Committees Named to Handle Bridgeport Book Drive
Bridgeport Public Library launches a next week campaign to collect books for sailors and soldiers at front and in training camps. General Henry A. Bishop chairs the drive with Librarian Henry N. Sanborn directing. Committees cover commercial groups, patriotic societies, churches, Minute Women, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, schools, YMCAs, manufacturers and business associations. Collection at the Law Library courthouse. schools and churches serve as centers. volunteers from Minute Women and Boy Scouts pick up at private homes. theaters and merchants offer delivery help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Public Library
Angus McNith
France
General Pershing
Bridgeport
Public Library
Henry A. Bishop
Henry N. Sanborn
William T. Hincks
Albert E. Lavery
Alfred B. Beers
Morris B. Beardsley
Filliam Horace Dar
Gerald H. Beard
James Nihill
H. Willard Fleck
Red Cross
Walter B. Lashar
Henrietta Bishop
Norman Leeds
Wallace G. Taylor
Leone Argeisingzer
Lucien T. Warner
Jamies Tudlum
William H. Grifith
Frank Miller
Arthur Lee
Everett Cortright
Robert Hincks
Charles &. Canfield
Court House
Evans
Boy Scouts
Pri
Liberty Loan Plots Exposed and Bond Theft Case
Federal raids uncover I W W literature claiming Liberty loan plots to fund jail defense and sabotage. Canada money gifts and “freedom certificates” cited. In New York, Louis Rosenberg, 23, arrested for two $1,000 Liberty loan bonds theft, held on $10,000 bail. police tie him to a racketeering gang that bribed brokers’ messengers to steal bonds valued at $300,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LW. WW
Canada
New York
Louis Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Louie’ Rosenberg
Herman Rosenthal
Requestieg
Burke
Arrests Begin Crusade Against Trolley Conductor Thefts
The article reports ongoing arrests as part of a crusade over conductor embezzlement. It notes some conductors stole up to 60 dollars weekly, others up to 390 dollars weekly, with some discharged for stealing but lacking enough evidence for arrests. Several defendants, including Abraham Peitz Walter Ginser and Ernest Voschio, were arraigned and sentenced to three months in the reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Connecticut Company
Abraham Peitz
Federal Street
Walter Ginser
Sheridan Street
Ernest Voschio
Must Put Schools on Trade Basis
A fragmented note argues for trade schools while noting poor enrollment in traditional public schools and praising educators. It describes a convention with participants from Derby South Manchester New Britain and Bridgeport and mentions leadership and inspection plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cai
Etangs
Derby
Diba
South Manchester
New
Driton
Bridgeport
Deny Contracts To Be Shifted To The South
Walda C. Tivynt, civilian production chief for the US War Department, says no contracts will be moved south or west. He asserts Bridgeport factories will focus on munition production here in New England, maintaining local plant specialization and avoiding wasteful relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walda C. Tivyatnt
United States
Ov Aes Department
Bridgeport
Tridgeport
New England
Ridgepeart
Lam
Blames Car Crew for Accident
Witnesses defend the car crew after a street crossing collision. They claim the motorman failed to see the wagon in the roadway and insist the record supports their version. The flatman's report has been sent to the Police Superintendent Redgate for possible action, amid broader remarks on local factory munitions and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trallay
Sagman
Redgate
Fulton
British Deny Line Is Broken In War Report
German forces launch a major offensive with about 490,000 troops and heavy artillery constraints. Austrian and Bulgarian units join the front as Emperor William, Von Lindenburg, and Tanendorff oversee the effort. French and Italian sectors report significant fighting across Champagne Lorraine and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor William
von Lindenburg
Tanendorff
Champagne
Lorraine
France
Renzela
Repulse Attacks Along Front Increase German Pressures
British dispatches report German forces pushing along much of the front on Friday with heavy fighting and some local gains as the Allies mounted counterattacks. The message notes renewed enemy efforts in forward areas while some advances were halted or reversed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mekyt In Tog Cabin Initiation At YMCA Party
Members of the Monawk Bible club held their monthly party in the Y M C A exhibit hall last evening. Initiation night was observed with each fellow undergoing the ceremony and ritual with sobriety. Afterward a few lively games and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MEKYT
Tog Cabin
Monawk Bible Club
Lng Exhin
Grant Permits for Additions to Liberty Ordnance Factory
Harding commissioners issued thirteen building permits totaling 19750 dollars for additions and related work at the Liberty Ordnance company factory area. Record lists include two lay windows on Main street west side. private garage extension on Main street east. frame additions at several corners. oil tank and shipping platform on Hallister and Union avenues. two family dwellings on School street. dormer window on French street. alterations at a corner store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Ordnance Company
Harding Commissioners
Woo
Joseph M. Crepory
Hou
Main Street
Louis Josephson
Joseph and
Teresa Wish
Johnson and
Coluunna
Liberty Granuate Company
Hallister Avenue
Union Avenue
dJennie A. Williams
School Street
Fiee A. Marsh
Norman Street
Mivy 1E
Ickey
Adams Street
Jacob Lebas
Fairfield Avenue
Andover Street
Meyer Lbeistein
French Street
Corn Vertucci
Railroad labor dispute settlement plan outlined
Washington March 22 A system of adjustment committees and four labor brotherhoods including showmen and clerks may settle disputes with the railroads. The plan approved by Director General McAdoo aims to replace the railway wage commission with final decisions by mixed labor and railroad representatives and to report recommendations to the Director General. The location mentioned is Farrington court Webster Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Railroad
McAdoonight
W. B. Carter
Orairroal Administra Division of Labor
Ora
Econom
Aft
AleAdon
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Vate
Drowland Dre Goods
Widineos G
Gen Grant
Hoffa N.Y
Nis
MIL WM. I. Osthandetl
Oprah
Delhi
Rockers
Portieres
LEE Bros. Furniture CO
Main ST
Frenzela
Brent
Iiala
Liberty
Farrington Court
Webster Street
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