Germans Pressures On Toul and Leicheprey Fronts In France
German official communique reports deep penetration into American lines at Leicheprey east of St Mihiel with heavy losses. Artillery activity increased along the Toul front after yesterday's gas attack. Attacks north of Chateau Thierry across the Clignon sector failed. nocturnal advances south of Ornes repulsed. fighting moderate along the rest of the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Associated Press
Toul
Leideprey
Woevre
Berlin
London
Leicheprey
St. Mihiel
Chateau Thierry
Clignon
Ornes
Meuse
Moselle
Blackman Returns From Serbia Relief Trip
Chester Blackman of Devon cannot reach Serbia with a Red Cross relief unit due to railway congestion near Paris. The unit was sent back to America. Blackman sailed May 4 on the Espagne, reporting a sighted U boat and a 11 day voyage with an ice floe laden detour into the Avete circle and a perilous escape path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serbia
Red Cross
France
Chester Blackman
Devon
Blackman
Paris
America
Espagne
Europe
Avete
Weather Summary Teletype for June In Washington
Weather notes from WRATTEER REPORT Washington on June 20 describe fair and warm Friday with Saturday showers in New England. Mentions fair Sunday, interior conditions, and river conditions for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New York
Iyiner
Els Rivera
Great Campaign for War Savings Will Begin Today
Bridgeport launches a drive to recruit 100000 War Savings stamp pledge signers aiming for 3 million dollars this year. About 3000 workers from every district join, blue window cards will go to signers, and post office stamp sales run about 5500 daily as district headquarters gear up for widespread canvassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
St. Augustine's Hall
Pr. Judge
Fairfield Avenue
Park Street Church
W. PT. Meyer
Black Rock
Third District
F. Smith
James T. Reynol’y
Reilly's to Close For Summer Amid Uncertain Food Costs
Reilly's summer hotel on Can- Vian street will shut during July and August after nearly four decades of continuous operation with seasonal dining largely open. Management cites commodity price volatility and meat regulation as causing the change, noting a state food order limits beer sales and requires certain kosher options.
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Reilly
Can- Vian Street
Athop
Ilavs i
Minute Women Leader and Automobile Guests Hurt in Crash
Mrs H Willard Fleck chairman Bridgeport branch of the State Council of Defense and leader of the Bridgeport Minute Women. Mrs Leigh H Wilson. Mrs Murthy of Baltimore. Miss Frost. and Miss Louise B Bigelow of Newtown were slightly injured when Miss Frost swerved to avoid a cow herd and crashed the Ford into a stone wall near Trumbull. The machine wrecked. Mrs Fleck sprained, others shaken. all taken to Bridgeport or stayed with the car until it could be moved. Trolley and auto collision followed near Union and Stratford avenues with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Fleck
Newtown
Trumbull
H. Willard Fleck
Lafayette Street
Bridgeport
State Council of Defense
Bridgeport Minute Women
Leigh H. Wilson
Laurel Avenue
Murthy
Baltimore
Miss Frost
Louise B. Bigelow
Mrs. Fleck
Mrs. Murthy
Aliss Frost
Three Tots Hurt By Avalanche Of Blocks In Stratford
Three tots severely hurt when two tons of cement blocks toppled from a wagon driven by Mrs. Mary Wartle on Moneyspot Road near Honerspot Road and Avenue E in Stratford. The youngest, a two year old, and Margaret nine, suffered facial and limb injuries. Theodore six lost fingertip tips. Immediate aid followed as others freed and carried injured to Bridgeport hospital.
