British Reinforce Front as German Offensive Falters
British and French forces push back German gains on the Flanders and Somme fronts. In the Ypres and Kemmel sectors heavy artillery fights intensify with cannonades heard as far as Dover. Allied counterattacks recapture ground near Voormezeele and Laclytte, while casualties mount for the Germans amid renewed pressure east of Amiens.
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Frank Cadwon
Flanders
Ypres
Laclytte
Vooreeze
Mee
Teutons
Amiens
Picardy
Ancre
Ger
Foch
Dover
England
Jordow
Flan
Ostend
von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
London
Vooremezeele
Somme
Kem
Albert
Wed
LaClytte-Voore- Gels
Bucquoy
Ver
French Official Reports Artillery Duels on Picardy Front
Paris May 9 French war office reports heavy artillery duels along the Avre river on the Picardy front. A German patrol was repulsed. The text notes enemy activity to the north and south of An enemy patrol reached near Apellesaignau before being repulsed.
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Paris
Senate Debates Aircraft Program and Monopoly Concerns
Washington May 9 Senator Thomas of Colorado denounced the cross licensing agreement controlling aircraft patents as an exclusive monopoly favoring Curtiss and Wright Martin. He cited royalties and a two million dollar initial fee, urging annulment and government condemnation. Senator Chamberlain moved a wide ranging aircraft investigation authority to subpoena papers and hire staff.
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Washington
Manufacturtre’ ‘Aircraft Association
Thomas
Colorado
Senate
Curtis Aeroplane Company
Wright Martin Company
King
Utah
Howard Coffin
Aircraft Board
Manufacturers’ Aircraft Association
Department of Justice
Curtiss Co
Wright- Martin Co
Curtiss
Wright-Martin
Curtiss Company
Chamberlain
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Military Affairs Committee
Naval Appropriation Bill Restores Ordnance Funds
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee added 200 million dollars for ordnance to the naval appropriation bill at the Navy Department’s request. The bill totals 1.364 billion dollars as it passed the House, with the Senate panel restoring ordnance to last year’s level after a House cut of 227 million. The committee plans to report the bill tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy Department
Germans Buying American Currency for Austrian Trade
London reports German agents are buying American currency notes and exporting them to Austria via Switzerland. The notes are used to purchase Ukrainian crops, as Russian farmers require payment in American money, per Central News dispatch.
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London
Austria
Switzerland
Hyde Elected Probate Judge in Special Election
Manchester on May 9 Labor Commissioner William S Hyde won the special election for probate judge at the town hall He received seventy eight votes though he was unopposed only one vote was required to elect him and was sufficient for victory
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Hyde
Manchester
William
Mr. Hyde
Socialists Sentenced by Leipzig Court
Amsterdam, May 9. The imperial court at Leipsig has sentenced 12 independent socialists from Dresden to imprisonment terms from three months to eight years on treason charges. They were accused of distributing revolutionary pamphlets, per a Berlin dispatch.
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Amsterdam
Imperial Court
Leipsig
Dresden
Berlin
Carrie Jacobs Bond Seeks Injunction Over Song Ad
Carrie Jacobs Bond of Chicago petitions London court for an injunction to bar her London publisher from promoting the song Write Me Often 1806 as an instantaneous success. The filing, dated May 9, targets misleading advertising and seeks to restrain further promotion.
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Carrie Jacobs Bond
London
Chicago
Italian Front Artillery Intensifies East of Capo Laghi
Amsterdam reports from Vienna that artillery firing increased on the Italian Front in the southwest, with livelier bombardment east of Capo Laghi and Monte. Renik and east of the Teherna river bend were repulsed.
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Renik
Teherna
Amsterdam
Auseg ‘War Office
Vienna
Capo
Laghi Ae Monte
Hitchcock to Succeed Stone as Foreign Relations Chairman
Washington May 9 The senate democratic steering committee recommended Senator Gilbert M Hitchcock of Nebraska for chairman of the senate foreign relations committee to succeed the late Senator Stone. The move signals Hitchcock's likely election pending senate confirmation. The panel also urged Senator J Hamilton Lewis to join the finance committee and endorsed Senator Hoke Smith for military affairs, with Republicans to add another member to that panel.
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Washington
Senate Democratic Steering Committee
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
Hitchcock
Senate
J. Hamilton Lewis
Ilinois
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Philippines
Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Missouri
Philippines Committee
Congress
Philander Knox
Pennsylvania
Lloyd George defends figures in war strength clash
London May 9 Premier Lloyd George told the house he received General Maurice's figures from the war office records and accused Asquith of pressuring for a select committee to probe misstatements about British overseas forces. Asquith argued for an impartial inquiry, while Lloyd George warned the war effort and unity hang on ending the sniping over Western Front strength and extensions, citing Haig and Petain compromises.
