American heavy guns first used near Toul sector in France
AP reports American heavy artillery placed northwest of Toul with about 40 shells sent over Montsee to bombard German batteries captured from Russians. French official account details Lorraine sector patrol action near Anservillers on May 7, describing three American patrols flanking and a turning move by eight men led by Lieutenant Cassidy into Anservillers hamlet. Combat yielded two German dead, one wounded corporal, and no American casualties.
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France
Associated Press
Toul
Montsee
Lorraine
Anservil‘Aérs
Rght
Cassidy
sAnservillers Hamlet
War Tensions Rise Over Bridgeport Strike At Remington
The Remington Arms plant in Bridgeport reports a noon strike by 429 machinists and 498 staying at work. Government pay scales and wartime production are at stake as officials seek to resolve wage demands while ensuring steady output of Browning machine guns and automatic pistols for Allied forces.
Railroad Wages Increase Based on 1915 Earnings
The Railroad Wage Commission recommends wage increases for all railroad workers earning under 259 a month in December 1915. If adopted by Director General McAdoo, back pay of about 100 million dollars to January 1 and total pay increases around 288 million dollars by 1917 would result, equating to a 15.21 percent rise. Increases are based on December 1915 wages, with deductions for any raises granted since then.
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Tata
Wade
Railroad Ware Commission
McAdoo
Employes Association Plans $5,000 Tuberculosis Campaign
The Employers Association of Bridgenort will launch a public drive after the Red Cross effort to raise 5090 for tubercular sufferers. Officers include Alderman Vincent S. Whitney president George W. Ankele vice president W C Guggenheim secretary and George O. Teaton treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temployes Superculosis Belief Association
Bridgenort
Vincent S. Whitney
George W. Ankele
W., .C. Gugsenheim
George O. Teaton
Majors Chosen For Activities Drive
Seymour W. Lacy outlines Y M C A membership drive goals at Jewish Welfare and Activities League meeting. Drive starts May 19 with a main rally at Adath Israel on Washington Avenue. Benjamin B. Steiber leads Blue team and Mrs Lawrence Finkelstone leads Red team. worker rosters to be announced. Speakers will visit Jewish organizations citywide.
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Jewish Welfare and Activities League
Seymour W. Lacy
Y. At C. A
Lacy
Adath Israel
Washington Avenue
Benjamin B. Steiber
Lawrence
Finkelstone
League
Two Appeals Decided Error Found in One
The Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors handed down two decisions, one Fairfield county and one Hartford county. The Aston Motor Car Company v Mannion was affirmed with no error. In Mary Saraceno v Cerrana the court found error and instructed the Superior Court to rule for Saraceno and cancel Cerrana’s option on Saraceno’s property.
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Hartford
Supreme Court of Errors
Fairfield
Wwartford County
Aston Motor Car Company
Thomas Mannion
Common Pleas Court of Fairfield
Ferroy
Hartford County
Mary Saraceno
Antonia R Cerrana
Cerrana
Superior Cou
Supreme Court
Wage conditions in Bridgeport under federal inquiry
New York May 8 Associated Press reports wage conditions at Bridgeport are under War Department investigation with a definite decision expected soon. The Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co publicized the telegram from the chief of army ordnance to Waldo C Bryant, Bridgeport district ordnance chief, amid news of machinist strikes at the plant. The message urged workers to remain at work to support Pershing's forces in France, noting the government adjustment under way and the grave situation in France.
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Ewer
Ndustrial
National Army of
Remington Arms Ae ‘Ammunition Company
Farike
John ‘J. O'Nell
American Federation of Labor
Gawho
American Federation Jet Labor
International ‘Association of Machinists
Washington
O'Neil
United States
Bridgeport
Remington
Remington Tm & Ammunition Company
Middle Western
Williams
War Department
Remington Arms & “Ammunition Company
Pershing
Hansa
Bridge‘port
Pershins
France
New York
Associated Press
Army Ordnance
Waldo
C. Bryant
Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Remington Arms
Germans Hit Out South of Ypres
German forces attacked south of Dickenbusch Lake between Ypres and Kremmels, penetrating parts of the British front and prompting continued fighting in clear weather. British and German dispatches report advances and repulses along the La Clyte Voormezeele line and in Flanders as artillery exchanges intensify near Mont Kemmel, Bailleul, and the Somme sector.
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Ypres
Tlanders
Dickenbusch Lake
Betweeen Ypres
Kremmel
Reiter
Laked Ridge
Bhnig
London
la Clyte
Voormezeele
Kaig
Berlin
Nieuport
Flanders
Lys
Mont Kemmel
Bailleul
Somme
Corbie-Bray
Juce Brook
Avra
Crowder Orders Draft Registrants for Induction
Proposals urge 813 draft registrants with special qualifications to report to camp June 7. Allocations include 43,180 to I Corps engineers, 560 to ordnance, 363 to signaling, 1,640 to veterinary and medical services, and 110 to quartermaster. Up to May 20 volunteers accepted. if targets unmet, boards will draft. Crowder cites 4,227,000 Americans called under the selective draft act as strength of the national army.
