Reclassification For Railway Men Now in Class 1A
Draft boards asked to reopen all cases where skilled railroad workers were in class one and reassess exemption eligibility. The railroad administration lists essential occupations including machinists, blacksmiths, boilermakers, smiths, pipe fitters, yard masters, dispatchers, telegraphers, engineers, conductors, brake and section foremen, clerks, and other rail labor roles for special consideration.
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Washington
Crowder
Railroad Administration
Baby Falls Two Stories and Escapes Injury
Mary Kelder aged two narrowly escaped serious injury after falling from a second story porch at 428 Bond Street. She was rushed to Bridgeport Hospital where authorities said she sustained a forehead contusion and skull fracture was ruled out.
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Mary Kelder
Bond Street
Bridgeport
Harry Weis
Deserter Victor Lakewitz Arrested in City Patrol
Victor Lakewitz aged 27 of 163 Hallett Street was arrested yesterday morning by Patrolman Arnoldsky after allegedly dodging draft calls for weeks and declaring he would not go to war. He will be arraigned in City Court this morning.
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Chisko
Pasquale Chisko
Wilmot Avenue
Wilder
Victor Lakewitz
Hallett Street
Arnoldsky
Lakewitz
Apple and pear picking gear with prices listed
Get a step ladder and basket to pick apples and pears. Use a pole and picker for taller trees. Prices shown include baskets at 20 cents, pickers at 40 and 50 cents, and a six foot step ladder at 3 dollars 90 cents.
Theatres Herald Coming Day of New Registration
Theatres Herald reports a government led effort to register all men on Thursday under new draft rules. Public slides in Poli's theatre drew tumultuous applause while Four Minute men distribute 39000 circulars and campaign in theatres and churches to ensure no one misses registration.
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Japan
Poli's
Wir Bureau
William Vy, Dea
Coming Draft Questionnaire Seen as More Complete
The article outlines new draft registration procedures with a sharper War Department questionnaire. It notes boards, the War Bureau, and justice officials prepare for next Thursday’s registration of men of eligible ages. The form targets evaders and educates on strict data requirements, including dependencies and inmate registrations.
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War Bureau
Department of Justice
War Department
Improvement Association Elects New Officers
At the Black Rock Village Improvement meeting Fred W. Hallam was elected president to replace Clarence Eddy. John Lucas was chosen vice president. Twenty five of forty six members attended. Sewer plans for Harbor View and Midland streets were praised by Chairman Kew as nearing completion. A fire hydrant project on Wilson street and a delayed Midland street fire alarm box were discussed. Headquarters move to Lucas factory at 8 Fox street. October 14 meeting to feature Aldermen Ready and Lewis.
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Black Rock
Wilson Street
Midland Street
Lucas Factory
Fox Street
John Ready
Henry A. Lewis
Volunteer Firefighters Save Southport Home
Firemen from Westport and Southport answered a 3 am alarm to save John Barlow’s Buckley avenue house as a barn nearby burned, burning down the barn and causing about 1500 dollars in losses including 33 chickens, furniture, and feed.
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Southporit
Sperial
Westport
Southport
John Barlow
Buckley Avenue
Pershing Communique Reports Quiet Sector Actions
General Pershing's Sunday communique states that aside from patrol encounters and heavy artillery fighting south of the Aisne there is nothing to report from the sectors occupied by American troops.
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Pershing
Washington
Aisne
Remington Arms Man Now Ready to Fight
Private Clinton Braunfeldt of Bridgeport has joined Company B 304th Infantry American Expeditionary Forces after entering the army last fall at Camp Devens. Formerly employed at the Remington Arms Plant he writes to John Braham praising the food and enjoyment of military life.
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Clinton Braunfeldt
Bridgeport
Dever Street
Duanlury
304Th Infantry
G Braunfeldt
Camp Devens
Tie
Remington Arms Plant
John Braham
Bell Street
Organize Industry Like Labor for Postwar Market Growth
Charles A Otis chief of the War Industries board urged Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce members to organize industries as labor is organized to strengthen postwar business. He noted Germany’s prewar efficiency and stressed conserving materials, assigning factories to essential work, and planning for after the war with a national board of business leaders studying Allied practices.
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Mr. Otis
Bridgeport
New Haven
Gradford D. Pierce, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
War Industries Board
Germany
Otis
England
Pier
Washington
Bradford Pierce
Market Fresh Finds Include Cantaloupes and Grapes
Markets report strong supply with cantaloupes and grapes among best buys. Prices span from 11 to 16 cents for cantaloupes and 7 to 8 1/2 cents per pound for California grapes. Crates 2.50 to 3.50, various fruits from New Jersey to New Mexico arrive, while canning pears and jelly apples prompt early orders.
