War Situation Turns More Favorable In France and Belgium
French artillery halted a heavy bombardment east of Amiens destroying German emplacements. French prisoners reach 650, including 20 officers, as they press offensives in the Picardy and Flanders fronts. Italian troops will join the western front, expanding Allied forces to ten nationalities. The Germans suffer repeated repulses at Kemmel and in Givenchy as Foch tightens the line amid a ten-day Flemish battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerett Ace
Amiens
Gastel-Mailly-Raneval
Bezonvaux
Verdun Front
Frank Chariton
Kemmel
Messines Bridge
Belgium
Givenchy
LaBassee Canal
Flanders
Picardy
Themmes-Mailly-Raineval
Washington
France
Foch
Marines to Increase Strength to 75,500 Men
Washington reports the marine corps will be boosted from 30,000 to 75,500 under a naval bill amendment. Secretary of the Navy cites a new major-general for a France deployment and plans to send up to 50,000 Marines to the front, with the rest in reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marine Corps
Naval Affairs Committee
Treepsin
Secretary of the Navy
Ers
Padgett
France
Fire at Dixwell drug store in New Haven destroys stock
Four families were forced to flee their homes as a fire gutted the T Hull drug store on Dixwell Avenue in New Haven. Estimated damage reached $10,000. The blaze started in the cellar among chemicals stored by the druggist and two alarms brought the fire department to the scene. Adjoining property was damaged but the fire was brought under control with difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Ted
T. Hull
Dixwell Avenue
Colonel Pope Ill in Hartford After Long Illness
Colonel George Pope former treasurer of Pope Manufacturing and president of the National Association of Manufacturers is critically ill at his Hartford home. He has been confined since last August and has had to abandon business ties for six months though recently he planned to visit his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Hartford
George Pope
Pope Manufacturing Com
National On of Manufacturers
Assistant Attorney General Resigns in Washington
Washington reports the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Jess Warren announced at the justice department. The move takes effect immediately with no reasons disclosed by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jes Warren
T of Justice
Italians Join Allied Reserve In France War Effort
Washington reports the Italian first line troops form part of the allied reserves at Versailles. Officials say numbers and deployment in France cannot yet be made public. Italy now provides manpower and, with supplies from the entente, will send regiments to aid French British and American forces reflecting unity among the four nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme War Council
Versailles
France
Italy
Orlando
Methodist Conference Votes Language Policy for Publications
The New York east conference of the Methodist Episcopal church voted to urge the Book Publishing Company to eliminate books printed in German and cut German language publications overall. District Superintendent Richardson cited favorable German‑leaning material and urged English services in missions. Bishop Wilson noted war news looked better, and new members Lester Schriver and Max Beyer joined the conference as 300 delegates gathered for the laymen’s association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
New York East
H. A. Batteys
Luther B. Wilson
America
Lester O. Schriver
Middlefield
Conn
Max H. Bey
New England Figures Show Liberty Loan Subscriptions
New England subscriptions to the Liberty loan reach 110,386,000 with a daily total of 10,177,000. Massachusetts leads with 67,787,000. Rhode Island and Connecticut exceed one million today at 1,057,000 and 1,747,000 respectively. Maine and New Hampshire show smaller totals as the regional effort continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Liberty Loan
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Wer
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vermont
Demand For Price Fixing In Congress Debate
Washington April 19 with Congress again focused on price fixing by the wheat fight a growing demand appeared today that the government fix prices on all primary commodities or abandon price fixing efforts. Half measures fixing wheat only had not achieved their purpose across parties agreed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Sons of Liberty to Meet at Pythian Building Friday
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty hold a regular meeting at the Pythian building this Friday evening with a degree team rehearsal and members sewing for the Red Cross after the meeting. Several names will be acted on. May 3 marks the lodge ninth anniversary with roll call class initiation and a Hoover luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Pythian Building
Red Cross
Democratic State Central Committee Meeting Called in New Haven
In New Haven, April 19 a call was issued for a Democratic State Central Committee meeting to be held in the city next Monday, April 22, by chairman David E. Pitsgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Committee
New Haven
Conn
Democratic State Central Committee
David E. Pitsgerald
Minnesota official calls for firing squads against traitors
Judge John F. McGee of the Minneapolis public safety panel told Congress that disloyalty in Minnesota requires drastic action. He urged firing squads for traitors or a Ku Klux Klan scale organization, and backed the Chamberlain bill to place the U S in a military zone with court martial for spies and disloyalists. He warned of German propaganda in Minnesota and German-owned stores opposing American businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Minneapolis
John F. McGee
Minneapolis Public Safety Commission
Congress
Ku Klux Klan
United States Senate
Judge McGee
Minnesota
Red Cross has no record of R. M. Wilcox death
National Red Cross telegram from Washington states no casualty report for Corporal Robert M. Wilcox of the American forces in France. The note follows a nurse’s claim that a death occurred on March 17 and a letter to his father, Ralph M. Wilcox, former city engineer, prompting ongoing inquiries with the war department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Red Cross
R. M. Wilcox
Red Cross
Washington
Robert M. Wilcox
France
Horace Wilcox
Ralph M. Wilcox
Wilcox
War Department
American Red Cross
Washington, D. C
T. M. Russell
Middletown
Conn
W. R. Castle, Jr
War Rally at Central Lodge Features Leonard Hough Talk
Lieutenant Leonard Hough spoke at the Central lodge of the O O F last night describing his six months serving in France as an ambulance wagon driver. The 19 year old presented a plain, vivid account without heroics, to an audience of about 150. After next Thursday’s third degree work, Dr. F E Potter of Portland will discuss Home Gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hough
Central Lodge
Leonard Hough
France
F. E. Potter
Portland
Holcomb Urges Support for Third Liberty Loan
Hartford April 19 Governor Marcus H Holcomb issues a proclamation urging Connecticut residents to share in the third liberty loan through savings and sacrifices to aid the war effort. He calls it the critical hour of the war and a time to gather courage to overcome obstacles.
