Bridgeport Libery Loan surpasses half quota despite partial reports
Unofficial last night shows Bridgeport total at 4,748,000 for the fourth Liberty loan, up 168,050 from noon. Holmes and Edwards Plant celebrates 160 percent sub, with Lincoln school fife and drum corps providing services and speeches from plant officials.
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Holmes and Edwards
Ridgeport
Liberty Loan
Bridgeport
Bryant Electric Company
Crane Company
Bryant Electric Co
Locomobile (Co
Lake Company
Holmes & Edwards
Bullard Machine Tool Co
Columbia Grapho- Phone Co
Treo Ashcroft Co
Tan
Warner Brosco
Raybestos Co
Thon American
Holmes and Wards
Lincoln School Fife and Drum Corps
William Parry
George Murphy
George H. Edwards
C S G Machine Gunners Use Pine Rock Range
Residents near Pine Rock park urged to avoid the area on Sunday as the state rifle range is used by the State Guard Third battalion Machine Gun company under Captain Fred Allgrunn and Lieutenant Frederick C Irwin will assemble at the armory at 7 o'clock with full marching equipment for target practice Weather report from Washington October 3 mentions fair and cool in New England and a daily almanac note of sunrise and sunset times
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Pine Rock Park
State Guard
Fred &. Allgrunn
Frederick C. Irwin
Austria Moves Danube Defense and Albania Evacuation
London dispatch says Central powers may set a new Danube line to shield Austria from internal unrest and hostile nationalities. Germany and Austria Hungary retain 46 divisions in Russia that could be moved, risking losses from the Brest Litovsk settlement.
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London
Danube
Austria
Romania
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Brest Litovsk
Riot Trial Note Recounts Firearm Connected to Baby Doll Case
Testimony in December 1917 riot at the Mewstone Social club includes Policeman Harry Green describing a visit to Water street where Thomas and Hawkins allegedly defied police. A nurse testifies about a bullet found beneath Morris Parnell, killed in the incident, matching a ballistic entry, as Judge Reed adjourns until today.
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Mewstone
Mths
Thomas
Jake Wawkins
Harry Green
Green
Water Street
Burns
McCarthy
Harris
Arrest of Bridgeport Businessman on Fraud Charge
George A. Gauthier a prominent Bridgeport and Danbury business man was arrested in Danbury on a fraud warrant. He allegedly received 100 dollars as a seatuity and arranged contracts with Vedersen Machine and Gullard Engineering to gain 10 percent commissions plus 700 dollars already paid. He denied the charge and said it would be explained in court.
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Julius Pedersen
Vedersen Machine Company
Middle Street
Bullard Engineering Company
George A. Gauthier
Cific Street
Bridgeport
Danbury
George A. Washburn
A. L. de Lenexy
Gauthier
Pedersen
Gullard I Engineering Company
C Gauther
Green
Anthony Sunderland
Remington Arms Company
Sandy Hook
N. J
Newtown
Danbury, i
Vienna admits evacuation and Berat loss to Italians
Vienna reports Austrian troops withdrawn from Albania to hasten withdrawal on the Bulgarian front. Berat fell to enemy forces without a fight, and one division was pulled from Albania to meet new military demands. The brief notice notes the evacuation and loss as part of ongoing war events.
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Vienna
Berat
Bondon
Albania
Americans Aid Naval Raid on Austrian Base Durazzo
In Rome on Friday October 4 American, British and Italian warships attacked and destroyed the Austrian naval base at Durazzo. Italian and allied torpedo boats and American submarines breached minefields and bombarded the harbor, sinking an Austrian destroyer and a steamer while a hospital ship withdrew. Italian sailors fought under heavy fire. other allied ships remained in position to deter any aid to the port. Durazzo, a sea port on a peninsula in the Adriatic, lies 63 miles south of Seutiri.
