Americans Take 600 Captives In Two Mile Breakthrough
American forces north of Soissons drive beyond Suvigny, advancing about two miles and seizing nearly 600 German prisoners along with artillery, machine guns, and trench mortars. Tanks supported infantry as heavy barrages cleared paths, with New German divisions 228th and 227th retreating after stiff resistance.
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France
Associated Press
Suvigny
Shel Heles
Juvigny
Terry-Sorny
Tere
Rheims
Metz
Big Sea Monster submarine open for thrift stamp drive
Crowds flocked to inspect the interior of a real submarine at Lake Torpetto boat yard drawing over 1,400 in thrift stamp sales yesterday and Saturday. About 200 more waited to enter as gates closed at 6, with 400 visitors on Saturday and steady crowds in the afternoon. Admission required four thrift stamps and a 1,000 to 1 coupon, with the yard open again Saturday and Sunday from 8 to 6.
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Lake Torpetto Boat Company
Lake Yard
Gides
Registration Day Looms for Bridgeport Men Sept. 12
Bridgeport draft boards near final setup for the big September 12 registration for men aged 18 to 45. Six boards prepared with registrar lists to be completed this week. Many clerks and typists have volunteered, with more needed. registration day approaches as efforts to mobilize manpower continue.
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Bridgeport
Von Hindenburg vows united stand in German battle
Amsterdam September 1 Field Marshal von Hindenburg in a birthday telegram to Chancellor von Hertling says Germany fights a bitter battle. He notes renewed enemy attempts to force a breakthrough and asserts the German people know what is at stake and that victory is essential on French and Belgian battlefields. He expresses confidence in national unity behind the troops.
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Amsterdam
von Hindenburg
von Hertilng
Germany
France
Flanders
Enemy Aliens to Be Allowed U S Citizenship Now
German and Austrian enemy aliens may seek citizenship papers after a government ruling. Hearings in Superior Court on September 24 will test good faith and fitness, with a 90 day waiting period for investigations. Affected applicants previously thought wartime denial prevented naturalization.
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Department of Labor
Luther League in Convention in Meriden 1346
Hartford district Luther League opens its 22nd annual convention at Swedish Salem church Meriden led by Rev A J Okerblom The league comprises 27 Swedish Lutheran churches in the state Activities include sermons reports a patriotic park meeting and a communal dinner Officers and committees named with several names and cities listed.
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Hartford
Luther League
Meriden
Salem
A. J. Okerblom
J. Herman Olssen
Waterbury
S&s. T. Youngert
The
Theological Seminary
Rock Island
New Haven
Olsson
Charles KE. Anderson
Middletown
Norell's Park
Grooklawn
Olof Lundgren
America
League
Hey. Wf
Herman Olsson
M. A. Wickstrand
Carl Burnin
Ansonin
Carol Lind
Stamiford
Mr. Olson
A. J. Okerblans
Iver Itvickson
Farry Sanden
Warttart
Woman Hurt When Jitney Hit by Trolley Car
Mrs. Lt Sachs of 69 Reilly Street suffered forehead contusions last night at 7:35 when the jitney she rode was struck by a trolley at Bishop and Stratford avenues. Dr. Harry Weis of the emergency hospital treated her at the scene and she was removed to the hospital. The jitney was allegedly on the wrong side as it entered Stratford.
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Lt Sachs
Reilly Street
Bishop and
Stratford Avenues
Harry Weis
Bishon Avenue
Stratford Avennue
Bridgeport Holiday Parade Marks Wartime Labor Day
Bridgeport observes Labor Day with a morning parade from Stratford avenue to Seaside Park led by May Lang and union affiliates amid a machinists strike. alien enemies may march under a Justice Department permit. Speeches by Mayor Wilson and William Johnston are planned, followed by closures, evening dances, and extended theatre shows across the resort.
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Bridgeports
Laker Tay
Bullard Danginearms
Bullard
U. 3
Miuchinists’ Union
Stratford Avenue
Pembroke Street
Seaside Park
Ine
Varios
Labor
May Lang
Central Labor Union
Clifford B. Wilson
William H.johnston
International Association On Machinists
National War Labor Boar
Washington
Johston
Lyric Theatre
Ie Scason
Must Pay Installation Costs for New Phone
Bridgeport residents seeking telephone service must cover installation costs set by the postmaster general. Transmitted to Southern New England Telephone, no connections can be made after September 1 without these charges. Rates cited: $5 for up to $2 monthly, $10 for over $2 to $4, $15 for over $4 monthly. Moving a line costs actual material and labor. The order aims to conserve labor and material.
