War Rally at Park Promises Large Attendance
War bureau announces a Wednesday night rally at the Park Theatre under wartime auspices. Rev. Arthur Re te of Phaintiedd Conn and Rev. Willamt Horace of United Church will speak. The event, funded by M Steinert and Sons, aims to boost support with free admission and no collections. Ward H Dillon chairs the meeting and Ridgeport readers are urged to attend.
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Lark Theatre
Lurernet
Kers
Arthur Rete
Conn
Willamt Horace
United Church
Park
Peen
M. Steinert and Sons Cony
War Bureau
Ward H. Dillon
Tyny
Ridgeport
Local draft examinations yield mixed outcomes across boards
Across Local Boards 1 3 and 6 examinations were conducted with 335 of 532 called accepted for service while others were rejected remanded or placed on special lists. Board 3 accepted 93 for general service two for special service and rejected two with 64 re-examined later.
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Baldorae
Hirst Board
Medical Advisory Board
Tn All
Draft Board
Start Ten Hen Club in Bridgeport organizes poultry drive
A city wide effort to start a Ten Hen Club in Bridgeport aims to boost home poultry keeping as a wartime patriotic measure. Lawless is appointed to lead the county bureau effort with Farm Bureau and state agricultural officials addressing residents about backyard hen keeping and cooperative buying to ease the food situation.
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Bridgeport
Lawless
Iird County Farm Bureau
Ten Club
Board of Health
Connecticut Agricultural Re
United States
Odf Agriculture
G. A. Collin
Department of Verve
Robert, Jones
Saturn College
Questionnaire to Indicate Men for Aviation Section
Local draft boards will review questionnaires to select qualified mechanics for the aviation section. Only 22 of the needed 45 volunteers have responded, forcing drafting of the rest unless the city quota is reduced by volunteers from other cities. The process aims to identify general machinists, instrument makers, repairers, and smiths for call 36.
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Suitemient
Instrument Nakeps
Tle
Bridgeport
Adjutant General
Salvation Army Fund Surpasses Seven Thousand Five Hundred
Salvation Army drive in Bridgeport raises over 7560 with Minute Women led by Colonel Gilford praising the campaign. Local appeals added about 64 more and individual donors contributed to reach beyond 4,000 in the city total. A girl worker spoke of a letter from a brother in France praising Salvation Army workers who aided a soldier on furlough, preventing desertion and aiding his return to camp.
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Gilford
Salvation Army
New Jengland
Bridgeport
My Salvation
Atrs
Howley
Atst
Salvation Ammy Volunteers
Hild Stamford Man Charged as Dangerous Alien Held for War
A Hild Stamford man identified as a dangerous alien and undesirable resident was bound over after a court test Saturday. He is held at North Avenue county jail awaiting internment during the war. Reports claim multiple altercations in recent months and a past arrest in England in 1815. He is described as native of Holland with alleged links to espionage.
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Chartes
Serape
Stinafoerd
Waldlien
North Avenue
Serag
Holland
Seragey
England
Betas
Ars
Bridgenort
Fort Oflehorpe
Valent Berishie
Bevishie
South Avenue
Walter Sikora
Joseph Koskie
John Logi
Columbus Street
Business Men to Hold Annual Meeting Tuesday
Business Allen's as Spatin will hold their annual meeting Tuesday night at 8 o clock in the Hipatiell Ina qutelor with President Charles Tl. Gaylord outlining a proposed project he views as essential. The annual officer election will occur and a key topic is whether bead issue funds can support building projects and prioritization on the plaza.
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Allen's
Spatin
Ofelock
Hipatiell Ina
Charles Tl. Gaylord
Gaylord
Vienniuir
Christ in Superman World Develops A Hope for Peace
Excerpted sermon notes praise Christ’s role in world peace. Rev. Alexander Alison, Dr. Robert M. Speer, and theologians condemn war’s dehumanizing science. They urge personal spiritual transformation to admit Christ, breaking national and moral barriers toward a new order.
Hoover Conference Details With Food Administration Officials
New York report on Hoover held talks with zone chairmen of the milk division. The conference discussed allotments of flour and the quantity of wheat the administration has pledged, with outcomes yet to be determined.
