Germans Drive British Back Across Aisne Front
London May 28 German forces crossed the Aisne west of the British line, with Britain reporting continued pressure along the Aisne battle zone. Local fighting persists on the Flanders front near Lake Dickebush as artillery duels flare across both sides. The British claim some prisoners in raids and emphasize continued Allied air superiority amid a triple German thrust from Flanders to the Amiens-Picardy region and the Aisne front.
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Flanders
Aisne Front
London
Aisne
British War Office
Berry-au-Bac
Rheims
Bermicourt
Craonelle
Chemin Des Dames
Brimont
Pinon Forest
Soissons
Flanders Front
Lake Dickebush
Twenty-First Division
Lys River
Ypres
Belgium
Bethune
France
Amiens
Aisne River
Laon
Lacre
Voormezeele
Times
Amien
Somme
von Hindenburg
Locre
Picardy
Paris
Hamilton Fyfe
The
Mail
Thirty eight casualties listed in overseas forces
Washington May 28 war department announced thirty eight casualties in American overseas forces. deaths include Major Raoul Lufbery killed in action and Lieutenant Walter B Schaefer missing in action. list names multiple killed in action died of wounds disease drowning and missing in action with locations and addresses where listed.
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Washington
War Department
Raoul Lufberry
Walter B. Schaefer
Ottumawa
Raoul Lufbery
Dieppe
France
Carl LeForge
Flemingsburg
Christian d. Anderson
Spencer
Arthur S. Cook
Eugenie Cook
Chicago
I Seata
Pe McKinney
C. McKinney
Batesville
Ark
David D.nehrenberg
Ibrake
N. D
Ezra Woods
New Milford
Conn
Joseph Ash
Philip Ash
Park Street
Lawrence
Mass
Alexander Dodge
Algonac
Mich
James Burton
Salada
Alfred A. Ferguson
New York City
Walter P. Hennessey
Scranton
William Roe
Russell
Kan
Mike Shade
Minkarova
Rus
Cobalt Man Dies By Own Hand In Isolated Home
Herbert L. Hollister of Cobalt committed suicide with a shotgun yesterday afternoon. Found this morning at 6:30 by his brothers, he had been ill nine weeks and despondent. He was divorced from Agnes Spenter, who has since remarried, and is survived by two brothers and his mother. Funeral planned for Friday at 2:30 from Robert Hollister’s home.
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Herbert L. Hollister
Cobalt
Edward
Robert Hollister
Agnes Spenter
Shes
Ot Hollister
Agnes Hollister
Kerwin Dies of Auto Crash near Darien line
Norwalk May 28 Peter F Kerwin aged about 33 died at Norwalk hospital after an automobile crash on the Connecticut turnpike near the Darien line. He was pinned under his Pierce Arrow after attempting to pass a car. his skull base fracture was fatal. Survivor include a wife and three children. Kerwin drove for Richard Muller head of the Gloeia Silk Mills and the Dresden Lace company.
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Norwalk
Peter F. Kerwin
Connnecticut
Darien
Norwalk Hospital
Kerwin
Joseph F. Kenefick
Richard Muller
Gloeia Silk Mills
Dresden Lace Company
End of German Push Near Chemin des Roya Zone
Fragmentary report notes a November 2 event 14 miles southeast of Pi t, where German forces abandoned a position near the Chemin des roiy zone on a 1917 engagement.
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Chemin Des Roiy
Americans Better Than Shock Troops in Picardy Battle
By Bert Ford. In Picardy May 27 Allied troops repelled five hundred German shock troops, held front lines under bombardment with mustard gas shells, and recovered prisoners. German air and artillery targeted field hospitals as Red Cross nurses and ambulance drivers worked amid nightly bombings. Major Dickson recalls a funeral under shellfire, praising American resolve and spirit.
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Bert Ford
Picardy
Germany
Pershing
Teutons
Red Cross
Smith College
Walter L. Dickson
Kansas City
Federal food raid nets two Ridgefield Italians
Federal agents with local officials raided Ridgefield last night arresting Tony Mei and Atilio Tarsi on federal food regulation violations. Tarsi a local contractor allegedly used his truck to haul wheat flour from New Haven, distributing it through the Italian colony. over 70 barrels said to have entered town. Mei, a former saloon keeper with prior liquor-law arrests, admitted bringing flour and claimed substitutes were also secured. Investigators remained on scene today.
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Ridgefield
Tony Mei
Atilio Tarsi
Tarsi
New Haven
Mei
Weather report for New Haven and region May forecast
Government Weather Report notes partly cloudy conditions for New Haven and vicinity with cooler temperatures tonight and Wednesday. statewide outlook: cooler interior, moderate west to northwest winds, scattered showers in northern districts, heavy shower reported near Philadelphia, temperatures above normal overall except northern lake region and upper Mississippi valley. Observations list Atlanta 74 partly cloudy and Atlantic City 68 cloudy.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Philadelphia
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Atlanta
Atlantic City
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Wm. M. Scholl
Roney
Philander
Middletown National Bank
RED Cross War Fund
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Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank
J.F. O'Connell
Main Street
Corey
Stueck Block
AE Holmes
A. P. French
Central Bank
Elijah F. Pettis
Gordo
Ala
John G. Flynt
Mr. Olive
Ora D. Ockerman
Kolken
Ind
Arthur H. Quick
Pth
Dexter J. Clair
Albany
Foster R. Barry
McKeesport
Timothy J. Callaghan
Gertdaring
Ireland
Roy R. Carter
Pria
Arthur M. Hubbard
Frank Street
William Kearns
Morris
Ben Moats
Oglesby
Herman H. Reich
Jan Spelak
Detroit
Michaela T. Wilman
Walter B. Shafer
Ottumwa
Frank J. Aliano
Bristol
Raymond C. Kirby
Joseph Kirby
Walcott Street
Anton Linhart
Bee
Cobalt Man
Herbert L. Nom Case
U. S
Nourse Sherman
Cox
Panama
Nourse-Sherman Co
Foster System
Main ST
Middletown
Brainard & Logan
Middletown, Conn
Geo. Barr McCutcheon
Harold MacGrath
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Outwitting the
Lieut
Pat O’brien
Gunner Depew
Hazen
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