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Bridgeport
Southern New England Telephone Company
Lectures on Government Draw Stratford Crowd
Stratford notices report Miss Nancy Schoonmaker giving two lectures on state and national governments Monday night at 8 in Block Christchurch parish house. Observers note a quiet day with few automobiles and smaller church attendance. police had little to do.
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Stratford
Speciabl
Nancy Schoonmaker
Christchurch
Acroblat Hurt In Park Incident At St Vincent’s Hospital
Temminick Longo of 908 Lafayette Street was injured with a spinal injury at the park yesterday afternoon while performing a routine activity. He was treated by Dr. Herry Tl Weis at the emergency hospital.
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Longo
Tlafayette Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Herry Tl. Weis
Thmergency Hospital
Two Plovers Killed in French Sea Plane Crash
Navy department announced that Jensigi Thomas N Aelkwennon of Minneapolis and Mathew TH O'Cormat of Tamares Plain Mississippi were killed in a sea plane accident in France on August 20. No details were released.
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Washington
Navy Department
Jensigi Thomas N
Aelkwennon
Minneapois
Mathew TH
O'Cormat
Tamares Plain
Miss
France
Norwegian ship Borgsdag torpedoed and sunk
The Norwegian steamer Borgsdag was torpedoed and sunk off Cape Race. Twenty four crew members are reported landed at the southeastern coast of Newfoundland.
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Stockholm
Borgsdag
Cape Race
New Foundland
Wiltunien Named Ruler as Lithuania Capital Shift
Telegraphic dispatch from Copenhagen reports King of Lathuantia in London notes Duke Willinen of Trach to head Lithuania with Vilnata designated capital in a major territorial change. Event signals broader regional realignments and diplomatic impact.
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London
Willinen
Trach
Ba Ling
Lithuania
Vilnata
Copenhhagen
France Honors Banker Born German in 20th Century
Otto Kahn, partner in Kahn Loeb and Co, named chevalier of the Legion of Honor for services to the Allies. Born in Germany, he later worked in London banking before moving to the United States.
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Otto Kahn
Kahn
Loeb & Con
Ix Kahn
Germany
London
United States
Hun Outposts Get Orders to Halt Tank Attacks
In France German anti tank warfare has reached a stage where every machine gunner in a sector with tanks is supplied with armor piercing bullets. A captured German troop communication describes anti tank efforts as cavalry on a large scale and details orders to defend light artillery at all costs.
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France
Germianr
Bernstorff Bought New York Magazine to Propagate Propaganda
New York dispatch reports Count Von Bernstorff allegedly bought and controlled a New York magazine to spread German propaganda. Alfred Ta Becker deputy attorney general and Archibald White former broker testified White held Bernstorff stock in Pair Play in his own name for months before returning it.
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New York
Count von Bernstorff
Spremu Weormin
United States
Wuir Play
Alfred Ta
Becker
Archibald
White
Cleveland
von Bernstorff
Assailant Held to Determine Draft Status
John Joseph Bates, living at the Astar hotel, told police he was assaulted by Doorman MacTadden as he was taken to a cell. Arrested Sunday near Noble and Batnam avenues, Bates was turned over to federal authorities. His home is said to be Worcester, Mississippi, and he registered with a local draft board in 1917. Local authorities will decide his draft status within days.
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John Joseph Bates
Livert
Astar
MacTadden
Pollen Headquarters
Ula
Noble and
Batnam
Worcester
Miss
Storage of Auto On Rideless Day Makes Family Row
A family dispute over storing a car led to August Weiland and his brother Joseph Weiland being arrested near noon yesterday in Summerville NL OT. Their sister Mrs Crvcinese complained after the car was housed at Mrs Grein ose’s garage and then moved. August was charged with assault and breach of peace. Joseph with breach of peace not creating a disturbance. Both released on $100 bonds and await arraignment in City Court tomorrow morning.
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August Weiland
Summerville
Joseph Weiland
Crvcinese
Iinglewood Avenue
Prevince
Greinose
Schwab Delays Bridgeport Visit Plans for Shipyards
Charlies M. Schwab head of the U S shipbuilding industry could not come to Bridgeport on Saturday to address workers at the Housatonic and Lake plants. He pledged to return later to inspect work for the government. Simon Take accompanied Schwab to the yards and remnants of the plan called for a late September visit.