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Rome
Durazzo
Orlando
Diuraane
Albania
Seutiri
Adriatic Sea
Bridgeport Pupils Surpass Thrift Stamp Goal
Bridgeport public school children exceeded expectations by purchasing thrift stamps totaling 101 447 81 dollars, with Assistant Secretary Wynkoop predicting this year’s sales could reach 160 000. Weekly figures doubled prior totals as schools began selling stamps to support the war effort. DANBURY CLOSES SCHOOLS due to influenza. local board acts to curb spread.
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Bridgeport
United States
Germany
John B. Wynkoop
Board of Education
Danbury
Chamber Deputies Demand League of Nations for Peace
In Vienna the Austrian chamber of deputies debated peace plans. Socialist deputies pressed for a league of nations, no economic warfare, no annexations, restoration of Serbia Montenegro and Belgium, treaty revisions, Eastern questions settled by nationalities, and autonomy for AustriaHungary. Czech dep Stanek denounced Germany, urging unity with JugoSlavs Poles and Czechs, and favoring Wilsons fourteen points. The session ended with a motion for an international peace congress to resolve Polish and international issues.
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Vienna
Basel
Switzerland
Chamber of Deputies
League of Nations
Serbia
Montenegro
Belgium
Bucharest
Brest-Litovsk
Austria-Hungary
M. Stanek
Germany
Wilson
Influenza Surge Reports Fifty Six New Bridgeport Cases
Fifty six cases of Spanish influenza were reported by Bridgeport physicians to the health department, a daily record. About 256 patients are under care citywide, with six taken to the Hillside home hospital and more expected. Dr. Walter H. Brown warns against alarm while coordinating care and appeals for additional nurse volunteers from Bridgeport women.
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Bridgeport
Department of Health
Walter H. Brown
Hillside Home
Brown
Willside Home Hospital
Whale Meat Appears as a Housewife Staple in Bridgeport
Sliced whale meat appears in Bridgeport as a suggested staple diet with favorable price at 38 cents a round. It reportedly lacks steady sales but is praised as succulent and a meat conservation aid. Advertisement from Bridgeport Public Market promotes it as similar to porterhouse in appearance and venison in flavor. HUDLUM ELECTED HIEDT. James G. Ludlum nominated for second lieutenant in Company T fourth regiment C S G at the armory, replacing William H. Feeter called to United States service.
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Bridgeport
Connecticut
Atlantic
Hudlum
Hiedt
Fourth Regiment
James G. Ludlum
William H. Feeter
United States
Robert M. Hames
Battle Influenza At Examinations Of 5th Div Men
Officials discuss precautions as 24 new registrants in Division 6 are examined at Franklin school on Nichols Street. Sixteen men qualified for general service, five for limited service, two for general service when cured, two deficient. Names listed for each category. Forty-five registrants to be examined at 4 pm today in the school sheet.
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Franklin School
Nichols Street
Francesco Melito
Angelo MM
Mitchell McKenzie
Antonio Massari
Edwin H. Meade
George C. Marion
Rae L. Barnard
Paul Petruelli
William J. Luippold
Joseph Neri
James §. Hall
Clifford Walker
James Smigelski
Joseph Condito
Stephen John Piura
Leonard Bardinelli
Alfred W. Burdick
Anthony del Vecchio
Giorgio Colombi
Samuel Corso
Chester P. Campbell
Henry O'Hara
Vincenzo Barone
Rudolf Mickels
Francesco Volturano
Schoo Sheet
British Chasing Foe Through Lens Streets
German forces have evacuated Lens and Armentieres as British and French units press the Verdun arc. Belgian troops advance toward Ostend and Bruges while Haig’s forces recapture Sequéhart east of St Quentin. French and Allied lines push toward the Aisne and Criox canal, capturing Cormicy and widening the front.
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Lens
British Smash Hindenburg Defenses in Vital Sector
British forces break a major stretch of the Hindenburg line between St Quentin and Cambrai. They occupy towns, take about 3,000 prisoners and numerous guns, with advances of up to five miles. German retreat signals widen as Lens and Armen tives area come under British movement.
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Hindenburg
ST. Quentin
Associated Press
Cambrai
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