Mrs Daniels to Be Honored Guest at Black Rock Luncheon
Mrs Josephus Daniels wife of Secretary Daniels will attend a luncheon Monday at Mrs Kenneth W McNeil's home in Black Rock. In the afternoon Red Cross workers and Minute Women will meet her at the Stratfield for a reception. An executive committee plans the reception and a Brooklawn Country Club dinner precedes a mass meeting in the armory.
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Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Kenneth W. McNeil
Black Rock
Red Cross
Stratfield
Mrs. Daniels
Brooklawn Country Club
Armory
Son Missing Body Found Jammed in Trunk in Stable
BROOKVILLE Pa May 1 Jammed in the trunk on the second floor of a stable Lee Herscel found the body of his eleven year old son Harry missing since last Sunday The body was found after a weeklong search The father said the boy was dead when placed in the trunk Medical examiners said death was not due to drowning An investigation was started by Coroner N C Mills of Jefferson County
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Brookville
Lee Herscel
Harry
N. C. Mills
Jefferson County
Italian Aviator Killed in New Caproni Trial
Mineola New York May 17 Capt Antonio Sylvio Resnati famed Italian aviator died in a test flight accident of a Caproni triple motor biplane at the Mineola airfield. He collided with the ground and was pinned in wreckage sustaining a fractured skull. A four man board led by Major Thomas Hitch began an investigation immediately.
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Mineola
S. 1
Antonio Sylvio Resnati
Caproni
Mineola Aviaet
Thomas Hitch
Oack
E. Eo Canady
Hoover Sells Big Motor Car in War Effort
Washington May 17 Freed Administrator Hoover, practicing conservation and war measures, sold his large automobile and discharged his chauffeur to drive a malt car himself. He said you cannot knock a town to a traveling man who has good order in it, and implied a driver should be building ships.
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Washington
Hoover
Americans Shell Picardy Front in Meuse and Ypres Sectors
The report outlines heavy German artillery and aerial activity along the British and Allied lines in the Ypres Somme and Meuse Picardy fronts. It notes the arrival of American troops, increased trench raids, and Haig and Paris war office statements detailing raids, bombings, and air engagements across northern France.
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Mihiel
Meuse
Mont
Picardy
United States
Ypres
Somme
Lys
Hazebrouck
Halles
Amiens
Eddie Rickenbacker
Toul
France
Rome
Vienna
Brenta
Nine Months More for Liquor, Dealers Predict
Bridgeport liquor dealers estimate a nine month window before no liquor remains in the United States as government bans on manufacture and imports bite. They cite bond stock, state ratification delays, and seven year prohibition rules, with some wholesalers already planning to exit. Figures from Revenue Collector Roper and dealer Lalley support the exhaustion forecast, warning of rising prices as demand meets dwindling supply.
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United States
Bridgeport
America
Congress
Union
Connecticut
KE. Lalley
Fuunehed
Washington
Dentera
United States Internal Revenue
Roper
F. J Lalley
Bond
Iast
Mail Flier Narrow Escape Near Philadelphia
Mayor Lieutenant Boyle departed Washington at 11 a m carrying the air mail to Philadelphia and New York. He landed at the Philadelphia Country Club grounds due to exhausted fuel and narrowly avoided a serious accident after striking a fence while dodging spectators. The mail was sent to the central post office and the New York mail by train. After a detour via Cape Charles, Virginia, he resumed the flight to Philadelphia arriving around 9 p m.
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Philadelphia
Boyle
Washington
New York
Philadelphia Country Club
Bustleton
Central Post Office
Cape Charles
Court Upholds Sentence for Reward Hounds
NEW YORK May 17 The conviction of William Co Hamilton head of a private detective agency for imprisoning deserters to claim a $59 reward was upheld by the appellate division of the Supreme Court. Hamilton ran the agency from an office in Porty-third Market and Broadway. The court affirmed the misdemeanor conviction in a unanimous opinion by Justice Dowling noting it was fortunate he was not indicted for a more serious offense.
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New York
William Co. Hamilton
Anslors
Supreme Court
Hamilton
Porty-third Tgaret and
Broadway
Haminton
Justice Dowling
Faith concrete ship trial shows strength equal to steel
Washington May 12 official report on Faith second trial off the Pacific coast notes strong winds and rough seas. It states the concrete ship is believed equal or superior to steel of the same size and power, and plans a maiden cargo voyage soon.
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Washington
Faith
Pacific
Sama
Bridgepool
Pridgeport
War Zone Passes Sought as Slackers and Criminals Nabbed
In New York on May 16 15 slackers and five alleged criminals were captured during a raid by Army Intelligence at the port’s custom house line where people waited to file applications for war zone passes. The operation continued this morning yielding five more slackers. The raids followed information from Thomas E Rush port of New York surveyor.
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New York
Army Intelligence Department
Custom House
Intelligence Bureau
Thomas E. Rush
Bureau
Kerensky Heads to New York for East Front Counteroffensive
New York expects Alexan der Kerensky to arrive by Monday, leading a mission from Russia with a plan to defeat German influence in the east. Russian sources in the city say the former leader will present a radical proposal while radical elements debate the coming of the youthful figure and his advisory Bolshevik council.
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New York
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
Germany
Kerensky
God
Germany to Compel Marriage at 20
A German commission studying the birth rate recommends compulsory marriage before age twenty with state financial aid and penalties for noncompliance. It also contemplates punishment for couples who remain childless.
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Germany
London
Daily Express
Amsterdam
Wood ships built fast as 47 boats added
Washington May 1 Wood ships launched at rate of more than one daily for four weeks. Shipping board said 47 wooden craft totaling 50,000 tons burden were added to American merchant marine in first 17 days of May. Neches reported torpedoed and sunk after collision in English Channel with no lives lost.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Neches
Sims
Navy Department
English Channel
Cen
Got to Root Out Meat Trust Says Senator Kendrick
New York May 17 United States Senator John B Kendrick of Wyoming denounced the meat packing industry as a vicious system stifling livestock raising and aiding the war effort. He called packers a trust and urged rootout measures while praising 100 percent efficiency in meeting meat shipments to the allies. The convention noted transportation bottlenecks hinder livestock production and a committee was named to work with Washington to expand livestock car supply.
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New York
United States
John B. Kendrick
Wyoming
National Livestock Exchange
Federal Food Administration
Washington
Schools Division Commander Issues Orders
Harvey C Went in charge of the school division issued general orders for Red Cross parade routes. East Side schools proceed to Barnum and Noble avenues then turn north. groups listed for Noble and East Washington turn left east. Some units join Remington guard lines. others march to Washington Avenue then west or east as preferred. Emphasis on eight to sixteen feet spacing and appointing captains and lieutenants to guide columns.
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Harvey C
Red Cross
East Side
Barnum and Noble Avenues
St. Charles
Noble Avenue
Noble
East Washington
St. Syria
St. John’s
St. Mary's
Remington Guard
Barnum Avenue
Zink
Redgate
Police Department
Main Street
Main
Enn
Washington
Train Street
Washington Avenue
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Reutens
Hale
Beaumont Hammel
Haig
Wphis
Morris
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War Office
St. Quentin
Jussy
Flavy
le Martel
Nosles
Ham
Wnesles
Guilscard and
Chatelet
Nesley
Sereds
Porna
Hudson Bayer
Yoor Wuerentee
Oafeuler
Boand i Pensagen
Bayer
U. S. Pat
Praneantes
Ig Fadi
Meat Trust
Senator Kendrick
Poli
M. A. Howlett
New York City
Prof
Henry
Lincoln Case
Polis Theatre
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