Newsy Breezes From Nearby Shore Resorts
Local shore area reports communal summer preparations with teachers from Walnut Beach School enjoying a Stratfield hotel banquet and box party. Attendees include Misses Lester Newtown Adams Silver Sands OBrien Ottsegen lan Milford Spencer and more. Events feature weddings, garden gatherings, and cottages opening for summer at Myrtle Beach Stratford.
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Falnut Beach School
Stratfield
Poli
Hose
Rine A. Lester
Newtown
May Adams
Silver Sands
Iss Kathleen O’brien
Helen Ottsegen
Gertrude Lan
New Haven
Et Spencer
Milford
Herbert BK. Swift
Swift
Swift Broom
Rimary
Laurel Beach
Harold Smith
A Kellby
Harold Phelan
Ethel Ivench
George William Es
Maurice Delmontax
É Bride
Platt Street
Walnut Beach
Maine
Newam
Mr. Delmont
Miss French
Remington’ S and Ammunition Company
Walter Mar Charles Ferkins
Martin Smark
Prank Hall
Bridgeport Avenue
Grace Lyons
Broadet
Dred Wright
William Shubelt
Chester
Res
Faldwin Avenue
Forthall Beach
Ars
Alice MacMonegle
Silver i
Walter #bbell
Ferryboulea
Stratford
Walter Plueccker
Camp Devens
Rosey Cottage
Herrison
H. R. Steger
Bidgeport
Artuiss
Burton
Marioneet
Bridgeport
Bery Corner
Victoria Spector
Myrtle Beach
Jeny
Riends
Ansonia
Alfred J. Diaz
E Ladies' Aid Society
Ile Beach
Oscar Harris
Oscar Johnson
State Council Urges Planting of Buckwheat
Connecticut State Council of Defense urges farmers with unused land to plant buckwheat to recover productivity. Buckwheat yields 15 to 25 bushels per acre, needs 600 pounds of 3-10-0 fertilizer on poor land, and three to four pecks per acre. Plant by early July. crop develops in about 185 days. Varieties Japanese silver hull and common gray perform well in Connecticut.
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Small Grains Department
Is Committee of Food Supply
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Connecticut
Connecticut Conservation Program Gains National Notice
Connecticut gains national recognition for wartime agriculture conservation efforts. The publicized progress results from joint work by the food supply committee, Connecticut Agricultural College, and county farm bureaus. National Agricultural Editors discuss state methods at the Knoxville convention, with Glenn H. Campbell attending to present the state's approach.
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Connecticut
Committee of Food Supply
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Connecticut Agricultural College
County Farm Bureaus
National Association of Agricultural Editors
National Convention of Editors
Ixnoxville
Tenn
Glenn H. Campbell
Food Committee
Ediform
The
Agricultural College
The Hardiest Palm Mentioned Is Trachycarpus excelsus
The windmill palm, Trachycarpus excelsus, is noted as the hardiest palm, enduring low temperatures and rough handling. The text warns it fares poorly when boxed and stresses its overall resilience in California conditions.
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California
False Attack on Chocolate Fund, Leader Declares
Mrs. Porrest B. Royal, president of the national American Chocolate Fund, defended the charity at the Brooklawn Country Club. She called allegations of misused funds ungrounded and urged local women to boost contributions to send more chocolate to soldiers, shipping 1000 pounds weekly via the American Red Cross to the trenches in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Chocolate Fund
Porrest B. Royal
National Organization of the Chocolate Fund
Brooklawn Country Club
New York
American Red Cross
France
Crandell Blindenbacher Wedding in Bridgeport
Miss Nellie Martha Blindenbacher daughter of Mr and Mrs George Blindenbacher wed John Grant Crandell of Mt Pelier Vermont Tuesday. Crandell with Liberty Ordnance Company of Bridgeport. Bride wore georgette crepe gown carried bridal roses. Sister Mrs P H Collins attended and best man was P H Collins. Rev Daniel M Lewis performed double ring ceremony. Mrs Crandell a Shelton High School graduate class of 1916. They honeymoon through New England.
