Americans on Vesle Front Drive Germans From Plateau
Reports from the Vesle and Aisne fronts describe American and French forces pushing northeast from the Aisne toward the Vesle. Patrols cleared ravines, repelled German positions, and compelled retreat as Mangin’s troops rolled the enemy back toward the Aisne heights. Casualties and burned matériel mark the advance, with heroism noted from observers Heckman and Brookes amid heavy fire and German counterattacks.
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H. G. Wales
ape-Wessel
Aisne
Mangin
Migly-Sur-Aisne
Condesure
Aizy
Chemin Des Dames
Quence
Des. Dames
Aisne-Vesle
Vesle
Morrival and
Monam
Bazoches
Perles
L. A. Heckman
C. L. Brookes
Heckman
Post Island City
Fismettes
Imettes
Fismes
Vald
House Tackles Revenue Bill
Washington reports the House began debate on the 8 billion dollar revenue bill with the Ways and Means Committee and Senate hearings already underway. Leader Kitchin steers House action as Smoot and other critics press for changes while McAdoo plans to testify in the Senate. Mentions of adjournment talks and three day recesses contrast with administration push for emergency powers and wartime aid to power companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Utah
Senate
Ways and Means
Representative Kitchin
North Carolina
McAdoo
Kitchin
Representative Walsh
Massachusetts
Car Crash Injures Kurtz Family in Cheshire
Charles Kurtz and his two sons Earl and Theodore and daughter Lucretia, all Waterbury workers, were badly cut and bruised when their Ford collided with a westbound trolley at Teck Lane crossing. The car overturned and occupants were thrown from their seats. The trolley was said to be traveling at high speed. The injured were treated by Dr Dennison and later returned home on Teck Lane. None of the injuries are serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Charles Kurtz
Earl
Theodore
Lucretia
Waterbury
Ford
Teck
Jewish Soldiers Get Furloughs at Devens Camp
At Camp Devens Massachusetts about 1400 of 1500 Jewish soldiers were granted furloughs to return home for the Jewish New Year. Remainder stayed for essential duties. company commanders will report to divisional headquarters. It is understood men denied furloughs will receive leave on September 15 for Yom Kippur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devens
Mass
No Intercollegiate Football Planned at Bowdoin This Fall
Brunswick Me Sept 6 Bowdoin college President Sills says there will be no intercollegiate football this fall after a Plattsburg conference of college presidents. He cites the military program planned for the season as making intercollegiate play impossible.
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Brunswick
Sills
Bowdoin College
Plattsburg
N. Y
Allied Air and Artillery Hit German Positions Near Aisne
Allied observers report French ace Mahon shot down three Germans, American sergeants Sheaffer and MacMillan downed others, and eleven bridges over the Aisne between Vailley and Maizy wrecked by heavy artillery. Germans retreat paths constrained by damaged roads northeast of Maizy and Ruman, with forces moved toward the Chemin des Dames.
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Mahon
Sheaffer
French
Air Service
MacMillan
Aisne
Vailiey
Maizy
Ruman
Chemin Des Dames
Parall
Casualties Announced Today With 744 Names Listed
Washington Sept. 6 two army casualty lists released contain 744 names divided into killed in action 50 missing in action 139 wounded severely 263 of wounds 26 died from accident and other causes 2 wounded degree undetermined 254 and died of disease 10. New England entries include several from Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and Vermont with ranks from corporal to private and officers among the killed wounded and missing in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
England
Auto Kills Man in Thompsonville. Dolan Identified
In Thompsonville a man presumed to be William L. Dolan of Milbury Massachusetts was killed after being struck by an automobile driven by Philip Chapin of West Springfield while returning from a New Haven trip. Dolan, a mill weaver from Somersville, carried a letter from Rich Barker Fales Worcester about a paper making device. Deputy Coroner Leele ruled no criminal negligence by Chapin. Draft treaties with Greece and France were sent to the Senate for confirmation.
