Senate passes twelve million emergency agricultural bill with dry rider
Washington September 6 the twelve million dollar emergency agricultural appropriation bill passed the Senate without a roll call after a 45 to 6 vote to retain the prohibition rider. The measure delays the dry law to next July with further shifts and heads to conference as prohibition leaders expect House approval to avoid changes. Senators voting against the dry retention included Brandegee Gerry Phelan Pomerene Ransdell Enderwood. many absentees favored the amendment. The rider would stop sale of intoxicants next June with limited exceptions and bar manufacture after May 1. The rider is seen as the bill’s key provision replacing Randall’s earlier draft.
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Washington
Senate
House
Brandegee
Connecticut
Gerry
Rhode Island
Phelan
California
Pomerene
Ohio
Ransdell
Louisiana
Enderwood
Alabama
Yale Explains Draft Operation for Eligible Students
Yale University announced letters to students intending to enter or return this fall outline enrollment plans under War department control due to the revised selective service law. Eligible students 18 or older must register September 12, and those inducted as student privates will receive government pay and be provided uniforms barracks and mess at government expense. Entrance exams for freshmen proceed September 16 as usual.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Yale
War Department
Gall
Yust
Committee On Education
Weather Report For Washington On Sept Six
Forecast for New York and South New England calls for fair weather Saturday and Sunday. Almanac notes sunrise at 6 24 a m and sunset later. High water at 10 p m and low water in the afternoon. Boon sets and other details appear garbled but indicate typical coastal tide information.
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Washington
New York
New England
Boon
Hallett St Man Wounded in Marne Battle
Leonard Verrilli of 42 Hallett Street with Company E 89th Infantry AEF was lightly wounded in the left arm at the Marne on July 24 during a U S counterattack that forced a German retreat. He left Bridgeport March 30 for Camp Devens and later went to Urmy Mills before sailing to France in May. Also note a badly wounded Corporal James Agnew in Washington casualty lists, though local records show no such name on Bank Street. Prince Ferdinand of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich is reported killed on the front in Basel.
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Leonard Verrilli
Hallett Street
89Th U. S. Infantry
Marne
Rocco Verrilli
Verrilli
Bridgeport
Camp Devens
Urmy Mills
Trance
Washington
James Agnew
Mary Agnew
Bank Street
Agnew
James
Basel
Switzerland
Ferdinand of
Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Captain Murphy Leads his Company in Maine Action
Captain Jeremiah E. Murphy of the 8th Infantry American Expeditionary Forces reports from the front that his battalion led a major offensive. He says Americans and French troops defeated German forces, captured more enemies than were wounded, and that he came through without a scratch. A promotional letter confirms his new captaincy and notes the heavy fighting, with continued operations referenced.
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Jeremiah E. Murphy
B8th Infantry
American Expeditionary Forces
T. J. Murphy
Liberty Street
M. A. Vogel
Jersey City
Atrs
Vogel
Murphy
U. S
Crown Prince
Pershing
Mount Vernon torpedoed liner returns to port
The US army transport Mount Vernon, ex Kronprinzen, was torpedoed 200 miles off France but reached port. Navy reports no casualties, likely sick and wounded aboard, and notes the ship’s transfer from a German liner to a US transport amid wartime changes.
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Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Washington
United States Army
Mount Vernon
France
Navy Department
Itis
Lincoln
Those Who Delay Output Traitors Says Draft Chief
Judge John Pullman, chair of Draft board No. 2, denounced anyone who delays war effort as a traitor while praising registrars for Bridgeport readiness. He urged citizens to prioritize the selective service and called the program the greatest movement in human history, urging duty and privilege in aiding the war. The speech followed a training session at Bridgeport High School with Sanford Stoddard guiding board-wide instruction.
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John
Pullman
Draft Board No. 2
Bridgeport
Sanford Stoddard
Judge Pullman
Bullard Engineering Company
Improvised Ferry To Upton Devised To Help Soldiers
Bridgeport to Port Jefferson night service expands with the Park City steamer schedule starting September 9. Soldiers on pass from Camp Upton rely on late trains and boats, with drivers reporting increased traffic and freight to Long Island shipyards.