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Marmer
Walleet
Bridgeport
Ptay
Lone Island
New Jersey
Delawre
Colorado
New Mexico
Imelow
Bartlett
South America
Lima
California
Boston
Connecticut Valley
California Valley
Fancy
Jersey
Ridgefield Road Report and Borough Board Actions
Ridgefield selectmen issue a condensed report detailing road improvements over the year including widening, graveling, drainage, and several bridge and culvert projects. The warden and burgesses met to approve bills and discuss village improvements, garbage disposal regulations, and a request for municipal action to address refuse handling and health concerns.
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Ridgefield
Board of Selectmen
Titicus
Telford
Mt. Tietvanonts
Scotland
Power House
West Mountain
Joseph Corron
Holmes
Monithly
Istram Davis
Charles & Sh. Michael McGlynn
WO. Wilson
T. P. Crouchiey
TR. A. Cishorn
S. S
A. Tasst
Butresses
U. S
Rottenest gas needed to conquer Germans speech at Park theatre
Corporal Mouvet of the Belgian army spoke to a capacity audience about life at the front and heroic Belgian and French women. He urged destroying Germany by invading its homeland, saying peace comes only after the foe is driven back. Bullard Tool Company employees funded the theatre event with donated tickets. The film showed overseas army organization and American troops in French towns, with scenes of military life. Evening shows and matinees planned.
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Inele Sam
Oscar Aton- Vet
Legion Etringere
Park Theatre
America
Mouvet
Belgium
France
Island
Efe
Bergan
Germany
Mouivet
Bullard
Clever Girl Dips Practice On East Side Merchants
Two 15 year old girls are in custody after rolling three East Side merchants for a total of 48 dollars. Detective Sergeant George N. Simmons led the arrest as officers say the duo posed as customers, distracting merchants while one girl pocketed cash. The pair allegedly succeeded three times before capture and will be arraigned in juvenile court this morning.
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East Side
George N. Simmons
Open Night Schools Earlier This Session
The Board of Education voted to open night school two weeks earlier and close two weeks earlier this winter due to strong interest in the program. A War bureau effort will try to attract non English speaking residents to learn English. Warden Davis urged action on a local matter and formed a committee of burgesses to report next meeting. Ridgefield hosts a charity play September 17 at town hall to benefit the platoon and the Red Cross.
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Wight School
Board of Education
War Bureau
Warden Davis
Ridgefield
Ridgefeld Town Hall
Arbseelock
Dunbury and Bethal Pramatie Club
Fnear Red Cross
One Fatality in Turnpike Crash in Milford
A crash on the Isvidgepoort turnpike in Milford at 8 20 yesterday morning left William Allen a civil engineer from New York City fatally injured while en route to Bridgeport hospital. His son Everett W Allen a naval base seaman and his relatives survived major injuries. Mrs Gertrude Allen and Esmond Allen are among those hurt. Police say no arrests were made and the three injured are expected to recover.
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Isvidgepoort
Milford
William Allen
New York City
Pond Point
Trumbull Beach
Bridgeport Hospital
Gertrude Allen
Seaman Everett W. Allen
Black Rock Naval Base
Esmond Allen
Douglas
Bridgeport
Bayonet From Seicheprey Delivered by Parcel Post
Greene receives a trophy of American valor a boche bayonet captured at Seicheprey by William J. Griffin assistant efficiency engineer of Blumenthal Mills Shelton. The blade bears combat marks with a life on guard visible on the edge. Griffin notes the capture followed a struggle but full details are pending. The bayonet arrived by parcel post.
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Greene
France
Seichéprey
William J. Griffin
Blumenthal Mills
Shelton
Griffin
Charles F. Greene
Washington
Seickeprey
Cigarmakers Granted New 10 Per Cent Raise
Bridgeport cigarmakers win a further 10 percent raise across all cigar grades marking the second increase in under six months and aligning wages with New Haven and nearby cities where makers earn 10 percent more. Retail price impact remains uncertain.
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Bridgeport
New Haven
May Cut Down Mail Deliveries in Bridgeport
Bridgeport will see reduced mail deliveries as the post offices in Bridgeport and nearby cities adjust routes and workload. The changes follow widespread personnel shifts since the war began, including clerks and carriers entering munitions work and about 40 entering military service.