Trolley Victim Dead in Derby Accident
Waterbury reports the third fatality from the Labor Day trolley crash in Derby as 17 year old Florence Keenan dies after weeks in Derby and local hospitals. Two Waterbury women who were returning from a shore holiday were killed instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Derby
Florence Keenan
Economy Drug Stores To Be Sold
Edward M. Yeomans a United States referee in bankruptcy ordered George L Rapport trustee of the bankrupt Economy New England Drug Company to sell its four stores at private sale before May 1. The stores are located in New Britain Middletown Bristol and New Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Economy Drug
Edward M. Yeomans
United States
Yeste
George L. Rapport
Economy New England Drug Company
New Britain
Middletown
Bristol
New Hartford
May Take Over Bosch Plant Report Stirring News
Washington April 19 Palmer custodian completes probe into Bosch Magneto company once labeled enemy owned. Indications point to government takeover of Bosch works in Springfield Massachusetts and Plainfield New Jersey with announcement expected tonight. Metal prices show lead steady to firm and spelter modest gains as market moves. W N McQueen visiting Pittsburg friends en route to Red Cross work in France next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosch
Washington
Palmer
Bosch Magneto Company
Springfield
Mass
Plainfield
N. J
New York
W. N. McQueen
Pittsburg
Red Cross
France
Schaefer's bakery items and local notices
City brief notes advertise Schaefer's cakes and coffee cakes every Saturday with mentions of Monte Carlo cake and rice bread. Fresh eggs and butter sales listed. General Mansfield Council O U A M meets tonight with degree work. Earl Sipers now in service has arrived in France. Connecticut division Sons of Veterans have donated between $2,000 and $3,000 for the ambulance fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Russe
Schaefer’s
Schaefer
Cone’s
Court St.s
General Mansfield Council
Earl Sipers
Caulkins & Post Company
France
Sons of Veterans of the Country
Connecticut
Alrready
Variety Revue Includes Wesleyan Prologue and War Songs
Prof. Oscar Kuhns of Wesleyan writes a patriotic prologue for a Middlesex theater Variety Revue to be staged next Wednesday and Thursday by the United Charities committee of Middletown. It features Miss Bessie Wilcox and Miss Katherine Bacon with Boy Scouts in tableaux, Hoover candies during intermission, ushers under Miss Elizabeth Wilcox, and about twenty Wesleyan undergraduates in four short plays. Local participants include Mrs. G. Tracy Hubbard and others. Proceeds benefit Day Nursery District Nurse association Middlesex Hospital Aid society and the Social Service League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Kuhns
Wesleyan
Middlesex Theater
United Charities Committee of
Middletown
Bessie Wilcox
Katherine Bacon
Boy Scouts
Hoover Candies
Samuel Russell
G. Tracy Hubbard
T. M. Russell
Pauline Wilcox
H. deMagnin
Geraldine King
F. D. Beattys
W. J. James
L. A. Howland
Anna Walter
Kent Hubbard
Harold Day
Day Nursery
District Nurse Association
Middlesex Hospital Aid Society
Social Service League
MISS RANKIN BARRED FROM DEER LODGE HALLS
Citizens in Deer Lodge Montana split into factions after Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin was barred from all local halls for alleged associations with the I W W and other radicals at Butte. She was to speak for the liberty loan but the meeting was canceled. Rankin did not attempt to speak in Deer Lodge while in Butte she spoke publicly after a hall denied her.
