Local Liberty Loan Exhibit Train To Arrive In Middletown
Attendance expected high as GHIY'S HEROES 10 BOOST LOAN event features veterans from the 102nd Infantry including Ovide Lemieux and Dudley Butler. The exhibit train will stop Monday morning at 8:30 and stay until 11, with speakers recounting wartime service and bravery.
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Liberty Loan
Ovide Lemieux
Charles
Co. C
Sert
Dudley Butler
Medical
Fifth Army Corps
Mr. Hyde
The
Baptist Church
Torcy
Belleau
Giory
Es Woods
Rochet Woods
Chateau Thierry
Illy
Bezuet
Epieds
Trugny
Land la Ferre
Jaul- o-Ferre-on-Tardenois
102Nd Infantry
Co. R. Edwards
Middletown
Guilty of manslaughter for girl’s murder verdict
Robert Warm, a U S cavalryman from Pottstown, was found guilty of manslaughter by a Franklin county jury in Vermont on his second trial for killing his 14 year old sweetheart Jennie ay. Sentencing next week could range from ten to fourteen years. defense plans to appeal.
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Robert Warm
U. S
ST. Albans
United States
Pottstown
Franklin County
Jennie Ay
Warm
Hemmingway Earl
Soldiers Turn to Farming in Federal Reeducation Plan
Washington May 2 The federal board for vocational education reports 2993 approved cases aiding disabled soldiers in reeducation. Nearly 500 chose agriculture, with about 400 entering farming through college programs. Courses cover agronomy dairying poultry keeping gardening and related farm operations.
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Washington
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Agricnt
Munich People Appeal for Aid in Crisis
May 2 reports from Munich and London state the population appeals for German government aid amid a mass fear. Troops spearhead the storm attack that defeated the Reds in Munich while Prussia parts meet chilly reception. Bavarian peasants and regime members reportedly captured as the crisis deepens.
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London
Munich
Daily
Today
Pruss
Comregime
Aviator Hurt in Fall May 2 Lieut Cameron
A military aviator, Lieut Cameron, sustained injuries in a fall on May 2. Details on incident and condition were reported by local officials as investigations continued.
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Lieut
Cameron
Lieut Gov Wilson Boomed for Governor at Elks Banquet
Former Congressman Thomas L. Reilly urged Connecticut Republicans to nominate Lieutenant Governor Clifford B Wilson of Bridgeport for governor at the Middletown Elks annual banquet. Reilly warned that policies might slip if Wilson is not chosen, urging cross party unity and highlighting Americanism themes amid celebration of the Great War.
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Thomas L. Reilly
Meriden
Middletown
Wilson
Reilly
A. H. Bishel
Tom Sears
Joseph P. Quirk
Arthur V. McDowell
Clifford B. Wilson
Bridgeport
Conn
Bridgeport Lodge of
France
Elkhom
William H. Madison
Middletown Lodge
Fenwick fish house trial in Ingham v Brooks ends day
Ingham versus Brooks faced continued trial before Judge Noel H Reed in the Fenwick fish house dispute. Former Governor Morgan G Bulk ele y testified as defense witness and council will submit briefs after maps deeds and cottage testimony clarified beach boundaries and stone markers.
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Fenwick Fish House
Ingham
Brooks
Noel H. Reed
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Borough of
Fenwick
Fish House
Labor's big part in treaty at peace conference
President Wilson, in a White House cablegram, says labor principles adopted at Paris for inclusion in the peace treaty are among the conference's most important achievements. He believes their adoption will help relieve unrest worldwide.
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Washington
Paris
Wilson
White House
Mobilize to Check Jugoslav Invasion in Carinthia
May 2 government mobilizes twenty classes of troops in Carinthia to check the Jugoslav invasion. Jugoslav forces drive toward Klagenfurt along a 50 mile front. Vienna plans aid to resist the advance. Carinthia lies in southwestern Austria near Tyrol.
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Carinthia
Klagenfurt
Vienna
Austria
Tyrol
Prisoner in Handcuffs Leaps From Moving Train
In Barnstable Massachusetts Edward B. Baker 18 of Stratford Connecticut attempted to escape while handcuffed by jumping from a state police train running at 25 miles an hour between Bourne and Sagamore. He was captured in the woods and arraigned before Judge Swift admitting nearly 20 burglaries in the Cape district.
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Barnstable
Mass
Bournedale
Sagamore
Edward B. Baker
Stratford
Conn
Romanian Army Under Ferdinand Enters Budapest
A central News dispatch from Basle reports King Ferdinand leading the Romanian army into Budapest Hungary marking a bold escalation in the invasion. The entry follows Romanian forces advancing through gates into the capital during the combat operations in Hungary.