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Upton
Bridgeport
Port Jefferson
Camp Upton
Bridgepor
Fort Jefferson
Long Island
New York
Mainy
Park City
Milanias
Ie Wtter
Connecticut
Mgbpter
Machinists Seek Federal Wage Action in WWI Era
Bridgeport machinists urge President Wilson to classify trades and grant higher wages to sustain families during the war. The union notes a split between 35 percent serving in France and 65 percent willing to work at home or abroad, condemning corporate wealth while affirming devotion to U S aims.
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International Association of Machinists
Bridgeport
United States
Wilson
Aon
Rey
Machinists Union
France
Three Men Narrowly Escaped Tug Albatross Boiler Blowout
A boiler tube blew out in the Albatross tug off shore three miles from Baltimore. Captain Ward and crew shut valves and vented steam, averting fatalities. The crippled vessel reached port for tow and repair before heading to New York.
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Albatross
Baltimore
Ward
New York
Domestic Coal Embargo Placed On Nine Towns
The anthracite committee of the United States Fuel Administration today barred shipments of domestic sizes of anthracite coal to nine Connecticut towns Devon Gales Perry Glastonbury North Glastonbury Nithin Nauhue Short Haven Leetes Island Maplewood. The action mirrors embargoes in other states and seeks to concentrate supplies in larger centers.
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United States Fuel Administration
Connecticut
Devon
Gales Perry
Ghistonbury
Houth Glastonbury
Nitin Nauhue
Short Heneh
Leetes Island
Maplewood
Beer Production Halt Ordered in United States
Washington reports the manufacture of beer will be prohibited after December 1 as a war emergency measure. The Food Administration announced the decision after talks with President Wilson and officials from the Fuel Food Railroad administrations and the War Industries board.
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Washington
United States
The
Food Administration
Wilson
Fuel, Food and Railroad Administrations
War Industries Board
Captain Stevens Sends Captured Souvenirs Home
Mrs. Frederick W. Stevens of Myrtle avenue receives relics from Captain I. W. Stevens serving with the American expeditionary forces behind advancing troops after the Marne. Items include a German cartridge belt helmet and gas mask. He notes a German officer praising American fighters and the Americans’ determined courage. Relics were taken from a wheat field where Germans lay slaughtered as retreating lines, with hospital surgeons allowed to collect souvenirs of victory.
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Frederick W. Stevens
Myrtle Avenue
I. W. Stevens
Marne
Stevens
Bridgeport
Germans Near Point of Revolution In Drive to Rhine Front
Paris reports the front north of the Aisne is reoccupied with Ham and Chauny captured. American advances near Villers en Prayes and Revillon. French reach ten kilometers east of the Canal du Nord. front restored north of the Aisne as British gains shift toward Lanchy and Chauny. British HQ notes pamphlets urging pacifism among Bavarians and a few tactical actions near Peronne.
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Ypres
Rheims
St. Quentin
Petit Baiisis
Coucy
Hindenburg Line
Aisne
Paris
Ham
Chauny
War Office
Villers En Prayeres
Revillon
Canal du Nord
Somme
Ailette
Chauncy
Canal di Nord
Lanchy
Pene St. Christophe
Estouilly
Brouchy
Villseive
Agny le Gay
Loureuil
Bassee
Petit Barisis
Fresne
Quincy Bassee
Lisieres
Vauxaillon
Laffaux
Vils
Jersen Prayeres
Peronne
London
Feronne
Monehy Lagache
Vraignes
Tincourt
Kcm
Pesrolie
Monehy Lagathe
Eight O Clock Limit on Liquor Use Outside City
A resolution allows outside consumption of non intoxicating beverages after a stated hour beginning Monday. Adopted by Bridgeport, Best, Wilne and Gigguor dealers with about 100 present. The plan was discussed with New England army and navy training camp district supervisors who urged universal adoption by all associations and members.
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Bridgeport Best
Wilne
Gigguor
Army and Navy
New England
Thomas Flynn
Bridgeport Association
Liquor Dealers Association
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Maine
Kronprinzessin
Cecile
Cherbourg
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Filion
Germany
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Sher
Boston
Idoxd Line
Shipping Board
Tha Omery Fingliv
Earre Armerican
Linee
Casino
Captain Stevens
New Front
52Nd Division
Ta 7Th Pioneer
42D
Taudendorff
Rhine
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