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P. H. Collins
Daniel M. Lewis
Crandell
Shelton
New England States
Great Revolt Reported by 40 000 at Kiev
A great revolt has begun at Kiev with artillery stores exploded and continuous street fighting. The uprising spreads to Poltava and Tsehernigov districts as forty thousand peasants participate, armed and organized. Also noted are 822 Bridgeport voters in the army and navy service receiving ballots for the fast elections.
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Kiev
London
Moscow
Exchange Telegraph Company
Poltava
Tsehernigov
Bridgeport
Army
Navy
Secretary of State
Schultz
The Dot Fortune Teller
A whimsical exchange features a fortune teller remarking on a police uniform and potential future as a real policeman as she notes the dangers of banana skins on the walk and aiding lost children in finding their mothers.
Vaudeville and Screen Thrills Dominate Poli’s and West End
Poli’s continues Musing the Movies with A J Lully’s education and amusement conceit. Acts travel city streets to premiere daredevil on screen scenes. John Masin Leah Baird Anne Luther lead moral drama Moral death by own action. West End features John Barrymore in Raffles the Amateur Cracksman with A Self Made Lady. Plaza and Empire showcase The Devil’s Playground and The Bravest Way with Sessue Hayakawa.
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Poli's
A. J. Lully
Vaudevilla
John Masin
Leah Baird
Anne Luther
Treffery and Miller
West End
John Barrymore
Raffles
State Street
Clinton Avenue
Mr. Barrymore
Farle Williams
Grace Darmond
Plaza
Vera Michelena
Alma
William Sisto
Techow
Cats
O’brien
Mile
Depinna
Typists Contest In New Haven At Crown Street
Bridgeport typists and stenographers travel to New Haven for the semi annual Remington typewriter accuracy contest at 0 Crown Street. A special inducement may attract many entrants. Winners writing 60 words per minute for 15 minutes without an error will receive a self starting Remington typewriter.
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Bridgeport
New Haven
Remington Typewriter
Crown Street
Remington
General Greens ordered to report to Washington Camp Lewis loses command
Major General Henry A Greens, commander of the 1st division at Camp Lewis, Washington, has been ordered to report to Washington. The War Department gave no explanation. Brigadier General Frederick S Poltz is placed in command at Camp Lewis temporarily.
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Washington
Henry A. Greens
National Army
Camp Lewis
War Department
Frederick S. Poltz
Navy aviators killed in training collision near Pensacola
Naval reserve aviators B. E. Sylvester and A. B. Blair were killed when their airplanes collided near the navy air station at Pensacola. Both had been sent from the Boston School of Technology to complete training.
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Pensacola
Fla
B. E. Sylvester
A. B. Blair
Naval Reserve
Navy Air Station
Boston School of Technology
Always Perfect Likeness at 46 Cannon St Bridgeport
A brief notice from the Bridgeport area references an address at 46 Cannon Street and a directive relating to correspondence or contact, signaling a request that someone not visit and to write instead. The terse local item hints at a personal notice or appointment protocol without further detail.
Friday Last Day for Registration of German Aliens
Assistant Superintendent Chiudes Buckley said the rush of German women to register continued yesterday. About 300 women had registered by 5 p.m. the office closed. Today and tomorrow until 5 p.m. are the final hours to register every German alien woman over 14 in the city. Those without registration cards after 10 days will be arrested, as with men who failed to register months ago. Officers will distribute cards again in ten days, and Buckley expects operations to finish in about three weeks.
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Chiudes St. Buckley
Favor Demanding German Surrender of Vessels
London June 19 The Board of Trade committee reports on shipping and shipbuilding in postwar reconstruction urging the peace treaty to force surrender of enemy shipping and punish sea crimes. It calls for auctioning surrendered vessels and applying proceeds to common wartime indemnity. It notes postwar restrictions depend on allies including the United States coercing neutrals.
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London
Board of Trade Committee
United States
Mayors Invite Council Members to Connecticut Events
Hartford June 19 Invitations from the Connecticut State Council of Defense invite council members to two events. The Connecticut Mayors Association summer meeting will be June 21 in New London with a shore dinner at Ocean Beach and a harbor excursion. Bristol Mayor Joseph F. Dutton urged attendance at Bristol’s Independence Day celebration.
