Fighting in Battle Fronts and British Raids Reported
June 6 dispatches describe German efforts along the Oise and Aisne fronts repelled by French counterattacks near Noyon and Veuilly la Poterie, with 150 prisoners taken. British trenches raided were repulsed, with one British post captured by the Germans and two British men missing after a raid near Morlancourt. Artillery activity continued around Strazelle and the Ypres sector, with fighting noted north of Lens and near Rheims.
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Aisne
Sampigny
Oise
Germany
Hautebraye
Longpont
Veuillypierie
Rheims
Mdon
Ans
Strazelle
Flan- Tront
Pyelies
Morlancourt
Lens
Bethune
Eas
Nieppe
Ile
Aisne-Marne
On Knox
Soissons
Cha‘Thierry
Merckem
Belgium
War Office
Havre
Iie
General von Bu Leads 28th Army After Grenade Blast
A Baden paper reports General von Bu commanding the twenty-eighth German army unit after being knocked out by a hand grenade explosion. The incident prompts restructuring as action continues in the region.
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von Bu
Daniels declares Germany cannot win war at Annapolis
Secretary of the Navy Daniels tells 199 Annapolis naval academy graduates that Germany cannot win the war. He cites America’s justice and liberty forces and warns against war’s inhuman acts while stressing naval traditions and the aims of the United States in the conflict.
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Secretary OF Navy
Annapolis
Germany
Paris
London
America
Simms
Daniels
Red Cross
Treated Daughter Cruelly by Newark Father
Karl Seidoff is held in 3000 bail in Newark on charges of hanging his nine year old daughter from a clothes pole and attempting to keep her there as punishment for taking twenty five cents from his pockets. Railroad detective Patrick McLaughlin found the child, and a passerby overpowered Seidoff and cut the rope. The girl stood tiptoe on a log to avoid strangling.
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Newark
N. J
Karl Seidoff
Patrick McLaughlin
Seidoff
Poverty Chief Fee of Children
Washington reports from the Children's Bureau of the Department of Labor warn that persistent poverty threatens healthy child growth. Undernourishment linked diseases rise across social classes, with high food prices, especially milk, driving illnesses among all children.
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Washington
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Registration Light. Waterbury Draft Registration Falls Short
In Waterbury Connecticut on June 6 draft officials aimed for 1600 registrations across three boards but only 992 men registered. Officials cited large alien presence and four weeks of prior enlistments as reasons for the shortfall while believing the number of slackers to be negligible.
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Waterbury
Conn
Disfigured Husband To Keep Him
Mrs Eva Lamport explains she boiled water on her sleeping husband to restrain him after jealous passion. Lamport suffered serious facial burns and potential eye damage. Mrs Lamport held on $2000 bail for felonious assault in New York.
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New York
Eva Lamport
Lamport
Saving Is People's Big Part In The War
New York June 6 The creation of a voluntary blockade around extravagance and waste plus state and municipal limits on public spending is the civilian contribution to victory. Paul M Warburg urged governors mayors and officials to lead a nationwide savings movement and set an example for the public to follow. He warned that saving in big things requires government resolve and said industries serving extravagant tastes must yield to war needs. Women should cut spendings on frills as dress makers may shift to other roles and more women join elevators clerks or munition work. Public service corporations will have to sacrifice to war needs.
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New York
National Conference On
Paul M. Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
Mr. Warburg
Drowned Men in River Near Rocky Hill
Two unnamed men drowned when their rowboat capsized in the river at Rocky Hill late Tuesday night. The bodies had not been found by forenoon. The men had been employed on the Hartford and New York Transportation company's mud digger. Wilbur H. Hale and his two sons heard cries and searched without success.
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Rocky Hih
Rocky Hill
Hartford and New York Transportation Company
Wilbur H. Hale
Wheat price fight again postponed in congress
Washington reports that settlement of the $2.50 wheat question was deferred in congress this afternoon. Conferees on the agriculture appropriations bill planned a final disposition of the Senate amendment but postponed their meeting.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Stamford Bay Decorated for Bravery in Action
Stamford resident Joseph B. Durny, a member of Company H, 102nd United States Infantry, reports receiving the French Croix de Guerre for bravery in action. Durny, an electrician, was among Stamford's first two men drafted.
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Stamford Bay
Stamford
Joseph B. Durny
102Nd
United States Infantry
Durny
Get New Kidneys Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules
An advertorial urging relief for kidney and urinary issues with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. Claims quick relief for back pain, colored urine, indigestion, and Bright's disease risk, offering money-back if unsatisfied. Sold in three box sizes at drug stores under the Gold Medal brand.
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Bright
Haarlem
McAdoo Mulls Dismissing Rail Execs In Federal Control
Washington June 6 Director General McAdoo seriously considers removing vice presidents of railroads under federal control. The order could include traffic chiefs and directors aligned with private road financial policies. He reportedly consulted regional directors at White Sulphur Springs. Potential annual savings cited at 25 million dollars. Eagles' Annual Meeting in Stamford sees 494 new members and about 18 000 dollars in finances. Daniel J. OConnor of Bridgeport reports 600 members of the 22 state aeries have joined the colors. Officers to be elected later. Some 30 000 enemy prisoners are in England, excluding officers and NCOs and invalids.
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McAdoo
Washington
Toa
Whie Sulphur Springs
Eagles
Stamford
Order of the Eagles
Daniel J. O’connor
Bridgeport
Happenings in This Vicinity 25 Years Ago
A 25 year old column notes Union Park walk work and hot weather. A five foot public walk is approved between Loveland and Warwick streets. New stone mill at Cromwell’s New England Brownstone Company begins operation. Heat prompts early school closings and busy ice trade. Hitching posts added on Main Street. O U A M plans July 4 picnic at Markham’s Grove. Constable Leary warns of dog registration penalties. W H Hubbard family vacationing at Fisher’s Island cottage. William T Elmer receives…
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Unas
Union Park
Loveland
Warwick
New England Brownstone Company
Cromwell
Main ‘Street
Markham’s Grove
Leary
W. H. Hubbard
Union Street
Fisher’s Island
William T. Elmer
Middletown Officials Appointments and Bank Trustees
Appointment as prosecuting attorney and Arthur B. Calef Jr as assistant clerk of the superior court noted. At Middletown Savings bank annual meeting Charles Reynolds elected trustee replacing Samuel Babcock deceased and Henry L Mansfield in place of the late John N Camp. William Galpin drove rapidly on Main street when William Thomas riding on a barrel in a wagon was thrown out and badly bruised.
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Arthur B. Calef, Jr
Superior Court
Old Middletown Savings Bank
Charles Reynolds
Samuel Babcock
Henry L. Mansfield
John N. Camp
William Galpin
Main Street
William Thomas
Rumor Mongers Scorned by Patriot Voices
A wartime public admonition denounces rumor spreaders who sow gloom and terror among American troops urging citizens to condemn unpatriotic conduct and speak out against wild disaster stories spreading through the community.
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Boston Post
Brewer Co
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