Demotion of Fifty U S Officers in War Effort
Washington April 5 General Pershing again urged only top efficiency officers to command troops bound for France. Army orders show at least 50 officers with temporary colonel ranks resigned after inspector general reports found they failed to meet standards. Many will be reassigned to suitable posts or revert to regular army grades, with vacancies filled by promoting other regular officers.
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Washington
Pershing
France
Regular Army
National Army
Inspector-General’s Department
Gets-It Corn Loosener Ad Promises No Pain When Used
An advertisement touts Gets-It as the painless corn remover that loosens corns with two drops, claiming it stops cutting and bleeding. It urges readers to buy at druggists or by mail from E. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago for about 25 cents a bottle.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Ill
Real Home Vegetables in Boston Markets Signal Spring
Spring arrival prompts a shift in Boston markets with home lettuce and spinach joining imported varieties. Wheat substitutes abound amid possible restrictions. eggs are plentiful with Western eggs as low as 43 cents a dozen. Strawberries, oranges, and grapefruit remain dominant, with prices published by the U S Bureau of Markets and Massachusetts Board of Food Administration.
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Boston
South
United States Bureau of Markets
Massachusetts Board of Food Administration
New York
Florida
California
Sear
Hennery
Appointment confirmations for judges and trustees
Governor McCall sent to the Executive Council nominations for James T. Kirby as special justice of the Second Plymouth District Court to replace Charles H. Edson and John W. Woods of Somerville as trustee of the Old Soldiers Home in place of Daniel Kk. Denny, Worcester. Last week the nominations were confirmed and William M. Prest of Boston, newly named judge of probate for Suffolk, qualified.
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McCall
Executive Council
James T. Kirby
Second
Plymouth District Court
Charles H. Edson
John W. Woods
Somerville
Old Soldiers’ Home
Daniel Kk. Denny
Worcester
William M. Prest
Boston
Suffolk
British War Tank Britannia to Arrive in Boston Tomorrow
The British war tank Britannia is due to arrive in Boston tomorrow morning from Hartford amid an announcement by officials of the British and Canadian recruiting mission at 44 Bromfield Street. It will tour Boston streets and then proceed to Charlestown to climb Bunker Hill in the afternoon. Lieutenant-Governor Coolidge and Mayor Peters accepted invitations to ride in the tank.
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Britannia
Boston
Hartford
Bromfield Street
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Coolidge
Peters
Ice price plan eyed as 5 cent delivery may start
Delegates at the Massachusetts Ice Dealers Association convention in Boston discussed ending the 10 cent cake of ice and introducing five cent jitney delivery stations for city consumers this summer. The two day session opened yesterday at the American House.
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Boston
Massachusetts Ice Dealers’ Association
Ice delivery costs prompt cautious pricing talk
An association meeting noted a 40 percent rise in delivery and labor troubles. They said the licent cake of ice is the smallest saleable unit at a profit. No price fix was decided. Secretary Hayward pledged no price rise unless labor costs increase. After M Chase of Lynn, the association president, spoke, price discussion was ruled out of order.
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Hayward
M . Chase
Lynn
Association
Mayflower Wins As Statewide School Vote Cast
Boston children vote for the mayflower as Massachusetts flower with school ballots showing strong support from over 400000 pupils. The water lily ranks second in city and state, while mayflower leads by roughly three to one.
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Boston
Massachusetts
State House
Taft Says Spies Should Be Court Martialed
In Muskogee Oklahoma on April 3 former President Taft declares spies should be court martialed and their citizenship ended by bullets while treasonous sentiments merit trial and punishment but insists law must be followed and mob violence condemned to avoid Germanlike savagery.
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Muskogee
Okla
United States
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