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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
7
US Marines lead opening engagement on the Marne battlefield smashing six German jet attacks and aiding the French line north of Soissons. Cantigny already praised, American troops push forward through shelling and rolling countryside as civilians flee toward safety.
The list names multiple individuals with hometowns including Boston Massachusetts St Paul Minnesota Hutchinson Minnesota Snohomish Washington La Porte Indiana Little Canada Minnesota South Bend Indiana and Jersey City New Jersey among others with several entries marked as previously reported missing. The ongoing tally reflects wartime casualties and acknowledgments from various locales.
Survivors recount the sinking of the Carolina after a German submarine attacked the vessel. Chief wireless operator E. W. Vogel described sending SOS calls despite warnings, the ship taking fire, surrender after ten lifeboats were lowered, and the crew disposing of the code book. Survivors include U.S. army officers Lieut. J. P. OToole, Lieut. Leslie Arthur, and Lieut. William Redding, with Harry Beens among others from Bridgeport.
In Chester Judge Edgar W. Lewis presided after Sheriff J A Christensen arrested Frank Sallak for assault, breach of the peace, and abusive language. Sallak pleaded not guilty and was found guilty, fined $1 plus costs totaling $14.80. The case stemmed from a wood-cutting dispute over land rented by Sallak and Provoska, with provocation from a strike to separate logs and a subsequent hit to Mrs Anna Provoska.
A fragment lists thanks to kind friends and neighbors for acts of kindness during illness. It mentions an optometrist and optician advertisement and a small note about The British armies now number. The text is partial and dated, with street location at White's store in Chester and a time slot Friday 1 to 6.
The Gerard film My Four Years In Germany plays at the Middlesex with an enlarged orchestra and a history of Germany’s world power moves. Tonight at 8:15 marks the last performance locally, before the picture moves on to other cities. Nazimova headlines Revelation at Grand, with Norma Talmadge in De Luxe Annie and Louise Lovely in A Rich Man's Darling along with a Sidney Drew comedy.
Mary Pickford’s Artcraft production The Little American directed by Cecil B DeMille features a torpedoing scene in a ballroom aboard the Veritania staged to mark the Lusitania sinking anniversary. It screens at Middlesex Friday and Saturday June 7 and 8 along with It Pays To Exercise by Paramount Mack Sennett.
The final presentation of Over the Top, Vitagraph's photoplay featuring Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey, plays at 8 15 this evening at the Grand theatre. Preceded by other pictures and followed by special music from an enlarged orchestra, the stirring production has drawn large crowds and is praised as one of the best.
On Thursday at the Middlesex the program includes Burton Holmes travel eighth episode The Eagle's Eye The Kaiser's Death Messenger Benjamin Chapin in The Son of Democracy and Zoe Rae in The Silent Lady Three acts of vaudeville are also presented.
In Washington on June 5 President Wilson declared opposition to new prohibition legislation pending a food administration decision. He told Senator Sheppard of Texas his stance, while a House amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill would bar $6,000,000 in spending unless grain use for liquor production is blocked.
Women will fill key chemist roles in industry as colleges note how industrial chemistry offers service to the country by replacing men in these positions. Correspondence with large chemical works indicates companies are preparing for broader female employment in chemistry roles.
Five junior women in the University of Wisconsin chemistry course volunteer for the summer to perform tasks in a large iron works. The initiative aims to open positions once held only by men and showcases women stepping into industrial roles during the summer term.
An advertisement-style blurb urges readers to upgrade to a Vulcan gas range to beat the heat of a scorching day. It likens the stove to a battleship blocking heat and promises comfort during the summer by making a change now.
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