Britons Break Drocourt-Queant Line In Major Advance
British and Canadian troops surged through the Drocourt-Queant fortifications in a dawn assault, driving five kilometres and capturing key positions including Cagnicourt wood and Mount Urcy. Le Transloy, Le ransloy, St Pierre Vaast wood fell as Haig pressed along a 33 mile front between the Scarpe and Somme.
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London
le Ransloy
Bapaume
St. Pierre Faust Wood
Haig
Scarpe
Somme
Drocourt-Queant
Six Ile
Hermans
Bois de Vaulx
Vaulx-Vraucourt
Orning
Allies report 128032 prisoners since July 15
Paris dispatch states allied forces on the western front have taken 128032 prisoners since July 15 in an official statement. In the same period 2869 suns, 1724 minedrowers and 13783 machine guns captured. A separate report notes Louis Palaia of 152 Logan street arrested for alleged wife assault.
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Paris
Allie F Orces
Louis Palaia
Logan Street
Parolmen Simpson
Wargo
Second Precinct
Erning
Large East Side Section Again In St Marys Parish
A major parish reorganization announced from St Marys and St Charles churches places parts of Blessed Sacrament and St Charles parishes back into St Marys starting Labor Day. St Marys now covers the east side from Pequonnock river to Central avenue, extends north to Barnum avenue, and bounds the waterfront. The Blessed Sacrament area between Central avenue and Yellow Mute is reassigned.
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St. Mary's
St. Charles
Blessed Sacrament
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary's Parish
Pequonnock River
Central Avenue
Barnum Avenue
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Union Avenue
Grange Street
Labor Day Rally Echoes in Seaside Park Speech
International Association of Machinists chief William H. Johnston addressed about 3,000 at Seaside Park on Labor Day, urging unions to seek justice elsewhere if denied locally. Mayor Clifford B. Wilson opened the event as Ella Reeves Bloor spoke on women workers' oppression and union efforts, with a Bakers' union ambulance fund receiving several hundred dollars.
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Bridgeport
Clifford B. Wilson
America
Ella Reeves Bloor
Fila Reeves Bloor
Leutenant
New York
Therm
Bakers’ Union
France
Conference in Washington Today May End Strike of Munitions Makers
In Washington today William H. Johnston and William P. Harvey of the National War Labor Board will confer with War and Navy officials, Otto M. Eidlitz, and board members to seek a settlement to the strike of nearly 5,000 union machinists and toolmakers at major war plants. The move aims to avert a production tie-up as the dispute looms large.
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Washington
Johnston
Harvey
City
War Labor Board
Bidlitz
War and Navy Dept
William H. Johnston
William P. Harvey
National War Labor Board
War and Navy Departments
Otto M. Eidlitz
Bridgeport
Mr. Johnston
Mr. Harvey
International Association of Machinists
War Board
German Papers Fearful Now on Fronts in France
Washington dispatch reports Germany fears allied victories in France. Cologne Gazette quotes that southern front fighting grows daily, with a formid able German offensive unmatched by present clashes. It questions whether troops need rest or are preparing for fresh attacks and says German staff must plan for painful eventualities under Foch's strategy.
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Washington
Germany
France
Flinders
Cologne
Caby
Foch
Miss Hill Seaside Park Rally Urges 50 Women
Miss Elsie Hill of Norwalk spoke at a suffrage meeting in Seaside Park urging 50 local women to join a White House demonstration in two weeks. Hill, daughter of the late Congressman Ebenezer J. Hill, highlighted two days of suffrage work and her long involvement since 1908.
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Elsie Hill
Norwalk
Washington
Ball Grounds
Seaside Park
White House
Tony
Miss Hill
Ebenezer J. Hill
Italy
Urone
Consul Strothers Missing After Departure To Russia
Fear grips the city over the fate of United States Consul Shelby Strothers who was assigned to Moscow two months ago. His wife, Mrs. A. M. Johnson, says no word has been received since he sailed from America. State Department reports suggest Consul General Poole may still be in Moscow awaiting confirmation of dispatches from German sources. Strothers, Harvard graduate and former Remington executive, had been a newspaper writer before the consulate posting.
