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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1918
Page
4
Local notice advertises a sale of pressed items at multiple street locations including 333 Main 188 Main 8 552 Main St and 472 Main St Steeneseeeenes indicating a concurrent sale event across the area.
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Fragmentary text reflect wartime mood with calls for unity and sacrifice. Mentions mothers day act, strikes affecting war effort, politicians like Lloyd George, and public calls to inspect shipping and public works. Observations on political moves and river traffic amid ongoing war.
Detroit News notes a columnist weighs arguments for and against a policy or action under President Wil in a measured opinion piece. The short column signals caution before jumping to conclusions and urges careful consideration of the political debate.
The piece argues that withholding military news from the home front leaves the public ignorant and favors German intelligence. It suggests the president’s decision could allow more correspondents with troops, enabling truthful reporting on soldiers’ welfare. Better news, even if negative, strengthens morale and resolve.
Deep River May 11 Oliver Sizer has won a gold bar after six months on the firing line in France. His mother Mrs. Delury also has a son Charles fighting in the trenches. A meeting of the Equal Suffrage league is planned for Tuesday at Mrs. Raymond Ferguson home. Red Cross aims to maximize surgical dressings all week with meetings Monday through Friday. volunteers urged to sew. Harold Jopson moves to High Street. Mrs. Jopson and daughters will relocate to the vacated home. Miss A Drude is ill with erysipelas. Uncalled for mail includes Albert Allen Sergeant Arnold Gould and Charles Allen. Community notices cover church services, local officials, and social events including a dance benefiting Camp smiles.
Washington May 11 union leaders praised the national war labor board for affirming workers' right to organize. The board ruled for the open shop in the telegraphers dispute with Western Union and Postal Telegraph, while prohibiting discrimination against employees for organizing or expanding unions, as long as no force is used. Taft and Frank P. Walsh were named to mediate the differences between companies and workers.
Amsterdam reports say Berlin newspapers see a possible split over the question of who should lead Germany as Chancellor von Papen faces pressure amid a government crisis.
Joseph A. Hough, serving a life sentence at Wethersfield for the 1899 murder of Harry Chadwick on the highway below Tylerville, petitions the Connecticut Board of Pardons for release at the June 10 meeting. A carpenter and musician, Hough has long sought clemency despite a prior denial.
Nunzio Bushemo known as No. 3421 from Valley County petitions the board of pardons in June for release. He was convicted for causing the Maromas wreck on the Valley branch years ago. four were involved, the others pleaded guilty and received light sentences, while Bushemo went to trial and was sentenced to five to 15 years in state prison.
Charles Matteo a 28 year old believed German was captured in the lobby of the Wethersfield state prison after an incident aimed at freeing Prof. Richard B. Goldschmidt from the facility. Deputies and guards subdued him. he faces breach of peace charges or federal action. The detainee was to be taken to Wall Street internment camp.
A letter from Harold Crawford Stearns in The Vigilantes recalls a German neighbor's twelve year old son who is taunted by peers calling him German. The child asserts he is not a German, his cheeks flush, and tears appear, highlighting concerns about the souls of youth amid wartime sentiment.
London May 11 King George Queen Mary and other dignitaries watched the first parade of United States infantry in London. The doughboys from Camp Gordon marched past Buckingham Palace, Westminster and Waterloo Station to cheers as the Stars and Stripes and The Stars and Stripes Forever were played. Traffic halted crowds surged through St James Park and along Whitehall with London papers praising the American effort.
Preparations for the spring Red Cross drive are underway with Red Cross Week proclaimed by President Wilson from May 20 to 27. A big rally at Town Hall on May 13 will herald the drive in Middlesex County presided by William W. Wilcox. Colonel T. Macdonough Russell will aid War Fund leader Bishop B. C. Acheson, and Yale’s Benjamin Bacon is to speak. Admission is free and no collections will be taken. Colonels Robert W. Rice and William H. Bouteiller plan a more intensive canvass than last year.
The Democratic Steering Committee selected Senator Shafroth of Colorado as chairman of the Philippines committee to replace Senator Hitchcock. Senator Saulsbury of Delaware was named chairman of the Pacific islands and Porto Rico committee, succeeding Shafroth. Also elected were Senators Guion of Louisiana and Wilfley of Missouri to the posts on the offices and post roads committee, Senator Ransdell of Louisiana to naval affairs, and Senator Swanson of Michigan to the rules committee.
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