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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1918
Page
4
Amsterdam telegram reports Kaiser Wilhelm praising recent German successes and predicting their role in future global development. Marshal Hindenburg vows unity and a peace that secures prosperity for commerce and industry.
Nineteen candidates for commissions in the Connecticut Home Guard will be examined at Bridgeport High School tomorrow night. The test, approved by the Military Emergency Board at Hartford, will be conducted by Fourth Regiment officers. Colonel Stephen P. Cro Nan will command, with Adjutant Stevenson and Majors Ford, Herrmann and Ryder assisting. Examinations cover physical, practical, and technical talent per War Department schedules.
May 6 report: a bill to outlaw the Industrial Workers of the World for using violence to bring about political social or economic changes during the war passed the senate after brief debate and goes to the house for action.
Three divorce petitions were filed in the superior court yesterday. Myrtle Harrison sues Joseph A. Harrison for intolerable cruelty, alleging marriage in 1912. Grace Wrap Benger seeks separation from Berent J. Benger, married April 4, 1905. Mitchel Goldinger asks separation from Berbrant J. Chaveldinger, alleging cruelty and tied to a prior marriage.
Southport updates show Miss Sherwood volunteering as a France bound overseas medics aide while remaining with New York City board of health. Local social events include Wing Daughters monthly sewing, a rummage sale profits for charity, Visiting Nurse reports, and a Liberty chorus gathering. Community notices cover hospitality hosts, PTA meeting, fire department gathering, and planned masquerade at the fire hall plus local clergy and travel plans of residents.
Recruits at Black Rock naval base move from lax routines to a well equipped training station. The supply area has become a full training facility with discipline improving and daily drills beginning at dawn. Recruits are routed through showers, drills, and physical exercises as part of regular instruction.
A disordered 1917 probate notice reveals Dr Wilson of Mt Wilson died in December 1917 leaving a wife Marie or Charlie A Wilson and two heirs Ethel Woodman and Leonard Murray. The will directs a sizable cash legacy and named contingents amid unclear details.
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