U S Steamer Pinar Del Rio Sunk Off Maryland
The Pinar Del Rio was sunk by a German submarine miles off Maryland coast. Captain and 17 crew unaccounted. a second boat with 16 crew survived on the Virginia coast. Navy reports say it is unclear if the ship was shelled or torpedoed. hope remains missing crew may be picked up or found along the coast.
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Pinar del Rio
Navy Department
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Navy
Wnoregian
Vinland
Virginia Capes
Three-Cent Mile Railroad Fares in Effect Today
Bridgeport station displays new fare quotations on all trips, causing families to revise vacation plans and commuters to recalculate costs. Tickets are selling rapidly as riders react to the price change amid wartime conditions.
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Bridgeport
New Haven Road
Longest Casualty List Reports 198 Names From Pershing
The army casualty list shows 198 names, the largest daily total yet reported by General Pershing. It divides into killed in action 3. died of wounds 9. died of disease 11. died of airplane accident 1. other causes 4. wounded severely 46. wounded degree undetermined 74. missing in action 20. with 11 officers named. Names include Captains James A. Anderson Summit Ga Henry Ephraim Mosher Falconer N Y and Lieutenants John Crawford Brookline Mass Thomas Goddard Maryville Tenn Eugene Hubbard Chatham N J. plus Sergeants Earl J Mathews Alma Ark Raymond Miller Pitcairn Pa Williams Schomfield Detroit Corporals Aubrey Jones Paris Texas James McGrath Saxonville Mass William Trafton Malden Mass Musician Frederick Miles Geneva Ohio Privates James W Adams Keysville Ga Robert T Brown Finlay Tenn Wiley Cross.
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Washington
Pershing
James A. Anderson
Summit
Henry Ephriam Mosher
Falconer
N. Y
John Douglas Crawford
Brookline
Mass
Thomas Warner Goddard
Maryville
Tenn
Dugene P. Hubbard
Chatham
N. J
Joseph E. Beauton
New Haven
Conn
Lester Sreeman Albert
Moscow
Idaho
Weed T. Finn
Madison
Wis
Henry Vogt
Fand du Lac
William E. Severe
Louis D. Sola
Brooklyn N.Y
John Douglas Craawford
Brook
Geneva
Ohio
James W. Adams
Keysville
Robert T. Brown
Finlaey
Wiley M. Cross
Americans Beat Germans at Maine Border and in France
A reported incident at a Pembroke Street home ends with John Cherpick wounded, with Mike Basha arrested for assault after a knife attack during a family dispute. Meanwhile, battles in France see American forces repelling German assaults near Chateau Thierry and near Hill 204, with Pershing noting heavy enemy losses. The French government plans to decorate American troops taking part in the second Battle of the Marne.
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Mike Basha
Pembroke Street
John Cherpick
jBasha
Gregory
Minogue
Basha
Cherpiek
Cherpick
France
Marne
Hill 204
Chateaun -Thierry
Wood Sonth
Tussiares
Fifth Grenadier Guards
Westerday
the Marne
Bois de Belleau
Mornd
Connecticut War Chest Plan Aimed For Statewide Drive
Bridgeport and other Connecticut towns prepare a centralized war chest fundraising drive to support all war charities for a year. Officials expect 1.5 to 2 million dollars raised in Bridgeport alone, arguing the plan eliminates separate drives and broadens reach while continuing government bond campaigns.
Burglars Strike Fairfield Saloons and Lunch Car
Burglars stole about $200 worth of liquor from the Central House saloon on Loston road and $84 worth of edibles from the Fairfield Lunch on Ungrowa road. Deputy Gould searched the area for the highwaymen but found no trace. A citizen supplied clothing after the robbery.
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Falirfield
Central
Loston Road
Harry Barker
Fairfield
Ungrowa Road
Big John
Frasmere
William J. Gould
Americans at Montdidier All Ready for the Huns
In France the American force in the Montdidier area faced a heavy bombardment with no infantry assault in the initial phase of the new battle. The troops remain poised and prepared to resist fiercely any onslaught, while shelling widened across the front as dawn approached.
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France
Associated Press
Montdidier
New London to Barnegat Seaboard Ordered Under Direct Naval Instruction
New London to Barnegat seaboard shipping will follow Navy instructions on routes and sailing times due to German submarine activity. Masters must obtain routing directions before departure and be ready to receive wireless orders to enter nearest harbors for orders. Traffic is protected and proceeding under normal conditions.
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New London
Barnegat
Third Naval District
Usher
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
German push along twenty mile front near Paris
Paris June 9. German forces renewed a thrust in the Montdidier to Noyon sector and gained ground along a twenty mile front reaching depths up to about two and a half miles at points. French troops offered strong resistance and checked the advance, especially on the wings, according to the War Office.
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Montdidier
Noyon
War Office
Oise
Rubescourt
Lecretory
Mortemer
Bessons-Sur-Ma
Mareuil
Reval
Cannecancourt
Ville
Angell Warns on British Labor and War
Norman Angell, once linked to the London Pall Mall Gazette, spoke at a Bridgeport open forum on British Labor and Its Aims Under War. He warned that British sympathy for Russian democracy could empower the enemy and urged Allied unity, noting postwar dangers from German core power and potential government ownership and high taxation advocated by labor platforms.
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Norman Angell
Lord Northcliffe
London Pail Mail
United Church
Bridgeport
Russia
Mr. Angell
America
Great Britain
Germany
Angell
Labor Party
National Labor Union
Canoeists Rescued Off Housatonic River by Old Salt
Two Bridgeport Trust Co. employees, Ralph Mumford and Harold Robinson, clung to a capsized canoe for over an hour in choppy waters near Stratford lighthouse. Retired captain Nick Elliott and his son Ernest, sailing on the catboat Gem, rescued them as crowds watched. The men had rigged a small sail on their craft when it overturned during a tack and said they could not have lasted longer without the timely rescue. The rescuer described the river mouth as more dangerous than previously observed.
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Hagins
Housatonic
Stratford
Ralph Mumford
Harold Robinson
Huntington Road
Bridgeport Trust Company
Nick Elliott
Ernest
Snail
Mumford
Robinson
Wiatt
Tailtott
Elliott
Fairfield Moves to Stop Song Bird Shooting
Deputy Game Warden John E Boyle says the shooting of song birds in Fairfield will end with no warnings. Constable George Larson arrested two men Saturday for bird shooting and they must appear before Justice Wake man on Wednesday.
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Fairfield
John E. Boyle
George Larson
Boyle
Justice Wakeman
Naugatuck Valley Ice Company offers free ice to families in need
The Naugatuck Valley Ice Company in Bridgeport cooperates with local charities to provide free ice to families with babies unable to buy it. President Harry W. Walker explains the price rise reflects higher labor and commodity costs, and pledges relief to the least able. The Charities Organization Society will assess financial need before delivery, aligning with a national program to save babies this year. News notes also mention Lieut. Torrey H. Webb’s swift pass over Bridgeport and a German offensive on the Montdidier to Oise front with French resistance and early gains.
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Bridgeport
Naugatuck Valley Tee Company
Charities Organization Society
Harry W. Walker
Ice Company
Ren
George L. Warthe Charities Organization
Walker
National Council of Defense
Naugatuck Valley Ice Company
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