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London
Lloyd- George
House of Commons
Asquith
Maurice
Lloyd-George
The
Daily News
the Star
Douglas Haig
War Cabinet
Versailles
Petain
Commons
Cne
Lloyd George
War Office
Senator Lodge Sued For Assault and Libel
Boston May 9 United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is named in a $20 000 suit filed in superior court by Alexander Bannwart alleging an assault at the national capitol on April 2 1917. A parallel $20 000 libel action targets a Boston newspaper for publishing an account of the incident.
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Boston
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Alexander Bannwart
Bannwart
National Capitol
Boston Pacifists
Lodge
Mass Meeting Tonight Features Dr Coan on Near East
Dr Coan of Persia headlines a town hall mass meeting presided by William W Wilcox of the Red Cross to highlight Armenians Syrians and Greeks in the Near East. Auctions by Losey and Schaefer will raise funds after amusical program as ushers assist. Dr Coan shares refugee relief work and future Red Cross drive plans.
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William W. Wilcox
Red Cross Society
Dr. Coan
Persia
Messrs. Losey
Schaefer
Near East
Red Cross
Relief Committee
Coan
Invalid Pension Bill Reported Enhances Veteran Spouse Relief
Washington May 9 The invalid pension bill totaling 185 050 000 was favorably reported to the house by the appropriations committee The increase covers 31 990 000 above the 1918 appropriation and stems from a minimum 25 monthly payment for wives of civil war Spanish American and Philippine insurrection veterans The committee reports 292 persons fall under these pension provisions
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Heavy Gun Fire Across the Dover Coast Heard All Night
A Dover dispatch to the Star reports intense gunfire and bright flashes along the southeastern coast across the North Sea. The artillery, loudest from midnight to 3 am, was audible inland with speculation Ostend or the Ypres front undergoing bombardment.
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London
North Sea
Dover
The
Star
Ostend
Ypres
Stamford Boy Decorated for Bravery in Action
Stamford May 9 William S Greaney a Stamford schoolboy athlete enlisted in the medical department of the reserve corps in May 1917 has been decorated with the Croix de Guerre by the French government for bravery in action per a letter received today by his father.
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Stamford
William S. Greaney
Medical Department
Reserve Corps
French Ace Adds To Record at Paris Meet
Lieutenant Nuenges ser, famed French peat geek, extends his win total with another victory in Paris. The event highlights his long-standing speed and skill, maintaining his status as a leading figure in the meet.
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Paris
Nuengesser
Telegraphers union victory predicted at war labor board
Washington May union leaders predict complete victory for the Commerce Telegraphers union as hearings before the National War Labor Board conclude. They argue the board must honor the principle of labor organization in wartime, despite opposition from Westerton Union and Postal Telegraph.
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Washington
Westerton
Postal Telegraph Companies
Atil
Commercia Telegraphers
National War Labor Board
Labor Board
British meat shortage prompts new weekly coupon limit
Washington reports the British meat shortage deepens with this week’s rules cutting butcher meat coupons from three to two per week. Four coupons existed per packet, the fourth for fowl rabbit venison and other items but will be canceled. A push to extend compulsory rationing to bread cheese and tea is underway.
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Washington
Food Administration
Appointment Soon Judges of Superior Court Will Meet
In Hartford early next month the superior court judges will decide state s attorney for Middlesex county to replace Frank D Haines who becomes a superior court judge There is strong speculation on the probable choice for the Middlesex post. Washington May 9 Congress proposes a commission to aid long term government contract holders losing money due to wartime cost increases and to review contracts and fees.
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Superior Court
Middlesex County
Frank D. Haines
Hartford
Washington
Congress
Fletcher
Florida
Senate Commerce Committee
Danbury Hatters Case in Washington Hearings Begin
Danbury hatters led by Samuel Gompers of the AF of L travel to Washington to present a dispute with the only Danbury hat manufacturers over a nonrenewed working agreement. A hearing before the national war labor board is set for tomorrow. The proposed agreement would set a minimum wage of five dollars daily and regulate shop conditions, affecting companies named Sons and H McLachan of Danbury.
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Danbury Hatters
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
National War Labor Board
Danbury
Sons
H. McLachan
Female workers to help in Waterbury munitions plants
Waterbury announces relief for wartime labor shortage as experienced female munition workers and skilled tradesmen will be imported. The first unit arrives Tuesday. Wives of physicians in France, a renowned inventress, and university graduates are among those joining.
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Waterbury
Ralph W. Budd
United States Employment Service
France
Medical Reserve Corps
Rumor of Big British Victory Lifts Wall Street Prices
In New York on May 9 rumors of a major British victory on the western front spurred a stock surge this afternoon. Steel led gains, climbing to 105 8/ in trading as rumors spread from Chicago, but it later emerged the reports were unfounded.