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Hoovers
New York
Marvella
Hoover
Cap
Food Air Miinistradion
Bankrupt Creditors Challenge Confirmation of 34 Percent Offer
Creditors of the bankrupt object to referee Banks’s confirmation after arguing Mrs. Ples Treih has not been released from bankruptcy within six years as required by federal statute. The objection blocks approval of the proposed 34 percent payout.
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Ples Treieh
First American Enlistee Receives Warm Welcome at WY
Harry Collings, first American to enlist in the army of trance, spoke at the WY MM CA yesterday afternoon. Of 37,000 who joined the Foreign Legion only 3,000 remain. Collings was found unfit for further service after gas exposure. He recounted learning English in France and joining the war, then aiding Serbian forces on an expedition where many were killed. He described bravery, receiving the highest Serbian honor and later service at the avlattos vertion before collapse from illness. He told of a guard and a cigarette aid in a remarkable tale.
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Harry
Callings
Army of Trance
WY. MM. C. A. Yesterde
Foreign Legion
Mr. Calling
At. Collins
France
Collings
Noed
Serbie Alxo
Avlattos Vertion
Collinge
Indoor golf practice course opens at American Hardware Stores
A notice invites customers to use a new indoor golf practice course at American Hardware Stores Lyon Grumman, detailing a mid season form and scoring system. The facility at Fairfield Ave and Middle includes a dedicated practice area to beat the field and polish shots.
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American Hardware
Lyon & Grumman
Dtetall Division
Flirfield Ave
Middle $1
Fear and forgiveness in sermon at Park Street Church
The Rev. Tr. H. Tear argues absence of fear dulls character while urging reverent fear of moral evil. a modern man cites vigilance against wrongdoing, and a paralogical reflection leads to confession, forgiveness, and reconciliation with God. The sermon contrasts fear as virtue with self justification, linking repentance to eternal harmony. A separate note recalls a Morse code incident where Fear aided signaling before harm occurred.
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Tr. H. Tear
Park Street
Avgustine
God
Jesus
Co Operation Urged by Jacob B Klein for Jewish Youth
Jacob B Klein urged cooperation of all in support of democracy and the war effort at a meeting of the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew associations on State street. He described a new Jewish Welfare and Activities League to aid the needy, uplift morals, and assist families affected by sons or fathers serving in the war, noting Bridgeport's 120000 Jewish population and multiple organizations. He said the war proves Jewish Americans are doing their part and called for an American, not Bolshevik, democracy. The Hun butcher remark closed the speech.
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The
Young Men’s and
Young Women’s Hebrew Association
Hebrew Associaion
State Street
Jacob Bbwien
State Council
Th Nse
Mr. Klein
Klein
Jewish Welfare and Activities League
Young Men's and
Young Women's Hebrew Association
Bridgeport
Orgunions
United
Vinol boasts blood-building claims and transparent ingredients
An advertisement for Vinol asserts the remedy strengthens blood and health with a listed formula including cod liver oil beef peptones and minerals. The ad challenges patent medicine secrecy, offers money-back if no health improvement, and lists Hindle Pharmacy and various drugstores as sellers.
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Vinel
P. Hindle
Hindle
Wirett's Riker Drug Store
Ff. Ostrosky
Pembroke St
Cor
Hamilton
Main St. Cor
Jane
Bridgeport
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Plainfield
Wiliam Horace Dayill
Ernest Brown
Tnterni Association of Poultry
Omer
America
Salvation Army Fund
Ot- Sceers
Amounl
Hild Stamford Man
John
Hill
Christ
Superman
Alexander Alison
First Presbyterian
Harons
Wilson
Ubing
Robert M. Speer
Columbia University
Germany
Jon
Bergson
Christ of God
CH Ling
Richter
Toni
Fael
Jas. F. Kelly
East Main Street
Main St
Jacob B. Klein
Vinol
Ted
James J. H
City Savings Bank
Stratford Avenue
East End
Post and Telegram
Post
Telegram
Sunday Post
Atlas Turkish Baths
Fairfield Avenue
Broad Street
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