Battle Front Developments in Western Europe Report
France and Belgium fronts report heavy shelling and fighting from Voormezeele to La Clytte as Germans press toward Ypres with limited gains. French troops repulse advances amid hard combat while American heavy artillery opens against Germans in Toul sector. In Mesopotamia British reach Kerkuk after Turkish retreat as American troop deployment grows. Secretary Baker confirms Americans as a growing factor and no material troop shortages are foreseen.
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Ypres
Voormezeele
la Clytté
Five Mile
Dickebusch Lake
Flanders
Picardy
Secors
la Clytte
Germ
Avre
Amiens
Toul
Mesopotamia
Mosul
Kerkuk
France
Baker
America
New Haven R R Station Burned Trains Delayed
A large fire destroyed the New Haven railroad terminal plunging trains into delay. The blaze started near the clock tower and gutted the upper floors, leaving only walls. Firemen sustained minor injuries while crews saved valuable records and baggage amid drifting crowds.
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Empanny
Ingsuraice
Clock Tower
New Maven
New Haven Railroad
Adams Express
James Jones
Fie
New Haven
Holt
Olive Street Company
Trott
Weather Forecast for Washington and Regions
Fragmented weather report lists May conditions for East New York and New England with cooler temperatures in the south, probability of showers in interior areas, and partly cloudy to rainy periods on Thursday and Friday. Coastal winds shift from northwest to moderate north as fronts pass, with fair conditions in the Middle Atlantic and generally unsettled northern Atlantic weather.
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Washington
May
New York
Warner
England
Briday
New England
Society Woman Budding Out as Fiction Writer in Bridgeport
Miss Sarah Glover Curtis of Bridgeport gains recognition as a fiction writer in Inslee's magazine with a story titled The Street. She recently worked in a local munitions factory to gather material, and her tale centers on factory life with a character named Poorpbridge. Mrs Curtis of Coloma Street is sister to opera singer Vera Curtis.
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Sarah Glover Curtis
Fridgeport
Inslee
Lake Employes to Slip in Extra Pay Day on Calendar
Lake Tornedo workers will receive a one time $50,000 extra payment this week with retroactive raises from March 11 1918 boosting pay by 20 percent for 1602 employees at the lake company. Disbursement today covers retroactive pay minus regular salaries. Many workers plan to invest the windfall in Liberty bonds to accelerate bond subscriptions.
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Lake
Lake Tornedo T Sompary
Lake Company
Ual
Draft Dodger Captured After Months on the Run
After eluding pursuers for nearly eight months Welwitt Neithardt, an escaped member of the Nation army, was arrested at the Cuuden shipyard in Philadelphia by city police. He awaits a decision by Division Six Draft Board of Bridgeport on whether to send him to Vamp Deccas or to undergo a yearly incumbency for court routine. Neithardt resided at 728 Boston Avenue Contrtoel and had vanished since last September after being summoned for the draft.
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Welwitt Neitherdt
Boston Avenue
Momington Arms Company
Tite
Lewis
Cluineo
Philadelphe Polies
Bridgeport
Mbert i
Luavery
Division Six
Iman
Willy
Memorial Day parade costs trimmed in Bridgeport plan
The Memorial Day committee in Bridgeport voted to cut non essential expenses for the parade on May 30. Funds will be borrowed to transport Civil War veterans and flags for schoolchildren will be provided with a band. no marshals on horses. Autonottles for veterans ride planned. 33 large autos sought.
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Bridgeport
Chadian Whitey
Gare Mages
Whitney
J. Alex W. Nobhingen
Ford
Tienry J. Seeley
Board Ofeducation
Charles Andres
Four Minute Men to Send Sneakers to Small Towns
A campaign plan to dispatch four Minute Men speakers to small towns was approved at a meeting of the Norwalk Stamford and Greenwich groups. An exchange will place speakers in Bridgeport under William Dee, with five districts served across New Haven New England Hartford Waterbury and Bridgeport regions. Pins and merit badges will honor those who have toured for wartime information and the Bridgeport speakers begin Friday night demonstrations.
