Casualties rise: American forces total 7315 in trenches
Washington dispatch reports 7315 American expeditionary force casualties since entering France. The War Department lists 1029 killed in action or died of wounds or disease, 4046 wounded, and 342 missing or prisoners. Pershing notes weekly tallies due to dispersed casualty lists. Americans now hold second frontage to French and British troops.
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Pershing
War Department
Washington
Germany
War Dept
Department
France
Cantigny
Spanish War Veterans Drive Aims for $10000 in CT
Spanish War Veterans in Connecticut plan a 24 hour fundraiser across two sections to raise about 10000 dollars for Connecticut boys in France. Bridgeport hopes to exceed 7500 with a parade Friday evening and a tag day during the Saturday session. Local leaders include Field Marshal Edward T. Buckingham General William V. Dee and treasurer Henry W. Hincks with a broad campaign committee and strategy board.
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Connecticut
France
Bridgeport
State Guard
Boy Scouts and
Sons of Veterans
Edward T. Buckingham
Eneral
William V. Dee
E. Dietz
Henry W. Hincks
George Greenspun
Clifford B. Wilson
James G. Ludlum
Sanford Stoddard
J. W. Wright
Archer Wheeler
E. F. von Wettberg
A. E. Lavery
William Horace Day
Elmer
Havens
John C. Stanley
C. E. Bilton
Charles F. Greene
L. J. Argetsinger
N. W. Bishop
Gods Service Flag sermon by Rev Kidder on service star impact
The Rev B F Kidder of Summer field Methodist Church preached on Gods Service Flag urging every person to place themselves on Gods service flag The sermon highlighted the flag in homes schools churches factories and stores as a symbol of souls serving God and the morale of Allied forces in Europe
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B. F. Kidder
Summerfield Methodist Episcopal Church
Europe
Krichell Not Worried Over Possible Bridgeport Penalty
Bridgeport manager Paul Krichell shows little concern over a looming fine and possible suspension after being ejected from a Providence game for abusive language and obstruction. Reports say a fifty dollar outlay and short suspension are possible as Eastern League president Dan O'Neil prepares a ruling.
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Paul Krichell
Bridgeport
X Krichell
Dan O'Neil
Holyoke Way
Four Norwalk Boys Missing From War Action
Norwalk learns that four youths from Company D the New Haven Blues march to action are dead or missing or prisoners. They were in the Salcheprey battle and have been unaccounted since April 25. Named are Vincent Allen Tony Carione Hugh Marron and Charles B Kenny all under 20.
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Norwalk
Salcheprey
Vincent Allen
Tony Carione
Hush Marron
Charles B. Kenny
Skenny
Marron
New’ Haven
Evidences of Liquor Frolic Come to Light
Fairfield residents reported Sunday morning that a pooze party had occurred in town. Bottles were found near the Fairfield Underwear company and on a roof. Neighbors saw several men but did not notify police, and authorities wonder if the gathering linked to Barker saloon robberies.
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Fairfield Underwear Company
Barker Saloon
Adopt Summer Schedule At First Presbyterian Church
Next Sunday the summer schedule at the First Presbyterian Church goes into effect. Sunday school meets all departments at 10 o clock, morning worship at 11, and the same service length as summer. Evening service moves to the lawn at the manse and Sunday school hall at 7 30. Young people’s meeting and Wednesday Bible study discontinued for warm months.
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First Presbyterian Church
Mach Servier
End of Leprosy Fear After City Case
Health Officer Walter H. Brown reports all precautions taken after leprosy was found in Theodore Hadjes 41. Rooms on Warren Street and factory areas disinfected. Hadjes in isolation hospital. federal authorities to decide on next steps. Case traced to Stamford and Greece origin. deportation not possible.
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Walter H. Brown
Theodore Hadjes
Hadies
Warren Street
West End
Stamford
Greece
Massachusetts
Lever Colony
Hadjes
Brown
Washington
H. A. Newman
Fairfield Avenue
War Sermon Urges Seamen Aid to War Effort
The Rev Merritt A Farren of the Boston Seamen's Friend society preached at United Congregational church in the absence of the regular pastor. He praised the society’s work aiding sailors on liberty leave and urged seafaring men to support the Allied cause by supplying munitions, food, and ships. He declared this is God’s war and emphasized the dangers faced by sailors, including submarine warfare, while noting the indomitable spirit of British, French, Canadian, and American crews.
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Merritt A. Farren
Boston Seamen's Friend Society
United Coneroeational
Hotchkiss
Lakeville
Farren
Seamen’s Friend Society
Mr. Farren
Mr Farren
Paris
Germany
America
Ensemble Club Concert at Unitarian Church
The Ensemble lab led by Miss Gertude Field with Mrs Florence Jenere Hayes and Miss Harriet Allen will present a program of Mendelssohn Brahms and Svendson orchestral works songs by Hayes and piano solos by Allen. Helen Smith performs Mendelssohn concerto. Concert at Unitarian Church auditorium begins 8 pm. Public invited.