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Ferdinand
London
Hungary
Budapest
Basle
Missing Corvo girl sparks kidnapping inquiry in local arrest
No word has arrived on May L. Corvo of 59 Grand street since she vanished from home Wednesday night. Her brother Rutilio C. Corvo travels to Lawrence, Mass. to investigate with suspicion falling on Italian shoe dealer Gaetano Fischera. A Grand street witness heard screams at 10:30 and saw a speeding automobile, lending credence to a kidnapping theory.
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May L. Corvo
Salvatore Corvo
Grand Street
Rutilio C. Corvo
Lawrence
Mass
Gaetano Fischera
Memorial Services for Miss Jane A Delano
Memorial services for Miss Jane A Delano director general of the American Red Cross nursing department will be held nationwide next Wednesday night. The plan calls for division offices and local chapters to conduct exercises under numerous committees after her death in Savaney France on April 15.
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Washington
Jane A. Delano
Department of Nursing
The
American Red Cross
Savaney
France
United States
Red Cross
Red troops beaten in Munich liberation victory
Berlin dispatch reports Bavarian Red troops defending Munich decisively defeated by government forces. The city is liberated from communist domination after a week of buildup and a storm attack when the ring around Munich was closed.
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Copenhagen
Munich
Berlin
Politiken
Treaty secrecy in peace talks delays public access
Paris dispatch notes Wilson blocked from publicity as Big Three curb press access during treaty handover to German delegates. German credentials formally presented at Versailles. Germans receive up to two weeks to study terms. Final signature likely May 25 or 26 with Austrian pact not ready until June. Wilson’s France stay uncertain as Italy, Belgium concerns echo in press.
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Wilson
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Versailles
Germany
France
Petit Journal
Matin
Kiao-Chau
United States
Orlando
England
Italy
Troop Ships Sail From French Ports With 5593 Men
Washington May 2 Five thousand five hundred ninety three officers and men sail on three troop ships from French ports The Georgia carries 121st field artillery and casuals to Camp Grant The Peerless heads to New York with 115th Infantry detachments and 108th machine gun battalion for Camp Dix The Verdi carries 78th division theatrical unit 307th field artillery and air service squadrons plus casuals from multiple states to Camp Dix
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War Department
Georgia
Boston
Peerless
New York
Guiseppi Verdi
121St Field Artillery
Camp Grant
Peerless Is Bringing Detachments of Company M, 115Th Infantry
Camp Dix
108Th
108Th Field Artillery
78Th Division
303Rd Mobile Ordnance
307Th Field Artillery
110Th Air Service
660Th Aero Squadron
California
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Kansas
Texas
Municipal building damaged in explosion at Brownsville
A Brownsville municipal building was damaged by an explosion today, perhaps dynamite or gas, in an effort to release eight prisoners confined in the basement. Police suspect dynamiters caused the blast, with damage running into several thousand dollars.
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Brownsville
Tex
Booze Auto Overtaken After Blockade Attempt In Washington
Washington May 2 police halted a car trying to run the booze blockade. The vehicle carried 1,728 half pints known as shorties. At two dollars per shorty the bootleggers faced 3,456 dollars in losses plus fines.
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Washington
Konedry
Connecticut Company Plans Major Streetcar Abandonment
City transit may shed most of its streetcar lines under a proposal from the Connecticut company. British officials in London expect Italy to accept a Fiume compromise as a free port, amid talks involving Paris and Rome about the Adriatic dispute and broader peace conference dynamics.
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Conn. CO
CITY
Paris
Italy
Acceptig
Fiume
Wilson
Dethroned Royalty on Anxious Seat in Geneva
In Geneva on May 2 ex-kings ex-emperors princes counts and ministers in Switzerland await the Paris peace conference decision on war responsibility and potential Kaiser war crime trials. Fugitive royalty fear extradition and a line forms toward a possible international government as Holland’s stance looms.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Paris
Holland
Germany
Former Middletown Man Dies in Meriden Gas Incident
William T. Brownridge aged 50 recent Middletown transplant and carpenter for Meriden Cutlery Co. was found dead in his boarding room in South Meriden this morning. Gas from a fixture was flowing and investigators believe he did not completely turn off the cock last night. He leaves a wife in Middletown.