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Washington
Nevada
Utah
Army
I Corps of Engineers
Ordnance Department
Signal Corps
Veterinary
Medical Department
Quartermaster Corps
Crowder
National Army
Skies Dark with American Planes and War Talk
Fragmentary wartime chatter praises air machines and naval actions while urging peace work. Readers note mentions Prussia, German crosses, and American aircraft in a vivid, disjointed account reflecting wartime sentiment and propaganda.
Parade Non-Essentials to Go and War Time Band Plans
Non-essentials to Go highlights parade preparations with Spanish War veterans bands aboard including Marine Coast Artillery and others. Water access at Seaside Park is debated amid 6 000 thirsty attendees, with Scouts offering aid and first aid stations noted along the route to aid lost children and families.
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Kenny J. Seeley
Marine
Coast Artillery
Hocomobile
Olympic
Grenadint
True Blue
Derby
Wheeler & Wilson
Home Guard
Aroblem
Seaside Park
Charles Andres
Jett
Argetsinger
Varias
Tudge A. BR. Beers
Conneil
Boy Scouts to Take Census of Black Walnut Timber
Walnut trees in Bridgeport and surrounding areas will be inventoried by Boy Scouts of America to determine owner names tree sizes and sale prices for government use in military production. President Wilson ordered the survey via Chief Scout Executive Jones J West, with Leon J Argetsinger noting urgency amid wartime needs for black walnut lumber for gun stocks and aircraft propellers. A preparatory Laymen’s Missionary Movement meeting followed, led by Albert I Lavery, with Judge Paul L Alister and Henry W Hincks speaking on patriotism and convention significance.
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Boy Scouts ofAmerica
Bridgeport
Jones J. West
Boy Scouts of America
Wilson
Will
Leon J. Argetsinger
Scout
West
War Department
Ordnance Department
Signal Corps
Boy Scouts Well of America
United States
Rocky Mountains
Park Street Congregational Church
Albert I. Lavery
Paul L. Alister
Henry W. Hincks
J. A. Gardner
Reg. Ar
C. d. Davey
Mr. Laver
Necklace Sparks Domestic Conflict Exchange
Dialogue fragment shows Mrs Newedd confessing love for a necklace, while Mr Newedd rebukes the notion, revealing marital strain and a quarrel over affection and objects. The terse exchange hints at themes of desire, loyalty, and possession within a strained marriage.
Gun Crew Wiped Out In Fort Worth Shell Blast
Nine American gunners were killed and seven injured near Benbrook when a three inch shell exploded at 3 pm. One gun crew from the 42nd Infantry and another from the 142nd Infantry suffered heavy casualties. The blast ripped through mortars on a hill overlooking trenches, with some bodies blown to pieces. Names of the dead include Lt Alien J Mee David and Sg Louis A Halpen among others.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Benbrook
4Tse
142Nd Inefantry
Alien J. Mee David
42Nd Infantry
Overton
Louis A. Halpen
141St Infantry
Austin
Wharton Jones
San Marcos
William FP. Applings
Elena
Morgan ¢. Saunders
142Nd Inantry
Abilene
Euclid
Summons
142Nd Infantry
Henrietta
Pay Increase for Carpenters Not to Be Effected
Bridgeport builders and contractors announce no wage raise for carpenters for now, denying a coming strike amid rumors. Many carpenters have already left for higher paying jobs elsewhere, while the joint effort seeks to keep the current scale and avoid labor unrest.
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Builders’ Exchange of Bridgeport
Carpenters
Bridgeport
Martin L. Kane
Carpenters' Ypnions
Stane
Washington
Kane
New Haven
Building Trades Council
Indiv
U S Civil Service Opens Bridgeport Branch Office
The United States Civil Service locates a new Bridgeport branch to recruit men and women for stenographers typists accountants bookkeepers auditors and chart keepers. The office at 181 State Street explains positions and process with I A Dutton in Bridgeport directing the new branch and Lieutenant Thomas Hewes chairing the examiners. Draft age men may be employed but not exempt from military service.
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Bridgeport
Ordnance
Burreau
Ordance Bureau
State Street
Thomas Hewes
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Mays
Co. William
Remington Arms Plant
Remington Bridgeport
Remington Bridgeport Works
Bridgeport Labor Union
New England
Athor
Ordinance Department
Commission
Employes’ Association
Gartigan Drug Store
B. Stelber
L. S. Binkelstone
Fead
Tommy
Internatian
Prussia
Anjerita
Boy Scouts
Walnut
For Health
Food Conservation
Builders’ Exchange
U. S. Civil Service
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