Eighty Six Names On Casualty List
A war department release lists eighty six casualties with two killed in action. The report details deaths by KIA, Died of Wounds, Died of Disease, Died of Drowning, Died of Accident, and those wounded severely or slightly. Names span multiple states and include Private Charles Butler Los Angeles and Corporal Frederick O. Carter St. Louis, with many others from Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and more.
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Washington
War Department
Charles Butler
Los Angeles
Cal
Albert J. Lentz
Gettysburg
John P. Maciejewski
Priceburg
Frederick O. Carter
St. Louis
Fred Clough
Nicholas Comblack
Cottage Place
Waterbury
Conn
George, H. Cooper
J. W
Appleton Street
Everett
John Hokanson
Des Moines
Iowa
John J. Peters
Keshena
Wis
Red Cross Penalty for Sugar Profiteering in Hartford
Hartford May 4 Blake and Backes sugar brokers were ordered to pay 1000 to the American Red Cross as a penalty for overcharging on sugar deliveries. The action stems from violations of federal sugar distribution rules since January and aims to deter further overcharges while allowing the firms to continue operating if they conform to regulations.
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Hartford
Blake & Backes
American Red Cross
Washington
Ters
Federal Union For
Connecticut
Food Administration
Joseph Reiter
Brooklyn
Red Cross
Robert Scoville
Kaiser Bayonet Target Stolen At Camp Devens
Camp Devens Massachusetts May 4 fourth officers camp candidates to be examined for sanity and temperament before acceptance Major L Vernon Briggs division psychiatrist to conduct psychological and neurological tests. The bayonet assault course dummy nicknamed the kaiser was stolen from behind the base hospital grounds while division intelligence officers search for it. A horse show likely to include cantonment horses is planned for May 17. Private Alex Sethlo West Haven Connecticut of the 28th company depot brigade died at the base hospital today from pneumonia and will be buried at home.
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Camp Devens
Mass
L. Vernon Briggs
Kaiser
Division Intellig Department
Cantonment
Alex Seth l
West Haven
Conn
Depot Brigade
Railway Revenue Falls In March Earnings Report
The Railway Administration reports March operating income declined by 6,963,785 from a year ago, with total operating revenues at 284,130,692 and expenses at 221,794,995. Net operating income before taxes stood at 50,628,302, down from 57,592,087 in March 1917, after deductions for equipment and joint facility rents. Eastern, southern, and western district nets show declines or modest gains versus last year.
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Washington
Railroad Administration Today
Drestern
No More Meatless Days In Connecticut
The federal food administration for Connecticut announced no return to meatless days or meals for now. It cites military need for economy and urges substitutions with milk and fish where possible. Washington reports meat shipments are over five times prewar levels, constrained by ships needed for troops.
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Food Administration
Federal Food Administration
Connecticut
The
Washington
Germans fail to solve air defense problem say deputies
Amsterdam reports Germany’s air defense efforts have failed after a staff officer testified during interpellation by three deputies. The discussion centered on measures of air anti aircraft barrage and reprisals, highlighting unresolved defense challenges.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Incomplete street action in Lynn Massachusetts
A fragment from a Lynn Massachusetts item notes a street action at once on Snowden and Red likely tied to civic or police activity. Names and precise details are unreadable, but the記 fragment indicates urgent local action in the street area.
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Wee
Lynn, ‘Mass
T At Once
Snowden Red
German Press Builds Myth Of Mackensen Offensive Force
London reports the German press pledges a fresh 50 to 60 division mobile army led by Field Marshal von Mackensen on the western front. British officials call such claims overdrawn, noting Germany lacks 600,000 unused top troops and that Mackensen excelled in offensive actions elsewhere, not on the western front.
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London
Marshal von Mackensen
British War Office
France
von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
Liege
Namur
Maubeuge
von Kluck
Dunajec
Novogeorgievsk
Warsaw
Servia
Roumania
von Falkenhayn
Mackensen
Moldavia
Bucharest
Verdun
Hindenburg
Somme
Falkenhayn
Italy
Fatal Absecon Crash Claims Three At Dead Man's Curve
Atlantic City May 4 Mrs Veleta Brown of Philadelphia William Wagner of Camden and another man died when their automobile overturned and burned near Absecon at Dead Man's Curve. The women were wives of soldiers at Camp Anniston Alabama. Mrs Mary Bowen sister in law to Mrs Brown escaped injury.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Veleta Brown
Philadelphia
William Wagner
Camden
Absecon
Mary Bowen
Brown
Camp Anniston
Alabama
Denver Woman Inherits $80,000 After Spirit Will Ruled Valid
In Denver on May 4 a district court jury after 36 hours of deliberation upheld a will attributed to the late Mrs. Mary Luthe. The will, dictated by spirits, left the fortune to Mrs. Mary Holland of Denver. Relatives Gladys Layton Underhill of Chicago and Dr. W. L. Ransom of Rockford, Ill, had contested the will claiming spirits lacked authority to influence the disposition of wealth.
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Denver
Col
Mary Holland
Mary Luthe
Weather forecast for New Haven and region May 4
The forecast calls for likely light showers tonight and Sunday for New Haven and Connecticut. A trough of low pressure stretches from Ohio to Massachusetts bringing cloudy skies and scattered showers in the lake region and western New England. Observations show varied conditions across cities with temperatures ranging from the 40s to 60s and cloudy to clear skies.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Ohio
Massachusetts
Lake Region
New England
New Mexico
Texas
Rocky Mountains
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
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Ment
Arthur L. Allin
Middletown National Bank
Middletown
George F. Redford
Main Street
Middletown Coal Company
Middletown Liberty Loan Committee
Banks of
Uncle Sam
Federal Army
Navy
Old City
Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank
Jmeadquarters
Louis H. Harris
Ernest C. Bell
Middlefield
Raymond A. Allen
Inez
Tex
Cedric Alley
Vauxhall
Dewey Valley
Bromley
Bickleton
Wash
David C. Cottrell
Stockton
Ernest Crowder
Kansas City
Simpson Hunter
N. Buell
Harry Lewis
Chickamauga
William M. Thomas
Mauncie
Ind
Cecil H. Harding
Fort Gibson
Okio
Wilson Marshall, Jr
Albert E. L. Johnson
Collinsville
William A. Brinkley
West Havens
Joseph J. Marsh
Detroit
Mich
Newton Loudeh
Dunnegan
Charles L. Boucher
Edith Boucher
Lilac Street
Raymond Demunski
George Demunski
Liberty Street
Ansonia
Leo G. Leggins
Kewanee
Ill
Edward J. McGovern
Matthew McGovern
Lee L. Blair
Providence
R. I
Joseph E. Felsted
Alfred H. Griswald
New Britain
Arthur W. Desmond
Dorchester
Patrick FF. Healy
Charlestown
Durant
Ferson Ladd
Worcester
J. Langdon Leslie
Flushing
N. Y
Alfred J. Anderson
William B. Duffy
Sophia Duffy
Governor Street
James R. Ferguson
John J. Brown
R. I. Ae
V. Capwell
N. Providence
Paul Wisner
New York City
Wagoner Alfred L. Durant
Stanley Andronek
Joseph Andronek
Beaver Street
Lloyd Apel
Worthington
Oliver P. Barber
Warehouse Point
Hi Wanaig Mee
Railway Revenue
Teutonic Press
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Government Weather Report
Society Brand
Nourse-Sherman Co
Foster System
Main ST
Eaton, Crane & Pike
Hazen
Liberty Loan
Central National Bank
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