Swedish Lutheran Church Notes on a Sacred Concert
The concert at the Swedish Lutheran Church was a success artistically and financially with praise for the choir soloists and musicians. Sunday service at 10 30 features Rev A M Benander of Boston preaching while the pastor attends the New England conference in Springfield Mass. Officers elected at the conference include President Rev S G Hagglund of Providence R I and Vice President Rev H Jacobson of Boston with Secretary Rev B J Hulteen Hartford Conn. The treasurer position remained vacant when Rev Anderson left for home. This morning Rev and Mrs Anderson August Ahlberg and Mrs O Carl son and Miss Martha departed for Springfield for the conference meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swedish Lutheran Church Notes
A. M. Benander
Boston
Wal
Springfield
Mass
New England
S. G. Hagglund
Providence
R. I
H. Jacobson
B. J. Hulteen
Hartford
Conn
Anderson
Anfierson
August Ahlberg
O. Carlson
Martha
Lectures on Citizenship Postponed to Autumn
Mrs Nancy Schoonmaker of New York postpones lectures on citizenship in Middletown due to high interest. The Middletown Equal Franchise League says she will still address the regular monthly meeting on Wednesday May 8 on Citizenship and War. All women interested are invited. the meeting place will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Schoonmaker
New York
Middletown
Equal Franchise League
Liberty Loan Campaign Pressed Despite No Early Returns
Arthur L. Allin, chairman of the Liberty loan committee, said the campaign is being pressed vigorously with no returns since Tuesday night. Mrs. Robert H. Fife Jr., chairwoman of the women's committee, announced women have secured subscriptions to more than $90,000 worth of bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan Campaign
Arthur L. Allin
Liberty Loan Committee
Robert H. Fife, Jr
Women’s Committee
Hotel Men Meet Addresses Food Conservation Policies
Waterbury April 19 The Connecticut Hotel association held a meeting to decide on policies for food conservation to be observed in state hotels. State Food Administrator Robert W. Scoville spoke to the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Connesticut Hotel Association
Robert W. Scoville
Flood of probate court business unsettled in several estates
Guardian Ellen Mulcock files final account for Ellen Esther Mulcock. J Peters Pelton will admitted to probate with legacies to Indian Hill Cemetery association and Catherine Pelton, remainder split between wife Jean Pelton and son Henry Pelton. Numerous estate filings follow, including inventories, administrations, and tax matters across Middletown, Cromwell, and New Haven areas with multiple hearings set in 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Mulcock
Ellen Esther Mulcock
J. Peters Pelton
Indian Hill Cemetery Association
Catherine Pelton
Jean C. Pelton
Henry H. Pelton
Union and New Haven Trust
Sarah B. Bowers
Frank Bianchi
Gertrude
Lyman A. Mills
Rowland Mills
Union Pacific R. A. Co
Acheson
Topeka
Santa Fe
Middleton Savings Bary
Society For Savings
Hartford
Norwich Savings Society
New Haven Savings Bank
Ellen Long Cotter
Middletown
Eleanor Corbett
John Cotter
Annie Long
Margaret Murray
Elizabeth Corbett
Old Colony Trust Co
Boston
Mass
Margaret Sill Hubbard
George N. Hubbard
Joseph Jelinek
New York
Johanna Sullivan
Michael J. Sullivan
John W. Joy
Anna Hart
Carl F. Anderson
Ferdinand Hart
Thomas J. Atkins
Lucretia C. Gilbert
Lincoln
Hickmott
John Abel
Annie S. Walsted
Cromwell
Anastasia Kennedy
Roger Kennedy
Pleasing Cantata At Swedish Lutheran Church
Last night the sacred cantata Gethsemane to Calvary by the Swedish Lutheran church choir drew a large audience and was well received. Soloists included Miss Olga Olson, Miss Esther Closson, Herbert Hannon, and Oscar Olson with strong accompaniment by Oscar Grandstrand and Miss Anna Olson. Rev. Anderson gave an engaging address and the program closed with the Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary
Swedish Lutheran Church Choir
Olga Olson
Esther Closson
Herbert Hannon
Oscar Olson
Anderson
Oscar Grandstrand
Anna Olson
Gordons Specials For Saturday At Native Cuts Market
Gordon offers prime native steaks 30c shoulder 25c veal 25 30c Hamburg 20c corn beef 20 25c Quaker Oats 10c 3 for 25c corn flakes 10c 3 for 25c puffed rice and wheat 15c 2 for 25c pineapple 25c can fresh eggs 45c dozen contact Yale Gordon 64 Sumner St tel 579-2 adv
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon's
Hamburg
Yale Gordon
Sumner St
Closing Out Sale at 486 Main St
