Wilson approves rail rate increases to cents a mile
President Wilson, via McAdoo, approves rate hikes effective June 25 on passenger, freight, and coal movements across railroads and steamships under federal control. Travel fares rise one half to one cent per mile. tourist and sleeping-car charges adjust. Freight surcharges span iron ore to cement with varied per ton increases, and advanced fares take effect June 10, June 21, and June 25.
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William G
Es Railroad
Lake and
Ise
Rocky
Pacific Coast
Seaboard
Interprimerce Commission
Federal Control Congress
McAdoo
Think New Drive May Be Only Feint
Washington reports military experts view the German offensive in the Rheims-Soissons and Loere-Voremezeele sectors as possibly a feint to probe western front points before renewed efforts toward the channel ports. Officials expect a major push in June along the western front, with Italian theater developments drawing attention.
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Washington
Rheims- Soissons
Loere-Vooremezeele
Germany
Germana
Wreck on Shore Line Ties Up Westbrook Rails
A westbound freight on the New Haven road backed onto a siding at Westbrook on May 27 causing a collision with an empty box car. The impact sent the box car down a 15 foot bank onto the Essex highway. A steel car and caboose were wrecked and caught fire from the caboose stove. A church building adjacent to the tracks burned with the wreckage. Fireman Harry W. O'Neil was slightly hurt.
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Westbrook
Shore Line
New Haven Road
Essex Highway
Congregational Church
Harry W. O’neil
London riveter set new day rivet record on Clyde
William Smith of John Brown Co shipyards on the Clyde established a new riveting mark by driving 6,788 rivets in a single day, according to the Daily Mail report.
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London
William Smith
John Brown Co
Clyde
Daily Mail
Rev E R Hyde to Leave for France
The Rev E R Hyde returning from El Paso Texas army Y M C A work preached at the Baptist church in khaki uniform and announced he will soon depart for France likely within two weeks. He spoke of army camp life Y M C A education efforts at camps and the organization plan to build new army facilities every four hours with 2000 Y M C A workers in France and more planned to go.
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E. R. Hyde
el Paso
Texas
Baptist Church
Hyde
France
New York City
John R. Mott
Army Y. M. C. A
England
Mr. Hyde
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Shortage of metals in Germany forces war materiel use
May 27 reports indicate a metal shortage in central empires with German authorities ordering dismantling of all machinery in Württemberg for king cloth. The broken equipment will be repurposed to manufacture munition for war.
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Germany
Zurich
Wurtemberg
Happenings in This Vicinity 25 Years Ago Middletown Moodus Pigeon Shoot
A 25 year old column notes events around Middletown and Moodus. A pigeon shoot at Prof. Fowler grounds drew shooters from the city. A drunkenness case sent a man to Haddam for 30 days. Legislature raises Industrial inmate allowance to $3 weekly. Millers gallery closes for summer. Susan Clark visits New York. Commodore Still Robinson sails from Cromwell to Westbrook. Plowing begins as weather settles. Hartford builders buy Cromwell brownstone. quarries busy. Temple of Honor members travel by special train to New Britain. General Sheridan schooner carries brownstone to Portland. Hattie Butler to Boston. Yorkshire Hotel to serve meals any time. Gas from M. G. L. Co. at $1.60 per thousand.
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Fowler
Moodus
Deep River
A. B. Calef
Haddam
Millers
Susan Clark
New York
Commodore Still Robinson
Cromwell
Westbrook
Hartford
Temple of Honor
Portland
New Britain
General Sheridan
Hattie Butler
Boston
Yorkshire
Union Street
M. G. L.co
Bessarabia Joins Roumania Willingly in Peace Deal
Reports from Geneva May 27 state that Roumania informed Kiev that Bessarabia willingly joined the mother country. The move followed the eastern peace conference where central powers consented to the annexation of Bessarabia by Roumania.
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Bessarabia
Geneva
Roumania
Kiev
Germany Has No Reply To Prisoner Exchange Proposals
London on May 27 reports Germany has not responded to British proposals for prisoner exchange.
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Germany
London
Memorial Day Parade Remembers Civil War Links
On May 30 1918 Memorial Day honors the founders and fallen of the Civil War era. The parade features Geo Meech Albert Crittenden Edward Noxon Edwin Stroud Charles Fisher Charles Pelton and a line of veteran marchers reminding readers that the spirit of 61 and 76 lives on in today’s servicemen.
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Geo. Meech
Albert Crittenden
Edward Noxon
Edwin Stroud
Charles Fisher
Charles Pelton
America
Women's Summertime Apparel Opens May 30
Wartime influence shapes summer wardrobe selections with practical dresses, skirts, blouses, and frocks. Highlights include white tailored skirts in gabardine linen belford cord and poplin, plus voiles, lawns, and crepe de chine blouses and wide belts with large buttons.
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Orean
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