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Charlies M. Schwab
America
Bridgeport
Thousitonic
Lake
Simon Take
Housatonic Company
Yards Yat New Moon
Philadelphia
Schwab
Munitions Worker Dead After Truck Fall
Meriden reports Taecob Lefcow 27 of 96 Princes Street New Haven died after a truck ran over him when he fell from a farm road delivery vehicle. He sustained chest injuries and multiple broken ribs. Coroner Alix to hold a hearing in New Haven tomorrow morning. Lefcow left a wife and two children.
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Meriden
Taecob Lefcow
Princes Street
New Haven
Winchester Repeating Arms’ Company
S. FL Yudkint and Son
Alix Will
Lefcow
20000 Jewish Refugees In Urals Near Starvation
New York report by Samuel Mason of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society describes 20000 Jewish war refugees east of the Urals as most deplorable. The starving group is said to be scavenging for crumbs in the streets and to be peace loving, law abiding, and from the middle class, not Bolsheviks.
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New York
Ural Mountains
Samuel Mason
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America
Mason
Rideless Sunday Dampens Fairfield Beach Holiday Crowd
Fairfield on September 1 reported a gasoleneless day reducing shore traffic. Beachgoers stayed away with many heading to other spots accessible by trolley, creating a quietus before the holiday.
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Fairfield
Wdo
Bethel Man Promoted to Second Lieutenant at Camp Taylor
Charles Y. Melvin of Bethel has received a commission as second lieutenant at the Wield Artillery Central Officers' training school at Camp Taylor Kentucky. Word officially reached here today.
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Bethel
Charles Y. Melvin
Wield Artillery Central Officers’ Training School
Camp Taylor
Kentucky
Fraternal Plans For Ladies Night By Konekapotanuah Tribe
The LO and TR M chapter announces further plans for a ladies night event to be discussed at tomorrow's meeting. The program includes whist and machine entertainment with music and dancing, plus refreshments. Members along with families and friends are invited.
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Konekapotanuah Ttribe
Lo& TR. M
Losnlge
Markers for All Lebanon Bound on Rideless Sunday
Hartford reports markers are printed for motorists joining the patriotic pilgrimage to Lebanon on September 8, inviting Connecticut residents to visit historic shrines. Markers will be distributed from September 6 with guidance from state defense councils, while the reverse urges refraining from pleasure driving for one Sunday at the federal request. Noted speaker Father Capanei, a French World War I veteran, will attend and honor France and Lafayette's connections to Lebanon.
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Hartford
Lebanon
Connecticut
Tules Capanei
Chick
Blue Devils
Republic of Frence
Walter Cabanel
America
French High Commission
Lafayette
Labanon
France
Lebanon i
Lost Steamer Cudahy Brings 22 Naval Men to Port
Navy reports 22 members of the aquatank guard of the American steamer Joseph Cudahy were missing after its loss on August 17. Survivors reached Atlantic ports aboard British ships. Some remained unaccounted for. two armed guards aboard the Cudahy had been missing since the sinking. Survivors, including gun crew, reached an English port. hope for additional rescues remains.
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Washington
Joseph Cudahy
Sterday
Navy Department
Ely
Atantia
Aisling
Navy
Arthur Brisbasi Brisbanis Day Column In York American
The piece notes Arthur Brisbasi Brisbanis enduring commitment as a journalist and his ongoing work for the New York American Advertisement. It describes his career focus and reflects on his dedication to producing today’s To Day column.
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Alt
Brisbane
Charter Oak Show Displays Connecticut Spirit and War Food Efforts
Hartford reporters describe the Charter Oak exhibit highlighting the state’s wartime effort. A large educational display from the Food Administration and Farm Bureau demonstrates substitutes for wheat, canning with minimal sugar, and canning methods. Demonstrations cover rationing, garden produce, and conservation, with uniforms and booths illustrating women’s roles and the Junior Food Army. The exhibit emphasizes food production, preservation, and practical guidance for households.
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Hartford
Charter Oak
Holcombia
Wilson
Germany
Connecticut
Dorothy Weir
Ridgefield
Food Administration
Nurag
Women's Land Army
Food Department
Farm Bureau
Aphis
Nla
Farden Parti
Forq
Department
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