War Council
Europe
U. S. Transport President Lincoln Sunk Returning Home
Admiral Sims reported the torpedoing and sinking of the 45,000 ton transport President Lincoln as it returned from Europe. The ship was torpedoed at 10:40 this morning and sank an hour later with no casualty details released. Former Hamburg liner, it had been plying Sinope to New York before government seizure at wartime declaration.
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Washington
Admiral Sims
Lincoln
United States
Europe
Hamburg
President Jincoln
Sinope
New York
Navy Department
Sims
U.S
Tax Collector Smith Reports Big Business Takes In
Tax records show a daily take of 67205890 yesterday with an anticipated 300000 in the mails. Total receipts through 9 pm reached 2645685.83, near 3 million with mail. Yodey final day pay. office open until 4 pm for those who have not paid. Delayed payments incur 0.25 percent interest. total taxes due on the 1917 list stand at 4066077.18.
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Monard
Smith
Yodey
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Soiss
Rhé
Soisson
Pershing Report
Red Cross Fund
South New England
W. Meikelham
Captain Brown
Breais
War Dept
Dr. Schevcik
Board
Atlantic
Lonergam
Postoffice Department
State Highway Department
Navy
Cuba
U. S
President Lincoln
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