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United States
Shelby Strothers
Moscow
Russia
Park Avenue
A. M. Johnson
America
State Department
Poole
Washington
Santente
Strothers
Harvard
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
Ele
Americans Aid British In Advance Along Lys
The British with American troops press ahead in the Lys salient driving German rear guards. Doulieu and Le Verrier are now in Allied hands. Fighting near Steenwerck was repulsed and the push continues east of Kemmel with ground gained toward Spanbroek Moulin.
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France
Associated Press
Lys Salient
Doulieu
le Verrier
Steenwreck
Kemmel
Spanbroek Moulin
Army Fliers Thrill City With Lofty Air Stunts
A squadron of 36 planes from Hazelhurst Field performed Labor Day air shows over Connecticut towns and Bridgeport. Two planes over Brooklawn Golf Club landed after one ran low on fuel. Five aviators flew in pairs, with Sergeant William Coons and Lieutenant Harry Pierson among the crews. Citizens chased photos as pilots executed nose dives loop the loop and other daring maneuvers under clear skies.
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Bridgeport
Brooklawn Country Club
Hazelhurst Field
Connecticut
William Coons
Willis
Harry Pierson
Peter Young
Complex Accident Injures Girl Passenger on Boston Post Road
A series of crashes near Butler Garage Southport involved a trolley car and three autos, injuring a girl from Hitle. Trolley No. 1170 with crew struck a Word coupe carrying J. S. Duval and two children, one with a broken leg. The trolley then hit a Ford, then a Packard, with no arrests or police presence reported.
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Bridgeport
Boston Post
Southport
Butler Garage
Camn
Duval
Montagne Strest
Brooklyn
Ford
Charles Perkins
Broad Street
Meriden
Packard
Harry GC. Novrish
Fairfield Avenue
Body of Missing Man Found in Shelton Canal
The body of Michael Casey, 48, missing since Thursday from 982 Connecticut Avenue, was found in the Housatonic Power canal at Shelton at 12 03 p.m. by power company worker John Jubs. Medical Examiner Dr. W Cogeswell and identification by Mrs. Catherine Kennedy confirmed the death as drowning. Casey, a former foreman at Remington Arms, carried money and a Connecticut State Guard card. he survived by two brothers and two daughters. Burial in St Michael's Cemetery, Bridgeport, was planned.
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Connecticut Avenue
Michael Casey
Housatonic Power Company
Shelton
John Jubs
Power Company
W. Cogeswell
Stratford
Casey
Remington Arms Plant
Catherine Kennedy
Pequonnock Street
State Guard
Connecticut State Guard
Donovan
St. Michael's Cemetery
Bridgeport
County Limerick
Ireland
Washington Proclaims Bullard Men’s Act
Workers at Bullard Rheinegring in Bridgeport Connecticut marked Labor Day by offering five hours of unpaid labor to manufacture 155 millimetre guns for the American army overseas. The Ordnance repairmen released a telegram to General Pershing stating the offer to dedicate time on the national half day to defeat the Hun.
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Washington
Bullard Rheinegring, Works
Bridgeport
Conn
Ordnance
General Pershing
Collector M Govern Injured at Brookfield
Brookfield reports collector M Govern was injured while visiting friends. He stumbled and broke a bone in his right leg. Dr J M Frecartin treated him at the scene and he was taken home to recover for several days.
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Tames WL
McGovern
Itoms
Brookfield
J. M. ‘Frecartin
Tits Nity
30 Miles of German Defence Is Smashed
Allied forces smash a 30 mile German front from Arras to Peronne with Haig reporting the Drocourt Queant line breached. Thousands taken prisoner as British and French advance toward the Canal du Nord and Hindenburg defenses bend under pressure. Australian troops also capture thousands at Peronne while Aisne and Ypres sectors show rapid Allied gains.
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Associated Press
Arras
Peronne
Marshal Haig
Drocourt- Queant
Scarpe River
Queant
Hindenburg
Flanders
Rheims
Douai
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Soissons
Laon
Chemin Des Dames
Aisne
Ypres
Voormezeele
Haig
Armentieres
Lille
Bapaume
St. Pierre Vaast Wood
le Transloy
Allaines
Haut-Allaines
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Arras-Peronne
Haig Pierces
Dury
Mount Ury
Cagnicourt Wood
Cagnicourt
Ois de Bouche
East New York
South New England
St. Mary’s Parish
Mayor Wilson
Ella Reeves
Wilson
Cate Congressman
Lys
Seaside
Bella Reeves
Canal
Casey, Arms Co
Watchman
M’govern
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