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The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1918

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Eighty-Eight Names on War Casualty List

Washington May 6 Eighty eight names are in the casualty list announced by the War Department. Six killed in action three died of wounds 15 missing nine died of disease two victims of accidents four severely wounded and 48 slightly wounded. Names include Sergeants Harry G Bruce Elkton Virginia Albert Stefanik Lowell Mass Corporals Gus Chretien Phillips Okla Damase J LaFlamme Bristol Conn Privates Gustaf Erickson Gardner Mass Charles F Wiseman Ewing Neb Died of wounds Lieutenant Joseph Quesenberry Las Cruces NM Cook Chandler Waterman Montclair NJ etc.

Washington War Department Harry G. Bruce Elkton Albert Stefanik Lowell Mass Gus Chretien Phillips Okla Damase J. LaFlamme Bristol Conn Gustaf Erickson Gardner Charles F. Wiseman Ewing Neb Joseph Quesenberry Las Cruces N. M Cook Chandler Waterman Montclair N. J Nicholas Bernadine Joseph Bernadine Elm Street New Britain

Aviator Captan Mahien Reported Missing After Night Flight

London residents and military records indicate Captain Mahien, an aviator noted five times in the army dispatches, is missing following a nocturnal flight. Authorities search air routes and allied centers for any sign of his aircraft or crew.

London Captan Mahien

Germany Offers Eight Peace Terms From Berlin

London reports Germany has proposed eight peace terms including renouncing western claims and restoring Belgium. Other points grant Alsace Lorraine autonomy, keep the eastern status quo, and bar Kiao Chau with concessions from China. The proposals reportedly aim to calm Britain and reflect Berlin influence. Also noted are Connecticut loyalty claims, liquor price hikes, and silence of Paris’ long range guns after a German bombardment.

London Germany England Belgium Holland Hague Alsace-Lorraine Austria-Hungary Italy Trentino Balkan Africa Asia Minor Kiao-Chau China The Berlin Paris

Forty One Motorists Arrested in Willimantic

Forty one motorists were arrested by local police Sunday for motor vehicle law infractions. Most offenses were failure to sound the horn when approaching a street intersection. The accused, from various Connecticut points, were released after court orders to appear today.

Willimantic Connecticut

Austrian War Office Report on Italian Front Duels

Vienna dispatch reports heavy artillery duels along the Italian front with Italian reconnaissances frustrated on the lower Piave river and artillery exchanges continuing on the southwestern front.

Austrian War Office Amsterdam Vienna Piave

Senator Robinson to Attend Hot Springs Club Convention

United States Senator and Mrs Joe T Rob inson will be honored guests at Hot Springs Arkansas during the fourteenth biennial convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs set for the first ten days in May.

Senator Robinson Hot Springs Ark United States Joe T. Robinson General Federation of Women’s Clubs

Elderly woman dies while knitting Red Cross sweater

Mrs Frances McMinn, eighty five, collapsed from heart trouble while knitting a Red Cross sweater for a boy overseas. Her body was found slumped in an armchair with knitting needles still in her hands, at Superior.

Superior Wits Red Cross Frances McMinn

German Prisoners Complain of Protection Abilities

German prisoners complain of inadequate protection from British aviators. A captured lieutenant said he was escorting a train carrying 26 centimetre shells to the front when a British airman bombed and destroyed the train at Weincourt.

London Weincourt

German Station Destroyed in Mysterious Explosive Event

Paris May 6. A mysterious explosion destroyed the electric rail station in Frankfurt on Main, Germany, a significant disruption to rail service and infrastructure. No further details yet on casualties or responsible party.

Paris Frankfort Main Gerway Waa

Germans to Strike at Channel Ports

London May 6 Germans renew activity near the Belgian coast at Nieuport Mercken Boesinghe and Dixmude with aims to infiltrate along the North Sea coast threaten Dunkirk and press the Ypres salient. Expert analysis notes evolving artillery tactics and possible pincher moves against Arras and Givenchy, while Allied generals plan to preserve reserves for counterattacks.

Henry G. Wales London North Sea Dunkirk Ypres Belgian War Office Nieuport Mercken Boesinghe Kemmel Somme Amiens Landwehr Dixmude Boches Yser Dixmonde War Office Noyon North Seacoast General Bynge Bynge Cambrai Hindenburg Arras Givenchy Hebuterne Locon Bethune von Hindenburg Givenchy Arras Foch

New Haven Weather Forecast For May Tonight And Tuesday

New Haven area foresees generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with rising temperatures. Connecticut expects cloudy skies and possible showers with coastal areas seeing fair skies tonight. southwest winds will be moderate to fresh. A broad trough from New Mexico to Minnesota drives unsettled showers over the region plus elevated readings northward, with reports of 90s temperatures in the upper Midwest.

New Haven Connecticut New Mexico Minnesota Rocky Mountains Mississippi River Oklahoma City Atlanta Atlantic City Block Island Boston Buffalo Cincinnati Chicago Denver Detroit Hartford Hatteras Jacksonville Kansas City Nantucket New Orleans New York St. Louis

Country Life Plans Spark Farmer’s Gentle Remark

A wandering stranger expresses a wish to live in the country next summer. Farmer Corntossel notes the ambition as admirable, offering a quiet nod to rural simplicity and a hopeful outlook.

Corntossel

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