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Bridgeport
New Haven
Germany
Ruth Chandler Enlists in Nurse Reserve
Harttorn Sept 9 Miss Ruth Chandler Vassar 718 of Rocky Eitl has received orders to report at Camp Lee Petersburg Va in the first week of October She has enrolled in the United States nurse reserve corps She is the daughter of Compensation Commissioner George J Chandler.
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Harttornd
Ruth Chandler
Vassar
Rocky Eitl
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Chandler
United States Nurse Reserve Corps
George J. Chandler
Clemenceau and Albert Visit Devastated Land
Premier Clemenceau and General Mordsey toured the Belgian front and devastated Kemmel region, meeting Belgian King and Queen at luncheon. They viewed Armentieres burning from a vantage point near Lille, then visited Noyon Chauny Coucy and Soissons. Wounded deputies Dumesnil and Terry were treated nearby. Dumesnil received the Cross of the Legion of Honor and Terry was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
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Kemmel
Bailleul Tao Neuveglise
Armentierely
Lille
Clemen
Noyon
Chauny
Coucy Te Chateau
Soissons
Abel Ferry
Gasto Dumesnil
Chamber of Deputies
Dumesnil
Segor of Honor
Terry
Legi
Veteran of Scots Speaks At Remington Tonight
A Scots veteran from Belgium and France, Tames Gallati, regarded as the most vivid speaker to visit Bridgeport, speaks tonight in Department L-2 at the Remington Arms and Ammunition plant as the department unveils a new American figure. He recounts bombardment, shell shock, and trench atmosphere, having been wounded, gassed, paralyzed, and buried three days in a dug-out, sharing experiences with inmates who did not survive. He travels next to Wilton, Stratford, and other venues under the War bureau.
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Tames Gallati
Belgium
France
Bridgeport
Hastie
Department L-2
Remington Arms and Anminition Company
Sud Mide
Gellatti
War Bureau
Wilton
Man Steals Auto Turns Jitney Then Sells It in Stratford
Howard Carroll of 957 Central Avenue was arrested by Stratford police after allegedly stealing a Ford from Housatonic Shipbuilding plant in Stratford on Junge 24 and using the car as a jitney for more than a month before selling it. The vehicle belonged to Cornwall Hoag of 350 East Avenue. Carroll is held for Stratford town court tomorrow night.
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Ford
Housatonit Shipbuilding Company
Stratford
Howard Carroll
Central Avenas
Carroll
Cornwall Hoag
East Avenue
Ingersoll to Visit Bridgeport for Four Minute Men Meet
William H. Ingersoll national director of the Four Minute Men is expected soon to visit Bridgeport. William V. Tee announced plans to host the new head of the organization for the state Four Minute Men convention slated to be held in Bridgeport on October 21.
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William H. Ingersoll
Four Minute Men
Committee of Public Information
Bridgeport
William V. Tee
Convention of State
Arrest in East Haven for license and registration violations
Ragali of 235 Spruce street was arrested in East Haven Sunday for violation of automobile laws. Police held six others for failing to hire drivers licenses or owe registrations. About 4000 to 7000 cars passed through East Haven Sunday, many heading to the Lebanon patriotic celebration.
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D & jRagali
Spruce Street
East Haven
Tis
Lebanon
An Unfailing Way To Banish Hairs
An advertisement promises a home hair removal method using a small package of delatone mixed with water to form a paste. Applied to the hairy area, it should work in minutes, leaving skin hair-free with no harm claimed, but cautions to buy genuine delatone.
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Cron
Delatane
Admiral Beatty Sends Lafayette Day Greetings
New York dispatch reports the Lafayette Day national committee received a delayed cable from Admiral David Beatty of the British Grand Fleet. The message expresses pride in the close alliance between the American and British fleets and the shared spirit of justice and right as the world looks toward peace.
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New York
Fayette Day National Committee
David Beatty
Grand Fleet
Fines for Autoists With Invalid Licenses Awarded
Three automobilists arrested Sunday for failing to produce driver licenses or car registration certificates received light fines. Charles P. Stathamer of Brooklyn, N.Y., was in on a $160 bond while Lowell Gardner of William Street and Cristono Ding of 322 Stratford Avenue each paid $36 fines.
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Yestersyday
Charles P Tatthaer
Brooklyn
Lowell Gardner
William Street
How to Get Rid of Rheumatism Fruit Liver Tablets Ad
A vintage advertisement claims Fruit-a-tives Fruit Liver Tablets cured rheumatism and severe side and back pain after heavy lifting. It quotes a customer’s praise, offers 50 cents a box, six for 2.50, and 25 cents trial, with ordering details to Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg New York.
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Sam
Lampso
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdenssurg
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