Germans retreat on wide front as Haig reports
London dispatch says German forces pull back north and south of La Bassée canal with British in pursuit. Haig notes gains for Canadians at Neuville St. Remy and Ramillies high ground while Fulcher forces counterattack near Sequehart, Cambrai area.
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London
la Bassee Canal
Marshal Haig
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Sequehart
Sequeharn
Grevecourt
Neuville St. Remy
Ramillies
Influenza Cases Rise and Deaths Reported at Hillside Hospital
The Health Board lists fifteen new influenza cases including a Spanish influenza draftee from Tonsdale admitted to Hillside hospital. Walter Rolfe arrived from Draft Board 419 and is seriously ill with influenza and pneumonia. One death occurred yesterday at Hillside, an elderly resident named Albert Lille. A daily weather and tide brief accompanies the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside
Younes
Tonsdale
Walter FP
Rolfe
Tunsday
Fort Slocum
Health Department
Albert Lille
Roeumi Bing
Winter to Announce Final Back Pay Decision Today
The National War Labor Board will issue final instructions through Alpheus Winter, resident examiner, on retroactive and current wage increases under the Lidlitz award for piece work and hourly pay. The ruling aims to end delays affecting employees and employers, with final adjustments to occur by the November 1 deadline. Manufacturers are not blamed for prior payment delays, which stemmed from unresolved interpretations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National War Labor Board
Alpheus Winter
Lidlitz
Winter Dase
Mrs Jackson Sues for Divorce Over Cruelty
Maybelle Smith Jackson of Bridgeport files for divorce from Horace H. Jackson a former Main street bookseller and Progressive party leader. She alleges repeated cruelty including choking thrown to floor brandishing a revolver and threats to shoot. Court motion seeks answer before uncontested hearing at next short calendar session. married since 1898 with both prominent in Bridgeport society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace H. Jackson
Main Street
Progressive Party
Maybelle Smith Jackson
Jackson
Cas
Jacksons
Bridgeport
Slain Man Had 40 Pounds of Dynamite
Stamford police hold Valentine Oberly after a murder near Willi, with 40 pounds of dynamite found on him. Authorities, including the State and United States departments, probe alien enemy involvement and past records as they seek motive. The case hinges on how such quantity could be obtained legally and why Oberly was found unconscious with improvised tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine Oberly
Stamford
Ciriotto
Willi
W W. Deschiell
Rager
Otti Isberg
Czecho Slovak Leaders Reject Austrian Coalition Offer
AMSTERDAM October 2 Czecho Slovak leaders sharply rejected an offer to join an Austrian coalition cabinet according to a Vienna dispatch printed in Frankfurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Jankfort
Plebeian Prunes Lead War Mask Gas Filter Drive
War relief campaign launches in Bridgeport under Red Cross auspices to collect fruit pits and nut shells for activated charcoal in gas masks for American soldiers. Edmond S. Wolfe, president of the First Bridgeport National Bank, directs the drive, with twenty red white and blue barrels set at strategic street sites.
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Bridgeport
Edmond S. Wolfe
First Bridgeport National Bank
American Red Cross
Chemical Department of the
United States
Arny
Afts
Wolfe
Liberty Motors Hit Peak Production In U S Factories
Washington reports Liberty motors have reached quantity production and American built airplanes are being shipped daily from factories and plants. Potter, acting director of the Bureau of Aircraft Production, announced on his return from inspections. London dispatch notes the key duo made further indirect approaches to the channels under British consideration, with fears of security concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Liberty Motors
Potter
Bureau of Aircraft Prodection
Purriy
London
Wirenbinet
Adils
Second Russian gold shipment seized at German frontier
A Berlin dispatch reports the second shipment of gold from Russia to Germany has arrived at the German frontier and been taken over by an official of the Reich bank. This indicates continued Russian financial transfers amid wartime tensions.
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Russia
Germany
Reichbank
Berlin
State Department
Belgium
Rheims
Paris
Ves
Aisne
Liberty Loan passes $4,000,000 as drive gains momentum
Liberty Loan figures climb past $4 million with unions and employers pledging back-pay to bonds. Bridgeport Brass workers vote unanimously to convert back pay, yielding about $75,000 toward the campaign. Jitney drivers contribute, mercantile division organizes, and follow-up plans ensure reporting by trades. A four‑tenement owner refuses to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Brass Company
Mercantile Division
Islideeport
Liberty Tapun
Aten
Offi
Tiberts
Fthiese
Gridgenort
John
Redgate
Aoman
Jury woes delay murder trial for Baby Doll Hawkins
The murder trial of Baby Doll Thomas and Jake Hawkins stalled as no twelfth juror could be found by 5 p.m. after examining eighty eight talesmen and exhausting extra panels. Sheriff Pease was ordered to bring ten jurors tomorrow at 10 a.m. as both sides hold 25 challenges each.
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Thomas
Jake Hawkins
Criminal Superior Court
Talesmen
Snes
Tease
Treves Bombarded From Air In Rhine Province
An official statement says Treves in the Rhine province of Prussia was bombarded from the air tonight. The town claims to be the oldest in the German empire. A railroad runs northeast to Cabbang and Cologne and south to Mele and Strassburg.
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Treves
Rhine Province
Prussia
Reves
Cabbang
Cologne
Mele
Strassburg
Women Workers To Have Place on Community Board
The U S Community Labor board at Bridgeport will add two women members Mrs Mary G Vepper secretary of the Dorset Workers union and Miss Sarah Curtis of the Remington Arms and Ammunition company Appointments are expected soon and the local board will begin assessing factories for war work and non essential shutdowns Quotations will be sent to factory owners to measure numbers employed and status of workers for possible reassignments or reductions The board will also judge suitable work for women and ensure safety and temperament suitability for assigned tasks The U S Community Labor board was established last September and already lists William P Kirk George M Tames and Alfred J Aleeon as members
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Community Labor Board
Bridgeport
Washington
Mary G. Vepper
Dorset Workers’ Union
Sarah Curtis
Reminston Arms and Ammunition Company
William PF. Wirk
Staded Sosterdan
Connecticut
Bearmt
Aweak
U. S. Community Labor Board
William P. Kirk
George M. Tames
Alfred J. Aleeon
German retreat gains momentum as frontier lines crumble
Paris dispatch reports Lille evacuated and transport seized as Germans withdraw toward Belgian towns. Brussels archives moved to Brussels and pamphlets urge patience. Washington notes Hindenburg line breaking, Haig breakthrough near St Quentin threatens German retreat. Allied forces push, opening risk of rout while French Belgian and British units advance toward Rheims and supply lines.
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Paris
Matin
Lille
Belgium
Brussels
Champagne
Hindenburg
Marshal Haig
St. Quentin
Rheims
Foch
North Sea
Verdun
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France
Haig
Berthelot
St. Thierry
Report of Health Board
Institution
Pentieer R Sport
Ington
Oct
Frare
England
Allman
Ney Wan
Winter
Reetardas
Conneil
United States Department of Iman
Austria
Uncle Sam
Continu
Liberty
Superior Court
Rhine Town
Purescording
Offien
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