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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1917
Page
7
Boston moves to wartime readiness under Edward F. Murphy after an order to organize division engineers to provide an auxiliary service to police fire and National Guard. Equipment will be prepared and a city wide employee roster tabulated, with lists of contractors and dynamite stores at lodges for legitimate use.
Washington orders suspend National Guard recruitment triggering a surge in navy recruiting. Boston yards rush ship coaling and repairs while officers speed homeward bound families. Massachusetts Guard mobilizes with six regiments deployed and plans for a regional mobilization camp unfold.
Turmoil at City Hall election department deepened as Washington issued no ruling on how the American flag should be used, whether as a banner or for draping, leaving the horizontal stars on the right in uncertainty.
Frederick Pethick Lawrence "Votes for Women" editor and suffrage ally polled 333 votes in the South Aberdeen bye-election. Opponent Sir John Fleming, coalit ion candidate, won with 3283 votes. Balloting held April 3 in London reporting.
Orono April 3. The University of Maine will give cadets two hours of drill each afternoon after cadet officers requested more training. President Robert J. Aley and the deans adjusted study hours to accommodate the change.
The article outlines plans to recruit an army of young men in stages up to 500000, integrate them into the regular forces and National Guard, and determine budgets after military needs. It also covers mobilizing commercial sectors, improving submarine defense, raising taxes, and classifying youths by service need with insignia.
In Ottawa on April 8 President Wilson’s address drew strong approval across circles. Canadians praised the plan for generous credits to the allies and continued flow of munitions to Europe, though no official reference to U S entry is expected before Congress acts.
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