British Deny Line II Break In Major Front Clash
A German communications report claims 200 British prisoners were captured as German forces attacked from Arras to La Bassée. British lines held firm along the Hindenburg front with heavy casualties but the defense resisted a major German onslaught led by Haig’s troops, with key actions near Coignies and St. Lodger.
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Gans
Fos
Arras
War Office
Winces
Rt Tine
Tambrai Salient
Hindenburg
Byng
Woot
Lagnicourt
St. Lodger
Coignies
Seized American Motor Boat In Mexican Waters
A sixty foot American motor boat the Isiz Whien sailed from a Mexican port with Germans aboard and German weapons. It was seized by an Incian warship and taken to a Pacific port for investigation to determine if it planned a commerce raiding cruise. The Navy confirmed authorities found German papers and weapons aboard after the seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Isiz
Mexiro
Bio Pacific
Navy Department
Elf
Pacific
Seiz Y
Make Yourself Glad Buy a Tag for Every Tag Means a Bandage
A wartime appeal urges supporting the Red Cross by buying tags as bandages for wounded soldiers. It contrasts selfless Samaritan aid with indifference and calls for immediate action this Lenten season to help the war effort. The message emphasizes charity, sacrifice, and personal responsibility.
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Red Cross
France
Little Old
Bridgeport
Arrests Mark Start of Connecticut Trolley Probe
Officials of a Connecticut trolley company say yesterday’s three conductor convictions were just a warning. They reportedly hold evidence to convict many more employees as spotters gathered proof on street cars. Managers claim more arrests are planned and fear among conductors grows as investigators reveal broader misconduct.
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Connecticut Company
Dt 48
Protoal
Ennral
Guiny Minde
Miber of Commerce
LC O
Goodway
Athorney Deforest
Attamey
Blame Car Crew for Accident on Barnum Avenue
Officials blame the car crew for a Thursday crash at the UMC crossing in Barnum Avenue that injured 12 people. Factory officials dispute trolleymen claims of no flagman and say warnings were given before the locomotive and cars approached.
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Ratford
Barnum Avenue
U. Mlc
ME C. Company
Moterminn Bel Smith
Recon
Enah
British Air Power Hits German Front in Turbulent Action
British official report says aircraft aided infantry on Thursday, destroying enemy machine guns and taking casualties among Germans. Turkish airmen also bombed positions behind Allied lines as aviation played a key role in the hard fighting near Towaltiturches and related fronts.
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Laidon
Mares
Otr
Intio
Corwin
Uit
Red Cross Tag Day Drive Aims To Raise Bridgeport $20000
Bridgeport’s Red Cross chapter must raise $20000 today or risk temporary closure. Minute Women lead a citywide effort to fund vital medical supplies for soldiers in France. Schools report strong student participation, with several firms reaching 100 percent of their goals and police and fire crews volunteered for the drive.
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Bridgeport
American Red Cross Society
Red Cross
United States
France
Minute Women
Stmithereens
Huntington School
Tord
M. Read
Red Cross Tag Day Urged By Walter Lashar
Walter B Lashar explains the purpose of a Red Cross tag day urging support for the local chapter. He notes postponement to May 2027, stresses continued fundraising, and asks for donations to fund bandages and supplies until capital is secured from the larger campaign.
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Walter B. Lashar
RED Cross
Savings Binly
A Minute Women
Sant
Walter B. Dasha
Connectiva
Baby Doll Moved by U S Order
United States authorities transferred William "Baby Doll" Thomas from Fairfield county jail to Hartford county jail. He will serve a six month federal sentence after a Keystone Club raid, delaying murder trial until September. authorities say he may be arraigned then, while his partner Texas Hawkins remains jailed in Fairfield.
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United States
William
Thomas
North Avenue
Thomas M. Gregory
Hartford County
Witham
Morris Parnell
Wairfield
Criminal Superior Court
Baby Doll
Hartford
Graham
Malone
Homer S. Cummings
United States District
Thomas J. Spellacy
Homer 3. Cummings
Siméon Ponso
Gaby Doll
Keystone Club
Cummings
Fairfield County
Simeon Pease
Hawkins
Texas
North Avenue Owentsty
Thoms
Hans Abandon Trenches Before American Fire
American forces in France pound German positions in the frmneville sector as trenches are said to be demolished and German first lines evacuated. An American patrol crossed So Mars without artillery support and saw no enemy fire. Reports from Aver, Massachusetts dated March 22.
