Army transport brings back 11 from 302nd corps
Eleven soldiers including five women Red Cross workers and five nurses return from France aboard a transport with 17 officers and 253 enlisted men. The vessel carried LT Viner who commanded in action at St Mihiel and the Argonne. Tanks and a large supply of French guns are among the recovered gear. Other transports due to dock include the Arizonian with 2,629 men and the B Lackenbach, Wilhelmina, Roma, and El Oriente with crews ranging from 65 to 2,281 men.
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Red Cross
France
Arizonian
Bordeaux
Eas
Bush Terminal
Crooklyn
B. A .Lackenbach
Wilhelmina
Roma
Marseilles
el Oriente
Red Cross Mission Details Polish Distress Tour
American Red Cross reporters describe dire conditions in eastern and southeastern Poland after a 1 day inspection trip covering 1500 miles in 20 cities. Typhus and smallpox fevers ravage towns as peasants starve, relying on improvised bread from potato peels. Pinsk shows sharp declines from 50 000 to 25 000 residents with 500 typhus cases.
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American Red Cross
Washington
Poland
Warsaw
Red Cross
Pinsk
Launching At Stratford Fourth 8,500 Ton Steamer
April 3 Stratford reports the 8,500 ton wooden cargo steamer Isto was completed at Housatonic Building Co yard and launched this afternoon. Mrs. John Hammann, resident manager, presided over an informal ceremony. Two ships remain on the ways and will be launched within a month. No keel has been laid for any of the empty ways, and work is expected to end at this yard.
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Stratford
Ord
Isto
Housatonica Building Co
John Hammann
Four Miller Brothers Grows Wealth From Middletown Farm
Darius Miller, one of four brothers who built fortunes in Connecticut, died at 89 in New Britain. Their father split a Middletown farm in 1860 giving each son $700, launching four men who all became millionaires.
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New Britain
Darius Miller
Connecticut
Middletown
Diamond Queen at Hotel Taft in New Haven
Mrs Celia Hermione Wallace widow of John S Wallace once the Chicago socialite known as the Diamond Queen has moved from West Haven to the Taft Hotel amid a board bill suit by Edward and Laity. She contends she repaid them with nursing and remains injured from a recent automobile accident.
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New Haven
Celia Hermione Wallace
Johns. Wallace
Chicago
West Haven
Taft Hotel
Edward Laity
Wallace
Lallys
Makes Odd Booze Pledge in Marietta Farm Band
Jap Davis from Crawford pledges to stay on the farm on or after May 27 the first dry day. He faces a suspended $10 fine and possible jail time if he breaks the pledge.
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Marietta
Ohio
Jap Davis
Crawford
Steel Prices Stand Declared Final by Industrial Board
Washington reports that steel price levels set by the industrial board will not be revisited. Secretary Glass and Chairman Peek clarified a misimpression that prices would reopen, saying only a later discussion is planned. rails may still see lower prices amid Railway Director Hines’s rejection of the board’s schedule.
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Washington
Industrial Board
George N. Peek
Pesk
Railway Administration
Glass
Peek
Railways
Hines
Documents in Fryatt Case Forwarded for Confirmation
All documents in the Fryatt case, involving Captain Fryatt commander of a British merchant ship executed by German naval authorities in Belgium, are being sent to England for confirmation of the verdict, according to Berlin. Fryatt was condemned for refusing to surrender to a German submarine after an accusation he attempted to ram the submarine.
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Fryatt
Amsterdam
Belgium
England
Berlin
Bryatt
Arctic Explorer F. O. Hannah Dies in Atlanta
F O Hannah aged 61 died in Atlanta of paralysis. He was one of seven survivors of the 1881 83 Greeley Arctic expedition and had lived in Atlanta since 1901. He served much of his career on the police force with an excellent record.
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Atlanta
F. O. Hannah
Philippines Seek Self-Determination Message to War Secretary
Philippine mission arrived in Washington to present resolutions from both houses of the Philippine legislature asking self-determination for the islands. Led by Manuel L. Quezon, the delegation includes senators and political leaders. Quezon declared independence would be the nation’s birthright and believed America would be seen as liberator if granted independence.
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Washington
Philippine Mission
Baker
Manuel L. Quezon
Philipines
Congress
Wrilson
France
Quezon
America
Cummings Criticizes Brandegee McLean Attacks on League
Homer S. Cummings, Democratic National Committee chairman, condemned United States Senators Brandegee and McLean for their attacks on the league of nations at a Hartford dinner. He called McLean’s attitude self destructive, with David E. FitzGerald and Thomas J. Spelley among speakers at the event.