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Mary Wartle
Moneyspot Road
Stratford
Bridgeport Hospital
Honerspot Road
Avenue E
Margaret
Theodore
Both Hatting Defendants Found Guilty in Danbury Trial
President Jeremiah Scully of the Danbury Hatters union was found guilty of assault and breach of the peace. William Merson, a non union hatter, was found guilty of breach of the peace. The jury deliberated briefly after testimony about the September clash between striking leaders and non union men. Judge Walsh fined Scully fifty dollars and costs, Merson ten dollars and costs. Scully’s attorney planned an appeal to the Supreme Court of errors. Merson’s counsel did not move for dismissal. Arguments were heated as counsel challenged witness credibility and coaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Scully
Danbury
Hatters’ Union
William
Merson
Common Pleas Court
Walsh
Scully
United Flat Manufacturers
Wells
Tuxlap
Stuxfored
Races to save sister from draft crosses borders
Mrs. Bell of Walnut Beach drives a thousand miles by car toward Boutouché Bay New Brunswick to rescue her sister Mrs Mary Richard born in Gardner Massachusetts from conscription into the British war labor program. If she fails, Mrs Giroard and husband face England deportation and property seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Bell
Walnut Beach
Canada
Jingland
Boutouche Bay
St. Johns
New Brunswick
Mary Richard
Gardner
Mass
Camille Giroard
Bell
Bell and Richards
Maine
Bryant Liggerston
Milford
Low Rate for Messages to Soldiers Overseas
Bridgeport launches a new telegraph and direct Atlantic cable service to France allowing relatives to send messages to soldiers and army nurses at a special rate of 6 14 cents per word. The system, announced by Postal, uses a cablegram format with “EA” in the address and charges a 1 4 cent premium over earlier rates, with examples showing how to address messages to units in the American Army in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Bridgeport
America
Atlantic
Postal Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph-Commercial Cable Company
United States
Fra
Iessu Eesgio Amexforce
London
Expeditionary Forces
EMI
Smith
47Th Infantry
Bridgeport Circus Parade Routes Through Town Today
Bridgeport's Own circus comes to town with a mammoth parade securing Fair Field Avenue grounds at 106 o'clock. The line of march runs along Fairfield Avenue State Street Main Street to Fairfield Avenue and ends at the lot hosting free open air acts before the 2 o'clock afternoon show.
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Bridgeport
Fairfield Avenue
State
Main
Illumining Co and Ice Dealers Seek Jail Labor
The United Illuminating Company and several ice firms sought county jail labor for prisoners to perform manual work. With 160 inmates and about 40 already assigned outside, commissioners expect limited expansion. Farmers also request prisoner labor to till soil, but trustworthiness for outside work remains a constraint.
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United Iluminating Company
Stratford Police Capture Santone After Return Home
Stratford police led by Chief Nichols captured Patsy Santone age 26 at his Frederick avenue home after he returned last night from the June 6 shooting of Al bert DiNicola following a pool hall dispute. Santone confessed to the firing. his 29-year-old brother remains missing as officers search nearby woods.
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Stratford
Nichols
Patsy Santone
Joseph
Albert D. Nicola
Haltett Street
Stavola
Santone
Frederick Avenue
DiNicola
Mayor Wilson Pushes Plan for New Bank in City
Mayor Clifford B. Wilson and Tax Commissioner Arthur F. Connor with William J. Nichols, a druggist, petition Hartford financier J. Sturges to open the Newheld Bank & Trust Co in this city. Proposed capital stock not less than $1040, details pending.
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Clifford B. Wilson
Arthur F. Connor
William J. Nichols
J. Sturges
Hartford
Newheld Bank & Trust Company
Violence of Battle Echoes in Vienna and Montello Front
Vienna reports mass strikes at Vulcan Arsenal and Warschalowski works with riots in Favoriten and Margerethen. Italian and Austrian fronts clash along Piave and Montello. Rome says Piave and Montello battles persist with Italian gains and heavy losses on both sides.
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London
Vulcan
Warschalowski
Vienna
Zurich
Exchange
Favoriten
Margerethen
Ottakring
Brigitten
Montelloi
Carso Front
Montello
Te Piava
Montebellum
Piave
Venson
Asiago
Bertigo
Pennar
Cape Turing Costalunga
Montebelluno
Tolle
Tiaye
Sonia
Zenson
War Bureau Warns Against Chain Letters For War Aid
Bridgeport War bureau discourages all chain letters in support of war work. It notes several attempts to aid National War Savings and other committees and says no authorization was given. Citizens should decline to participate and help break the chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport War Bureau
War Bureau
National War Savings Committee
Lrance
American Committee
American Red Cross
French Council
Seattle
Washington
More Than 600 Die on Lost Transport
Paris reports the torpedoing and sinking of the transport Sant Anna during the night of May 10 11 with 2150 aboard including soldiers and native workers. About 15123 were saved. Separate item notes a fire at 1519 Barnum Avenue quelled by a small chemical extinguisher.
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Paris
Sant’ Anna
Izerla
Malta
Havas
Barnum Avenue
No. & Hose
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Arctic Circle
Baus Bras Daily
Armanac
Doc
Connecticut Company
Union and
Stratford Avenues
Mary
Margaret Kalakay
Hatting
Sister
di Nicola
Wilson
Organization
Rfectad
Nor
A Moe Ng
SM Joe Ag
Carlo
Venetia
Fossetta Canal
Clerzop-Treviso
Caiso
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