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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
6
Washington June 20 Major General Henry A Greene, recently relieved of command of the Ninth National Army Division at Camp Lewis, Washington, has been assigned to command the Philippine department with the rank of Brigadier General. A reason for the general's disaster was given, noting insider information apparently being found on the outskirts.
Yoorme H Shafer is named principal of the State Normal School in Willimantic succeeding Henry T Burr who retires after 30 years of service. Shafer comes from Bridgeport City Normal School and begins duties this fall as American education officials announce the move. In Washington, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves unanimously the revised draft treaty with Great Britain on reciprocal draft laws and defers further discussion until next week.
Vienna reports a severe food shortage as a proclamation urged farmers to deliver grain but only 9500 earloads arrived out of a hoped 10000. After the final potato distribution this week, supply will run dry. Budapest also faces dire hunger, while Vienna refuses to guarantee bread by ordering dried vegetables.
Yale professor Ernest Isaac Werber holder of a Seessel research fellowship is arrested by federal officers as an enemy alien and jailed. He is said to have unlimited access to university laboratories while interned, joining earlier cases of Miss Rhoda Erdman and Professor Goldschmidt who faced internment as enemy aliens.
NESW TIAVEN June 20 A Connecticut Butchers Association meeting adopted a resolution pledging local authorities to close all butcher shops on Sundays across the state. The measure aims to curb shops open on Sundays and was supported by association leaders. Officers elected include President FE GB Phillips Hartford and Vice Presidents Drums New Haven FE Stocker Bridgeport.
Paris dispatch notes Lieutenant Colonel Fabry, once with Marshal Joffre in 1917, arguing in Ow about army effectiveness. He protests fixating on figures, saying policy must be use of available forces and that recruitment laws shape true power for the Allies until American aid peaks. Also quotes O W Holmes on direction over position and sailing toward goals.
Simon Lake unveils the Argosy Argonaut II experimental wreck finding vessel launched from Tornado Boat Company and towed to the Housatonic for underwater tests. The craft features forward amidships tube design, air-lock descent, buoyant systems, and suction scows for sunken ship salvage. Lake plans further trials in Long Island Sound after river testing. Davy Shean posts a .263 batting average.
The passage notes that children with enlarged adenoids or sore tonsils face more trouble and that issues are first noticed as small red raised points where the white of the eye meets the transparent part, indicating an eye region symptom.
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