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Hartford
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Connccticut Mayors ’Assaciation
New London
Independence Dany Celeobration
Jaristot
Larnest TH. Rogers
Council of Defense
Mayors’ Association
Defense Council
Charless M. Sthwah
United States Shipping Board
Charles W. Morse
United States Steams Ship Company
Ocean Beach
Groton
New London Ship and Engine Company
United States
Connecticut Stite
Joseph F. Dutton
Bristol
Bristol War Bureau
State Council
Bristel
Richard M. Bissell
Fire destroys birthplace of abolitionist John Crown
A house in West Torrington, noted as the birthplace of abolitionist John Crown, was destroyed by fire shortly before noon today. The cause of the fire remains undetermined.
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Fohn Sha PN
Norrington
West Torrington
John Crown
Connecticut Flier and Pilot Die in Airplane Crash
Lieutenant Frank Patterson of Dayton Ohio and Lieutenant Leroy Swann of Norwich Conn were killed when their airplane collapsed during a dive near Springfield Ohio. Patterson was 22, nephew of Dayton manufacturer Jon Patterson. Swann was married and lived with his wife in Fairfield Ohio. A separate note mentions H H Co Kelly, an aviation instructor at Benbrook field in Texas, killed in an incident with an injured cadet. The text also references a historic building owned by the John Brown association in Litchfield county.
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Springfield
Ohwto
Frank Stewart Patterson
Dayton
Ohio
Leroy Swan
Norwich
Conn
This City
Darton
Anidair
Watterson
Noth Pndies
Patterson
Jon Patterson
Swann
Fairfield
Texas Camp
Fortie Worth
Ten
HH. Co. Kelly
Benbrook Field
John Brown Association
Litchfield County
Ukraine Demands Black Sea Fleet Fight with Huns
Moscow dispatch reports Ukrainian delegates at the Russo Ukrainian peace conference urged the Russian Black Sea fleet to join Germany against the Allies. The demand drew support from Ukraine’s Minister of War, with Soviet figures in Berlin advised Russia would not consent.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Kiev
Black Sea
Germany
M. Weeximolol
A. Joffe
Berlin
Sublin
Have Bee
Russia
Threadmakers Demand More Wages After Strike
Ninety dresser tenders at the America Thread Company in Willimantic Conn struck today for a further wage increase. Earlier this month all operatives received a 15 percent raise. the workers now seek an additional 5 percent. Current pay stands at 28.50 dollars weekly.
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Willimantic, Conn
America Thread Company
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D. J. Gorman
Naugatuck
First Avenue
Rev. P. ¢. Pearson
Third Avenue
John Brewster
Gue
Brooklyn
Ven Wincke
Second Avenue
John Rowley
W.d. Macfarlane
Terry
Dr. McLinden
Fourth Avenue
Judge Appell
Mount Vernon
Iwvo
W. D. Blatz
Dorsen
Theatre News
Empire
Sessue Hayakawa
Paramount
Empire Theatre
Anthony
Cleopatra
Kelled
Bridgenort
Universal Art Association
Cannon St., Bridgeport
P. S
Guranteed
Mach
Central Avenue
Stratford Ave
Miss Jewel Smith
Smith St. Tal
C. H. Buckley
Sourtidreezes
Main
Golden Hill Sts
LE Chateau
Fine Arts Theatre
Westport
Conn. Mann
Douglas Fairbanks
Strand
Holmes
Alice Joyce
Elite Theatre
Main ST
Elvidge
ACT World
Big
Universal Screen Magazine
Nour
the Silent Art
Paramount Play
Hayakawa
Anthony and Cleopatra
Strand the Theatre of Quality
Clara Kimball Young
Theda Bara In
World Erature Ilentead
Alice Brady
Hani Micrest
Otl Piuolo
Douglas
All Banks
Ukraine
Todaypold
John Mason
Anne Eluther
Atl Starcast
Treffery & Miller
Bone Eee
Elsie White Clark
Fagan
Hearst-Pathe
Europe
Barrymore
FOX Sunshine
Great White
Ea Michelena Stator
Ziegfeld Follies
Princess Chic
Southern Girls
James Montgomery Flagg & Christ
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