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Thompsonville
William L. Dolan
Milbury
Mass
Philip Chapin
West Springfield
New Haven
Dolan
Somersville
W. L. Dolan
Rich, Barker & Fales
Worcester
Leele
Chapin
British airmen score big success in aerial campaign
London reports a war office tally of 465 German planes destroyed since August 8, with 200 driven out of control and 61 balloons set ablaze. Our bombers dropped 12.911 tons, while 262 Allied aircraft failed to return. The communique notes 25 enemy planes shot down on September 4 and heavy activity on the German side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Crown at stake Hertling declares election reforms needed
Paris dispatch reports German Chancellor von Hertling warning that preserving the crown and the dynasty hinges on franchise reforms. Observers in Paris see two aims: bolster German morale after defeats and pave the way for a winter peace plea. Military control shapes communiques, crown prince interview, and press editorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
George F. von Hertling
Treasury gains from banks on Thursday
New York on September 6 reports the sub treasury gained $2,938,000 from banks on Thursday, contributing to a cash net gain since Friday of $4,160,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sub-Treasury
Happenings in McN’s past dated September 6 1898
A snapshot of 1898 news notes wage cuts at the N Y N E railroad with no strike expected, local school preparations, a Block Island excursion to Middletown and Norwich, a Cromwell postmaster appointment, small factory labor, vacations, and social visits. It also reports Philo Bevin’s death, a large Baptist excursion, fur cape displays, a 98 year old Middletown resident’s birthday, and five Lake Owens crewmen missing after a German sub attack with armed guards saved.
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S. S. Block Island
Middletown
Norwich
M. P. Welch
Cromwell
Piggott
Eastern Tin Ware Co
Portland
J. Edgar Bacon
Lewis Cottage
Westbrook
Rev
P. M. Snyder
Ferguson
Dixmont
Flavius J. Chaffee
Hannah Fox
Hartford
Old and Reliable Reform Club
Murphy Temperance Cyclone
Washington
Navy Department
Naval Armed Guard
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Valley OF E
New England
Joseph H. Boyle
Lawrence, Mass
Neils Frostholm
Henry J. Regan
Lawrence
Edolph Eskart
New Britain
Conn
George Larochelle
Norman Renne
Pittsfield
John E. Abercrombie
John F. Cashman
Bagdasar K. Chooljian
Boston
Henry F. Smith
Waltham
Alfred Levine
Wuaveley Papazian
Ftchbury
Raymond G. Sherman
Glastonbury
Charles A. MacKenzie
Franklin
William A. Ackerman
Stafford Springs
Delmar F. Borah
Rutland
Oe Thomas Crosby
Manchester
Joseph Martin
Southbridge
Arthur Sweet
South Williamsport
Joseph C. Nahan
Newport
R. I
Amos L. White
Lynn
Karl F. Holt
Beverly
Henry H. Barrows
Middlebury
Henry J. Mongeau
Enginio Jannetta
Providence
Edgar H. Greenhalgh
Providence, Af
Harold Beaton
Weymouth
James M. Higgins
Kenneth T. Church
South Meriden
Karl Elsing
Roxbury
Joseph W. Smith
North Hatfield
Auto
Greece
France
Great Britain
Canada
Connecticut
Seth Thomas
R. J. Atwell
Main ST
Hertling
Treasury Report
Free Sewing Machine Company
Ance
W. C. Ellis
Belding
Rockford
Ill
J. F. Connery
Main Street
Middletown and Vicinity
F. Brewer & Co
Middletown, Conn
Govrmationty
Red Cross
The
F. Brewer Co
T. J
Cos
Borden
Armour
Rumford’s
York State
California
Krumbles
Triscuit
Pkg
Wilbur
Howard’s Sunbeam Yacht Club
Weber
Ove Smith
QUIRK
Grocers
Evening Press
Full Informa
Tion
Jackson Co
Court St
Middletown. Ct
A. E. Holmes
Wilwin
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