Mustrains Now on Defensive Amid Italian Front Struggles
War briefing reports Italian and British forces pressuring Austrian lines along the Piave and Montello sectors. Austrian losses mount as Italy retakes Capo Sile and gains ground near Mestre. German reinforcements possible if Austria-Hungary deteriorates. Western Front lull persists with minor actions around Aveluy wood and Scarpe.
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Charlton
Kaaiuer
Tria
Piave
Monlo
Monte Belluma
Montello
Becen
Austria-Hunar
Tey
France
Marne
French Official Reports Prisoners North of Faverelles
French official statement says 20 prisoners were taken during operations north of Faverelles and Hautevesnes, with Hautevesnes eight miles north of Chateau Thierry on the Marne. The British War Office reports repulsed German attempts to recapture Morris and notes raiding near Aveluy wood and the Scarpe valley with prisoners and machine guns taken.
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Aveluy Wood
Hebuterne
Boyelles
Scarpe
Merris
Paris
Faverelles
Hautevesnes
War Office
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Pnt
Villers-Cot
London
Morris
British War Office
Arras
St of Arras
Not to Reopen Pit Denied Wheat Market Resumption
Washington officials deny rumors that the Chicago wheat pit will reopen. The first Virginia crop arrivals trigger reports. Hoover administration says no reopening. Shipments to allies will pause temporarily within ten days as the 150 million bushels sent abroad to support the war effort is noted. Women of America are praised for aiding conservation and the large wheat movement.
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Washington
Chicago
The
Food Administration
Virginia
Hoover
Women of America
Happenings in This Vicinity Twenty Five Years Ago
A 1893 Middletown column notes twenty graduates from the class of 1893 at M. H. S. Friday. Central Lodge No. 12 I C O F marks its 50th anniversary belatedly. Mrs E W N Starr donated 80 copies of a 1849 Sons of Temperance work to the Y M C A. Thermometer hits 97 in some rooms at Central School. 117 in sun elsewhere. Henry S Brooks to open a sea shore resort at East River this Saturday. James E Thayer digs a mess of new potatoes on Lincoln Street. Water in Lake Brook Reservoir twelve inches below overflow. City meetings approve sewer, water mains, and excess expense appropriations totaling about 80 thousand dollars. Edward Van Vleck, former Wesleyan tutor, to marry Hattie L Raymond July 3. Fourteen carloads of brownstone shipped from Cromwell. A rear end collision between two freight trains injures cars.
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Central Lodge
E. W. N. Starr
Sons of Temperance
Middletown
Central School
Henrys. Brooks
East River
James E. Thayer
Lincoln Street
A Hackman
la Fe Brook
Resera
Smith & Harris
Schuyler Electric Co
Edward van Vleck
Wesleyan
Germany
Hattie L. Raymond
North Lyme
Crommwell
Killed By Propeller at Key West June 1921
William D. Jones, machinist's mate second class U S N aviation, was killed June 1 at Key West Florida when struck by a propeller the Navy Department announced today His father David W Jones resides in Uniondale Pennsylvania Hatters Union Head Guilty of Assault Bridgeport June 21 Jeremiah Scully president of the Danbury Local Hatters Union was found guilty of assault and breach of the peace and William O Merson was found guilty of breach of the peace after a fight between striking batters and non union men in Danbury last fall.
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Washington
William D. Jones
U. S. N. (Aviation
Key West
Fla
Navy Department
David W. Jones
Uniondale
Hatters’ Union
Bridgeport
Jeremiah Scully
Danbury
Red Cross Exhibit Opens British Fair in Trafalgar Square
London June 21 The American Red Cross exhibit with red white and blue flowers is the feature of a benefitting fair for the British Red Cross committee at Trafalgar Square. Intertwined flags decorate the display as titled women act as flower girls. The American Red Cross contributed 12500 dollars plus funds from flower sales. An ambulance from French battlefields, riddled by shrapnel, is shown. Viscountess French Marquise of Dechasselough and Mrs Lloyd George attend openings on successive days.
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British Red Cross
London
American Red Cross
British Red Cross Committee
Trafalgar Square
Red Cross
France
Marquise of Dechasselough
Meriden Policeman Held on Seditious Utterances Charge
Herman Schurer Jr a Meriden police officer was arraigned in Hartford before United States Commissioner Carrol on a charge of making seditious utterances. He is held for further proceedings on a $1000 bond. Schurer has served about 20 years on the force and was arrested in Meriden before being brought to Hartford. The complainant and specifics of the accusations were not disclosed.
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Hartford
Herman Schurer, Jr
Meriden Police Force
United States
Carrol
Schurer
Meriden Force
Confidence in Merchants Guides Modern Merchandising
The speaker asserts merchandising now hinges on confidence among merchants customers and suppliers. He notes profiteering has harmed many industries but argues the dry goods trade has suffered less than most domestic lines.
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Mustrians
Tv Larke
Zhee
Beecham
Areites
Meriden
Nt Pe
Warner
Warner’s Brassieres
Bandeaux
Warner’s
Sam
Kaiserbund
Waldemar
Prower Co
Court Strude
R. J. Atwell
Main ST
Nthe
Jurious
Hartman Drug Co
Arthur B. Jenkins
U. S
Mutual Building
Martford
Conn
A. P. French
Central Bank Building
Roemé
Eleveter
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