Draft Bill Expands Age Range for Military Service
Senator Cham- Hee announced with War Baker and Rep Dent that the draft would extend to ages 18 through 45 in a new manpower bill. The plan calls for three classes 21 to 25 20 to 19 and 19 to 18 with such order, aiming to call younger men first and likely excluding those over 31 from fighting duty.
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Cham- Hee
Baker
Dent
House
Major Chamberlain
Star
Chamberlain
Senate
Aly
Mars
Crowid
Wilson
War Department
National Army
Waguard
Polic
Deaf mutes unsuited for aviators in U S tests
Washington reports that German propaganda claimed deaf mutes were valuable aviators due to lack of dizziness. Tests compared ten normal pilots and ten deaf mutes at Mineola Long Island show the deaf group could not judge ascent or descent when blindfolded. Air service says the results disprove the propaganda.
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Washington
Air Service
War Department
Mineola, L. I
FHREE SAILORS COMMENDED FOR PRESENCE OF MIND
Three American sailors were commended for presence of mind by Lee Daniels. Boatswain Mate Selmer Union City Mich and his gun crew aboard Argonaut after torpedoing June 5 kept their post awaiting rescue. Falls City Neb sailor jumped 4 at San Francisco and rescued a Japanese woman from drowning. Valdes San Bernardino Cal aided as another crew member saved a shipmate from drowning.
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Daniels
Navy
Washington
America
Lee Daniels
Selmer
Union City
Mich
Marine
Falls City
Neb
San Francisco
Valdes
San Bernardino
Cal
Miners Honored for Spirit in Mercer County
Secretary of Saker writes to Fuel Ad etrator Garfield thanking the 150 miners of Mercer County Pennsylvania for their work. He praises the spirit freed by government and pledges continued support, greeting the group with acknowledgement of their contributions.
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Nington
Saker Today
Garfield
Mercer County
American Casualties Grow as War Advancing
Washington reports 12,000 American casualties estimated in killed wounded and missing in the present great offensive on the western front. General Pershing informed Chief of Staff March, who told the new military affairs committee that weekly casualties have risen to about 20 in every 1,000 engaged. The army now exceeds 1,300,000 overseas. March noted no huge draft-age increase and called the western front situation most promising with allied gains and German morale shaken.
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Washington
Pershing
March
General March
Senator Chamberlain
General Staff
Baker
Allied Guns Together Paved Way for Scottish Advance
A Lord Denbigh letter in the London Daily Mail describes French American and British artillery firing in unison at the Marne region on July 29 aiding the Scottish assault near Buzancy south of Soissons. American batteries stayed on line to reinforce rolling barrage for the infantry advances.
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Marne
Buzancy
Soissons
Lord Denbigh
Paris
London Daily Mail
Mangin
Grady
Swiss accept American German Prisoner Conference
Washington reports the Swiss government accepted the American German prisoner conference. Switzerland will provide conference rooms in Berne in the latter part of August, and the Swiss president will open proceedings. The U S delegation is nearly formed, and the conference will address civilian and military prisoner matters.
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Washington
State Department
Berne
British airmen do much damage in raid on German aerodrome
London reports Aug 1 bombing by British airmen caused heavy destruction at a German aerodrome. Six hangars and sixteen machines burned, one plane blown apart, eleven enemy planes shot down and three driven down out of control. Night raids targeted railway lines and stations behind the front.
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London
Sub-Treasury Gains From Banks in Friday Transfer
New York Aug 3 The Sub-Treasury reports a Friday gain of 4 328 000 from banks as part of weekly public finance movements.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
Happenings in This Vicinity 25 Years Ago
A list of small-town events notes the new C H I building projected at 100000 dollars for 25 patients with four site options. A runaway injures John Rohan near Berkeley Divinity School. Edward F Como and Annie E Till announce a Hartford marriage. After this date marriage licenses cost one dollar. Local prices show eggs and dairy and a 17 pound blackfish caught by Hollister Gelston. Eighteen carloads of brownstone leave three Portland quarries. Cromwell firm goes half time. Community members report illnesses and vacations. travelers join G A R excursion and bluefishing trips to the Race.
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John Rohan
Staddle Hill
Washington Street
Berkeley Divinity School
Edward F. Como
Annie E. Till
Hartford
Choice
Hollister Gelston
East Haddam
Portland
N. E. Brownstone Co
Cromwell
Edward B. Smith
Nova Scotia
John M. Winterich
John C. Broatch
Mansfield Post
Pawson Park
F. J. Chaffee
Henry Rutty
Niantic
E. S. Miller
Ralph Stocking
Alice
Horace F. Boardman
Frank B. Weeks
Canada
Baseball to Close Sept 2
New York Aug 3. The pennant races and the world’s series will be decided today after an informal meeting of National League magnates. The season closes officially September 2 under war department orders. Most magnates want the world series played before that date, while draft laws threaten players if play continues after Labor Day. President Tener of the NL refused to attend the Cleveland commission meeting, making the action of the league and commission uncertain.
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New York
Cleveland
War Department
Washington
John K. Tener
National League
National Commission
Connecticut Patents in Official Gazette July 2 1918
Connecticut inventors granted patents listed by office of Arthur B Jenkins. Names include Abercrombie Bridgeport with Singer sewing machine, Barnard Bassick latch, Brenzinger sanitary can feed device in Ellsworth Maine, Dean Stamford magneto, Fish Stratford cutting tool, Gilbert New Haven toy building construction, Hanson Hartford computing machine, Horn Waterbury gearing unit, Johnson Hartford cadmium evolving process, Jones Bridgeport vehicle spring, Lewis Stratford spring-assembling mechanism, Lewis Yale & Towne lever-handle for safe-doors, O’Donnell Waterbury sash holder, Patten Torrington fishing rod, Peck Waterbury stranding machine, Pratt Bridgeport switch box and electrical receptacle, Pratt Waterbury butt hinge, Spear Groton hatch structure for electric boat, Stone New Britain padlock, Sutherland Plainville quick-break switch, Thomas Meriden button hole electric light, Warren New Britain safety razor, Wright Hartford dye ee ieee Gagnon bead chain, Hammond Bridgeport garter.
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Connecticut
United States Patent Office
Official
Arthur B. Jenkins
Connecticut Mutual
Main Street
Hartford
Conn
Charles M. Abercrombie
Bridgeport
Singer M’f’g. Co
Hemstitch
Charles S. Barnard
Bassick Co
Julius Brenzinger
Fairfield
Sanitary Can Machinery Company
Ellsworth
William W. Dean
Stamford
Splitdorf Electrical Co
Newark
N. J
Harryt Fish
Stratford
Ready Tool Co
Alfred C. Gilbert
A. C. Gilbert Co
New Haen
Hans Hanson
Underwood Computing Machine Co
New York
N. Y
Ernest H. Horn
Waterbury Clock Co
Waterbury
Woolsey M. Johnson
Lyman D. Jones
Arthur J. Lewis
Baird Machine Co
Rollin €. Lewis
Yale & Towne M’f’g. Co
George J. O’donnell
Milton K. Patten
Torrington
Charles W. Peck
Mattatuck M’f’g
Myron B. Hammond
Man’s Garter
Summer's Troubadour in a Chicago Evening Post Note
The cicada returns in midsummer, its rasping song heard in favored trees. The piece reflects on hot dry weather as harvest weather and recalls the harvest fly’s chorus as a sign of plenty, with a nostalgic tone about pioneer memories.
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Chicago Evening Post
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United States Feed Administration
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A. L. Southmayd
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