Stock of groceries olive oil wines and liquors will be sold at greatly reduced prices as business will be closed out. Sale starts Monday morning at 8 o clock and will continue until everything is sold. John Bozzi 486 Main St adv 224
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bozzi
St.-adv
Stock market opens strong amid broad speculative demand
The April 19 market report from Richter & Co Hartford notes a vigorous start with steel common up to 95 1 4 and marine preference ex dividend at 89 3 4. Anaconda gains to 64 5 8 and American Ice climbs to 26 1 4 as industrials show broad strength before profit taking trims gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Steel
Marine Preferred
Utah
Baldwin
Reading
Sinclair Oil
American
Texas Company
East Berlin notices and local updates prompt council actions
Residents report a busy period with a new road project from Berlin street to Berlin station under way and continued dog control concerns. Mr Quigley returns to Beckley while Mr McCorkle joins New Britain Machine Co. Local social events include a Guild of St Gabriel’s Church gathering and a dog warden request. Prices for lard and pantry staples are listed with seeds and tools for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Methodist East Conference
New Britain
Hunter
Hazardville
Berlin Street
Berlin Station
Guild of
St. Gabriel's Church
Robert Cole
High School Notes On Rehearsal and Dance
The orchestra will meet in the hall on Monday for rehearsal. The freshman dance in the assembly hall yesterday afternoon was a success. Misses Ladd Willis and Brazos acted as patronesses. Over eight dollars was cleared and five will be donated to the school library. The next war question test will come Thursday the 25th at the second lodge. Orders for the under class photographs close today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladd
Willis
Brazos
Gets Six Months for Kidding in Army Rejection Share
Waterbury April 19 Judge Larkin city court sentenced Joseph Dobrowskas to six months imprisonment for persistently kidding a friend about being rejected from the army and for unpatriotic remarks. The judge warned he would not be lenient with offenders in such offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Joseph Dobrowskas
Larkin
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound Restore Hair Color
An old time recipe popular in drug stores promises to restore natural color to faded or gray hair. The Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is described as a simple bottle to apply with a soft brush, renewing hair to a dark gloss after one or two uses, without claiming disease cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Russell Co Minstrels to Perform at Brown's Silk Mill
Preparations complete for a minstrel and dance show by five departments of Russell Co at Brown's Silk Mill on Thursday April 25. Funds raised will support the proposed firemen's head for the South Farms district. committee includes Krauth, Crowley, Bayley, Gray, Behrens, Russell, Marshall, Hendley, O'Brien, War. Program features an overture, Bones and Doherty performances, tambos, sentimental songs, and a chorus led by Krauth, Warmsley, and O’Brien amid a lively line of acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BROWN
Sell Mfg
B Mill
South Farms
Strel
John Krauth
Crowley
Thomas Bayley
Gray
William Behrens
Col
T. M. Russell
William Marshall
Hendley
John O’brien
Arthur Wart
Henry Kensel
Thomas Gray
George San
George Crowley
William Doh
Thomas GE Bones
William Doherty
Roy You
Tambos
John L
Entirepany
Bones
Doherty
Dixie
Darktown Strutters
John Warmel
James Sm
Sweetheart
Krauth
George C
John Long
John Warmsley
Smith
James O’brien
Michael Ko
John Smith
Young
William Coleman
James Ley
Clyde Bailey
Mattie Nolan
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Entente
Methodist Conference
Rev. Shriver
Judge OF Safety Commission
Dep’t OF Justice
Variety Revue
Miss Rankin
Mary L. Hine
Charles R. Hine
George
Charles
Mabel Newport
Torrington
Richter & Company
Bankers and Brokers
New York Stock Exchange
Central Row
AtGé&Twi
Alaska Gold
Amer Tel & Tel
Am Smelter
Am Car Foundry
At&s Fe
Balt & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel B
Butte & Sup
C&oo
Erie
Elec
Gt Northern
Interboro
Lehigh Valley
Kennecott
Miami Copper
National Lead
North Pacific
Utan Copper
Utah Copper
St Car
Penna
People’s Gas Repabr
Eckman
Mies
Eckmanni
Philadelphia
Russell CO. Minstrels
Foley
M. T. Davis
Bearsville
W. Va
Cati
Carr
O’callaghan
Rapallo
Rapallo Ave
Inquire
Ferry St
Palmer Bros, A
R. A. Pease & Sons
App Campbell
Richard Commerford
Main St
Kelly's
the Hartman
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