Anglo American push across St Quentin front gains miles
British and American forces press on in open warfare along the Cambrai St. Quentin front as they smash through the Hindenburg line. Reports say Essigny and other villages fell and battles extend across multiple sectors with tanks and heavy artillery in action.
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St. Quentin
Standard
France
Associated Press
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Premont
Beaurevoir
Rohain
Brancourt
Pre- Tuent
Serain Villers Ontreaux
Esnes
Niergnies
Essigny
St. Guentin
Evening News
Cambrai
Wuentin Front
Hindenburg Line
65 000 Bulgars Surrender West of Uskub
Salonica reported that 65 000 Bulgarian troops west of Uskub surrendered as prisoners under the armistice terms, joining thousands already taken in the Allied advance in Siberia and Bulgaria. Athens awaited word as Smyrna delegates prepared to seek separate peace talks with the Entente.
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Uskub
Smyrna
Salonica
London
Siberia
Bulgaria
Athens
Turkey
Exchange
Mytelene
77 New Influenza Cases Reported in City
Seventy seven influenza cases were reported to the Health Department yesterday, bringing the city total to 512 with 15 deaths. A hospital guard, John Wurzsed, died Monday night while relatives in Scranton are being sought. Health officials, Red Cross and Public Health Commission discussed steps, including mail envelopes with saline wash for physicians and workers. Stores to stay open Saturday despite Liberty Loan observance to avoid business disruption.
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Health Department
John Wurzsed
Scranton
Jalk T. Black
Ines
Walter DO
Dushur
Liberts
Lown
President's Note to Maximilian on German terms in 1918
The note, dated October 8 1978, presents a State Department communique to the Swiss chargé d’affaires. It requests the German chancellor clarify whether Berlin accepts President Wilson's January address terms and states that an armistice would not be proposed while Central Powers’ forces remain on allied soil. It questions whether the chancellor speaks for the empire's authorities and emphasizes the need for the Central powers to withdraw. Signed Robert Lansing.
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Switzerland
Washington
Setete
Presitns
United States
Congress of the
Germany
Holcomb And Sousa Bring Liberty Loan Message
Thirty thousand people filled the city streets and about a thousand attended an armory gathering to hear Lieutenant Commander John Philip Sousa and the Great Lakes Naval Training Station band endorse the Liberty Loan drive. Governor Marcus H Stolcomb urged adherence to Connecticut’s success as a predictor of an eleven billion total, and the Fourth Regiment guard and local detachments escorted the governor and entertainers through downtown routes. A lengthy concert by Sousa’s band and a steady day of parades marked the visit, continuing from morning into evening.
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Great Lakes
John Philip Sousa
Wiberty
Marcus H. Stolcomb
Hmolcomb
Connecticut
Guid
Anderson Soldier Dies of Influenza at Fairfield Camp
Private Martin Arnold Anderson of the 669th Aero Squadron at Fairfield Ohio died of influenza yesterday. Son of Mr and Mrs Frank M Anderson of 827 Wood Avenue he enlisted last December and was formerly employed at the Crane company plant in West Nat. The body will be brought home for a military funeral.
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Martin Arnold Anderson
Frank M. Anderson
Wood Avenue
Ue 669Th Aero Squadron
Fairfield
Ohio
Esterday
Madron
Ivate Anderson
Kelley Field
Lexus
West Na
Chase Over Roofs to Catch Boy Burglars
Two boys, about 14 years old, chased along Main Street roofs to flee. Patrolmen Curry and Cole captured them near 2 AM after a break in at Mortern Shoe Store through a skylight. Offenders detained at headquarters awaiting juvenile court action.
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Main Street
New York
Curry
Cole
Horedquarters
Yvonong
Mortern
Drains Flask of Poison and Dies in Stagger to Home
Irank Drozlek of 401 Hancock Avenue took his life by drinking poison. He drank from a whiskey bottle, staggered into his home, and died before Dr. Harr Weis arrived. His wife said he had been drinking heavily for three months and had been a respondent since yesterday.
Boy Shattered Leg After Car Accident In Front of Home
Nine year old Monzo Crone of 422 Westavenne sustained a fractured right leg yesterday afternoon when knocked from a truck and struck by another automobile at his home. He received care at the Emergency Hospital from Dr Harry T Weis and was later moved to Sridge Port Hospital.
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Monzo Crone
Westavenne
Sridgeport
Harry Tl. Weis
Fmergency
Pickpocket Scare at Armory During Governor Speech
Samuel Silverman, 20, was arrested on suspicion of breach of peace after being detained by Detectives Malone and Seery at an armory mass meeting attended by the governor. He allegedly acted queerly, attempted to lift pockets, and was roughly handled as officers moved him through the crowd.
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Armory
Samuel Silverman
Malone
Seery
Silverman
Coors
Victim Loses Dollar Assailant Held for Deed
Joseph M. Corcoran of 55 Water Street faces City Court this morning charged with assault and highway robbery. He was arrested shortly before 10 pm after striking Peter Mrnck of 238 Gilbert Street and taking one dollar. Patrolmen Connery and Cassidy detained him. The Turkish cabinet has resigned amid excitement in Constantinople, dispatch says.
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Joseph M. Corcoran
Water Street
Peter Mrnck
Gilbert Street
Jackson
Connery
Cassidy
Corcorlan
Wilson Puts Kaiser Note to Open Test of Sincerity
President Wilson confronts Germany’s peace note to determine if it is sincere or a mere pretension and, if the latter, to fully justify prolonging the war with force to the utmost. He also leaves the door to peace open, insisting clarity must come into the open.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Merchants Here Back President
A large merchants meeting declared unconditional surrender to President Wilson yesterday. The chamber of commerce admitted fifty four new members, listed here with firms and individuals. The session included a financial report and showings. A long dispatch explains Wilson's diplomacy and the allied response, noting the note from Prince Max and the German position.
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Wilson
Chamber of Commitrce
Chamber
Isaac W. Girdsere
Manufacturers Liability Insurance Company
Lindsay van Rener
P. A. MecBtroy
Josiah I. Flint
Silliman and Godfrey Company
Homer
Godfrey
Beardsley and
Beardsley
Morris B. Beardsley
Simon Lake
B.S. Smith
Andrew AleQueeney
William C. Watson
Dorland Smith
H. 8. Miles
J. H. Cohen Co
Samuel C. Schnee
Maurice & Rosen
Trwin M. Jennings Co., Inc
Walter J. Scott
BL Sntykowski
Stephen 8. Siksay
Jacob Brothers
Samuel Jacobs
Prudential Insurance Company
J. A. Dean
George T. Hatheway
A. Adolph
H.W. Loveday
Wesley I. Hayes
Bridgeport Sign Company
Wiliam Fox
Percy D. Carson
Leonard Asheim
Bridgeport Glass Company
Nathan Gurfein
Union Light Company
Herman Abrams
Charles Andres
C. W. Hall Carriage Company
Wires Burn in Transformer Station Darkens City
A fire at the brick transformer station on Fairfield Avenue near State Street cut lights in the West End and Fairfield for hours last night. Wires burned at 6:40 PM, triggering alarm 232, with no damage beyond the wires in the station. residents without gas used candles and oil lamps in darkened homes.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Avenue
State Street
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