From France to England the love of soccer endures
A compact tour through wartime soccer on both sides of the Channel. Everton and Liverpool show postwar profits and war loans influence club finances. Blackburn Rovers and North End also report gains and losses. A. Coholan becomes secretary of the Southern New England State Football association. Upcoming cup draws, championships, and a fresh slate of wartime events outline a busy, costly season amid war.
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Bittlefields
France
England
Alfred
Everton
Liverpool
West Ham
Blackburn Rovers
Pres
North End
Anis A. Coholan
New Bed
Secre
New England State Football Association
Aviator Falls 250 Feet to His Death
Take Charles Ta Feb 28. Juniat William Er Magil of Jersey City an aviation corps member fell 250 feet from an aero plane late yesterday afternoon and died soon after at the field hospital.
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Charles
Juniat
William Er, Magil
Jersey City
Aviation Corps
Obituary notices compiled for several local residents
Funeral services were held for Mary E Peck at Read Memorial chapel with burial in Mountain Grove cemetery. Catherine Richardson died in New York and is survived by husband and three children. Thomas Wigglesworth funeral held at his Madison avenue home with burial in Lakeview cemetery. Charles C Drake’s funeral attended by many, burial in Mountain Grove. Francelia Hayden died at 68, funeral and interment planned at Park cemetery. John A Mullins funeral at his Fairfield home with St. Thomas church service and burial in St. Thomas cemetery. James L Turney funeral at Hawley and Wilmot, burial in Long Hill cemetery. Peter Carey funeral in Cullinan, Mullins, Buckley rooms with burial in St. Michael’s cemetery. Sarah C Anderson funeral at home and Bethel Baptist church, burial in Mountain Grove. Fedle Del Vecchio funeral at home, burial in St. Michael’s cemetery. Charlies Starr, 66, died of pneumonia. funeral at 2:30 pm Saturday at Randall avenue, burial in local cemetery.
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Mary FE. Peck
Mary E. Peck
Read Memorial Chapel
John G. Saddler
Christ Episcopal Church
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Catherine Richardson
Catherine
William ST. Richardson
New York
William
Francis
Mary Lucey
Staten Island
Daniel Haggerty
Hannah Yeating
Cullinan, Mullins Buckley and Company
Golden Hill Street
St. Patrick's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Thomas Wigglesworth
Madison Avenue
Geo. M. Brown
Fioneer Lodge
Sons of St. George
Lakeview Cemetery
Charles C. Drake
Clarkson Street
Stephen I. Sherman
Francelia NE Hayden
Francelia
Frederick M. Hayden
Garfield Avenue
Fred
Harry
Hayden
The
Daughters of America
Park Cemetery
John A. Mullins
Post Road
Fairfield
St. Thomas’ Church
W. J. Blake
John A. Sullivan
T. J. Mooney
Fire Department
Holy Name ‘Society of
Michael Whalen
Hugh Tolles
St. Thomas’ Cemetery
James L. Turney
James L.turney
Porlors
Hawley and
Wilmot
State Street
Long Hill Cemetery
Peter Carey
Peter Garey
Cullinan, Mullins, Buckley and Company
Sarah C. Anderson
Carrol Avenue
Bethel’ Baptist Church
Bunnell Street
Mountain Grove
Fedele del Vecchio
Fedle del Veécchio
Calhoun Avenue
Court Rome
Foresters of America
Bridgeport Marine Band
Castelfranchese Society
Charlies Starr
Charles Starr
Adolph
Oscar Belter
Emma’ Fack
Marie Tesch
Emma Zisler
Kansas City
Randall Avenue
Chin chilla Evening Wraps With Luxe Fur Prices
Outlook advertises chinchilla evening wrap for 10 000 and showcases other fur options from moleskin at 850 to Hudson Bay sable at 15000, Russian sable at 75000, with economicals at 25000.
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Brooklyn
Chinchilla
Siamese Students in U S Education Move to Professions
About fifteen Siamese students registered at American colleges this year to study law medicine and civil engineering. Several alumni already work for their government on public works and have helped introduce American machinery and scientific gear into Siam. The Bangkok report notes these students will test in August with holders of the kings scholarship at governmental expense.
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Siam
King's
Bangkok
Gompers Calls for Eight-Hour Day for Packers
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, testifies in Chicago at the stock yards wage arbitration urging an eight hour day for meat packing workers. He argues overtime pay, health and morale benefits, and links shorter hours to war needs, while noting plant constraints and wartime production goals.
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Chicago
Samuel Gompers
American Foderation of Labor
Mayle
Mary Jones
United Mine Workers
Vellnes
Mr. Gompers
Gompers
John Twitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of la
Bor
Wilson
Washington
Fitzpatrick
Judge Aschuler
Ameri
Waterbury Boy Arrested on White Slave Charge
Hovward Farnsworth was arrested in Waterbury on the charge of violating the Mann white slave law. The two alleged victims are Miss Dorothy Cheney, 13, and Delia Coplan, 23, from New Hampshire. Federal authorities have been notified. Confessions to detectives say they were in Madison before coming to Waterbury.
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Waterbury
Ireb
Hovward Farnsworth
Dorothy Cheney
Delia Coplan
New Euampshire
Madisor
Despondent Draft Rejection Ends Life in Hartford
Despondent after being rejected for military service by the draft board Sextus Yangkowski, 28, shot himself in Hartford late today. Friends say he had been despondent since the rejection and a brother serves in France.
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Hartford
I’eb
Draft Board
Sextus Yangkowski
Yangkowski
Wait
United States
France
Eight Hour Day Appeal From Packers
A remark insists no industry is built on a ten hour day. It argues packers would welcome the eight hour day, finding workers rejuvenated and never willing to return to the former long shifts.
Select Sites for New City Playgrounds
Dr. John R. Brown announces plans for new city playgrounds with several sites decided upon. The Recreation Bureau aims to purchase multiple sites yearly, totaling ten, with potential donations from Bridgeport residents. Supervisor P. V. Gahan has surveyed areas to locate suitable playgrounds, ensuring no child travels farther than a half mile from home.
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John R. Brown
Recreation Bureau
Bureau
Bridgeport
P. V. Gahan
Noted Explorer Quote Highlights Civic Duty
A philadelphia telegraph quotation extols the value of local knowledge over distant travels Indicating that those who have seen the Grand Canyon Niagara Falls St Johns River and the Rockies are likely to be better citizens than those who know Europe but not their own land.
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Grand Canyon
Niagara
St. John's River
Rockies
Europe
Philadelphia Telegraph
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English Football Association
Leutenant
Arthur Kinnaird
Master of Kinnaird
Kikoma
Kampala
Uganda
General Knight
Moko
Sybil Knight
Walnut Hall
Philadelphia Grosso Motor Sales. CO
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