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France
Merican Carhon
Frmneville
Mars
John Peom Privede
Pattery A
Caniyplevens
Casey
Lynn
Moscow
Associated Press
trans-Siberian Railway
Leon Trotazky
Irkutsk
Siberian
Pretty Girls Smile for War Stamp Drive in Ohio
Nearly a thousand dollars in thrift stamps were sold by gray-clad post officers supporting General Eugene Kelly's army. Al Reeves troupe from Park Theatre provided noon hour entertainment on Main Street as 2,000 residents gathered between Fairfield Avenue and Wall Street. Marie Gibson, soprano, and Nellie Griffin accompanied by piano energized the crowd while postmen sold stamps. General Kelly was briefly mistaken for Al Reeves amid cheers for the war savings effort.
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Eugene Kelly
al Reeves
Park Theatre
Nowland’s
Dave Lewis
Fairfield Avenue Pond
Wall Street
Marie Gibson
Nellie Griffin
Siresge
General Kelly
Trade School Reform Proposed by Connecticut Educators
A. C. Morrison urged CT educators to shift toward trade school systems, criticizing current higher education as impractical. He predicted a statewide reorganization toward trade lines, as a CT Trades Educators Association convention in Stratfield discussed. Charles Hine argued six months in school and six in the shop could benefit youths, stressing practical training to prepare boys for honest work and social contribution.
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Connecticut
A. C. Morrison
State Board of Education
Connecticut ‘Frade Educators’ Association
Stratfield
Marelson
Yeaturday
Charles
Ifine
Liberty Loan Plots Exposed In Chicago And New York
Federal agents pursue clues into alleged Liberty bond schemes after I W W agents in Chicago allegedly promoted “General Defense Stamps” with no backing besides the I W W. In New York Louis Rosenberg aged 23 was jailed for selling two 1000 dollar Liberty bonds at 998 raising police suspicion of a band stealing bonds valued at 300000.
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Chicago
New York
Ioan
Louis Rosenberg
Bow. W. Block Drive
Books for Soldiers and Sailors Coupon Notice
General Pershing requests five tons of books monthly to aid soldiers and sailors. Send selected reading to the nearest school or public library, then to the Minute Women for reading garments. Use the coupon to arrange library pickup and note the Bridgeport Public Library.
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Greneral Pershing
Bridgeport Public Library
Marcel Bu
German advance toward Moscow grows after Petrosgrad evacuation
Moscow dispatches report the German push toward Moscow from three directions as Petrosgrad evacuation shifts objective. Sw, west, and northwest advances include 25 miles toward Bryansk 235 miles from Moscow, Smolensk 250 miles away, and Rosenovskaya captured. Government orders evacuations near Moscow signal imminent advance. Bolshevik foreign office denies POW rail occupation rumors and notes informal talks with Ukraine for peace.
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Moscow
Ths Associated Press
Geremany
Congress of Workmen’s
Russia
Petrosgrad
Konotop
Tcherenigov
Bryansk
Smolensk
Rosenovskaya
Vitebsk
Gshatsk
Foltara
Kharkov
Tehernigov
Ukraine
Rada
M. Tehitcherin
Bolshevik Foreign Office
Three Arrested in Defective Gauge Plot in Philadelphia
Philadelphia authorities detained two enemy aliens and one naturalized American on conspiracy to defraud the government by supplying defective torpedo gauges. The trio, Frita Biert, Pay William Seindricks, and George Schubert, faced $5,000 bail with a fourth suspect expected tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Frita Biert
Tnited States Gauge Company
Sellersville
William Seindricks
George Schubert
Ain
United States
Govvernment Lt
Oburk
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Marshal Haig
Apts
Norihonet
Daiey Almanac
Finca
Pond Eise
Bamlapes
U.S
Hans
al Reeves Burlesque
Cannon Street
Huw
Continweil
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