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Middletown
Meriden
William T. Brownridge
Meriden Cutlery Co
South Meriden
Sheep Shearing Exhibition At Atkins Farm In West Long Hill
At 11 30 this morning an exhibition of sheep shearing was held at Thomas Atkins farm in West Long Hill under Middlesex County Farm Bureau auspices. A G Skinner of the State Agricultural College Storrs Conn and A W Greer directed the event. Workers were Charles Purdell Frank Roberts and Rockwell and Russell Brazos. The display benefited the County Sheep club with 19 boy members.
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Atkins
Farm Bureau
Thomas Atkins
West Long Hill
Middlesex County Farm Bureau
A. G. Skinner
State Agricultural College
Storrs
Conn
A. W. Greer
Charles Purdell
Frank Roberts
Rockwell
Russell Brazos
County Sheep Club
Yank fliers may start soon over trans Atlantic flight
Rockaway Beach May 2 United States naval seaplanes may depart next Monday in a bid to beat two British fliers waiting favorable Newfoundland weather. Commander Towers would not confirm but hinted action next week. Meanwhile US weather reports will be sent to the British fliers today as they cite late weather data as delaying their start.
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Rockaway Beach
L. I
United States
Newfoundland
Astir
John H. Towers
United States Weather Bureau
Army convoy assignment announced by War Department
Assignment to an early convoy of the headquarters and headquarters troop of the 8th army corps, 214th military police company, and the 513th engineers was announced by the War Department. The order places these units under convoy protection and outlines initial movement timings from Washington.
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Washington
8Th Army Corps
214Th Military Police Company
513Th Engineers
War Department
Clearing-House Statement Reported by New York
New York on May 2 releases a clearing house statement showing Sub-treasury credit totals of 404 and an aggregate figure of 837,241,676 dollars. The report highlights credit movements and system-wide balances amid ongoing financial operations.
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Clearing-House
New York
Sub-treasury Credit
American soldiers beheaded by bolshevik forces
A Helsingfors dispatch to the Daily Express reports sixty captured American soldiers at Shenhurst on the Archangel front in northern Russia were executed by Bolshevik troops. The article notes spies aided the surprise attack that led to the captures and the executions.
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London
Shenhurst
Archangel
Russia
Helsingfors
Daily Express
Middletown Teachers' Association Formed At Public School
A new body named the Middletown Teachers' Association organized at the High school yesterday. It aims to improve civic life and teachers' welfare, with plans for educational courses, lectures, entertainments, and social gatherings. Officers include Julia A. Brazos as president and 71 city teachers eligible for active membership.
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Middletown Teachers’ Association
Julia A. Brazos
Frances T. Nejako
Ella M. Greene
Josephine Churchill
Mary Alice Jones
Ethel M. Sutton
Marion BE. Chase
Frederick W
302nd F A Homeward Bound Troops List for Canandaigua
May 2 Boston reports the transport Canandaigua bringing 1,883 soldiers including the 302nd field artillery units staff headquarters and supply company ordnance and medical detachments batteries A B and F 145th machine gun headquarters company ordnance detachments companies A to D inclusive first army artillery park motor section headquarters truck company D scattered 17th photo section air service 23rd photo section air service casual company No. 70 158 casuals and two civilians aboard.
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Air Service
McAdoo Named Again in Suit over Electric Boat Trustees
In Newark on May 2 former Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo was mentioned in the Frost suit against Henry R. Carse and the Submarine Boat Corp. Frost seeks to remove Carsey as a voting trustee of Electric Boat Co. and related entities.
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M’adoo
Newark
N. J
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Elihu B. Frost
Henery R. Carse
Electric Boat Co
Submarine Boat Corporation
Frost
Carsey
Electric Company
Missionaries in India Safe After Disturbances
New York May 2 All missionaries in parts of India where disturbances were recently reported are safe, per a cablegram received today from Rev. J. C. R. Ewing in Lahore.
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India
New York
J. C. R. Ewing
Lahore
Middletown Faces Trolley Service Cuts Amid Meriden Line Threat
A regional transport dispute spreads fear that Connecticut company plans to abandon key lines, threatening Middletown and surrounding towns. Local manufacturers and the Middletown Chamber of Commerce push for action to prevent service curtailment, warning of transport gaps along Main Street and South Meriden routes. Officials say no final decision has been made, though public pressure mounts to save remaining street and shuttle services.
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PO Middlefield
South Fé
West Side
S&s
Main
Connecticut CO. ST
Meriden
Imm
Pschester
Rockville
Stafford
New Britain
Connecticut Company
Carcut
New Haven
Connecticut Companios
Foural
Hartford
Manchester
Rockvill Ford Springs
Alpany
Middletown
Main Street
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Middlefield
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South Main Street
Asylum
Middletown-Me
Connecticut Com
Gene
Legis
Yesteee
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