Naval Reserves Escort Secretary Daniels to Armory
Naval Reserves escort Secretary Daniels to the Armory for a Democratic rally. A street parade led by the Wheel ter and Wilson band will gather at Sluck Rock and Wheeler Fountain, proceed via Park and Fairfield to Stratfield, meeting Daniels for an escort down Main Street to the Armory. Captain Leonard H. Dyer will ride with Daniels and speak. Daniels flies in from New Haven for the event, with an informal Stratfield dinner at 5:30 and a 6 PM appearance.
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Black Rock Base
City Center
Fairfield
Park Avenues
State Street
Shick P Rock Naval Reserves
Wheelter
Wilson
Stratfield
Secretary of the Navy
Stephus Daniels
Armory
Sluck Rock
Wheeler Fountain
Park and
Fairfield Avenues
Avid
Main Street
Strateld
Secret ‘Daniels
Boner
Leonard H. Dyer
Comlcr
Black Rock Naval Itl
Derby Police Arrest to Bridgeporter for Fraud
Derby police arrested Dolpheus nylia, 23, of 1106 North avenue, on charges of soliciting funds by false pretences. He allegedly collected 41 dollars in cash in an hour in Derby while claiming to have just arrived from Europe aboard a submarine. The scam is said to have targeted Polish people and to have been used previously in Bridgeport and New Haven.
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Nder
Dolpheus Nylia
North Aveue
Derby
Wynylia
Europe
Fla
Bridgeport
New Haven
Draft Boards Ordered to Get 40 Mechanics Here
Draft boards in Bridgeport were notified of two November calls. On November 9 Connecticut must entrain 20 boat builders and 20 boilermakers to Cornhill Building Scollay Square and Adams Street in Boston. Boards should search September 12 registrants for eligible men. voluntary period closes November 6.
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Bridgeport
Connecticut
Cornhill Building
Scollay Square
Adams Street
Boston
Terminal Markets Tour Promises Fair Prices for Farmers
Mrs Levis Reed Welzmiller tours Dutchess and surrounding counties promoting terminal markets to move farm produce from farm to kitchen. She argues multiple markets guarantee top prices and lower consumer costs while boosting profits for farmers to invest in Liberty bonds. The plan urges incorporation and directs perishable goods to New York City markets for government-related security subscriptions.
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Levis Reed Welzmiller
Dutchess
New York State
Welzwiller
New York City
American Air Units Bomb Bases of Foe
War bulletin from Washington reports that bombing units attached to the American First and Second Armies dropped six tons of explosives on Garricourt Bayonville and Longuyen. North of Grand Pré troops occupied the Bellejoyeuse farm as Verdun front artillery and machine gun fire continued.
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Washington
Garricourt
Boyonvilla
Longuyon
Pershing
Bellejoyeuse Farm
Verdun
Meuse
Grand Pre
Bellejoyeuse
Luarricourt
Bayonville
Longayen
The War Age Shapes Courtship And Marriage Plans
The draft sways marriage licenses as courtships quicken with war. Men choose to marry now or risk separation, seeking comfort in loyalty and the idea of a wartime union. They weigh sacrifice, fate, and potential hardship, while women face loyalty questions and the chance they may care for a disabled husband.
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Detroit Free Press
Aviation Advice From Dr Rainey At Hopkins Dinner
Johns Hopkins students hosted Dr. Llewellyn Rainey director of the Overseas War Library before his departure for the front. A rich young man asked which wartime service to pick and Rainey jokingly urged aviation saying he had not seen the young man fly.
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Llewellyn Rainey
Overseas War Library
Johns Hopkins
Dr. Rainey
Washington Star
Previous Appointments The Kaiser Sums German King Meeting
The Kaiser has summoned all the German kings to meet. Becker notes that 4,900,000 kings have already been sent to meet near Berlin, as reported by the New York Sun.
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Knicker
My Doctor's Gone and Blood Tonic Advertises Hood's Remedies
An old advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla, Peptoinea, a tonic, and Hood's Pills as effective ready made medicines for blood, nerves, stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, claiming doctors at war favor prepared formulas and urging readers to begin treatment now.
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Hood
No Graft In Air Program Continues to Face Court Action
The report finds no graft in the regular sense but urges prosecutions against army officers with financial ties to firms. It details waste from a 691.9 million appropriation, noting $14 million disbursed by last May and about $140 million by October 1, with contracts totaling roughly $470 million. Colonel Edward A. Deeds is urged to face court martial for improper disclosure to Dayton Wright associates and for misleading statements to the public information committee. Prosecutions are recommended for Lieut J. G. Vincent, Lt Col George W. Mixter, and Second Lt Samuel B. Vrooman over varied business interests with aviation firms. The report calls for DOJ follow-up and a possible aviation production sub-division to address related delinquencies and spruce mahogany usage for propellers.
