Total Casualties to Date Listed in War Update
Aug 24 list shows 20 444 total casualties including 4 212 wounded in action 1 260 died of disease and 715 wounded. Names from New England feature severely wounded missing in action and died of wounds with towns in Massachusetts Connecticut Vermont Maine New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Individual entries include Howard J. Cummings Clinton Mass Jes Carroll New Conn Dillendike High Park Mass and others with addresses in Bridgeport Willimantic Malden and more.
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Ington
New England
Howard J. Cummings
Kil St
Clinton
Mass
S J. Foley
Beecher Place
Center
Ward J. McEnnis
Littleton
Jes
Carroll
Sexton St
New Conn
Dillendike
High Park High Park
Illiam F. Hayes
Connecticut Ave
New London
Conn
Gray Hanrahan
Whitney Ave
Bridgeport
Non-Essential Industries Listed by Labor Board
Washington reports confusion as a national list of 21 industries labeled non essential including mercantile establishments and barber shops circulated by the community labor board. Officials deny local boards have authority to decide industry status and the War Industries Board plans a revised list to be issued next week.
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Washington
Tocal Community Labor Board
United States Employment Service
Community Labor Boards
Community Labor Board
War Industries Board
Weekly Market Letter Predicts Steady Position Amid Stable War News
Richter & Company notes the Investment Position remains sound and unchanged despite favorable war news. Tax talk on corporate penalties is dismissed as unlikely, urging investors to avoid selling. Aetna Insurance and Travelers show modest moves near 575 and 680, while Aetna Casualty, Phoenix Fire, and National Fire rise with little change in fire stock quotes. Bank stocks and public utility shares stay steady as market activity remains quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richter & Company
Hartford
Aetna Insurance Company
Neighood
Travelers Inc Company
Aetna Casualty and Company
Aetna Fire Insurance Company Neon
Phoe Fire Insurance Company
National Fire
Shift Labor to Essential Work In War Effort
Hartford reports a U S Department of Labor finding a one million unskilled worker shortfall in war industries with more losses expected as draft extensions grow. Connecticut’s 14 community labor boards will decide which industries yield workers while Korper pushes transfers to essential war plants and warns private business must yield to national needs.
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Hartford
United States
Washington
Federal Department of Labor
Department of Publicity
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Connecticut
Department of Labor
America
Leo A. Korper
United States Employment Service
Korper
Ford
U. S
Long Island City
Buffalo
Schwab Leads Inspection Tour of Eastern Shipyards
Philadelphia August 24 Charles M Schwab director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation began an inspection of Hog Island and will tour eastern shipyards next week visiting Bath Maine and then New England yards in New York He is accompanied by Charles Pier vice president and general manager and Frederick Conlin district manager of New England.
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Philadelphia
Hog Island
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Bath
Maine
New England
New York
Charles Pier
The
Fleet Corporation
Frederick Conlin
Burial of Chief Schuettler in Chicago Monday
Chicago August 24 Chief of Police Herman F Schuettler will be buried Monday morning. The body will lie in state for two hours. An escort of 1000 policemen will march in the funeral procession. Eight police captains will act as pallbearers.
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Chief Schuettler
Chicago
Herman F. Schuettler
Fire Destroys Brooklyn Sunset Warehouse
Fire of unknown origin and two explosions leveled the five story Sunset warehouse in Brooklyn early today causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Government material was stored in the burning building.
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New York
Sunset Warehouse
Brooklyn
Two Yankee Fighters Capture German Gun Belt Near Chateau Thierry
Two American soldiers near Chateau Thierry captured a German machine gun with its belt still mounted. The scene highlights a small but tactical success in the ongoing battles along the Meuse sector.
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Chateau-Thierry
Clemenceau thanks Y M C A workers in Paris meeting
Premier Clemenceau sends thanks through his secretary to American Y M C A representatives at the inter allied women's mass meeting in Paris. He expresses gratitude of the French government for war work aiding France and honors the women’s contributions to munitions and relief efforts. A separate note from Charlotte reports a possible reopening of the King will case after a new witness’s discovery.
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Premier Clemenceau
Washington
France
Paris
Y. W. C. A. War Work Council
M. Clemenceau
America
Charlotte
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Chicago
J. F. Newell
Means
Train Wreck Kills Fireman Near Jersey City
Fireman Edward Ericsson of Scranton Pennsylvania was killed when a ten car empty troop train derailed after striking a switch and collided with a light locomotive near the Jersey City heights at the Delaware Lackawanna and Western crossing. Two other crew members from Scranton, Engineers H Bockheimer and Trainman Cortie Biesecker, sustained minor injuries.
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Jersey City
N. J
Edward Ericsson
Scranton
Jersey City Heights
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
H. Bockheimer
Cortie Biesecker
Most Violent August Storm Hits Local Area
Twenty five years back residents recall a deadly August cyclone with downed trees fences and telegraph lines. Roads impassable and wires down. no outside news or stock quotes today. A new Goodspeeds ferry boat named after Prof Fowler presented with colors worth 100 dollars. Labor Day bicycle prize cup on display at Miss Brock’s bicycle store. Authorities note lawless youths shooting rail on meadows before September 1. Waves of havoc affect tobacco crops and utility services remain disrupted. Horace Binney and John Alsop attend the Chicago World’s Fair. The McDonough opera house may operate Saturdays for four months.
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Goodspeeds
Fowler
Brockway
Tylerville
McDonough
Leo Santangelo
Chester
Horace Binney
John Alsop
Chicago
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Bascom Little
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