05 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
1
Paris reports a notable slackening of German pressure with improved French positions. A Berlin statement claimed no gains, implying Foch has halted the third westward offensive. American troops aided in fighting, possibly from Pershing units or reinforcements rushed to France.
General Pershing reports in his evening communique that French forces and American units mounted a brilliant counter attack near Chateau Thierry, driving back German troops and inflicting losses as part of coordinated action with Allied forces.
Chastened notice reports former vice president and U S senator Charles W Fairbanks dies at his Indianapolis residence. The text also contains garbled weather notes and stray data from a June dispatch, with no clear additional facts about his death beyond location and time.
A Bridgeport man died of wounds suffered in action near a field of battle. The deceased is identified as Charles J. Thayer, a resident of Bridgeport, who reportedly died in a hospital after being wounded on May 28. Relatives and official notices confirm his death as a service member returning from the field.
Bridgeport War Curvean Home Gardens committee warns that residents with space who do not plant are aiding the enemy. Secretary J Orr stresses the hard times ahead and urges immediate use of municipal land and seeds to grow vegetables now rather than later.
Officials prepare for a 14 hour registration of young men 21 and older at Bridgeport High School on Lyon terrace. Sessions run 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. with draft boards I II III and others assigning districts and directing entrants to rooms and doors for orderly processing. General Towns.by oversees district distribution and a county official coordinates registration.
Bridgeport kept harbor and city lights dimmed last night while naval craft and protection units guarded harbor. U boats were reported within 100 miles off the coast and authorities planned precautions across transit, rail, and fire services with readiness to dim lights and reroute, though publication details remain unavailable.
Director confirms a response soon on two proposed stations linked to the New Haven Bridger project. The plan involves the Chamber of Commerce committee and workers division factories, aiming to boost employment and regional logistics with new rail stops.
Stratford officials plan action through the State Council of Defense to prevent sales of Hearst magazines and papers. Secretary George Hateman says Stratford likely will bar the sale, with a council meeting tonight to decide the specific step. Officials await an expected directive from state leaders to guide local support.
A garbled wartime plea requests German residents to aid the War Department by supplying information for an approaching invasion. It mentions photographs and maps to assist operations and seeks cooperation from the public to identify dictats and provide details of overshadows and routes.
The second shooting in a local feud occurred on State Street near Seeley last evening around 10. Frank Russo, moved from car to hospital, lies in critical condition with buckshot wounds to his right side and arm, punctured lung, and possible liver injury. Russo and cousin Pavilo Catavella were walking after a car ride when a short man emerged from behind signs and fired.
Washington reports a destroyer intercepted an enemy submarine attack 65 miles off Maryland. The 279 ton American coasting schooner Edward R. Baird Jr was bombed and found sinking after the strike on the French steamer Radioleine. Two men were rescued from the Baird as survivors arrive in American port aboard Radioleine.
Washington reports Navy department received word that a German submarine was pursued by a destroyer off the Maryland coast. The dispatch notes the chase reached tonight, detailing a high seas action in the Atlantic theater.
Firing was heard off the Delaware Capes this morning and again ten this forenoon. The cause could not be learned and no further details were available.
Reports to the navy department confirm that two German submarines, including the U-37 and U-151, operated near Lewes Delaware. Statements from benefitting givers of the steamship Carolina indicate its destruction by a submarine, while other vessels the Hattie Dunn and Edna are tied to submarine activity.
The toll of dead and missing from the German submarine raid off the American coast stood at 58, all from the steamship Carolina. Sixteen perished when a lifeboat capsized in a Sunday night storm after the ship was sunk off Sandy Hook. Officials say 125 passengers and 130 crew were aboard, totaling 350. Captain Barbour was aboard the Eva B. Dougtt with 150 passengers and 94 crew, while a tow voyage aided the Eva B. Dougtt and 28 survivors were reported.
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