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BE. A. Deeds
War Department
Dayton
Ohio
France
Army
J. G. ‘Vincent
Packard Motor Car Company
Aircraft Production Bureau
Coronel George W. Mixter
Curtiss Airplane and Motor Corporation
Aircraft Bureau
Samuel B. Vrooman, Jr
S. B. Vroman Company
Philadelphia
Hughes
Ryan
Potter
William C. Potter
Hr. Hughes
Edward A. Deeds
Secretary of War
Colonel Deeds
H. H E. Talbott
Dayton Wright Airplane Company
Talbott
Tha Company
Committee On
Postponed Calam Ill Hearing Owing to Patrolman Illness
The hearing before the Police Commissioners for patrolman Frank Calam of the Second precinct was postponed last night after officials were notified minutes before the session. Calam is reported very ill with pneumonia for two weeks. Also, John Domsky of 86 Pine Street was arrested after an assault in Mast Main, taken to the Second precinct station and to be arraigned in City Court. Attorney General Gregory criticizes aircraft board conduct, noting no evidence of deliberate waste or disloyalty, and cites costs and delays in World War I production and training plane shortages.
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Frank Calam
John Domsky
Tine Street
Mast Main
Cody
Second Precinct
Gregory
Deeds
Hughes
Howard Coffin
Sqvier
E. A. Deals
KR. L. Montgomery
8. D. Waldron
Richard I. Howe
Harry B. Thayer
Admiral Taylor
Naval
Colonel Deeds
United States
Signal Corps
George O. Squier
Henry Ford
Carl Emde
Emde
Liberty Motors
Ambulance Service Moves to New Public Welfare Building
Bridgeport opens its Public Welfare building at Madison and Washington today at 9 am. The emergency hospital moves from airfield avenue to the new site under municipal clinics supervision. All calls switch to Noble 740. Barnum 3600 becomes inactive. The facility houses the Board of Charities Health and 128 dental clinics previously scattered across the city.
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Bridgeport
Madison and
Washington Avenues
Cay
Department of Charities
Airfield Avenue
Noble
Barnum
Charities Department
Board of Government of Municipal Clinics
Board of Charities
Board of Health
Republican Rallies Across City For Various Communities
The Republican rallies are set for White Eagle hall and Lyric hall while a Repub lican headquarters meeting targets Jewish and Polish communities. Prominent speakers will discuss national issues at all gatherings, reflecting a broad civic outreach.
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Republcan Isacers
White Eagle Hall
East Washington Avenue
Republican
Lyric Hall
Gets-It Liberty Bottle for Corns Ad
An advertisement promotes Gets-It as the only genuine corn peeler and guaranteed corn remover. It claims painless application, quick relief, and a money back guarantee, with distribution through Hindle Drug Stores and Lawrence & Co in Chicago and local Bridgeport outlets.
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Wic Lawrence & On
Chicago
Bridgeport
Hindle Drug Stores
Serbs Proclaim Freedom At Seat of World War
Basel dispatch reports Vienna statement that Greater Serbia has been proclaimed in the region of Bosnia. It also claims the assassins of Archduke Franz Ferdinand have been released by soldiers, tying to the 1914 Sarajevo killings as a trigger for World War I.
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Basel
Switzerland
Vienna
Greater
Serbia
Bosnia
Archduke Franzerdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Liquor Dealers Stay Neutral on Prohibition Amendment
At a large meeting of the Wine, Liquor and Beer Dealers association at 114 Wall Street the group voted to remain neutral on the amendment to the federal constitution. The stance reflects members across Republican, Democratic and other parties. The Bartenders' International League also plans neutrality on the issue.
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Wine, Liquor and Beer Dealers Association
Wall Street
Bartenders’ International League
Debate Tonight on Zionism at Hebrew Association
An interesting debate between Samuel Steinlauf and Herman Beck will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the rooms of the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association on State Street. The subject is Zionism and Its Object, a topic of strong interest among Jewish people worldwide, with more than 500 Zionists in the city expected to attend.
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Samuel Steinlauf
Herman Beck
Young Men’s and
Young Women's Hebrew Association
State Street
Amon
Worker Burned At Plant In Bridgeport Incident
Joseph Delock of 1222 Madison Avenue is in Bridgeport Hospital with burns to his legs after an incident at the American Tube and Stamping Company plant occurring shortly after 1 AM. He was reported resting comfortably at press time.
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Joseph Delock
Madison Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
American Tube and Stamping Company
John Henderson Dead From Gas Asphyxiation
The body of John Henderson of 362 East Main Street was found on the floor in his room shortly after 10:30 yesterday morning by a co-worker, Wicks, from the Bridgeport Housing Company. Dr Gartch viewed the remains and announced death by asphyxiation. The body was moved to Walker and Banks undertaking parlor.
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John Henderson
East Main Street
Mad
Wicks
Bridgeport Housing Company
5. M. Garttch
Walker and Banks
Roosevelt May Resign to Join Navy, Report Says
Washington reports circulated that Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D Roosevelt planned to resign to serve as a seaman or in an official capacity. The rumor followed his remark to Allied navy representatives abroad that he might wear an American naval uniform when next seen.
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Washington
Navy
Franklin D. Brare
Roosevelt
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J. A. H. Robinson
Krousehall
Newfield Avenue
Republican Club
Eighth
Board of Educaion
Federal Trade Commission
Mahogany Manufacturers and Importers Association
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
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Calam
Ambulance Service
Samuel Johnson
Johnson
Noah Webster
Joseph Emerson Worcester
New Hampshire
Webbster
Worcester
America
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Jed
NEW York Amfrican
Foster-Besse
Besse Way
Foster-Besse Co
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