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France
Charles N. Alexander
Liayette Street
Charles W. Alexander
94Th Pursuit Squadron
Alexander
Uncle Sam
Huns
Norwalk
Stamford
Greenwich
Count Art House
Bridgeport
William
Dee
wWideeport
M. TE. Alling
Four Minute Men
Bridgeport War Bureau
George W. Wheeler
War Bureau
New Thiven
New England
Hartford
Slate
Waterbury
State
Lidar
Washington
Bridgerort
Stielow Cleared of Murder Guilt by Investigation
Governor Whitman freed Charles Stielow and Nelson Green after a special inquiry found they did not kill Charles J. Phelps and Margaret Wolcott. The canvass blamed Clarence T. F. ODonnell and Irwin Bing for the deaths, with Bing's prior confession repudiated. Stielow and Green were to be released soon from Sing Sing and Auburn.
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Albany, N. Ya. Mills
Charles PF. Stislow
Orleans County
Whitman Lomala
Green
Whitman
Suclow
Nelson I
Blielolv
Avas
Suiclow
Sing Sing
Auburn
George VT. Bond
Syracuse
Charles J. Phelps
Margaret, Wolcott
Suplow
Clarance TF. O'onnell
Auburn Prison
Irwin Bing
Old Fire Horses Sold Ends Bridgeport Fire Department Era
Immediate steps were taken to quell potential disorder among munitions workers after Remington Arms machinists and pattern makers struck. Government appeals urged workers back to shops as wage and condition reviews proceed, with potential backdated raises. Draft boards checked deferred registrants at Remington, estimated around one hundred. The Bridgeport Fire Department sold its last horses to a liveryman, moving to motor apparatus, and a Robinson pumping engine was deployed at a firehouse.
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Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
War Department
General Pershing
France
C. C. Williams
Ordnance
Bridgeport
Remington Arms Factory
Davatt Boards
Remington Arms Plant
Bridgeport Fire Department
Daniel Johnson
Howard Keenan
Robinson
No. & House
Forest Fire Threatens Homes in Huntington
Huntington residents battle a fast moving fire in the F. W. Baird Lumber forest. Wind drives flames toward homes as lumber valued at about $1,000 has already burned. Firefighters use hoses water packets and damp blankets to curb damage.
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Huntington
F. W. Baird Lumber Company
Viaduct Fire Near U M C Plant Suppressed
A wooden viaduct near the Union Metallic Cartridge plant caught fire from locomotive sparks last evening. Firefighters and chemicals stopped the blaze with no damage reported as four engine companies and related units responded after a 7 08 alarm.
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Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Postal guidance on sending money or valuables via mail
Postal authorities advise all persons sending money or valuables through the mails to purchase money orders or roolster letters or packages. At all camps the post office department handles mail orderlies and then has no responsibility in the matter. The system saves time and reduces tracing delays in mass mailings.
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Post Office Department
Witnesses' Dodges Threaten Perjury Charges in Court
In superior court yesterday government examiner Church condemned witnesses for conflicting testimony. Several cases featured statements differing from preliminary exams, risking perjury charges and jeopardizing citizenship petitions. Thirty-six applicants were admitted as hearings continued.
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Examiner Church
Fitzgerald
David K. Vitagerald
Thomas Callahan
Callahan
Fitzeerald
Targlaind
Michael Howie
Syria
Howie
William Brien
U. M. C. Company
William O
Supreme Court Orders Mannion to Settle
The Aston Motor Car company of this city pursued a case against Thomas Mannion, a bondsman for Henry Burleson, in which the Supreme Court found error and ordered Mannion to settle the recovered original judgment after reviews at Martford.
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Aston Motor Car Company
Thomas Mannion
Supreme Court
Terrors
Martford
Pendine
Common Pleas Court
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New York,New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Adams Express Company
Che Oit
Paleebhout
Neilhardt
Bridgeport Flier
Thriller
Ameri
Stielow
Remington
Wheeler
Keenan
U. M.C
Switzerland
Naturalization Examiner
Mannion
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