Italians Advance Against Austrians In Battle Front
Paris dispatchs report Austrians suffer heavy losses exceeding 120000 in Italy as Italians and allies hold Montello and Piave lines. American forces bombard Piave bridges and Belleau Wood, while Italians push back enemy near Zenson and Cortellara. Hunger and shortages plague Austro Hungarian areas as Allied air and ground pressure continue.
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Associated Press
Asiago
Alps
Plave
Venetia
Piave
Invason
Mourtains
Montello Plateou
Venice
Civar
Montello
Treviso
Zenson
Losgon
Fossetta Canal
Adriatic Sea
Cortellagra
Mnilled
Soissons
Faverolles
Hautve
Arras
Albert
Morris
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Belleau Wood
War Labor Policies Board Urges Pause on Changes
The War Labor Policies Board, reviewing methods to standardize wages hours and conditions for war workers, urges departments and boards to refrain from changes pending standardization. Present were representatives from Labor Agriculture emergency feet corporation Wet Administration Food Administration Ivy Department United States Shipping Board War Department and War Industries Board.
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War Labor Policies Board
Department of Labor
Department of Agriculture
Mergency Feet Corporation
Wet Administration
Food Administration
Ivy Deepartment
United States Shipping Board
War Department
War Industries Board
Circus Fantoes Ouan Deer Automobile Incident
Earl C Martin reports his Chandler car stolen from the circus lot after the show. He parked at 7 40 and found the vehicle missing by 8 13. Connecticut license plate 5668. Police notified.
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Circus Fantoses Ouandeer
Earl C. Martin
Porter Street
Farc
Connecticut
Phite
Arrested Frank Martin Charged After Disturbance
Frank Martin, 23, of 189 Brooks stores, was arrested last evening near Main and Union streets. He faces charges of breach of peace after an incident described as a disturbance at the scene.
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Frank Martin
Brooks
Ea O Vloos
Main
Union Streets
Barnum and Bailey Circus Opens in Bridgeport Amid Welcoming Crowds
Bridgeport greeted the Barnum and Bailey circus with a bustling morning parade of international costumes and carriages, followed by crowds at the grounds. Evening shows drew a large audience despite rain, as workers quickly packed tents and wagons after the performance, amid a scene of travel and bustle into the night.
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Bridgeport
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Aftrnoon
Circus
P. T. Barnum
Theft confession links to Bridgeport gun plans hijack
March 1918 report details Lindquist alias Colby stealing Browning gun blueprints from the Bridgeport plant. Officials confirm a French girl linked to Lindquist while living with him in Worcester and touring cities such as Hartford and Detroit. Aiding figures include Army intelligence and DOJ, with Lindquist’s draft evasion under scrutiny in New York.
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Bridgeport
Lindauist
Lindquist
Colby
Piant
Browning
Army
New York
Department of Justice
Mrs. Otis
Worcester
Afl
Worcester Hone
State Street
Pirl
Tsridgeport
Pfhey
Hartfart
Detroit
Lillian Brauneau
United States
Dis
Garrett W. Coiter
Coal Conservation Urges Rationing For Factories
A New England assembly discusses coal shortages and factory limits to meet wartime needs. Officials urge government control of heavy shops, use of portable tools, and tighter plant fuel management to conserve scarce coal for essential ordnance production.
Fire Department Expense Shows Decided Increase
The Bridgeport Fire Department’s annual spending climbed each year, totaling 860 081.55 for the year ending April 30 1918. Earlier years show 256 075 49 for 1914 253 768 for 1916 and 866 081 05 for 1917. The Municipal Bureau of New York City was asked for an exhaustive five year expenditure statement and related items.
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Bridgeport Fire Department
Bureau of Municipal Ranoureh
New York City
Bridgeport
Association
United States
Guard Moves 40 Draft Evaders to Camp Devens
Forty draft evaders were rounded up by police and DOJ agents in several parts of the state. They were turned over to military authorities by a Federal court and taken by a provost guard to Camp Devens for induction. Some had failed to register or return questionnaires.
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Bostom
Department of Justice
Federal Court
Camp Devens
Bread Riots Erupt in Vienna Amid German Embassy Attack
Bread riots spread Thursday night in Vienna districts Favoriten and Brigittenau as 156,000 munition workers strike. Police dispersed an attempted attack on the German embassy with arrests and injuries reported while cries of Germany Is starving us rang out.
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London
Favoriten
Brigittenau
Vienna
Muhich
Germany
Reverses Arise From Sawdust As Circus Fetes In Indy
Indianapolis June 21 news reports a guilty verdict against Leonard A Snitkin judge of a municipal court in New York for conspiracy to obstruct draft law. Maurice L Snitkin and A Joseph Schur of Indianapolis were found guilty of arranging for A Max Schwartz to seek exemption by bringing him to Indianapolis for examination before a local board. Judge Snitkin denied involvement. prosecutors say others used his name in telegrams. The piece also recounts a Freyler restaurant old time circus gathering in Fairfield avenue with Barnum and Bailey veterans, dancing, and Shubert orchestra.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Leonard A. Snitkin
New York
Maurice L. Snitkin
A. Joseph Sehur
A. Tb.’ Anderson
United States District Court
Snitkins
Schur
A. Max Schwartz
Tudge Snitkin
Judge Snltins
Freyler
Shubert
D. King
MacLaughlin
HE. Mayer
Fred Branda
Jack Hedder
Eddie Lilbon
Mandy Hines
Pichtani
Arthur Mainwood
Charles E. Henry
William Conway
Anna
Louise Hutchinson
Joan Lyons
Fred Derrick
Toney Dekoe
Cy Compton
Fred NeWulge
Carl Hathaway
Mat Saunders
C. E. Atkins
Harry Hareson
Daunty Marie Meeker
Joe Hubert
Times and Tribune Men Held in Hearst Action
New York reporting officials and editors Ayden Mills Reid Adolph Ochs Errol Hart and John H Paine were indicted for publishing a criminal bet against Mrs William Randolph Hearst wife of the New York American and the New York Journal Mrs Hearst head of the mayors social welfare committee on national defense complains articles quoted a woman as pro German Bail set at 1600 for each defendant
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New York
Qyden Mills Reid
New York Tribune
Adolph &. Ochs
New York Times
Errol Hart
The
Tribune
John H. Paine
Times
William Randolph Hearst
New York American
New York Journal
Hearst
Mayor's Committee of Women On National Defense
Agreement Reached on Iron Ore Price Increase
Washington June 21 agreement for a 45 cent per ton rise in the government price for iron ore to take effect May 1 was reached by the war industries board and the steel committee of the American Iron and Steel Institute. It is understood there will be no increase in the price of steel.
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France
Associated Press
Chateau Thierry
Ger
Iles
Eny
Pa Brel
Belleau Wood
Belleau Wood Hill
Piatits
Hom Essentials
Hollis
Slorraw
New England
Weare
Aus
Washington
America
Jrand
Breckenridge
Connecticut Committee On
Ton Conservation
New Waeland
Thomas J. Russell
Thigland
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Coal Conservation Committee
Carson
Hartford
U.S. Fuel Administration
Bureau of Mines
Dd.c
Itvesinger
War Industries Board
Steel Committee
American “Iron, and, Steel Institute
Steet
Flier Killed in EnglandLondon June 21
Lieutenant Vincent Flynn of New Jersey attached to the British Royal Air Force was killed in Cheshire yesterday when his aircraft collided with another plane. The other two flyers aboard that machine also died.
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England
London
Vincent Flynn
New Jersey
Royal Air Force
Cheshire
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