Americans Raid 200 Germans in France Frontline Action
An American patrol of 30 men penetrated enemy lines in the Luneville sector early today, engaging 200 Germans with grenades bayonets and bullets. The fight lasted 20 minutes with heavy enemy losses and minimal American casualties. Pershing reports note penetrations in Picardy and Lorraine with enemy killed and wounded, while French and British fronts see ground regained and prisoners taken. Weather and almanac items follow in later briefs.
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Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Berlin
Pershing
France
Associated Press
Luneville
Washington
Picardy
Lorraine
Bridgeport Businesses Accept 50-50 War Drain With Schools
Bridgeport school superintendent Samuel J. Slawson argues for a 50 percent share of the wartime burden between business and public schools as a draft looms July 2. He urges curtailing store hours and using students part time for clerical work, while preserving education. The plan supports both business needs and student training, stressing national duty without shutting out schooling.
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Bridgeport
Samuel J. Slawson
Bridgeport Public Schools
Slawson
England
France
America
Stanson
Big July Fourth Celebration Planned in Bridgeport
Bridgeport to stage Independence Day events under the Chamber of Commerce with committee chair George M. Eames and members Albert E. Lavery and Summer Simp son. No large parade due to State Guards field day. Seaside Park will host lengthy exercises with city officials and local society delegations.
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Bridgeport
Chamber of Commerce
George M. Eames
Albert E. Lavery
Summer Simpson
State Guards
Fourth Infantry
Seaside Park
Private Stokes Wounded While Serving at Front
Private Arthur J. Stokes of Company C 102 Field Battalion Aviation section Signal Corps seriously wounded on the front in France. He enlisted early spring and spent about four weeks at Camp Devens before sailing. He is 29, with a wife and baby at his mother Mrs Catherine Stokes 1156 Park Ave. Sister Miss Margaret Stokes a bank stenographer. Formerly a draftsman at Blue Ribbon Body Company.
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France
Catherine Stokes
Park Avenue
Arthur J. Stokes
Aviation Section
Signal Corps
Stokes
Camp Devens
Margaret Stokes
First Bridgeport Bank
The
Blue Ribbon Body Company
Youths Register Low Total Surprises Local Draft Totals
Bridgeport draft figures show 1307 registrants yesterday, seven percent below the five percent projection of the original June draft. Board 13 registered 280, better than five percent. Many youths enlisted, with naval service notably active. Eighty-seven cards came from other places, while immigration-like explanations are suggested but unclear.
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County Court House
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Dratt Board
Naval Service
Draft Board
Sashat Board
Neg
Draft Board One
Board Six
Board Four
Saratt Isoara
Portugese
Boat Launching Drills Order on Sound Steamers
Coast guards emphasize tire and boat launching drills to counter submarine and air threats. City of Brockton crew demonstrated rapid boat deployment on the River Sound with abandon ship signals, as other New York to Connecticut steamers train crews in boat and fire drills amid heightened security.
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Iridgeport
City of
Brockton
New York
Connecticut
Menacc
Bologna Maker Held for Permit Violations
Wilhelm Reiateler, a bologna maker from 19 State Street Avenue, was arrested yesterday by Justice Department officer Charles T. Lane for failing to comply with regulations governing German aliens and for excessive drinking. Known as Pork Chops by coworkers, he had worked for Morris and McNamara Beef companies prior to his arrest.
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Wilhelm
Reiateler
State Street
Charles T.lane
Department of Justice
Treiateler
Morris and McNamara Beef Companies
Long Island Coast Patrolled by Planes at Night
Air patrols swept the Long Island coast with eight V formed fleets deploying from New London Hempstead and Bay Shore. Planes equipped with machine guns bombs and air drop devices conducted the operation in designated districts amid heightened patrols and official warnings.
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Long Island
Tese Airwanes
New London
Hempstead
Bay Shore
Amoy China Draft Card Sends Exemption Claim from Amoy
The American Consul at Amoy Clarence Edward Gauss formerly of 29 DeForest Ave reports his June 1917 Selective Service registration with an affidavit by Andrew J. Brewer vice consul. Mailed from Amoy on April 29 and received in Bridgeport with 20 cents postage and a colored string. Gauss lists Washington D C as birthplace January 12 1887 and claims draft exemption.
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Amoy
China
Clarence Edward Gauss
DeForest Avenue
Andrew J. Brewer
Republic of China
Province of Fukien
Port of Amoy
United States
Bridgeport
Gauss
Washington, D. C
Norwegian steamer Eidsvold sunk off Virginia capes
Naval report says the Norwegian steamer Eidsvold was torpedoed about 40 miles off the Virginia capes at five yesterday afternoon. The submarine attack prompted a rescue of the entire crew, and a naval patrol is believed to be guarding against further raiders.
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Bridgeporter
Wireles
York
Eidsvold
Virginia Capes
St. Johns
N. F
Washington
Navy
Vessels Lost Off St Johns After Torpedo Hit
Two ships were torpedoed while sailing from Gibraltar to St Johns Newfoundland. The bark Attila and the schooner Ruth Hickman of this port were struck. Both vessels were laden with salt. Crews were saved.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Attila Uni
Ruth Hickman
Gibraltar
Sailor Braved Fire to Save Wireless Data Aboard Carolina
Harry Warner of 44 Fourth Street Bridgeport, a junior wireless operator on the torpedoed Carolina, remained on deck amid shell fire to secure latitude and longitude data as 250 aboard and passengers took to lifeboats off Barnegat. He survived and was landed at Pier 39 Brooklyn, with Chief Wireless Operator Sparks Vogel in the dining room during the submarine attack. Warner is listed among the Carolina’s saved officers, with reports he faced shell fire drowning and starvation, while New York Naval Intelligence officers took control of the situation.
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Harry Warner
Fourth Street
Bridgeport
Carolina
Barnegat
Pier 39
Brooklyn
Warner
EB. W. “Sparks
Vogel
New York
Naval Intelligence
Ger
Submarine raiders strike near Virginia Capes
Washington reports German submariners continued attacks off the coast. The steamship Eidsvold was sunk near the Virginia Capes at about 4 pm yesterday. all crew were rescued. Details remain sparse as raiders moved south from the New Jersey coast and mines continue to be found in the Delaware Bay area.
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International Film Service
Exel
New York
Atlantic City
Rumor of U S Submarine Raiders Sparks State Dept Claim
A Mexican Guadalajara paper reported unauthenticated rumor that German submarines attacked off the American coast. The State Department cautioned that the claim is unverified as officials await details and possible consequences.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico
Q@scidental
Guadalajara
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