Massachusetts men honored with war decorations list
A wartime notice lists 122 American Army decorations awarded to Massachusetts men in France. Recipients include Main John B Des Valles and Joseph G Gannon among others, praised for bravery under fire, self sacrifice, and steadfast leadership during April maneuvers and attacks, with several wounded or killed in action.
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Bert Ford
France
Massachusetts
John B. Des Valles
Aplain Walton S. Danker
Nater
Enn
Particu
Joseph G. Gannon
Eniif
A. Hoyt
John B. Burgeois
John T. Courtney
Edward F. Fitzgerald
Ralph N. Dawas
Pril
S Econd
Allen K. Dexter
Glen Hill
Volunly
Nicholas Wasewich
Large Drafts of Men To Be Called Soon
Washington reports the War Department plans the largest drafts yet to mobilize the national army. A May call of about 300000 men and a June call near 200000 are expected, with later quotas adjusted to fit cannone and camp limits. Officers withheld comment pending official action by Baker and Crowder.
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Washington
National Army
War Department
Department
Baker
Crowder
Opera Stars Held Up by State Auto Inspectors
Enrico Caruso and Mme Luisa Tetrazzini were among hundreds of motorists stopped by Connecticut automobile inspectors and state police while traveling from Boston to New York. Both stars possessed proper credentials and were not fined. In total 121 arrests were recorded for violations of the state autos law.
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Caruso
Mme
Tetrazzini
Berlin
Hartford
Enrico Caruso
Luisa Tetrazzini
New York
Automobile Department
Boston
Conn
Yale Man Killed In England Air Accident
New Haven reports Second Lieutenant Wilson Marshall Jr. was killed in England in an aircraft accident. A Yale graduate from the class of 1920 and former Yale Record board member and Yale Dramatic association member, Marshall left Yale in January to pursue a flying career.
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Yale
New Haven
Wilson Marshall, Jr
England
Yale Record Board
Yale Dramatic Association
Marshall
School Employes Meet Forms State Group
Engineers and janitors of state schools who met in New Haven yesterday plan to form a state organization and will reconvene in a month with the aim of enrolling all school employes across the state.
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New Haven
Coronet of Valor: American Soldiers Brave in Grenade Action
The accounts praise American troops for steadfast courage under fire. Corporal Henry F. Caron is cited for passing his grenades to a comrade after being mortally wounded, urging continued action. Other citations emphasize relentless bravery as U S forces fought to defend positions.
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Henry F. Caron
Final terms with Holland coming
London reports Germany and Holland have not concluded talks on using Dutch railways for German materiel. Germany may pledge not to use sand and gravel for war, Holland may give up a commission over traffic. a settlement hinges on calmer Western front. Queen Wilhelmina reportedly sent a Kaiser's autograph letter. German papers claim favorable settlement.
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London
Germany
Holland
Hague
Limbourg
Wilhelmina
Baron Gevers
Berlin
Amsterdam
Berliner Tageblatt
Cologne
Geraioe
No Quarter for Germans by YMCA Worker Aboard Oronsa
London reports that YMCA workers aboard the torpedoed steamship Oronsa vow harsh treatment for any Germans they encounter. Samuel Downer, a former New Jersey railroad station master, recounted waking in his bunk as the vessel sank and said he was rescued in a lifeboat minutes before the ship went down, accompanied by his son.
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London
America
Samuel Downer
New Jersey
The
Chronicle
Oronsa
Downer
Southington man named state diary commissioner
Hartford April 30 Thomas Holt of Southington was today appointed state diary commissioner by Governor Holcomb for four years from May 1 1918. Holt had served as deputy commissioner for several years and succeeds Frank H Stadtmueller as commissioner.
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Hartford
Thomas Holt
Southington
Holcomb
Holt
Frank H. Stadtmueller
New Secretary for Ireland Assumes Post
London reports Edward Short M .P. has accepted the post of secretary for Ireland, succeeding H. E. Duke, per the Daily News today.
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Ireland
London
Edward Short
M. P
H. E. Duke
The
Daily News
58 Names on Today's War Casualty List
Washington April 30 58 American soldiers listed by the war department with 6 killed in action 2 died by accidents 6 by disease 5 severely wounded 42 slightly wounded and one missing in action Lieutenant John W Morris listed as prisoner in Germany and a cable error corrected for Thomas J previously reported dead.
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Washington
War Department
John W. Morris
Germany
Thomas J
Richard Laurence Jett
Herbert G. Raymond
Eldridge Cope
William W. Washington
Charles A. Humbers
Orris Pearl Mudgett
James Bates
Preston Noel
Clarence Everett Brown
Ray L. Sieber
Thomas J. Curtin
Gerald S. Patton
Michael F. Davis
Leonard F
Louis E. Shaver
Jeremiah F. Sheehan
Vaughn H. Silva
Charles Webb
Louis J. Wolfe
Philip Wright
Morton C. Higgins
Raymond C. Fisher
Arsene Bergeron
Jesse M. King
Edwin King offers 20 building lots for sale
Edwin King advertises twenty building lots in the Pameadha district for sale. The article also notes the World's Fair in Chicago opening this morning and reports a Colchester Canning Co stockholders meeting held earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin King
Pameadha District
Chicago
Colchester Canning Co
Autoist Fails To Appear In East Haven Court
John Charenecke of 290 Baldwin Street Waterbury was one of three autoists held in East Haven for speeding through the town. Charenecke failed to appear in town justice court as promised and Waterbury police were asked to notify him to appear or be arrested again.
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East Haven
John Chareneke
Baldwin Street
Waterbury
Chareneke
Scarlet fever toll rises at Fairfield County home
Norwalk April 30 The scarlet fever epidemic at the Fairfield County temporary home for children claims another life Albert Kouken 7. The total deaths reach three with twenty nine cases at the isolation hospital attached to the home, up two from yesterday.
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Norwalk
Fairfield County
Albert Kouken
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