Fifteen Reported Killed in Action in War Department List
Washington May 17 One hundred six names appear in a war department casualty list with fifteen killed in action six died of wounds four died of disease one died of gas poisoning twelve severely wounded and sixty wounded slightly with eight reported missing. The list names Lieutenants Harold A Goodrich and M S Redmund and Private Sidney C Kinch now prisoners. Private John M Jenning now killed in action. Killed in action include Corporal Walter G Moore and many privates from multiple states. Died of wounds and disease follow with numerous sergeants and privates named. several listed as severely or lightly wounded in action.
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Washington
War Department
Harold A. Goodrich
New Haven
Redmund
Pittsburgh
Sidney C. Kinch
Clayton
N. Y
John M. Jenning
Belle Plains
U S Guns Set Pace for Enemy on French Front
Color Sergeant Thomas J. Fink of Johnson City Tennessee earned mention in general orders for saving several comrades when a German shell hit a chow gun barn. He described American gunfire as “one blazing hell,” noting their fire kept Heinie hopping. He recounted dragging wounded teammates from the wrecked kitchen and shared tales of a gifted young private who turned the tables on German captors by using grenades, with Sergeant Fritz Sauer later captured.
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Thomas J. Fink
Johnson City
Tenn
Fink
Sam
Benny Owen
Marion
John Mitchell
Johnny
Tz Sauer
Fritz Sauer
Austria May Sign 60 Year Military Pact
Zurich reports a likely Austro-Hungarian Polish union and a 60 year military convention with Germany. Emperor Charles may accept, with Germany to control Estonia Lithuania and Livonia as part of central powers covenants.
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Austria
Zurich
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Poland
Charles
Belgians Extend Lines Toward Pilken Near Ypres
Belgian war office communique from Havre states Belgians have extended their frontline southward to Pilken, a point between Ypres and Langemarck near Passchendaele Poelcap area. The report notes earlier positions north of the district and confirms a notable southward expansion amid ongoing Western Front actions.
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London
Belgian War Office
Havre
Pilken
Ypres
Langemarck
Passchendaele-Poelcappelle
Three Army Deserters Caught Near Yorkshire Cliffs
London reports three army deserters found in a dugout amid the Yorkshire cliffs. The shelter was furnished and stocked with fishing rods gas masks and steel helmets. The men had used bayonets to kill wandering sheep for food.
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London
Yorkshire
Missing in Action personnel list with multiple names
A historical clipping lists several missing in action personnel including Lieutenant Charles W. Maxson from Baltimore Maryland and Corporals Robert Walker Jersey City and Russell E. Dodson from Wintondale Pennsylvania, among others with addresses in South Boston Massachusetts and New Haven Connecticut.
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John R. Weiler
Mengelwood
Tenn
Kenneth J. Weld
Slayton
Minn
Charles W. Maxson
Baltimore
Robert Walker
Jersey
Ty J. Leo H. Whitehead
Russell E. Dodson
Wintondale
Fred C. Hickman
Loogootu
Ind
George Korman
Newa
N. J
Aleksander
Local Board selects tentative duty list for May mobilization
Local Board No. 22 names a tentative roster of men from Durham East Hampton Portland and nearby towns to report May 22 to start for Camp Upton New York. Entraining locations include Middletown Saybrook Junction and New Haven. Names include Jorczak Malawauchyk Gustafson Babcock O t Carter Vinton Carter Wencer Bump Johnson Ackley Hall Stevens Willcox Henhissey Segergren Doyle Shea Gessner Callaghan Flanagan Briggs Lund Jacobson Johnson Walker Edward Mack Edward Rittman Wallace Bombaci Barbaresi Gosein Bransfield Brown Johnson Hamp and others.
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Local Board For Divisions No. 22
Camp Upton
Yaphank
New York
Durham
East Hampton
Portland
Middletown
Saybrook Junction
New Haven
Stanley F. Jorczak
Aaron T. Malawauchyk
Saybrook
Carl E. Gustafson
Walter
Clinton
Babcock
Essex
Person
Arthur C. O T
Deer River
F. W. A. Miller
Ivoryton
Frank Vinton Carter
Centerbrook
George Wencer
Frank Leslie Bump
Gustaf Leonard Johnson
Deep River
Frank Keller
Frank Nelson Ackley
David R. Hall
Giles Francis Stevens
Edward R. Willcox
Arthur Henhissey
Haddam
Clarence Wheaton
John Paul Segergren
Richard Samuel Doyle
John Joseph Shea
William A. Gessner
Tylerville
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Callaghan
William Patrick Flanagan
Frank L. Briggs
David Gustave Lund
Chester
Einar John Jacobson
Edward J. Johnson
Albert L. Walker
Ernest Mack Edward
Henry Rittman
Clarence E. Wallace
Antonio Bombaci
Frank Barbaresi
Patrick F.gosein
Harry Edwin Bransfield
Edward M. Brown
Henry George Johnson
Road Work Limited Under Special Oil Division Permit
Hartford May 17 All highway projects in Connet of any character including municipal work using petroleum products require a special permit from the Oil Division of the United States Fuel Administration. A letter from the division asks the state highway commissioner to pass up proposed highway work and explains the need to limit petroleum and coal use to meet fuel demands of the American armed forces and allies.
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Hartford
Oil Division
United States Fuel Administration
Connecticut milk surplus notice from Dean Russell
The Federal Food Administration for Connecticut releases a statement by Dean Russell on milk use and distribution. Milk production splits 40 percent fluid, 40 percent butter, 20 percent condensed milk cheese and ice cream. Anarchy in Odessa amid street fighting as martial law is proclaimed with thousands fleeing Kiev.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Federal Food Administration
Dean Russell
United States Food Administration
United States
Food Administration
Odessa
Amsterdam
Kieff
Weather Forecast for New Haven and Vicinity May 17
Forecast calls for fair to gentle to moderate south winds and pleasant conditions with moderate temperatures. A ridge along the Atlantic coast brings fair weather. a western disturbance forms a trough from Texas to Upper Michigan causing unsettled skies and rising clouds. Observations list varied conditions but provide a snapshot of regional temperatures.
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Atlantic
Texas
Upper Michigan
Rocky Fair
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
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