Wife Recalls Butcher Knife Attack In Darien Divorce
The divorce case records Mrs Jennie Mitchell accusing husband George Mitchell of chasing her with a butcher knife and throwing her onto the kitchen stove during a drunken dispute at their Darien farm. Custody of their daughter Sylvia was awarded to Mrs Mitchell after testimony in superior court.
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Rhroom
Wis l Giressins
George Mitchell
Darien
Jennie E. Mtitchell
Ilmoith W Henry
William Mr. Maltbie
Ainoon
Henry
Mitchell
Jicgney
Mitchells
Hisdaid
Sylvia
New York
Peekskill
Malthie
Sacha Cotchilde Baker
William Baker
Crescent Place
Providence
Danist O'Dette
Elizabeth Frokop
Alexander Prokop
Farm Work Not Dodge for Special Service Draft
Bridgeport officials warn that registrants in Class 1 cannot dodge service by taking farm work. Farmers may stay on farms if crops production is vital, but those seeking to evade general or special service will not be exempted. Local boards report numbers to the provost marshal general by March 22, signaling possible future drafts for special occupational purposes. Bridgeport draftees show high voluntary induction interest for Call 69, with 146 needed and about 80 already volunteering. Inductions to Camp Devens scheduled for next Saturday at 7:51 am. A Ford touring car, license C25771, found abandoned at Park Place and Broad Streets, reported stolen earlier. Mdwward P, yen, 438, of Fairfield, arrested for a very serious offense and to be arraigned today.
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Bridgeport
Focal Draft Boards
Camp Devens
Actress Interests Girl in War Stamps
Civil service exams for stenographers typists and bookkeepers held weekly in this city every Tuesday and on the first and third Mondays at 6 pm for work in Washington. Government starts salaries at 1000 dollars rising to 1200 dollars with the War department starting at 1100 dollars.
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Washington
War Department
Death rumor around Munsterberg linked to espionage claim
Rev Alexander Allison Jr stated no facts support a Bridgeport rumor that Harvard psychology professor Hugo Munsterberg committed suicide over espionage charges. He cited confirmed that Munsterberg died of a heart attack after class observations by Margaret Perkins of Danbury. Final fiscal year business for 1817-18 to be disposed of by the Board of Apportionment at 40 o clock next Wednesday.
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Bridgeport
Alexander Alison, Jr
United States
Skiwanis Club
Hugo Munsterbery
Corman
Harvard
Munsterberg
Bott
Kaiser
Margaret Perkins
Danbury
Red Cross Will Tag Everybody in City Drive
Pay Oniwy Tavery firehouse hosts a Red Cross fundraiser with Minute Women coordinating to ensure every fireman contributes. Ambulance crews led by Mrs. Howard Simpson and Miss Tinly Sanford will deliver supplies, while station captains and executive workers oversee centers at Bridgeport headquarters and nearby auxiliaries across St. John’s, Olivet, Park Avenue, and other locales.
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Staate
Main Streets
M. Cotten Gros Claude
Samuel M. Hawley
Frank V. Barton
J Edsward J. Caldwell, Jr
William BL. Wheeler
H. G., van Dieson
Charles A. Edwards
Herbert D. Sherman
Mercer D. Brondell
Louise Warren
Carl Foster
William Ja. Seeley
Paul Ricker
W. HH
Ham
Fred Atwater
Greg Claude
Iranic Garrett
I. W., Wilder
A. G. Ambrose
Kuller
Stratfield Hotel Forces
C. PA
J. J. Ceniicola
J. Blime
A. HE. Macdonald
Nellie Patterson
Salabes
AM. H. Chaplin
Orville Liedor
Everette
St. John’s Auxiliary
Fairfield Avenue
Charles
Charles G
Sanford
Curtis
Alarey Hurlburt
Guy P. Aliller
Charles Fleming
At. I. Weithercut
WW. Pyle
W. Roscoe Bassick
Z. Adams
Williammt A. Grippin
Albert Lavery
Norman Leeds
Willy Sanford
W. St. Webster
Charles Laldwin
Lucile Gods
Thomas J. Kelly
William Beirne
St. Augustine's Auxiliary
Olivet Church
North Iand
John Taylor
R. A. Booth
TU. I. Ferguson
L. I. Karo
Miss Mathewson
Etisa Jameson
Winifred Grierson
Nathan Moore
Hobinson
G. H. McKenzie
344 Shipbuilders Go Enroll in U S Shipbuilders Volunteers
Bridgeport contributes 344 skilled workers to the United States Shipbuilders Volunteers as enrollment began on February 4 with Connecticut joining the effort.
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Bridgeport
United States
Connecticut
Slur Cast on Home by Proofs Father McAuliffe Refutes
Judge Paul L. Miller heard testimony in the Bunce case at Hartford's House of the Good Shepherd. Father McAuliffe and Mrs. Mra. Ford denied claims of improper housing and sanitary neglect, and the guardian appointment for the Bunce daughter was examined as the case continued. The Hartford institution was noted amid a separate Hartford labor statistic mentioning 1,485 men in Hartford.
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Father McAuliffe
House of the Good Shepherd
Hartford
Mra. M. H. Ford
Fairfield County Commissioners
Paul L. Miller
William Bunce
Bunce
Miller
W. H. Kemple
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Mary I
Ofames I. Butler
Hough Avenue
Ucs
Ferom St. Mary's Church
St. Michael's Comedy
Wilmot
Miursfay
Linwood Avenue
Sarah al. Suernsey
Samuel KR. Wilmot
Mt.rove
O'Connll
Lafarch Zist
Daniel O’conde
McPadden
Fearch
Daniel McPadsien
Laurel Avenue
St. Augustine's Church
St Michael's
Frederick G .Lougee
Ayres
Hanley
Stratford
Conn
Henry Henley
St. Tiemington
Arnum and Willian
Roberts
Edward
Wickora Avenue
Christ Episcopal Church
Union Cemetery
Kerwin
Mary
Bryan Kerwin
Ann Kerwin
Sae Rock Avenue
George P. Potter
Mortuary
Broad Street Tech
Barnum
Flanders
West 47Th St
New York City
Grand Beattal
Aulo
Park Place
Broad Streets
Wey
Mdwward P
Yen
Pairfield
Hotels
The
House of Taylor
Martinique Broadway
Red Cross
Council
Presbyterian Church
Park Avenue Temple
Black Rock
St. John's
West End Congregational Church
George T. Hathaway
C. H. Armstrong
Bearsley
Noble Avenue
Lulu Warist
A. W. Laing
Grant
Illinois
Main
Michaels
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