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New York
Wall Street
Chicago
Aeroplane Mail Service to Start Washington New York
The post office department announced that twelve airplanes will be used in the Washington to New York air mail route. The service will begin May 15 with simultaneous departures from Washington and New York and landings in Philadelphia on each leg. Two Negroes dead and numerous homes demolished as a cyclone hit Oakland and Smith Grove Kentucky, with property damage around $100,000.
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Washington
Kentucky
Lexington
Oakland
Smith Grove
Gellarani Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Springfield on May 9 Fred Gallerani was found guilty of second degree murder for killing Mrs. Della Rose Gallerani. He faces a sentence to state's prison, with probation and parole considerations to be determined by a judge.
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Springfield
Mass
Fred Gallerani
Della Rose Gallerani
Market Opening Rally In Rail Stocks Fades In Industrials
New Haven led gains with a 2 1 4 point rise to 34 1 2 and Missouri Pacific up 3 4 to 78 while Erie first preferred advanced 5 8 to 21 and Southern railway 1 1 4 to 23 1 2. Steel stocks opened weak but rallied later on with Steel common up to 102 7 8 from 102 1 4. Total today’s volume was 1,069,700 shares with bonds at 2,971,000.
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New Haven
Missouri Pacific
Erie
Southern Railway
Baldwin
Bethlehem Steel B
Marine Preferred
Steel Common
Reading
Bethlehem Steel
Union Pacific
United States
Price Of Aluminum War Policy Decision
Washington May 9 A price fixing policy for aluminum was decided at a meeting of the war industries board price fixing committee. Seventy five percent of the nation's aluminum output is now used for war, leaving 25 percent for domestic use. The situation was noted as unbalancing the market.
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Washington
The
War Industries Board
McAdoo Expected to Approve Railway Wage Increase
Washington May reports say Secretary McAdoo will approve the Railway Wages Mission plan which would raise wages by about 1,000,000 dollars a day. The railway board, chaired by Charl Neill, is prepared to implement after his approval, affecting over two million workers with the retroactive rate from January 1.
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Washington
Railway Wages Mission
McAdoo
Railway Board of Ment Number One
Charl Neill
Division of Labor of Railway Administration
High School Notes Highlight Early 1914 Graduates
Percil Sanford from the Class of 1914, just graduated from Connecticut College, has been named Windham County agent and county club leader supervising gardens. Crayford Newton, Class of 1914 graduate of Massachusetts Agriculture College, appointed Middlesex County Club er. Sellen attends funeral in New Haven. Henry C. Morrison from the State Board of Education visits the school today.
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Percil Sanford
Conn. College
Windham
Sio
Crayford Newton
Mass. Agriculture College
Middlesex County
Sellen
New Haven
Henry C. Morrison
Mary of State Board of Education
City Briefs St Aloysius Dance May 11 at Good Hall
St Aloysius hosts a Saturday dance on May 11 with evening hours and good times assured. Admission 25 cents, with a 35 cent concession noted. Advance notices advertise regular weekend activities in the parish hall.
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St. Aloysius
Middlefield Grange session with Mother's Day plans
Middlefield May 9 Middl erange No 63 P of H met in town hall last evening. The lee hour featured songs by Grange readings and dialogues. On Sunday morning at the n tional church there will be Communion observed followed by a union service at 2 p m with Rev. J A Solandt of the Day League preaching.
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Middlefield
Middlerange
P. of H
Town Hall
Lee
Grange
E. P. Camp
William Greenbacker
H. M.rey
William Elliott
J. A. Solandt
The
Day League
Postmaster Thompson Surprised at 58th Birthday Party
About 25 employees gathered at T Howard Thompsons home on Brainerd Avenue to honor his 58th birthday with a social hour. The surprise event featured light luncheon and warm wishes from the Uncle Sam men of the office.
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T. Howard Thom
Brainerd Avenue
Mr. Thomp
Uncle Sam
Mr. Thompson
Ernest C Bell Died of Wounds From Picardy Front
Ernest C Bell of Middlefield died from wounds received in the recent big battle on the Picardy front. He was about years old and born in Wes, living most of his life with Bell of Middlefield. He worked on a trolley line and was involved with the C H L Irish Home Rule Order. London, May 3. Chancellor A Law announced in the Commons that an order in council for home rule to Ireland will not be issued until the home rule bill is introduced.
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Middlefield
Ernest C. Bell
Middl
Picardy Front
Wes
Bell
London
A. Law
Coumons
Ireland
Estate of Vincenza Bianchi Seeks Real Estate Sale
Probate in Middletown notices the estate of Vincenza Bianchi, deceased, detailing a court order from May 9 1918. It states the deceased held a one half interest in a house and lot on Ferry Street, Middletown, to be auctioned May 11 1918 at 11 am at Leo Tangelo's Real Estate Agency, 205 Main Street, Middletown. Also listed are unrelated sale notices for hand woven pillows hammocks and various plants.
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Gourt
Vincenza Bianchi
Leotangelo
Main Street
M Conn
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Sou Ry
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Westinghouse
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Warren
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