Toolmakers Demand 80 Cents Hourly in Bridgeport Strike
About 300 toolmakers and machinists at Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge plant walked off at noon to demand 80 cents per hour for toolmakers and 79 cents for machinists. They outnumber roughly 30 percent of toolmakers, currently earning 60 to 70 cents. Works Manager E. D. Ryan spoke to the workers before the action to deter the strike.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Company
E. D. Ryan
Belgians Shoot Down Balloons and Plane
Paris May 9 Belgian airmen have shot down two German balloons and a German airplane, according to an official Belgian war office report from Havre. The note adds there is usual artillery activity on both sides and mentions one of our aviators.
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Paris
Havre
Old New Haven Station Burned Warps Landmark
Fire destroyed the old New Haven railroad station after 4 PM. Flames moved quickly through four stories, injuring Capt. William Allard and Lieut. John Holt. Tracks blocked, traffic delayed. Sperry Barnes packing plant and nearby facilities threatened but saved. Loss placed at $200,600.
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New Haven
William Allard
John Holt
Railroad and
Adams Express Company
Shore Line Division
Sperry & Barnes Packing Company
Gas and Electric Paints
Connecticut Shad Declared Salt Water Fish Licenses Now Required
Federal Food Administrator Robert Scoville announced that shad from Connecticut rivers are salt water fish and all salt water fishermen must obtain licenses from the Food Administration under the January proclamation. Licenses are free and available by applying to the License Division in Washington. Wholesale fishermen have been licensed since November, and the rule covers all salt water fish including menhaden crustaceans and shellfish.
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Food Administration
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Robert Scoville
Law Department
United States Food Administration
Washington, D. C
Weather outlook for New Haven and region May 9
Fair and warmer tonight in New Haven with increasing clouds Friday and likely showers. Connecticut sees fair and warmer conditions with Friday showers and moderate southwest winds. A low pressure system centered over western Nebraska is moving east, bringing cloudy, showery weather from the Rockies to the lake region and scattered thundershowers along the Atlantic coast and New England.
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North Atlantic
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Hatteras
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Nantucket
New Orleans
New York
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Northfield
Pittsburg
Portland
St. Louis
St. Paul
Washington
Call for 5 813 Draftees and Draft Plan Launched
Washington reports a call for 5 813 draft registrants with special qualifications issued yesterday to all states except Nevada and Utah. Registrants must report to camps on June 1 and will be distributed among the corps including engineers 3180 ordnance 560 signal 363 colored veterinary and medical units and 110 quartermaster. Local boards may accept volunteers until May 20 and, if targets are unmet, proceed to draft the remaining personnel.
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Washington
Nevada
Utah
Army
Corps of Engineers
Ordnance Department
Signal Corps
Veterinary Corps
Medical Department
Quartermaster Corps
Entombed Laborers Rescued on Flatbush Subway Extension
New York May 9 eight of eleven laborers rescued after a tunnel collapse on the Flatbush extension of the Brooklyn subway. Three workers remain buried and believed dead. Rescue teams had to tunnel through soft earth overnight.
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New York
New Flatbush
Brooklyn Subway
Cate
Lord Rhondda Undergoes Pleural Operation
London reports Lord Rhondda the food controller has just been operated on for a pleural ailment. The news comes as officials confirm his medical procedure and current status within the government.
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Lord Rhondda
London
Asquith Behind Maurice Charges and British Politics
London and Paris dispatches report a sharp parliamentary debate on General Maurice's charges over wartime misstatements. Analysts see risks to Lloyd George's ministry, possible Asquith leadership, and tension with France as Germany eye shifts in Britain. A unionist group backs the government while a Paris reaction notes political motives amid war aims. Women to fix luxury taxes announcement adds domestic policy context.
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Ireland
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Major Cochran Killed In Action in London May 9
Major Frank Cochran is reported killed in action in London with details limited. The obituary notice notes he served with distinction and was connected to military forces in the area during the specified date.
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Cochran
London
Frank Coch
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