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Brandagee
McLean
League
Hartford
United States
Frank B. Brandegee
George B. McClean
Connecticut
League of Nations
Homer
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Sen. McLean
David E. FitzGerald
Democratic State Central Committee
Thomas
British Peace Army reorganization announced by Churchill
London April 3 Col Winston Churchill secretary of war announced that British territorial forces would be reorganized into fourteen divisions with fourteen mounted brigades. The new territorial force should not be liable to serve overseas unless emergency warrants conscription. Coroner Eli Mix in Meriden reports two deaths. Harold Brookman, 14, killed by a motor truck. Frank Ryan, 19, fatally injured after falling down an elevator shaft. elevator cage misalignment allowed it to ascend unexpectedly.
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Churchill
London
British Wireless
Winston Churchill
Army of Occupation
Mix
Meriden
Eli Mix
New Haven
Harold Brookman
Adolph Boehle
Frank Ryan
Bridgeport
Theodore M. Byxbee
Ryan
Man Recalls Spring Illness and Influenza Fear
A. A. McNeese of High Point Ga recounts a severe cold last spring, fearing influenza. He attributes rapid relief to Foley's Honey and Tar Compound after trying many medicines and using seven bottles, noting the cough with phlegm subsided and crediting the remedy for preventing flu. Checks coughs colds croup and whooping cough and is sold everywhere.
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A. A. McNeese
High Point
Foley
New Armories Favored in Connecticut Plan
Hartford April 3 The committee on military affairs proposes state armories in six towns with 820000 total appropriations. Waterbury 300000 Saybrook 60000 Wallingford 100000 New Britain 150000 Stonington 60000 Ansonia 150000. Sites must be provided by municipalities and state starts after site approval. Waterbury may reuse an old armory valued 50000. Flu epidemic hits Stockholm, officials report.
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Hartford
New State
Connecticut
Committee On
Waterbury
Saybrook
Wallingford
Min Cletown
Stonington
Ansonia
Happenings in This Vicinity 25 Years Ago
A 1891 item notes prices for eggs and local topics in Portland and nearby towns. Quarry workers seek reemployment, gun club plans pheasant breeding, baseball clubs gear up for the season, fishing on Johnson Lane property forbidden, Shailer & Kelsey dissolve partnership with Andy R. Shailer taking over. Middlesex rail line moves to electric motive power. Berlin Iron Bridge Co. extends to 10 hours daily with no wage rise. Fred Hubbard catches 10 large trout. reunion of the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery set for June 13. Foster Brothers build a new house on Apple Street. Rufus Tourtelotte home burgled. Mrs. Ira Gardiner dies aged 83.
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Portland
Portland Gun Club
Johnson Lane Farmer’s Association
Shailer
East Berlin
Connecticut Heavy Artillery
Foster Brothers
Apple Street
South Farms
Rufus Tourtelotte
Spring Street
Ira Gardiner
Clarence E. Atkins
Old Folks Take New Lease on Life
A persuasive advertisement extols Phosphated Iron as a nerve tonic and vitality booster for the elderly. It claims hundreds regain strength and color, urging readers to seek the genuine capsule form sold by Hartman Drug Co and leading druggists.
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Yous
Easter Suit or Cape Coat Order Now
A brisk call to action urges readers to place orders for Easter attire this week to avoid the Easter rush. It promotes suits capes and coats and emphasizes immediate action.
Separate Dress Skirts in Silk Poplin with Pockets
Advertises high lustre silk poplin skirts with wide belts and real pockets in black navy Copenhagen rose grey purple and tan priced at 5 dollars.
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Copenhagen
Silk Jersey Petticoats and Tops in Various Flounces
All Silk Jersey Petticoats with novelty flounce priced at 5.00. Jersey Top Petticoats with Taffeta Flounce also 5.00. Silk Flounce on Heatherbloom Tops. Regular sizes 2.98. 54 inch hip 3.50. 60 inch hip 3.98.
New Spring Knitted Sweaters Arrive In Bright Colors
Retail display promotes women and misses coats in eight spring colors with new collars and sashes priced at 12.50. Children’s slip ons offered in blouse styles at 2.00 each.
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Taft
Philippines
Mission From
Islands
British Peace Army
Assembly
Stockholm
State Department
Jemima
Teco
Special FBI
Ceylon
Formoga
Japan
Orange
Pekce
A. m. Bidwell
Bidwell & Lynch, Successors
Main St
CEY
Middletown Gas Co
Ft. “W
Barry
Brainard & Logan
Middletown, Conn
McKee
Geo. W. Burke, M. D
Brunswick
Siegel
Iece
Arante
A. L. Southmayd
Mer
Arthur B. Jenking
U. S
Room
Mutual Bullying
Conn
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