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Gertude Field
Florence Jenere Hayes
Harriet Allen
Universalist Church of the
Must Take Offensive to Win Says Gen Foch
General Foch argues that victory comes only from offensive action. He insists battles must be decisive with massed reserves, rapid surprise attacks, and coordinated maneuvers, asserting that merely holding ground leads to defeat and that decisive attack is the keystone of success.
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Gen. Foch
London
Foch
the Field
Artillery Active Along the Piave in Italian Report
The headquarters report says artilleries from Astico to Piave were intense with moderate action south of Asia where a British party surprised the enemy, taking eleven prisoners. A raid on Monte Pertica damaged defences, several prisoners and one machine gun captured. Enemy attempts in Val Arsa and Astico valley checked. Bombing by airships and planes targeted railways camps huts and moving troops. Large ammunition dump exploded at Nattarello. Five enemy aircraft were shot down today. Yesterday aviators surprised camps between Piave and Livonaza and Caldoriazzo station, with ten hostile machines downed.
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Nome
Astico
Asia
Brenta
Monte Pertica
Val ‘Arsa
Nattarello
Piave
Livonaza
Caldoriazzo
Porter and Widrig Qualify for U S Aerial Service
Raymond W. Porter of Bridgeport and Read To Widrig of Lima Ohio have qualified as cadets for the United States aerial service. Porter will attend training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston and Widrig at Princeton University. Porter, a University of Wisconsin graduate mechanical engineer, has worked for Lake Torpedo Boat in Bridgeport. Widrig, formerly with Locomobile in Lima, Ohio, will join ground school before heading to Texas for flight training.
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Porter
Widrig
Raymond W. Porter
Au. Rel Avente
United States
Porter Wilh
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Widri
Princeton University
Milchhuken
University of Wisconsin
Bridgeport
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Widing
Lima
Ohio
Texas
Scoville to Hear Bridgeport Firemen Over Ice Price Rise
Federal Food Administrator Robert M. Scoville is expected in Bridgeport on Friday for a hearing with local firemen who are considering raising ice prices about 20 percent for households, at the office of assistant D. Fairchild Wheeler.
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Scoville
Robert M. Scoville
Bridgeport
Wriday
D. Fairchite Wheeler
Mrs Buckley Dies of Injuries After Trolley Strike
Bridget Buckley of 49 Redwin Street died at Bridgeport hospital from injuries suffered when struck by a trolley on Stratford Avenue near Bishop Avenue Wednesday night. She lingered in a coma after a fractured skull and leg injuries, as doctors noted she was over 60 and that the accident could be fatal. Her husband Patrick Buckley works as a watchman at the American Chain Company plant.
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Bridget Buckley
Redwin Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Stratford Avenue
Buckley
Mission Services
Bishop Avenue
Gavins
Patrick Buckley
American Chain Company
Held as Suspect in Theft of Automobile Tires
Max Thompson 26 of 99 eardsley street was arrested in Port Chester for theft and received on a charge after being found with two tires sold at a low price. The tires matched those stolen from George street garage owner Samson Silverman and Max L. Grossman of 660 North avenue. Thompson claimed he bought them in New York City for 86 dollars Saturday but would sell for 15 each.
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Port Chester
Max Thompson
Eardsley Street
Thompson
Etective Kane
George Street
Samson Silverman
Harrall Avenue
Fort Chester
Max L. Grossman
North Avenue
New York
New York City
Corporal Fleming Barred From Soda In Cabaret Parlor
Corporal Fleming of the Eighth Cavalry, recently back from four years in service, arrived hoping to find his hometown as it was. He entered a cabaret on a Saturday night and was refused soda water, angered by the prohibition on selling intoxicants to uniformed men. He was told the law forbids sale to service members, leaving him dissatisfied with the experience.
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Corporal Fleming
A. S. Cavalry
Texans
Wieming
Fleming
Phillipine Islands
Engineers Wanted for Army Commissions in Bridgeport
About 2000 engineers above draft age in good health may join the U S Army with commissions as first lieutenants or captains. The War Department will send an examining board on a tour to major cities, Bridgeport likely included. Ages 32 to 36 for lieutenants and 36 to 42 for captains, all must be U S citizens.
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United States Army
Bridgeport
War Department
The
United States
304th Away from Camp More Than Week Now
CAMP DEVENS June 9 Special Training of the men in the 76th Division is about complete and all that remains is field work with long marches to occupy the time. The 304th Infantry, once with many Bridgeport youths, has not been in camp in a week. Colonel Herron in charge has planned it possible to take a big regiment from camp for an indefinite period. The basin for a new division is built daily and is reported to be the 94th division. Men in the 76th division expect to reach the other side and join the big drive that will push the Huns back across their border to Berlin.
