Allies claim sweeping German defeats in seven days
London reports the past week as the most amazing of the war with allies advancing on nearly every front. Prisoners exceed 100,000, including 40,000 in the west and 50,000 in Palestine, along with more than 960 guns. Cambrai falls under British guns as Hindenburg line is pierced. Gouzeaucourt and Marcoing seize. A new offensive opens in Flanders with Belgian and British forces taking Poelcapelle and much of the Houthulst forest.
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Macedonia
Palestine
London
West Front
Douglas Flaig
Cambrai
Gouzeaucourt
Marcoing
Flanders
Ypres
Dixmude
Poelcapelle
Houthulst
Albert Exhorts Forces to Gain Channel Ports
King Albert urged Belgian, French, and British troops to strike at the Belgian coast. Belgian victories reported at Zerrem, Stadiunberg, Passchendaele, Moorslede, and parts of Westroosebeke as troops pressed toward Routers. More than 3,590 prisoners and extensive war matériel captured. artillery and machine guns seized amid Allied advance.
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Albert
London
Zerrem
Zarren
Stadiunberg
Passchendaele
Moorslede
Westroosebeke
Haumeéros
Wavee
France
Dormutuy
Belgium
Outposts of Haig Forces Entering Cambrai
London dispatch reports the Sixty third Naval division reaching the southern outskirts of Cambrai while Canadians occupy the northwest outskirts. Paris notes rising central powers unease over Bulgaria with Todoroff urged to side with Berlin amid possible Austrian retreat in Albania. German forces retreat in Roumania rumors of Romanian revolt and swift removal of archives by German authorities cited.
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Haig
Cambrai
Balkan
London
Paris
Germany
Austria
Todoroff
Vienna
Bulgaria
Albania
Roumania
Switzerland
Yanks in Victorious Smash At St Quentin Front
American troops from New York Tennessee and Carolinas fought along a fifty mile front from Arras to La Fere. They stormed the Hindenburg line on a three mile front capturing Bellicourt and Nouroy crossing the Cambrai canal. British forces pushed the Scheldt defences and gained the hills beyond taking many prisoners while Cambrai remained a focal point. French attacked Chemin des Dames advancing two miles and seizing the ridge summit. Belgians and British captured Dixmude near Niedport enhancing proximity to Ypre and potential effect on German submarine bases. Haig reports a dawn battle development with further details on page nine.
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Associated Press
New York
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Arras
la Fere
Hindenburg
Bellicourt
Nouroy
Cambrai Canal
Scheldt Canal
Cambrai
St. Quentin
la Feve
Cheminies Dames
Belgium
Dixmude
North Sea
Niedport
Thene
Ypre
Dixmuide
Haig
London
Tenessee
Nau
Bridgeport Population Decline Shown in 1918 Directory
City directory data reveal Bridgeport’s population at 183,037 in 1918, a drop of 1,470 from prior year, with 58 percent of residents moving, 10,500 leaving and 8,000 joining the armed forces. Eighty percent of 1917’s gains erased as 15,660 names added previously vanish in this issue. Continued on page two.
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Bridgeport
Price & Lee Company
New Haven Dining Car Staff Held for Fraud
Thirty two New York to Boston dining car staff including stewards waiters and chefs were arrested in Bridgeport charged with conspiracy to defraud the U S government. Authorities say they used counterfeit dining car meal checks to skim about 20 dollars last year by shortchanging meals and portions. The arrests shocked railroad circles where the system was considered secure. Justice Department agents demonstrated the scheme to show how it operated.
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New Haven
New York
Boston
United States
Bridgeport
Department of Justice
Nurse in Training Dies of Pneumonia Attack
Catherine Mullaly, training nurse at Bridgeport Hospital, died yesterday morning from pneumonia after a three day illness that began with bronchitis. Her home was 21 Catherine Street, Waterbury.
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Catherine Maulinly
Bridgeport Hospital
Mullaly
Catherine Street
Walerbury
Salaried Workers Excluded From Eidlitz Award Ruling
The War Labor Board declares salaried employees are barred from benefits under the award and orders retroactive payments by October 1 except where detailed work is impossible. Machinists are to keep the same status as when they struck and were reinstated by presidential orders. Winter's September 27 promulgation adjusts key disputed points raised by strikers.
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War Labor Board
Mr. Winter
United States
Winter
Amsterdax Bombardment Reports Unnerving Siege
A Rhine Westphalian report says Amsteen bombardment of the fortress of Betty rattles German morale. Correspondent notes shells dropping around Melxis outskirts between September 2 and 26, with some casualties but limited property damage as residents flee the city.
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Amsterdax
Betty
Atel
Melxis
Minnesota Battleship Strikes Mine Off Delaware Breakwater
The battleship Minnesota struck a mine early today off the Delaware Breakwater. There were no casualties and the ship is moving to an Atlantic port under her own power. The navy says the mine origin is unknown but suspected German.
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Navy Department
Washington
Minnesota
Delaware
Atlantic
Department
Tarbert L. Pratt
Joble
Asgisanes
Newport News
Chicken theft alarm at Pennsylvania avenue coop
Lamhes Fenske reports a chicken theft on his Pennsylvania avenue property. He awoke to find a chicken missing from his coop and told the detective bureau. Authorities investigate and suspect a local theft with possible arrests pending.
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Lamhes Fenske
Get Pontisyvania Avenue
One third of saloons may shut with prohibition looming
County Commissioner Henry Crawford warns that about one third of Faineid county liquor dealers will close when nationwide prohibition begins. He notes 327 city licenses and says many small dealers cannot afford 750 for a full year license, creating a likely drop in saloons by December 1 as renewals come in.
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Faineid County
Henry Crawford
Pope to Elevate Archbishop Ireland Cardinal
Vatican announces Pope Benedict planned to make Archbishop Ireland of St Paul a cardinal at the next consistory after Cardinal Warley of New York died. Death of the archbishop delayed the action. Cardinal Gasparri sent condolences to Rev James Byrne of St Paul, praising the archbishop as a distinguished American church figure.
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Rosle
Vatican
Cardinal Warley
New York
Pope Benedict
Ireland
St Paul
Cardinal Gasparri
Treland
James Byrne
St. Pau
America
Armistice Talks Debated by Bulgarian Delegates at Saloniki
Bulgarian delegates General Lonkoff M Liapcheff and M Radeff arrived in Saloniki to discuss armistice and peace terms with allied governments. Crown Council met in Vienna to examine foreign situation including Bulgaria. British and American forces attack near St Quentin and Cambrai with heavy prisoner gains. Americans advance on the Champs Elysees front near Romagne.
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Paris
Saloniki
Lonkoff
M. Liapcheff
M. Radeff
Crown Council
Amsterdam
Emmeroar Charles
Vienna
Berlin
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Verdun
Cas
Weather Reporpe
New England
Low Witer
Wield Marstab Haig
N. Y
U. S. S. Minnesota
Eidlitz
METZ
Sofia
Uskub
Tiskub
Veles
Plachko
Modiana
Rome
Khrushev
Monastir
Quentin
Scarpe
Sailly
Champs
Pizne
Brieuls
Jes Sur Meuse
Romagne
Rommgne
Field Marshal Haig
J Headquarters
Scheldt
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