American Troops Hold Ground In Picardy Fighting
Pershing reports American units repelled German penetrations in Picardy after a morning bombardment and threedetachments. Counterattacks inflicted heavy losses on the enemy while light American casualties were noted. Raids near Weevye were repulsed and prisoners rescued. Soldiers praised for offensive spirit amid gas and artillery bombardments.
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Ereington
Picardy
Pershing
Nin
Lorraine
War den Hun
Food Hoarding Case Tied to Norwalk Food Administration
Norwalk police acting with the state food administration nab two men in Ridgefield suspected of trucking barreled flour from New Haven for sale. Confessions tied flour from Haven wholesalers to Italians aiding the scheme. A hearing is set at 3 o clock in Norwalk for all parties. Bridgeport reports Otto Geerken, a German war lieutenant, interned after identification and refusal to support Red Cross funds. He had been in Brazil and Denmark and faced charges related to his past service.
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Norwalk
Food Administration
E ‘Ord
Thomas Hunt
Ridgefield
New Haven
Far Haven
State Food Administration
Bridgeport
Ina
Brazil
Otto Geerken
Denmark
Department of Justice
Geerken
Red Cross Fund
Ameri
Cadet Aviator Killed in Tail Spin Incident
Cadet Charles B. Iswater of Noblesville Indiana was killed at an Air Field in Mineola Long Island during a training flight when he lost control and fell to the ground. His body was removed by medical staff, days after a prior misreported dispatch noted him due for re-commission as a lieutenant.
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Mineola
L. I
Charles Biswater
Noblesville
Ind
Paswater
Ie d
Sharp division on revenue bill in Congress
Washington May 28 sharp division began to develop in congress over the new revenue legislation asked by President Wilson. Figures favored a 40 to 60 ratio of taxation to bond issues to finance the war with a minimum of 4 billion dollars in new taxes. Senators and party leaders praised the president while debates focused on raising war profits taxes and excess profits to bear war costs. Senator Johnson praised efforts to tax war profits and income, noting past opposition and current approval of the proposed plan. The core dispute centered on the 40 to 60 financing ratio and who should bear the burden of war costs.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Democratic
Republic
Johnson
California
Postponed Veto Sparks Liberal Tax Proposal
Democrats propose delaying revenue legislation and announce that the new bill would raise taxes on luxuries incomes and excess profits. The plan would base levies on a forty sixty ratio and shift the burden to high earners and luxury spending.
Wood seeks active command after 89th division detachment
General Leonard Wood publicly states he is ready to obey orders as he protests being removed from command of the 89th division. He goes to Washington to meet Senator Warren and plans to seek an audience with the president. If overseas service is not possible he requests an active assignment within the United States.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
89Th
San Francisco
White House
Wood
United States
France
Bee Sting Triggers Fatal Injuries Incident
Nelson W. Bouton was rushed to Stamford hospital after a bee sting caused his horse to bolt while he was near a marker in a corn planting field. He suffered a broken leg in two places and a dislocated collar bone when he was thrown to the ground by the heavy impact.
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Stamford
Nelson W. Bouton
Anna Helo Confronts Death With Victory Will
French actress Anna Helo, gravely ill in New York, vows to live until Allied victory. She tells nurses she will endure excruciating pain to see Paris and General Foch receive Germany’s surrender. She arranged burial in France to rest with fallen heroes of Marne Somme Verdun.
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New York
Germany
Paris
America
Foch
Old von Hindenburg
Miss Held
France
Marne
Somme
Verdun
Ordered Into Active Service In Aviation Corps
The following Connecticut men have been ordered to Camp Dick Dallas Tex for active service in the aviation corps all to report for duty June 1 Wendell P Berger George D Brown John J Collins Allen D Bean R Ne Walter Bjorn Frederick B Chamberlain Harry B Collamore Hartford Ellsworth W Cowles East Haven Horace W Barnes West Haven Allerton F Brooks Meriden Louis P Bristol Stratford
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New Haven
Connecticut
Camp Dick
Dallas
Tex
Aviation Corps
Wendell P. Berger
George D. Brown
John J. Collins
Allen D. Bean
Walter Bjorn
Frederick B. Chamberlain
Harry B. Collamore
Hartford
Seven Killed in Church Panic at Subiaco Pilgrimage
A woman yelling Save yourselves triggered a panic at the Church of the Trinity near Subiaco during an annual pilgrimage. Seven people died and about 120 were injured as crowds surged for exits. Subiaco lies in central Italy, about 33 miles northeast of Rome.
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Subiaco
Italy
Rone
Wesleyan Meriden baseball win 2 0 in 25 years ago note
Happenings in this vicinity recalls a 25 year old item noting Wesleyan Meriden defeated Wesleyan 2 to 0 yesterday. Other items mention Hubbard Hose Co. visits Wallingford, local improvements in Portland, large trout, plans for a World's Fair trip, medical association meeting, a wedding invitation, streetcar rides for 10 cents, and local notices about The Sentinel and Witness.
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Wesleyan
Hubbard Hose Co
Wallingford
George C. Bell
Portland
Charles R. Newell
O. W. Coffin
Look
Cleaveland
State Medical Association
Hartford
F. D. Edgerton
George D. Chapman
Elsie Becker
Hoboken
N. J
Sentinel
Witness
Springfield
Jefferson Davis
New Orleans
Richmond
A. W. Walkeley
Parshley Block
H. Bell
New London
Mansfield Post
Middle Haddam
Aromas
John R. Pitt
Nathan Smith
Guilford Pond
Willow Island
Paris Bombarded Again as Long-Range Guns Fire
Paris was struck anew by long-range German cannon today. The bombardment left three dead and fourteen wounded in the city from Monday’s attack, with ongoing damage reported across the capital.
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Paris
Umpire Faces Annual Martyrdom Again
The line captures the humorous view of baseball umpires as continually under fire from fans and players, reflecting enduring nerve and ritual of the job. A light critique of the umpire’s tough role surfaces in a vivid, period-voice tone.
Implied patriotism questioned in postwar civic scene
A speaker recalls harsh cross examination questions about loyalty asking if one bought Liberty Bonds or war savings stamps or contributed to the Red Cross. The passage frames the moral pressure on citizens and the impression it would create on a jury of 12 Americans.
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Red Cross
Memorial Day 1918 and the blue line in action
May 30 1918 Memorial Day is highlighted as a moment to honor the founders and the thin blue line. The piece recalls 57 years since the Civil War era and the ongoing spirit of 1861 as present in today’s men in khaki and blue fighting to keep the world safe for America.
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Geo. Meech
al Crittenden
James Noxon
Edwin Stroud
John Er
Charles Pelton
Ameri
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SHARP
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Rhine
Lawn
Rean
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Wain and
Court Streets
George F. Redford
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