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Devens
76Th
304Th Infantry
Bridgeport
Herron
304Th
Berlin
Badly Hurt in Fall at Locomobile Plant
Frank Snedeski, 9, of 170 Carrol avenue, lies in St. Vincent's hospital with a fractured left leg and dislocated knee after falling from a stop ladder while painting a ceiling at the Locomobile plant yesterday afternoon. He reached the fifth step when he toppled. An ambulance took him to the hospital where Dr. J. F. Keegan ordered his removal and he rests comfortably.
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Frank Snedeski
Carroll Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Snedeski
J. F. Keegan
Dies in France a Middletown Lieu tenant Hoops
Lieutenant Lyman Blair Hoops son of Thomas Hoops Jr a prominent local manufacturer died in France of pneumonia after serving in the naval service He was 25 and a Annapolis graduate class of 1915消息后家庭今晚获悉 赠送 纽约 275 West Tad street Gontier arrested for reckless driving in Connecticut avenue Milford reports two arrests for reckless driving including W C Rogers of Stamford
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France
Middletown
Lyman Blair Hoops
Thomas Hoops
Hoops
Naval Service
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
G. A. Gontier
West Tad Street
New York City
Harold Beardsworth
Gontier
Connecticut Avenue
Milford
W. C. Rogers
Stamford
Fraternal Election Schedule and Patriotism Event
The Fraternal Ronckapotananh P tribe sets a semi annual chiefs election for June 25. A patriotic social evening is planned for Wednesday night with Cornelius Dana of Meriden and Tred Harrison of this city as speakers. A mural program and light refreshments are arranged. Wowampon tribe and Wowowpon Trib degree team will confer the adoption degree tomorrow evening. The committee includes John W. Warris James Holt Camille Bissonnette Chas Peeks Clarence W. Eddy John Mercer James Oertle Ernest H. Morris secretary Dr Duclos Chas Poole John Schweidtle Thomas Hungerford. Several Red Men and families invited.
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Ronckapotananh P Tribe
Wowowpon Trib
Te Entertainment
Wowampon Tribe
T. O. Th M
Cornelius Danaher
Meriden
Tred Harrison
Harrigon
Or Seas
Y. M. CG
John W. Warris
James Holt
Camille Bissonnette
Chas. Peeks
Clarence W. Eddy
John Mercer
James Oertle
Ernest H. Morris
Dr. Duclos
First Launching at Housatonic Co Yards Due Soon
The Housatonic Shipyards at Stratford on the Housatonic River near the first keel laid plan a gala launching within six months. A second boat may follow as carpenters race to beat a record, with double flag raising and speeches by George H. Young and C D Wallach. Ships Ships Ships Away!
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Housatonic Ship Yards
Housatonic River
Stratford
Calkers
George H. Young
C. D. Wallach
Elks Plan Exalted Ruler Visit and Parade
Bridgeport lodge of Elks prepares for Exalted Ruler Fred C. Harper to speak at flag day exercises in the high school auditorium. A daylight parade led by the Wheeler and Wilson band will carry more than 1,000 Elks and veterans through downtown routes, with a 7:29 p.m. start from the Elks home on State Street.
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Fred C. Harper
Eyndhursta
Bridgeport Lodge of Filks
Wheeler
Elks
State Street
Main Street
Washington Avenue
Senators tour plants on production drive in air program
Washington reports the Senate military committee members visited Buffalo Detroit Indian and Dayton to view Liberty motor tests and assess production progress. Though details are not given, they foresee a marked improvement and a steady rise toward meeting American demands. A later NJ visit to four plants is planned. A general meeting of Young Hebrew and Women’s Hebrew associations is scheduled at MHA rooms to cover important business.
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Washington
Senate
Waton
Buffalo
Detroit
Dayton
Ohio
Senta Thomas
Colorado
Reed
Souri
Smith
Georgia
Indiana
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Liberty Motors
Young Hebrew Association
Women's Hebrew Association
State Street
Bohn System Refrigerators Aim to Preserve Food Quality
The note highlights Bohn System Refrigerators designed to preserve food by using optimal ionization and heat management. It asserts warm air must pass through multiple materials before reaching the refrigerator, implying limitations in heat transfer and suggesting improvements or comparisons to other cooling methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohn
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Garam
Congress
U. S
Mr. Kidder
Krichell
Ager
Providence
Emy
Army
Housatonic Co
Wentworth Institute
Prom
Carmica Mara Horni
Willard Street
de. F. Bi. Gavins
American Hardware Stores
City Savings Bank
Bank Streets
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