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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1918
Page
5
Washington May 12 official returns show active enlisted strength of the navy excluding reserves at over 200000. Voluntary enlistments continue at about 1000 men per month as the Navy Department reports current manpower figures and ongoing recruitment.
Thomas ant, 28, described as Russian by extraction and singer by occupation, was arrested yesterday on trespassing charges on mill and property. Held on a $10 bond, he spent the night in jail due to lack of funds. The naval reserve force is noted as numbering 110,000.
Milford date May 18 special report orders call for 115 men to depart Milford May 28 from Division % including Milford Orange and West Haven. All physically fit Class A1 men totaling about 1900 will move. three men leave Milford May 17 for Ordnance Corps Camp Witchcock Augusta Ga. 15 to Camp Upton IL. Red Cross drives organize parade plans for May 18 with merchants urged to close and organizations to march bearing flags. mothers and service members invited to participate.
New York May 12 Theodore N Vail chairman of the League for National Unity announced a panel to present to Democratic and Republican leaders in Washington an appeal urging cross party cooperation to defeat anti war candidates in the upcoming congressional elections. The committee includes Samuel Gompers Charles S Barrett John Hay Whitney Carrie Chapman Catt and others.
Local figures include marriages at Buffalo cottage Myrtle Beach and a Milford school salary offer increase of 75 dollars with two weeks for consideration. Updates cover church confirmations, a Devon Improvement address, voting machine shipment, war savings sales near 10 000 dollars, Memorial day plans, and upcoming drills at Milford green and Fale bowl.
An ad notes 20x20 inch size Irish linen finish fabric with a weavy weight. It lists 69 cent full bleached neat designs and implies a six unit limit or duration for the offer. The fragment suggests a sale or product listing with pricing and design options.
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